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Chris Thunderwolf Dodson PARS593

November 19, 2021 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:59:35 Comments Off on Chris Thunderwolf Dodson PARS593

Tell us about what you do at Wolf’s Customs. Bill talks about the 11/20 WWIII and 12/11 I Am the One benefit shows for Walter Wright’s family. Walter passed away recently. He was the vocalist/frontman for skell. We talked about the 72 hour Zerpathon this weekend. How did you find our scene here in PA? Have you gotten a lot of work out of our area? What do you have coming up? ..and more Featuring Music from: Silk 9,  A Common Crown, Lou Lombardi, skell, Greywalker, The Cheats, Crash Army

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Skarlett Sky PARS590

October 29, 2021 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars Comments Off on Skarlett Sky PARS590

Greg from Skarlett Sky joins Bill to chat about the scene, the band, and more on episode #590. Interview Segment 1 with Skarlett Sky What has Skarlett Sky been up to lately? Bill talks about the Haunted Mine venue that he just photographed Crash Army at. Bill talks about 3 Questions and a Song and Friendly Fire. If you were standing at a crossroads, what would you trying to sell your soul to the devil for? You end up in the situation of the main character of the movie Almost Famous, what band do you want to write about as your first assignment? Who is your Dave Grohl? If you could play at any venue, where would it be? If Skarlett Sky ends up headlining a tour, what local bands would you take with you? Can you pinpoint the moment when you realized you wanted to be in a band? Interview Segment 2 with Greg Do you have anything coming up that you’d like to talk about? Would you like to put your contact information out for anyone that might want to book Skarlett Sky? Tell me about something your bandmates have done on stage that has embarrassed you. Best pizza you’ve ever had? Give me one thing you love about the music scene and one thing that you absolutely hate wish you could change. Bill gives props to Jana Lee Machecha, Reina Peli, and Dan GtX for teaching him how to do concert photography correctly. Bill ad Greg talk about their album and show review process.

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Keith Hawkins PARS524

July 17, 2020 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:00:16 Comments Off on Keith Hawkins PARS524

Keith “The Hawk” Hawkins, a professional drummer and co-host of The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus with Lou Lombardi and Lily V. Sixx joins Bill to talk about both the PGH & NOLA music scenes as well as his musical history. Segment 1 with Keith Hawkins How did you get hooked up with Lou and the Loudini Rock and Roll Circus. What bands did you play in, in Pittsburgh? Keith compares the drummers in the New Orleans and Pittsburgh scenes. Do you have a steady gig in NOLA, or do you fill in a lot? What is your current favorite whiskey? – asked by Jeff Yeckel If you could follow any band around for a year to learn from them, which band would you follow? If 10 years from now, kids are flipping through their social studies books and they find a you in the book, why is Keith Hawkins in the book? What would your dream gig be? If you were in a crowd and being pulled up on stage, who would be your “Dave Grohl”? We talked about Black Laurel‘s album, Tales from the Motherland that Keith recorded on. Segment 2 with Keith How do the 2 scenes compare? (Pittsburgh and New Orleans) What has been the oddest place that you’ve ever played in either scene? We talked a little bit about Chris “Thunderwolf” Dodson’s Wolf’s Customs company. If you could sit on a bench for a hour and talk to anyone from the history of music and ask them only 1 question, how would that go down? If you were going to build a band to manage based on both the local scenes that you’ve been a part of, who would you put in the band, what band are they currently in, and what genre would they play? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8kBINx0RKY

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The Shadow Event PARS518

June 5, 2020 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:59:52 Comments Off on The Shadow Event PARS518

Christina makes her second appearance on the Pennsylvania Rock Show on Episode 518 and brings her bandmate Mark along for the ride. They are 2 of the members of Pittsburgh band, The Shadow Event. Segment 1 with The Shadow Event If they were going to make a cartoon episode that features the Shadow Event, what cartoon series would it be, and what character would play you? They are going to make a rockumentary about your band, who plays you? What are the side effects of The Shadow Event? If you could play with any band, like you’re at a concert and they invite you up on stage, which band would you want to get up on stage with? What genre is The Shadow Event? I stole the topic from this week’s Loudini Rock and Roll Circus, who are the best supergroups? Build your own supergroup from the Pittsburgh Scene. Segment 2 with Mark and Christina 10 years from now, kids are flipping through their social studies book and they get to the section on the pandemic and The Shadow Event is on the page, why are you there? What’s the best thing about the music scene? Worst thing? Shout out to Durty Art- Bob Freyer If you could take you favorite album and forget it so that you get the euphoria of hearing it for the first time again, which album would it be? Being a KISS fan I had to add this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7LmrLMyso

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Wolf’s Customs PARS510

April 10, 2020 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:59:42 Comments Off on Wolf’s Customs PARS510

Chris Thunderwolf Dodson joins Bill for Episode 510 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show. They discuss his business Wolf’s Customs. You can see an example of his holoflash finish on the guitar to the right. Segment 1 He talks about his first time he did a holoflash design on a drum kit for Keith Hawkins formerly of the Loudini Rock & Roll Circus podcast. We learn that they do custom paint jobs as well. We did have a bit of trouble using the internet to do this podcast, so we went a bit old school and used an iRig, cell phone, and a mixer to record this episode. Segment 2 with Wolf’s Customs If you had an hour to sit on a bench with anyone in the history of the world, and ask them anything, who would you sit with and what would you ask them? (He is a Steelers fan!) If I was flipping through my Social Studies book, and I found a page in it about Chris Thunderwolf Dodson, what would that section of the book be about? If you could go back in time and follow any 1 band around for a full year, which band would you choose and why? We talk a bit about genres at this point… If you were in the movie Almost Famous, what band do you wish you were doing your first article on? If you could take an album that you love and forget about so that you can listen to again for the very first time, what album would you want to do that with? Tell us about how we can find you online. Has Lou sent his guitar to you yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf2ZO9kE3W8

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Lily V. Sixx PARS479

August 30, 2019 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:04:53 Comments Off on Lily V. Sixx PARS479

Lily V. Sixx, of Hot Lixx with Lily Sixx & The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus of Rock Rage Radio, goes from scheduled co-host to guest in Episode 479 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show. In segment #1… We learn that neither Bill or Lily can play an instrument, why Lily had an aversion to Led Zepplin and why she doesn’t like Rush at all. Lily talks about the shows that she has seen lately & her show on Rock Rage Radio. Bill talks about possibly going out to see Corbriwoodstock and A Concert for Anna over Labor Day weekend. We talk about concert photography… skip a few in editing.. then we learn about her history in podcasting/radio shows. Segment 2 – Questions for Lily V. Sixx If I found a picture of Lily V. Sixx in my social studies book, what would that page be about? If an apocalyptic event happens and only 1 song from every band survives. Which one local band’s song would you like to survive? If you could go back in time and follow any band for a year, who would you follow and why? What do you think about the rumor that Paul McCartney isn’t the original Paul McCartney? What is the oddest thing you saw happen on stage at a local show? If you were going to create a supergroup from local bands in the scene, who would you put in the band? Can you name 5 bands from the scene that you absolutely love?

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Lou Lombardi – Where Have All The Acid Queens Gone 3QS014

August 1, 2019 Build the Scene 3 questions & a song, All Podcasts 0:15:15 Comments Off on Lou Lombardi – Where Have All The Acid Queens Gone 3QS014

Three questions for Lou Lombardi – Episode 014 Some of my listeners may know you as the host of The Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast, can you tell us about how the show came about and how it affects you personally as a musician? (Joann Quinn Smith’s Positively Pittsburgh Live!) If you could go back in time and spend 1 year following any band around without changing history, which band would you follow and why? I really like it when people talk about their live show memories because I feel like the craziest stuff happens. So I wanted to know, what’s a really great live show memory that you have? – asked by Marina of Echoheart in Episode 013 The Song: Where Have All The Acid Queens Gone? Where Have All The Acid Queens Gone is a song about the days of psychedelic exploration. I wrote it to commemorate that era and also to say that we have lost something. There are some fun Easter Eggs in the song with references like “our merry prankster friends” and “electric cherry Koolaid”. The protagonist is singing to a girl, presumably one of the acid queens. While Tina Turner played the Acid Queen in the film version of Tommy, it’s also a reference to some of the other ladies who rocked that late sixties/ early seventies era; like Grace Slick, Mama Cass, and of course the great Janice Joplin. Musically, the song is straight up hard rock with a singable catchy chorus. The guitar solo has this slightly out of time feel which we intentionally did as a way of showing how out of touch the world is today with that era of mental exploration. About Lou Lombardi Band Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Band Genre: Hard Rock When a teenage Trekker from a devout Christian upbringing realized that he couldn’t join the crew of the Enterprise, he did the next best thing; he picked up a guitar, traded his Larry Norman praise music for ‘real’ rock n’ roll and never looked back. Lou ‘Loudini’ Lombardi has been rocking the Pittsburgh PA area and beyond for over 20 years with his high octane brand of classic hard rock, as a solo artist, with his band Strangelove and as a freelance songwriter and session player for acts including Carly Simon and Billy Joel collaborator Pete Hewlett. He is the host of the Loudini Rock And Roll Circus podcast, broadcasting weekly to a global audience and has conducted extended interviews with a wide roster of musicians, including recent chats with Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss and Nancy Wilson of Heart. And even if he never did fly to the stars, he came close when he opened for KISS’s space-ace Ace Frehley. Find Lou Lombardi Online https://loulombardimusic.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/5TNjx5p6DowICYKt4CokxK?si=UnvovCboQbuMS5cXYXaMfg https://www.facebook.com/LouLombardiMusic/ https://www.instagram.com/loulombardimusic/ https://twitter.com/LouLombardiRock https://www.youtube.com/user/yourguitarist/ https://music.apple.com/us/album/where-have-all-the-acid-queens-single/1458707295

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