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Long Song Silver Ep 4
We here at the Balcony are pretty patient . . . we will let you go on. And on. (Just don't push it . . . we're looking right at you, Grateful Dead.) Here is episode four of our tribute to songs that you wait to take a bathroom break and/or beer run for: L
101 Series Lesson 48: The Doors
Out of the bushy wilds of Mulholland Drive and salty air of the Pacific Coast Highway, came slithering a band that set L.A. and then the fucking world on fire. In Lesson 48 of the 101 Series, we put on our leather pants and nicest feather headdress and da
I Remember That Ep 4: Doo-Wop
Once upon a time singers on rock records needed to know how to sing before stepping in front of a microphone. Once upon a time there was no fancy software to correct off-key notes or errant instrumental passages or add echo and warmth because musicians an
101 Series Lesson 47: Toots and The Maytals
Every once in a while we at the Balcony get in a boat with no sail and drift off toward Trenchtown, somewhere near Kingston (we'll find it). On this trip to the islands we meet a group of friends called Toots and The Maytals. Jamaica doesn't have garage b
High Tea with The Beatles Ep 4
He wrote all the silly pop songs with The Beatles and the silly love songs after The Beatles. So, with episode 4 of High Tea with The Beatles, we give you simply "The Paul Show." In this episode we spin some deep and possibly forgotten tracks by Paul McCa
101 Series Lesson 46: The 70s (Again)
Oh, no . . . it's the 70s. Again. Hey everyone, come and get happy with us at the Balcony as we sit down for part two of our tribute to the tunes--groovy and not--of the 1970s. It's the 101 Series, and Lesson 46 has a chest hair, a leisure suit only butto
Have The Rolling Stones Killed Ep 4
Fifty years is a long time to rock. And with that time comes a lot of great live shows. With episode 4 of  Have The Rolling Stones Killed we take it to the stages of the world with the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all time. It's all live tracks, now si
101 Series Lesson 46: The 70s (Part 1)
When The Beatles broke up everything went to hell . . . one hit wonders, inflation, gas shortage, Nixon. The 70s. In Lesson 46 of the 101 Series we sit down on the shag carpeting and play all the day glo a.m. jams you remember. Join us for the first of tw
Gimme Back My Song Ep 4
Sometimes there's a song writer and there's a singer and . . . sometimes they're not the same person. We know. Fucking weird, right? Well, we at the Balcony are actually big fans of the cover song and to prove it we do a little thing called Gimme Back My
101 Series Lesson 45: Elton John
We here at Balcony Radio love a diva and we can't think of a bigger one than Lord Dame Elton John. Â In Lesson 45 of the 101 Series we focus more on the tantrums than the tiaras (you're welcome) of one Reginald Dwight. We spend more time in the 70s than t