A few days ago we mentioned the debut on Radio of the former bassist of the Steepwater Band and currently with Davy Knowles. They have recently recorded a new album that should be out later this year!
Now it’s your turn to tell us something about your favorite albums throughout your life. Hopefully you will be encouraged to hear it on your Rock and Roll Stew program.
With you Tod Michael Bowers from Chicago. Illinois.
INTERVIEW WITH TOD MICHAEL BOWERS
What is your first album purchased?
I think the first album I bought with my own money was Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
What is your first album bought?
I think the first album I bought with my own money was Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
How and where?
I remember catching him at Kmart stores, he was a kid. I still see in my memory Van Halen’s album 1984, that day. In those days it seemed a bad thing to me, that boy smoking a cigarette. I think I used the pay my parents gave me, I was still a kid.
How and where?
I remember getting it at a Kmart, when I was a kid. I can also visually remember seeing the Van Halen 1984 album cover that day as well. At the time that album cover seemed bad, a baby smoking a cigarette. Haha. I think I used an allowance from my parents, I was still fairly young.
What album is your “Guilty Pleasure”?
The Star Wars soundtrack.
What album is your “guilty pleasure”?
Star Wars soundtrack.
Vinyl or CD?
Definitely Vinyl. I don’t remember the last CD I bought. I enjoy the convenience of digital downloads, but nothing is more satisfying than spinning a record.
Vinyl or CD?
Vinyl definitely. Can’t remember the last CD I purchased. I do enjoy the convenience of digital streaming, but nothing is more satisfying than spinning a record.
Your last purchase?
Neil Young “Live At Massey Hall”, un doble Lp.
Your last purchase?
Neil Young “Live at Massey Hall” double LP.
Your favorite album to cheer you up?
El “A Nod’s As Good As A Wink…To A Blind Horse” de los Faces.
Your favorite album to cheer you up?
“A Nod’s As Good As A Wink…To A Blind Horse” from The Faces.
Your album when you are nostalgic?
El Armorica de Black Crowes.
Album when you are nostalgic?
Black Crowes Amorica
What would sound at your funeral?
All Things must Pass George Harrison
What would sound at your funeral?
All Things must Pass George Harrison
Your favorite soundtrack?
Star Wars
Your favorite soundtrack?
Star Wars Where
Where do you listen to the most music?
At home or in the car.
Where do you listen to the most music?
At home, or in the car. It’s a close call.
What is the record you have heard the most during the pandemic, or to resist confinement?
I was very into the Curtis Mayfield record Curtis. It’s really nice.
What is the record you have heard the most during the pandemic, or to resist confinement?
I really got into Curtis Mayfield’s Curtis album. It’s so damn good.
10 albums that you would never part with and why?
10 albums that you would never part with and why?
- Black Crowes The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion – I recently just bought an original LP from a seller in Valencia, Spain. I love that album but that pressings origin is also special to me.
- Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, I recently bought it in its original edition from a seller in Valencia in Spain. I love this album and the press of the first edition, it is something special for me.
- Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street – my favorite album of all time.
- Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street, My favorite album of all time.
- Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue – to me, this was Bob’s coolest period. And this live recorded set proves it.
- Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue- For me this is Dylan’s coolest time and this live shows it.
- Tom Petty Damn The Torpedoes – I got to have at least one Petty record, so let’s go with this one.
- Tom Petty Damn The Torpedoes. I have to put on at least one Petty record, so let’s go with this one.
- John Lee Hooker – Hooker n Heat. The Hook along with band Canned Heat. The record reeks of vibe. I love it.
- John Lee Hooker- Hooker N Hear. The Hook junto a Canned Heat, un disco que vibra, me encanta.
- Black Keys Brothers – my favorite record of the past 10 years.
- Black Keys Brothers. My favorite album of the last 10 years.
- Free- self titled – one of my favorite bands and this is their best in my opinion.
- Free, their first album, one of my favorite bands and their best album in my opinion.
- Neil Young After the Gold-rush – I got to have at least one Neil record, and as I might like other records of his more, I’m not sure I could go without Goldrush
- Neil Young After the Gold Rush, I must put on at least one Neil record, and I would like to put on more, but I’m not sure I can do without After The Goldrush.
- Taj Mahal Natural Blues – I love Taj, and this album is just so groovy.
- Taj Mahal Natural Blues, I love Taj and this record is so wonderful.
- Faces A Nod is as good as a wink – probably one of my favorite albums of all time. I’ll never tire of it.
- Faces A Nod is As Good as A Wink, probably one of my favorite albums of all time, I never get tired of it.
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