I enjoyed the 2 years my grandmother and I devoted to doing our special show but in observance of the one year anniversary of her death I think it's time to bring our show to a close.

It doesn't mean I won't do episodes to honor her and my grandfather's birthday but I felt it time to end Bess & Erica's Rock 'N Roll Music Hour. It just isn't the same without her and never will be.

So on this episode I bid farewell to our wonderful show and spent 12+ hours putting together all my favorite parts of ALL 24 episodes we did together.

I hope you enjoy this special show and just a HUGE thank you to everyone that was involved in making our show so special

(in order of appearance on the show):

Fast Mollasses

Nora Lee Hayter

Loyd Lanning

The Hazelwoods

Ethan Shane

Sunshine

CJ Ramone

Denver Dalley

Miwi La Lupa

Josh from Grimey's

Shannon Pollard

Cheetah Chrome

Linnea Quigley

Dave Cantrell

Jennifer Armstrong

I covered her song:

"A Little Girl's Dream of Nashville"

And thank you as always to every single listener and fan of our show and us. We love you.

Goodnight.

And as always please download all our songs for FREE here:

https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial

https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1

I cover:

"Plug in Baby" by: Muse

Thank you SO much Jennifer for being a part of my podcast!

Self portrait of her

The one and only Debbie Harry and Alice Cooper both holding their pieces of artwork Jennifer made of and for them!! Too cool!

Check her amazing art out HERE:

https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.crawford.100046

Download this cover I did and all my covers for FREE here:

https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1/plug-in-baby

Happy 100th Birthday Eddy Arnold! playlist:

https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1/sets/happy-100th-birthday-eddy

My cover song release! "Cut Here" by: The Cure

The Cure's Torn Town/Mixed Up artwork:

As always download my new cover song and all my covers at:

soundcloud.com/erica-case1

And as always HUGE thank you to Grimey's Preloved and New Music in Nashville!!

Please continue to support them in their move to East Nashville!

He is in charge of running Oregon's only Post-Punk/Dark Wave music festival: Out from the Shadows!

We took a bit to chat about his DJ career, his love for discovering that genre of music and how he got where he is as a festival coordinator!

I chose The Cure's "Boys Don't Cry" as my "Post-Punk/Dark Wave" cover!

Also please go check out his festival if you live in the Oregon area!

GET TIX HERE IT STARTS APRIL 5-7!

https://www.facebook.com/events/344833359367170/

And please go check out his Dark Wave/ Post-Punk compilation album release and pick up the vinyl AT:

https://accidentpronerecords.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-under-the-floorboard-vol-1

Thanks for a great interview Dave!

and download this and all my covers HERE:

soundcloud.com/erica-case1

She took a moment to audio respond to a few questions I asked her about her artwork and social media presence! 

I also asked her to choose the song I covered for this episode and she chose a favorite of mine by one of my idols: Joan Jett.

Which I thought was so cool considering we don't personally know each other and she could read me so well, ha!

I sing: "Bad Reputation" By: Joan Jett

Here's a few of my favorite pieces:

Thank you SO much Sam for taking the time to be on my show and I love your work so keep it up and stay fuckin' awesome!

Today we celebrate your incredible talent and birth January 31st, 81 years ago.

My mother Tara sings:

"Satin Sheets" by: Jeanne Pruett

I sing:

"The Ballad of Bessie Lanning" acoustic by: Me, Erica Case

I love you so much granny.

Happy Birthday from here on earth from all of us. 

It would be his 94th, to be exact, if he were still living.

I also had the honor and pleasure of sitting down with past special guest/ Eddy Arnold's grandson, Shannon Pollard, and having him as my guest co-host! 

And he took part in the celebration by honoring his graparents' wedding day that happened this month as well on the 28th!

What a wonderful and special episode we got to share along with sharing the sentiment of honoring our amazing and talented grandparent's.

As I mentioned on Shannon's guest episode, Eddy Arnold was my grandfather's musical idol so this is pretty cool I got to share a couch with his own grandson.

Thank you so very much Shannon!

Intro: "Boquet of Roses" - Eddy Arnold

Cover by: my grandfather, Floyd Lanning

I cover:

"Jim, I Wore a Tie Today" - Eddy Arnold

(download FREE at: http://soundcloud.com/erica-case1 )

My grandfather in the 70's and his guitar

A lovely wedding card from Eddy and Sally's wedding day in the 40's

Eddy Arnold and his guitar

Get all my grandfather's music and Eddy covers at:

https://soundcloud.com/floydlanning

Keep up with all things Eddy Arnold at:

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=official%20eddy%20arnold%20site

I cover: "Partytime" (Zombie version) by: 45 Grave

Linnea as Trash in Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Linnea with Dinah Cancer the lead singer of 45 Grave

I got to catch a cool phone interview with him while he was off tour in his home town of Austin, Texas.

I cover:

"Caught with the Meat in Your Mouth" - the Dead Boys

Also pick up their 40th anniversary re-release of their debut album called:

Still Snotty: Young Loud and Snotty at 40

at

https://www.amazon.com/Still-Snotty-Young-Loud-At/dp/B074BNVCFC

And as always find my covers I do for the show at:

https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1

She made me promise I wouldn't stop playing my music or going on so here I am carrying on the show and she appointed and approved her daughter/my mother Tara Lanning to stand in as a co-host tonight and from time to time.

On this episode we celebrate her beautiful life and legacy by sharing covers we dedicate to her, some of her classic guitar pickin', and sharing some wonderful recordings of her and I that have never been posted before.

We hope you all enjoy.

We miss you and love you more than any words could ever express Bess.

Live recordings featured in the episode:

"Kansas City" - Fats Domino

"Walk & Talk" - Norma Jean

"Hey, Good Lookin'" - Hank Williams

"Sweet Fern" - The Carter Family

"Fox on the Run" (guitar riff she's played for years)

My mom, Tara Lanning covers:

"Little Rich Boy (Little Rich Girl)" by: Marty Robbins

I cover:

"My Little Lady" by: Jimmie Rodgers

When we went to see Jerry Lee Lewis for her birthday

Representing all of us as a trio when we played "Mule Skinner Blues" together

Sweet picture of Tara and Bess

As always get ALL our covers for FREE here:

https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial

https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1

https://soundcloud.com/taralanning777

*And shout out to Chris Hardwick and his Nerdist Podcast:

http://nerdist.com/podcasts/nerdist-podcast-channel/

for featuring us and telling people to listen to our show!

Thank you Chris we love you!

We were lucky enough to call him up for a phone interview.

We all cover Eddy Arnold songs of course:

I brought back my grandmother Bessie Lanning's cover of:

"I Walk Alone" (Feat. Me)

I cover:

"It's a Sin"

I also brought back my mother, Tara Lanning's cover of:

"Tip of My Fingers"

Thank you again SO much Shannon for taking the time to speak with us and making this episode special!

Keep up with everything Eddy Arnold and Plowboy Records at:

http://www.plowboyrecords.com

https://www.facebook.com/Official-Eddy-Arnold-Site-162885280408/

Instagram: @officialeddyarnold

And go get that Eddy Arnold tribute record it's badass!

https://play.spotify.com/album/0MKJXubNko7Yk9NGGrvtKO?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open

May Eddy Arnold's legacy live on!

Get ALL our covers for FREE download at:

https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial

https://soundcloud.com/erica-case1

https://soundcloud.com/taralanning777

In short the show was EPIC, artful, and Perfume Genius' music is worthy of being in a score to a film.

I cover: "Queen" by Perfume Genius, of their album: Too Bright

My grandmother, Bessie, covers "Big Boss Man/High Heeled Sneakers"

by: Jimmy Reed/Tommy Tucker

SEE all the photos I took at the Perfume Genius / Serpentwithfeet show here!:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.677772822334291.1073741828.664642440313996&type=1&l=c3ad334ed8

Get their new album No Shape and keep up with them at:

http://perfumegenius.org/

As always download ALL our covers FREE here!:

soundcloud.com/erica-case1

soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial

BIG thank you again to Grandstand, Jeremy, and Shane for this oppurtunity to live review an awesome band!

(and the podcast outro is "Slip Away" off their new album No Shape)

This is everything that came inside!

(available for purchase at ericacase.bandcamp.com)

As always shout out to Grimey's Preloved and New Music in Nashville,TN for letting me host all my releases there all the time and to Grimey's TOO for having my release on their table!

Download ALL our covers/original songs here:

My grandmother's EP: https://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial/sets/bessie-lanning-ep

and my covers and songs: soundcloud.com/erica-case1

Conor's publicist and I couldn't work out an interview in time due to him being busy on tour but I am happy I could do an album review anyway for this month's episode!

My grandmother and I as always do a cover each.

She does:

"Heartaches by the Number" by: Ray Price

and I do:

"Napalm" - by: Conor Oberst from Salutations

(and the show outro is the song Salutations, the title track from the album)

Make sure you buy/stream his amazing new album on iTunes and Spotify and go get the vinyl at:

http://www.conoroberst.com/

And as always go download all our covers FREE at:

http://soundcloud.com/erica-case1

http://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial

I cover "They Hung Him on a Cross" by Lead Belly

My grandmother sings her own version of a gospel classic:

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

And my mom and guest host, Tara Lanning sings:

" I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles

We hope you enjoy our show and that we can celebrate all the progress people of black history have made each and every day!

And as always download our covers for FREE here!:

http://soundcloud.com/erica-case1

http://soundcloud.com/taralanning777

http://soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial

It's a birthday special for my amazing, talented grandmother Bessie who is turning 80 years old!!!

On this show we celeberate her birthday by singing songs she pesonally chose for this episode and she shares some beautifully colorful life memoirs along with some laughs.

Then we have VERY special guest Miwi La Lupa: singer, songwriter, and bassist for his own music as well as Conor Oberst's solo work!

Him and his team were awesome enough to take time out of their busy tour schedule to share a wonderful little interview with me.

I feature his song:

"Plagued by Rules (No Wolves)"

from his new album Beginner's Guide

 I cover:

"Cold Moon" - Miwi La Lupa from Ended up Making Love

"Sweet Dreams" - Patsy Cline/Tammy Wynette

Then my grandmother and I sing:

"Apartment #9" - Tammy Wynette

"Everyday He's With Me" - Bessie Lanning

Please check out my grandmother's award winning poetry at:

www.poetry.com

Keep up with Miwi La Lupa's tour and buy his NEW album and merch HERE!:

http://www.miwilalupa.com/shop

And as always download all our covers for FREE on our Soundclouds

www.soundcloud.com/erica-case1

&

find my grandmother's original songs here:

www.soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial

I sing:

"Blue Christmas" in the style of Elvis Presley

my grandmother plays:

"Green Sleeves"

My mom Tara sings:

"Oh Holy Night" a great cover she did a few years ago with a friend on guitar that I went in and added some back up vocals special just for this episode.

We hope everyone has a wonderful and Merry Christmas and holiday!!!

Not only is it in celebration of my grandfather, Floyd Lanning's birthday, we have another special celebrity guest!

I was lucky enough this episode to catch a fantastic interview with Denver Dalley of The Desaparecidos, fronted by Conor Oberst also of the band, Bright Eyes.

He was awesome enough to call me on his only day off tour and chat about what he's been up to since the Desaparecidos had to cancel their own tour, knowing Conor from when they were teens, and his major contribution and composition in the band.

I cover:

"Buy a Little Time With Her" - Floyd Lanning (off his album Pretty Boy Floyd)

"Man and Wife, the Former (Financial Planning)" - Desaparecidos

"Gossimer Thin" - Conor Oberst (off his new album Ruminations)

My mom covers:

"Tips of my Fingers" - Eddy Arnold

My grandmother Bessie covers:

"Beginning of Goodbye" - Floyd Lanning (also off his album Pretty Boy Floyd)

And the show ends with my grandfather's version of "Tips of My Fingers" solo on acoustic guitar.

The birthday cake my mom made for one of my grandfather's birthdays

One of my favorite photos of him. He was an avid bodybuilder.

PRETTY BOY FLOYD by Floyd Lanning DOWNLOAD FREE HERE:

soundcloud.com/floydlanning

Buy the physical copy here:

http://ericacase.bandcamp.com/

And buy the '45 vinyl @ Grimey's Preloved and New Music in Nashville, TN.

As always download ALL our covers for FREE here!:

soundcloud.com/erica-case1

soundcloud.com/taralanning777

soundcloud.com/bessielanningofficial

And keep up with us here:

http://www.ericacase.com