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My rockin’ 80 year old retired musician grandmother, Bessie Lanning, and I, Erica Case, talk life, Country Music, Rock ‘N Roll, and cover our favorite songs along with special guests.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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