Discovery With Eric Senich

On September 19th, 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival started a four-week run at number one on the US album chart with 'Green River.' It was one of three albums the band released in just that year alone. The number seven album 'Bayou Country' before it with the number three album 'Willie and the Poorboys' coming after. By the end of 1969, Creedence had three top-10 albums on the Billboard 200, and four top-five singles on the Billboard Hot 100. CCR was everywhere by the summer of 1969 and the bulk of the credit has to go to the band's main songwriter John Fogerty. There’s no arguing that John was a songwriting machine at that point and you'll hear why he was intentionally writing as much as he could with the goal of writing as many hits as he could in this episode. There is also, of course, the well documented battles John had with his bandmates including his brother Tom Fogerty and it all came down to the songs; more specifically who gets credit for the songs and who gets paid for them. We’ll explore that top

Released on September 24th, 1991 Nirvana's 'Nevermind' was expected to sell 500 thousand copies at best. It’s gone to sell over 30 million copies. By January of 1992 it surpassed Michael Jackson’s 'Dangerous' to go to number one on Billboard. As Rolling Stone later put it, "No album in recent history had such an overpowering impact on a generation. A nation of teens suddenly turned punk." In this episode we’ll get into the stories behind the songs, the album cover and, well, whatever, nevermind...TRACKLIST:1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 2. "In Bloom"3. "Come as You Are"4. "Breed"5. "Lithium"6. "Polly"7. "Territorial Pissings"8. "Drain You"9. "Lounge Act"10. "Stay Away"11. "On a Plain"12. "Something in the Way"13. "Endless, Nameless"Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasthomeThe DISCovery theme song "Woo Hoo" by Reebosound (https://reebosound.bandcamp.com)Please give the show a five-star rating and review wherever you listen to DISCovery!

This episode all about the classic 1971 Who album 'Who’s Next'. On September 18th of '71 it became the band's first and only UK number one album. It would reach number four in the US. 'Who's Next' started out as a rock opera Pete Townshend was working on called "The Lifehouse Project". Although the project never came to fruition many songs from it would be used for 'Who's Next'.You'll hear what was Townshend's original concept of the aborted "Lifehouse Project", the stories behind the nine songs from 'Who's Next', the songs left out of 'Who's Next' along with the story behind the iconic album cover. You'll also hear some of the early versions of songs recorded in New York featuring guitarist Leslie West, along with keyboardists Al Kooper and Ken Ascher. SIDE ONE:1. "Baba O'Riley"2. "Bargain"3. "Love Ain't for Keeping"4. "My Wife"5. "The Song Is Over"SIDE TWO:1. "Getting in Tune"2. "Going Mobile"3. "Behind Blue Eyes"4. "Won't Get Fooled Again"Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasth

On September 5th, 1964 The Animal’s cover of "House of the Rising Sun" started a three week run at number one on the US singles chart. This came centuries after the song was originally conceived which leads us to its mythical and legendary status. Was it about a prostitute? A prisoner? Or was it about a gambler? Just where was this house located? New Orleans? England? Was it even a house? We’ll explore the many theories behind the song and also get into the story of The Animals iconic version. We’ll also get to the artists who recorded their own renditions both before and after the Animals version including ones in French, German and Spanish. Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasthomeThe DISCovery theme song "Woo Hoo" by Reebosound (https://reebosound.bandcamp.com)Please give the show a five-star rating and review wherever you listen to DISCovery!

Musician/Producer Christopher Thorn is the guest on this episode of DISCovery. Christopher is the guitarist and one of the founding members of Blind Melon along with the late great Shannon Hoon, guitarist Rogers Stevens, drummer Glen Graham and bassist Brad Smith. After Shannon’s passing in 1995 Christopher continued to establish a career as a producer, played with the band Live, produced and performed with AWOL Nation who had a huge hit single with "Sail" in 2011 and formed a couple of other great bands along the way - Unified Theory and Sonny Boy Thorn. Christopher talks about where he grew up, his career highlights, including what it was like when Blind Melon’s "No Rain" became a huge hit in 1993, playing on Saturday Night Live, hangin' with Richard Simmons, getting on the cover of Rolling Stone, opening for The Rolling Stones, Axl Rose and more. Christopher also shares some Shannon Hoon stories and talks about the new Shannon Hoon documentary out now called "All I Can Say".- LINKS –CHRISTOPHER THORN INSTA

Class is in session! It's time for some classic rock schoolin' with the greatest songs all about school. Scenes from the greatest school comedy movies ever and a whole lot more so grab your seat the course is about to begin!Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasthomeThe original DISCovery theme song "A Billion Years Ago" by The Special Pillow (www.specialpillow.com)Please give the show a five-star rating and review wherever you listen to DISCovery!

Every rock fan remembers the classic Van Halen video "Hot For Teacher" right? But there's one question that has persisted ever since the video debuted back in 1984: Just what ever became of Waldo after graduation? Actually, in all seriousness (or as serious as we can get when talking about one of the funniest videos ever), many Van Halen fans have wondered who played the character of Waldo in that video. About ten years ago there was a rumor that began circulating on the internet that it was played by a man by the name of Keith Kessinger. All of this started when Keith posted a video on YouTube for a song he created called "Hot For Waldo". In it, Keith plays a 39-year-old Waldo still living at home with his mom cranking out his own version of the song "Hot For Teacher". Because Keith looked so much like the actual actor who played Waldo in the original video people were sure that they had finally found the real Waldo. Whenever someone asked Keith to confirm it, he neither confirmed nor denied, thus fueling th

This week we revisit Pearl Jam's 'Ten' album which was released on August 27th, 1991. By the end of the summer of 1992 it had gone gold and reached number 2 on Billboard. It would eventually sell 11 million copies and, along with Nirvana’s 'Nevermind', take alternative rock from out of the underground and headfirst into the mainstream In this episode you'll hear the story of what led up to the band's formation, the story behind the band's name and album title of 'Ten' and, of course, the stories behind the 11 classic tracks including "Alive", "Even Flow", "Black" and "Jeremy". TRACKLIST:1. "Once"2. "Even Flow"3. "Alive"4. "Why Go"5. "Black"6. "Jeremy"7. "Oceans"8. "Porch"9. "Garden"10. "Deep"11. "Release"Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasthomeThe DISCovery theme song "Woo Hoo" by Reebosound (https://reebosound.bandcamp.com)Please give the show a five-star rating and review wherever you listen to DISCovery!

It was on August 25th of 1975 that a Jersey boy named Bruce Springsteen released his third studio album called 'Born To Run'. Prior to that summer Bruce was relatively unknown by the mainstream and about to be dropped by his record label. By the end of the summer of 1975, however, all that would change with 'Born To Run' and by the fall he would find himself on the cover of both Time and Newsweek. The success of 'Born To Run' didn’t come easy, however. With pressure from his record label to come up with a hit album, Bruce drove both himself and his E Street Band to the brink of a near mental breakdown over several torturous months. As Bruce put it to Rolling Stone, "It felt like there were gonna be no more records after this record. We were all going off a cliff the next day, as far as my approach to it."This is the story of the album that pulled Bruce from the edge of that cliff and eventually secured him a permanent place in rock history - 'Born To Run'.SIDE ONE:1. "Thunder Road"2. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"

By the summer of 1987 The Grateful Dead had been together for over two decades. They had experienced everything a band could by that point. Well, almost. By the end of that summer they had a platinum selling, top ten album 'In The Dark' along with a top ten single "Touch of Grey". ‘In The Dark’ (released on July 6th 1987) reached number 6 on the Billboard 200 on the second week of August. It was their only top ten album and top 40 single.In this episode we’ll get into the eight tracks that make up the album, the story behind the title, the dark surroundings in which it was recorded and the secret pair of eyes on its cover.SIDE ONE:1. "Touch of Grey"2. "Hell in a Bucket"3. "When Push Comes to Shove"4. "West L.A. Fadeaway" SIDE TWO:1. "Tons of Steel"2. "Throwing Stones"3. "Black Muddy River"4. "My Brother Esau" [Included on the cassette version only]Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasthomeThe DISCovery theme song "Woo Hoo" by Reebosound (https://reebosound.bandcamp.com)Please gi

There’s a brand new documentary out now on the late great singer of Blind Melon Shannon Hoon called "All I Can Say". Author Greg Prato is back on the podcast to give his thoughts on the documentary. Greg has written the must-read book on Shannon and Blind Melon called "A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon". He's also interviewed the director of the documentary Danny Clinch along with members of the band Christopher Thorn and Brad Smith. In this episode Greg and I talk all about the documentary and go deep into the music of Shannon and Blind Melon.-LINKS-“All I Can Say” Documentary Website: https://allicansay.oscilloscope.net/Greg Prato on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Greg-Prato/e/B002MJ4CXI%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareGreg Prato on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregpratowriter?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorGreg Prato/Danny Clinch Interview: https://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/danny-clinch-the-art-of-rock-photographyGreg Prat

On August 9th, 1969 twenty six year old actress Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of acclaimed movie director Roman Polanski, is found murdered along with four other people at her Los Angeles home. Many view it as the moment that marked the end of the late 60s peace and love era. The following night grocery store owner Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary were the next victims of murders. Months later it would be revealed the crimes were committed by members of a cult led by a man named Charles Manson. In the days, weeks and months that would follow it would be revealed that Manson’s motivation was a desire to kick start an apocalyptic race war. It was a race war he called Helter Skelter. And with that, rock and roll music would forever play a part in the story of Charles Manson. In this episode you’ll hear the entire story of Charles Manson’s connection to music, the famous musicians of the late 60s and how they all played a role, in Manson’s mind, in his crimes. Music featured in this episode came from Unheard

Following the sudden and tragic death of guitarist and band leader Duane Allman in 1971, the Allman Brothers Band released 1972’s 'Eat A Peach'. The album was a huge commercial success, peaking at number four on Billboard. Soon after, the band regrouped to begin working on what would be their first album without Duane in the studio. It was a huge void but the band was determined to continue. But, once again, tragedy struck. Bassist Berry Oakley’s life was cut short just as they’d begun recording. The odds of overcoming Duane’s death already seemed insurmountable. Losing both Duane and Berry? This was something that could end a band altogether. But, as history has proven, this wasn’t your average band. This is the story of The Allman Brothers Band fourth studio album released in August of 1973 - 'Brothers and Sisters'.SIDE ONE:1. "Wasted Words"2. "Ramblin' Man"3. "Come and Go Blues"4. "Jelly Jelly"SIDE TWO:1. "Southbound"2. "Jessica"3. "Pony Boy"Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcas

Author Corbin Reiff is on the podcast to talk about his new book "Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell". With input from those who knew and worked with him—together with his own words— the book recounts the rise of Cornell and his immortal band Soundgarden as they emerged from the 1980s post-punk underground to dominate popular culture in the ’90s alongside Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and Nirvana.Reiff also examines Cornell’s dynamic solo career as well as his time in Audioslave. He delves into his hard-fought battle with addiction, and the supercharged reunion with the band that made him famous before everything came to a shocking end.Reiff is also the author of "Lighters in The Sky: The All-Time Greatest Concerts 1960-2016". His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, Complex, SPIN, Uproxx, The Washington Post, The Seattle Weekly and The Seattle Times. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Jenna. -LINKS-To purchase the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Total-cking-God

By 1979 AC/DC had released a handful of studio albums, toured endlessly and had gained a solid following, especially in Australia, where brothers Malcolm and Angus Young started the band back in 1973. But they still hadn’t achieved the commercial breakthrough they were looking for. That would finally happen with the release of their album 'Highway to Hell'. It was their first LP to break the US Top 100, eventually hitting #17. The album’s title track was a big reason for the album’s success as it went to #47 on Billboard’s Pop Singles Chart. With the Young brothers in their song-writing prime and rock radio thirsting for more AC/DC, the band was primed for even bigger success with their follow-up album. But on February 19th, 1980 just days ahead of their return to the studio, the band’s lead singer Bon Scott was found dead. Soon after a fairly unknown 33-year old singer named Brian Johnson came in to audition for the job and the band released 'Back in Black' on July 25th, 1980. It was an immediate commercial

Before the April 24th, 1989 release of ‘Full Moon Fever’, Tom Petty was coming off of a pretty rough period in his life both professionally and personally. His last album with the Heartbreakers ‘Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)’ didn’t live up to its expectations and his record label wasn’t happy. But that paled in comparison to what Tom had to deal with in the spring of 1987. On May 17th of that year Tom and his family were sitting down to breakfast that morning when they began to smell smoke. Within moments, Petty's Encino, Calif., home was engulfed in flames. He got his wife and 5-year-old daughter out safely, but the fire burned through the house quickly. The only room that survived was his basement studio.The Pettys had lost nearly everything. He lost an estimated $1 million dollars damages. It was devastating but not the last of the bad news. This was no accident. According to a report, an arsonist had drenched the house's back staircase in lighter fluid. But Tom wasn’t ready to give up yet and he had some v

Author Sandra B. Tooze is the guest on this episode of DISCovery. She has a brand new book out now on Levon Helm called "Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond". The book covers Levon’s life starting with his younger days in the Arkansas Delta where he discovered the blues, country and gospel music, his teenage years as a musician and member of Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, playing with Bob Dylan, his rise to fame with The Band along with his successful acting career. The book also gets into Levon’s days following The Band's breakup, including his struggles with his finances and health along with what Levon saw as a devastating betrayal by his closest friend, Band guitarist Robbie Robertson. To order a copy of “Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond” go to the Diversion Books website page here: https://www.diversionbooks.com/books/levon-helm/Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasthomeThe DISCovery theme song "Woo Hoo" by Reeboso

We’re taking a trip back in time to the summer of 1983 to revisit the massively successful album 'Synchronicity' by The Police, which was released on June 17th, 1983.By that summer The Police were bigger than ever. Sold out stadium shows, their songs in heavy rotation on every top 40 and rock station. There was no stopping them. Or so it seemed. Little did we know that Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers were about to go their separate ways and 'Synchronicity' would be the last album they’d ever record together. In this episode you’ll get the stories behind the tension-filled recording process of the album, the origin of its concept and title, the iconic tracks including the massively successful singles ("Every Breath You Take", "King Of Pain", "Wrapped Around Your Finger" and "Synchronicity II") , the album cover art and much more. SIDE ONE:1. "Synchronicity I" 2. "Walking in Your Footsteps" 3. "O My God" 4. "Mother"5. "Miss Gradenko"6. "Synchronicity II" SIDE TWO:1. "Every Breath You Take"2. "King of P

Celebrate America's independence with the greatest 4th of July songs in classic rock and the stories behind each. Let the fireworks begin!Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasthomeThe original DISCovery theme song "A Billion Years Ago" by The Special Pillow (www.specialpillow.com)

In this episode we’ll celebrate the music of Huey Lewis. Learn about the life and career of Huey (born 7/5/50) and DISCover the stories behind the ten biggest Huey Lewis & The News singles according to Billboard. Also hear a single off of the band’s new album called 'Weather'. So strap yourself into the DISCovery Delorean, we're goin' "back in time" to revisit Huey's ten biggest hits!Find DISCovery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheDISCoverypodcasthomeThe DISCovery theme song "Woo Hoo" by Reebosound (https://reebosound.bandcamp.com)Please give the show a five-star rating and review wherever you listen to DISCovery!