The Homage Show – May 21, 2011

The Homage Show brings you two hours of the Toadies, plus a discussion about the rumor of the world ending, some advice on picking the music for your wedding, a story about a trip through the drive-thru, and much more!

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Jim Heath, aka "The Reverend Horton Heat," Got His Start at Crystal Clear (Photo by Karl Walter/Getty Images)

There’s a list as long as your arm of artists who’s recorded at Dallas’ Crystal Clear Sound (and it keeps growing).

Built in 1979 by Merle Baker (who owned it until it sold to Sam Paulos in1990), Crystal Clear Sound is a highly-respected studio that still makes its home on Don Drive in the Big D.

Among the hundreds of bands to lay down tracks at Crystal are groups you’ve never heard of (Eerie Lane, One Red Martian), super cool bands who got their start at Crystal (like [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Reverend Horton Heat[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Toadies[/lastfm]) to major names like [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ted Nugent[/lastfm] and the [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Dixie Chicks[/lastfm].

Crystal Clear is where [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Kirk Franklin and the Family[/lastfm] recorded their first album in the early ’90s, a disc that sold multi-millions of copies.

Divergent musical styles for sure, all from the same spot.

Props to Keith Rust, Clear’s manager, who helped with some info…

That is the reason right there, because I just can’t help it! I couldn’t even give you the real true reason, but I don’t think I really care about the reason anyway. I just love music. I was 18 once and I did not need someone to tell me why I was horny, I just new I was and went with it!

Same thing with music. Of course there is certain music that gets me way more than others, but as long as it’s good, I happy.

I remember when I went to my first concert. Well, my first real concert was Steve Perry from Journey. I went with my mom and my best friend Rob. Now Steve Perry is awesome. Mans got a voice that can reach far beyond heaven and I will remember the concert always, but my very first real rock show was “The Toadies”!

I remember being in the dark club, which at the time was called The Edge.(or where every kid in down got there drugs from at the time) It’s called Revolution Live now and I’ve seen many good concerts there, but this one sticks out the most.

First off, the show was awesome. If you never heard of The Toadies, you should look them up. They were a great band for their time.

We went to the show and we walked through the doors and I saw the stage with all the lights and fog on it, the music playing in the background for the crowd while they wait for the bands to start, and the anticipation I felt awaiting the band to take the stage.  I remember thinking, “now this is me!” From that moment on, I was hooked on concerts, but it was the concert that sent my love for music into overdrive. I mean I  loved music before that concert, but that made music become a part of me. I was raised by a family of musicians who would let me play there instruments and turn me on to great classics, but I never truly felt the love for music till that very moment.

As I sit here today and think of the events that lead me to the road of Internet Pirate Radio(iPr), I can honestly say, “I love what I do!” To have a job that helps musicians everywhere, is truly a gift for someone like me. We(iPr) wanted to give music back to the people who love music and the bands striving to make it in a industry that’s turned it’s back on music and what it means to be a part of it. To give them the feeling that young kid felt as he walked through the doors to see The Toadies. So when they have that moment, they can undeniably say to themselves, ” This is me!”

Possum Kingdom – Toadies

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Music in this episode:

- Bottom Of The Sea AND Celebrity Baby by Blackout Party
(from Bottom Of The Sea)
www.Myspace.com/TheBlackoutParty

- Keep On Letting Me Down AND Out Of Clinton by Mic Harrison & The High Score
(from Great Commotion)
www.MicHarrison.com

- Tim Blankenship AND Bothered & Hot by Trainwreck
(from The Wreckoning)
www.TrainwreckWithKG.com

- City Of Hate AND Mine by The Toadies
(from Feeler)
www.TheToadies.com

- Driver 8 (The Athens Demos) AND Kohoutek (The Athens Demos) by R.E.M.
(from Fables Of The Reconstruction (25th Anniversary Edition))
www.REMHQ.com

- Floating AND Little Miss Mourning by Brady Harris
(from Year Of The Pug)
www.Myspace.com/BradyHarris

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Single Releases

Finger Eleven – “Living in a Dream” – Amazon MP3
Nonpoint – “Frontlines” – Amazon MP3
Smile Empty Soul – “We’re Through”  – Amazon MP3
Soundgarden – “Black Rain”

Album Releases

Black Label Society – ‘Order of the Black‘– Amazon MP3
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Music in this episode:

- Back In The Back by Kingsley Flood
(from Dust Windows)
www.KingsleyFlood.com

- Sould And Song AND Hole In My Head by The Avery Set
(from Returning to Steam)
www.TheAverySet.com

- Against This Wall AND Move The Fader by Another Hundred Miles
(from Move The Fader)
www.AnotherHundredMiles.com

- Before it’s Gone AND 15 Minutes by The Cur Dogs
(from Demo)
www.Myspace.com/TalLohr

- Suck Magic AND Clarksville by The Toadies
(from Feeler Demos)
www.TheToadies.com

- Frankie Last Year AND The Stranger by Pat Dougherty & The Second-Hand Opera
(from Love Stories & Picture Shows)
www.Myspace.com/PatDougherty

- North AND Clinic Cynic by Widespread Panic
(from Dirty Side Down)
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- I Just Want To Dance With You (George Strait Cover) by John Cenatiempo

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