Talking Hendrix News For the Week of October 25, 2019

What's coming up this week..... This week our special guest is drummer Dennis Diken a founding member of the Alternative rock, power pop, college rock, hard rock band The Smithereens Dennis and the band will be coming to the performing arts center in Natick, Mass next friday night November 1st with their special guest vocalist Marshall Crenshaw who's been currently on their tour quite a bit in place of their original lead singer Pat DiNizio, who we sadly lost on December 12, 2017, We'll talk to Dennis about the current touring schedule, working with Marshall, and much more. The first person who can tell me which one of these songs are a smithereens song will get on the guest list to meet the band and admittance to the show with a friend as well: a.) Keep On Chooglin b.) Spies Like Us c.) A Girl Like You d.) Rock This Town e.) Whole Lotta LOve f.) none of the above E-mail me at: talkinghendrix@gmail.com with smithereens answer in the subject line and the first one to get the answer right will get put on the guest list so e-mail us with your answer along with your full name so that we can put it on the guest list and if you're the winner the only thing you need to bring that night to the show is yourself, a friend and of course your picture ID to get in the door....Good luck everyone. For More Information on the band you can go to one of these two official websites below: www.OfficialSmithereens.com www.jimbabjak.com This past week we celebrated our 200th music episode of Talking Hendrix and I want to thank all of you listeners and followers for keeping our show going without you we wouldn't have a show like we have and of course we have to thank our guests we've had in the past and all of our future guests coming along with the publicists who work hard everyday setting up all the great interviews that we get, and of course our last big thanks and of course they deserve it is of course our radio station that has been nothing but great to us here and welcoming us back this year was the greatest thing that could happen to us and gives us a chance to not only just interview guests but also play their music and of course we get to play Jimi's music again along with all his friends he's jammed with as well, so my special thank you goes out station manager at boston free radio Heather Mack, and executive director Brian Zipp without them there would be no Talking Hendrix for all you folks to hear so thanks again i'm very greatful to be able what i enjoy doing every week cause of you listeners and our wonderful station that we are on. Our station Boston Free Radio/Sommerville Media Center is celebrating Community Media Week which starts Sunday October 20th and runs through Sunday October 27th they are raising money to sustain an independent community media resource in the Community of Somerville that is unfortunately, due to FCC rule changes this summer, under attack. SMC is not a guarantee and we need your help to keep our space vibrant and active for years to come! Donors who make a $50 donation receive a MADE IN SOMERVILLE t-shirt and donors who make a donation of $75 or more receive either the t-shirt or a tote bag. But if you can't make those pledge amounts....that's okay SMC/Boston Free Radio will accept any amount of a donation that you can spare to give as you can see this is for a good cause and will keep us on the air and also help out with equipment costs and any other things the station may need throughout the year. We thank you for any help you can give to the station. If you would like to make a donation you can go to this website and make your donation there: www.sommervillemedia.org So don't forget to join us thfriday night from 10-11:30 p.m. eastern time on www.bostonfreeradio.com For these great guests plus some good time music as well it's promised to be a fun time for all. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Concert Dates and News.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday October 14th ZZ TOP: THAT LITTLE OL' BAND FROM TEXAS film Fairfield Theater Fairfield, CT www.fairfieldtheater.org Monday October 14th Sugarmountain:Tribute To Neil Young Milford Performance Center Milford, CT https://milfordperformancecenter.org/ Tuesday October 15th Tiffany The Kate Old Saybrooke, CT www.katharinehepburntheater.org Wednesday October 16th Rickie Lee JOnes Fairfield Theater Fairfield, CT www.fairfieldtheater.org Thursday October 17th Air Supply Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT https://tickets-center.com Friday October 18th The Adam Ezra Group Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Friday October 18th It Was 50 Years Ago Today Tour 2019:A Tribute to The Beatles’ White Album featuring Christopher Cross, Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Jason Scheff and Joey Molland The Garde Art Center New London, CT www.gardearts.org Friday October 18th The Tom Petty Project Milford Performance Center Milford, CT https://milfordperformancecenter.org Saturday October 19th Jonah Tolchin The Town And The City Festival Lowell, MA Saturday October 19th Back In Black AC/DC Tribute Wallstreet Theater Norwalk, CT www.wallstreettheater.com Wednesday October 23rd The Flamin' Groovies Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Wednesday October 23rd Jonah Tolchin Club Passim Cambridge, Ma Thursday October 24th Gordon Lightfoot Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT https://tickets-center.com Thursday October 24th Bob Saget College Street Music Hall New Haven, CT www.ticketoffices.com/venues/college-street-music-hall-tickets Friday October 25th Jonah Tolchin The Parlor Room Northampton, MA Friday October 25th LeeAnn Rimes WallStreet Theater Norwalk, CT www.wallstreettheater.com Friday October 25th Ticket To Ride: Beatles Tribute The Kate Old Saybrooke, CT www.katharinehepburntheater.org Sunday October 27th Felix Cavaliere's Rascals 3& 7 p.m. The Kate Old Saybrooke, CT www.katharinehepburntheater.org Friday November 1st The Smithereens with Marshall Crenshaw Natick Performing Arts Center Natick, MA www.natickarts.org Friday November 1st Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Fairfield Theater Fairfield, CT www.fairfieldtheater.org Saturday November 2nd Good Acoustics: Tribute To Simon & Garfunkel/James Taylor Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Saturday November 2nd The Garcia Project: Tribute To Jerry Garcia Wallstreet Theater Norwalk, CT www.wallstreettheater.com Saturday November 2nd Anyway You Want It: Journey Tribute Bijou Theatre Bridgeport, CT www.bijoutheatrect.com Saturday November 2nd Damn The Torpedoes: Tribute To Tom Petty The Kate Old Saybrooke. CT www.katharinehepburntheater.org Saturday November 2nd Prognosis: Pink Floyd Tribute Milford Performance Center Milford, CT www.milfordperformancecenter.org Wednesday November 6th Boz Scaggs Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT https://tickets-center.com Thursday November 7th Sara Evans Ridgfield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT https://tickets-center.com Thursday November 7th Boz Scaggs Calvin Theatre Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Friday November 8th Kiss The Sky Tribute To jimi Hendrix/Heavy Cream Tribute To Cream Milford Performance Center Milford, CT www.milfordperformancecenter.org Friday November 8th Jonathan Edwards The Kate Old Saybrooke, CT www.katharinehepburntheater.org Friday November 8th Get Back: The Beatles Reunion Wallstreet Theater Norwalk, CT www.wallstreettheater.com Friday November 8th Hey 19: Tribute To Steely Dan Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Friday November 8th The Machine: Pink Floyd Tribute The Garde Arts Center New London, CT www.gardearts.org Friday November 8th Ani Difranco College St. Music Hall New Haven, CT www.ticketoffices.com/venues/college-street-music-hall-tickets Saturday November 9th The Hofners: Connecticut's Premiere Beatles Tribute Bijou Theatre Bridgeport, CT www.bijoutheatrect.com Saturday November 9th Vernon Reid's Band of Gypsys Wallstreet Theater Norwalk, CT www.wallstreetheater.com Saturday November 9th Cowboy Junkies Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT https://tickets-center.com Saturday November 9th The Band Band: Tribute To The Band Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Saturday November 9th The Machine: Pink Floyd Tribute Palace Theater Waterbury, Ct www.thepalacetheaterct.org Friday November 15th Terrapin: A Grateful Dead Experience Bijou Theatre Bridgeport, CT www.bijoutheatrect.com Friday November 15th Willie Nile Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Friday November 15th The Linda Ronstadt Experience The Kate Old Saybrooke, Ct www.katharinehepburntheater.org Friday November 15th Tiffany Wallstreet Theater Norwalk, CT www.wallstreettheater.com Friday November 15th Eric Gales Fairfield Theater Fairfield, CT www.fairfieldtheater.org Saturday November 16th Sophia Loren Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT https://tickets-center.com Saturday November 16th Willie Nile Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Saturday November 16th The Adam Ezra Group The Kate Old Saybrooke, CT www.katharinehepburntheater.org Sunday November 17th Vanilla Fudge The Kate Old Saybrooke, CT www.katharinehepburntheater.org Sunday November 17th Buddy Guy & Kenny Wayne Shepherd Palace Theater Waterbury, CT www.thepalacetheaterct.org Wednesday November 20th Albert Castiglia Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www,iheg.com Wednesday November 20th John Cleese (Monty Python) Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT https://tickets-center.com Friday November 22nd Arlo Guthrie Milford Performance Center Milford, CT www.milfordperformancecenter.org Friday November 22nd Robyn Hitchcock Fairfield Theater Fairfield, CT www.fairfieldtheater.org Saturday November 23rd Parkway Diner: Billy Joel Tribute Bijou Theatre Bridgeport, CT www.bijoutheatrect.com Saturday November 23rd 10,000 Maniacs Fairfield Theater Fairfield, CT www.fairfieldtheater.org Sunday November 24th John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Sunday November 24th 10,000 Maniacs Fairfield Theater Fairfield, CT www.fairfieldtheater.org Saturday November 30th Hey 19: Steely Dan Tribute Bijou Theatre Bridgeport, CT www.bijoutheatrect.com Saturday November 30th Roomful Of Blues Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Saturday November 30th Joan Osborne Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT https://tickets-center.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music News and Reviews.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our recent guest Chely Wright just performed on Thursday night October 10th at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts I was privileged enough to attend the show and below is my review which can also be found on our talking hendrix blog site review is below: Chely Wright Keeps Her Audience Captivated At The Iron Horse Music Hall This Past Thursday Night In Northampton, Mass On a cool fall evening in Northampton, country artist Chely Wright took the stage thursday night at the Iron horse music Hall, and she had the crowd's attentionn. She started off with her warm welcoming smile to welcome the crowd in and then went right in to her first song of the night which was "Broken" from her album "I Am The Rain", a great way to break the ice with the audience, from that point on in the show she told the audience she was happy to be there and that we were going on a musical journey with her telling her fascinating stories behind some of her best material she has recorded throughout her 25 year career to this point. Chely had the crowd intrigued with all her stories including how when she was eight years old she knew she wanted to be a country music singer, and followed through with that career choice from that young age. The stories had myself and the audienced mezmorized that even though she told many stories and performed fewer songs then most people probably expected that you didn't miss the songs as it's very true about what country singers/songwriters say in their interviews the best material in songwriting comes from true life experiences, and Chely's songs don't fall short of that infact they most certainly made great compensation for any songs an audience member would have wanted to hear. Chely performed for close to two hours but it felt like the show had just started when she closed the show she saved a big hit for the closer which was "Single White Female" which really seemed to please the crowd, but she also gave the audience a brand new song that she only finished writing less than a week ago and this was the second performance of that song we never did hear the title of it but it's a song that will take no time to grow on you, the premier of the tune was performed the night before in Boston, Massachusetts at the City Winery we're in hopes she'll record this song and have it out on her next release or for digital download possibly. Chely was even so nice to grace us with an early holiday tune from her six song christmas ep called "Happy New Year Old Friend" written by wright and good friend Richard Marx who graced us with many of hits in the mid eighties and early nineties I really wouldn't call it too much of a holiday tune as we're talking about a new year but it certainly was a crowd surpriser. The story thatt went behind what I would call the best song of the night not that there was a bad song but this particular song i'm talking about was "The Bumper Of My SUV", which in all honesty is brilliant and something Ms. Wright said originally in the story she wasn't trying to make this a commercial song, but it ended up being one for all the military song fans, Chely captivated us by telling the whole story which I won't do here i'll give the brief version as it's more poignant coming from her so the basics of the story is she wrote the song because her brother became a U.S. Marine and had sent her a bumper sticker about supporting the marines so she put it on the back of her vehicle, while driving around a lady driving in a car went by her and gave her the finger for having the sticker and said your war is wrong, in which while i'm hearing this I don't disagree about war being wrong, but if we didn't have wars many of countries would have conquered us by now and we'd probably be a third world country like Iraq amongst other middle east countries, anyways Chely went home and did what any good songwriter would do she wrote a song about it and recorded it, but she sat on that one for sixteen months before she would perform it, she performed it when she went over to play USO shows at different bases throughout the middle east and all the troops even non marines kept saying to her she should record it but she said no I don't think so, then she played it a few more times in front of troops and as she was talking with them after the show a young gentleman who's last name was Henry told her how his mom was a big fan of hers and country music, again told her she should record it, well low and behold unfortunattely Chely got a call the next night before doing one of the few last shows of that tour saying that "Henry" had died during the act of war, that's when she decided to record it in honor of him, I just think it was such a beautiful and patriotic influenced story to have made the decision to record something like that vs. what I think everyone except Chely and a few others did everyone basically cashed in on the idea of writing songs to do with the war we're still in because of the world trade center, now before I get hate mail i'll explain why I feel like that, we had ridiculous songs like "where were you when the world stopped turning" by Alan Jackson which sorry the world did not stop turning due to the world trade center it was a very sad and tragedy that it happened yes but how did that help the people who died in those buildings? it didn't or Toby Keith's famous line in his so called patriotic song in honor of that tragic disaster which was "we'll put a boot in your ass"....seriously like we can actually do that because he says we can. Now Chely out of respect released her song much later after all of those travesties of musical pieces to just name a few, she did hers in honor of the fallen soldier as she had just spoken with him and talked at length with him and her family members were also in the Marines so it made much more sense to release, and on our night's performance we actually had marines who've served at the show in the audience and all the more reasons to perform it. After her performance she came out to meet and greet with the fans and was so personable to take the time to talk with all the fans there along with sign autographs and take photos. I highly recommend the first chance of anyone hearing her coming to a venue near you go and check out her show you will not be disappointed at all, as this country singer and songwriter still has a lot more great songs in her for another 25 years to come. For all up to the minute information on Chely Wright please go to her official website: www.chely.com and if you'd like to hear the interview I did recently with her featured on Talking Hendrix click the link below to hear the show: https://talkinghendrix.blogspot.com/2019/10/talking-hendrix-show-198-say-word-with.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Week's Talking Hendrix Show Link: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://archive.org/details/talkinghendrixshow200rockandrolliskingshiningdown10182019 Talking Hendrix Show 200 Rock And Roll Is King Shining Down 10-18-2019 Freedom The Jimi Hendrix Experience Atlanta Pop Festival July 4, 1970 2016 Till The End Of THe Day The Verbs Cover Story 2015 I'm Crying The Animals The Singles Plus 1998 Mary Mary The James Montgomery Blues Band The James Montgomery Blues Band 2018 The Ballad Of Johnn & Yoko The Beatles 1 1999 Bang A Gong Get It On T-Rex Single 1970 Don't Let Me Down MIchael Cramer Single 2019 Hold On To What You Got The Noel Redding Band SIngle 1974 Her Love Is Killing Me Huey Lewis and the News Single 2019 Alright People The Way Frequency Of Spirit 2019 Brothers Cold Weather Company Find Light 2019 Gods And Monsters Redline Gods and Monsters 2019 Hey Bartender Blues Brothers Brifcase Full Of Blues 1978 A Little Bit Of Soul Music Explosion A Little Bit Of Soul 1967 Earth Blues (Live At Madison Square Garden January 28, 1970) Band Of Gypsys Box Of Gypsys 2000 Waiting Just FOr You (2020 mix) Michael Cramer Single 2019 Had To Cry Today Blind Faith Blind Faith 1969 Take It Back Cream Disrali Gears 1967 White Nigger Stephen Stills Featuring Jimi Hendrix Single 1969 Shining Down Jesse Malin SIngle 2019 Live Forever Mick Devine Here Now 2019 Never Too Late Michael Cramer Single 2019 Nobody Else Will Believe You Low Cut COnnie SIngle 2019 Anything Anything (I'll Give You) DramaRama SIngle 2005 Rock and Roll Music The Beach Boys Made In California 2012 Rock and Roll Is King Electric LIght Orchestra SIngle 1984 White Toyota Ranger Jonah Tolchin Fires For The Cold 2019 Get Out Of My Way Paul McCartney Off The Ground 1993 The Language Of Love Dan Fogelberg Greatest Hits 2001 She Belongs To Me Bob Dylan Lovesick 2009 Never Had It Better Franke and the Knockouts Franke and the Knockouts Complete Collection 2019 Somewhere Jimi Hendrix People Hell And Angels 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talking Hendrix Classic Retro --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.mixcloud.com/ed-wrobleski/taling-hendrix-show-59-happy-90-chuck-berry-remastered-2017/ Talking Hendrix Show #59: Happy 90th Birthday Chuck Berry october 19, 2016 Johnny B Goode Jimi Hendrix Hendrix In The West 1982 Sweet Little Sixteen Chuck Berry Greatest Hits 1978 Promised Land Elvis Presley The Rocker 1985 Back in the USA Linda Ronstadt with Kieth Richards and Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock and Roll Originaal Motion Picture Sountrack 1987 Rock and Roll Music Reo Speedwagon Single 1978 You Never Can Tell Aaron Neville The Grand Tour 1994 School Days (Ring Ring Goes The Bell) The Beach Boys Keeping The Summer Alive 1980 Almost Grown Chuck Berry 28 Greatest Hits 1986 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man Paul McCartney Run Devil Run 1998 Roll Over Beethoven Electric Light Orchestra Greatest Hits 1978 My Ding-A-Ling Chuck Berry The London Sessions 1969 Memphis Johnny Rivers The Best Of 1981 Sweet Little Rock and Roller Rod Stewart Smiler 1974 Carol The Rolling Stones 12 x 5 1964 Too Much Monkey Business The Beatles BBC Sessions 1994 Reeling and Rocking Dave Clark Five Greatest Hits 1975 Burning Desire Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun 2016 Kodachrome/Maybellene Simon and Garfunkel Live in Central Park 1982 Come On The Rolling Stones Single 1964 You Never Can Tell Bob Seger Greatest Hits 1994 No Particular Place To Go George Thorogood and the Destroyers Greatest Hits 1998 Run Rudolph Run Keith Richards Christmas A Go-Go 2005 Little Queenie Jerry Lee Lewis Greatest Hits 1968 Nadine Michael Nesmith Live At The palais 1978 Maybellene Chuck Berry Single 1958 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guests Coming Soon: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darrell Curly Jones Jonah Tolchin Willie Nile --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Mission Statement... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talking Hendrix is a journey through Jimi Hendrix's music catalog common and rare pieces of his musical diversity, along with interviews with artists who've played, worked or were inspired by Jimi's expertise styling of guitar playing. The show also contains music that was out during the pop culture scene that Jimi was involved with or inspired his musical stylings or just was on the charts at the same time he was on them as well. Host Ed Wrobleski a Massachusetts native has been a fan and following Hendrix's music since the age of 8 and has completed over 200 shows that has been posted up on mixcloud.com and archive.org, Talking Hendrix now also broaden's our horizons with versatile guests that may not just have a connection with Jimi's music but also may have somehow secretly followed his career in other mysterious ways the artist, songwriter, or author themselves may have not even realized. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like our show then you should check out Voices of time with Alan James Patterson on Wednesdays from 2-5 p.m. if you want to hear some of Alan's older shows than join him on his facebook group and you can find some of his previous shows up on mixcloud posted on the page at the link below: https://www.facebook.com/groups/225608664513521/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you like the free form type of music formatted show then you should listen to our good friend Rich Russo's show Anything Anything which can also be heard on www.bostonfreeradio.com on sunday nights from 10 p.m.-midnight If you like our show that focus's mainly on Jimi Hendrix for the most part, then if you're a Pink Floyd fan then check out "Floydian Slip" which is a syndicated weekly one hour show on Pink Floyd with host Craig Bailey. For more information on what radio stations you can hear this show on go to www.floydianslip.com to see where you can hear this fully informative show on Pink Floyd. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a media publication if you would like off our mailing list at anytime please hit reply to this e-mail with the word "Unsubscribe " in the subject line and we will remove you right away from our mailing list. If you have friends or know someone who would like to be subscribed to our newsletter you can also do the same by hitting reply and put "Subscribe" in the subject line and in the message the person's e-mail address and we will add them to our mailing list. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2019 Ed Wrobleski Publication Productions. All Rights Reserved