Eureka! After more than 8 years on the air, Bob and Bill have entered the 21st century by going digital in the studio. Hopefully, this will eliminate many of the glitches, at least during the live broadcast, but we promise not to remove the human errors that are part of the charm.
Technical problems ambushed the recording again as Bob’s voice is barely audible, so we didn’t post the show. But the music, from Buddy Holly to Eliza Neals to Angela Perley to the Wallflowers, is top notch. Enjoy the playlist.
The Rev. Al Green covers the BeeGees to kick off the show and a tribute to Joey, the friendliest of the four kittens that were born under Bill’s back porch two months ago, wraps up the month of August this week.
After seeing a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac this week, Bill goes all in on Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer.” The best part: Discovering Brad & Lex reaction videos on YouTube. You can also check out their take on the BS&B Facebook page. Be prepared to lose time in the B&L rabbit hole.
Bob and Bill reunited in the studio for the first time since June, which led to a number of existential tangents between music from Luther Allison, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Eliza Neals, whom they discovered is coming to town in September.
Bob and BS&B’s Fifth Beatle, Jack Greiner, mucked around in the deep Mississippi mud that is the sordid, rumored history of “Ode to Billie Joe” and sang the praises of its woefully under appreciated author Bobbie Gentry. For good measure, they added Orville Peck’s cover of “Fancy.” They also played two cuts from Delta Sweete. Her masterpiece. Yes, masterpiece.
Bob spent an inordinate amount of time deconstructing the Bread song “The Guitar Man” as interpreted by Cake. Everything else was about hot weather or global warming, sometimes both. Finally, he paid tribute to two siblings of folks close to the show who passed on recently.
No transmission? No problem. After a storm knocked WAIF off the air and the internet, Bill recorded a website-exclusive show that featured music from 1972 and 2022. Think of it as an audition tape for the BS&B Podcast.
Bill switched effortlessly from 1972 to 2022 throughout the evening, celebrating classics from 50 years ago while introducing favorites recorded this year. Remember the name Miko Marks, we have a feeling she will around for a long time.
Steve Rosen, author of “Lost Cincinnati Concert Venues of the ’50s and ’60s: From the Surf Club to Ludlow Garage,” returns to tell more tales from his history of live music in Greater Cincinnati.
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