Patrick DiNizio was the lead singer, songwriter, and founding member of the band The Smithereens. This Week Tj gives us an overview of his life.  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

HAPPY NEW YEAR ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN FAM!!! LD gives the history of Dick Clark's New Years Rocking Eve. We hope you guys have a wonderful, safe and fun 2020!! Love you guys. Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

We are proud to bring you an interview with an amazing vocalist, Mr. Uche!! He can boast being one of the top 10 singers on the show American Idol and we were lucky enough to sit down and talk to him. Merry Christmas you guys from LD & TJ!!! Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

We finish off our story of John Lennon for the years 1970 through 1980. We touch on his issues with Nixon and Hoover, his activism, his life with Yoko and his later work. Join us as LD tries not to cry... Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

HELP! LD stumbles trough the history of John Lennon from the years 1940- 1970. Sorry for LD's mush mouth - but there are a lot of words in the episode!  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

LD "The Grinch" and TJ "The Hallmark Queen" list off their favorite Christmas tunes! Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

Happy Halloween!!! This week TJ thrills and chills us with stories of celebrity hauntings!  Sit back and hit those lights for a few creepy tales! Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

This week LD dives into the creepy world of celebrity stalkers. This is not a light episode.  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

Put your tinfoil hats on kids! LD is about to get weird this week with music conspiracy theories!!!!  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

To kick off spooky October, TJ dives into songs you may not know have darker meanings... Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

Both LD (like 38 times) and TJ (sort of) watched Bohemian Rhapsody and then took a look at the differences between the movie and the actual lives of the members of Queen. ***Spoiler alert!!!  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

We have reached the end of our journey with Freddie...LD is very sad. This week we cover the last 6 years of Freddie's life.  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

LD's obsession is finally let loose in part 3 of... well who knows. We cover Freddie's departure from Mary, David Minns, Jim Hutton and the best rock show of all time!! Fight me. Will steps in for co-hosting duty for half the episode... Ready Freddie? Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

LD's obsession is finally let loose in part 2 of... well who knows. We cover the band's first album, the first real love of his life and the first four albums and fun facts about the best rock song of all time. Fight me.  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

LD's obsession is finally let loose in part 1 of...well who knows. We cover the first few years of Freddie's life through his schooling and becoming a member of Smile.  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

This week TJ finishes off the story of Little Girl Blue, Janis Joplin!  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

This one is a doozie!! TJ give us the scoop on Janis "Pearl" Joplin. From the cradle to the Woodstock stage for the 50th anniversary of the summer that shaped generations to come.  Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

LD is super sorry this episode is late! But she (like Dennis) was on a boat with no wifi. This week we move on from Manson and talk about the rocky final years of Dennis Wilson's life.  Dennis Wilson sources: https://www.amoeba.com/dennis-wilson/artist/158208/bio https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dennis-wilson-mn0000252356/biography https://peoplepill.com/people/dennis-wilson-2/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Beach-Boys#ref668942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Wilson http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2017/04/22/dennis-wilsons-fast-and-furious-life/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/14/popandrock https://medium.com/@jeremylr/like-heat-from-a-blast-furnace-the-sheer-raw-force-of-beach-boy-dennis-wilson-8f441e09cad https://www.surfermoon.com/essays/denniswilson.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys https://www.williammckeen.com/an-excerpt-from-everybody-had-an-ocean/ https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/october-2012-dennis-wilson/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933287/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm https://gaslightrecords.com/articles/brian-wilson-suffers-nervous-breakdown-abandons-touring http://www.danaddington.com/denny/timeline.html https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-beach-boys-mn0000041874/biography https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dennis-wilson-the-beach-boy-who-went-overboard-43037/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-20/dennis-wilson-time-to-rethink-his-legacy-lost-beach-boy/8819924 https://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/david-leaf-dennis-wilson-requiem-for-the-beach-boy-1983/ https://ew.com/article/1993/04/09/beach-boys-banned/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/06/13/Beach-Boys-bash-at-the-White-House/4682424324800/ And The book: The Real Beach Boy: Dennis Wilson by Jon Stebbins Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

LD takes a deep dive into the life of a true Beach Boy, Dennis Wilson. This episode covers his early life and his run in with Charles Mason. Dennis Wilson sources: https://www.amoeba.com/dennis-wilson/artist/158208/bio https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dennis-wilson-mn0000252356/biography https://peoplepill.com/people/dennis-wilson-2/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Beach-Boys#ref668942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Wilson http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2017/04/22/dennis-wilsons-fast-and-furious-life/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/14/popandrock https://medium.com/@jeremylr/like-heat-from-a-blast-furnace-the-sheer-raw-force-of-beach-boy-dennis-wilson-8f441e09cad https://www.surfermoon.com/essays/denniswilson.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys https://www.williammckeen.com/an-excerpt-from-everybody-had-an-ocean/ https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/october-2012-dennis-wilson/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933287/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm https://gaslightrecords.com/articles/brian-wilson-suffers-nervous-breakdown-abandons-touring http://www.danaddington.com/denny/timeline.html https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-beach-boys-mn0000041874/biography https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dennis-wilson-the-beach-boy-who-went-overboard-43037/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-20/dennis-wilson-time-to-rethink-his-legacy-lost-beach-boy/8819924 https://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/david-leaf-dennis-wilson-requiem-for-the-beach-boy-1983/ https://ew.com/article/1993/04/09/beach-boys-banned/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/06/13/Beach-Boys-bash-at-the-White-House/4682424324800/ And The book: The Real Beach Boy: Dennis Wilson by Jon Stebbins Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Email us! Rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

LD finishes the tragic story of Sam Cooke and talks about the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. Sources: Sam Cooke articles/ abkco.com / biography.com/ You send me, the life and Times of Sam Cooke by Daniel Wolff / history-of-rock.com/ allmusic.com/ performingsongwriter.com by Bill DeMain/ thefamouspeople.com/The weekly view by Al Hunter/ Imdb mini bio by D. G. Balazs / The Two Killings of Sam Cooke - Remastered documentary (Netflix)/ 10 things you didn’t know about Sam Cooke on americanbluesscene.com by JD Nash Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

This week, LD spends a little time with Sam Cooke in our first of two episodes on his life and tragic death.  Sources: Sam Cook articles/ abkco.com / biography.com/ You send me, the life and Times of Sam Cooke by Daniel Wolff / history-of-rock.com/ allmusic.com/ performingsongwriter.com by Bill DeMain/ thefamouspeople.com/The weekly view by Al Hunter/ Imdb mini bio by D. G. Balazs / The Two Killings of Sam Cooke - Remastered documentary (Netflix)/ 10 things you didn’t know about Sam Cooke on americanbluesscene.com by JD Nash Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

TJ wraps up the amazing life of The Man in Black...Mr. Johnny Cash! Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

TJ covers the second part of the life of the man in black Mr. Johnny Cash. The advocate, The dove with claws, The Chicken In Black!! Check out our newest episode of Rock and Roll Heaven! HAPPY 4TH You guys!! Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)

TJ covers the first part of the life of the hard living, footlight-kicking Man In Black. Check out our episode of Rock and Roll Heaven! Support the show (https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite)