Today we have three new records and four obituaries. We say goodbye to Pete Quaife, former bass player of Kinks and a Memphis musician Tommy Hoehn. We also have a small tribute to Tom Gotovac, a conceptual artist from Zagreb who influenced the local punk scene greatly and who also died recently. I did not […]
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Today we say goodbye to Dennis Hopper - a Hollywood rebel for a reason, actor and director. His best known legacy is Easy Rider astonishing road epic that he directed, co-wrote and co-starred. This movie somehow sneaked into the foundation of what we know now as rock’n’roll. But my favorite movie that Hopper directed was […]
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Today we feature no less than three new truly exceptional records - one for Memphis musician Harlan T. Bobo, other for Holly Golightly and finally - Sweet Apple LP is out. This week in April might have brought three best records of 2010! Harlan’s third record is entitle Sucker. Not only it’s on par with […]
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Just a few short months ago we lost Jim Dickinson. And now another Memphis rock’n’roll legend left the planet. Dickinson and Chilton are actually much more than Memphis rock’n’rollers. They are an epitome of a true rock’n’roll star anywhere in the world. Beautiful, uncompromising, larger than life but at the same time. Alex Chilton also […]
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Today’s show is dedicated to Mark Linkous, a guy that contributed a lot to the 90s rock’n’roll with his band Sparklehorse and who committed sucide last Saturday. We pay a very special tribute in this show to Mark Linkous with an unexpected song selection. Hear Mark foot stomping with Bryan Harvey, playing with Susanna Hoffs […]
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We dedicate this show to Dale Hawkins - a guy who wrote a rock’n’roll anthem Suzie Q. Hawkins died at the age of 73 on February 13th this year. We also have one new band here at The Little Lighthouse. Their name is The Len Price 3, they come from Medway UK and there […]
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Today we say goodbye to the rock’n’roll pioneer Bobby Charles who died on January 14. Bobby Charles is one of those authors that kick-started the entire rock’n’roll, the way we know it today. After Bill Haley with his Comets recorded Bobby’s See You Later Alligator rock’n’roll ghost was out of the bottle forever. In 1972, […]
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Today’s show is dedicated to Jay Reatard and Vic Chesnutt. These two important characters on the modern rock’n’roll scene died recently. Jay Reatard died in his sleep on January 13 this year and Vic Chesnutt died from a muscle relaxant overdose on December 25. Jay was 29 and Vic was 45. We lost much more […]
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In the new episode, we continue our last week’s tribute to Jim Dickinson, Ellie Greenwich and Willy Deville.
Mud Boy And The Neutrons - Bo Diddley;
Willy DeVille - Right There, Right Then;
Ellie Greenwich - Goodnight Goodnight;
Ellie Greenwich - The Sunshine After The Rain;
Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After The Rain;
Jim Dickinson - Asshole;
Jimmy Dickinson […]
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Everybody, welcome to the third season of The Little Lighthouse at Zagreb’s Radio SC! We begin this season with bad news unfortunately. The Summer of 2009 was one of the most devastating Summers for rock’n’roll history. Some really important rock musicians died recently: Jim Dickinson, Ellie Greenwich, Willy DeVille and Jim Carroll. Jim Dickinson […]
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