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June 27, 2011 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. Free form explorations of new, vintage and timeless music by Sam Phillips, Bob Dylan, The Kinks, Superhumanoids, George Harrison, Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, Harry Nilsson, Lykke Li and John Hartford.

Also The Beatles, Tune-Yards, Warren Zevon, Buffalo Daughter, Marianne Faithfull, Computer Magic, Al Kooper, Matthew Dear, Metronomy, Sammy Ambrose, The Black Hollies, The Beach Boys, My Morning Jacket, T-Rex, The Four Seasons, The Smithereens, Jesca Hoop, The Fraternal Order of The All, Dr Fiorella Tirenzi, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Cults, The Bar-Kays and much more. 

The in depth interview of Sam Phillips mentioned at the beginning of the show is in the WPKN archives at: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/14471 

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Connections... with Eric Cocks

Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.

Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision.

Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Blondie, demos, rarities, unreleased new music and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...

Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz, Neil Innes, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye and more. All are available in archives for about 385 days. (Maybe that'll get extended one day.)  Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 9 am to noon eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live at http://wpkn.org or listen later in archives.

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