In this New York Times 7th Annual Student Podcast Contest winning podcast, Sam Paddor explores the vast history surrounding the protest song. What is it? What did it impact? Where did it come from? Join Sam as he explores some of America’s key protest songs that helped to shape the political and social dialogue in our country throughout history and today.
New York Times 7th Annual Student Podcast Contest:
nytimes.com/2024/06/28/learning/the-winners-of-our-7th-annual-student-podcast-contest.html
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Sam Paddor and Chuck Leavell discuss Chuck's time with The Allman Brothers Band, The Rolling Stones, David Gilmour and more!
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Sam Paddor and Richie Furay discuss Richie' time with Buffalo Springfield, and Poco.
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Sam Paddor and Artimus Pyle discuss Artimus' time with Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash and Artimus' new Ronnie Van Zant tribute album "Anthems".
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Sam Paddor and Bunk Gardner discuss Bunk's career as a musician including his time with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
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Sam Paddor and Mark Farner discuss Mark's Time with Grand Funk Railroad as well as how he taught Frank Zappa how to shoot a gun.
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Sam Paddor and Tom Constanten discuss Tom's role playing with the Grateful Dead in the late 1960s.
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Sam Paddor and David Bennett Cohen discuss David's work with Country Joe and the Fish as well as his experience in the Bay Area music scene in the 1960s.
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Sam Paddor and Al Perkins discuss Al's dobro playing and his session work with Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.
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Sam Paddor and Paul Rodgers discuss his new album Midnight Rose and his time with both Bad Company and Free.
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Sam Paddor and David Grisman discuss David's experiences with playing with Jerry Garcia, Stéphane Grappelli, Tony Rice and other music legends.
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Sam Paddor and Ken Babbs discuss Ken's experiences with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady and the rest of the Merry Band of Pranksters. Ken also talks about Woodstock, the bus Furthur and his run-in with Jack Kerouac.
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Sam Paddor and Steve Hackett discuss Steve's current tour "Foxtrot at 50" and his music career with Genesis.
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Sam Paddor and Bill Harkleroad, also known as Zoot Horn Rollo discuss Bill's experience playing in Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, the story behind Trout Mask Replica and more.
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Sam Paddor and Roy Blumenfeld discuss Roy's experience playing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, The Blues Project and the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York.
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In this New York Times 6th Annual Student Podcast Contest winning podcast, Sam Paddor dives into the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair’s history by interviewing Woodstock veterans Arlo Guthrie, Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Fito de la Parra of Canned Heat about their unique experiences and perspectives on the three-day festival.
New York Times 6th Annual Student Podcast Contest:
nytimes.com/2023/07/06/learning/the-winners-of-our-6th-annual-student-podcast-contest.html
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Sam Paddor and Barry Goldberg discuss his experience playing when Dylan went electric, playing with blues legends including Muddy Waters and more.
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Sam Paddor and Gregg Sutton discuss his work with Bob Dylan, songwriting for Joe Cocker, seeing Elvis and more!
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Sam Paddor and Fito de la Parra discuss his work with Canned Heat, playing at Woodstock and more!
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Sam Paddor, Steve Fossen and Michael DeRosier discuss their work in Heart and their current band, Heart By Heart.
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