Rock N Roll Story Guys

The guys go on one of their wildest rides to date - connecting The Rolling Stones, 80's punk, murder, and jazz guitar.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jove
https://www.popvalley.co.uk/p/echoes-the-death-of-peter-ivers-and
https://www.popvalley.co.uk/p/echoes-the-death-of-peter-ivers-and-874
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ivers
https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/peter-ivers-becoming-peter-ivers-interview
https://www.deuceofclubs.com/books/291peter_ivers.htm
https://www.instagram.com/p/DRfnFACEgVK/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/27/an-einstein-among-neanderthals-the-tragic-prince-of-la-counterculture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Weinstock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones%27_Redlands_bust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones%27_Redlands_bust
https://vocal.media/beat/she-had-a-mars-bar-where
https://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/players/5645-who-killed-lenny-breau-4.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau
https://www.reddit.com/r/thelema/comments/1hbe439/picked_up_this_record_by_david_jove_recently/
Peter and The Acid King - Penelope Spheeris podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/2XzPtqqdYPpBquMLdinhpe?si=51662add4d1c4333
Transcripts: https://podcasts.happyscribe.com/imagine-audio-peter-and-the-acid-king/peter-and-the-acid-king-theories
https://offscreen.com/view/in-heaven-everything-is-fine
Jove - Never Say Never - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngUwh_rbtyE
https://ifrqfm.substack.com/p/terminal-love
The Josh Frank book: https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Everything-Fine-Unsolved-History/dp/1416551204
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/c3guj9/who_killed_peter_ivers/
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The guys get into the backstory behind two of the most powerful women in rock and the biggest obstacle they've faced - each other.
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SHOW NOTES:
The oral history: https://www.amazon.com/Kicking-Dreaming-Story-Heart-Soul/dp/0062101684
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ann-nancy-wilson-heart-update
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/14/heart-singer-ann-wilson-success-was-a-faustian-bargain-we-made
https://1001-songs.blogspot.com/2013/04/interview-with-magic-man-mike-fisher-of.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Wilson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_(Heart_album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Queen
https://www.dreampathpodcast.com/episodes/michael-roger-fisher-two/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/heart-can-ann-and-nancy-wilson-go-on-after-family-assault-115109/
https://wror.com/2022/04/12/ann-and-nancy-wilson-no-feud-but-there-is-split/
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Brian and Murdock dig into the story behind the most infamous SNL performance-gone-haywire, and figure out how it weirdly connected a king of comedy, a premier provocateur, and the ultimate torchbearer of punk authenticity.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(book)
openculture.com/2025/10/the-night-john-belushi-booked-the-punk-band-fear-on-snl-1981.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi
https://diffuser.fm/john-belushi-fear-snl/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_Theatre
https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/spreading-fear-since-the-1970s/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_(band)
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/inside-john-belushis-long-lost-punk-song-with-fear-73830/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbors_(1981_film)
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-belushi-fear-snl/
Ian McKaye telling story about SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssNYb7HFUvE
https://deadline.com/2025/01/the-real-story-fear-snl-1236258816/
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The guys finally get to a stack of letters about Paul Westerberg and The Replacements and untangle the tale of the time that the Twin Cities ne'er-do-wells took their inferiority complex onto national TV.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Replacements_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Stinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westerberg
https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Boys-True-Story-Replacements/dp/0306825368
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Stinson
https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2023/11/14/peter-jespersons-colorful-new-memoir-shares-music-business-thrills-and-spills
Jesperson interview on Licorice Pizza TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3WBS_hvrVA&t=3087s
The Replacements performance: https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1p4dwjl/snl_musical_performance_bastards_of_young_january/
https://uproxx.com/indie/rivals-revisited-rem-the-replacements-up-tim-reissues/
https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/l1nc3r/inside_the_replacements_disastrous_snl_debut/
https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/Elvis_Costello
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Radio
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The guys do their best to answer the often-asked question about what happened to dismantle the (80% Canadian) American instituion - The Band.
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SHOW NOTES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_They_Drove_Old_Dixie_Down
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
Testimony by Robbie Robertson: https://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Robbie-Robertson/dp/0307889785
Big Pink on VBRO: https://www.vrbo.com/3970069ha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pink
https://theband.hiof.no/history/band_shortstory.html
https://www.britannica.com/story/when-dylan-went-electric
https://dontforgetthesongs365.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/jemima-surrender-and-the-endless-royalty-battle-for-songwriting-credits-between-robbie-robertson-and-the-band/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manuel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_Helm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Danko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Hudson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Wheel%27s_on_FireLevonHelm_and_the_Story_of_the_Band
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Waltz
The car blog: http://phscollectorcarworld.blogspot.com/2018/12/lost-star-cars-wrecks-of-band.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comments/12n652b/i_find_it_curious_bob_never_really_collaborated/
Joe Forno Jr, Interview: https://medium.com/@jeremylr/how-robbie-robertson-almost-reunited-with-levon-helm-and-the-band-2e77f8521416
https://www.grunge.com/1364351/robbie-robertson-complicated-history-the-band/
https://glidemagazine.com/102076/the-feud-that-just-wont-end-did-levon-helms-wife-keep-robbie-robertson-from-participating-in-grammys-tribute/
https://www.salon.com/2020/05/23/robbie-robertson-the-band-once-were-brothers/
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