Tag: Patrick Foster
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Episode 2069: Pre-Disco Bee Gees: Part Four
Listener Paul Hayden suggested creating some episodes on the music of the Bee Gees before they hit the disco floor and caught Saturday Night Fever and here they are! In the final episode of the series, Paul and Patrick examine the changes the band made when they switched to Atlantic Records, tuned in to the radio and worked with producer Arif Mardin.
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Episode 2068: Pre-Disco Bee Gees: Part Three
Listener Paul Hayden suggested creating some episodes on the music of the Bee Gees before they hit the disco floor and caught Saturday Night Fever and here they are! The third episode in the series finds the band torn apart by Robin’s departure. He did return, but lean times fell upon the band during the years covered by Paul and Patrick, 1970-1973.
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Episode 2067: Pre-Disco Bee Gees: Part Two
Listener Paul Hayden suggested creating some episodes on the music of the Bee Gees before they hit the disco floor and caught Saturday Night Fever and here they are! In this episode, the second in the series, Paul and Patrick cover the band’s work from late 1967 through their concept album Odessa, which caused a major rift between the Gibb brothers.
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Episode 2066: Pre-Disco Bee Gees: Part One
Listener Paul Hayden suggested creating some episodes on the music of the Bee Gees before they hit the disco floor and caught Saturday Night Fever and here they are! In the first episode, Paul and Patrick chart the band’s upbringing and early career, including the role Brian Epstein played in getting them signed and recording their first album.
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Episode 2053: 4 Love Songs for Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day to all! We take a break from our regular programming to have Patrick bring you four songs about love (and a special surprise at the end of the episode).
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Episode 2044: Jim and Patrick Pick the Best Music of 2024: Jesse Welles, La Luz, Adrianne Lenker, Mdou Moctar
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! We’ve wrapped up the listener portion of the series and today, Jim and Patrick pick their favorites from last year. They are Jesse Welles, La Luz, Adrianne Lenker and Mdou Moctar.
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Episode 2041: ’80s Album Madness – Bracket Reveal
It’s time for another Suburbs Pod Bracket Challenge! This year is ’80s albums!! On today’s episode, we reveal the field of 64. Jim and Patrick are joined by guest commentators Jason Goebel and Bill Mulligan.
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Episode 1993: Bluegrass 4-Pack Part 4: Progressive Bluegrass AKA Newgrass
It’s time to crack the final can of our Bluegrass 4-Pack! It contains the history of progressive bluegrass, when younger musicians began to expand and enhance the traditional sounds of Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs.
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Episode 1992: Bluegrass 4-Pack Part 3: The Festival Movement
We’re onto part three of the Bluegrass 4-Pack today, in which we take a look at the birth of the bluegrass festival movement, which began with two seminal events in Virginia in the 1960s.
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Episode 1991: Bluegrass 4-Pack Part 2: Flatt and Scruggs
We open another can from the Bluegrass 4-Pack today, as Patrick outlines the remarkable career of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. They left Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in 1948 and went on to take the music to a whole new audience and level of popularity.