RockPopandRoll

On this episode of Rock Pop and Roll, we focus on the peculiar history of Rod Stewart. Some Good and a Little Bit of the Bad: Rod Stewart In the 1980’s. Rod Stewart is nearing 60 years in the music bu...

13 Nov 202039min

RockPopandRoll / Episode 12 • A legendary – maybe the most legendary Australian rocker  - who couldn’t break through in the US • An influential Cowpunk band that had big names push them  • A rock band...

18 Sep 202043min

RockPopandRoll / Episode 11 Remember Jessie’s Girl? #1 in 1981?  It is the iconic power pop song that threw musician Rick Springfield, a musician on lean times, back into the music game. He’d been in ...

23 Aug 202029min

Their debut album was “Get the Knack”.  It had one monster song, a lesser follow-up single and then the band rode the wave of success as best they could, before breaking up, reforming, and never dupli...

1 Aug 202039min

You ask me what is the greatest rock/pop guitar album of the 1980s and I say Reckless from Bryan Adams.  Lyrically, it's mostly sophomoric.  No deep thoughts.  But that was never the strength of Bryan...

14 Jul 202025min

Sports isn't fancy. It's rock music played tightly and with enthusiasm by the band, recorded cleanly. The songs are first-listen friendly and held up after the set became a monster hit, spending more ...

6 Jul 202021min

This episode is "Friday 45" and features Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers. The band released Rumble in 1988, followed by Guitar Trouble in 1990. Conwell ended up in Philadelphia and The Hooters’ p...

26 Jun 202013min

The thing – one of the things – I can't stand about classic rock radio stations, and why they have become unlistenable,  is the playlist that has stagnated. It's not that the bands are at fault. Led Z...

10 Jun 202024min