Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss our favorite American artists. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Jay's take after seeing Goose
- Took us a while to get into the show
- Phil's #6: Phish took over the jam band crown from the Dead
- Jay briefly met Trey Anastasio at UNH before they got famous
- Goose hasn't been accepted by the entire jam band audience
- Jay's #6: Originally had Van Halen ranked higher, but dropped them because of the Hagar years
- Combined Eddie VH's revolutionary guitar work with DLR's showmanship
- Eddie inspired a generation of guitarists and Dave inspired a generation of hard rock singers
- Phil's #5: Steely Dan spits in the face of being called "yacht rock"
- Went from a live act to a studio perfectionist act to a live act again
- Fagen and Becker were demanding taskmasters
- Jay's #5: The imperfect perfection of the Replacements
- They self-sabotaged whenever things were about to break for them
- Never got to see them live
- Phil's #4 and Jay's #3: The singular genius of Jimi Hendrix
- Hugely influential guitarist and performer
- Must have blown a lot of minds when he was around
- Jay's #4: Pixies were a major influence on the alternative rock sound that shaped the '90s
- The band's first stint (1986-93) was epic
- Introduced weirdness into indie rock
- Still touring behind their classic material but making new music as well
- Phil's #3 and Jay's #10: Talking Heads were art school kids who became big
- Part of the CBGB scene of the '70s that went in a lot of different directions
- Explored a lot of sounds and influences
- Phil's #2: The Allman Brothers Band invented and transcended Southern rock
- Persevered through deaths and changing trends
- Jay's #2: No arguing with the greatness of Prince
- Hundreds of hours of unreleased music
- Was super talented at multiple instruments
- Was Prince the best all-around musician of the 20th century?
- Phil's #1: Duh, it's the Dead
- Inspired an entire subculture
- There are literally hundreds of Dead cover bands
- Jay's #1: The pride of Athens, GA, R.E.M.
- Helped create the "college rock" scene that grew into alternative rock
- Blew up in the early '90s
- Distinct career phases
- Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy have been covering R.E.M. albums in their entirety the last three years
- To be continued
- Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
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