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:
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Episode 28 - Happy Birthday Floyd Lanning! with guest co-host Shannon Pollard
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
It's November again and time to celebrate my grandfather Floyd Lanning's birthday, which was on the 9th!
It would be his 94th, to be exact, if he were still living.
I also had the honor and pleasure of sitting down with past special guest/ Eddy Arnold's grandson, Shannon Pollard, and having him as my guest co-host!
And he took part in the celebration by honoring his graparents' wedding day that happened this month as well on the 28th!
What a wonderful and special episode we got to share along with sharing the sentiment of honoring our amazing and talented grandparent's.
As I mentioned on Shannon's guest episode, Eddy Arnold was my grandfather's musical idol so this is pretty cool I got to share a couch with his own grandson.
Thank you so very much Shannon!
Intro: "Boquet of Roses" - Eddy Arnold
Cover by: my grandfather, Floyd Lanning
I cover:
"Jim, I Wore a Tie Today" - Eddy Arnold
(download FREE at: http://soundcloud.com/erica-case1 )
My grandfather in the 70's and his guitar
A lovely wedding card from Eddy and Sally's wedding day in the 40's
Eddy Arnold and his guitar
Get all my grandfather's music and Eddy covers at:
https://soundcloud.com/floydlanning
Keep up with all things Eddy Arnold at:
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=official%20eddy%20arnold%20site
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!
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Episode 24 - Special Guest: Shannon Pollard of Plowboy Records
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Friday Jun 30, 2017
On this episode we have a VERY special guest!:Shannon Pollard, president of Plowboy Records AND Eddy Arnold's grandson!
We were lucky enough to call him up for a phone interview.
We all cover Eddy Arnold songs of course:
I brought back my grandmother Bessie Lanning's cover of:
"I Walk Alone" (Feat. Me)
I cover:
"It's a Sin"
I also brought back my mother, Tara Lanning's cover of:
"Tip of My Fingers"
Thank you again SO much Shannon for taking the time to speak with us and making this episode special!
Keep up with everything Eddy Arnold and Plowboy Records at:
https://www.facebook.com/Official-Eddy-Arnold-Site-162885280408/
Instagram: @officialeddyarnold
And go get that Eddy Arnold tribute record it's badass!
May Eddy Arnold's legacy live on!
Get ALL our covers for FREE download at:
https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial
Friday Mar 31, 2017
Episode 21 - A Full Review of Conor Oberst's: Salutations
Friday Mar 31, 2017
Friday Mar 31, 2017
On this episode I do a FULL track-by-track review of one of my favorite artist's new album that came out on the 17th of this month.
Conor's publicist and I couldn't work out an interview in time due to him being busy on tour but I am happy I could do an album review anyway for this month's episode!
My grandmother and I as always do a cover each.
She does:
"Heartaches by the Number" by: Ray Price
and I do:
"Napalm" - by: Conor Oberst from Salutations
(and the show outro is the song Salutations, the title track from the album)
Make sure you buy/stream his amazing new album on iTunes and Spotify and go get the vinyl at:
And as always go download all our covers FREE at:
http://soundcloud.com/erica-case1
http://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial
Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
Episode 19 - Happy Birthday Bess! / Special Guest Miwi La Lupa
Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
This might be our best episode yet!
It's a birthday special for my amazing, talented grandmother Bessie who is turning 80 years old!!!
On this show we celeberate her birthday by singing songs she pesonally chose for this episode and she shares some beautifully colorful life memoirs along with some laughs.
Then we have VERY special guest Miwi La Lupa: singer, songwriter, and bassist for his own music as well as Conor Oberst's solo work!
Him and his team were awesome enough to take time out of their busy tour schedule to share a wonderful little interview with me.
I feature his song:
"Plagued by Rules (No Wolves)"
from his new album Beginner's Guide
I cover:
"Cold Moon" - Miwi La Lupa from Ended up Making Love
"Sweet Dreams" - Patsy Cline/Tammy Wynette
Then my grandmother and I sing:
"Apartment #9" - Tammy Wynette
"Everyday He's With Me" - Bessie Lanning
Please check out my grandmother's award winning poetry at:
Keep up with Miwi La Lupa's tour and buy his NEW album and merch HERE!:
http://www.miwilalupa.com/shop
And as always download all our covers for FREE on our Soundclouds
www.soundcloud.com/erica-case1
&
find my grandmother's original songs here:
Monday Dec 19, 2016
Episode 18 - Bess & Erica's Rock 'N Roll Christmas Special
Monday Dec 19, 2016
Monday Dec 19, 2016
Once again we have a special Christmas episode for December and we share some of our favorite Christmas songs:
I sing:
"Blue Christmas" in the style of Elvis Presley
my grandmother plays:
"Green Sleeves"
My mom Tara sings:
"Oh Holy Night" a great cover she did a few years ago with a friend on guitar that I went in and added some back up vocals special just for this episode.
We hope everyone has a wonderful and Merry Christmas and holiday!!!
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Episode 17 - Happy Birthday Floyd Lanning! / Special Guest Denver Dalley
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Friday Nov 25, 2016
This is a HUGE episode!
Not only is it in celebration of my grandfather, Floyd Lanning's birthday, we have another special celebrity guest!
I was lucky enough this episode to catch a fantastic interview with Denver Dalley of The Desaparecidos, fronted by Conor Oberst also of the band, Bright Eyes.
He was awesome enough to call me on his only day off tour and chat about what he's been up to since the Desaparecidos had to cancel their own tour, knowing Conor from when they were teens, and his major contribution and composition in the band.
I cover:
"Buy a Little Time With Her" - Floyd Lanning (off his album Pretty Boy Floyd)
"Man and Wife, the Former (Financial Planning)" - Desaparecidos
"Gossimer Thin" - Conor Oberst (off his new album Ruminations)
My mom covers:
"Tips of my Fingers" - Eddy Arnold
My grandmother Bessie covers:
"Beginning of Goodbye" - Floyd Lanning (also off his album Pretty Boy Floyd)
And the show ends with my grandfather's version of "Tips of My Fingers" solo on acoustic guitar.
The birthday cake my mom made for one of my grandfather's birthdays
One of my favorite photos of him. He was an avid bodybuilder.
PRETTY BOY FLOYD by Floyd Lanning DOWNLOAD FREE HERE:
Buy the physical copy here:
http://ericacase.bandcamp.com/
And buy the '45 vinyl @ Grimey's Preloved and New Music in Nashville, TN.
As always download ALL our covers for FREE here!:
soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial
And keep up with us here:
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Episode 16 - Special Guest CJ Ramone / Halloween Special!
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
This is a BIG DEAL episode! We have our FIRST celebrity guest:
CJ Ramone from the most iconic Punk band EVER, THE RAMONES!!!
I had the honor and privilege of interviewing one of the last living Ramones members and the last member to join the band before their retirement in 1996.
I can't say thank you enough to him for letting me interview him!
I feature his song: "Last Chance to Dance" off his 2014 album of the same title. It's a great album. My personal favorite off of it is "Till the End"
Check it and everything else he's up to out at:
http://www.cjramone.com
I cover:
"You're the Only One" - CJ Ramone
"Pet Sematary" - The Ramones
My grandmother, Bessie covers:
"Long Black Veil" - in the style of Johnny Cash
And since this is a Ramones themed episode I hung out with my amazing life-size doll of Joey Ramone just for the occasion!
As always download all our covers from the show on our Soundclouds!:
http://soundcloud.com/erica-case1
http://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial
Check out the radio interview I did!
https://www.sparemin.com/myrecording/4002?_branch_match_id=317889032294976829
And check us all out and keep up with us at:
http://www.ericacase.com
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016
Episode 15 - JOHNNY CASH SPECIAL
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016
This month's episode is very special!
13 years ago from Sept. 12th the one and only Johnny Cash left this earth but left us with his legacy to cherish forever.
This episode is dedicated to celebrating his life and music so it's all about the covers!
1. "I Still Miss Someone"
2. "Guess Things Happen That Way"
3. "Cocaine Blues"
4. "Green, Green Grass of Home"
5. "Dark as a Dungeon"
6. "Send a Picture of Mother"
7. "Egg Suckin' Dog"
8. "Ring of Fire"
9. "Jackson"
and last but certainly not least, the cover song that started it all:
10. "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
This is a photo of our past guest Nora Lee Hayter the oldest living relative to the Carter Family and her sister with Johnny Cash.
We sure covered a bunch of his amazing songs so we all hope you enjoyed this special show!
Find ALL covers from the show on our Soundclouds and keep up with us all on my website:
https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1/
https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial
https://www.ericacase.com