Michael Winslow
Tales of the Road Warriors
Michael Winslow Show Notes Talking Points: Twitter handle @Noizey_Man Grew up on several Air Force bases Moved around a lot as a kid. Killed the boredom by imitating the sounds of machinery around the military bases. Including typewriters. Take this video for example… 32 Typewriters??? I couldn’t tell the difference between a Remington Noiseless Portable or a IBM Executive Model 42 or a Smith Corona Word processor Books: Whack to the Side of the Head Kick to the Seat of the Pants Lesson learned - there’s more than one right answer Tik Tok Jimi Hendrix Comics stealing jokes....
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Smokey Miles
Tales of the Road Warriors
Today my guest is Robert Smokey Miles... He knows Bob Dylan personally and even used to be his house sitter as a teenager Around 1987 he began hosting open mics and acoustic music showcases at the Breakaway Gardens in Venice, CA, much like I did in the San Fernando Valley several years later. Although I had been to the Breakaway, on many occasions before I left Venice, I don’t recall having ever met Smokey, although in retrospect, I must have. While editing this episode, I determined it would have been almost impossible for me not to have crossed paths wit this guy!...
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Essra Mohawk
Tales of the Road Warriors
Essra Mohawk has had a very long and storied career. Her songs run the gamut from pop to avant garden, and everything in between.
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Ben Vaughn Part 2
Tales of the Road Warriors
Ben Vaughn Part 2 - Show Notes Hey, howzit going everybody? Had enough of this lockdown yet? I know, I know, there’s nothing funny about it and you’re running out of ideas. Well, at least you have me to keep you entertained for a little while. I’m Hal in Philly and this is my podcast. Welcome to it. In case you forgot , it’s called… TALES OF THE ROAD WARRIORS! If you listened to the last episode, my conversation with Ben Vaughn - Part 1 then you know I ended it wth a kind of a cliff hanger. Ben was telling me that his father would not allow him to have a guitar i the house if he...
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Ben Vaughn Part 1
Tales of the Road Warriors
Ben Vaughn, rock and roll star and DJ.. known throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Tri-state area and parts of New York. Host of NPR show, The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn”
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Dave Kanyan
Tales of the Road Warriors
Hal in Philly talks with truck driver and podcaster, Dave Kanyan, host of Dumbing it Down With Dave, about driving a truck, podcasting at 85 mph, milk, comedy and some music. Episode Links and Resources Dave's Podcast Stream or Download -
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Henry Phillips
Tales of the Road Warriors
Hal in Philly interviews Henry Phillips on Tales of the Road Warriors. He is a comedic singer/songwriter, actor and filmmaker. He has released comedy albums of his music, and has produced several series including The Loner for IFC, a cooking show on Patreon called Henry's Kitchen. Also on Patreon for 2020, a comedy series, The Highway Man. ---------------------------- Talking Points Sorry, wrong number Discovering Henry - Music reviewer Jonathan Widran Chimneysweep Jerry’s Deli Stories - Marlon Brando Saturday Night Live, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck Mark Cohen The...
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Kendal Conrad
Tales of the Road Warriors
Kendal Conrad is a country singer/songwriter/recording artist from outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania.She has shared the stage and opened for the likes of Blake Shelton, Charlie Daniels Band, Chris Lane, Trace Adkins, Phil Vassar and many others and even sang a duet live onstage with Keith Urban.
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Andrea Nardello
Tales of the Road Warriors
Philly's Andrea Nardello has been compared to Melissa Etheridge, Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlisle. Influences in folk, rock & pop. Nardello recently won a contest and sang with Brandi Carlile at Carlile’s all women’s festival in Mexico. Also won Philadelphia Songwriter's Project Contest and the Tri-State Indie's "Acoustic Artist Of The Year." She has toured extensively opening for Colbie Caillat, Brandi Carlile, Gabe Dixon, Emerson Hart of Tonic Fame, Toby Lightman, Tim Reynolds of The Dave Matthews Band and Ron Pope.
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Toby Lightman Pt 1
Tales of the Road Warriors
Today is the first of three episodes in a row featuring Women Road Warriors in honor of International Women’s Month on Tales of the Road Warriors. My guest is Toby Lightman. In our brief talk we touched on another problem men never experience, the struggle to have a child. Though a man can share some of the emotional weight of this struggle, we can never know the physical and internal anguish that a woman experiences. Toby recently captured this in her song ‘Begin Again”. I had no idea what the song was about going into this conversation, so you’ll hear me getting...
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Bob Malone. In case you don’t know the name, I am happy to be the one bringing this remarkable and talented keyboard wizard into your orbit…
There are some people you encounter in life who immediately stand out in some inexplicable way. You may have heard it described as the X Factor, or that “IT” factor. An aura. Bob has that.
I still remember like it was yesterday… several members of the National Academy of Songwriters (now The Songwriters Guild) had volunteered to help repaint their offices. Bob and I were among that group and so I was on the floor placing masking tape along the wall above the molding. Malone was coming from the other direction and we met in the middle where we struck up a conversation. Turned out he was a keyboard player. A new kid in town from New Jersey who like many of us , had trekked out to L.A. to seek their fame and fortune. We immediately struck up a friendship.
Eventually, I ended up recording some demos for him (and with him) at my home studio in Venice and helped him get a steady gig at the Chimneysweep, where I was acting as entertainment coordinator. I played there on Sunday nights, myself. The Hal Show. Acoustic Sunday.
Bob eventually started making a name for himself in L.A. as a music transcriber, singer/songwriter, arranger, session musician, and music supervisor. He has performed and or recorded with living legends, and in fact he’s been touring with John Fogerty, a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival, for the last decade. He’s opened for the Neville Brothers (recently, we said goodbye to Art Neville).
On their last tour, Bob got to share the stage with Mr. Springsteen, himself.
I wish I had more time to talk to Bob – – – When I finally caught up with him, he was on his way back from a recording session on a new project. What else is new? Mr. Malone is ALWAYS working on something new. That’s why he’s always got such good stories! So, our conversation barely touched the tip of the iceberg. Talk a bout a road warrior? He was literally in his car during the entire conversation, so the audio might have been a little funky in patches. Which is fitting, because Bob Malone really knows how to bring the funk!
Some the topics we covered include:
Old Bob Malone songs.
New Bob Malone songs.
A brand new video called Good People (and I’M in it!). Yay! … for about a second.
The iconic accordion solo he before John Fogarty and the rest of the band break into Looking’ Out My Back Door
Touring Europe - Italy and Paris in particular.
Shark week and the Sparkly Shark song by Bob’s wife, Karen Nash who is also a shellologist.
Bob’s epic photos of the crowds taken from a stage-eye view
An encounter with Jackson Browne while playing keyboards for Ricki Lee Jones (who I’ve seen naked - in my worst Jon Lovitz voice). Hey, no biggie… it was the 70’s. Everyone sat in a hot tub naked back in the day.
BOB MALONE LINKS AND RESOURCES
THE OFFICIAL BOB MALONE WEBSITE - Go there. Sign up for the Bob Malone Mailing list and purchase his music and merchandise there!
Personal Favorites:
Chinese Algebra (The full, live version of the one at the end of the interview)
Watching Over Me (Official Live Video)
This is based on a true story about how one time Bob went to Las Vegas and only had a single one dollar bill to his name. The song tells the rest of this amazing experience.
Meet Me In Manhattan - Bob wrote this for his - well I’ll let him tell you…
Bob Malone's Blog Posts
Crawl Across Texas - a story by Bob Malone. First published in Song Talk Magazine, later one of the original Tales of the Road Warriors in the Li’l Hank’s Guide For Songwriters website. It’s still there!
Bob Malone Blog - Bob’s more current thoughts and adventures on Blogspot