Radio Memphis On Demand

RMOD - LMH - She Said, Yes

This edition of The Radio Memphis Live Music Hour is supporting a very worthy cause...“Don’t Let Your Song Fade Away “ - A Suicide Awareness Benefit, in honor of Zena Starr, happening This Saturday at Rockhouse Live Memphis (5709 Raleigh Lagrange).

Members of Caging Elliott, Semantic Shift, The Zach Bair Band and Seeking Seven will each perform live in our studio. Also, there will be members from 5 Stories, Harsh, Affliction of the Absent, The Red Mountain, AM Whiskey and One Day West.

Christina Stephens and Paige Johnson, the organizers, will be here to discuss the importance of the event and Mike LeBonte from the Memphis Crisis Center will also be here to discuss Suicide Prevention Month.

Also in this episode, a proposal as it happened live on the air.

RMOD - B&B - Tennessee Redemption

Long time bluesmen Brandon Santini and Jeff Jensen have teamed up for a brand new project. Tennessee Redemption. To celebrate their first CD, they brought the band down to the Radio Memphis studios to play live and to sample some cuts from their brand new disc. Plus, you'll hear tales from the road and what they went through to make this album. Along the way, you'll hear how to get your copy and where you can go to see them live as they launch out on an early fall tour.

RMOD - Mama Honey

Can a punk band play the blues? That is a valid question. How much emotion can you put into a record? These are valid question asked throughout this entire On Demand when Mama Honey came into the studio. Ric Chetter sat with Mam Honey to work out where their source comes from. It's a valid question among many others in this great look at their brand new CD Punk Blues. It comes from pain, understanding and joy and you will hear it all here now. An exclusive at Radio Memphis.

RMOD - The Heavyweight Chumps Announcement (090719)

A brand new show is coming to Radio Memphis in the form of The Heavyweight Chumps. Mattox and Thundercookies are about to invade the airwaves at Radio Memphis with their own form style of pop culture, wrestling and other entertainment news fitting your bill. Taking the place of the self cancelled Gossiping Heifers, these guys are about to bring their take on all things Hollywood, comic books, wrestling and so much more. You know them from their podcast at Mad Fat Loud and now you are going to get them at their radio version happening exclusively at Radio Memphis. It all starts October 1st.

RMOD - Nooner - Paul Crum

Paul Crum is a Memphis singer and songwriter. He also is involved with a really cool event coming up very soon. The Campaign for a Non-violent Memphis is happening. In this On Demand special, Paul stopped into the Radio Memphis broadcast studio to talk about the week long schedule of events and the big kick off featuring 12 Memphis artists performing at The Halloran Center on September 15. To learn more about this event and all the events following the show, you can learn more at their website. Also, you'll learn who the Master of Ceremonies for the show is going to be.

 

 

 

RMOD - B&B RJ Starr

Right between Meridian, Mississippi and Jackson, Mississippi is a little town called Forest, Mississippi. That is where Robert James Starr lives and plays the blues. He goes by Robert, RJ or even Bob. He recorded his new CD, Light A Fire With Me in the Pirate Radio Recording Studios. In this On Demand episode, you'll hear some cuts off that new disc plus you'll here RJ Starr play in studio live on the air as it happened. To get the new disc, just head on over to his website and get the thing. You'll be glad you did.

RMOD - B&B - R.L. Boyce

At the end of August, the Grammy nominated R.L. Boyce brought his guitar and a couple of players into the broadcast studio for a bit of fun. Of course, the music was as special as it always is, but this time, his daughter Sherena Boyce came down as well with the details on the annual R.L. Boyce Picnic. Big fun for sure with a little conversation and several tunes from the band as well.

RMOD - Special Presentation - Alice Hasen & The Blaze

Memphis violinist (fiddle player) Alice Hasen is about to release her first CD. Called Violintro, this is quite a collection of songs. Alice and her band came into the Radio Memphis studios for a very special appearance and listening party. In this On Demand special, you'll hear some selected cuts from the new CD and some live performances in the studio as they happened. Along the way, you'll hear some stories about how the album was made and the enormous amount of work that went into this project. Alice is a talent who thumbed her nose to Nashville just to stay in Memphis and make her music exactly how she wanted to make it. You can go to HERE to get the CD and it is highly recommended you do. 

 

RMOD - B&B - Old People In Chairs

Don't let the name fool you. Old People In Chairs is three legendary Memphis artists. Danny Green, Reba & Wayne Russell working together to make some great Memphis music. In this episode, you'll hear how they came together plus how they have played with so many different artists throughout the years. At one point, they were in the business of making commercial jingles. Some of which we are sure you have heard. These three came down to the Radio Memphis studios for an appearance on the Booze & Blues show to tell stories and sing some songs. It's all right here. Listen now.

 

RMOD - B&B - Jimmy Crosthwait

Jimmy Crosthwait from Mud Boy & The Neutrons spent some time on the air at Radio Memphis recently. Jimmy came in with some rare recordings he was a part of and he spoke quite a bit about the days with Mud Boy & The Neutrons even explaining just where the name of the band came from. Along the way, he talks about his youth as a child actor. Later, he was a puppeteer and a sculpter. He stills plays, these days with Sons of Mud Boy at various places around Memphis. There are a lot of great stories here and some fantastic music that hasn't seen the light of day in a very long time and it is all right here in this special edition of the Booze & Blues.