Episodes
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
2024.34 Live From the Fest 2024! (Featuring Dr. Kenneth Womack!)
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Recorded Live in Chicago (with additional audio from Houston, Cleveland and more), this week we present "When They Was Fab" in front of a live audience. Dr. Kenneth Womack ("Living the Beatles Legend", "Solid State", "John Lennon: 1980" and more) joins us as we look at the circumstances of 1960, 1961 and 1962 which would lead to a new drummer and a new era for everyone that is a fan of popular music!
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
2024.33 Reunion a Rock 'n Roll Fairy Tale (Discussion with author Gary Burr)
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Marv, Lonnie and I sit with Nashville HOF songwriter, author and man who worked with a Beatle about his lifelong love of the Fabs, touring (and writing!) with Carole King, his Brian Epstein-themed song on the new Billy J. Kramer record, collaborating (and recording) with Ringo and the forthcoming Ringo country album. We also dig into his new novel ("Reunion"), which imagines a universe where John Lennon's fate changed, and all four were still present when Paul (at the urging of his daughters) decides to approach the others, as "the right four people" is one of the ways he might be able to overcome his heartache.
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
2024.32 Mind Games Ultimate Box Review (Disc Four - The Evolution Mixes)
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
The "Mind Games" train rolls on. Disc four, the evolution mixes. Possibly the closest we will get to hearing the evolution of the "Mind Games" album. Each track, from the earliest known demo through the various changes in the studio through to the near-complete version. John, Yoko, Roy Cicala and all the musicians chime in at various times for a full look at just how the recording process worked for John Lennon in New York City in the early 1970's!
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
2024.31 Mind Games Ultimate Box Review (Disc Three - The Elements Mixes)
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
The Ultimate Box review continues! This week we move on to the third disc - the elements mixes. How many other (non-instrumental) albums have a disc not featuring lead vocals from the named artist? This one does. Marv and I talk about what we learned, and we extend the concept talking about Keltner, Gordon, Something Different, Sneaky Pete and the others that migrated from "Feeling the Space" over to "Mind Games".
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
2024.30 Mind Games Ultimate Box Review (Disc Two - The Elemental Mixes)
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
Lonnie and I roll on with part two of our "Mind Games" SDE review. This week, disc two - the Elemental mixes (not to be confused with the Elements mixes). Lonnie also unveils his initial thoughts on the Mind Games (Ultimate Collection) Super Deluxe Box Set! Roll the I-Ching and see if it advises you to drop the cash!
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
2024.29 Mind Games Ultimate Box Review (Disc One - The Ultimate Mixes)
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Lonnie Pena, Jon Stone and I sit down to discuss the first disc of the "Mind Games: Ultimate Collection" Deluxe Box set. When asked about the release, Sean Lennon says: "People were having trouble adjusting to the 'new' John Lennon. So, I think Mind Games fell through the cracks for a number of reasons. The fact that the mixes were a bit thin didn’t help either." Does that apply to Jon, Lonnie (who picked up the disc at release) and me (who didn't get turned on to it until the early eighties and the half-price bin)? Tune in and find out!
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
2024.28 Welcome to Soundcheck! (McCartney, Birmingham 2015 and more)
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Marv and I talk the Birmingham, UK Soundcheck (2015, "Out There" tour). Soundcheck is 40-60 minutes of Paul doing (mostly) songs not part of the main show. This week we talk "Celebration", "Miss Ann", "It's so Squeazy", "I'll Follow the Sun", and a bit about how the show has changed since Out There (two encores compressed to one! No "Yesterday"). As they say in "Midnight Special" (another soundcheck favorite of Paul's) "If you ever go to Houston, you better act right!"
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
2024.27 The Lonnie Pena Scrapbook
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
The Last Houston storm resulted in Lonnie Pena uncovering his Seventies Beatles scrapbook. Festival Seating in the Houston Summit! Ringo, "I Dream of" Jeannie, Jim Backus and one of the hippest looking sexagenarians captured in a photograph. Also, more "Got Back 2024" dates, preparations for the "Mind Games" box, and the wonder of AI "Get Back Sessions".
Friday Jul 05, 2024
2024.b01 Peace and Love 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
The annual "Peace and Love" bonus episode of Fab. Fire it up precisely at 11:45 local time on Sunday July 7, and join our shows in wishing Ringo "All the Best" and the world "Peace and Love" as we celebrate Richard, Richie, "Ringo-Starrtime" Starkey.
Monday Jul 01, 2024
2024.26 One Hand Clapping (Disc Two + Vinyl EP Review - Overview)
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Marv and I review the second disc of the "One Hand Clapping' set, and the contents of the vinyl EP. It is becoming popular for many internet types to claim that this collection is now amongst their favorite Wings albums. That might be a bit of hyperbole, and it might be recency bias, but even so, this new mix and official release of the 1974 Paul McCartney and Wings bootleg favorite is at a minimum, quality product from Sir Macca and MPL.