Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico

By: Steev Riccardo
  • Summary

  • Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blowingsmoketr/subscribe Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/blowingsmoketr/subscribe Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico starring music industry veteran Steev Riccardo features weekly guests mostly from the world of music including musicians, songwriters, record producers, label managers, roadies, publicists etc. There are also new music segments, new songs, reviews, and other lively rock n roll road stories. Follow Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico on Instagram @blowingsmokewithTR contact Steev at twistedrico@gmail.com
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Episodes
  • 370. Al Barile/Jaime Sciarappa - SSD(replay from October 2022)
    Jan 30 2025

    The interview segment of this episode was originally recorded and aired in October 2022. Congratulations to SSD on their induction into the New England Music Hall Of Fame!


    Music

    SSD - "Glue"


    Additional Music

    The Charms "So Pretty"

    The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll"


    Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo


    SSD interview recorded at Voice Motel by Mike Nash

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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • 369. Warren Zanes - The Del Fuegos, Author
    Jan 27 2025

    In this special episode, Warren Zanes joins us to share the incredible journey of his life—from his teenage years playing in The Del Fuegos to his remarkable career as an author. He talks about his books on Tom Petty, Dusty Springfield, and his latest work, Deliver Me From Nowhere, which is soon to be adapted into a film. The book dives into the making of Bruce Springsteen's iconic Nebraska album.

    From https://www.warren-zanes.com Warren Zanes is a New York Times bestselling author, a Grammy-nominated documentary producer, and a professor currently teaching at at New York University. As a teenager, Warren Zanes joined The Del Fuegos, making three records for Slash/Warner Bros.. Later, after earning his Ph.D in Visual and Cultural Studies from The University of Rochester, Zanes released Memory Girls, the first of four solo recordings made for Dualtone Nashville. In the non-profit area, Warren was the Vice President of Education and Public Programs at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, for ten years, Executive Director of The Rock and Roll Forever Foundation. His books include Dusty in Memphis, the first volume in the celebrated 33 1/3 Series, Petty: The Biography, Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records, and his new book about Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, Deliver Me from Nowhere. With Garth Brooks, Zanes has worked on five books in the artist’s Anthology Series. Among his work in film, Zanes was a consulting producer on the Oscar-winning Twenty Feet from Stardom, a producer on the Grammy-nominated PBS/Soundbreaking series, conducted interviews for Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living in the Material World, and served as writer for The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash. He is an active member of both poet Paul Muldoon’s Rogue Oliphant collective and a family that includes his sons, Lucian and Piero.


    Music

    Warren Zanes "I'll Never Forget That Day With You"


    Additional Music

    The Charms "So Pretty"

    The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll"


    Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo


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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • 368. Top Audio Clips From The Show Volume 2
    Jan 23 2025

    Special bonus episode featuring audio clips from various shows by Greg Norton(Husker Du), Frank Meyer, Rev Hank, Mariel Loveland, Corey Loog Brennan, Dana Colley(Morphine), Brit Lightning(Vixen), Keith Bennett, Pete Cassani, Emily Grogan, Jo Krieger(JVK), Devon Thompson, Emily Whitehurst, Tom Baker, Jim McCarty(The Yardbirds), and Dave Amato(REO Speedwagon).


    Music

    Ultrabomb "Who Knows"

    JVK "Freak"(live acoustic)

    Astral Bitch "Haunting You"

    Rob Moss and Skin Tight Skin "We Just Don't Know"


    Additional Music

    The Charms "So Pretty"

    The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll


    Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo


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    44 mins

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