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Icon Fetch

By: Tony Peters
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  • Veteran broadcaster & Musicologist Tony Peters hosts Icon Fetch, a long-running, music interview podcast, delving into a variety of genres to find the commonality among all people who create music.
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  • 427 - Tommy James - New Tour, Update on Movie, Book, Broadway Show and New Recordings

    427 - Tommy James - New Tour, Update on Movie, Book, Broadway Show and New Recordings
    May 30 2024
    Tommy James has sold over 100 million records, and his impressive string of hits continue to live on in movies, TV shows and commercials - "Hanky Panky," "Mony, Mony," "I Think We're Alone Now," "Crimson & Clover," "Crystal Blue Persuasion," and many more. His excellent autobiography, "Me, the Mob and the Music" is one of the greatest music books ever written, and is in preproduction to be turned into a major Hollywood movie and Broadway musical.

    James was our very first guest on Icon Fetch back in April of 2010. In our new conversation, he gives us updates on the movie, book and musical. Plus, he talks about unearthing his very first recording, "Long Pony Tail," that even predates "Hanky Panky" by two years. He also discusses recently recording songs by the Beatles and Supremes.

    He also discusses his weekly radio show, "Gettin' Together with Tommy James" on Sirius/XM.

    Tommy James is currently on the road - tour dates and more information can be found at tommyjames.com
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    31 mins
  • 426 - Marshall Chess - New Moves: The Chess Project, plus new YouTube channel

    426 - Marshall Chess - New Moves: The Chess Project, plus new YouTube channel
    Apr 26 2024
    Marshall Chess has a long history in the blues. His father, Leonard, was one of the co-founders of Chess Records, the influential record label responsible for exposing the music of artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Sonny Boy Williamson to larger audience. Marshall produced the trailblazing Electric Mud from Muddy Waters, and the Howlin’ Wolf Album, both were attempts to reinterpret the blues to then current psychedelic rock era. He was the first president of Rolling Stones Records, and worked on several films, including Cadillac Records, which was based on his family’s record label.

    Now comes New Moves - The Chess Project, several decades in the making. Once again, Marshall is reinterpreting the music his family helped nurture, this time for the modern age. With Keith LeBlanc producing, they’ve assembled a top-notch collection of musicians, reimagining songs by Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter and more.

    Marshall also has a YouTube Channel celebrating the Chess history, and a podcast, where he tells many of the great stories of his life.
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    30 mins
  • 425 - Tom Rush - First New Album in Five Years - Gardens Old, Flowers New

    425 - Tom Rush - First New Album in Five Years - Gardens Old, Flowers New
    Apr 12 2024
    Tom Rush pretty much pioneered the folk movement of the early Sixties, issuing his debut album in 1962. He’s also credited with putting compositions by Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor on album for the first time, with his LP The Circle Game in 1968. We talked with Tom back in 2018 when he issued his album Voices.

    Well, he’s back with his first new record in five years out called Gardens Old, Flowers New. He talks about how he unearthed one of the songs on the new album from a live recording from 50 years ago. Also, how he wrote a song for his daughter when she was young (now she's grown up), and how he never intended that one to be on an album. He also talks about Rockport Sundays, a program he started during Covid, where he invites many of his musical friends to play and tell stories.
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    27 mins
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