WPKN Archives: Connections: Bob Dylan, current times plus new and vintage music

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Show:
Connections... with Eric Cocks

Original Aired:
Friday, December 4th, 2020
4:12PM to 6:52PM

Duration:
2 hours, 40 minutes

Posted:
Friday, December 4th, 2020 4:03PM

Tags:
hamsandwich new beatles keith psychedelic kinks lennon vinyl dylan rollingstones wpkn mono connections hendrix bootleg vintage improvised humor elvis demos squeaky chairs squeakychairs byrds emilyduff addabbo petty eels bobdylan ec23 spontaneous emmaswift


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Episode: Connections: Bob Dylan, current times plus new and vintage music

Dec 4, 2020 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. It’s spontaneous! It’s non-linear! New and vintage music from Bob Dylan (including some rarities), The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, Annette Peacock, The Byrds, P.F. Sloan (with a song co-written by Stephen Kalinich), The Beach Boys (with a special tribute to Dennis Wilson), Les Paul & Mary Ford, Tim Moore, Ennio Morricone, Elvis Presley, electronic music pioneer Laurie Spiegel, Ray Barretto, Badfinger, Lynsey de Paul, Dan Wilson, The Shirelles, Donovan and more. 

 

Plus new releases by Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos, Andy Shauf, Bettye LaVette, Sault, Emily Duff, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Eels, Jenny O., Emma Swift, Spooky Ghost (Gerry Leonard), The Squeaky Chairs, Shanda Lear, The Vinyl Straws and whatever happened in the moment.  

 

Also a brief exploration of radio, language in advertising, miscellaneous concepts and some personal thoughts on the brilliance of John Lennon. 

 

More fun than the news!!!

 

Sometimes, the connections only become apparent later… even to me!

 

Thanks for tuning in!! 

 

 

For info, updates and occasional videos, photos and articles, please join the Facebook page Connections on WPKN 

Show: Connections... with Eric Cocks

Connections... with Eric Cocks

Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.

Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision. Or just because it sounds good...

Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Nilsson, Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, Tame Impala, Grimes, The Pretenders, Blondie, Caitlin Rose, Juana Molina, Mojo Mancini, Elliott Randall, Marshall Chapman, Jessy Lanza, Big Star, demos, rarities, unreleased new music and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...

Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Neil Innes of The Rutles, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye, Warren Zanes, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Rod Argent of The Zombies, Oscar Winning Composer Alan Menken, Patty Larkin and more. All are available in archives for about 385 days. (Maybe that'll get extended some day.) Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 1st and 3rd Friday afternoon of each month at the new  time of  4 to 7 pm eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live over the air at 89.5, online at http://wpkn.org, tunein radio or listen later in the WPKN archives.

For further info, updates, news, videos and special features, please check the FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN

Thanks for tuning in!

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