The On The Bookshelf Podcast

interview-Jock Brantley of FIREFALL on their new album & tour

A delightful visit with a very talented an influential guitarist and band leader, with a new album and a new tour!

LEARN ABOUT FIREFALL'S LATEST ALBUM FIREFALL - FRIENDS AND FAMILY, NOW AVAILABLE 

1. Long Train Running (The Doobie Brothers)

2. Part of the Plan (Dan Fogelberg)

3. What About Love (Heart)

4. Can't You See (Marshall Tucker Band)

5. In The Heart Of The Night (Poco)

6. Angry Eyes (Loggins and Messina)

7. Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

8. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (Byrds)

9. World Turning (Fleetwood Mac)

10. I Got A Line On You (Spirit)

11. Chest Fever (The Band)

12. Colorado (Flying Burrito Brothers)

13. Ooh Las Vegas (Gram Parsons)

 

FIREFALL TOUR DATES

 

Sat, SEP 30 - The Family Arena, Saint Charles, MO

Fri, OCT 6 - Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO

Thu, OCT 19 - Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA

Fri, OCT 20 - Grand Magnolia Ballroom & Suites, Pascagoula, MS

Fri, OCT 27 - Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis, MD

Sun, OCT 29 - The Tin Pan, Richmond, VA

Sat, NOV 4 - BMI Event Center, Versailles, OH

Fri, NOV 10 - Marion Cultural and Civic Center, Marion, IL

Thu, NOV 16 - Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, Patchogue, NY

Fri, NOV 17 - Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA (Philadelphia area)

Sat, NOV 18 - Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, NJ

Sat, NOV 25 - Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center, Parker, CO

Sat, DEC 9 - Gleason Performing Arts Center, Melbourne, FL

Sun. DEC 10 - Ruth Eckard Hall, Clearwater, Fl

Fri, FEB 9, 2024 - American Music Theater, L:ancaster, PA

Interview--daughter of a Tuskegee Airmen Nurse tells their incredible story

Pia Jordan discusses the challenges faced by Black nurses in WWII, from the military establishment, the Jim Crow culture in Alabama, and the serious nature of being a military nurse in wartime, even on the Homefront.

interview-Harold Bronson, co-founder of Rhino Records has a new memoir

People who take up a life of rock and roll either make music, collect it, write about it, sell it or get into the record business. Harold Bronson has done all of those things. In "Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967 - 2007" (from Tower Press Books), he recounts the fascinating adventure of his musical life.

 Before he co-founded Rhino Records - America's leading reissue label -- and put decades of rock and roll history back into musical circulation, Bronson was just another devoted fan growing up in Southern California in the 1960s. But with boundless enthusiasm, a discerning ear and a near-photographic memory, he channeled his passion into writing for the UCLA Daily Bruin and then Rolling Stone and other magazines. After meeting and interviewing many of the era's greats, he launched the Rhino label from the back room of the Los Angeles record store he managed. His new role put him behind the scenes with many of those same artists, working to bring their old - and sometimes new -- music to the public.

 Completing a trilogy with "The Rhino Records Story "(2013) and "My British Invasion" (2017), "Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967-2007" is a 40-year memoir in diary form that documents Bronson's progress from student musician and journalist to label executive, where his fandom, wit and creative imagination augmented and altered the course of many great careers.

interview-Renowned theologian Nancy Pearcey on Cult of Toxic Masculinity

“The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes” by Nancy R. Pearcey (BakerBooks) shows how the current anti-male mentality is rooted in history. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, families has businesses in which every family member participated, whether it was a fair (as most were) or a store. With the growth of the city and the creation of jobs in officers or factories, men grew increasingly separated from their wives and children, so women were forced to take on much of the leadership roles in the family unit. With the addition of Social Darwinism (which said people are merely animals and the fittest survive), all manner of misbehavior that was incompatible with Christian teaching was excused by society. No one profited by these changes, including men. But the Bible's expectations of the partnership between men and women in raising families is very different from the low expectations of secular culture. By embracing the concept of men and women as both created by and beloved of God and equal in His sight, we can restore balance and return joy!

interview-Legendary British Music Promoter Harvey Lisberg on Herman & 10cc

“I’m Into Something Good: My life managing 10cc, Herman’s Hermits & many more!”  by Harvey Lisberg with Charlie Thomas (Omnibus Press)

In his charming memoir, Harvey Lisberg talks about the wonderful (and a very few not-so-wonderful) people in his long career managing pop bands. He was part of the British Invasion of the 1960s and the artsy, intellectual pop scene of the 1970s. Harvey is still close to many of his friends from those days, most notably Peter Noone, a fellow Manchurian (from Manchester, Northern England). Peter was 15 when Harvey met him and helped turn Herman's Hermits into an international sensation. We'll also learn how the main members of a brilliant and witty band, 10cc, also achieved internal stardom with very different songs on either side of The Pond. He'll also tell how, as a Jewish guy, he turned down a young composer-lyricist team's offer to be a part of their new project (which turned out to be "Jesus Christ Superstar".  But he is still friends with them.)  I enjoyed it and I know you will as well.