Not really one for podcasts, but that sounded intriguing, so I took a quick look; went to the bottom and read up until I hit "Bonus: A Disclaimer". Had to click on that and found this (paragrphs 2 & 3:
"You see, there were two people who were generally called “the King of Western Swing”, both had a good claim for it. One of them was Bob Wills, and I’m going to talk about him in the episode. The other was Spade Cooley, and Cooley was a domestic abuser who eventually murdered his wife.
Now, this is a history of rock and roll, and so I am going to have to deal with a lot of abusers, sex criminals, and even a few murderers. You simply can’t tell the history of rock and roll without talking about Ike Turner, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Phil Spector, Jimmy Page… I could go on. But suffice to say that I think the assumption one should make when talking about rock music history is that any man discussed in it is a monster unless proved otherwise."
I I like the cut of his jib, so I may have to delve a bit deeper.
Peter (who has known enough rock musicians that the above makes complete sense to him...... And who also read an account by the engineer on the Jimmy Vaughn's last recording session w/the T-Birds: "That was the most tension I've ever seen in the studio - and I was on one date where Alex Chilton beat up his girlfriend between takes!")
