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Jan 29, 2010 episode of Connections with Eric Cocks, exploring an eclectic range of music from Bobby Charles, David Lindley, Daniel Lanois and The Nazz to Anita O'Day, Sonny Rollins, The Chemical Brothers, Bo Diddley and The Zombies.

Also features The Kinks, Aimee Mann, The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Anna Rose, rare Beatles, Julie London, Barry Goldberg, Massive Attack, Gene Autry, Alex Chilton, The Beach Boys, Ryan Bingham, Sam Phillips, The Animals, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Henny Youngman, The Chemical Brothers, The Do-Dads, The Rolling Stones, The Fireman, Nick Lowe, The Everly Brothers and far more. Whoopie ti yi yo!

Check out the original version of "Go Now" by Bessie Banks... amazing!

Tune in to Connections on Friday Feb 12 for an exclusive interview and live performance with Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, Barnaby Bye and Balance. 

Future episodes will include interviews with Dave Davies of The Kinks, writer/comedian Paul Krassner, Barry Melton of Country Joe & The Fish and many more vital, interesting people who have played a part in shaping our culture...

Connections will air every 2nd, 4th and 5th Friday afternoon of each month from 1-4 pm eastern. Tune in, turn on...

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 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. 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 and special features, please check the new FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN