Listen "Spinal Tap's Derek Smalls' songs that cure"
Episode Synopsis
Thirty four years after the world was introduced to Spinal Tap, you can still pull out a quote from their rockumentary and everyone knows who you’re talking about. Spinal Tap reflected the heavy bands at the time; ask any artist still making music today, and the adventures and conversations on screen cut painfully close to the bone. Nigel Tufnel, David St Hubbins and Derek Smalls were, and are, living legends. When I discovered Derek Smalls was releasing his first ever solo album, and that he’d been streaming my radio show from the Northern Hemisphere, the opportunity was too good to pass up. I asked Derek to Take 5. Across five choices, we went lateral, literal, and multi-levelled. Mainly, I just tried to keep up. See if you can, too.Paul Shaffer and The World’s Most Dangerous Band – ‘I Don’t Need No Doctor (ft. Valerie Simpson and Felicia Collins)’Gregory Isaacs – ‘Night Nurse’Emerson, Lake & Palmer – ‘Brain Salad Surgery’Steely Dan – ‘Doctor Wu’Little Feat – ‘Rock And Roll Doctor’
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