My Top Five Records
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Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Today on the podcast we have Mo Pittle. He picked these five records:
GREATEST HITS VOL 1 - EAGLES
MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK - BLUES BROTHERS
REAL TO REEL - ROGER CLYNE AND THE PEACEMAKERS
1984 - VAN HALEN
LEGEND - BOB MARLEY
He’s the owner of Jewboy Burgers here in Austin, Texas. The Jewboy Burger website state, “born in Cleveland with ties to Philadelphia and Washington, DC was raised in El Paso, Texas. Not the first place you’d expect to find Jews, but they’re there. Growing up among the Homeboys, he became affectionately known as “El JewBoy.” By trade, Mo is a copywriter and he told me, and I quote, “I like to be around cheeseburgers and nice people.”
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Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place!
Hear what Chuck says about how Dusty Springfield "Dustifies" things and how Alejandro Escovedo defines punk music. He's had a stellar career and has had his compositions and co-writes recorded by many artists including Alejandro Escovedo, Bruce Springsteen, Heart, Peter Wolf, Kim Richey, Arc Angels, Micky & the Motorcars, Chris Knight and Kelly Willis.
I would like to mention that there are no advertisements in this podcast. I have a truckload of fun doing this but it takes at least 20 hours to research, listen, record, edit, and produce each episode. If you are willing to help, you can support on my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MyTopFiveRecords
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Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
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Season two of the My Top Records podcast starts today. We've got Mitch Ballard for your listening pleasure. Mitch moved from Nashville to Austin a couple few years ago to start the BMI office. This office reminds me why Austin is Austin. Organizations like HAAM and SIMS. No other city has such a focus on their artistic integrity. Makes me proud to be a 7th generation Texan.
Before Mitch opened the BMI office here in Austin, he’d been called the Swiss Army Knife of the country music business. He started off by turning down a music scholarship to North Texas because he didn’t really want to play the trumpet anymore. He was a tour manager for BJ Thomas for 8 years. He owned a website building company for musicians and then an LED concert company. Yeah, he knows the music biz. I love podcasts like this on because I don’t really have to talk. I threatened to trash my Encyclopedia of Country music. What would I need that for when I can just call Mitch?
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Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
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Today’s guest is Weldon Henson. He might have the best honky tonk voice that Austin can call it’s own. I’d describe it as a mix between Merle Haggard and Ray Benson He plays the honky tonks in and around Austin. In particular, a weekly gig at the Broken Spoke and monthly at Ginny’s. When you hear him talk about his top five records, I believe that it is clear where his influences lie.
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
It is another honor and privilege to have today’s guest on My Top Five Records podcast. Chris “the Whipper” Layton was one half of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s Rhythm section Double trouble. The way he picked his top five records was super cool. Not only did he play with Stevie but he and Double Trouble also joined forces with The Arc Angels and Storyville.
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
It is an honor and privilege to have today’s guest on My Top Five Records podcast. Mike Flanigin is in my humble opinion the best B3 player around. He playing consistently at CBoys with Jimmie Vaughn, at least when that Covid dude isn’t wreaking havoc on us. Come on Covid. Can’t you leave us alone?
So yeah, he plays with Jimmie. He is also buds with Billy Gibbons and has performed with ZZ Top, Steve Miller, Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, Charlie Sexton, Doyle 2 and Bonnie Raitt to name a few. I actually opened up for him once at our mutual friend, Tom Amiss’, annual party
One of my favorite stories is how he used to tour as a guitarist with a LA band and returned to Austin to join the Antone’s Nightclub house band. That’s when he decided to change instruments and start playing the B3. He hooked up with organ legend Big John Patton to learn the craft. And guess what, Big John has a record in Mike’s top five.
In 2015 he released his debut record called The Drifter. Rolling Stone said, “The Drifter is a road trip-worthy record that veers from punk rock to desert pop to Bible Belt Blues, it’s disparate parts glued together with the swirl and swoon of B3 organ. This is day-driving mood music, with Flanigin creating his own version of atmospheric Americana.”
And just this year, he dropped a brand new record called West Texas Blues and born out of his and Sue Foley’s Texas Blues Party that they streamed live on Facebook. They went into the studio as a three piece. Just Sue, Mike and Chris “Whipper” Layton of Double Trouble.
I quote Flanigin saying about the record, “As much as I labored over The Drifter album, which took me three years to make, and I had a lot of different types of genres, and people, and guests, this was the exact opposite.” Flanigin said. “This was ‘Let’s go in and let’s do what we do,’ and we play the blues. That’s what we’ve been doing our whole lives.”
I was driving back from Houston yesterday and thought I would put it on. Well I did and I could not turn it off for the entire ride home. If you like the blues, you’ve got to check it out. An All Star cast of blues legends kicking out an homage to some Texas Blues music.
So PLEASE people go out there and support music. Support the artists that make you groove. Allow those who create to keep creating. Get out there or go online and buy Mike Flanigin’s new record. While you’re at it, I’d recommend you pick up The Drifter as well.
We talked about how he knew Lazy Lester and how Texas music is for dancers. We talked about how Billy Gibbons plays on 7 strings and how that shows in his touch AND how he knows professional card tricks. It was like a history lesson.
We had a slight technical difficulty and about 10 mintues got cut from our conversation. It was primarily about Billy Gibbons. We talked about Dusty has motorboat fingers and that is what makes ZZ Top ultimately unique. He also talks about how he likes to record live in the studio and how he started singing again because Jimmie Vaughn pretty much made him when they were on tour.
What also got cut was where you can find him online. You spell Mike’s last name F L A N I G I N. As he says, with two N’s and two I’s
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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Today I’m talking to Wayne Sutton. I used to go see him rock it something like twice a week with Little Sister back in the day at the Black Cat. Free hot dogs and 1 dollar Pabst Blue Ribbon tallboys. Then they changed their name to Sister 7 and Darrel Phillips joined the band and they just kept rocking. I told him the story when I saw Darrell in Wichita at Barleycorns.
We talked about his new record called The Blue Worm and how a Blue Worm is a Pilipino knife fighting move. He said that all the records he picked are driving records and laughed as he said how blown away how Joni Michell wrote all the songs wacked out on blow. No pun intended.
If you’ve got the gumption, head over to www.thebiggunshow.com and check out what my band is up to these days. You can also catch us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube with a handle of thebiggunshowband. And when Covid leaves us alone, our most consistent gig is our monthly residency at The Little Longhorn Saloon here in Austin. Home of Chicken Shit Bingo. We play the happy hour on the first Friday of every month. Bring Grandma. She’ll have a blast.
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Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Today I’m talking to Mike G. He’s the main man in his band, the Jukebox Heroes. Today’s episode is going to be a little different. Usually, I speak with the podcastees about the top five records that they could only have for the rest of their lives. About a year ago, I was at the One 2 One bar on South Lamar and having a talk with Mike G. We were talking in depth about the Stones and I mentioned that he should be on my podcast. Then I said, let’s make it a top 3 Stones records podcast. After many high fives, hugs and laughs, we decided we were going to do it. Basically, this episode is two Stone’s fanatics talking about a subject they both love.
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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Today I am rapping with Ruby Dice. We had an awesome conversation about her top 5 records.
I’ve known Ruby Dice for quite some time. She played in my band for a hot second back in the day. She used to sing a blues song with us and I was shocked that none of her top five records were old school blues. She does have a Black Keys record so I guess that will have to do.
Close your eyes. You’re back on that desert island again. What five records do you have?
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Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
KEVIN MCKINNEY 200601
My name is Gunter and I play in a local Austin band called The Big Gun Show.
I created this podcast to sit down with other songwriters, musicians, artists and lovers of music to talk about their top 5 records that have inspired their lives and musical prowess.
Today I am rapping with Kevin McKinney. We had an awesome conversation about his top 5 records.
We talk about how at least one of the records was of childish importance. We talk about how fellow Soulhat guitarist Billy Cassis turned him on to Jimi Hendrix and how he gets Jam Guilt. He describes Talk Talk’s effort as an Art Project but soothing, spooky. He’s calls it a massage and how he found it at a book store in college. Gotta leave that space.
Close your eyes. You’re stranded on a desert island. What 5 records do you have?
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