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Serious Rock Talk Podcast

Paolo Pettofrezza, Etienne Plante, & Ian Clarke

Podcasters | Musicians | Rockers | Historians | Vinyl Reviewers | Serious Rock Talk™️ With Humor!!!! This award-winning podcast looks at classic rock - and the people who made/make it - with enough knowledge, irreverence, and low-level insanity to make it worthwhile. It"s all about Rock Talk.

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58:56

2023 End of the Year Podcast:

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/12/31

2023 End of the Year Podcast: The three amigos sum up a truly turbulent year in rock. Everything from new Beatles' music to classic reissues. The personalities. The events. It's all in one place for your listening pleasure.

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01:06:31

Our Pick: Rocks 40 Great Front Men & Women

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/12/12

This time it's personal. Dr. Clarke and Kennedy make their own lists of rock's greatest front men/women. Sometimes they agree, but it's rare. Come join us for the fireworks!

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22:16

The Rolling Stones - 15 People Who Almost Joined the...

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/11/22

The Rolling Stones. 15 People Who Almost Joined the Band. Becoming a Rolling Stone could be a lethal decision. We talk about 15 guys who came real close to getting tight with Mick and Keef... and lived to tell about it.

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47:31

Rock's Best Front Men & Women.

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/11/08

Rock's Best Front Men & Women. What makes a good rock front person? The voice? Charisma? Chest hair? Kennedy and Clarke get rabid as they jabber about the people who have the toughest job in rock music—and why most 'best-of-all-time' lists usually get it really wrong.

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40:31

Hip Hop Turns 50: A celebration.

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/10/25

Hip Hop Turns 50: A celebration. On August 11, 1973, hip-hop was born at a house party in the Bronx. 50 years later the genre has been reshaped in the image of cities and regions around the world. Listen in as Kennedy—who witnessed first-hand many of the seminal developments—lavishes respect, praise, and a little condemnation on this incredible music.

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50:44

Defining Classic Rock: Where Does the Needle Drop?

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/10/05

Defining Classic Rock: Where Does the Needle Drop? Every cool cat has a personal definition about classic rock. What it is, where it began, and where it ends. Kennedy faces the opinion-makers head-on. He educates, illuminates, and most of all, entertains.

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40:00

Classic Rock Is Broken & How To Fix It?

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/06/28

Classic Rock Is Broken & How To Fix It? Ferris Kennedy turns in one of his best performances, demonstrating both calm erudition and raging anger, deciphering the dark morass that is Classic Rock. This is one episode you don't want to miss.

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47:17

Listener Emails: We Answer Some BIG Questions

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/06/14

Listener Emails: We Answer Some BIG Questions: Thank you listeners for your emails. We read every one. We didn't realize you were so smart - and vengeful! Check to see if we responded to your questions.

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40:01

The Rolling Stones: 60 Years in 40 Minutes

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/04/19

What can you say or write about the Rolling Stones that hasn’t been said or written a zillion times before? A lot, actually, because each of us has a unique opinion on the aging rockers—and certainly Dr. Clarke and Ferris Kennedy do. This is your special chance to get a neat summation of a sixty-year career, including flash reviews of the albums. So listen in.

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28:57

Strange Urban Legends of Classic Rock

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/03/29

Strange Urban Legends of Classic Rock. Yes, classic rock is brimming with stories of blood-curdling depravity and dark, satanic rites... And that's on a good day...Listen in as we sift through cumbersome conspiracies and flaky fairy tales.

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32:27

Wayward Saints - The Interview with Canada's Classic...

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/03/03

Interview with Wayward Saints. No reason to doubt it. Here’s the proof. Classic rock is ‘Still Alive & Well’. Mississauga, Ontario-based band Wayward Saints knows a tree is only as strong as its roots, and this group has deep roots in Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, and a lot more architects of The Sound of Our Lives. Listen in as Ferris Kennedy and Dr. Clarke speak with the group, discovering where they’ve been, where they are, and where they might Ramble On.

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38:08

Who Are the Great Rock Drummers?

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/02/20

The drummer is the soul of a band. Bad drumming puts a band on life support. In this episode, we discuss some of the great rock drummers and why they're so essential.

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30:38

Rock during JFK's Presidency with Author Richard Aquila

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/02/17

During JFK's presidency, rock music sounded like nothing before or since. Why? What happened? Dr. Clarke spoke with Richard Aquila, author of the book 'Rock and Roll in Kennedy’s America: A cultural History of the Early 1960s’, published by John Hopkins University Press. Richard is a professor emeritus of History and American Studies at Penn State University, and former host of NPR’s ‘Rock and Roll America’. Listen in as Richard offers unique insights on this misunderstood—but wonderful—period in

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50:13

Two Album Reviews: Rolling Stones Dirty Work & Beach...

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/02/03

Why review a terrible album alongside a work of genius? It's not cruel. In fact, it's informative. Plus everyone knows the Stones are capable of outstanding music, You just won't find it on Dirty Work., Enough already! Just listen in.

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35:25

The Beatles Revolver 2022 Remix - Track by Track

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/01/23

The Beatles Revolver 2022 Remix: Track by Track. WARNING! Before you blow mega-bucks on this Beatles 2022 remix, please listen to this podcast. You might end up buying it anyway, but we guarantee you won't be as happy. Thank us later.

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49:16

Rock Band Members More Famous Than the Singers

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2023/01/13

It's rare, but it happens, Sometimes a singer is, well, just a singer, and the guitarist takes the spotlight. Listen in as Ferris Kennedy fortified by special vitamins risks friendships and staggers towards the Truth.

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53:42

Goodbye 2022 Hello 23: Serious Rock Talk TM End of...

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2022/12/31

The three amigos offer an honest appraisal of the year that was, the good, the bad, and the mediocre, and make it all entertaining.

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42:02

The Velvet Underground: More Influential Than The...

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2022/12/30

Even for people who know a lot about rock, it's a tough question. Dr. Clarke does his best to explain the Velvet's and how they achieved such a weird ascendancy over everyone else.

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29:19

First Episode - The Pilot on Classic Rock

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2022/12/19

Dr. Clarke was still in diapers when Ferris Kennedy and Steven Wheeler launched the Podcast. Right off, they take no prisoners. Big question:Why Can't Anyone Give You a Definitive Definition of Classic Rock?

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54:13

Heavy Metal Music: How'd it Happen and Where's it Going?

Serious Rock Talk Podcast ·

2022/12/09

Heavy Metal Music: How'd it Happen and Where's it Going? Love it or hate it, at some point you have to turn and face Metal music. It's part of the la condition humane. Steven Wheeler is at his existential best, nailing it down hard without mercy... for your pleasure.

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