RockPopandRoll20 Sep 2022

Ep. 31: The Other Minneapolis Sound (part 2) - Americana, Pop Punk, and Rock and Roll

There are small towns known for a musical signature - a sound that you call the Bakersfield sound or the Muscle Shoals sound. There are sounds and bands and vibes tied to big cities like zydeco drums and street sounds of New Orleans, the funk and gloss of the Motown Sound of Detroit, and the stew of garage rock into new wave that was Boston. Like the swampy soul of Memphis, the sound of the 90’s grunge and alternative rock in Seattle, and the 60’s and 70’s groove and soul with Philadelphia.

There is a significant Minneapolis influence of the americana roots rock sound of the 1980s and into the 90s.

There was a sound of Minneapolis that was not just Prince. What he became was a product of the multicultural melting pot of music that may have been prevalent in other cities, midwest or not. But by some confluence of events and karma, there was a steady flow of bands that rocked and called Minneapolis home

This rock pop and roll podcast is part two of the series on Minneapolis' unique sound and a primer of some of the best and most influential - because of commercial success or integrity - or both. Every city has a thousand musical stories. This is one city and a some of those bands and stories.

Part 1 - Prince and Minneapolis

SUBSCRIBE:

Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts

Read Rob's current and archived writing at rockforwardmusic.com

website: rockpopandroll.com

EMAIL: rockpoprollpodcast@gmail.com

FACEBOOK: @rockpopandroll

INSTAGRAM: @rockpopandroll

TWITTER: @rockpoprollpod

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(86)

If You Gave Rock and Roll Another Name, You Might Call It Chuck Berry / Ep. 85

The title paraphrases something John Lennon once said about Chuck Berry. For this episode, I wanted to pull some noted Chuck rock tracks and relisten, and also find some deeper cuts we don't always h...

4 Nov 39min

My Favorite Live Rock Albums / Ep. 84

Man, there are a lot of great live albums. Writing some notes before the podcast, I thought, "Well, there are a lot more terrific/memorable/important live records than I'm going to be able to do." Kn...

20 Sep 1h 6min

New Music Releases We Love (and Some We Don't) / Ep. 83

As September dawns, we listen to a slew of late summer new music from classic rockers, outlaw country icons, and 80s garage rock heroes. Some of it is great (talking about you, Ray Wylie Hubbard), and...

31 Aug 39min

Jeff Lynne: ELO to Joe Walsh to Petty / Ep. 82

Jeff Lynne = Electric Light Orchestra, right? That's his legacy. That's what is front and center. I argue that his career as an album producer for other rock and roll artists is equally important a...

23 Aug 58min

Any Good? Top 20 Songs from July, 1985 / Ep. 81

One week from the summer of 1985. Top 40 radio, pulling ballads, pop-rock tunes, and a surprising amount of new wave-ish music, plus a couple of straight-up rockers. We listen to what was on your hit ...

20 Jul 57min

Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs / Ep. 80

In his career with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - a group in the conversation for "Who is the greatest American rock and roll band ever?" - guitarist Mike Campbell's rare lead vocal was on a track ...

1 Jul 37min

The Road to the Bottle Rockets / Ep. 79

Alt-Country. Americana. The line that led to The Bottle Rockets. Gram Parsons to Crazy Horse to Skynyrd to Jason and the Scorchers to Uncle Tupelo and a whole lot of Seger/Petty in between. A show loo...

25 Jun 58min

Frampton Comes With New Album. Is it Solid? Or Not? / Ep. 78

Peter Frampton has a new album, "Carry The Light," and a career that is weirdly misunderstood. We listen to the new album - a first listen - and talk about his legacy - deserved or not. Hear some ro...

29 Mai 56min