Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers

If you watched MTV in the 80s, then you've seen a Tim Pope-directed video. Queen, David Bowie, Hall & Oates, and The Cure - the band he's most associated with - are among the hundreds of bands that have performed in front of a Tim Pope camera.

It's all documented in Tim's memoir, I Shoot Rock Stars. Tim now places himself behind the What Difference Does It Make microphone to tell us a few stories he's accumulated over an amazing 40 year career.
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Sylvan opens an August 20 intro to a special John Hiatt birthday episode, sharing news that the November Nashville Concert for Cumberland Heights will be a John Hiatt tribute and inviting listeners to join via perfectlygoodpodcast@gmail.com. A clip follows with Kyle Williams explaining how Cumberland Heights’ scholarship funds, music therapy, and a pro music professionals program support people in recovery, especially in Nashville’s music community, and describing the long-running Ryman benefit concert founded with Hiatt and others. The episode then revisits Rolling Stone writer David Wild discussing his 1989 “Clean and Sober” Hiatt profile, his note-taking and reporting process, Hiatt’s sobriety and impact, favorite songs like “Missing Pieces,” and why Bring the Family deserved Grammy recognition for its influence on Americana, while also reflecting on media archives and Hiatt’s possible reaction to the article’s AA reference.

00:00 Birthday Intro And News
01:48 Cumberland Heights Concert
03:49 Treatment And Music Therapy
05:20 Rolling Stone Clean And Sober
06:51 Meet Guest David Wild
09:25 Writing Process And Hiatt Era
12:54 Favorite Deep Cut Songs
17:11 Grammy Time Machine Debate
22:57 Finding The Lost Article
26:48 Hiatt Reaction And Family
29:18 David Wild Kids And Music
31:38 Kids Discovering Classics
32:23 Reporting the Hiatt Profile
33:46 Dublin Trip Memories
34:52 From Rolling Stone to TV
36:39 Donny Osmond Connections
39:09 How He Finds New Music
40:17 Sinatra Favorites and Liner Notes
41:34 Joining the Song Podcast
43:47 Hiatt Songs and Daddy Issues
47:23 Early Records and Getting Sober
50:24 Wrapping Up and Next Steps

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In this episode of Set Lusting Bruce, host Jesse Jackson and guest Joe K step off the Springsteen track to honor Dolly Parton following news of her death on August 25, 2026, reflecting on her six-decade career as the “Queen of Country,” her landmark songs, acting roles, business success with Dollywood, and rare talent for reimagining other artists’ work. They share personal first memories of Dolly, discuss the story behind “I Will Always Love You,” and highlight her unmatched warmth, humor, talk-show brilliance, and ability to unite diverse audiences while advocating tolerance. Much of the conversation centers on her philanthropy—especially the Imagination Library and support for research tied to the Moderna COVID vaccine—urging listeners to donate and keep her legacy alive by revisiting her music, movies, and performances.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/

00:00 Porch Song Opening

01:17 Podcast Intro and Loss

02:41 Dolly Legacy Overview

03:17 Dollywood and Integrity

04:15 Songwriting and Covers

09:47 First Dolly Memories

12:55 Movies and Talk Shows

15:52 I Will Always Love You Story

19:05 Sexism and Respect

20:46 Tributes and Philanthropy

25:33 Imagination Library Call

28:36 Humor and Musicality

32:27 Acceptance and Unity

38:30 McCartney Tribute and Farewell

43:01 See Artists While You Can

45:43 Wrap Up and Closing Song
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Author Alanna Nash joins host Nate Wilcox to talk about her book "Dolly: The Biography," one of the first critical biographies ever written about a country superstar — and what Nashville made of it.

Nate and Alanna discuss Dolly Parton's humble origins and her almost supernatural drive; the evening at her first house outside Nashville that produced both "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" in a single writing session; what it actually took to get out from under Porter Wagoner, who had her tied to his publishing company every way a person can be tied; the phone call Chet Atkins made to Nash, out of the blue, to correct one line in her book; why Nashville spent years convinced her husband Carl Dean did not exist; how she got to every joke about herself before anybody else could; and the time capsule at her Tennessee resort holding a song nobody will hear until she turns 100.

Alanna Nash has interviewed Dolly Parton across four decades. She is also the author of "The Colonel," the definitive book on Tom Parker, and a longtime friend of this show.

Let It Roll is a history of commercial music from the Renaissance forward, with a focus on the long American century. Listen to the incredible original series of 350+ hour-long interviews with the authors who wrote the books at letitrollpodcast.substack.com — organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host and guest.

Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com

Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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In Episode 374 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin examines how bands such as the Pixies, Queen, and Black Sabbath use dramatic shifts between quiet and heavy passages to create tension, surprise and impact.

Pixies – “Tame”

Queen – “Death on Two Legs”

Opeth – “Heir Apparent”

Black Sabbath – “Orchid”

Roger Waters – “Deja Vu”

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