Boston Venue: The Channel Story Podcast
1) SEASON ONE, EPISODE TEN, Part 1: “What The **** Happened?”
In Part One of Episode 10, new money and new partners have forced Harry Booras OUT of The Channel. But the new regime quickly found themselves underwater as the local mob started skimming 80% of the r...Show More
2) SEASON ONE, EPISODE NINE: “Heavy Metal & Heavy Trouble”
Heavy Metal was a mainstay at The Channel. In 2015 VH1 named it one of the Top 10 venues for heavy metal ever. National acts including Metallica, Slayer, Motorhead and Alice in Chains played the club....Show More
3) Boston Venue: Season One Bonus Episode: Peter Tosh, In His Own Words
Crafting each episode of Boston Venue: The Channel Story is a painstaking process involving hours of research, combing through a ton of archival material. Occasionally, some incredible hidden gems pop...Show More
4) SEASON ONE, EPISODE EIGHT: “Nights to Remember. Days to Forget”
By the mid-80s, The Channel was a successful venue. Big-name acts played The Channel in lieu of theatre and even arena shows. The legendary Roy Orbison played his final shows at the club. Bo Diddley a...Show More
5) SEASON ONE, EPISODE SEVEN: “Mama Africa”
From the beginning, black music was a primary feature of The Channel’s eclectic lineup of headliners. Episode 7 explores The Channel’s embrace of early hip-hop, reggae, funk and R&B acts--and the impa...Show More
6) Boston Venue: Season One Bonus Episode: The Channel Back Stories, Volume 1
Putting together each episode of Boston Venue: The Channel Story is a painstaking process involving hours of research and hours more coordinating and conducting interviews with the artists, journalist...Show More
Boston Venue: Season One Bonus Episode: The Channel Back Stories, Volume 1
40:51 | Oct 27th, 2019
7) SEASON ONE, EPISODE SIX: “The Kids Will Have Their Say!”
Episode 6 dives deep into the pit with a focus on the hardcore punk scene of the ‘80s. The Channel’s embrace of the genre, along with details only the people who were there can provide, is the highlig...Show More
8) SEASON ONE, EPISODE FIVE: “Where’d You Go?”
The Channel became a musical melting pot in a city still divided by parochial neighborhoods and lingering racial animosities. A club on a desolate stretch of the Boston waterfront became a hub for roc...Show More
9) SEASON ONE, EPISODE FOUR: “Lawyers, Guns and Money”
The Channel finds itself in the midst of a decade of profound change in Boston. Live music was a major part of that cultural shift. In the halls and streets of power, long-entrenched attitudes and tra...Show More
10) SEASON ONE, EPISODE THREE: “I Fought The Law”
In its first 60 days, The Channel had a run of winning shows featuring a schedule of first tier rock ‘n’ roll headliners including Levon Helm, Joe Cocker and Johnny Thunders. But booking national tour...Show More