#138 - Stephen Tobolowsky on David Bowie ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’

Actor, author, podcaster and filmmaker Stephen Tobolowsky (Silicon Valley, Californication, Groundhog Day) joins me for meditative episode on David Bowie’s classic concept album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’.

Why is rock’n’roll really all about death? What is the real emotional story of Ziggy Stardust? How does Rock’n’Roll Suicide preach Bowie’s message of inclusion? What was Bowie’s best performance as an actor? 

Plus, Stephen tells great stories about a marathon trip he took to see Bowie live, an anecdote from the set of Californication involving Sex Pistols legend Steve Jones, and the time he stepped on Bob Dylan.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#137 - Ben Blacker on Elvis Costello and the Attractions ‘Blood and Chocolate’

Our returning champion Ben Blacker, TV (Puss in Boots, Supernatural), stage (Thrilling Adventure Hour) and comic book (Thunderbolts) writer (as well as the host of the Writers Panel podcast) joined me over coffee and bagels in Los Angeles to talk about a classic 80s LP from Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Blood and Chocolate.

We talk about how the album serves as a ‘sequel’ to Costello’s "This Year’s Model", Elvis’s distinctive recurring trick of opening his records with his solo voice, why Elvis is artistically like Woody Allen, how his lyrics have been misunderstood over the years, the way the Attractions helped sell the humour of 'I Hope You’re Happy Now’, how Elvis reinterprets his back catalogue and what the hell 'Tokyo Storm Warning’ is about.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#136 - Jonny Fritz on Lucinda Williams ‘West’

Americana singer/songwriter and manufacturer of fine leather goods Jonny Fritz lets me into his LA workshop to discuss his strange relationship with Lucinda Williams’ 2007 album ‘West’, a record that is (mostly) one of his favourites.

Jonny talks about why there are some songs on the album he can’t listen to, Lucinda’s sporadic release reschedule, the “new-agey” production style of the album and we stage ‘Are You Alright’ as a radio play. We also delve into his disillusion with “parasitic culturalists” aka the “Air BnB people” in Nashville, and why it made him abandon Music City for LA.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#135 - Adam Busch on Smog ‘A River Ain’t Too Much to Love’

Actor (Buffy, Men at Work, MyMusic) and musician Adam Busch hosts me in his LA abode to talk about ‘A River Ain’t Too Much To Love’, the hypnotic album by Smog aka Bill Callahan.

We talk about how the album manipulates your emotions, the timeless quality of the music, how it works as a gateway for folk fans to more modern music, what Smog has in common with Father John Misty, not being able to choose your audience, because why actors/comedians want to be musicians (and vice-versa) and why it seems everybody wants to be what they’re not - and LA’s weed and comedy renaissance.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#134 - Kelsea Ballerini on Troye Sivan 'Blue Neighbourhood'

ACM-winning, back-to-back-#1-hit-making country-pop singer/songwriter Kelsea Ballerini joins me backstage at CMC Rocks QLD to experience her first glass of Australian whiskey, and to talk about her favourite album of the moment, Troye Sivan’s debut LP “Blue Neighbourhood”.

She talks about the expectations of a debut album, being a young artist and loving the work of someone younger, not losing her ability to “fan out” and the specificity of Troye’s writing.

Plus, she reveals why ‘Sirens’ was the black sheep of her album, why she drinks but doesn’t write drinking songs, playing bars before she was old enough to get in them, the responsibilities of being a role model, getting recognised off stage in Nashville, writing for album #2 and why some people want to tear down Taylor Swift.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

LINKS

- Kelsea Ballerini on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#133 - Natalie Prass on Dionne Warwick ‘Presenting Dionne Warwick’

Note: This episode is brought to you by the Richmond VA Tourism Commission*

Former Nashvillian and current soul-Americana singer/songwriter Natalie Prass joins for a glass or two of Jameson as we discuss her favorite album - the 1964 record Presenting Dionne Warwick.

We talk about Dionne’s origin story, how she went from backing singer to star and her relationship with iconic songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who were also her producers.

We also delve into the origin of Natalie’s 60s fixation, why she left Nashville for Richmond, her struggles to make a Dionne Warwick style record in the 21st century, how her songwriting process compares to Bacharach and David and how touring as part of Jenny Lewis’s band shaped her artistically.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Natalie Prass on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#132 - Josh Pyke on Soundgarden ‘Badmotorfinger’

ARIA-winning singer-songwriter Josh Pyke and I discuss his unlikely favorite album - the brutal rock classic from Soundgarden, 1991’s ‘Badmotorfinger’.

We talk about how the album’s ongoing influence on Josh’s guitar playing, how he was converted to Soundgarden from Guns n Roses, whether rock stars are deliberately trying to look like Jesus and why, Johnny Cash’s cover version of ‘Rusty Cage’, how Soundgarden’s level of craft was a rejection of alt-rock stereotypes, Guns n Roses’ history of terrible drummers and how your attitude to rock music changes as you age.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Josh Pyke on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#131 - Kip Moore on Bruce Springsteen ‘Born to Run’

Country-rock road warrior Kip Moore joins me backstage at CMC Rocks QLD to talk about Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’, how it helped him become comfortable in his flaws and insecurities, the importance of life experience as a songwriter, the desperation that fuels his and Bruce’s best work, the artistic risks of being too happy, learning from Bruce and others’ live shows, the underrated value of a distinctive LP cover and what to expect from Kip’s next album.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

LINKS

- Kip Moore on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#130 - Koi Child on D’Angelo ‘Voodoo’

Hip-hop, jazz and funk come together in Koi Child, one of the most exciting Aussie bands of the last few years. On the eve of their debut album release, I sat down with keyboardist Tom Kenny to talk about his love for D'Angelo’s seminal R&B masterpiece ‘Voodoo’.

We talk about how the album is D'Angelo’s answer to the 90s RnB he hated, how they used their massive budget and unlimited studio time to create the songs in a unique way, the mechanics you have to consider when making an album people will have sex to, how making the album changed Questlove’s drumming style and more.

Plus, Tom talks about the strange origin story of Koi Child, how Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker convinced them to turn a one-off jam session into a career, the freedom of their island recording sessions and more.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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LINKS

- Koi Child on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#129 - The Cadillac Three on Tom Petty ‘Wildflowers’

ACM-nominated Southern rock hitmakers the Cadillac Three join me backstage at the CMC Rocks QLD festival to talk about one of their biggest influences  - rock legend Tom Petty and his 1994 album ‘Wildflowers’. We talk about producer Rick Rubin’s influence on Petty’s songwriting, the Americana sound of the record, the difference between a Heartbreakers album and an album almost all the Heartbreakers play on and how 'You Wreck Me’ was two letters away from being a disaster.

Plus, Jaren, Kelby and Neil talk about how they know whether a song they’ve written is a 'Cadillac Three’ song, slipping Tom Petty references into their tunes, Heartbreaker Mike Campbell’s guitar influence and why they get angry calls from record industry mogul Scott Borchetta.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- The Cadillac Three on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#128 - Julian McCullough on Guns n Roses ‘Appetite for Destruction'

Standup comic, actor and host of my new favorite podcast Julian Loves Music, Julian McCullough, joins me in an Echo Park bookstore to try and convince me that Guns n Roses are awesome. 

We talk about growing up the son of a music snob, how he played a GnR song about heroin for his elementary school class, whether Axl Rose can sing, why he never saw them live, his idea for a new kind of band t-shirt and we debate the merits of Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Paul McCartney in an episode guaranteed to enrage any classic rock fan.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

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- Julian McCullough on Twitter, Instagram.

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#127 - Danny Clinch on Bruce Springsteen ‘Greetings from Ashbury Park NJ'

Danny Clinch, harmonica player and the greatest rock photographer of the past 25 years, joins me to talk about the debut album of his idol and frequent collaborator Bruce Springsteen - ‘Greetings from Ashbury Park NJ’.

Danny talks about the parallels between his NJ upbringing and the characters on the album, why Springsteen’s managers have also produced his records, the album’s youthful energy, how he went from Bruce fan to his go-to photographer, jamming with the Boss on stage, introducing Bruce to Jason Isbell and how he manages to capture so many intimate, iconic moments with Springsteen and other legendary artists.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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LINKS

- Danny Clinch on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#126 - Sam Palladio (Nashville) on James Taylor ‘October Road'

Singer, songwriter, actor, owner of a truly fantastic head of hair Sam Palladio is best known as Gunnar Scott in the addictive drama series Nashville, but the English native is also a talented musician with a love for the soothing sensitivity of James Taylor.

We talk about how he discovered JT and the album ‘October Road’ during his mother’s illness, how James Taylor songs helped him land his Nashville role (and how he almost wound up in a Coen Brothers movie), his connection with members of Taylor’s family, the reflective nature of Taylor’s contemporary songs and how he sort of “ripped off” one of Taylor’s most famous lines for a song he wrote about Ron Sexsmith.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Sam Palladio on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

- Jeremy Dylan's website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook page.

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#125 - Steve Mandel on Elvis Costello and the Attractions ‘Blood and Chocolate’

Elvis Costello once called my guest Steve Mandel (songwriter, musician and producer of the Roots) ‘a fine judge of horseflesh’. The admiration is mutual.

Steve talks about the impact that Costello’s 1986 classic album 'Blood and Chocolate’ (and its predecessor 'King of America’) had on his teenage self, and how he went from idolising Elvis to producing him on 2013’s 'Wise Up Ghost’ album. We also talk about Elvis’s place in the development of Americana music, how 1986 started the second half of Elvis’s career and put the focus back on his lyrics, how the collaboration between Elvis and the Roots and Steve developed, and how Steve’s long-gestating Squeeze tribute album is coming along.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

LINKS

- Steve Mandel on Twitter, Instagram.

- Jeremy Dylan's website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook page.

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#124 - Brian Koppelman on The History of the Eagles

Returning champion, filmmaker (Ocean’s 13, Solitary Man, Rounders), podcaster (The Moment - it’s great, subscribe) and Billions co-creator Brian Koppelman joins me to celebrate Alison Ellwood’s fantastic film The History of the Eagles, to make a case for it as one of the best rock docs of all time and to pay tribute to recently departed Eagles legend Glenn Frey.

We talk about how the film avoids the pitfalls and predictability of many other rock docs, the creative partnership between Glenn Frey and Don Henley, what the subject of Brian’s music documentary would be, confident musicians and backlashes, the ‘tall poppy syndrome’, cocaine, heroes and villains in documentaries, and why so many people just fuckin’ hate the Eagles.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

LINKS

- Brian Koppelman on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

- Brian’s previous episode on Jason Isbell.

- Jeremy Dylan's website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook page.

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#123 - Benmont Tench on The Rolling Stones ‘Beggars Banquet’

Smooth talking rock’n’roll legend Benmont Tench, icon of the keys and founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, joins me on a sunny LA afternoon to talk about The Rolling Stones classic 1968 LP ‘Beggars Banquet’.

How did this album help pioneer a shift to a rootsy back to basics approach that would start a movement in rock’n’roll? How did the album reflect the political situation of the times? How does side A of the record form a mini concept album? Plus Benmont breaks down ‘Sympathy for the Devil’, ‘No Expectations’, ‘Jigsaw Puzzle’ and ‘Stray Cat Blues’, we decipher the lyrics to ‘Factory Girl’, Benmont explains why the Stones are where you go to learn rock’n’roll piano and he talks about playing keys with the Stones in the studio.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Benmont Tench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#122 - Jimmy Vivino on Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills ‘Super Session’

Guitar legend, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader of Conan’s Basic Cable Band - Jimmy Vivino - joins me to discuss the classic album that kicked off the jam band era: Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills’ “Super Session” (1968).

Jimmy talks about his long friendship and collaborations with Al Kooper, the career paths that led each of the major players to this record, and tells amazing stories from his own storied career in rock'n'roll, including playing bass with Springsteen in the studio, getting chewed out by Chuck Berry on stage mid-song, jamming with a shirtless Keith Richards, when David Bowie played him a song he wrote about Jimmy’s brother, how nothing on a Beatles record is ‘un-fucked-with’ and why you should always meet your heroes.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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LINKS

- Jimmy Vivino on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#121 - Holiday Sidewinder on Bob Dylan ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’

London-based Aussie songstress and ex-frontwoman of Bridezilla, Holiday Sidewinder joins me for a chat about one of Bob Dylan’s underappreciated classics - 1973’s ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’, the soundtrack to the film of the same name.

What happens when rock’s most famous lyricist makes a largely instrumental album? Why does legendary R&B organist Booker T play bass on the album? What did Holiday steal from Dylan when she met him backstage? How does the record fit in with Bob’s Nashville period? Why did Holiday play this album at a funeral she was musical directing?

Plus, Holiday and I close the episode with a short acoustic rendition of the album’s most famous song 'Knockin On Heaven’s Door’.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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LINKS

- Holiday Sidewinder on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

- Jeremy Dylan's website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook page.

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#120 - Ben Blacker on David Bowie ‘Aladdin Sane’

In the days following our mutual heroes’ passing, TV (Puss in Boots, Supernatural), stage (Thrilling Adventure Hour) and comic book (Thunderbolts) writer (as well as the host of the Writers Panel podcast) Ben Blacker joined me over coffee and bagels in Los Angeles to talk about the legacy and evolution of David Bowie, through one of his best albums, 1973′s ‘Aladdin Sane’.

How did Ben overcome a distaste for ‘classic rock’ to fall hard for Bowie in the early 90s? How does your understanding of Bowie’s songs change as you mature? How did he incorporate the history of pop music into his tunes? What was a normal day at home like for him? Why was he more sincere than Bob Dylan? and how do you process grief for public figures you loved but never actually knew?

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Subscribe to the podcast in Apple Podcasts here or search 'My Favorite Album' wherever you listen to podcasts.

My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Ben Blacker on Twitter, Instagram.

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#119 - EZTV on The Toms

Singer/songwriter and frontman of New York power-poppers EZTV, Ezra Tenenbaum, joins me to dive into a cult classic of the power-pop genre, the self-titled debut from The Toms (1979).

We talk about the shared influences of British invasion and 60s west coast rock on both Ezra and the Toms, the discipline of short songs, ‘bands’ made up of one person, the benefits and temptations of tinkering in the studio, how albums can capture a moment of someone’s life, and when we can expect a new EZTV album.

Listen in the player above or download the episode by clicking here.

Subscribe to the podcast in Apple Podcasts here or search 'My Favorite Album' wherever you listen to podcasts.

My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

LINKS

- EZTV on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

- Jeremy Dylan's website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook page.

- Like the podcast on Facebook here.

- If you dig the show, please leave a rating or review of the show on iTunes here.