Talk and Rock Radio Podcast
Talk and Rock Radio podcast host, Rick Kern, will interview various musicians and Rock 'n Roll legends. They all have inspirational stories to tell and we want to hear them!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
Meet Steven McClintock
Steven McClintock is an American singer, songwriter, and a music producer, with almost 20 million records sold to his credit. He has written top 40 hit songs in country, pop and AOR. He has been a pa…
El Paso's Iconic Band - Westwind
The Westwind Band from El Paso, Texas, was originally formed in 1969. In 1972 the group became the house band at the Knights Club at the Rodeway Inn at Bassett Center. Rick Kern's band, The Basic Sou…
When Radio Was Fun - Part 2
Rick Kern Sr., podcaster/musician, goes down memory lane with three of El Paso's legendary lady deejays from the 70's and 80's. They are Libby 'De La O' Ziebriskie-Farr, Mary 'ChaCha' Chavez, and Flo…
PT & the Cruisers - Go Back to School
TalkandRockRadio proudly presents PT & the Cruisers - Go Back to School (1000 5th Graders get Musical Inspiration). On May 23, 2017 I used a grant that I received from the Museum and Cultural Affairs…
Billy Townes - Playing Jazz & Making Movies
Billy just recently played a jazz gig in NYC and had the opportunity of a lifetime to entertain the legendary Julie Andrews.
He's El Paso's piano man.
Billy Townes has been fixture at local live-mus…
Richard Smith - World Renowned Guitarist
Richard Smith was born in Beckenham, England. He picked up the guitar when he was five years old after watching his father playing an Atkins and Travis version of "Down South Blues". He begged his fa…
When Radio Was Fun
Back in the 60's in El Paso, Texas, there were two major rock radio stations (KINT and KELP). There were a bunch of great dee-jays each doing their thing. Three of the one's that really made their wa…
Johnny Thompson - El Paso's Legendary Drumming Dee-Jay
Johnny Thompson is an El Paso legend. He grew up in the radio industry starting from age 13 to most of his life. His early radio deejaying career started at KINT Radio in El Paso where he and several…
George Tomsco: The Story of the Fireballs
George Tomsco formed the influential rock band The Fireballs with several of his high school friends. The band became known for its instrumental recordings, which were very popular in the late 1950s…
Bobby Goldsboro - Music, Painting & His Pursuit of Happiness
Bobby Goldsboro is an American pop singer and songwriter, who released Gold-certified songs such as “See the Funny Little Clown.” In 1968, he released the song “Honey,” which has sold over one millio…
The Sojourners - El Paso's Folk-Rock Band of the '70's
The Sojourners were an El Paso, Texas folk-rock band consisting of Ron and Sue Gorton, Randy Jones, Kenny Smith and Bert Peters. Several other players including Richard Chorne, Richard 'Herman Glopp'…
Pete Barbutti - Comedian Extraordinaire
Pete Barbutti is an American comedian and musician. He made about 60 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, from 1971 through 1992. In the early 1980s Barbutti also hosted a short-l…
John Beland - Man behind the legends.
John Beland is an American songwriter, session guitarist, recording artist, producer and author. Beland's career as guitarist started out in Los Angeles in the late 1960s, playing sessions and local …
Bobby Cochran - A Musical Renaissance Man
Bobby Cochran, American guitarist, singer, author, engineer, songwriter, life coach and record producer, was influenced at an early age by his uncle EDDIE COCHRAN (SUMMERTIME BLUES). On July 1, 2017,…
Mike Stone - Karate, Priscilla Presley and the Power of the Positive Mind
Mike was born in Hawaii. As a boy at school, Mike was already athletic and excelled in sports basketball, football, track and field. He even became co-captain of the basketball and football team. He …
Tapestry - the Band and their Virtual Reunion 48 years later
In 1974 there were three guys all looking for the same thing; forming a vocal show group that had the right chemistry, sound and an opportunity to share their talent with the world. The group was bor…
Sonny Melendrez - His Story, Success and Inspiration
Melendrez was born in Silver City, New Mexico.
Twice named Billboard Magazine's "Radio Personality of the Year", he is included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as one of the Top 100 Radio Personaliti…
Karen Taylor-Good - One of America's Top Songwriters
Karen Taylor-Good (born Karen Berke in El Paso, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter, and one half of the duo StoweGood. Taylor-Good and her then-husband, Bill Taylor, started the Mesa Records lab…
Terry Manning - Recording Producer Extraordinaire
Terry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, recording engineer and artist known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres.
Manning began in the music industry in El Paso, Texas, whe…