Nov 21, 2022
On this episode of the Blind Tiger Record Club
Podcast, David W. Williams and Kevin Lee discuss the Blind
Tiger Record Club's November Records of the Month.
We discuss all four styles of the B.T.R.C. Records of the Month -
Singer Songwriter, Rock & Alternative, Jazz Soul & Blues,
and Classics. We talk about new releases and reissues
from Bonny Light Horseman, Train, Lee Fields, and ZZ
Top. The albums from these artists are
discussed and clips of songs from the albums are played.
We discuss the return of Eric D. Johnson, Anais
Mitchell, and Josh
Kaufman to the Bonny Light Horseman line up. We
also discuss the major differences between Bonny Light
Horseman's Rolling Golden
Honey and their 2020
self-titled, Grammy Award
Nominated album, and how
this new release really makes the trio an actual "band" versus a
side project. We talk about Train's AM
Gold and how strange this release has been from
its Billboard numbers to its absence at Triple A
radio, even though the band has a long history at the format.
We talk about the fact that Pat Monohan is a
really strong frontman, but is also the only original member of the
band still in Train. We dive
into traditional soul artist Lee Fields new solo
album, Sentimental
Fool. We discuss the fact that this is his
first album without
the Expressions in twenty
years. We also talk about producer Gabriel
Roth, and how he co-owns Dap-tone
Records and performed and
produced Sharon Jones and the Dap
Kings for twenty years. We cover ZZ Top's1983
release, Eliminator, and how it
moved the band from blues based boogie rock to a more mainstream,
synth driven, new wave rock. We also discuss the important
branding decisions made with Billy
Gibbons and Bill Ham to
include Gibbon's 1933 Ford Coupe in all
the album's marketing and several music videos.
We also briefly discuss Taylors
Swift's new Billboard record
shattering new
album, Midnights, and how well
the album and her lead
single, "Anti-hero" has done.
Here are the albums included in this episode of
the Blind Tiger Record Club Podcast:
- Singer Songwriter October Record of the
Month: Bonny Light Horseman | Rolling
Golden Honey (Ltd. Ed. Galaxy Blue Vinyl)
- Rock & Alternative October Record of the
Month: Train | AM Gold (Ltd.
Gold Vinyl)
- Jazz Soul & Blues October Record of the
Month: Lee Fields | Sentimental
Fool (Ltd Ed. Orange Vinyl)
- Classics October Record of the
Month: ZZ Top
| Eliminator (Reissue)
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Hosts: David W. Williams and Kevin Lee
Executive Producer - David W. Williams
A Blind Tiger Entertainment, LLC Production
This episode was edited and mixed by the team at Sound On
Studios
Theme song written and produced by Jasen Rauch
Headbanger Intro theme by Love & Death
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