Tales of the Road Warriors

Tales of the Road Warriors

On Tales of the Road Warriors, Hal in Philly explores the world through conversations with entertainers and musicians … guitarists, bass players, keyboardists, managers, roadies, recording engineers and people who spend a lot of time traveling to and from gigs.

Episodes

November 26, 2020 53 mins

Michael Winslow Show Notes

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Twitter handle  @Noizey_Man

Grew up on several Air Force bases

Move...

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Today my guest is Robert Smokey Miles...    

He knows Bob Dylan personally and even used to be his house sitter as a teenager

Around 1987 he began hosting open mics and acous...

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November 2, 2020 53 mins

Essra Mohawk

ESSRA MOHAWK Pt. 1 Show Notes

Essra Mohawk has had a very long and storied career. To describe her music as eclectic is a gross understatement. Her songs run the gamut from pop to avant garden, and...

August 13, 2020 33 mins

Ben Vaughn Part 2 - Show Notes

Hey, howzit going everybody? Had enough of this lockdown yet? I know, I know, there’s nothing funny about it and you’re running out of ideas. Well, at least you have me to keep you entertained for a little while. I’m Hal in Philly and this is my podcast. Welcome to it. In case you forgot , it’s called… TALES OF THE ROAD WARRIORS!

If you listened to the last ep...

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July 29, 2020 41 mins

Ben Vaughn, rock and roll star and DJ.. known throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Tri-state area and parts of New York.  A fixture around these parts for a very long time. Listeners of NPR radio stations across the country can listen to his show, The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn”

Musical influences include Kenn Kweder and Jerry Blavat aka The Geeter with the Heater, the Big Boss with the Hot Sauce.

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July 6, 2020 47 mins

Hal in Philly talks with truck driver and podcaster, Dave Kanyan, host of Dumbing it Down With Dave, about driving a truck, podcasting at 85 mph, milk, comedy and some music.

Episode Links and Resources

Dave's Podcast
Dumbing it Down With Dave

Stream or Download - I'm Going For A Drive

Tales of the Road Warriors Coffee Mug

I'm Goin' For A Drive Travel Mug

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May 16, 2020 51 mins

Hal in Philly interviews Henry Phillips on Tales of the Road Warriors. He is a comedic singer/songwriter, actor and filmmaker. He has released comedy albums of his music, and has produced several series including The Loner for IFC, a cooking show on Patreon called Henry's Kitchen. Also on Patreon for 2020, a comedy series, The Highway Man.

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Talking Points

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April 13, 2020 46 mins

Kendal Conrad is a country singer/songwriter/recording artist from outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania.She has shared the stage and opened for the likes of Blake Shelton, Charlie Daniels Band, Chris Lane, Trace Adkins, Phil Vassar and many others and even sang a duet live onstage with Keith Urban. Read more

March 24, 2020 37 mins

Philly's Andrea Nardello has been compared to Melissa Etheridge, Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlisle.

Influences in folk, rock & pop. Nardello recently won a contest and sang with Brandi Carlile at Carlile’s all women’s festival in Mexico. Also won Philadelphia Songwriter's Project Contest and the Tri-State Indie's "Acoustic Artist Of The Year."

She has toured extensively opening for Colbie Caillat, Brandi Carlile, Gabe D...

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March 13, 2020 19 mins

Today is the first of three episodes in a row featuring Women Road Warriors in honor of International Women’s Month on Tales of the Road Warriors. My guest is Toby Lightman. In our brief talk we touched on another problem men never experience, the struggle to have a child. Though a man can share some of the emotional weight of this struggle, we can never know the physical and internal anguish that a woman experien...

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March 2, 2020 57 mins

Talking Points

Band history and foundation of Strawberry Alarm Clock

How they arrived at the name.

Oingo Boingo connection

Venice Beach

Writers of Incense and Peppermints getting “jacked”

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February 21, 2020 59 mins

This is the first full-length interview of 2020 and my guest is Cowboy Mach Bell. Since this is a longish episode, I’ll just give you a brief rundown about who I’m talking to, and the rest, you’ll discover during our conversation.

Full Show Notes:
https://talesoftheroadwarriors.com/cowboy-mach-bell/

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February 15, 2020 45 mins

Best excerpts from Tales of the Road Warriors podcast episodes from January through December of 2019. Guests include:

Chad Watson, James Lee Stanley, Chad Watson, Liz Miller, Kenn Kweder, Jon Michaels, Jay David, Dan May, Lee Totten
and Laura Cheadle,

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January 23, 2020 8 mins

Hal Aaron Cohen aka Hal in Philly recalls the time he discovered the album Man Who Sold The World by an unknown recording artist named David Bowie in the 99 cent bin of a record store i Center City Philladelphia in the early '70s

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December 24, 2019 57 mins

Dan Navarro best known for being in the super duo Lowen and Navarro - writers of We Belong, the mega hit for Pat Benetar. It has since been recorded by several others and featured in many movies, tv shows and including Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,  Pitch Perfect 2,  

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December 12, 2019 31 mins

In Part Two, Steve Talks about his miraculous recovery. Then, going on to write his internet diary, Living in the Bonus Round - and then, his award winning, long-running Off Broadway play, The Last Session.

Later, he learns how to compose and write a Mass under the tutelage of Mark Janas, plays John Lennon's "Imagine" piano and then, shares a secret to attaining true success.

Full show notes and transcripts here

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December 6, 2019 38 mins

Steve Schalchlin is a singer/songwriter, a playwright, composer, a survivor of one of the worst epidemics to hit mankind since the plague...  AIDS.

Steve went on write the music and lyrics to the multi-award winning musical ,The Last Session  with his lifetime partner and husband,Jim Brochu with additional lyrics by John Bettis and Marie Cain. The musical is about a singer/songwriter who...

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November 22, 2019 36 mins

Talking Points

$40,000 dollar bow

Aunt Linda Ronstadt

Sound of My Voice Documentary

Ronstadt Generations

Growing up in the Ronstadt Family

Travelling with a cello

Tales of the Road

Songwriting

What's next? Current Projects

Links to Ronstadt Brothers Websites

Official Ronstadt Brothers Facebook Page

Michael Ronstadt Website

PD (Peter Dalton) Ronstadt

The Foolish Fox Video

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November 15, 2019 40 mins

Rick and Deb - Zero Emissions Musicians

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Lyra Project is a music duo fronted by Debra Lee with husband and music partner Rick D...

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November 10, 2019 52 mins

This was recorded just days before James was scheduled to have a Squamous Cell Carcinoma removed from the base of his tongue along with some surrounding nodes. He's resting uncomfortably and trying to sleep sitting up with a tube down his throat according to a recent post he wrote on his Facebook page. You can help him out by purchasing James Lee Stanley CDs and merch. Links are below to his website.<...

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