Tom Petty Tribute
with
Dan Bern & Paul Zollo
&
Dan Clark

From ANDRAS JONES: We invited Dan Bern, a songwriter of some note who has been a regular contributor to Radio8Ball over the years, to join our tribute to Tom Petty and he asked a question about an upcoming trip to Florida. His answer was performed by Dan Clark (formerly of the band Duke Daniels) accompanied […]

Tom Petty Tribute
with Paul Zollo
&
Andras Jones

From ANDRAS JONES: I fly down to LA once a month to record three of these episodes at Starburns Industries in Burbank, and that week in October, for no discernible reason, I’d left one completely unbooked. When Petty died, it seemed obvious that we should devote that spot to tributing his music. So first I […]

Paul Zollo
&
Great Willow

From ANDRAS JONES: On the day we release author/songwriter PAUL ZOLLO‘s return to the realm of The Pop Oracle with GREAT WILLOW (James Combs & Erin Shawn Hawkins) he is announcing his own foray into the world of podcasting with another former R8B guest, Louise Goffin. Their show is going to be called “Louise & […]

Tom Petty Tribute
The Stevie Question
with Paul Zollo
&
Jeff Cleveland

From ANDRAS JONES: It’s really all in the tracks on this one with a heartbreaking performance from Jeff Cleveland, Nate Hertweck & Marshall Thompson of the band Dinosaur Tooth, and insightful commentary from Paul Zollo. Just a couple things to add… 1. A possible answer to my question about why Stevie never joined The Heartbreakers […]

Paul Zollo

PAUL ZOLLO joined us for our Tom Petty tribute episode on October 16, 2017

Paul Zollo
&
Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: PAUL ZOLLO has been a regular contributor to our show since we started podcasting with Starburns. This time he joins his friend DON HEFFINGTON with a question about the divided nature of our nation that resonates with mine from the previous reading. The answer, a fractious medley with help from Allen Ginsberg, […]

Tom Petty Tribute
For Tom
with Paul Zollo
&
Nate Hertweck
with Marshall Thompson

From ANDRAS JONES: Dearest lovers of Tom Petty. This final Pop Oracle reading of our Tom Petty tribute was simply, heartbreakingly, perfect. On more levels than you or I can fully comprehend yet. I’ll tell you this. It was a bumpy, fractious road to this reading and I wouldn’t trade a second of it. We […]

Tom Petty Tribute
For Mike Campbell
with Paul Zollo
&
Andras Jones

From ANDRAS JONES: In our musical divination for Heartbreaker’s guitarist (and co-songwriter) Mike Campbell we got a track from the band’s first record. One of my favorites. Of course I kinda muffed the lyrics, missing the all important “I’m” in favor a of a repetition of “I’ve been” in reference to the protagonist in the […]

Tom Petty Tribute
For Benmont
with Paul Zollo
&
Jeff Cleveland

From ANDRAS JONES: This one’s for Heartbreaker’s keyboard player Benmont Tench. I’ve crossed the periphery of his life a couple of times. Nothing he’d remember. But he has dug himself deeply into mine, and whether or not you know it, probably into yours as well. HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL You never had a chance, did ya […]

Tom Petty Tribute
with
Tom DeSavia, Paul Zollo
&
Andras Jones

From ANDRAS JONES: Tom DeSavia is one of the guys that just seems like he’s always been around the periphery of my musical life. I guess I kinda filed him under “industry guy” in my mind which hasn’t exactly been the most complimentary file but I’ve generally seen Tom as one of the good ones. […]

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