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Ric Ocasek tribute

Huey pays tribute to Ric Ocasek of The Cars, an artist who was a key influence on him. Huey also marks what would have been Leonard Cohen's 85th birthday.

Earlier this week, Ric Ocasek - frontman of The Cars and producer of bands including Weezer, Bad Brains, The Cribs, and Guided By Voices - passed away aged 75. He and The Cars were a key influence on Huey when he was just starting out as a guitar player in New York. In this show, Huey pays his respects...

"When I first got into music The Cars鈥� first album was on the Colombia House album giveaway and I listened to it everyday and every night.
I was just getting into my first band, 鈥楽udden Death鈥� and we were gonna play a talent show at our lead singer鈥檚 school In NYC.
We learned 3 tunes.
Rock and Roll by Zep, Jumpin鈥� Jack Flash by the Stones and My Best Friends Girl by The Cars.
I was one of 2 guitar players in the band and I chose to learn and play the guitar solo from My Best Friends Girl.
It was an epic endeavour as Elliot Easton, the guitarist in the Cars is a Berkeley grad and an amazing guitar player.
The aesthetic The Cars created was so singular and the muted guitar strumming they started was so new, most cats slept on it.
Now here we are looking back on a guy who literally laid the groundwork for indie music, a guy who鈥檚 often overlooked by those who favor style over substance.
Ric Ocasek and The Cars will always remind us that you can have both, if you鈥檙e talented enough.鈥�

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麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Kingsmen

    Louie Louie

    • Rhino.

  • The Cars

    Just What I Needed

    • Elektra.

  • Pixies

    Catfish Kate

    • Infectious Music/BMG.

  • Wendy Rene

    After Laughter (Comes Tears)

  • The Du-Rites

    Bug Juice (Live)

    • Bug Juice b/w Hustle.
    • Old Maid Entertainment Inc..
    • 1.

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    I Think I'll Call It Morning

    • Pieces Of A Man.
    • Ace, BGP Records.
    • 6.

  • Fiorello

    Tu Duo Fa L'Americano

  • B.B. King

    The Thrill Is Gone

  • Anderson .Paak

    Jet Black (feat. Brandy)

    • Warner Records.

  • Bat for Lashes

    The Hunger

    • AWAL.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Could You Be Loved

    • Tuff Gong.

  • The Band

    Whispering Pines

    • The Band.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 6.

  • Twin Peaks

    Better Than Stoned

    • Lookout Low.
    • Communion Records.
    • 3.

  • The Staple Singers

    Slippery People (Club Version)

  • France Joli

    Gonna Get Over You

    • Now!.
    • Unidisc.
    • 2.

  • Black Country, New Road

    Sunglasses

    • Speedy Wunderground.

  • Battles

    Titanium 2 Step (feat. Sal Principato)

    • Warp Records.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Superfly

    • Castle Communications.

  • Verb T

    Power Of Attorney

    • A Question Of Time.
    • High Focus Records.
    • 1.

  • Apollo Brown

    God Help Me (feat. Black Milk, KetchPhraze & DJ Los)

  • Nat Birchall

    Morning

    • The Storyteller - A Musical Tribute To Yusef.
    • Jazzman.
    • 5.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Hallelujah (Live)

    • More Best Of Leonard Cohen.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • First Serve

    Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) (6 Music Session, 14 Mar 2012)

  • JOHN

    High Digger

    • Pets Care Records.

  • Cate Le Bon

    Mother's Mother's Magazines

    • Mexican Summer.

  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    I'm Running (Nya Fehe)

    • Soundway.

  • The Soul Searchers

    Ashley's Roachclip

    • The Hip Hop Years.
    • Sony TV / Columbia.
    • 8.

  • The Floyd Family Singers

    That's A Sign Of The Times

    • Sign Of The Times.
    • Windy Hill Records.
    • 2.

  • Pyjaen

    Nah

  • Gang Starr

    Jazz Thing

    • 4th And Broadway.

  • sir Was

    No Giving Up

    • Memphis Industries.

  • BODEGA

    Shiny New Model

    • What's Your Rupture?.

  • The Cars

    My Best Friend's Girl

    • Elektra.

  • Bad Brains

    Banned In DC

    • Bad Brains.
    • ROIR (Reachout International Records).

  • Guided by Voices

    Teenage FBI

    • Creation Records.

  • Weezer

    My Name Is Jonas

    • DGC.

  • Romeo Void

    Never Say Never

    • Never Say Never.
    • Columbia, 415 Records.
    • 1.

  • The Cars

    Moving In Stereo

  • Raphael Saadiq

    So Ready

    • Columbia Records.

  • Hot Chip

    Spell

    • Domino.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

    • Hammersmith Odeon London '75 CD1.

  • Missy Elliott

    Throw It Back

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Chuck Berry

    You Never Can Tell

    • Chess.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Sep 2019 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music