Review: Drawn & Recorded S1Ep4

Audience Network is tough to get to.

Overview (Spoilers Below)

Anita& The Two Richards

Anita invited a member of another band to meet Keith Richards which went fine, but we learn more about the tragedy of the mother of Richards’ three kids.

Score

7/10

Leon Theremin

Stalin sent Theremin to the United States to help promote a new instrument but would spend a good portion of his life dealing in espionage. After the spy business, he would spend the rest of his life as a teacher.

Score

9/10

House of the Rising Sun

We learn all about a gentleman named Alan Lomax and his importance to folk music. We also learn about the recording of “House of the Rising Sun”.

Score

6/10

The Shaggs

A story about a miserable man who raised three daughters in forced servitude to maybe one day be the Beatles, only that never happened. Welcome to The Shaggs which really didn’t do much until 50 years later when they finally found a fan base to play in front of.

Score

8/10

The Ramones Meet The Beatles

Turns out, Johnny Ramone hated The Beatles and went to Shea stadium to throw rocks at them during a live performance. While he was too far away to make a hit, it took until Sgt Peppers before Johnny could accept the band as they were.

Score

9/10

Red Elvis

When Dean Reed couldn’t cut it in America, he traveled the world looking for fame and found it in Russia where he became a huge star. Mysteriously, Reed was killed possibly as a covert ops puppet.

Score

7/10

General Moon

Keith used to love blowing shit up and destroying private property. We also learn how his drums exploded on the Smothers Brothers show and about that time he committed vehicular manslaughter. As a result, Keith drank himself to death probably from depression from the aforementioned accident.

Score

9/10

The Spell of Screamin’ Jay

We learn all about Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. The singer of “I Put A Spell On You” had a rather Moon-like crazy life. When it came to music, the singer was dead-on and brought his eccentric life to stage every night which inspired heavy metal acts to do the same.

Score

8/10