Talk From the Rock Room
Deep discussion of classic rock and blues, instruments, records, and concerts. Focused analysis, musical connections and rare tunes. Follow along at www.talkfromtherockroom.com. Host Stephen Lewis is an author for Schiffer Publishing and curator of the 'rock room'.
Episodes
My chat with Cleveland radio legend Todd Richards about my new Richard Manuel Biography. Listen in!
Stop by and take a huge bite of the rock and roll Apple in today's edition of Talk from the Rock Room. Join us as we thumb through the Apple Records catalog picking the grooviest tracks and rarest goods.
Stop by the rock room for an array of rock and roll sustenance. A spectacular selection of deep cuts, live tracks, and rare goods from the rock room vaults featuring the Kinks, Pretty Things, the Man in Black and much more.
Kick back in the rock room for a full album listen. In this episode we set sea, using the North Star and Sandy Denny's siren wail as our guide. We drop the needle on Denny's 1971 LP, The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens. Expect the usual pithy banter and super rarities for your listening pleasure.
Join your host Steve in the "rock room," for a full album spin of The King's 1969 album From Elvis In Memphis. Live cuts, deep tracks, and an abundance of groovy times await!
Join your host Steve for an eclectic and absolutely far out collection of Pot Luck rock cuts. From Jefferson Airplane to Albert King there's something for everybody in this transmission from the rock room.
A fab edition of Talk from the Rock Room as Beatles and Mersey Beat expert, author and BBC broadcast legend Spencer Leigh stops into the rock room for a chat. Listen in for rare songs, fantastic conversation, and tales of the fab four and their contemporaries.
Join your host Steve in the rock room for a freshly baked pot luck show. You never know what's coming and either does Steve! Thumb through the rock room files to discover the grooviest rock and roll classics and accompanying tomfoolery.
Stop in to the rock room for a full record spin of David Crosby and Graham Nash's 1972 self titled record. Stuffed with extra deep cuts, live cuts, and loads of rock chatter for your listening pleasure.
Join your host Steve for a full album spin of the legendary 1967 Butterfield Blues Band LP East-West. Come for the rock, stay for the blues. Deep cuts, surprises and extended jamming.
A classic from the days of rock room radio we drop the needle on Tim Buckley's 1969 LP "Happy Sad." Drop in for an array of goofy talk, rare goods, and mind expanding Buckley cuts.
Stop by the rock room for a wide ranging collection of rare rock goods and pithy conversation. You host Steve retrieves an ample selection of the hottest tracks from the rock room vaults to warm up your winter days.
Join your host Steve around the rock room table for a musical feast. A classic from the TFTRR radio days, this show piles on the tastiest rock goods. Don't be shy you can go back for seconds.
A classic Tools of the Trade feature from the early days of TFTRR radio show and podcast. In this episode we shine the spotlight on Rick Danko's fretless Ampeg bass guitar. Deep cuts, rare tracks and Rock Room hi jinx prevails.
Join your host Steve in the rock room for a brand new pot luck show. This episode features a tribute to Phil Lesh as well as a substantial serving of deep cut live cuts for your aural pleasure.
In this edition of Talk from the Graveyard, your doctor, er, host Steve digs deep into the crypts of the rock room to retrieve some frightfully scary and rocking classics for your evil pleasure. Drop in for the most demented rock and roll deep cuts and the usual psychotic hijinks.
Join your host Steve for a Rock Room Reconstruction of David Crosby's unreleased 1980 solo record. Using unreleased mixes, lost songs, and our favorite deep cut, live cuts the rock room pulls together an amazing array of music from a lost era of David Crosby's prolific career. Settle in, turn on the lava lamp, and put your feet up for a stellar hour of music.
Join your host Steve for a deep exploration of the music and artists that influenced Richard Manuel. In celebration of his new biography of Richard coming from Schiffer Books in Spring of 2025, the rock room spins an array of early rock and blues that helped inform Manuel's own career. Listen to rare tracks, live cuts, and many of the singles Richard spun on his turntable in Stratford, Ontario as a teen rocker an...
Join your host Steve around a sonic bonfire of seasonal fall rock and roll favorites. Dig through the leaves and find the rarest rock goods you could ever ask for.
Join your host Steve for a Rock Room Reconstruction of a never before released 1968 Michael Nesmith record. Explore the forefather of country rock's formative foray into recording a solo record. The usual music geek discussion and rock room high jinx awaits.
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