Nov 16, 2022
In this episode, the twins run the gamut from MGM musicals to The Great Smoky Mountains, Jerry Lee Lewis to W. Kamau Bell, Sigmund Freud to Bob Dylan - and much more, including a musical gem from the archive.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 - "Tighter" by Doug McKelley - Performed by Chris Yale, 2009
2:40 - Greetings and about the song
3:41 - Hanging with Chris' cats, Stevie and Kevin
5:23 - Undercover Introvert
6:03 - Roger tries a new joke on Chris / The problem with "get it?" / Standup
7:53 - Chris' throat issues/ Sigmund Freud oral cancer / Freud and cocaine
9:44 - Trips to the Vagabond Theatre with Dad, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles / MGM musicals / The Bijou Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard / C.C. Brown's / Swensen's / David Lee Bynum
11:30 - More MGM musicals / "That's Entertainment!" / Meeting Eleanor Powell / Powell's tap shoes at Capezio Hollywood
13:24 - The original Yale Brothers didn't "get" rock 'n' roll / dying onstage versus killing onstage
14:12 - Audio issues with remote recording / ZOOM Livetrak L-8 / DAW / Logic Pro / Presets on L-8
15:54 - Roger's trip to the mountains / Maggie Valley, NC / Elk in Cherokee, NC / Bryson City, NC / Great Smoky Mountains Railroad / Wrecked trains from "The Fugitive" / Dillsboro, NC
17:49 - Gatlinburg, TN aka Myrtle Beach in the Mountains / Pigeon Forge, TN (same thing) / Ripley's Aquarium / Hollywood Wax Museum
19:33 - More David Lee Bynum
20:03 - Show tunes
20:56 - Grandfather and grandfather-to-be ' Kids and colds
22:08 - "The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell" / United Shades of America
23:07 - Jerry Lee Lewis documentary, "I Am What I Am" / Chris met him in Myrtle Beach
24:22 - Figuring out cousins
25:19 - More Jerry lee Lewis - "The Devil's Music" / Sun Records
27:17 - More about vacations / Spending money
28:08 - Chris' music gear and accessories
28:34 - Bob Dylan documentary, "No Direction Home" / Pete Seeger's long-neck banjo / Dave Van Ronk / Fred Neil / Oscar Brand (see Fred Berney podcast episode) / Degrees of Dylan separation
29:50 - Parting shots / Retail killed the Christmas spirit / Our souls / Love not sleep
31:39 - Roger checks on Chris' state of mind, and that annoys Chris / "That don't confront me."