The Pods & Sods Network

06/06/2025

Joined my friend Sly Dog Music-Cast for a chat about Heart. Check it out!

The Sly Dog is joined by Eric Miller to pick 5 Heart songs on our Minds! We get into the bands history, our shared love 80s Heart, and so much more. Tune in and turn it up!

21/02/2025

Some fun with some great podcasting friends! Enjoy!!

Episode 183: The NewlyPod Game (featuring Brian, Sarah, Alex, Andy, Brad, Eric, and Jon) On Saturday, February 8th, podcast hosts from all over the United States met outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to shop for records, eat pancakes, and see Jim Babjak of The Smithereens live with bassist ...

18/12/2024

Had the pleasure of joining good friends Brian and Sarah Linnen on Permanent Record Podcast to talk about musical holiday memories. Lots of laughs, love, It’s A Wonderful Life quotes, and much more. Check it out! 🎶🎄🎶

Episode 181: PRP Holiday Hotline: Musical Christmas Memories It’s Christmastime! For many folks, that means it’s time to give and receive gifts. And Brian and Sarah’s gift to you this Christmas season is this episode, which is also about gifts.  Our hosts asked a number of friends of the ...

11/09/2024

Resharing 🙏

https://content.libsyn.com/p/0/7/6/076322cac6839b59/CTT_01_TheRising.mp3

Perhaps no work of art has such a powerful connection to the horrific and shocking events of September 11th as Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising album. Powerful, beautiful, painful, heroic, cathartic, vengeful, unifying, inspiring, brave, vulnerable, fearful, loving… it’s all fertile territory and Bruce covers every bit as he responds to the events of September 11th as only the truly great artists can – through his timeless and brilliant work.

In this debut of a new sidecast series entitled The Chronicles of This and That, Eric welcomes Lee McCormack of the Tramps Like Us podcast, Kimberly Blatz, and Pods & Sods regular Mr Brian Jacobs for this wonderful conversation about this landmark album, it’s meanings, significance and impacts

STREAM: https://podsodcast.com/2017/09/10/ctt01/

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02/09/2024

Made an appearance with my friends on Permanent Record Podcast for some 80s supergroup fantasy game. Check it out and vote! 🎶

Episode 176: 80s Supergroup Fantasy Draft Here in the USA, summer is on the way out, and (American) football season is on the way in. And somewhat related to the changing of the weather and sports seasons, our hosts put together something they hope will be fun for everyone.   A favorite pastime...

17/04/2024

Bobby Z of The Revolution Picks The Essential Prince

Bobby Z of The Revolution shares his 10 Essential Prince songs. Drummer Bobby Z also shares memories of the songs chosen, being witness to early Prince sessions including for local advertising spots, what it was like on the road touring with Prince and Rick James in the early days, how he and Prince bonded over talking drummer influences, how Prince wore those influences on his sleeve, what hidden gems are buried in Prince's legendary vault that he'll hope to see released, and much more.

This week I'll reshare my 2018 series with The Revolution honoring their friend, Prince 💜

Listen or download:
https://podsodcast.libsyn.com/bobby-z-picks-the-essential-prince

16/04/2024

Dr Fink of The Revolution Picks The Essential Prince

Dr Fink of The Revolution shares his 10 Essential Prince songs. Keyboardist Dr Fink also describes first hearing Prince’s music, great stories about his audition, Prince’s sense of humor and some practical jokes along the way, the writing and recording of Dirty Mind, how was Prince when it came to co-writing, what’s his favorite classic video, diversity in the band, Prince’s sexuality through the years, what hidden gems are buried in Prince’s legendary vault that he’d love to see released, and much more.

This week I'll reshare my 2018 series with The Revolution honoring their friend, Prince 💜

Listen or download:
https://podsodcast.libsyn.com/dr-fink-of-the-revolution-picks-the-essential-prince

10/04/2024

Classic interview with the great Rod Morgenstein 🥁

Listen here:
https://podsodcast.libsyn.com/em74-rod-morgenstein

Rod Morgenstein of Dixie Dregs and Winger joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early days discovering drums, moving to Miami and his first connections with Steve Morse and the formation of Dixie Dregs, memories of working with Ken Scott and recording the first couple Dregs albums, playing in front of his musical heroes in the 70s, how he first connected with Kip Winger and Reb Beach, what was his experience like moving from jazz fusion to a more straight ahead rock drummer, thoughts on the grunge era and the Winger Pull album, memories of his recently departed friend Pat Torpey of Mr Big, what it’s been like reconnecting with Dixie Dregs for the 2018 reunion tour, what’s next and much more!

STREAM: https://podsodcast.com/2018/04/10/em74/

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06/04/2024

Check out this classic Six Pack of Little Steven 🎶

Available here:
https://podsodcast.libsyn.com/six-pack-of-little-steven-volume-one

DAY TWENTY ONE!

Six-Pack of Little Steven, Volume One

On this Six-Pack episode, Lee McCormack of the Tramps Like Us: a Bruce Springsteen podcast and friend of the show Kurt Runyon join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to teach him on the solo catalog of E-Street guitarist and star of the Sopranos teeleee-vision show. We’re donning our babushkas, throwing on our overcoats, and talking some politically charged rock and roll. From his earliest solo work with the Disciples of Soul through flights of fancy with reggae, big band, eighties power-rock, and much more. We’re also getting into Steve’s unique position to bring to bear musical influences in his unyielding struggle for justice.

So throw your defiant fist in the air and discover or rediscover the soul-infused protest rock of Little Steven!

STREAM:
https://podsodcast.com/2020/04/06/six-pack_littlesteven1/

DOWNLOAD:
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05/04/2024

That time Ace was on the show 🎶

Still available here:
https://podsodcast.libsyn.com/em25-ace-frehley

We're gonna turn the conversatin' over to ACE FREHLEY, PODS, SODS ME!!

Ace Frehley joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his early days with musical siblings, how his 1978 solo album set the stage for his eventual KISS departure. We talk specifically about Fractured Mirror, Alive II side four, Escape From The Island and early memories of Eric Carr, his sobriety, his extensive archive of unreleased KISS material from the 70s and 80s. And, of course we talk about his new covers album Origins Volume I and what’s next, Origins Volume II? (hint: pretty much yes)

STREAM: http://podsodcast.com/2016/04/05/em25/

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01/04/2024

A fun episode from the past. Check out a Six Pack of Tom Waits with Mr Brian Jacobs and Alex Alt of Sly Dog Music-Cast. Enjoy!

Listen here: https://podsodcast.libsyn.com/six-pack-of-tom-waits-volume-one

DAY SEVENTEEN!

Six-Pack of Tom Waits, Volume One

The piano has been drinking… not me.

On this Six-Pack episode, Mr Brian Jacobs and Alex Alt of the Sly Dog Music-Cast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to explore the work of Tom Waits. We get into his humor, his brilliant songwriting, his public persona, some powerfully emotional songs, his tall tales of the underbelly of life, and whether his voice is more like a drunk Cookie Monster or a drunk Louis Armstrong. A brilliant songwriter loved the world over and yet an acquired taste, Tom truly occupies a unique lane in jazz, avant garde rock, Americana, and our hearts.

So sit back and discover or rediscover the unique voice of Tom Waits!

STREAM:
https://podsodcast.com/2020/04/01/six-pack_tomwaits1/

DOWNLOAD:
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30/03/2024

Six years ago I was blessed to record this extra special episode with Nancy Wilson on The Pods & Sods Network

You can still listen here -
https://podsodcast.libsyn.com/nancy-wilson-picks-the-essential-jimmy-page

Nancy Wilson Picks The Essential Jimmy Page

Nancy Wilson of Heart and Roadcase Royale shares her 10 Essential Jimmy Page (ok, it pretty much devolves into the Essential Led Zeppelin) songs. Heart has long been unabashed Led Zeppelin fans, having performed tons of Zeppelin songs through their career. As Nancy shares her essential Led Zeppelin songs, she also shares memories about the first time she saw them in concert, the first time she met them, her memories on the legendary Kennedy Center Honors performance, how various Zeppelin songs have seeped into her DNA and how they’ve inspired and impacted her guitar playing and the music of Heart, how Zeppelin has inspired Nancy to dig into the blues even through her new band, Roadcase Royale, and much more. From the unique perspective of one legend talking about another, Nancy shares personal memories and musical insight into the work of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin.

STREAM: https://podsodcast.com/2018/03/29/pte7/

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