A cautionary tale about vetting the band you're booking for your live broadcast. Leigh tells the story of how The Replacements nearly ended up blackballing an entire record label from Saturday Night Live. The 80s sure were a time to be alive!
Leigh's song pick:: Bastards of Young by The Replacements
https://open.spotify.com/track/3zqMPITQwlKB1bm0owNsJF?si=3lNRdl1dQnew7M0fO1XO4A
Here's The Replacements' performance on SNL that caused all the ruckus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXD9sxa1Ed
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Episode 55: The Almonte Train Disaster
Episode 54: Def Leppard
Episode 53: (Sex, Lies, and Nuclear Meltdowns) The SL-1 Disaster
Episode 52: The Bull Island Music Festival
[Update] This continues to be a disaster!
Episode 51: The 1979 Fastnet Race
Episode 50.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Byford Dolphin Incident
Episode 50: Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy
Episode 49.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] 1904 Olympic Marathon
Episode 49 - Duke Nukem Forever
Episode 48.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Death in Space
Episode 48 - Edmonton Tornado, 1987
Episode 47.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] One Hungry Juror
Episode 47: Phil Spector
Episode 46.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Yellow Fleet
Episode 46: Kowloon, City of Darkness
Episode 45.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The WOOZ, Less Than A-MAZE-ing
Episode 45: Apollo 13
Episode 44.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] TIDAL
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