Radio418

Veteran blues bassist/vocalist/songwriter and industry maven Lane Baldwin joins me for a special 2-part Radio 418, in which we visit the NAMM Show together and talk some shop. (Photo, from L to R: Aalics Bronson, Nicki Tedesco, JM & Lane On Bass at the Spector Booth @ NAMM, 1-21-12.)

Gratitude and friendship are on my mind this week, and I get a little mushy about both! I also take on the famous "12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music," in the hopes of proving that they're not disappointing at all. (WARNING: I wind up defending Justin Bieber!) Plus my song "Time Away."

If I ever need help, who's a better consigliere than my father?  Musician/actor Paul Montagna is my first guest on Radio 418.  He talks about playing guitar in NYC during the heyday of folk music and the early days of rock n roll, and how a night in February 1964 led him to make an important purchase.  I even jam with the old man a little!

John Montagna pontificates about his profession, Brian Wilson and SMiLE, and a late-night post-Christmas vinyl binge. Plus the latest JM single, "Black Vinyl Records." (Yes, that was intentional!)