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Mike Stern

This Sunday, we will take a look at Mike Stern, jazz and fusion guitarist of Blood, Sweat & Tears and Miles Davis Band fame. He was part of several other notable collaborations alongside a prolific solo career.

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Malaclypse

Miles at Warner

We can see for Miles and Miles… no, wait, wrong artist. This week, we will have a look at Miles Davis’ career at Warner Brothers Records, which lasted from his resurgence in the mid-1980s until his death in 1991.

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Malaclypse

252 Transports of Delight part 1: Trains

An idea that was sparked by the Dionne Warwick Gamble and Huff track Trains and Boats and Planes, and got its series title from the classic Flanders and Swann song about London buses.    Both were in the preshow.

The Blues often makes references to trains, as a means of escape, as a route to a loved one, or taking a loved one away.  we had lots of blues, in many and various forms, along with some other stuff.

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Transports of Delight I

Trains, Boats and Planes are the topics of our series on transpors of delight. This week, it will be all about trains, from the A all the way to the Rock’n’Roll Train.

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Malaclypse

On the Road to Supernatural

This week’s topic shines a light at Santana’s way from the doldrums to the blockbuster album, Supernatural. The band had been around the block a few times before they busted it, and dropped a goodly number of hidden gems along the road.

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Malaclypse

122R John Wetton part 2

The second part of the history of John Wetton got off to a slow start with some long tracks and a lower than usual audience, but did pick up more and more listeners as we went along.  Root Beer’s voice was suffering and we helped her out with announcements later in the show.

Lots of good prog, and later pop rock stuff to finish off the set of shows about the four members of the band UK.

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John Wetton, part 2

Our second half of our look at the career of John Wetton will pick up where we left him in the first part: in the UK. The band, not the place. Well, also the place, but you get the drift. We will also see some solo work and his time in Wishbone Ash as well as Asia.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse