617 "We Inspired The Beatles!"

It's another cover tune countdown with a twist. No, we couldn't stay away from the Fab Four, so we dug deep into the history of pop music and  pulled out these tunes that can proudly say,"We  Inspired Beatles!" ... and Trick's Synthetic Countdown.

10 Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby - Rex Griffin
09 Chains Back2Back with 

The Cookies and The Everly Brothers
08 Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight - Trash
07  Baby It's You - The Shirelles
06 A Taste Of Honey - Billy Dee Williams
05 Mr Moonlight - Dr Feelgood & The Interns
04 Till There Was You Back2Back

 with Eileen Wilson and Peggy Lee
03 Devil In His Heart - The Donays
02 I Call Your Name - Billy J Kramer with The Dakotas
01 I Wanna Be Your Man - The Rolling Stones
00 Oh, My Soul (Little Richard) - The Beatles

These Buddies will not appear on

this Trick's Countdown!

573: The Meaning of Life

What is the meaning of life? Don't ask me, I just write the liner notes. But just maybe you can find it on this podcast with a bunch of "Life" altering tunes including a passel of cover tunes, a bevy of back 2 backs, and a load of Beatle Breaks, and of course the whole cast of Trick's characters who make life interesting...

Meaning of Life - Monty Python

That's Life B2B - 

Frank Sinatra / Big Maybelle

I Love the Life I Live - 

Muddy Waters / Willie Nelson

Life on Mars - 

Sophia Anne Caruso / David Bowie

Beatle Break:

In My Life - 

Johnny Cash /52 Key Fairground Organ / Sean Connery

A Day in The Life – 

Captain / Big Daddy

Run for Your Life - 

Earl Green/ Gary Lewis

Life Is A Carnival - 

Allen Toussaint/ Professor Louie and The Crowmatix

Get Out of My Life Woman - 

The Leaves/Bronco Bob

Bright Side of Life - Monty Python

This is it!

521: Remembering George

Today we remember that day 16 years ago, when the news of George Harrison's death hit the headlines.  Known as the quiet Beatle, George's songs were introspective in lyrics and detailed in technique. While we didn't realize it at the time, he knew "All Things Must Pass."

10 Here Comes the Sun - Riddim
09 Devil In Her Heart - Trevor Moss and Hannah Brooks
08 Old Brown Shoe - Gary Booker
07 I Me, Mine - Marc Ford
06 Only A Northern Song - Gravenhurst
05 It's All Too Much - Steve Hillage
04 I Want To Tell You -  Chris Stainton & Glen Turner
03 Tax Man - The Loose Ends
02 Isn't It A Pity - Nicky Thomas
01 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Dandelion Wine
00  If Not For You - George Harrison

Yeah, yeah, yeah

518: We Got The Beat...les!

Join the Synthetic Fab Four, Don, Duke, The Colonel, and the Human Tourch Trick-O as the count down tunes from that other Fab Four from Britain.  They had a huge influence on all genres of music, as did the Beatles, from country to soul with stops along the way at rock and roll, and they still enjoy spinning those tunes of their youth, songs like these:

10  One After 909 - Willie Nelson
9  In My Life B2B with Rudy Rotta Band and Johnny Cash
8 From me to You - Fidel Nadal + Holy Piby
7 She's A Woman - The Charles River Boys
6 Because B2B with John Martin Henry and Satelite Kingston
5 A Hard Day's Night - Hoodoo Gurus
4 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - Tim Rose
3 Things We Said Today B2B with John Pizzarelli and Hay Jude
2 Ticket To Ride - String Quartet
1 I Want To Hold Your Hand - Al Green
Bonus - 
Help! It's the Rolling Stone 10th Anniversary Beatle Tribute



You'll want to Hold This One In Your Hand a Long Time!

499. Replays The Beatles

Trick goes toe to toe AND head to head with the big boys as we "Replay the Beatles" something that seems to never go away. So join us as we give them a go, Trick's Synthetic style, with a toe, a head, and even a back to back on Trick's Relays The Beatles:

Hard Days Night - HooDoo Gurus

It Won't Be Long - James Hunter 6

Love Me Do - The Mustangs

From Me to You - Claude Francois

Help - The Charles River Boys

Drive My Car - The Swingle Singers

In My Life B2B Dwight Twilley 

and Johnny Cash

Doctor Robert - Luke Temple

12 Bar Blues Break - The Beatles

I'm Only Sleeping(take 1) - The Beatles

Lovely Rita - Big Daddy

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner

Savoy Truffle B2B with The Dons 

and Ella Fitzgerald

Day Tripper - Jimi Hendrix Experience

The End - The Beatles

I'll Be Back Again - Roger Nichols

 

We play Cowboys and Beatles!

488. Easy As ABC ... "Another Beatle Cover" Podcast

As Spring rolls around our thoughts turn to "love" and since all you need is LOVE, you obviously need this lovely Beatles covers podcast featuring love,  Love, LOVE, ... and these great Beatle tunes:

Back In The USSR - Chubby Checker

I Got A Feeling - The Blues Beatles

Oh Darling - Broken Records

Hey, Ride With Me Awhile:

I Feel Fine - Charles River Boys

Act Naturally - Leon Russell

Instant Karma - Larry Page Orchestra

Norwegian Wood B2B 

with The FolkSwingers 

and Rudy Rotta Band

You Can't Do That - Blues Beatles

Penny Lane (Interlude) - String Quartet

Paperback Writer - R. B. Greaves

Revolution - Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, and Tab Benoit

Soldier of Love - Blue Shadows

She's Leaving Home - Milos Karadaglic and Tori Amos

Run For Your Life B2B 

with Fiona Silver 

and Dwight Twilley

Yesterday - Blues Beatles

 Not quite the original, but close enough for us