#146 - Kenny Aronoff on The Beatles

Legendary session god drummer Kenny Aronoff welcomes me to his LA studio for a inspirational chat about childhood dreams coming true. How he went from a child discovering rock’n’roll with the Beatles on Ed Sullivan to playing with Ringo Starr 50 years later on a TV special celebrating that very same Ed Sullivan appearance.

How did John Mellencamp help him become a more Ringo-esque drummer? What does Kenny see as the drummer’s true purpose in a recording session? What story did Paul McCartney tell him about the Beatles first trip to NYC? What’s it like to play Beatles songs in front of and alongside Beatles? What’s the difference between playing ‘Something’ with Joe Walsh and ‘Hey Bulldog’ with Dave Grohl? How did the Beatles use a “less is more” approach to create dynamics in their music.

Plus, great stories of moments in the studio with the Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, John Hiatt, Don Was 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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#145 - Bob Evans on The Streets ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’

Today’s guest is ARIA-winning singer/songwriter Bob Evans aka Jebediah frontman Kevin Mitchell, who also hosts the great new podcast ‘Good Evans It’s A Bobcast’. 

Today we talk about the 2004 British ‘rap opera’ ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ by the Streets (aka Mike Skinner). We talk about the folk bent of the albums lyrics, the way Skinner uses the ordinary details in the lyric for comedic and affecting purposes, the narrative drive of the album’s concept, the parallels between the situations in the album and Kevin’s own life and later songs and speculates about a way of performing the album himself.

Plus, Kevin recalls touring on Big Day Out with Skinner at the height of his fame and considers whether or not he would ever kill off Bob Evans.

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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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#144 - Chris Hewitt (Empire) on R.E.M. ‘New Adventures in Hi Fi'

Today I’m joined by a journalist of such lethal cunning… Chris Hewitt - news editor for film journal Empire Magazine and host of their massively popular podcast - joins me to talk about an overlooked classic in the catalogue of Georgian alt-rockers REM - 1996′s ‘New Adventures in Hi-Fi’.

How does the near death of drummer Bill Berry hang over the atmosphere of the album? How did Michael Stipe’s vocal style evolve from Murmur to this album and beyond? Why does Chris think Ringo Starr is the worst drummer in rock history? What was the REM’s controversial original name? How did the band end up outlasting some of the acts it influenced? and most importantly - which members of the Avengers cast will play REM in the movie that tells the story of their reunion to take down President Donald Trump?

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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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#143 - Dr Warren Zanes on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ‘Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’

Singer/songwriter, journalist and author of the definitive ‘Petty: The Biography’, Dr Warren Zanes, joins me to celebrate the 1976 self-titled debut of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

How did the band find their sound and identity while making the album? Why were the limitations of vinyl LPs creatively helpful? Did writing the book change Warren’s perspective on Petty’s music? What doubts did people have about Petty’s voice? What is the secret of keyboardist Benmont Tench’s genius? How do the Heartbreakers look back on the album today?

Plus we talk about Petty’s pre-Heartbreakers band Mudrcrutch, and speculate about why he’s currently reviving it, and Warren’s own personal history with the 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.

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#142 - Mark Kermode on the Comsat Angels ‘Sleep No More’

The Good Doctor Mark Kermode - double bassist in the Dodge Brothers, film critic in the Observer, Sony award winning broadcaster on the BBC, one half of Wittertainment, instigator of my directing career - joins me for the tale of his favourite band the Comsat Angels, and their 1981 masterpiece ‘Sleep No More’.

Why are the Comsat Angles 'the band Joy Division could have been’? Can you get from Comsat bassist Kevin Bacon to actor Kevin Bacon in less than six degrees? Which scheme (worthy of Mark’s cinematic idol Danny Ocean) did Mark employ to meet the band? What do the Comsats have in common with Mark’s idol Elvis Presley? What was the experience of introducing the band at their reunion show in 2009? And how does Mark manage to link this album to his obsession with the Exorcist?

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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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#141 - Van Dyke Parks on Randy Newman ‘Randy Newman’

Legendary songwriter, singer, producer and arranger Van Dyke Parks is famed for a unique genre-bending catalogue and collaborations with everyone from Brian Wilson to Silverchair to Skrillex. On this episode, he tells the story of one of his favorite albums - which he also happens to have co-produced: Randy Newman’s self-titled 1968 debut.

Van Dyke tells tales of the insulting liner notes that forced them to reprint the album cover, how Newman collaborated with his film composer uncle Alfred on the record, how the album went against the grain of the counterculture in pop music and Randy’s crippling lack of confidence in his own singing.

Plus, Van Dyke reveals his own proudest contribution to the album as a producer, why he doesn’t listen to pop music and the crucial advice he gave publisher Jann Wenner when he started Rolling Stone Magazine.

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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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#140 - Imogen Clark on Ryan Adams ‘Heartbreaker’

Aussie Americana singer/songwriter Imogen Clark drops into the studio to talk about one of her biggest inspirations, Ryan Adams’ solo debut album ‘Heartbreaker’.

We talk about how important the 2000 release was in the development of the Americana genre, the low self-esteem anthem ‘Come Pick Me Up’, how Adams uses softness and quiet dynamics to capture attention, the impact the record has had on Imogen as a songwriter and how she tried to capture the feel of the album’s production on her own new record.

Plus, Imogen closes the episode with a beautiful acoustic rendition of the Heartbreaker track ‘Oh My Sweet Carolina’.

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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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#139 - Jesse Thorn on Sly and the Family Stone ‘Fresh!'

My guest today is podcast mogul Jesse Thorn, host of ‘Bullseye’ and ‘Jordan Jesse Go’, the impresario of the Maximum Fun network and the best dressed man in podcasting, with his own lines of scarves and pocket squares.

I visit his LA studio to talk about his favorite album, Sly and the Family Stones’s underrated 1973 classic ‘Fresh’. We talk about how his parents divorce and interpersonal animosity shaped his music taste, how being an only child made him identify with Sly’s approach to making the album, the atypically conciliatory breakup song ‘If You Want Me To Stay’, why and how Sly drove the rest of his bandmates away in the leadup to making this album, the influence Sly has had on everyone from Digable Planets to D’Angelo and Sly’s semi-reclusive later years.

Plus, an orgy story.

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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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#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.

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

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- Stephen Tobolowsky on Twitter, Facebook.

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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.

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

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- Ben Blacker on Twitter, Instagram.

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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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- Jonny Fritz on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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- 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.

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

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- 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.

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

- Julian McCullough on Twitter, Instagram.

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

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

#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.

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

- Danny Clinch 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.