Legacy Podcasts

Welcome to The Ten Code – a 10 part series with the inside story of Pearl Jam’s debut album TEN as told by the band.  Each piece will include band member interviews and a clip of a previously unreleased bonus track from the expanded TEN reissues in stores on March 24.

The first episode features a clip of “Black” from their 1992 MTV Unplugged performance – available now on DVD for the first time in the 3-disc Ten – Deluxe Edition.   Jeff Ament adds how an early show in Europe helped give them the confidence to do acoustic shows.

More details on the TEN reissues are online at www.pearljam.com and www.pearljamtengame.com.

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Coming soon.  The Ten Code:  a 10-part podcast series with the inside story behind Pearl Jam’s debut album TEN as told by the band.

The first episode goes live on Monday March 16 at 10am, followed by new features online at 10am over the next nine weekdays.  Each piece will include a clip of a previously unreleased track from the new TEN reissues in stores 3/24, and a band member interview clip.

Also check your local rock radio stations to find out when you can hear the radio version of the Ten Code with full music tracks and other additional content.

Producer: Joyride Media

Recommended: Buddy Guy – Can’t Quit the Blues

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Producer: Joyride Media

Reccomended: Bill Withers catalog

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Reccomended:  Fats Waller:  If You Gotta Ask

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Sam Cooke’s popularity didn’t stop him from trying to improve himself and his music, from an intellectual standpoint.   Having started with traditional hymns and adding new lyrics, he had attained success and kept challenging himself intellectually, reading everything from Aristotle to James Baldwin.  In this podcast, author Peter Guralnick, Sam’s brother LC Cooke and musicians Bobby Womack and Hal Blaine describe the man’s motivations as he created Night Beat, the blues recording literally recorded in the middle of the night.  Recording engineer Al Schmitt, who worked on some of Cooke’s best known music: “He was really hands on in the studio… just amazing.”

Songs included: “What A Wonderful World” “For Sentimental Reasons” “Trouble Blues” “Fool’s Paradise” and “Bring it on Home to Me”

Producer:  Joyride Media

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Recommended: Kind of Blue -50th Anniversary Legacy Edition (2-cd)

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In this episode, PIR artist Jean Carne describes the Philly sound as one that made you want to dance with its grooves, and was filled with positive lyrical messages as well.

“If you sing with emotion, the better the audience will love you.  And I wanted to be loved” – Bunny “Mr. Emotions” Sigler, who Gamble and Huff found in their now exhaustive talent-search.  As the label worked with an ever increasing number of artists, its songwriters now included Linda Creed and Thom Bell, and Gene McFadden and John Whitehead, who kept the love train rolling along with in its distinctive style of great music and positive messages.

Songs Included:  ”TSOP” (MFSB); “Picture Us” (Bunny Sigler); “Sunshine” (The O’Jays); “Bad Luck” (Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes)

Producer:  Joyride Media

Recommended:  Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia Concert DVD

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“I look cool but on the inside I’m a nervous wreck” – Nick Ashford.  As they began their career as performers, Nick and Valerie found some challenges in appearing on stage, as Nick details in this podcast.  ”In the early years, I was just uncomfortable.  They would put towels around me I’d sweat so much before I’d even go on.”  But they also found they enjoyed meeting most anyone could help with songwriting, as Nick explains “I get inspiration from the people I meet.  Seems like everybody’s got a story.  What people are feeling, that’s what we want to write about.”  Their longevity and success may be built on this simple idea, and may be why President Barack Obama has a special version of one of their songs.  As Nick says, “You can do it, if you have the energy and the will to do it.”

Songs included: “Found A Cure” “I’m Every Woman” “Solid (as Barack)”

Producer: Joyride Media

Recommended: Ashford & Simpson: The Real Thing

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 In this podcast, the living legend of blues guitar describes his start in Louisiana, his relationship with the instrument and the move to Chicago.  Once there, he established himself at the 708 Club, which lead to his first encounter with the “MF”s at Chess, including “Muddy, Wolf and Walter” (as in Waters, Howling and Little!).  Buddy’s excitement at his first recording session with Cobra Records, and the way he tells the story is the same excitement he had after seeing Guitar Slim perform.  ”I want to sound like BB King and act like Guitar Slim.”  Noting the man had a fishing line instead of a guitar strap, “That’s what you call PLAYING a guitar.   He didn’t baby it and I don’t now.  People want to know how come you break so many strings.  If you don’t break ‘em, you aren’t playing.”

Songs included: “Let Me Love You Baby” “Mustang Sally” “Stone Crazy”

Producer: Joyride Media

Reccomended: Buddy Guy – Can’t Quit the Blues

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