Aaron Neville has a new autobiography, “Tell It Like It Is,” wherein he is brutally honest about his life…his drug use, his joyriding, his incarceration and his ultimate musical triumph. We delve into the highlights of Aaron’s life here. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aaron-neville/id1316200737?i=1000627843448 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/a8ac2b9c-1dcd-4662-a7a3-3afbfef0e729/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-aaron-neville

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4v92pkwh It’s catchy, but it makes me miss Charlie. The man with the simple kit who seemed to fade into the background but ultimately was the underpinning, the driving force of the Stones. The driving beat here is the antithesis of what Charlie would play. It’s mechanical, soulless, like too much of today’s made […]

Mr. Showbiz. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-shaffer/id1316200737?i=1000627064374 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/b4d0de9a-b5ad-4389-84ac-36109e81092d/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-paul-shaffer

In the mid and late-70’s, I did a ton of sessions in Chicago with Steve Goodman. Stevie told me this story about Jimmy Buffett. In ’69 or ’70, before any of them had recording deals, Jimmy is playing at the Earl of Old Town. After his set he tells Stevie that he has nowhere to […]