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17 minute excerpt of a Dec 2010 Sam Phillips interview with Eric Cocks of Connections on WPKN. Sam talks about songwriting, and the story behind her terrific holiday song  "It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas".

After the song, Sam goes on to talk about creativity, longevity, beating the clock, what it means to be a pop star in today's music business (and why that doesn't matter)... all with great humor and perspective.

As Sam says, "During this time when the world is so tumultuous and the economy and all the news is very tough, I think it's important for us to do what we love... because that's the way through."

The entire interview can be heard at http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/14471

The interview and this excerpt will only remain in the WPKN archives through about January 2, 2012. Feel free to share... Maybe it'll pop up somewhere else someday.

Please visit Sam's website at http://samphillips.com

Additional epsodes of Connections are in the archives, including:

The Smile Sessions and more... an in depth exploration of the unreleased music created by Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and The Beach Boys, along with new and vintage music... http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/27289

The Beatles and Dylan in Mono Part 2 and more...  (and why it matters): http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/22105

Warren Zanes Interview: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/24817

Tommy James Interview: Music and The Mob... http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/23882

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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.

For further info, updates, news, videos and special features, please check the FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN

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