Radio Pete
Radio Pete (at Denver club Ebbets Field, on left, in June 1977) was an alias for the rock writer/manager/performer Mark Bliesener.
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Robert Palmer: Some People Can Do What They Like (Island)
Review by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, December 1976
ROBERT PALMER'S latest release, like his first two solo L.P.'s Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley and Pressure Drop is based on rhythm. And that's good. ...
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, April 1977
AT THE conclusion of a wildly successful Western tour which took them from L.A. to Seattle, San Jose to Aberdine, the Ramones descended upon Denver ...
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, April 1977
At the conclusion of a wildly successful Western tour which took them from L.A. to Seattle, San Jose to Aberdine, The Ramones descended upon Denver ...
Willy DeVille, Mink DeVille: Willy DeVille (1977)
Interview by Radio Pete, Rock's Backpages audio, 25 May 1977
The Mink DeVille frontman recalls his time in Colorado; his friendship with producer Jack Nitzsche and the making of debut album Cabretta; his East Coast youth; the meaning of the word "punk"; creepy New York scenesters; his adaptation of the Crystals' 'Little Girl'... and his dislike of the CBGB's scene.
File format: mp3; file size: 57.5mb, interview length: 59' 52" sound quality: ** (phoner)
Willy DeVille, Mink DeVille: Willy DeVille (1977) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Radio Pete, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 25 May 1977
This is a transcript of Radio Pete's phone conversation with the Mink DeVille frontman. Listen to the audio interview. ...
Kim Fowley, Helen Reddy, The Runaways: Kim Fowley: The Solid Gold Whipping Boy of Sunset Strip
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, June 1977
COUNTLESS PEOPLE in the music business have called Kim Fowley everything from a "rancid little pimp" to a "cheesey hustler who pushes shit groups out ...
Mink DeVille: Willie Deville's Organic Street Rock (the James Brown knee drops are killers)
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, August 1977
MINK DEVILLE is a five man band whose guitarist, main writer, vocalist, and overriding consciousness is one Mr. Willy DeVille. Willy possesses that rare combination ...
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, September 1977
AL JARREAU leaps on stage wearing a Schlitz T-shirt (a nod to his Milwaukee roots) and with the graceful assistance of his hot Jazz quartet, ...
Dwight Twilley: Twilley Don't Mind
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, October 1977
THE DWIGHT Twilley Band is a pretty band. Aside from Dwight on piano and guitar and longtime partner Phil Seymour on drums, the pubes can ...
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, January 1978
TALKING HEADS are a quartet; David Byrne guitar and vocals, Martina Weymouth bass, Chris Frantz drums, and Jerry Harrison on keyboards and guitar. They play ...
Interview by Radio Pete, Rock's Backpages audio, 21 March 1978
Dury confesses he enjoys interviews; being on his first American visit and eating "cham clouder"; his fondness for Tom Waits; on being English; on first hearing Gene Vincent; on punk rock and the spirit of rebellion; buying second-hand clothes; finally making it in England; his previous life as a painter and art teacher, and art schools' influence on English rock; and the alleged perversity of his music.
File format: mp3; file size: 30.2mb, interview length: 31' 30" sound quality: ** (phoner)
Audio transcript of interview by Radio Pete, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 21 March 1978
This is a transcript of Mark "Radio Pete" Bliesener's audio interview with Ian. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Blondie: Call, but not before noon
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, July 1978
ALL NEW wave bands have a hook — a gimmick — besides the music. At least that's the perception of Chris Stein, lead guitarist for ...
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocket, July 1978
Danko's on his own now with his own backup band, but he used to be an integral part of The Band since their beginning. Danko's ...
Etta James, Jerry Wexler: Etta James: The Queen Bee of R&B
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, July 1978
IT IS almost impossible to write about Etta James and avoid clichés oft used in studies of jazz and soul artists. She's been exploited. She's ...
Dyan Diamond, Kim Fowley, Helen Reddy: Kim Fowley: Prince Of Dog Food
Profile and Interview by Radio Pete, New York Rocker, July 1979
KIM FOWLEY has been called everything from "a rancid pimp" to "an egomaniac hustler who pushes shit groups out of the toilets of pop music." ...
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