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Jimmy Ryan - The Critters: "Younger Girl" And "Mr. Dieingly Sad". Long Career With Carly Simon. Composer And Author
Episode 156
Jimmy Ryan is an original member of the iconic 60s band The Critters, with hits “Younger Girl” and “Mr. Dieingly Sad”. He went on to have a long career with Carly Simon from her early hit “You’re So Vain” through to her recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. He’s scored music for TV including writing news theme music for NBC, CNBC and MSNBC. He’s done commercials for McDonalds, IBM and Ford. And he’s written a memoir called “Behind - Autobiography of a Musical Shapeshifter.”
My featured song is “It Is A Miracle To Me”. Spotify link here.
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Jimmy and I discuss the following:
- Forming The Critters
- Soupy Sales
- The Rascals
- The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
- John Sebastian
- “Mr. Dieingly Sad”
- Dealing with the Draft
- Carly Simon
- “That’s the way I’ve always heard it should be”
- Warren Beatty
- Playboy Mansion
- Layla and Jim Gordon
- Ed Sheeran
- Performing with Olivia Rodrigo at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame
Songfest:
- “Mr. Dieingly Sad”
- “You’re So Vain”
- “Layla”
- “Afterglow”
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
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