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TONIGHT TUESDAY 4/22/14!
Tonight's
show will feature special guest Joey Molland, the guitarist and sole
surviving member of the British power-pop band Badfinger. We will be discussing
his new solo CD, Return To Memphis - his first in 12 years - and playing some
clips from it. Of course Todd Rundgren producing Badfinger's "Straight Up" will
be mentioned as well as the song "Baby Blue" making it on the Breaking Bad TV
finale. We plan to take calls from listeners too.
BADFINGER became an
incredible force of virtuoso musicians churning out hit after hit while being
supported by the biggest band in the world. The band’s first album was the
soundtrack to the movie The Magic Christian (Magic Christian Music). Their
follow-up album, No Dice spawned the Pete Ham penned classic “No Matter What”
(#8 U.S. Hot 100 Hit -1970) and an Evans/Ham composition “Without You” which
became a #1 Hit in 1971 for Harry Nilsson and a #3 Hit for Mariah Carey in 1994.
No Dice reached #28 on Billboard’s Hot 200 albums chart.
The bands third
album Straight Up was regarded by many to be their best. George Harrison had
considerable input on the album including playing slide guitar on “Day After
Day” (#4 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1971). Leon Russell played piano on the
track. The album also generated the hit single "Baby Blue" (#14 on Billboard’s
Hot 100 Chart in 1972). George Harrison left before the album was completed to
work on The Concert for Bangladesh and Todd Rundgren was brought in to finish
the album. Production credits were shared between Harrison and
Rundgren.
In more recent news, the popular TV show, Breaking Bad, finale
ended with the Badfinger song, "Baby Blue".
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