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:
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Episode 27 - Halloween Special Guest Linnea Quigley!
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Monday Oct 30, 2017
It's that time of year again to have a Halloween special and Bess wouldn't have this year any different. So, I was lucky enough to get in contact with legendary scream queen Linnea Quigley, and talk about her iconic horror films she's been in and her upcoming work.
I cover: "Partytime" (Zombie version) by: 45 Grave
Linnea as Trash in Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Linnea with Dinah Cancer the lead singer of 45 Grave
Friday Sep 29, 2017
Episode 26 - Special Guest Cheetah Chrome
Friday Sep 29, 2017
Friday Sep 29, 2017
On this episode we have the one and only Cheetah Fucking Chrome from one of the roudiest punk bands that ever was, the Dead Boys!
I got to catch a cool phone interview with him while he was off tour in his home town of Austin, Texas.
I cover:
"Caught with the Meat in Your Mouth" - the Dead Boys
Also pick up their 40th anniversary re-release of their debut album called:
Still Snotty: Young Loud and Snotty at 40
at
https://www.amazon.com/Still-Snotty-Young-Loud-At/dp/B074BNVCFC
And as always find my covers I do for the show at:
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)
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 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
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
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Episode 14 - Special Guest Sunshine
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
On this episode we give a nod to my other favorite genre of music, Punk.
Our special guest is my friend Sunshine who loves Joan Jett and Punk just as much as I do. We both cover songs by The Cramps.
Her and her stand in band, Flame Job sing "Garbageman" and I sing "Surfin' Dead."
And I forgot to mention, my song is from the 1980's film, Return of the Living Dead's soundtrack and I wanted to definitely shout out to that movie because it's one of my most favorite ones and I love the soundtrack.
My grandmother covers an old favorite of hers, "Kansas City" made famous by Fats Domino in the 50's. We do a rockin' version though with some extra electric punk guitar added by me.
Don't forget to check out Sunshine's other live performances HERE!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GtOZnG6cUI
And as always keep up with what's going on with all of us at: www.ericacase.com
And download all the covers from ALL our podcasts for free here!:
https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1/
https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial
And hopefully we will be playing very soon at Grimey's!