This legendary Guitarist Used to Carry a Broom Around in Grade School – B-Side Trax: FEB 12th 2019
It’s true ! His Father couldn’t afford to buy one for him & neither could/would his school. One day, he was helping his Dad clean out garbage from an elderly woman’s house & he found a ukulele that only had one string. She let him keep it and a star had his humble beginning …
Below, is the very 1st song he ever wrote & one of my personal faves – enjoy !
B-Side Trax:
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Monday: Love Removal Machine – The Cult
Tuesday: Strength – The Alarm
Wednesday: Jealous – Gene Loves Jezebel
Thursday 52 Girls – B-52’s
Friday: Vertigo – U2
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: Let it Ride – Bachman Turner Overdrive
Tuesday: Everything Zen – Bush
Wednesday: I Hope You’re Feeling Better – Santana
Thursday Monday I’ve Got Friday on My Mind – The Easybeats
Friday: Stone Free – Jim Hendrix
B-Special,
Mike
B-Side Trax Classic Launches Monday March 4th !! FEB 5th 2019
Yep, it’s finally here ! B-Side Trax was originally conceived as a Classic Rock Program. But, for various logistical & strategic reasons, I released the Alternative version first. Now, almost four years after the Alternative show debuted, it is with great pleasure that I introduce “B-Side Classic”.
Same tried & true formula, different genre of Songs Unburnt. Mainly 70’s & 80’s centric, we’ll dip back into the 60’s to touch on some psychedelia AND lean into the 90’s to feature some of those great bands & stories too. I hope you enjoy the new format as much as I’ll enjoy bringing it to you !!
Beginning on March 4th !!
B-Side Trax:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Monday: All I Need is a Miracle – Mike & The Mechanics
Tuesday: Last Nite – The Strokes
Wednesday: Mercury Blues – David Lindley
Thursday Touch, Peel & Stand – Days of The New
Friday: Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz
Many stations use this vignette as a lead-in or the centerpiece for their retro or flashback shows. Some use it as a stand-alone or even combine each week’s shows to form a 30-minute weekend retro feature. That flexibility is a benefit for individual stations to use to their advantage.
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: Shot Down in Flames – AC/DC
Tuesday: On a Plain – Nirvana
Wednesday: Light Up – Styx
Thursday White Bird – It’s a Beautiful Day
Friday: Still They Ride – Journey
B-Well,
Mike
This Band Turned Down a Million Dollar$$ To Re-Record Their 6th Album !! B-Side Trax: JAN 29th 2019
The record company said it wasn’t rock enough to play on rock radio & that it was more suited to Urban Radio … Good thing they didn’t ! The band knew they had to release an album that was even better than their previous blockbuster, and they were convinced that they had. They were right !
All it did was go 6x Platinum !!
B-Side Trax:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Monday: Nobody’s Diary – Yaz
Tuesday: Welcome To Jamrock – Damian Nesta ‘Jr Gong’ Marley
Wednesday: Industrial Disease – Dire Straits
Thursday Mother Mother – Tracy Bonham
Friday: Pop Song ’89 – REM
Many stations use this vignette as a lead-in or the centerpiece for their retro or flashback shows. Some use it as a stand-alone or even combine each week’s shows to form a 30-minute weekend retro feature. That flexibility is a benefit for individual stations to use to their advantage.
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: Were To Now St Peter ? – Elton John
Tuesday: Kick – INXS
Wednesday: Plain Shame – Peter Frampton
Thursday Day After Day – Badfinger
Friday: No More Tears – Ozzy Ozbourne
B-Nice,
Mike
Do You Know Which Band Named Themselves after a Monty Python Skit ? B-Side Trax: JAN 22nd 2019
Sure enough. The boys met while attending San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara. The singer/songwriter/guitarist was only 15. Their very 1st live performance was at an open-mic contest (they didn’t win)
How did they come by their name ? My best guess is, a whole lotta late-night TV …
B-Side Trax:
Monday: All I Want – Toad The Wet Sprocket
Tuesday: Accidents Never Happen – Blondie
Wednesday: Rush – Big Audio Dynamite
Thursday Burn it To The Ground – Nickelback
Friday: Peter Gunn Theme – Art of Noise
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: Mama Kin – Aerosmith
Tuesday: ‘Round Here – Counting Crows
Wednesday: Stone Cold – Rainbow
Thursday Kick Out The Jams – MC5
Friday: The Zoo – Scorpions
B-Awesome,
Mike
There’s No Demo For This Huge Hit Because It was Written The Day it Was Recorded – B-Side Trax: JAN 8th 2019
The album was coming off two huge albums and the pressure was on to produce another. Composed entirely by the guitarist, it is a rock opera set in London and Brighton in 1965 & follows a young mod & his search for importance.
Brighton Beach
Written in Oxford & Carnaby Streets between appointments Pete just carried it into the studio later that day and the rest as they say is history …
B-Side Trax:
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Monday: Heaven – Psychedelic Furs
Tuesday: My Favourite Game – The Cardigans
Wednesday: The Red – Chevelle
Thursday Never Give Up – Common Sense
Friday: People Are People – Depeche Mode
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: Stone Blue – Foghat
Tuesday: Beds Are Burning – Midnight Oil
Wednesday: Too Young To Fall in Love – Motley Crue
Thursday Dancing in The Moonlight – King Harvest
Friday: 5:15 – The Who
B-Free,
Mike
Last Week on The B-Side – JAN 1st 2019
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Don’t Cry – Guns & Roses / Click To Play Show
Monday: Peekaboo – Siouxee & The Banshees
Tuesday: JAR – Green Day
Wednesday: Rockefeller Skank – Fatboy Slim
Thursday Ready, Steady, Go – Generation X
Friday: Don’t Cry – Guns & Roses
Many stations use this vignette as a lead-in or the centerpiece for their retro or flashback shows. Some use it as a stand-alone or even combine each week’s shows to form a 30-minute weekend retro feature. That flexibility is a benefit for individual stations to use to their advantage.
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Be Good Johnny – Men at Work / Click To Play Show
Monday: Taxi – Harry Chapin
Tuesday: Be Good Johnny – Men at Work
Wednesday: A Fine, Fine Day – Tony Carey
Thursday Mama Told Me Not to Come – 3 Dog Night
Friday: The Wizard – Black Sabbath
B-Cool,
Mike
Episodes – B-Side Trax – Week of DEC 31st: This Hall of Fame Band Got Turned Down By a Pub – B-Side Trax …
Believe it or not, this band tried to get a local Birmingham pub to sponsor them in their early years. The pub, Mitchells & Butlers, politely declined, but the band carried on anyway.
16 studio albums & a Hall of Fame career later, the band did just fine. The pub seems to be doing okay too, but I’ll bet they’d like another shot at that sponsorship ….
Oh yeah, by the way – Merry Christmas !!
B-Side Trax:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Monday: Middle of The Road – The Pretenders
Tuesday: 19 – Paul Hardcastle
Wednesday: 1 Step Closer – Linkin Park
Thursday King of Swing – Big, Bad VooDoo Daddy
Friday: Police & Thieves – The Clash
Many stations use this vignette as a lead-in or the centerpiece for their retro or flashback shows. Some use it as a stand-alone or even combine each week’s shows to form a 30-minute weekend retro feature. That flexibility is a benefit for individual stations to use to their advantage.
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: The Other Side of Life – The Moody Blues
Tuesday: The One I Love – REM
Wednesday: Lady – Beck, Bogert & Appice
Thursday If I Fell – The Beatles
Friday: Hurricane – Bob Dylan
B-Free,
Mike
www.bsidetrax.com
Episodes – B-Side Trax – Week of DEC 18th: Chris stole 50 Pence from his Mum’s Purse to Start a Legendary Band – B-Side Trax …
It’s true, Chris used the money to put an advertisement in a local sweet shop window seeking a guitarist for a band he didn’t yet have. Only one person responded, but it was enough. The duo were hailed as “the heirs to Lennon and McCartney‘s throne” in the early 80’s.
To coin an old phrase, ‘if you’re not cheatin’ you’re not tryin’. I’m sure he’s been forgiven by his dear Mum by now ( I hope ) ….
B-Side Trax:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Monday: Smoke 2 Joints – Sublime
Tuesday: Toy Soldiers – Martika
Wednesday: Frank Sinatra – Cake
Thursday Tempted – Squeeze
Friday: Breathe – Prodigy
Many stations use this vignette as a lead-in or the centerpiece for their retro or flashback shows. Some use it as a stand-alone or even combine each week’s shows to form a 30-minute weekend retro feature. That flexibility is a benefit for individual stations to use to their advantage.
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: In The Dark – Billy Squier
Tuesday: On Top of The World – Cheap Trick
Wednesday: Nobody’s Fool – Cinderella
Thursday Summertime Blues – Blue Cheer
Friday: Easy Livin’ – Uriah Heep
B-Free,
Mike
www.bsidetrax.com
Episodes – B-Side Trax – Week of DEC 11th: 2 High School Classmates & Florida State Dropouts Formed One of The Biggest Post Grunge Bands – B-Side Trax …
Initially struggling to get gigs in their hometown of Tallahassee, they set up their own shows in family restaurants. Wanting to play a ‘real show’, they convinced a local club owner that they could bring at least 200 people. He liked what he heard and agreed to manage the band &
Creed, one of the biggest post-grunge bands of the 90’s was born !
I wonder what would’ve happened if he’d said no ….
B-Side Trax:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
A new concept for radio: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Monday: Scooby Snacks – Fun Lovin’ Criminals
Tuesday: One – Creed
Wednesday: Caterpillar – The Cure
Thursday Lake of Fire – Nirvana
Friday: Who Do You Want to Be ? – Oingo Boingo
Many stations use this vignette as a lead-in or the centerpiece for their retro or flashback shows. Some use it as a stand-alone or even combine each week’s shows to form a 30-minute weekend retro feature. That flexibility is a benefit for individual stations to use to their advantage.
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: Katmandu – Bob Seger
Tuesday: Destination Unknown – Missing Persons
Wednesday: Freewheeler – Nazareth
Thursday The Letter – The Boxtops
Friday: All The Girls Love Alice – Elton John
B-Free,
Mike
www.bsidetrax.com
Episodes – B-Side Trax – Week of DEC 4th: Or What About The Time Dave Matthews Caught a Ride To His Own Show From a Fan ? B-Side Trax …
It’s true. Emily & her boyfriend were just driving to a concert when they picked up a poor guy whose bike had a flat tire & had forgotten his cell phone. Turns out he was the star of the show ! Their kindness netted them front-row tickets, backstage passes and an invitation to dinner. It pays to be nice to strangers … Sometimes …
The stories are real, each one fascinating in its own right.
B-Side Trax:
A fairly new concept: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
A fairly new concept: a 6-minute featurette that airs once a day, five days a week. Aside from digging up songs unburnt, there’s also a fascinating, 30-second story behind each track. Because it plays to the ‘Short Attention-Span Theater’ we all have nowadays, the tune-out factor is zero !!
Here’s what aired last week on B-Side Alternative and a link to a recent show:
Monday: Ants Marching – Dave Matthews Band
Tuesday: Candy – Iggy Pop
Wednesday: Bombs Below – Living Things
Thursday Sell Out – Reel Big Thing
Friday: What’s So Funny … ( ‘Bout … ) – Elvis Costello
Many stations use this vignette as a lead-in or the centerpiece for their retro or flashback shows. Some use it as a stand-alone or even combine each week’s shows to form a 30-minute weekend retro feature. That flexibility is a benefit for individual stations to use to their advantage.
Here’s a week on B-Side Classic Rock, plus a show link:
Monday: Children of The Sun – Billy Thorpe
Tuesday: Once in a lifetime – Talking Heads
Wednesday: Modern Day Cowboy – Tesla
Thursday Just Like Me – Paul Revere & The Raiders
Friday: NY Groove – Ace Frehley
B-Free,
Mike
www.bsidetrax.com