Episodes
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
Episode 34 - Farewell to Bess & Erica's Rock 'N Roll Music Hour
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
Well this was a difficult show to put together.
I enjoyed the 2 years my grandmother and I devoted to doing our special show but in observance of the one year anniversary of her death I think it's time to bring our show to a close.
It doesn't mean I won't do episodes to honor her and my grandfather's birthday but I felt it time to end Bess & Erica's Rock 'N Roll Music Hour. It just isn't the same without her and never will be.
So on this episode I bid farewell to our wonderful show and spent 12+ hours putting together all my favorite parts of ALL 24 episodes we did together.
I hope you enjoy this special show and just a HUGE thank you to everyone that was involved in making our show so special
(in order of appearance on the show):
Fast Mollasses
Nora Lee Hayter
Loyd Lanning
The Hazelwoods
Ethan Shane
Sunshine
CJ Ramone
Denver Dalley
Miwi La Lupa
Josh from Grimey's
Shannon Pollard
Cheetah Chrome
Linnea Quigley
Dave Cantrell
Jennifer Armstrong
I covered her song:
"A Little Girl's Dream of Nashville"
And thank you as always to every single listener and fan of our show and us. We love you.
Goodnight.
And as always please download all our songs for FREE here:
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Episode 29 - Happy Birthday Bessie Lanning!
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
On this episode we celebrate the first birthday of Bess' since her passing. We miss her so much so this was really a tough one, but I felt it only appropriate since we have done birthday episodes for Floyd to do this one for Bess!
Today we celebrate your incredible talent and birth January 31st, 81 years ago.
My mother Tara sings:
"Satin Sheets" by: Jeanne Pruett
I sing:
"The Ballad of Bessie Lanning" acoustic by: Me, Erica Case
I love you so much granny.
Happy Birthday from here on earth from all of us.
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Episode 25 - Celebrating The Life and Legacy of Bessie Lanning
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Well, if you know me or if you keep up with us on social media you've heard of the painful passing of the better half of this show, and my grandmother Bess.
She made me promise I wouldn't stop playing my music or going on so here I am carrying on the show and she appointed and approved her daughter/my mother Tara Lanning to stand in as a co-host tonight and from time to time.
On this episode we celebrate her beautiful life and legacy by sharing covers we dedicate to her, some of her classic guitar pickin', and sharing some wonderful recordings of her and I that have never been posted before.
We hope you all enjoy.
We miss you and love you more than any words could ever express Bess.
Live recordings featured in the episode:
"Kansas City" - Fats Domino
"Walk & Talk" - Norma Jean
"Hey, Good Lookin'" - Hank Williams
"Sweet Fern" - The Carter Family
"Fox on the Run" (guitar riff she's played for years)
My mom, Tara Lanning covers:
"Little Rich Boy (Little Rich Girl)" by: Marty Robbins
I cover:
"My Little Lady" by: Jimmie Rodgers
When we went to see Jerry Lee Lewis for her birthday
Representing all of us as a trio when we played "Mule Skinner Blues" together
Sweet picture of Tara and Bess
As always get ALL our covers for FREE here:
https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial
https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1
https://soundcloud.com/taralanning777
*And shout out to Chris Hardwick and his Nerdist Podcast:
http://nerdist.com/podcasts/nerdist-podcast-channel/
for featuring us and telling people to listen to our show!
Thank you Chris we love you!
Monday May 29, 2017
Episode 23 - LIVE Review of Perfume Genius
Monday May 29, 2017
Monday May 29, 2017
On this episode I talk about my awesome experience LIVE reviewing Perfume Genius at their show here at the Exit/In here in Nashville, TN.
In short the show was EPIC, artful, and Perfume Genius' music is worthy of being in a score to a film.
I cover: "Queen" by Perfume Genius, of their album: Too Bright
My grandmother, Bessie, covers "Big Boss Man/High Heeled Sneakers"
by: Jimmy Reed/Tommy Tucker
SEE all the photos I took at the Perfume Genius / Serpentwithfeet show here!:
Get their new album No Shape and keep up with them at:
As always download ALL our covers FREE here!:
soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial
BIG thank you again to Grandstand, Jeremy, and Shane for this oppurtunity to live review an awesome band!
(and the podcast outro is "Slip Away" off their new album No Shape)
Saturday Apr 29, 2017
Episode 22 - Record Store Day 2017!
Saturday Apr 29, 2017
Saturday Apr 29, 2017
On this episode we talk about my grandmother's EP Record Store Day release and debut her own autobiographical song she just finished writing!
This is everything that came inside!
(available for purchase at ericacase.bandcamp.com)
As always shout out to Grimey's Preloved and New Music in Nashville,TN for letting me host all my releases there all the time and to Grimey's TOO for having my release on their table!
Download ALL our covers/original songs here:
My grandmother's EP: https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial/sets/bessie-lanning-ep
and my covers and songs: soundcloud.com/erica-case1
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017
Episode 20 - Celebrating Black History Month
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017
On this episode we celebrate Black History in music and overall!
I cover "They Hung Him on a Cross" by Lead Belly
My grandmother sings her own version of a gospel classic:
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
And my mom and guest host, Tara Lanning sings:
" I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles
We hope you enjoy our show and that we can celebrate all the progress people of black history have made each and every day!
And as always download our covers for FREE here!:
http://soundcloud.com/erica-case1
http://soundcloud.com/taralanning777
http://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial