EPISODES 151 + 102: THIS MUSIC MAY CAUSE SENSUAL EXCITEMENT !

Did you notice that there are two-two-two shows in one this week? The reason is that it’s time again for a sailing cruise. This time we fly to Lisbon for a few days (raining cats and dogs right now)then to Málaga in southern Spain, hop the Star Clipper then sail to Gibraltar, Morocco, Cadiz and three Canary Islands. It’s 9 days but someone’s got to do it, right? So these two episodes are waiting for your ears. Hope you enjoy. You can reach me at talesvinyltells@gmail.com.

Star Clipper and Star Flyer

Suppose that gets your attention. Its true though, dont you think? Havent you heard a song here on Tales Vinyl Tells or somewhere else and your brain just carries you back to a person, an event, an aroma, an experience? The goal on this podcast and radio program is to allow you to just dig the music from the albums of the 60s &70s and do what you want with it. Im enjoying rediscovering the classic rock, a lot of it hidden behind the hits on an LP, and hearing things Ive not heard before (and there are lots of them). One of those Ive never heard before and on this show today is Arzachel, a group who also called themselves Uriel. Backstory is here. There’s a jazzy Spirit one, were gonna have us a Champagne jam and a few about San Francisco.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Your financial support is so appreciated. Will you take a moment and pitch in? Thank you very much. Details at Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport.

Episode 108: Good Stuff Growing Up Around the Ocean

Some of the songs of summer are right here and they are not what you might expect.
Tales Vinyl Tells is in our 4th year of bringing some of those great album tracks of the 60s & 70s to you and thrown into the mix are some others that just need to be added to the recipe for a eargasmic hour.  

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Your financial support is so appreciated. Will you take a moment and pitch in? Thank you very much. Details at Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport.

Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney W Bonnie...

July 9, 2024

This is Tales Vinyl Tells, continuing to play a lot of the music from the first 37 episodes. There’s lot of great stuff here today. Like Blue Jays, Buddy Guy, The Strawberry Hill Boys. Who? Just listen. Best heard with headphones or you could cast them to your sound system and VOILA! Music to your ears!! My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. Today’s playlist follows.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Your financial support is so appreciated. Will you take a moment and pitch in? Thank you very much. Details at Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport.

Playlist:

107.1 Air-Mike Pinder (instrumental)
107.2 Saved by the music-Blue Jays
107.3 Feeling alright-Joe Cocker
107.4 Soul Shake-Delaney and Bonnie
107.5 Which side you on?-Pete Seeger
107.6 Damn right, I got the blues-Buddy Guy
107.7 Ball of Confusion-Temptations
107.8 Dazed and Confused-Led Zeppelin
107.9 Where do the children play?-Cat Stevens
107.10 Shepherd’s song- Strawbs
107.11 Look into the sun-Jethro Tull
107.12 Come back again-John Baldry

Episode 201: There was a time......

Wakajawaka and hello to all of you.  This is Tales Vinyl Tells, our extraterrestrial exploration into that great rock of the 60s & 70s that was recorded on vinyl albums and rocked at 33-1/3 revolutions per minute.  Today’s LP Cuts come from Santana, the Stones, Savoy Brown, Jason Isbell and lots more.  The playlist is below. Glad you’re here.  Let’s spin ‘em and grin em!  I’m Brian Hallgren, this is episode 201 of Tales Vinyl Tells.  This is the Revolution!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:
201.1 Wakajawaka-Zappa
201.1a Revolution-Beatles
201.2 One fine morning-Santana
201.3 Ridgetop-Jesse Colin Young
201.4 Rock n roll woman-Buffalo Springfield
201.5 Willie and the Hand Jive- NRPS
201.6 Not Fade Away-Stones
201.7 All I Can do-Savoy Brown
201.8 Jason Isbell-24 Frames
201.9 Them Changes-Buddy Miles
201.10 Kid Charlemagne-Steely Dan
201.11 Goin’ Down Slow-The Electric Flag

Episode 99: Fun in the rock albums of the 60s & 70s

From Atlanta Rhythm Section and their historic background to the JimJam of Nights in White Satin, this is another fun hour of the great music that came off of the vinyls on the ‘60s & ‘70s.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 200: I am an antiFascist creator! Definition below.

A fore note: Today Tuesday 9/23/25, I will be guest co-host on my friend Steve Haggard’s radio show, The Haggard & Haggard Radio Hour, at 4 PM CDT on RadioFreeNashville.org. We’ll chat a bit about music and especially my choices for today, two from a very inspiring artist, Jimmie Spheeris and hear some Pacific Reggae from the Herbs of New Zealand, “the land down under the land down under”. Tune in! As Steve says, “and some meaningless banter.” But you already know that.

Hello again and a big hi to you all. There’s a tradition here at TVT to try not to repeat any tunes. Unsuccessful I’ve been but if I do repeat, there’s a high quality put on a number. That’s why we start out with two from Traffic’s John Barleycorn Must Die LP. It is a very cool musical masterpiece. And you’ll also hear Link Wray, Tracy Nelson, John Kongos and more. The ever-so-popular JIMJAM today is CSNY’s Teach Your Children, soon, so get ready for TVT!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:
200.1-2 Glad/Freedom Rider-Traffic
200.3 Fast Car-Tracy Chapman
200.4 Rumble-Link Wray
200.5 Listening to music-Child’s Garden of Grass
200.6 Are you sitting comfortably?- Moody Blues
200.7 Teach Your Children-CSNY JIMJAM
200.8 Your Time is Gonna Come/Black Mountain Side-Zeppelin
200.9 Closer to fine (live)- Indigo Girls
200.10 Seven Bridges Road-Steve Young
200.11 He’s Gonna Step on You Again-John Kongos
200.12 Paper Sun-Stevie Winwood/Traffic

Episode 199: Fall Faves, Salute to Mark Volman

Here’s another Tales Vinyl Tells for ya.  High, hello and welcome back to more of that great album rock of the 60s & 70s along with (sometimes) tunes on either sides of those decades. It’s almost fall here in middle Tennessee and Nashville.  Summer is winding down and it’s been one hot mothuh, and not in a good way.  The dogwoods have put out their little green pods which have grown into bigger red pods, and the season will change soon.  It’s on the way.  Today’s hour includes some songs about fall and there’s also my statement about the mess in these United States with a lying evil fascist in our White House.  They bricked over the Rose Garden and there’s so much gaudy fake gold nugget accents in the Oval they should offer barf bags at the door.  No more spray paint, ok??  And he wants a Nobel Prize and wants to name the Beloved Kennedy Center after himself or her.  What a flabby gas bag.  I can’t stand this guy, the Russian asset, ruining not running the US.  He’s the Master of Disaster, the dark lord (thinks he’s God, more like the antiChrist).  The first set goes out to Capt Bonespurs.  That’s my rant for today.  Mark Volman of the Turtles has entered the room next door, we remember him. and I’ve got a new one from Neil Young in this first set.  You’ll like this one! Now Let’s play some great Tales that Vinyls Tell. I’m Brian Hallgren.  Let’s spin some!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:
199.1 Summer madness-Kool & Gang
199.2 Master of Disaster-John Hiatt
199.3Beware of darkness-Harrison
199.4 Big crime- Neil Young
199.5 Forever Autumn-Moody Blues
199.6 September-EW&F
199.7 Where you lead I will follow-Carole King ?
199.8 Landslide-The Chicks
199.9 Come away with me-Norah Jones
199.10 Leaves that are green-Simon & Garfunkel
199.11 Stop the train-John Mayer
199.12 October Road-James taylor
199.13 Shes my girl
199.14 Keep it warm-Flo and Eddie
199.15 Harvest Moon-Neil Young

Episode 85: Macon and Capricorn Records, Tommy Talton salute and Who'll Stop the Rain JimJam

Today’s show is a replay from February 2024, bringing some of the great album rock of the 60s and 70s right to your ears and to your mind. I'm a child of the 60s and I just love this music. It brings me back to sense excitement. The smells, the tastes, the feelings of joy, bliss and of course, some sadness as some of our friends and acquaintances didn't survive those times. My intention this hour and every hour of Tales Vinyl Tells is to lift you up. This hour you'll hear a band with Yes members that absolutely kills it. There's Cold Blood with Lydia Pence and salutes to Tommy Talton of Cowboy and Gregg Allman Band, adding some ear-joy from Melanie Safka who also entered the room next door recently. Today’s playlist is below.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

85.1 Grand Larceny-Sea Level
85.2 Pick your nose-Cowboy
85.3 Please be with me-Cowboy
85.4 Queen of hearts-Gregg Allman
85.5 Nothing matters but the fever-Sea Level
85.6 Who’ll Stop the rain-Creedence and JimJam
85.7 Brand new key-Melanie
85.8 One of these days-Ten Years After
85.9 Birthright-Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
85.10 Street Worm-Spirit
85.10a Funky on my back-Cold Blood w Lydia Pence
85.11 Sirius w Games People Play-Alan Parsons Project
85.12 Games People Play-Joe South

Episode 198: Salute to Peter Green, This is Military Madness

Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  I hope you’re well and feeling great today.  In the next hour you’ll hear some of those great album cuts from the 60s & 70s.  Some are live updates like one from Joe Bonamassa and a 461 Ocean Blvd tune.  Ry’s live.  So is Mick Fleetwood with Christine McVie saluting the music of Peter Green.  It’s quite possibly a Supernatural hour and it’s for your auditory pleasure. You can email me at talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  I’m Brian Hallgren and these are the Tales Vinyl Tells.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:
198.1 Mainline Florida teaser-Joe Bonamassa
198.2 Jesus is just alright-Doobies Live at the Beacon Theater.  First appeared on Toulouse Street. 2nd LP, 1972
198.3 Jesus on the mainline-Ry Cooder
198.4 Mainline Florida-Joe Bonamassa.
198.4a Wild Life-George Terry
198.5 Tell her no-Zombies
198.6 Gimme some truth-John Lennon
198.7 Military Madness-Graham Nash
198.8 Yes- Starship Trooper Yes album
198.9 She’s a Burglar-Freddie King/Brian Auger/Bobby Tench/Pete Wingfield/Steve Ferrone
198.10 Black Magic Woman-Peter Green
198.11 Looking for somebody-Mick Fleetwood’s salute to Peter Green with Christine McVie at the London Palladium.
198.12 Gypsy Queen-Santana

Episode 126: Chris Hillman Salute! He's been a major player in rock and country/rock

At the turntables today with some of that great album rock from the 60s & 70s. Those sweet vinyls can still sound as good today as they did 50+ years ago. Pardon the ashes and candlewax. But there aren't any greasy fingerprints because we hold them by the edge, with the edge in the palms of our hands. And there's really not any candlewax or ashes on them. They are sacred. I hope today you'll be delighted when we hear two from the Beau Brummels, a bit of the history of Chris Hillman with his many bands and all we can fit into this hour, including another new segment, the Jim Jam, later today. We'll play Lady Jane by the Stones together. I'm glad you're listening and hope you're digging the Tales Vinyl Tells.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 8: Have you ever seen the firefall in Yosemite or been in the Hall of the mountain king?

This is a replay of a very early show that ran on RadioFreeNashville in 2023, though it was about the 45th or so overall. And I say hello to you and wonder how you’re doing in this crazy time? I’m taking care, staying well and being nice. This heat is ridiculous. I know that fall will do just that and soon. One antidote is digging some cool tunes from the 60s and 70s and this one has Quicksilver Messenger Service, Firefall, SRC and a big dose from SuperSession with Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills and the totally creative Al Kooper. Great tune from them. I’m glad that you’re here planning on listening to this episode and I’d really like to know where you are. My email is TalesVinylTells@gmail.com.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 197: Celebration 5. What has this/we become?

Hello and a big hi to you and you and you and you hope you’re doing very well today. It’s another Tales Vinyl Tells! Today we’ve got some interesting music, ha ha, a lot of it from the 60s and 70s, and some of it is brand new music. From people who were making music in the 60s and 70s. So, I hope you’ll increase the volume a couple notches and enjoy these Tales Vinyl Tells. On the radio in Ames Iowa, Girdwood Alaska, Hoopa California on the reservation, Harpswell Maine, radio free Nashville, and San Antonio Texas, and on a whole bunch of podcast apps. Welcome aboard, this train’s a rolling.  I’m Brian Hallgren and here are today’s Tales Vinyl Tells about celebrating life and the things that turn us on. Like Spinal Tap with Elton John.

The Doobie Brothers Lahaina is later in this hour and you can donate and learn more at peoplesfundofmaui.org

Today’s playlist is below.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:
197.2 Paperback writer-Beatles
197.3 Fascinating things-Gary Wright of Spooky Tooth
197.4 Stonehenge-Spinal Tap and Elton John (youtube)
197.5 Feelin alright-Tedeschi Trucks Band with Dave Mason and Leon Russell
197.6 Carpet man-5th dimension
197.7 Rockin’ in the USA-John Cougar Mellencamp
197.8 You got to me-Neil Diamond
197.9 Tow the line-Nick Drake
197.10 Moon at the window-Joni Mitchell
197.11 Lahaina-Doobies Walk this Road
197.12 ELO telephone line-ELO
197.13 Right down the line- Gerry Rafferty
197.14 Midnight Confessions-Grassroots

Episode 150: Finding The Good Stuff Of Growing Up Near The Ocean

What are the good memories of your childhood? What music soothed you or really turned you on?
For me, the ocean was 10 minutes away by car. 20 on bike. The aroma of the salt sea is evident hours away. It was soothing to see the calm flat blue, like glass. It was also exciting to see the ocean when it was full of waves. Summertime in South Florida was hot, hazy and humid, but the effects nature offered on the sea surface and the fun on the hot sand in one’s youth made meaningful memories. Some of the songs of summer are right here and they are not what you might expect.
Tales Vinyl Tells is in our 4th year of bringing some of those great album tracks of the 60s & 70s to you and thrown into the mix are some others that just need to be added to the recipe for a eargasmic hour.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Be sure to vote!

Playlist:
106.2 hot fun in the summertime – sly and the family Stone
106.3 growing up - Bruce Springsteen and the E St. band
106.4 the shape I'm in – the band
106.5 stars on the water – Rodney Crowell
106.6 eminence front end The Who
106.7 Spanish pipe dream – John Prine
106.8 walk on the wild side - Lou Reed
106.9 art of dying – George Harrison
106.10 small beginnings – Flash
106.11 mystic traveler-Dave Mason
106.12 feeling all right - Joe Cocker
106.13 come back again – John Baldry

Episode 196: Celebration of Life 4. Did we miss something?

Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  This hour is all about the music of the 60s & 70s, with occasional reaches north or south of those decades, but hopefully it’s all good.  Thanks for tuning in.  If you’re a boomer, you know what I’m playing here.  If you’re not so familiar with the music of that time, stay with me.  I’ll give you a teaser.  Over the past few episodes I’ve been sharing some of the tunes I want played at a time in the future during my celebration of life.  See if you can pick them out.  Thing is, life is happening in a very large way right now and right here, so let’s get more of the celebration of life cuts spinning right now.  Today, we’ll hear from John Sebastian and the Spoonful, Dr. John, Boston and more.  Headphones are a good option, as always.  I’ve got mine on.  Enjoy these stories, they are the Tales Vinyl Tells.
Today’s playlist is below.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:
196.1 Air-Mike Pinder
196.2 Forever man-Clapton
196.3 When I meet them-Seals and Crofts
196.4 Bird Song-Garcia
196.5 One toke over the line-Brewer & Shipley
196.6 Foreplay/Long time-Boston
196.7 Can’t find my way home- Blind Faith
196.8 One of these things first-Nick Drake
196.9 A dream like mine- Bruce Coburn (Cockburn)
196.10 Six oclock-Lovin Spoonful
196.11 Aint got no home-The Band
196.12 Mos’ Scocious- Dr. John
196.13 Don’t try to lay no boogie woogie on the king of rock and roll- John Baldry
196.14 If you wanna get to heaven-Ozark Mtn Daredevils
196.15 New tune-NRBQ 

 

Episode 195: Celebration of Life in the Present. It is a gift, after all.

Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  This is an ear-pleasing excursion into the great music from the albums of the 60s & 70s. Sometimes outside those decades too.  and we’re celebrating life more these days with some tunes that might describe my ways …or not…maybe they do yours too.  Each of these songs from my Celebration of Life playlist have a connection with me.  It’s a playlist for my celebration of life service, whenever that times comes and it is inevitable.  And sure, there are some that are just great tunes, like Affinity’s version of All Along the Watchtower with the really nice keyboard action from Lynton Naiff.  Even Green Day to-day. This is episode 195, I’m Brian Hallgren and in this hour, we’ll share “some” of the Tales Vinyl Tells, celebrating life every day.  I’m glad you’re here.  I’m glad I’m here.

I want to say thank you to all the financial supporters of Tales Vinyl Tells. Whether a small amount monthly or a very generous donation, each of you listeners is very appreciated and if you can and do give monthly, my deepest gratitude goes to you. If you’re not a patron yet and want to know more about becoming a patron of this music program you can go Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. Thank you and rock on!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 194: Celebration of this life, Part 2. What songs describe your life?

Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  This is a plunge into the great music from the albums of the 60s & 70s.  As suggested by my wonderful partner, Sparky, The vinyl ventures today celebrate life in the here and now and they are a part of my Celebration playlist that I just might want to be played during my celebration of life gathering, still yet to be scheduled, thank God.  I’m Brian Hallgren and IN this hour, I also say my thank yous and goodbyes to Lou Christie and Bobby Sherman, more on them later today.  So lets get started on this Celebration of my life, your life!  These are the Tales Vinyl Tells, celebrating life.

I want to say thank you to all the financial supporters of Tales Vinyl Tells. Whether a small amount monthly or a very generous donation, each of you listeners is very appreciated and if you can and do give monthly, my deepest gratitude goes to you. If you’re not a patron yet and want to know more about becoming a patron of this music program you can go Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. Thank you and rock on!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 97: Gershwin Prize winner

And the Gershwin Prize goes to …….The aging process on humans is real. What we do and dont do may play a big part in how that process affects us or not. The vinyl LPs of that era and the new ones being purchased today will last a lot longer than the color in our hair or our smooth and youthful skin. All Im saying is that the age of rock is so wide and varied, from Elvis to Zappa, we have a lot of ground to cover in these short one-hour shows. And, who knows, maybe listening to the music of our youth may give a moment in time when we can enjoy those times or not. Admit it, it wasnt all bad. If you have some input, like my friend, Puh-mella did, let me know your taste in music, who/what/when. Email all your comments to me at TalesVinylTells@gmail.com. The podcasts are all available at http://www.studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells, on Apple podcasts, podbean.com and a whole bunch of good podcast apps. 

I want to say thank you to all the financial supporters of Tales Vinyl Tells. Whether a small amount monthly or a very generous donation, each of you listeners is very appreciated and if you can and do give monthly, my deepest gratitude goes to you. If you’re not a patron yet and want to know more about becoming a patron of this music program you can go Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. Thank you and rock on!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 105: Happy Independence Day! It's the 4th of July TVT!

Here’s a salute to America with Yes, Steppenwolf, Karla Bonoff, Linda Ronstadt with one of Bonoff’s tunes and an encouragement to be registered to vote and to be aware of ballot issues everytime the polls are open. Vote with your head and heart. I also encourage you to even consider working the polls, getting involved in letter writing (it’s easy!) There is voting going on much of the time and some don’t want “you people” to know about it. Be informed! Check with your local election board or commission. I know you might think this is early but we’ve got another very important election coming up in 2026 and if we, the people, want change so we can look forward and not backward, we need to vote and get others to vote. There! I said it. Enjoy this episode!

I want to say thank you to all the financial supporters of Tales Vinyl Tells. Whether a small amount monthly or a very generous donation, each of you listeners is very appreciated and if you can and do give monthly, my deepest gratitude goes to you. If you’re not a patron yet and want to know more about becoming a patron of this music program you can go Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. Thank you and rock on!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 193: NEW! Salute and Thanks to Brian Wilson and Sly Stone

I have been working on a new series of these shows for a little while now and I’ll tell you about that in a few minutes. And it will affect everyone of us in our lifetime. Don’t be scared, don’t fret, there’s lots of great album cuts from the 60s and 70s in the next hour and maybe even some unexpected songs. Today we salute a couple music geniuses who entered the room next door recently and we acknowledge their place in and between our ears. Brian Wilson and Sly Stone aka Sylvester Stewart will be heard to eternity and I’m Brian Hallgren, this is Tales Vinyl Tells, and I hope you’ll enjoy what’s in store today and on every Tales Vinyl Tells. they’re all FREE and available on your favorite podcast app and the podcasts are usually a little longer and contain important information. So here are today’s stories that long playing albums convey, these are the tales vinyl tells.

I want to say thank you to all the financial supporters of Tales Vinyl Tells. Whether a small amount monthly or a very generous donation, each of you listeners is very appreciated and if you can and do give monthly, my deepest gratitude goes to you. If you’re not a patron yet and want to know more about becoming a patron of this music program you can go Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. Thank you and rock on!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 147: Juneteenth Special

Here it is again. My annual salute to the celebration of the end of slavery on June 19, 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free even though the emancipation proclamation had formally freed them almost 2-1/2 years earlier. This was a very significant event but was replaced by Jim Crow laws that still today hamstring the lives of many previous slaves’ families. My hopes are that when you hear The Negro National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, you’ll feel something inside reminding you of the concept of freedom and justice for all.

I want to say thank you to all the financial supporters of Tales Vinyl Tells. Whether a small amount monthly or a very generous donation, each of you listeners is very appreciated and if you can and do give monthly, my deepest gratitude goes to you. If you’re not a patron yet and want to know more about becoming a patron of this music program you can go Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. Thank you and rock on!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.