One year anniversary of the show is next week! Check out the back catalog this week and see you then!
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 45 - NCPP's Past, Present and Future
National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (NCPP) Co-Directors Lisa Rogers and Lance Drege come on the show to talk about the future of the conference (01:25), joining NCPP's Executive Board (06:35), this year's newly-added Lightning Sessions (09:00), the challenges for putting on NCPP (18:35), the creation of NCPP (22:45), moving the conference to after the end of Spring Semesters along with accommodating High School programs (27:40), and concluding remarks (35:30).
Finishing with Pete's final thoughts on NCPP (40:35).
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 44 - Joe W. Moore III
University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley Percussion Professor Joe W. Moore III talks about getting the job in Brownsville as well as the merger of the Brownsville and Pan American schools (01:20), growing up all over the USA as well as Germany (26:25), some shenanigans in Germany (36:45), cultivating his love of percussion and drumset while living in so many places (42:00), going to Central Florida for undergrad (53:25), the University of South Carolina for his master’s (01:10:40), and LSU for his doctorate (01:22:25). He then allows himself to be subject to some Random-Ass Questions (01:38:45).
Finishing with a rave on Richard Wright’s Black Boy (American Hunger) (01:55:15).
Links:
Joe W. Moore III's Sabian page
UT Brownsville and UT Pan American merger
"Every Praise" - Hezekiah Walker
"Night of Moon Dances" - Eckhard Kopetzki
"Velocities" - Joseph Schwantner
"Toccata and Divertimento" - Ney Rosauro
"Prelude No. 1" - Christopher Deane
"Canned Heat" - Eckhard Kopetzki
"Pan in A Minor" - Lord Kitchener
"Mixed Music" - Eckhard Kopetzki
"Unchained" - Joe W. Moore III
"Silver Streetcar" - Alvin Lucier
LSU-Alabama 2011 National Championship
Einstein on the Beach documentary
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 43 - Bill Shaltis
University of Memphis Percussion Professor and Creator of “Good Beats Percussion” Bill Shaltis see Pete’s Jets t-shirt and responds accordingly (02:40), talks about getting the Memphis job from his work at Missouri Southern and UMKC (03:10), growing up in Michigan (13:30), his Patriots fandom, coupled with some more sports talk (17:10), times in high school percussion (23:00), going to Michigan State for undergrad (27:15), heading to Boston Conservatory for his master’s (41:45), the good and bad of freelancing in Boston post-grad school and then joining Evansville (IN) Philharmonic as principal percussionist (1:00:00), going to UMKC for his doctorate (01:12:25), while video podcasting (01:15:50), along with the logistics of taking the Boise Philharmonic timpani job (01:18:50), and finishing with some Random-Ass Questions (01:38:00).
Closing with a rave on “Master of None” (01:49:10).
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Boise Philharmonic Orchestra Members Page
"Seven to Queens" - Andy Beall
"Blues for Gilbert" - Mark Glentworth
"Cage for One" - Dwayne Corbin
"Jigsaw Falling Into Place" - Radiohead
Finale from Symphony No. 5 - Shostakovich
Movement 1 from Symphony No. 2 - Mahler
"Tambourin Paraphrase" - Keiko Abe
"Sonata for Timpani" - John Beck
Concerto for Percussion - Joseph Schwantner
"Prelude to Endgame" - Philip Glass
"Variations on Lost Love" - David Maslanka
"Cold Pressed" - David Hollinden
"Symphony with Eight Obbligato Timpani" - JCC Fischer
"Third Construction" - John Cage
"The Final Precipice" - Jeffrey Peyton
"Duettino Concertante" - Ingolf Dahl
"Call of Boromir" - Dan McCarthy
"Harmonic Rhythm" - Russell Peck
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 42 - Stephen Crawford
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Percussion Professor Stephen Crawford talks about getting the Temple College and Mary Hardin-Baylor jobs and how his responsibilities have changes over the years (02:35), some Spurs sports talk (50:10), growing up in (northern) North Dakota and the nature of Sports Fandom there (52:15), getting into percussion (01:00:00), a summary of his travels in high school and into Minot State University (ND) (01:05:00), his senior recital (01:16:25), grad school as a Wind Conducting focus, after which he teaches at Elmhust College (IA) and finishes grad school at UMKC (01:21:40), Kansas City Sports in the 1980s and 90s (01:26:40), nearly getting to conduct The Air Force Band (01:32:00), and settles in for some Random-Ass Questions (01:37:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the “Hit Parade” podcast (01:56:30).
Links:
Stephen Crawford's Innovative Percussion Page
Stephen Crawford's Majestic Percussion Page
Boris Badenov from "Rocky and Bulwinkle"
Unbroken book and movie
Elliot Carter's "Saeta" and "March"
Mitchell Peters' "Yellow After the Rain"
Joe Montana and Marcus Allen as KC Chiefs
"El Salon Mexico" - Aaron Copland
"Country Band March" - Charles Ives
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 41 - Gary Westbrook
Tarleton State University Director of Athletic Bands (and fellow UNCG alum) Gary Westbrook talks about taking the Tarleton job and leaving his previous post at Louisiana Tech (02:05), growing up in Burlington, NC and the Cummings/Williams HS rivalry (29:15), being a Duke fan (40:20), percussion activities growing up (51:55), going to East Carolina University for undergrad (59:05), getting through a crazy senior recital performance (01:11:30), going to UNCG for grad work after teaching for a few years (01:16:45), teaching at Concord College (WV) during his doctorate (01:43:00), going to Cuz’s (01:44:30), and subjects himself to some Random-Ass Questions (01:51:00).
Closes with a rave on the documentary “Forever Pure” (02:03:40).
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Gary Westbrook's Tartleton page
Gary Westbrook's Innovative Percussion page
Portraits in Rhythm - Tony Cirone
Keiskleriana - Jacques Delecluse
"Sonata for Timpani" - John Beck
Magic Johnson's 1980 Game 6 NBA Finals
"Hitchin a Ride" - Vanity Fare
"Hooked on a Feeling" - Blue Swede
"Your Mama Don't Dance" - Loggins and Messina
"Sonata for Marimba and Piano" - Peter Tanner
"Dream of the Cherry Blossoms" - Keiko Abe
"Canaries" and "March" - Elliot Carter
"Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair"
"Song of Middle Earth" - Daniel McCarthy
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover trailer
Amazon Women on the Moon trailer
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 40 - Rebecca McDaniel
Mizzou Master’s of Music in Percussion degree recipient Rebecca McDaniel discusses getting to the Missouri School of Music (01:55), comparing the Furman and Mizzou programs (10:50), her Master’s recital (19:15), growing up near Birmingham, AL (35:45), her interests in cycling and life in high school percussion (44:35); her time at Furman (SC) double majoring in music and environmental science (01:03:40), the undergrad senior recital (01:25:15), how she spent a gap year (01:27:50), and withstanding some Random-Ass Questions (01:37:35).
Closing with a rave on the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (NCPP) (01:54:45).
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Rebecca McDaniel's YouTube channel
Rebecca McDaniel's Twitter page
"Pierrot Lunaire" - Arnold Schoenberg
Mizzou Grad Student Health Insurance
"From My Little Island" - Robert Aldridge
New Works for Percussion Project
"Book of Grooves" - Alejandro Vinao
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" - Def Leppard
Piano Sonata - Alberto Ginastera
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
"Children's Songs" - Chick Corea
"Nagoya Marimbas" - Steve Reich
Swamp Rabbit Trail (Greenville, SC)
"Haunt of Last Nightfall" - David Little
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 39 - anna provo
(Very) recent Mizzou master’s degree graduate in Percussion Performance anna provo talks about her time at Mizzou (02:50), working with PAS as a student delegate (13:30), being a grad student in 2017 (20:20), being part of Rare Form Trio and her degree recital (25:00); performing with the Columbia Handbell Ensemble (51:15), growing up in Central Massachusetts (57:25), opening herself up to new experiences and self-improvement (01:01:35), getting to Seton Hill University (PA) to double major in Music Ed and Music Therapy (01:20:25), teaching for one year after undergrad (01:37:40), and being “born ready” for specific and Random-Ass Questions (1:45:05).
Closing with a rave on a Reply All podcast (02:03:10).
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Ending of Health Insurance at Mizzou
Nine French-American Rudimental Drum Solos - Joe Tompkins
"Khan Variations" - Alejandro Vinao
"Music for 18 Musicians" - Steve Reich
"The Anvil Chorus" - David Lang
"Wayfaring Stranger" Shape Note Singing
"Nagoya Marimbas" - Steve Reich
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 38 - Josh Knight
Missouri Western Percussion Professor Josh Knight talks about the job he took at Arkansas-Fort Smith while finishing his dissertation on Snare Drum Pedagogy (03:30), working at McMurry University (TX) (31:40), interviewing for and getting his current job at Missouri Western State University (52:45), growing up in Fort Smith, AR and playing a lot of ZZ Top as a kid (1:00:45), going to the University of Central Arkansas for his undergrad and master’s (01:06:00); University of Arkansas and University of Oklahoma fandom (01:15:35) and comparing programs at UCA and OU (01:22:15). I then subject Josh to some Random Ass Questions (01:39:35).
Finishing with a rave on the 1999 movie “Life” (01:52:45).
Links:
Josh Knight's Missouri Western page
Josh Knight's Snare Drum Pedagogy Dissertation
Bob Becker's Rudimental Arithmetic
Podemski's Standard Snare Drum Method
Mark Wessels' Fresh Approach to Snare Drum
"Improvisation" - Elliot Carter
"Phantom Phrenzy" - Marty Hurley
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" - Charlie Daniels
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 37 - Ivan Trevino
Composer, percussionist, and Spurs diehard fan Ivan Trevino talks to me about working at Baylor University and his podcast (03:50), remarks on his “Pretend Music School” blog post (07:15), issues regarding self-publishing and music rights (12:30), his Mexican origins and Spanish language abilities (29:25), US-Mexico soccer and San Antonio Spurs sport-ball talk (33:00), growing up in Victoria, TX (39:50), the beginnings of Break of Reality (52:00), silly cello questions (01:04:00), drumset and groove issues (01:08:00), getting to Eastman to learn under John H. Beck (undergrad) and Michael Burritt (masters) (01:11:00), and willingly takes on some Random-Ass Questions (01:30:25).
Finishing with a rave on the documentary The Last Laugh (01:42:50).
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"Porgy and Bess" Xylophone lick
Long Island Music Engraving Services
Graduation Speech from "Say Anything"
"So Long, Astoria" - The Ataris
"Game of Thrones Opening" - Break of Reality
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" - AC/DC
Ginobili dunk 2014 Finals Game 5
"Twist and Shout" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 36 - Lauren Teel
University of North Alabama Adjunct Percussion Professor and Troopers Drumline Instructor Lauren Teel talks about her hectic work schedule (03:20), drum corps time commitments (20:45), dealing with being a young woman teacher in drum corps (31:35), The Wrecking Crew (GA) and The Hunger Games (36:20), growing up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area (44:55), starting summer Drum Line stuff in High School (01:03:00), going to UNT for undergrad (01:08:00), performing in India with A.R. Rahman (01:17:00), teaching high school and performing in GA (01:36:00), moving to Indiana for her masters and dealing with the cold weather (01:43:00), and handling some Random-Ass Questions (01:53:50).
Finishing with a rave on the documentary “Tower” (02:01:15).
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The Hunger Games Tribute Parade (with timpani)
"Indifference" - Joseph Colombo/arr. Sammut
"Arabesque" - Claude Debussy/arr. Teel
"Reflections on the Nature of Water" - Jacob Druckman
"Life Around Here" - James Blake
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 35 - Lamon Lawhorn
North Carolina A&T State University Assistant Band Director and Drumline Coordinator Lamon Lawhorn talks about getting the A&T job through his work at NC Central University (04:45), working on his doctorate at UNCG while working full-time (06:45); the logistics of band and drumline at A&T (18:15), the good and the bad about getting into the Honda Battle of the Bands (40:30); NC A&T’s 2016 PASIC clinic (43:50); MEAC vs. SWAC drumming styles (54:50); growing up in Ft. Worth, TX and growing up in Gospel Drumming (57:40), his Cowboys fandom (01:10:35), going to Prairie View A&M for undergrad (01:13:30), going to Ole Miss for his masters (01:24:00), “Crunchybdrumming” (01:30:55), and has time for some Random Ass Questions (01:33:30).
Concluding with raves on “On Broadway” and a recent episode of WTF with Marc Maron (01:40:35).
Links:
Lamon Lawhorn's Pearl Drums page
"More Than Meets the Eye" - Lamon Lawhorn
"Velocities" - Joseph Schwantner
"Dances of Earth and Fire" - Peter Klatzow
"Every Praise" - Hezekiah Walker
Duke - UConn 1999 Championship
"Monograph IV" - Richard Gipson
Whole Tone Etude, Op. 6, No. 8 - Clair Musser
Percussion Concerto - Darius Milhaud
Suite for Marimba - Alfred Fissinger
Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston
Crunchy Black from Three 6 Mafia
"Butterflies" - Michael Jackson
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 34 - Rebecca Schuman
Author of “Schadenfreude: A Love Story” and columnist for Slate.com, TheAwl.com, and Chronicle.com, Rebecca Schuman talks about how this interview came to be as well as her most recent college employment history (04:50), her post-academic employment (18:50), the story behind her new book and writing for Slate.com (27:15), growing up in Oregon (36:50), traveling in Germany (41:55), working in NY publishing (44:40), getting the Ph. D. in German Studies and the job market for that field (46:40), her mom’s musical connections (01:09:45), and some Random-Ass Questions (01:11:45).
Closes with a rave on the 1964 movie “One Potato, Two Potato” (01:19:10).
Links:
American Council of Learned Societies
"Gimme Shelter" - Rolling Stones
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One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 33 - Matt Henry
University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) Percussion Professor and SpecDrum founder Matt Henry talks about the 2016 PASIC panel on race relations he moderated (01:45), the SpecDrum project (11:50), getting the job at UMSL (26:40), growing up in Carbondale (IL) and (recently) working on his father’s mayoral race (39:10), going to Houston to study with Marvin Sparks (59:30), moving to STL to continue studying with Mr. Sparks at UMSL (01:03:30), teaching in the Clayton (MO) School District after his bachelor’s (01:13:10), and creatively putting together a Master’s Degree at Webster’s University (MO) (01:19:30). Matt then gets subjected to some Random-Ass Questions (01:27:10).
Concluding with a rave about and a reading from the book An Unquiet Mind (01:38:55).
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"Marimba Dances" - Ross Edwards
"Wanna Be Startin' Something" - Michael Jackson
"A Thousand Kisses Deep" - Leonard Cohen
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 32 - David Grubb, 2017
Fellow Wake Forest University alum, Baton Rouge sportswriter and Episode 2 guest David Grubb returns to the podcast to discuss his career developments over the past year (01:10), after which Pete raves about the NCAA Tournament (18:50).
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Episode 2 of Pete's Percussion Podcast
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 31 - Norman Weinberg
Outgoing University of Arizona Percussion Professor Norman Weinberg talks about his current job status (02:40), when he did NOT meet Pete in 1997 (05:35), getting and negotiating for the job at Arizona (07:50), the status of electronic percussion in the 1980s (12:45), Texas vs. Arizona weather (37:30), growing up in Kansas City, Kansas (40:00), going to Kansas University for undergrad (01:01:40), leaving undergrad to drum with Sanctuary (and reuniting in 2014) (01:13:30), thoughts on 1970s nostalgia and movements in pop music (01:34:00), making a career in music post-Sanctuary (01:41:10), teaching and performing in Jerusalem (01:45:55), and working at the Spoleto festivals (01:55:50). He then delightfully succumbs to some Random-Ass Questions (02:02:05).
Finishing with a Rave on “Sing, Sing, Sing” (02:16:15).
Links:
Norm Weinberg's Arizona homepage
"Two Mexican Dances" - Gordon Stout
"Chrysoprase IV" - Norman Weinberg
"Variations on Japanese Children's Songs" - Keiko Abe
"Fugue from Sonata in G Minor" - J.S. Bach
"Duettino Concertante" - Ingolf Dahl
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
"Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio
"If I Had A Hammer" - Peter, Paul and Mary
"El Cumbanchero" - Dick Schory's Percussion Pops
"You Really Got Me" - The Kinks
Keith Moon's drum kit explodes
"Ostinato Pianissimo" - Henry Cowell (Paul Price's group)
"Get Closer" - Seals and Crofts
"Only You Know and I Know" - Delaney and Bonnie
"Yummy Yummy Yummy" - 1910 Fruitgum Company
"I'll Never Find Another You" - The Seekers
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
"Everything in Its Right Place" - Radiohead
"Paranoid Android" - Radiohead
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 30 - Brandon Arvay
Centre College Percussion Professor Brandon Arvay talks about his upcoming timpani pedaling book (03:00), his workload doing multiple percussion jobs (17:20), growing up in Columbia, SC, with an extended take on the TV Show “Live P.D.”(48:05), connections to the city of Pittsburgh and the Steelers (57:00), going to University of South Carolina and dealing with Hootie and the Blowfish and Steve Spurrier’s water (01:13:50), Colorado State’s football stadium (01:24:45), some thoughts on spending money on education (01:27:15), Jim Campbell’s podcast and book suggestions (01:37:00), and his experiences in the Colorado State percussion program (01:40:50). He then gets subjected to some Random-Ass Questions (01:46:25).
Closing with a rave on the documentary “The Music of Strangers” (02:03:10).
Links:
Brandon Arvay's Battalion Drum and Bugle Corps page
Brandon Arvay's article on Percussion Ensemble Improvisation
Tony Cirone's Portraits of Rhythm and Study Guide
Stanley Leonard's Pedal Technique for Timpani book
Kirk Gay's Pedal to the Kettle Timpani Book
"Across the Stars" - Star Wars Love Theme
Creative Music Making - William Cahn
Truth in Comedy: The Manual for Improvisation - Charna Halpern and Del Close
Cowboys-Steelers Super Bowl 30 Highlights
"Hold My Hand" - Hootie and the Blowfish
South Carolina takes down Confederate Flag
Tell Me Something I Don't Know podcast
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The Music of Strangers trailer
Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 29 - Daniel Smithiger
SIU-Edwardsville Percussion Professor and World of Percussion Webisode host Daniel Smithiger talks about the World of Percussion Web Series (02:20), his job at SIUE (12:15), growing up in Arizona (22:35), going to Northern Arizona University for undergrad (30:55), his years as a High School Band Director in Arizona (39:40), his grad student years at the University of Arizona (46:50), starting his college teaching career at Angelo State (01:02:50), and some words about Texas geography (01:07:10). He then gets subjected to some Random-Ass Questions (01:14:00).
Closing with a Rave on the movie “I Am Not Your Negro” (01:24:20).
Links:
World of Percussion on YouTube
Daniel Smithiger's Black Swamp page
Daniel Smithiger's article on Ionisation
"Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac
"Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
"Prelude/Angry Young Man" - Billy Joel
"4 Movements for Marimba" - Michael Burritt
"Variations on Lost Love" - David Maslanka
"Inspirations Diabolique" - Rick Tagawa
"4 Pieces for Timpani" - John Bergamo
"Girl with the Flaxen Hair" - Debussy
Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston
Beavis and Butthead Do America trailer
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 28 - Todd Meehan
Baylor University Percussion Professor, Liquidrum founder and Curb Your Enthusiasm Superfan Todd Meehan discusses his instrumental chair duties at Baylor (02:50), the beginnings of Liquidrum and his hilarious online videos (07:20), his upcoming Accessories book (13:10), getting to Baylor and replacing a legend (27:30), the impact of the Athletic Dept. transgressions on the music department (43:45), growing up in Houston (51:40), traveling to Long Island for family trips (53:30), going to DePaul and UT-Austin for undergrad (01:03:00), going to Yale for grad school (01:17:30), finishing his doctorate at UT-Austin while working full-time at Baylor (01:32:50), the USC-Texas 2006 Rose Bowl (01:36:00), and has time for some Random-Ass Questions (01:39:10).
Finishes with a rave on the Heart 80s hit song “Alone” (01:49:15).
Links:
Todd Meehan's Baylor University page
"Dances of Earth and Fire" - Peter Klatzow
Baylor University Sexual Assault Scandal
Baylor University Men's Basketball Murder Scandal
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 27 - Tracy Wiggins
University of North Alabama Percussion Professor Tracy Wiggins talks about the insanity around his getting the University of North Alabama job (01:30), the use of flub drums in his marching line (13:40), interviewing for his current job a second time (15:45), the effect of moving on his family (23:50), working at UNC Pembroke (26:50), growing up in Oklahoma and his years playing baseball and soccer (42:10), going to Oklahoma State in undergrad and marching Drum Corps (55:10), going to University of New Mexico for his Master’s (01:00:55), starting his Doctorate at Ohio State but finishing it at the Hartt School of Music (01:14:50), memories of 9/11 (01:23:55), and sports memories at Oklahoma State and the Bedlam Rivalry with Oklahoma (01:27:40). I then subject Tracy to some Random-Ass Questions (01:35:30).
Closing with a rave about a recent live Tower of Power show (01:46:10).
Links:
Tracy Wiggins' North Alabama page
Guardians of the Galaxy trailer
"Finale" from Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
"When I Call Your Name" - Vince Gill
Freelancers Drum and Bugle Corps
Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
Oklahoma State 1995 Final Four run
"Fantasy" - Earth, Wind and Fire
The Music of Strangers trailer
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