Jay’s Rock and Roll Stories
Jay discusses artists, musicians and rock and roll music. Album reviews and general topics about all genres of music mostly from the 60s and 70s. If you like Rock and Roll and a good story then buckle up, yer gonna enjoy Jay’s Rock and Roll Stories!
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Episodes
50 episodes
EPISODE 63: THE BEATLES BEFORE HAMBURG
What was it like to see the Beatles live in 1960? It was violent, sexy, dangerous and poor. The Beatles were working for pennies but having fun and cutting their teeth on the way. The audience at each show were either there to dance or fight or...
EPISODE 62: The Beatles, 1959 - 1960
We follow The Beatles’ humble beginnings from 1959, performing to teenagers at the coffee bar, The Jacaranda. Then on to their first tour of Scotland in 1960. With subpar equipment and teenage girls holding up broomsticks with microphones taped...
BONUS EPISODE: JEREMY SPENCER
One of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac was Jeremy Spencer. The short, feisty, traditionally blues and rock and roll guitarist who decided to join a street cult once the band arrived in LA for a tour. The band itself, FLEETWOOD MAC g...
EPISODE 61: NORPS
You are Mike Norpse. You front the band NORPS. You are invited to open for LOVE and The Doors at the Whiskey A Go Go, Sep 6, 1966. This is your story.
EPISODE 60: Philip Kaufman part 3
What would you do if your friend made you promise that if he died you would take his corpse out to the Joshua Tree Desert and cremate it? Well, Philip Kaufman knew what to do. Hear the story here! Hear here!contact the show!
EPISODE 58: Philip Kaufman part 2
How much can Philip Kaufman handle between being the minder for the Rolling Stones and babysitter for Gram Parsons’ drug intake? Listen and find outcontact the show: jaysrockandrollstories@gmail.com
BONUS! Episode 57: PHIL KAUFMAN part 1
In 1973 Phil Kaufman, Gram Parsons’ road manager, fulfilled his promise that if Gram were to die, Gram wanted his body taken to the Joshua Tree desert and cremated there. Phil did just that. But who was Phil Kaufman? Listen and find out about o...
Episode 56: Eric Clapton and Cream’s End
Jay discusses how the rock band Cream finally come to a bitter end. Can a band reunion take place?Listen and find out the story of one of the greatest rock and roll band’s climb and fall in such a short time. contact the show: ...
BONUS! Episode 56: Eric Clapton and Cream part 2
Loved by fans and embraced by other famous celebrity musicians, Cream is the most popular rock band in the music industry but then why is Eric Clapton brought to tears for the misery he endures in being in Cream? Listen and find out the fate of...
Episode 55: Eric Clapton and Cream part 1
1966, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce form one of the earliest hard rocking bands of all time. Loved in the USA, in their home of England and eventually world wide. They inspired a multitude of bands to come and changed the sound of r...
Weekend Bonus! Episode 54: Replacing Keith Moon?
Kicking off their 1973 American tour, The Who begin at Cow Palace in Daly City, California for the opening night. Almost getting through the entire concert Keith Moon collapses and passes out twice but according to The Who: “The show must go on...
Episode 53: Eric Clapton after The Yardbirds
After his short career with The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton teamed up with blues purist and strict bandleader, John Mayall. The music was good but can Eric Clapton put up with the persnickety attitude of John Mayall who would fine his band members ...
Episode 52: Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
The man, the myth, the legend, the one who fronted The Grateful Dead. Ron “Pigpen” McKernan was a shy, friendly guy off stage but he was a show stopping blues performer on stage. His career with the Grateful Dead lasted from 1965 to 1972 which ...
Episode 51: Cosey Fanni Tutti part 4
Wrapping up our series on Cosey Fanni Tutti, who has produced albums with Throbbing Gristle and Chris and Cosey. A lifetime of stage art and live musical projects. A person who dedicated their life to electronic music, ironically is weake...
Episode 50: Cosey Fanni Tutti part 3
Cosey Fanni Tutti productivity is unstoppable. She also does nude modeling and porn to make some money to fund her music and art projects. Nothing can stop her, not even a 10 foot pole covered in nails and feathers with a dildo at each end!&nbs...
Episode 49: Cosey Fanni Tutti part 2
1972 Cosey Fanni Tutti’s art group COUM get invited to perform at the Fanfare for Europe Festival, which landmarked Great Britain joining the European Union. While constantly busy with art projects and musical shows in between she is threatened...
Episode 48: Cosey Fanni Tutti part 1
This multipart series Jay discusses the life and musical career of Christine Carol Newby aka Cosey Fanni Tutti. One of the founding members of industrial band Throbbing Gristle. Born in 1951, we follow her upbringing and exposure to the Swingin...
Episode 47: Oasis part 4
Oasis has a tour of the USA in 1995. The band is winning awards and selling millions of records, even turning down tours with Bon Jovi and David Bowie! Unfortunately Liam’s drunken antics causes Noel to quit the band…will he return to ...
Episode 46: Oasis part 3
Oasis is getting bigger! The band are invited to the 1994 Sony Music Conference in Scotland where they drink and drink…and drink some more! Then they’re off to Amsterdam by ferry but arriving already intoxicated and stealing and pilfering from ...
Episode 45: Oasis part 2
Noel joins the band and they change the name from Rain to Oasis. The band becomes quite popular in Manchester and in October of 1993 they sign with Creation Records but will their wild antics knock them off the track? Listen and find out!
Episode 44: Oasis part 1
Jay dives into the story of Oasis, starting with the mother of Liam and Noel Gallagher, who was born into poverty, in Ireland. After moving to England, the boys were born in Manchester. Growing up with a loving mother but with an abusive father...
EPISODE 43: BONUS. SANTANA LIVE!
Jay reports from the live August 20, 2024 Santana concert at the Coors Ampitheater in Chula Vista, California. Concert review and set list, enjoy!
Episode 42: Cheap Trick and Rick Neilson
Let’s go back to 1979. Cheap Trick reigned supreme! Rick Neilson’s chaotic control of his band brings them in by the thousands. From selling out concert halls to selling millions of records worldwide. His mixture of chaos and structure seems to...
