Peter Rodman Goes Off

Peter Rodman Goes Off
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10:00am, 10-19-2020
October 19, 2020 ~ PRGO 229: Groundbreaking, Grammy-winning Producer PAUL WORLEY joins Peter out on the deck, for the first week of a two-part, career-spanning interview. Today, it’s ‘Part One: The Game-Changer.’

10:00am, 10-12-2020
October 12, 2020 ~ PRGO 228: Part 2 of Peter’s career-spanning interview with JOHN HALL, who’s morphed from Rock Star to Congressman (and back again!) over a 50 year period. Today: NO NUKES + Congress!

10:00am, 10-5-2020
October 5, 2020 ~ PRGO 227: Catching up with JOHN HALL (a two-part interview). Part 1: The Music. John’s work with everyone from Janis Joplin to Taj Mahal is often overlooked…but not today! He’s “Still The One.”

10:00am, 9-28-2020
September 28, 2020 ~ PRGO226: Peter’s Birthday show has a bit of something for everyone…60’s rock, awkward childhood remembrances, incredible remixes, voting instructions, and even suggested questions, for the first Presidential debate!

10:00am, 9-21-2020
September 21, 2020 ~ PRGO225: Nashville’s reigning King of Power Pop BILL LLOYD, in a safe-distance interview taped on Peter’s deck, recounts some career highlights and debuts his new album, ‘Don’t Kill The Messenger.’

10:00am, 9-14-2020
September 14, 2020 ~ PRGO 224: Imagine not just one, but TWO parents–navigating separate, worldwide touring and recording careers, for 40 years. And that’s only PART of the story, for Bob & Etta Britt! Beyond the glamour, there’s a whole lot more…

10:00am, 9-7-2020
September 7, 2020 ~ PRGO223: HAPPY LABOR DAY, Everybody! Here’s an amusingly offbeat musical tribute to the American Worker!

10:00am, 8-31-2020
August 31, 2020 ~ PRGO 222: The inimitable LIVINGSTON TAYLOR visits with Peter for a rollicking hour of fun, talkin’ music–and serving up a full plate of advice and food-for-thought aspring songwriters can actually use!

10:00am, 8-24-2020
August 24, 2020 ~ PRGO221: It’s a Southern Rock ‘n Soul Fest, when Peter pulls out his rare 1994 interview with Capricorn Records founder PHIL WALDEN, also OTIS REDDING’S business partner…and he discovered DUANE ALLMAN! Here it all, right here.

10:00am, 8-17-2020
August 17, 2020 ~ PRGO 220: Welcome to Rockaway Beach, as four boys from Queens speak with Peter about their missionary work with the Fourmen Tabernacle Choir. It’s a sacred hour of calming balms.

10:00am, 8-10-2020
August 10, 2020 ~ PRGO219: WEEK TWO of our 5th Annual ‘August Archive’ series features legendary country music songwriter BOBBY BRADDOCK and his daughter LAUREN–telling stories about his iconic songs, including “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and more!

10:00am, 8-3-2020
August 3, 2020 ~ PRGO 218: In WEEK ONE of the 5th Annual ‘Archive August’ series, Peter digs up three interviews: Bonnie Bramlett (1978), Steve Forbert (1979) and ‘Sneaky Pete’ Kleinow (1980). FUN STUFF!

10:00am, 7-27-2020
July 27, 2020 ~ PRGO 217: Rootsy-blues growler BILLY PRINE debuts his new EP, and reminisces about a life in music, also touching upon the devastating loss of his brother John earlier in the year, to COVID 19.

10:00am, 7-20-2020
July 20, 2020 ~ PRGO216: Tune in and join us, for a one-hour-trip to NEW YORK CITY! … ♪ ♩ “The Bronx is up, and the Battery’s down…” ♫ ♪ ♩

10:00am, 7-13-2020
July 13, 2020 ~ PRGO #215: Remembering the late Charlie Daniels, with excerpts from Peter’s 1978 interview; and The Return of HEATHER LOSE, who talks about everything from the Art Institute of Chicago to silver gelatin prints & the Dead: Trey or Mayer?

10:00am, 7-6-2020
July 6, 2020 ~ PRGO 214: How about some ‘Smiles To Go!” Pleasant obscurities and carefree factoids abound, as Peter raids “The ‘C’ Section” of his recent vinyl acquisitions. Just press PLAY, and give ’em a spin!!!

10:00am, 6-29-2020
June 29, 2020 ~ PRGO #213: MUSIC! To wash away your troubles…(ROCK)…to cleanse the soul…(MEDITATIVE HARMONY)…and to soothe your feet as you “Stand” for what’s right (SOULFUL SOUNDS)… =)

10:00am, 6-22-2020
June 22, 2020 ~ PRGO 212: ONE FOR THE AGES. With the world seemingly upside down, Peter opens the mic to share some from-the-heart frustrations and worries, but BE FOREWARNED: Once OPENED, the mic stays ‘ON’…until the show’s over!!!

10:00am, 6-15-2020
June 15, 2020 ~ PRGO 211: An exclusive new interview with RUMER, surrounding her forthcoming album ‘Nashville Tears: The Songs of Hugh Prestwood.’ (Also featured: Producer Fred Mollin; Hugh Prestwood; and the late Michael Johnson.)

10:00am, 6-8-2020
June 8, 2020 ~ PRGO 210: Rockin’ out the frustrations, from disease to depression to demonstrations for what’s right! Also: A ‘newly discovered’ children’s poem called “Schlumpy.” (Take a guess..) )’

10:00am, 6-1-2020
June 1, 2020 ~PRGO 209: (NOTE: SHOW STARTS @ 1:37, on this little red bar!) Peaceful Pandemonia Music…plus, a look back on Peter’s interview with pop’s greatest Philosopher King…the late HAL DAVID.

10:00am, 5-25-2020
May 25, 2020 ~ PRGO 208: Playin’ RECORDS, to beat the blues; Clear the Decks; Clean the Palate; Change the Wash…ENJOY~! <3 ~PR

10:00am, 5-18-2020
May 18, 2020 ~ PRGO 207: STEVE CONN joins Peter, for the full hour–featuring all new music from his album ‘Flesh and Bone,’ as well as unheard-in-65 years, historic recordings of his legendary DAD ‘Peanut’ Conn, ‘hillbilly jazz’ bandleader and violinist!

10:00am, 5-11-2020
May 11, 2020 ~ PRGO 206: PR ‘Goes Off’ on local right-wing talk radio–which continues to stoke “resistance” of all kinds, toward municipal & CDC guidelines fighting the current pandemic. Also: MICHAEL SNOW takes us to Swingin’ London, in the ’60s!

10:00am, 5-4-2020
May 4, 2020 ~ PRGO205: Thomm Jutz joins Peter (from a safe distance) to review his harrowing return from Ireland during the beginning stages of the pandemic, and shares some great new music; also, new *classics* from the Stones, Dylan and Jackson Browne.

10:00am, 4-27-2020
April 27, 2020 ~ PRGO #204: Vintage interviews from Peter’s Radio Archive, with jazz giants GIL SCOTT-HERON and LES McCANN…recorded in 1978!

10:00am, 4-20-2020
April 20, 2020 ~ PRGO 203: “Safe at Home”…more music for the sequestered…and a few thoughts about the LUGHEADS trying to defy ‘social distancing’ guidelines, in the name of their “freedom.”

10:00am, 4-13-2020
April 13, 2020 ~ PRGO 202: “A Special Two-Hour Tribute to John Prine” ~ featuring the complete 1995 interview with Peter Rodman, not heard in 25 years, and much more..

10:00am, 4-6-2020
April 6, 2020 ~ PRGO 201: Safer at Home; More Music from the Masked Marauder’s Man Cave

10:00am, 3-30-2020
March 30, 2020 ~ PRGO: SHOW…# 200 !!! Who knew? Here’s your ramblin’ host, just playin’ records during sequestration…ENJOY! <3 ~PR

10:00am, 3-23-2020
March 23, 2020 ~ PRGO199: From where I sit… More music for the Age of Sequestration!

10:00am, 3-16-2020
March 16, 2020 ~ PRGO198: “Music for Social Distancing”…because hey, that’s what brings us closer together!

10:00am, 3-9-2020
March 9, 2020 ~ PRGO 197: Concluding a two-part interview with Nashville News Anchor Demetria Kalodinos and her husband, songwriting legend Verlon Thompson. Plus, a few words about Nashville’s tornado…

10:00am, 3-2-2020
March 2, 2020 ~ PRGO 196: Part ONE of a two-show visit from Nashville News Anchor DEMETRIA KALODIMOS and her husband, the legendary songwriter VERLON THOMPSON, in a rare JOINT radio appearance!.

10:00am, 2-24-2020
February 24, 2020 ~ PRGO 195: Bass legend CHUCK RAINEY speaks about how submerging his ego helped land session gigs with everyone from Steely Dan to Aretha. Also: Acoustic guitar wizard MIKE DAWES demonstrates his singular techniques!

10:00am, 2-17-2020
February 17, 2020 ~ PRGO 194: Fine art photographer, community organizer & WXNA co-founder HEATHER LOSE discusses some of her many projects that have made Nashville a better place to be–and reveals the health scare that put it all on hold, for a year.

10:00am, 2-10-2020
February 10, 2020 ~ PRGO 193: Melanie Smith-Howard–once known as “Mrs. Harlan Howard”–tells the story of their romance, and the tales behind some of his most famous songs, in this rare radio interview!

10:00am, 2-3-2020
February 3, 2020 ~ PRGO 192: Finding SOLACE in music; sorting out what matters and what doesn’t; and paying homage to Nashville radio legend DAVID HALL, on the anniversary of his passing.

10:00am, 1-27-2020
January 27, 2020 ~ PRGO 191: “Music for the Discerning Sloth” (a reference to how many hours some of us have spent on our butts, watching the Impeachment Trial) ENJOY! =)

10:00am, 1-20-2020
January 20, 2020 ~ PRGO 190: “The Last Day Of Civility”…a program contrasting the events BEFORE Trump’s Inaugural Address (of exactly three years ago) with today’s chaos, rancor and hate. President Obama’s “Farewell Address”–says it all.

10:00am, 1-13-2020
January 13, 2020 ~ PRGO 189: “January Blue” is an hour of blues ‘n muses, to beat the winter blues.

10:00am, 1-6-2020
January 6, 2020 ~ PRGO 188: Songwriting legend STEVE DORFF shares the stories and the secrets behind some of his countless worldwide hits, for everyone from Whitney Houston to Dusty Springfield.

10:00am, 12-30-2019
December 30, 2019 ~ PRGO 187: “My VINYL SHOW of 2019″…just what it says, with a few twists and turns!

10:00am, 12-23-2019
December 23, 2019 ~ PRGO186: Christmastime is here again…and when it comes, it brings NEWLY UNEARTHED Beatles Christmas outtakes, a special visit from Tiny Tim–direct from Heaven–and the REAL secret behind that ‘Butcher Cover,’ revealed at last!!!

10:00am, 12-16-2019
December 16, 2019 ~ PRGO 185: An hour of comfort and joy, for those already feeling deflated, by the Christmas/Impeachment cacaphony.

10:00am, 12-9-2019
December 9, 2019 ~ PRGO 184: Recording legend VAL GARAY returns, for the conclusion of a career-spanning interview about his work with everyone from James Taylor to Dolly Parton.

10:00am, 12-2-2019
December 2, 2019 ~ PRGO 183: A deeper dive into John Ono Lennon’s cutting-edge audio adventures with Yoko Ono Lennon. Few remember just HOW far “out there” he got, risking everything for his art!

10:00am, 11-25-2019
November 25, 2019 ~ PRGO 182: Recording legend VAL GARAY returns for the conclusion of a two-part, career-spanning interview. Groundbreaking hits by Orleans, James Taylor and others are discussed. [scroll to: “November 11, 2019 ~ PRGO 180” for Pt. 1 ]

10:00am, 11-18-2019
November 18, 2019 ~ PRGO 181: Fellow WXNA host RANDY FOX joins Peter for “Dueling Dollar Discs,” wherein the two play ONLY used vinyl records they paid less than a buck for! Also: A fond look back at PR’s first interview with the late EDDIE MONEY.