SEASON 2 - IT ONLY GETS BETTER
EPISODE 7- NASHVILLE
Known as Music City, in the Country Music industry, Nashville’s best record store is GRIMEY’S. No IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS. What better way to get in contact with Nashville’s music community than touching base with Doyle Davis and his veteran crew. Along with the corporate music industry, there is an undeniable independent music scene. With Nashville’s best record store (and Ms. Taylor Swift’s favorite) - We’ll have our cameras on everything, including an amazing 'trip down memory lane' when Metallica decided to do a concert in Grimey's basement. Or Nashville journey didn't end there ---we then went to Vinyl Tap, and Jack White's Third Man Records. We definitely need to go back ---and we will.
EPISODE 8- ATLANTA
Papa Ray visits with Eric Levin of Criminal Records and interviews local customers and musicians associated with this alternative music oasis in the heart of the ‘Five Points District’ of the city. The crew then goes to JBs Record Lounge as well as Danny Beard's amazing Wax N’ Facts - where even someone who has tens of thousands of LPs and 45's (like Tom 'Papa' Ray) can find musical treasures.
EPISODE 9 - PORTLAND
The hipster city of Portland, Oregon is the home of no less than twenty independent record shops. The unquestioned leader is Terry Currier’s MUSIC MILLENIUM, a sprawling authoritative garden of musical delights. We’re also going to visit several newer stores such as LANDFILL RESCUE UNIT and EXILED RECORDS. We were lucky to run into our dear friend, the Great Curtis Salgado.
The Great Curtis Salgado
The humorously self-proclaimed --
THE HIPPEST CAT WHO KNOWS WHERE ITS AT. HE'S WARM AS TOAST & ALL THE GIRLS THINK HE'S THE MOST. WHOSE SINGING VOICE IS OUR # 1 CHOICE.
Our cool, dear friend - award-winning vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter Curtis Salgado is the man NPR calls “an icon” with “a huge voice.” spent the day with us in Portland. Just in case you haven't heard of 'The Blues Brother's' - AND, just in case you didn't know that Curtis was John Belushi's 'JOLIET' JAKE BLUES' for the movie and skits on Saturday Night Live - -- Curtis Salgado is a Portland, Oregon-based blues, blues rock, and blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter. He plays harmonica and fronts his own band as lead vocalist.
EPISODE 10 - SEATTLE
The city that gave the world the genre of grunge, is also the site of some vibrant record stores such EASY STREET RECORDS & CAFE, SONIC BOOM RECORDS, DAYBREAK RECORDS, and JIVE TIME RECORDS. Seattle is also the home of the crucial independent record labels such as, Light in the Attic Records, Sub Pop, and Mass Line.
EPISODE 11 - NEW ORLEANS
Tom and Vintage Vinyl have a unique relationship with one of the finest record stores in New Orleans, EUCLID RECORDS. Learn about their history, as we also visit other stellar independent shops, such as DOMINO SOUND RECORD SHACK.
Each unique, each with their own style, yet fitting perfectly and reflecting the culture of The Big Easy. Viewers will be pleasantly surprised with some music veterans that visit these stores, such as Irma Thomas, The Neville’s, Trombone Shorty, and Kermit Ruffin ---They have seen it all ---and in New Orleans, that says multitudes.
EPISODE 12 - HIP HOP & THE ART OF CRATE DIGGING
As a wise man from the Five Buroughs of Manhattan once said, Hip Hop didn't invent anything. Hip Hop re-invented everything. The Roadshow will showcase how the vast history of recorded music is the musical basis for Hip Hop, and how the pioneers of Rap found the beats, breaks, and inspiration for a new musical form previously recorded on vinyl, and now a world-wide planetary sound.
The term 'CRATE DIGGER' refers to those who scour the used albums found in record stores, basements, and even flea markets. What's old becomes new.
