Episode 36: From ‘60s Southern Rock to Nina Simone’s Soul: Peter McDade on His Rock Novel ‘Songs by Honeybird’ with Alan Light on His Bio of Nina Simone, ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’
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Episode 36: From ‘60s Southern Rock to Nina Simone’s Soul: Peter McDade on His Rock Novel ‘Songs by Honeybird’ with Alan Light on His Bio of Nina Simone, ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’

In this episode of Rock is Lit, Peter McDade joins me to talk about his rock novel from Wampus Multimedia ‘Songs by Honeybird’, then journalist Alan Light, author of ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’, drops by to do a deep dive on Nina Simone, after whom one of Peter’s main characters is named.

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Episode 15: Peter McDade
Christy Hallberg Christy Hallberg

Episode 15: Peter McDade

In this episode of Rock is Lit, Peter McDade joins me to talk about his rock novel from Wampus Multimedia ‘The Weight of Sound’, what it was like to be a drummer in an up-and-coming indie band (Uncle Green) in the 1990s, the precarious nature of the music biz, and lovin’ Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham and The Beatles’ Ringo Starr.

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