My guest mixer this week is William Benton
William is yet another guest that Steve Shelley was kind enough to put me in touch with. He is the historian and tour guide for the infamous Chelsea Hotel, as well being the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with Cat Casual & the Final Word.
(YouTube playlist at the bottom of the page)
Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (And Other Rock & Roll Stories)
Hit the ground running
1. Devo - Going Under (Dance Velocity)
Something old
2. The Monkees - Daily Nightly
'Anarchy on Sunset Strip': 50 years on from the 'hippie riots'
Something new
3. Tropical Fuck Storm - Stepping On a Rake
Something borrowed
4. Nels Cline Trio - Self Referenced/West Germany
Something blue
5. Hank Williams, Jr. - The Blues Man
Take it down
6. Mark Hollis - The Daily Planet
Mark Hollis: A Life (1955–2019)
Around the world
7. Los Salvajes - La Neurastenia
I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands Of The 1960s
Left of centre
8. Ultra Pulverize - The Next Day
Wild card
9. Smoke - Friends
Benjamin: Beautiful, rebellious and radical
Finale
10. Sparks - Gee, That Was Fun
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