Peter Rodman Goes Off

Peter Rodman Goes Off
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10:00am, 9-26-2022
September 26, 2022 ~ PRGO 329: Part TWO of our conversation with MICHAEL McCALL, of The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum! Here, we take a deeper dive into the ‘Western Edge’ exhibit, and offer a few suggestions for new “inductees!”

10:00am, 9-19-2022
September 19, 2022 ~ PRGO 328: In Part ONE of a two-part interview, the Country Music Hall Of Fame’s MICHAEL McCALL traces the origins of the museum’s trajectory toward greatness–and begins a preview of ‘Western Edge,’ their new three-year exhibit!

10:00am, 9-12-2022
September 12, 2022 ~ PRGO 327: Legendary Country Music Producer/Songwriter BUDDY CANNON (George Jones, Kenny Chesney) joins Peter for an hour of amazing songs and records (LOTSA Willie!) and some touching moments with his late Mom, Lyndell Rhodes. FUN!

10:00am, 9-5-2022
September 5, 2022 ~ PRGO326: Part Two of an AMAZING Love Story with Dee Moeller & Wayne Moss, in which it turns out *nothing* can keep them apart! Inspiring, risque, and hilarious…but when you get to the end of this hour, it’ll bring tears of joy. =)

10:00am, 8-29-2022
August 29, 2022 ~ PRGO325: Dee Moeller and Wayne Moss met back in 1960–she was a singer from Texas who’d opened for Elvis; he, the guitarist for Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” and more; they dated, but never gave up on love! PART ONE of a TwoPart ROMANCE!

10:00am, 8-22-2022
August 22, 2022 ~ PRGO324: Cool Sounds for the Dog Days…it’s VINYL AIR-CONDITIONING!!!

10:00am, 8-15-2022
August 15, 2022 ~ PRGO323: “It’s a STRANGE WORLD, after all!” Being an ad hoc collection of songs I like (and insights thereto), coupled with a few secrets about the Traveling Wilburys, the Threetles, and more! BONUS: Can you find the MC5 reference?

10:00am, 8-8-2022
August 8, 2022 ~ PRGO 322: This show is dedicated to Warner Bros/Reprise Records, and its culture as built by ‘Chairman Mo’ Ostin, who recently died at 95. ‘A Boomer’s Story: How Warner/Reprise Changed EVERYTHING’ is our tribute to him.

10:00am, 8-1-2022
August 1, 2022 ~ PRGO321: Fretless bass guitar legend STANLEY SHELDON joins us! He’s best known for working with two of rock’s greatest guitar players: PETER FRAMPTON (on ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’) and TOMMY BOLIN. Lotsa great stories & music here!

10:00am, 7-25-2022
July 25, 2022 ~ PRGO320: Steel guitar legend DAN DUGMORE is back, for ‘Part TWO’ of a career-spanning interview, reviewing his time with Warren Zevon, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Karla Bonoff, and more!!!

10:00am, 7-18-2022
July 18, 2022 ~ PRGO 319: California pedal steel/electric guitar LEGEND Dan Dugmore joins us, for Part ONE of a two-part, career-spanning interview. He played in both Linda Ronstadt & James Taylor’s bands, during the ’70s and ’80s peak years & MORE!

10:00am, 7-11-2022
July 11, 2022 ~ PRGO 318: Western Music’s “Songwriter Of The Year” DAN McCORISON stops by, to share stories and play songs with his ol’ friend PR. This show is not to be missed!

10:00am, 7-4-2022
July 4, 2022 ~ PRGO 317: Here it is…our Annual 4th of July Special! (And this year, it falls on our Monday time slot!) This episode pulls no punches: It’s an IMPERFECT union, and these songs and news clips tell the tale about ‘Murca, circa 2022.’

10:00am, 6-27-2022
June 27, 2022 ~ PRGO 316: A brand new (and quite rare) TANDEM interview, with GARY NICHOLSON & DELBERT McCLINTON, celebrating his new ‘Outdated Emotion’ album, but tracing back their creative relationship down through the years, from the very beginning!

10:00am, 6-20-2022
June 20, 2022 ~ PRGO 315: ‘Birthday Boys’ features a deep dive into the music of two newly-crowned 80 year olds! (Paul McCartney & Brian Wilson!) Sit back and enjoy an hour with geniuses…genii? Whichever!!! WHATTA BLAST!!!

10:00am, 6-13-2022
June 13, 2022~ PRGO 314: Diggin’ through my drawers…(that’s where the CDs are!) for some special treats this week!

10:00am, 6-6-2022
June 6, 2022 ~ PRGO313: You say it’s our BIRTHDAY…so here’s an hour celebrating WXNA’s history, Vanderbilt roots, and Monday air personalities. BONUS: The Nashville Radio Premiere of music from ‘Almost Famous: The Musical!’ Lots more, too… =)

10:00am, 5-30-2022
May 30, 2022 ~ PRGO 312: Celebrating ‘Memorial Day’ with some sizzlin’ favorites, a few lyrical observations, and 14 great records to kick off yer ‘Oliday!!!

10:00am, 5-23-2022
May 23, 2022 ~ PRGO 311: A rare visit with CASEY KELLY & LESLIE ELLIS, a duo whose ‘Origin Story’ might well be the most romatic Bluebird Cafe story ever told! She’s a Broadway star; he’s a songwriting legend…check it out!

10:00am, 5-16-2022
May 16, 2022 ~ PRGO 310: ‘Found Wisdom’ at the ATM, which had a crayon scrawl from a street person on it: “LIVE LIFE…U can’t take it with U!” That inspired this show.

10:00am, 5-9-2022
May 9, 2022 ~ PRGO 309: The music hints at where we’re goin’–Figure of Eight, My Problem Is You–and when we finally get there, we’ve covered everything from Johnny Depp, to the even-creepier ‘Supreme’ Court. LOVED doin’ this show!!!

10:00am, 5-2-2022
May 2, 2022 ~ PRGO 308: After 26 months of COVID restrictions, it occurred to me how many artists took the risk of performing for us–at a safe distance–anyway. Here are 9 GREAT ‘Pandemic Era’ Performances, selected from over 100 shows!

10:00am, 4-25-2022
April 25, 2022 ~ PRGO 307: ‘My Little World’ features lots of music that’s been amusing me lately…hope it works for you too!

10:00am, 4-18-2022
April 18, 2022 ~ PRGO 306: Come spend an hour with Nashville’s legendary costumer and clothing designer…MANUEL! From Brando to the Burritos, he covers it all, in this delightful hour of radio!

10:00am, 4-11-2022
April 11, 2022 ~ PRGO 305: Almost like a hook-up in 1972, this episode starts out like gangbusters, and ends up in the sack with a lava lamp and some Larry Coryell on the record player. (Bring your own patchouli oil!)

10:00am, 4-4-2022
April 4, 2022~ PRGO304: A Tribute to JOHN CONLON…who helped the Founders of WXNA “brainstorm” this crazy idea into an actual community radio station. John recalls growing up in NYC; Vietnam; Jimmy Carter; rockin’ downtown Nashville and more.

10:00am, 3-28-2022
March 28, 2022 ~ PRGO 303: Should Dolly Parton be in the Rock ‘n Roll Hall Of Fame? What is Rock ‘n Roll, anyway? More than a dozen varieties thereof, as PR “Goes Off” on the Hall Of Fame itself…

10:00am, 3-14-2022
March 14, 2022 ~ PRGO 302: ‘Power to the Meek’ is just one HOPE expressed in song, in this episode of PRGO…as we watch the innocent suffer, for no reason at all. MUSIC can give us all hope. Give it an hour, and you might agree…

10:00am, 3-7-2022
March 7, 2022 ~ PRGO 301: “Lots of unheard GEMS (which I’ve been savin’ up) fill this hour, as ‘Spring Cleaning’ must commence! ENJOY~!” ~pr

10:00am, 2-28-2022
February 28, 2022 ~ PRGO 300!: For our 300th Episode we did nothin’ special! But it’s fun, trust me…Thanks to All at WXNA, and to our supporters and…if you’re not ALREADY one…BECOME A MEMBER!!! Enjoy the Show~! =) ~pr

10:00am, 2-21-2022
February 21, 2022 ~ PRGO 299: First half of the hour features old songs that still apply to VERY current affairs, national & local; Second half hour, A Musical (& personal) Tribute to YOKO ONO, who just turned 89!!!

10:00am, 2-14-2022
February 14, 2022 ~ PRGO 298: HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! Our first-ever ‘Membership Drive’ begins, and this Special Show includes interview clips and performances from the creators of some ALL-TIME GREAT Love Songs!!!

10:00am, 2-7-2022
February 7, 2022 ~ PRGO 297: Just for the “L” of it…Peter takes us on a random trip through the “L” section of his used vinyl collection…for AN HOUR OF PURE “L”!

10:00am, 1-31-2022
January 31, 2022 ~ PRGO 296: This show is themed YOU “r” HERE, for the simple reason that I needed a break, and decided to literally grab a fistful of vinyl from a hard-to-reach section of my library…which turned out to be the “R” section: YOU “R” HERE!

10:00am, 1-24-2022
January 24, 2022 ~ PRGO 295: This morning’s show is CLASSIC MEAT LOAF…featuring one interview with Meat himself (from 1978) and one with his composer/creator Jim Steinman. Both men died within the past year, so this is a kind of remembrance.

10:00am, 1-17-2022
January 17, 2022 ~ PRGO 294: “Dontcha Just KNOW It?” –in which Peter brings a pile of new (old) vinyl acquisitions to air out…literally! It’s “REKKIT PAHTY #1,” for 2022~!

10:00am, 1-10-2022
January 10, 2022 ~ PRGO 293: A full hour with Mike Nesmith, who passed away one month ago today…in which he discusses his ‘best’ and ‘worst’ Monkees faves; his country rock work;video pioneering; new age concepts; and a certain fateful night, in 1967!

10:00am, 1-3-2022
January 3, 2022 ~ PRGO 292: Looking back at the Life & Times of KEN KRAGEN, who put together “We Are The World” and Hands Across America, and managed Trisha Yearwood, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie & more. Peter’s RARE 1994 interview with Ken covers it ALL!

10:00am, 12-27-2021
December 27, 2021 ~ PRGO 291: It’s the ANNUAL BEATLES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Merry Crimble, Y’all…

10:00am, 12-20-2021
December 20, 2021~ PRGO290: “The LAST Christmas Show” (of 2021, on this show…) features lotsa laughs, our annual airing of ‘The BEATLES Christmas Supermash” by Tom Teeley; and RARE Christmas music from The Monkees, The Shells, Andrew Gold, & MORE!

10:00am, 12-13-2021
December 13, 2021 ~ PRGO 289: It’s the ‘Official 2021 Christmas Mix’ we’re too cheap to actually mail out…”Give it a listen, and save me some postage!” MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

10:00am, 12-6-2021
December 6, 2021 ~ PRGO 288: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #1…Peter plays some (mostly acoustic) gems to kick off the Holiday Season; Nashville fave TOM MASON brings his new Xmas album in; and JOHN HALL debuts tracks from Orleans’s NEW Chistmas album!

10:00am, 11-29-2021
November 29, 2021~ PRGO 287: The conclusion of our two-part conversation with Music Manager/Impresario JIM DELLA CROCE. Artists that come up include Frank Zappa, Leon Redbone, John Anderson, Ralph Stanley, Sly & the Family Stone, Bob Dylan & more!

10:00am, 11-22-2021
November 22, 2021~ PRGO 286: Impresario, manager, raconteur JIM DELLA CROCE stops by for Part 1 of a two-part career overview. The Four Freshmen, Karla Bonoff, Jesse Winchester, Cousin Brucie and Frank Zappa ALL figure into The Pocono Kid’s emergence!

10:00am, 11-15-2021
November 15, 2021~ PRGO285: “I Got Da Freebie Jeebies!” …in which Peter mines ‘gold’ (and some Fool’s Gold) from giveaway (MOJO, UNCUT, etc.) magazine CDs…

10:00am, 11-8-2021
November 8, 2021 ~ PRGO 284: ‘Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame’ member BYRON HILL stops by for a fun-filled hour, in which he recounts his ‘Origin Story’ and some funny stuff that happened on the way to countless hit songs. Oh…and he PLAYS for us!!!

10:00am, 11-1-2021
November 1, 2021 ~ PRGO 283: It’s… ‘The JODIE Show!’ –an homage to the sister whose record collection formed the basis for Peter’s original fascination for rock ‘n roll, during the late ’50s and early ’60s. Lotsa memories!

10:00am, 10-25-2021
October 25, 2021~ PRGO 282: Nashville’s own TOMMY WOMACK recalls his Kentucky origins, previews songs from a new album, and muses with Peter ‘out on the deck,’ for a fun-filled hour!

10:00am, 10-18-2021
October 18, 2021~ PRGO 281: Part TWO, with legendary producer GARTH FUNDIS (Trisha Yearwood, Don Williams, Keith Whitley, Sugarland) takes a deep dive into a little-known book that changed lives in Nashville, during the ’90s…and more!