Name: 10,000 Maniacs: "Can't Ignore The Train" Documentary - Episode 2 by WRFARadio in 10,000 Maniacs: Can't Ignore The Train Radio Documentary
Duration: 29 min 2 s
Description: In part two, 10,000 Maniacs: Can’t Ignore the Train brings listeners a new sound. As the once heavily populated Jamestown music scene began to thin out, a new group with little to no musical training but a fervor for expression and an undeniable chemistry emerges with a hybrid of different styles.

10,000 Maniacs: Can't Ignore The Train Radio Documentary

10,000 Maniacs: Can’t Ignore the Train, all begins in Jamestown, a small forgotten factory town in the Western part of New York state where long winters and gray skies gave way to the nuanced sound of 10,000 Maniacs. The band’s global success arrived with their first major- label record deal in 1984, but the story begins with the local scene that built their creative voice 6 years prior.

10,000 Maniacs: "Can't Ignore The Train" Documentary - Episode 1

In part two, 10,000 Maniacs: Can’t Ignore the Train brings listeners a new sound. As the once heavily populated Jamestown music scene began to thin out, a new group with little to no musical training but a fervor for expression and an undeniable chemistry emerges with a hybrid of different styles.

10,000 Maniacs: "Can't Ignore The Train" Documentary - Episode 2

In part three, 10,000 Maniacs: Can’t Ignore the Train tracks how being the best band in Jamestown was no longer fulfilling and in November 1982 the band embarks on a new adventure with the promise of a recording contract and a new music scene to conquer.

10,000 Maniacs: "Can't Ignore The Train" Documentary - Episode 3

The fourth and final episode navigates the twists and turns of the band’s early success. As their affair with radio stations across the globe continues to expand we hear insight from music industry giants and familiar voices, that even far from home the band remains connected to their roots.

10,000 Maniacs: "Can't Ignore The Train" Documentary - Episode 4

Panel Discussion on 10,000 Maniacs: Can't Ignore The Train by founding members Dennis Drew, Steve Gustafson, and John Lombardo.

10,000 Maniacs: Can't Ignore The Train - Panel Discussion

From the cassette release "Rosy Pal Reader" 1990.

Danny Imig, mp3

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WRFA is a listener-supported, low power community radio station in Jamestown, NY. We provide coverage of local arts and entertainment as well as local news. In addition to broadcasting at 107.9 FM in Jamestown, we also have a live stream at our website, www.wrfalp.com. WRFA is owned and operated by the Reg Lenna Center For The Arts.

10,000 Maniacs: "Can't Ignore The Train" Documentary - Episode 2

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