The Toast and Jams Podcast

10/20/2023

Maybe we should start a GoFundMe so we can buy a mellotron for the studio...

10/20/2023

Philip Travers did the trippy artwork for the cover of In Search of the Lost Chord and for several subsequent Moody Blues albums.

10/20/2023

Here's where you can find John Lodge's recently released new recording of Days of Future Past, the first successful album from his band, The Moody Blues:

Music. The Moody Blues' John Lodge, a pop artist

10/20/2023

For the nerds who like to take stuff apart and see how it works (ahem, Rick Baughman)... here's how a mellotron works.

Here's a look inside a Mellotron M400 we just restored and an explanation of how it works! The famous (or notorious) Mellotron M400, made in the 1970s, is a ...

10/18/2023

We still be trippin'... our third-in-a-row acid rock album review, this time by prog pioneers The Moody Blues. We went on a quest to find the lost chord and breakfast, and we succeeded. The often-overlooked Moodies weren't pop culture darlings, they stayed out of the spotlight, but their musicianship was topnotch. So grab a latte, or a good old cup of Joe, and tune in, turn on.

We still be trippin'... our third-in-a-row acid rock album review, this time by prog pioneers The Moody Blues. We went on a quest to find the lost chord and breakfast, and we succeeded. The often-overlooked Moodies weren't pop culture darlings,&nb...

10/18/2023

Recently recorded at 512 Coffee and Ice Cream in Latrobe, where we found this cool artwork-- the Beatles albums in chronological order. Moody Blues episode coming soon!

09/21/2023

Toast and Jams morning-- Moody Blues and breakfast

08/14/2023

Revolver cover artist, Klaus Voorman, also created this John Lennon portrait. Learn more about his art here: https://www.voormann.com/

08/13/2023

The Revolver Sessions

08/13/2023

It's Sunday night in 1964... what are you going to watch?

08/13/2023

Records revolve, but they stay in one place. But the Beatles evolved, and they were on a trajectory. They'd already conquered the pop world, proving they could write a pop song with merit and staying power. They'd already demonstrated how to be a rock band, but hold on--they were only beginning to show us what rock and roll is. Around the beginning of their transition, they gave us Revolver. A fission in the songwriting, with each doing their own thing. A fusion in the studio, where their creativity led to groundbreaking studio tricks. Holy WOW, this album is incredible.

Records revolve, but they stay in one place. But the Beatles evolved,  and they were on a trajectory.  They'd already conquered the pop world,  proving they could write a pop song with merit and staying power. They'd already demonst...

08/03/2023

John Lennon explains to a homeless fan that his songs don't have deep meanings:

Interestingly, he may have also been in touch with Lennon a second time. In an appearance on the Dick Cavett show in September 1971, an audience member that ...