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!
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
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 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