Records & Rockstars

Truth be told, radio helped, through its too-tight playlists, all but ruin the format, turned genre, "Classic Rock". And that's where the former iteration of Records & Rockstars came in. It was 2001 we created "The Legends of Classic Rock", designed to go deeper musically, and tell the stories behind the music. 22 years later, the series continues, with records we came to love and the stories around the artists who made 'em. And so comes the first in this four-part series, condensing decade by decade, how rock would evolve, beginning in Part 1 with the birth of the baby born of the blues, called Rock 'N' Roll. We think you'll enjoy this 25 minute podcast version of the weekly radio show. I mean, who spends two days cooking up a 25 minute podcast? Woods does. Weirdo. In a good way. Here's how he sounds with a wicked head cold.

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Glenn Milchem is best known as the drummer for the some 2000 concerts performed, and four million albums sold by Blue Rodeo, and he's also performed behind everyone from Big Sugar to Ian Thornley, Ian Blurton, Andy Curran, Art Bergman, and @joansmithandthejanedoes and @mrpharmacist

For Glenn's first visit to Records & Rockstars, he comes armed with a vintage Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar and does a couple of his own original songs!

Plus conversation finds Glenn telling stories about when he first knew he wanted to be a musician, why he chose drums, the one “straight job” he took on for a minute, plus the bands he's moonlighting with, as he names what he calls one of the greatest drumming records of all time, and speaks to Blue Rodeo's inductions, and songs, and current lineup, plus his love for The Sadies and for the dearly departed Dallas Good, and so much more.

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Another special session in the recurring “Performances” series featuring past guests, and a condensed version of the original episode, with song set-ups and stories, and live acoustic performances from Wild Woods Blue. This time, from Toronto, powerful performances and conversation with the principle members of Joan Smith & The Jane Does, Joan Smith and Tom Juhas, including a scorching cover of In the Pines (Where Did You Sleep Last Night). Runs: 24 minutes.

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Another special session in the recurring “Performances” series featuring past guests chatting with Jeff and delivering song set-ups and stories, and live acoustic performances from Wild Woods Blue. This time, lotsa laughs and talent too, pulled from the 56 minute session of episode #163, wherein the update features highlights from one of the finest and most diverse rock drummers around, showing his other side as a singer/songwriter and how that feels versus drumming, as Glenn Milchem performs two of his own songs, and tells of his feelings around stepping out from behind the kit to sing, of his tenure with Blue Rodeo and of their induction to Canada's Music Hall of Fame, and of giving life advice to his kids in the words to one of the two songs he does here. We also find out that we share in our love of what we're happy to call the finest live band around, and they're Canadian too. Here comes 38 minutes of pure music talk and performance, from Glenn Milchem.

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The return (after 4 years) of the wise beyond her years 2023 "Southern Rock Artist of the Year" at the Josie Music Awards in Nashville. Thing is, she is southern, but Southern Ontario, and in this one on one convo with Jeff, we learn a bit more about her unique guitar buying strategy, (two heads are better than one, apparently), we learn of word of her reach farther and wider still as evidenced on Joe Bonamassa's “Cutting Edge Blues” playlist, plus a Records & Rockstars first revelation about her soon coming first tour in the UK. Guitar and slide in hand, we let a bit of the demon loose, as Madison Galloway performs two songs and Jeff happily plays you two additional songs direct from Madison's second long player (LP), simply called Madison Galloway, available far and wide as of June 27 2024! Get it on record and cd, plus there's merch and more at madisongalloway.com note: Madison's first appearance on Records & Rockstars is available as episode 55 (March 6 2020 for the Moon and Mercury album).

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