Hanging Out With Ted McKay: Recent Episodes
Ted McKay
Musical interviews with entertainment and media members, radio personalities, folks that add value to the community, business owners, artists, pet adoption, etc...
On the latest Hanging Out With Ted McKay podcast I have a book of living music history on the chittlin' circuit from back in the 60's..Newton Collier who played in the bands behind Otis Redding, James Brown, Joe Tex and was on the Ed Sullivan show playing Soul Man with Sam & Dave..oh the stories he has to tell..check it out on Spreaker.com Powered by GigDigitalMedia..
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Talked to blues man Daniel Brada who has been in the Dallas Tx area for years honing his craft. We talk about his journey and how it all started for him with his Dad buying a guitar and leaving it out for him to see everyday. And most importantly how to serve the music and keep a groove..check out The Hanging Out With Ted McKay podcast at Spreaker.com..powered by GigDigitalMedia...
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Something different on the Hanging Out With Ted McKay podcast..author Deanna King chats with me about her children,romance and crime bboks..how she comes up with her ideas, research and how you can find her info about her stories at www.deannakingwriting.com..
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Got a chance to catch with ace guitarist Tommy Kantona from the band Texas Flood. In November Texas Flood celebrated 13 years giving us the great tunes they perform...Tommy and I talk about his trip home to Hungary...going to Chicago and playing with Buddy Guy at Buddy's club and how that blew him away..future projects and more are covered in this show
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Had a chance to talk to a North Texas musical warrior... Aquarius Fletcher has played gigs for a gorillas first birthday and for the local sheriffs dept..she talks about her battle with cancer, the long road back, the support from local musicians, her musical inspirations and other cool things...
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Talking to Miss Midnight about the North Tx music scene in the 1980s...Deep Ellum, the West End and how much fun it was..Some history and the upcoming podcast show she has planned
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On this Hanging Out With Ted McKay I talk to legendary bassist Chuck Rainey..He gives his thoughts on the music industry, being on tour with The Beatles,being in a band with Jimi Hendrix, how it was to be in Aretha Franklins band and his autobiography coming out before the end of the year..
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Got a chance to talk to Allen (Ace) Vega, a great guitar player from the San Francisco Bay area...He has opened for Buddy Gut, Leon Russell,Elvin Bishop,and Edgar Winter. He spent 6 years on the road with blues legend Frankie Lee and his uncle was the guitarist for Graham Central Station (Larry Grahams, bassist for Sly and the family Stone's) band. Check out his chance meeting with Stevie Ray Vaughn at a gas station and more....
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Had a sit down with local musician Sholon La Bar..she explains what she thinks the music scene should be like in North Tx..where is the blues scene in the area and what she's working on to get it back again..with so much talent around what can be done to change the music scene around the area
The next Hanging Out With Ted McKay podcast is finding out what and who Briefcase Blues is..J.W.Leggio (Jake) is here to give the history of a band he's been a part of for over 30 years..the band has big news about two shows Dec 31st and Jan 1 at The New Grandbury Live in Granbury Tx and how it is to really dive into the Jake character for so long
got the chance to sit down with Bo Roberts and shoot the breeze..we really kind of let it all hang out on this one!! Like living in New Orleans, hanging out with Cousin Lenny at KLIF 1190 and afew other choice nuggets
On the next Hanging Out With Ted McKay podcast we find my friend of 30 plus years Kevin Clay..he gives us advice on ways to get booed off the stage at a Alice Cooper concert, tips on saving money by bringing your own cheese on a night out at your local burger joint and the wonderful world of narrating audio books and we talk about my confrontation with a giant talking rat at a pizza restaurant
Caught up with Mark Verma to get updated on the Paws In The City future events..there are two events this Month..one Thursday Oct 21st at Benders Sports and Spirits in Richardson from 6-9pm and the Feel Good AF Festival Oct 30th..and Mark gives us updates on foster homes and adoptions..
After updates in hardware and software the latest Hanging Out With Ted McKay Podcast is about a North Tx Tyler Bergstrom..Tyler graduated Allen H S and graduated from UTA..we worked together for a while at iheart and now he's putting his communication degree to good use in the U.S. Navy..he tells us about todays Navy boot camp and what it takes to be a top notch sailor and his future plans for civilian life...
Caught up with Spencer Gray and we talked about his latest two horror movie projects...one is animated that will be done by the end of the year... he wants me to play the main bad guy in the movie (sounds like fun) and he talks about another project he will start next year...
This time on the latest Hanging Out With Ted McKay podcast I catch with Chris Manning..he has a
solo CD out called 'Destination' and look out for the song 'Someday'..he's a great guitar player and you can find him all over North Texas in the bands C 4 and the Zeppelin Project..Chris and I get into his love of the 6 string and who influenced him..I will tell he's a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix and Ritchie Blackmore..plus we talk about his Jimmy Page Black Dragon Suit from the Led Zeppelin days and doing a Zeppelin Project show in the Ozark Mountains with fire breathers everywhere..
Being in a big band is hard work..hear the travels of War..from playing for less than $2,000 to $100.000 a night..we all know who George Lucas is..Branice tells me about their month long stay at Skywalker Ranch when they were recording a album and what a cool place it is...
Got a chance to catch up with one of my musical heroes from my teenage years..Howard Scott, the lead singer and writer for War...Howard wrote Cisco Kid, Why Can't We Be Friends, Me and Baby Brother, The World Is A Ghetto etc.. we talk about how War got started in Compton California and what it was like to be in a world class band
Branice Atchison has known the band War since 1971 and started out as their road manager and eventually took over for original manager Steve Gold..we talk about Eric Burtons' time with the band and how Jimmy Hendrix jammed with the band for a hour the night he died..plus other funny stories from working with a major league band...
This week on Hanging Out With Ted McKay I talked with guitarist Hutton Ferrell of the North Tx-Oklahoma based band Atlantis Aquarius..if you haven't heard this band you gotta check them out..they have a big bash going on Aug 6th so here comes your chance to groove with them..they have a style that you can't really put your finger on but they are very good musicians with great hooks in their songs and they've been known to use a sitar in their take on music... good tunes coming your way
On the latest Hanging Out With Ted McKay podcast I catch with a old friend from years ago-film director and writer Spencer Gray.. we talk about his work on Walker Texas Ranger, the Walking Dead, the wonderful world of movie special effects and about his own horror films he's made over the years like Snake With The Human Tail and his new movie coming out soon...
Will Shotwell a bass playing friend and I sit down and talk bass, his two podcasts he's doing and starting a local network(for North Texas area podcasters and local bands and musicians) to strut their stuff.. show us how good you are and get your tunes more exposure.. if nobody knows you exist how can you be discovered...
Mark Verma and I sit and he gives the latest update with Paws In The City..like how the animal shelters are filling up once more now that folks are back at work..we need your help on finding a forever home for our four legged friends and future events for Paws In The City
Dallas jazz musician Joe McBride and I hang out together and we talk about having jazz legends Grover Washington Jr. and Larry Carlton play on his albums, jamming with bass legend Chuck Rainey and how he survived the last year because of the pandemic
Do you really want to cook for 30+ guests at your next BBQ?? Well sit back, have a cold one, enjoy the music and your guests and let Pit Pals BBQ serve you outstanding food..you gotta try the jalapena poppers,parfaits, brisket and more..
these days without record companies to push your music for you what do you do..Brenden and Jonah of CONTRA explain what it takes to get their exixting music out there and what they have coming in the near future
Elite drummer Terry Ranson gives me a music lesson in drumming..he's in 9 bands so you know he's very busy and very talented..tribute bands like Swan Song, In Halen, Rushmore and Tx Floyd, Dallas Cooper but other bands that jam through the week,,his thoughts on John Bonham, Neil Peart and Keith moon and their different styles and how they made it work for their respective bands...
Talking with Debbie Sexxton about life in Colorado, Debbies artwork and how she's starting her new career, watching out for mountain lions and bears on the hiking trails, what its like to be in a state where pot is legal and how she enjoys life these days
Just wondering why Bad Company ,Peter Frampton, Barry White, etc are not in the HOF and they've sold millions of records around the world...WHY NOT...