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E41: Easy Rider + Arthur Lee with Richard Williams

E41: Easy Rider + Arthur Lee with Richard Williams

FromRock's Backpages


E41: Easy Rider + Arthur Lee with Richard Williams

FromRock's Backpages

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Length:
71 minutes
Released:
Aug 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this week's episode, Barney Hoskyns and Jasper Murison-Bowie are joined by Richard Williams to discuss his long and august career in music journalism, from his writing about avant-jazz giant Albert Ayler for his local Nottingham newspaper through his stewardship of Melody Maker to his time as the Guardian's chief sportswriter. The three men talk about Ayler and the great Laura Nyro, as well as about Richard's early interview with Bob Marley, at whose UK label (Island) Richard became Head of A&R for over two years. Asked what sort of music excites him these days, Richard (and Jasper) enthuse about the contemporary London jazz scene.The week's free feature marks the passing of Peter Fonda, with contemporary appraisals of Dennis Hopper's 1969 classic Easy Rider that spark discussion of the film's soundtrack.We then hear clips from John Tobler's 1980 interview with Arthur Lee, wherein the sometime Love frontman toys with the notion of getting the original band back together and reminisces about meeting Jimi Hendrix for the first time in 1964.The episode concludes with a brief look at highlights among new articles in the RBP library, including an early Pink Floyd interview, a review of Panjabi MC's The Album and a live review of rapper Dave at Koko. Find Richard Williams' blog at https://thebluemoment.com.Pieces discussed: Richard Williams interviewed by Simon Warner, Albert Ayler, Laura Nyro, Bob Marley, Kamasi, Kendrick and co, Charlie Gillett on Easy Rider, Miller Francis Jr. on Easy Rider, Rock at the Movies, Love's Arthur Lee audio, The Pink Floyd, Puff Daddy, Boz Scaggs, Panjabi MC, Akala and Dave @ Koko.
Released:
Aug 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

They were so much older then, they're younger than that now: Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns reel in the years and riff on all that's new this week in the world's biggest library of music journalism — definitive interviews with legends of the last 60 years by the pop press' greatest writers ... and much much more. The RBP podcast is produced by Jasper Murison-Bowie and is a proud part of Pantheon — the podcast network for music lovers.