About this episode

The Yale Brothers discuss various music-related topics and personal stories, featuring a musical gem from the archive.

In this episode, The Yale Brothers once again cover the waterfront - from The Grateful Dead to Ian Whitcomb, Gigs in Myrtle Beach to tripping at recording sessions, Roger's newspaper work to walking around Hollywood in the seventies and eighties. It's all that and more, including a musical gem from the archive. SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "Strange Fascination" by Chris Yale 4:02 - Greetings and about the song /The call of the flesh / Sobriety / Second lineup of their band, Rogue Alley 6:42 - Noel Coward performs " Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) " in Las Vegas 7:14 - Myrtle Beach is getting busy again / Spring break / Underage booze and tobacco / Chris mistaken for a street hustler in Glendale, CA, 1985 8:23 - " Rough Trade " by Ian Whitcomb / Tripping balls at a Whitcomb recording session / Ronnie Barron / Dr. John 9:22 - Jerry Garcia spiked the coffee / Joe Smith / Early Dead documentary efforts 10:23 - " Long Strange Trip " docuseries / Workingman's Dead recording process / " Casey Jones " and " Uncle John's Band " / Roger's cover feature about Scott Mann , WAVE 104.1 Myrtle Beach / More about Scott Mann / More Dead 12:35 - The outdated P.A. / Roger's solo gig at Dirty Myrtle Wing…

People in this episode

Hosts: Roger Yale, Chris Yale

Topics covered

• music history
• recording sessions
• The Grateful Dead
• Myrtle Beach gigs
• personal anecdotes
• archival music

Keywords

• Grateful Dead
• Ian Whitcomb
• Myrtle Beach
• recording sessions
• Noel Coward
• Jerry Garcia
• music history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WAVE 104.1 Myrtle Beach, The Post and Courier Myrtle Beach, The Post and Courier Charleston

Books & works: Strange Fascination, Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love), Rough Trade, Long Strange Trip, Workingman's Dead, Casey Jones, Uncle John's Band

Places: Myrtle Beach, Glendale, CA, Hollywood

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