102. Eva Walker Discusses Funkadelic, Maggot Brain

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Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Eva Walker of The Black Tones — who is also a DJ for Seattle’s KEXP — joins Al to talk about Funkadelic’s 1971 album, Maggot Brain. Eva delves into how she first discovered Maggot Brain, the elements of the album that make it a great listen and other albums she also considered discussing on this episode. She also talks about the status of The Black Tones’ second album and the band’s video game, They Want Us Dead!

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0:59 Eva joins the show

1:43 Eva had a difficult time choosing an album to discuss

3:49 Eva first listened to Maggot Brain because of the album artwork

6:28 Al never understood why Parliament-Funkadlelic was hyphenated

7:44 Eva talks about listening to her mother’s records growing up

10:12 Seattle didn’t always embrace Jimi Hendrix

13:18 Maggot Brain completely defied Al’s expectations

18:29 Is there funk on Maggot Brain?

Observations about specific tracks

20:18 Hit It And Quit It

24:31 Wars of Armageddon (and a discussion of upbeat sad songs)

31:12 Maggot Brain

33:03 Can You Get To That (and a discussion of misheard lyrics)

36:37 You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks

41:45 The link between You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks and The Black Tones’ Blue Matrimony

44:39 Super Stupid

47:29 Back In Our Minds

50:42 Eva talks about her musical influences

53:39 Eva discusses The Black Tones’ current plans

56:24 One of the early reviews of Cobain and Cornbread had an issue with song structure

57:17 Eva explains the lyrics to “Plaid Pants” and “Welcome Mr. Pink”

1:01:32 Eva talks about The Black Tones’ video game

Outro is from “Welcome Mr. Pink” by The Black Tones

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