Sirius XM Guitar Heroes Channel

[matonanjin]

Channel 105 and Guitar Heroes is not what they call it. Whatever they call it, it is interesting.....entertaining. I just came across it a couple days ago. The guest host when I first stumbled across it was Nancy Wilson. She spoke very complimentary of Pete Townshend and how he influenced her. She discuss a lot about Townshend's rhythm playing. And then, of course, played some Who music. I can't remember who she discussed and played next.

Then the next day the guest host was Peter Frampton and he discussed and played BB King and Clapton. Frampton spoke at length about having BB King on his "Guitar Circus" tour, meeting him and how nervous he was meeting BB King the first time.

If Wilson and Frampton are representative of their typical guest hosts listening to them might be as entertaining, or more so, than the music.

If you have Sirius you might check it out.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

If you have Sirius you might check it out.

Immediately! Thanks for the heads up.

 

[tiboy]

I listened to the Nancy Wilson segment while driving the other day. Very interesting and worthwhile. I always thought NW to be a class act as a person and performer.

 

[bodia]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Slowhands]

I had heard this advertised but hadn't tuned in. This thread got me to do so. And at this moment I do not know who the host is but he's playing Frank Zappa. Something you don't hear every day! Takes me back to my youth in the '80s when my stoner older brother would try to educate me on music and it was lots of prog rock, jam bands and stuff like that. Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, Hot Tuna, solo albums from guys like Steve Hackett, the Grateful Dead (he ruined the Dead for me, I wasn't ready for bootleg concerts with 20 minute drum solos) and of course Frank Zappa, lots of Frank Zappa.

It's good!

 

[matonanjin]

I listened to the Nancy Wilson segment while driving the other day. Very interesting and worthwhile. I always thought NW to be a class act as a person and performer.

Nancy was on yesterday when I was listening. And just shockingly classy. Of course, to say that implies that I didn't expect her to be as such. And she should be insulted. But listening to her again talk about the rhythm playing of some of her guitar influences and how important that was to her development as a guitar player was telling. She wasn't talking about the smoking hot lead playing of somebody or speed of some metal guy. And it was more than that. She just is pure professionalism (classy).

 

[aphantomvaper]

When I start driving 90 minutes one way to work again I may have get Sirius about this!

 

[alantig]

When I start driving 90 minutes one way to work again I may have get Sirius about this!

Better do it soon - it's a "limited time" channel scheduled to go away on April 18. One of my big complaints about SiriusXM - they do a ton of these channels, but they are inconsistent w/time frames and frequencies. They did an ABBA channel years ago, but only once as I recall. Same for Kiss (with a short playlist). But they've done Billy Joel about 8 times. They did Prince for one or two weeks, but they've done other for as long as a couple months.

 

[matonanjin]

When I start driving 90 minutes one way to work again I may have get Sirius about this!

Better do it soon - it's a "limited time" channel scheduled to go away on April 18.

But Alan, did you catch his word play?!?! He "may have to get Sirius about this!" !!! @aphantomvaper that was awful!!! Great job

 

[alantig]

But Alan, did you catch his word play?!?! He "may have to get Sirius about this!" !!! @aphantomvaper that was awful!!! Great job

I did not. I was too consumed with my personal rage against Clear Channel and what they've done to XM radio...and I misread it as "Sirius for this".