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Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico

Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico starring music industry veteran Steev Riccardo features weekly guests mostly from the world of music including musicians, songwriters, record producers, label managers, roadies, publicists etc. There are also new music segments, new songs, reviews, and other lively rock n roll road stories. Follow Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico on Instagram @blowingsmokewithTR contact Steev at [email protected]

149. - Scrunchies - Laura Larson and Danielle Cusack, "Feral Coast', Minneapolis, MN scene and more...

54 mins; April 25, 2022

148. - Dan Kopko - Watts, The Shang Hi Los, The Peppermint Kicks...

53 mins; April 18, 2022

147. - Thommy Price - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, Billy Idol, Scandal, Downtown Phantom...

49 mins; April 11, 2022

146. - Mike Piehl - Reverse - On The bands last album "What's Your Problem, and lots of Drummer talk...

57 mins; April 04, 2022

145. - Benjamin Horner and Jerome "Jerry" Poynton - The Marijuana Report Magazine, John Sinclair, Herbert Huncke, and more...

40 mins; April 01, 2022

144. - Lynda Mandolyn - Tiger Bomb, Crystal Canyon, Fabulous Disaster, Lee Harrington

50 mins; March 28, 2022

143. - Allan Kraut - Sound Engineer on The Rat, Mama Kin, Teaching Live Sound at Mass Comm/The New England Institute of Art, and more....

64 hours 48 mins; March 21, 2022

142. - BONUS EPISODE - AKA Penny Lane returns to rank the songs on the White Album and leave us with an epic rant on LBGTQ and Women's Reproductive Rights...

29 mins; March 18, 2022

141. - Ryan Haas - Disorder Vintage - On the vintage tee shirt market and the upcoming "Faded" show, plus new music from The Gypsy Moths...

44 mins; March 14, 2022

140. - BONUS EPISODE - New music reviews on Juliana Hatfield and Gymnasium, Best albums of 1971, Spotify controversy...

21 mins; March 11, 2022

139. - Steve Peck - New Music Review - Frank Turner, Tears For Fears, Manchester Orchestra, Royal Blood, WDJM memories, and more...

60 hours 38 mins; March 07, 2022

138. - BONUS EPISODE - Rating the songs on The Beatles Sergeant Pepper album from bottom to top with AKA Penny Lane....

34 mins; March 04, 2022

137. - Joe Milliken - Author of "Lets Go! Benjamin Orr And The Cars"

50 mins; February 28, 2022

136. - Mike Gitter - VP A&R Century Media Records on XXX fanzine, SSD, Bad Religion, Opeth, Ice-T, and more...

59 mins; February 21, 2022

135. - Joanie Lindstrom - WMBR, 35 years on the Radio and still going strong...

52 mins; February 14, 2022

134. - John Lynch - Watts, The Neighborhoods, Dirty Truckers, Avoid One Thing, Steppenwolf...

41 mins; February 07, 2022

133. Jesse Ahern - Boston singer/songwriter performs live in the studio and talks about touring with the Dropkick Murphys and more...#133

32 mins; January 31, 2022

132. Michael Crockett - Hazel Eyes Studio/Trailer Swift on Album Art and the marriage between Art and Music...

53 mins; January 24, 2022

131. BONUS EPISODE - Duncan Wilder Johnson "We're Coming For Your Band" - Worcester County Ma. bands

38 mins; January 17, 2022

130. - Jen D'Angora - The Shang Hi Los, The Dents, Downbeat 5, Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents

43 mins; January 10, 2022

2021 The podcast year in review and a look at some of our favorite albums of the year #129

32 mins; January 02, 2022

128. Cam Ackland - The Prime Movers, The VooDoo Dolls, Port Charles Quintet, The Black Souls

54 mins; December 27, 2021

127. Matt Kelly - The Dropkick Murphys

72 hours 56 mins; December 20, 2021

126. Darryl Shepard - Talks about the latest KIND album, Milligram, Slapshot, Roadsaw, Test Meat, and more... #126

63 hours 42 mins; December 13, 2021

125. Kenny Chambers- Moving Targets, Bullet LaVolta and more

49 mins; December 06, 2021

124. BONUS EPISODE - Rating all 15 QUEEN studio albums Bottom to Top

15 mins; December 03, 2021

123. Brett Milano - Music journalist on the Mass Ave compilation, Scott Miller, The Cars, The Lyres, and more...

52 mins; November 29, 2021

122. Jim Weeks & Mike Kelly - The Jim Weeks Band

46 mins; November 22, 2021

121. Mike Skill - The Romantics

62 hours 49 mins; November 15, 2021

120. Spencer James - Special Messages on the song "Donora" and the Donora PA. Smog Museum...

44 mins; November 12, 2021

119. Bob Nalbandian - Heavy Metal Writer/Director talks about his films and his early role in the LA Metal scene and more...

42 mins; November 08, 2021

118. Nicole A. -New Music Review - Idles, Teezo Touchdown, Zack Fox, Iron Maiden, Sprints, Adele and more..

61 hours 10 mins; November 01, 2021

117. Shake The Faith - 80's rockers return, Algorithms, and more..

46 mins; October 25, 2021

116. Muck And The Mires - On working with Kim Fowley, Producer Jim Diamond, meeting Pete Best, Ape Hangers, and more...

59 mins; October 18, 2021

115. BONUS EPISODE - Duncan Wilder Johnson "We're Coming For Your Band" - Dag Nasty

43 mins; October 15, 2021

114. Mark McKay, Steven Risteen, Rev. Hank Peirce on Slapshot/SlapNot

61 hours 46 mins; October 11, 2021

Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico Trailer #2

50 secs; October 09, 2021

113. BONUS EPISODE - Duncan Wilder Johnson "We're Coming For Your Band" Black Sabbath

54 mins; October 08, 2021

112. Rob Potylo - Quiet Desperation, Robbie Roadsteamer

58 mins; October 04, 2021

Message from The Host

14 secs; September 30, 2021

111. Jon Butcher - On Race, Rock, Touring, the Blues and more...

58 mins; September 27, 2021

110. John Bionelli - Aerosmith Road Manager

68 hours 37 mins; September 20, 2021

109. Hilken Mancini -Punk Rock Aerobics, Fuzzy

59 mins; September 13, 2021

108. Bill Metoyer - Producer/Engineer

55 mins; September 09, 2021

107. Ken Cmar - Wonderdrug Records

56 mins; September 06, 2021

106. Ed V. - Q Division, The Gravel Pit, The Gentlemen

53 mins; August 30, 2021

105. Steve Martin - Nasty Little Man

56 mins; August 22, 2021

104. Justine Covault - Justine And The Unclean, Red On Red Records

50 mins; August 16, 2021

103. Ellie Vee and Joe Wizda - The Charms, New Music Review

47 mins; August 10, 2021

102. Nancy Barile - "I'm Not Holding Your Coat"

56 mins; August 03, 2021

101. "Nite Bob" Czaykowski - Legendary Sound Man

67 hours 25 mins; July 27, 2021

100. Rick Jones and Craig Adams - Lovely

60 hours 43 mins; July 19, 2021

99. Thalia Zedek - The Dangerous Birds, Uzi, Live Skull, Come

62 hours 41 mins; July 13, 2021

98. Tom Wilson - Roadie(The Cure, Depeche Mode, Janet, Shakira etc..)

63 hours 28 mins; July 06, 2021

97. Chris Porter - Promoter, Bumbershoot, "The Town And City Festival"

75 hours 41 mins; June 29, 2021

96. Troy Gregory - The Dirt Bombs, Prong, Flotsam & Jetsam

62 hours 13 mins; June 22, 2021

95. Ted Williams - From Rocker to Stuntman

52 mins; June 18, 2021

95. Ellie Vee & Nicole A. - New Music Review

62 hours 18 mins; June 14, 2021

50ft. Furies - Tracey Noel and Susan Lutin interview, Is TikTok breaking artists? Beach Bunny, Stand Atlantic, and more... #93

52 mins; June 07, 2021

Eric Martin, Phil Caruso and Rick Harte revisit The Neats plus the buzz on The Linda Lindas... #92

66 hours 55 mins; May 31, 2021

91. Chris Doherty - Gang Green, Jerry's Kids

53 mins; May 24, 2021

90. Darren Hill - Artist Manager, The Red Rockers Bassist

44 mins; May 17, 2021

Special Bonus show with a LOT of shout-outs and a new tune from Margaret Garrett (Mr. Airplane Man)... #89

21 mins; May 14, 2021

88. Keith Bennett

67 hours 40 mins; May 10, 2021

87. Margaret Garrett - Mr. Airplane Man

53 mins; May 03, 2021

Rev. Hank Peirce returns to talk about his faith, current affairs in America, and shares a great story about a brawl he may have started at a Slapshot show in Sarajevo! #86

65 hours 2 mins; April 26, 2021

85. Nat Freedberg talks about his new project Freeloader, The Upper Crust, The Titanics, The Flies, solo and more

55 mins; April 19, 2021

Leah Callahan on Turkish Delight, Betwixt, The Glass Set, and the release of her fabulous new solo album "Simple Folk"... #84

53 mins; April 12, 2021

83. "Malibu" Lou Mansdorf - RumBar Records

61 hours 38 mins; April 05, 2021

82. James McAndrew - Milquetoast & Co and Cibeline Sariano - Fashion Designer

64 hours 55 mins; March 29, 2021

81. Bob Mayo - Boston Metal Legends Wargasm

59 mins; March 22, 2021

80. Curtis Casella - Taang!

77 hours 17 mins; March 19, 2021

Geoff Palmer (The Connection, The Queers, The Guts) brings his positive energy to the show as we talk about his multitude of cool projects... #79

52 mins; March 15, 2021

Guitarist Meliza Jackson on joining The Darts, opening for The Damned, Jello Biafra, Vox, meeting Joan Jett, and more... #78

33 mins; March 12, 2021

Magnapop guitarist Ruthie Morris on working with well known producers, political change in Georgia, pandemic survival, and more... #77

39 mins; March 08, 2021

76. Mickey Bliss

50 mins; March 01, 2021

75. Collibrina - Alt Model (appearance 3)

60 hours 9 mins; March 01, 2021

Feminist punks Bait Bag may be on an island off the coast of Maine but thats not stopping them, AND pop newcomer Gina Phillips talks about her debut single and video "Ego"... #74

48 mins; March 01, 2021

Twisted Rico Radio Volume 5 feat Geoff Palmer And Lucy Ellis, Ex Hex, Worshipper, Test Meat, Watts, Le Zets, and more... #73

75 hours 52 mins; February 19, 2021

Twisted Rico Radio Volume 4 featuring Death Valley Girls, Aquadolls, Field Day, Nate Zucker, Magnapop, The Outlets and more... #72

81 hours 14 mins; February 12, 2021

Twisted Rico Radio Volume 3 featuring The Darts, Lydia Loveless, Charly Bliss, Motion City Soundtrack, Big Boys, and more... #71

87 hours 11 mins; February 12, 2021

Erich Thaler speaks openly about Stompbox, Scratch, D-CON, his early days in Spokane WA, how things went wrong, and recovery... #70

63 hours 21 mins; February 08, 2021

69. Dave Tree

61 hours 7 mins; February 06, 2021

68. Nate Zucker

38 mins; January 25, 2021

Twisted Rico Radio Vol 2 featuring 50 Ft Furies, Kind, Chastity Belt, Aloud, New Models and more... #67

90 hours 7 mins; January 22, 2021

66. Tom Lyle - Government Issue

56 mins; January 18, 2021

65. Doug Carrion -Field Day, Dag Nasty, Descendents

64 hours 24 mins; January 11, 2021

Jack O'Neill of the legendary alternative pop duo Jackopierce join us to talk about the group's 33 year run and some great tour memories & more #64

63 hours 47 mins; January 04, 2021

Twisted Rico Radio Holiday Special featuring some of our favorite songs of all genres... #63

92 hours 8 mins; December 28, 2020

62. Greg Allen - Greg Allen's Fringe Religion

66 hours 37 mins; December 21, 2020

61. Ben Deily - The Lemonheads, Varsity Drag

61 hours 47 mins; December 14, 2020

All around cool dude Glen Stilphen talks about joining Gang Green as a teenager, Mallethead, Northern Skulls and more..#60

55 mins; December 07, 2020

59. Collibrina-Alt Model(encore appearance)

70 hours 15 mins; November 23, 2020

Merrily Ruth Rosso talks ghosts, NYC pandemic survival, Mary's stripper bar in Portland, hot times in Phoenix and more.. #58

55 mins; November 16, 2020

57. Al Quint - Suburban Voice

49 mins; November 09, 2020

56. Lee Harrington - The Neighborhoods

62 hours 7 mins; November 02, 2020

Talking Black Flag with their biggest fan - Duncan Wilder-Johnson, celebrating Aloud's "Exile" album ten years later, and more.... #55

51 mins; October 26, 2020

Alt-Model sensation Collibrina and ace photographer Chad Cote talk sex work, onlyfans, art, naked yoga and more... #54

53 mins; October 19, 2020

53. Rick Harte - Record Producer, Ace Of Hearts

50 mins; October 12, 2020

Encore Appearance from Cowboy Mach Bell, author of "Once A Rocker Always A Rocker" #52

49 mins; October 05, 2020

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