Chip Monck became a public figure after MC’ing the legendary Woodstock Music Festival in 1969 in Bethel NY. However Chip has done the lighting of many other major festivals & concerts such as: Monterey Pop Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Altamont, Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Byrds, etc Chip Monck Official Website: Click Here Purple Haze is proudly sponsored by Songland
Read moreJoin, on this special Triple Episode of the Purple Haze Archive Podcast, Bill Carroll, scientist, & author of the excellent book titled “Ranking the Albums 1963-1989” (Podcast (2), his first solo work “Ranking the Rock Writers“, & now “Ranking the 80s” (Podcast 3) where Bill uses his scientific method of dissecting the USA’s Music Charts to come up with those three
Read moreAlong with their UK ‘spritual brothers’, the Yardbirds, Pretty Things & the Rolling Stones, the Downliners Sect reinvigorated the sound of the new wave of British R&B in the early 1960s & it was the Downliners that really only stayed truly faithful to their R&B spirit, but they played, & still are playing the ‘dirtiest’ British R&B there ever was.
Read moreMike Rudd has been one of the most enduring musical artists in the Australian music music scene, after bringing over his New Zealand Band ‘Chants R&B‘ to Australia, he then joined Ross Wilson’s famed cult band The Party Machine, then Mike went on to form the band Spectrum who for their first single recorded Australia’s 13th designated greatest song…….ever! (According
Read moreJoin very special guest, Joey Molland, on this podcast episode of The Purple Haze Show as the acclaimed guitarist of Badfinger discusses his ongoing & very successful career. Badfinger were best known for such classics songs such as: “Come & Get It” written especially for the band by then Beatle, Paul McCartney, “Day After Day“, “No Matter What“, “Without You”
Read moreGrace Slick was a true pioneer in the rock music field, fronting the legendary San Franciscan band Jefferson Airplane in the 1960s, who were best known for classic songs such as “White Rabbit” & “Somebody To Love”. Grace discusses her extremely successful career in very frank terms of her many adventures: At the White House, with Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin,
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