Academy Of Tone 166: ABBA Sounds feat. Jimmy McGowan

Special guest: Jimmy McGowan

00:00:00  - Intro
00:01:26  - Thomas and Jimmy play Abba
00:04:42  - Who is Jimmy McGowan?
00:07:32  - What is the show about today?
00:07:58  - Weekly Artist Report
00:16:03  - A few things about Abba
00:17:41  - What about all the places Jimmy has lived in
00:21:08  - Meeting Jennifer Batten
00:24:15  - Stuttgart is Stuttgart
00:24:51  - Music city Mannhein
00:27:57  - Thomas's past as a session guitarist in Mannheim
00:29:46  - Besides the ABBA project, what other projects does Jimmy have?
00:33:56  - HX Effects?
00:36:14  - HX Effects - The first thing
00:40:58  - The Blubox
00:41:53  - General reactions to chat
00:43:28  - Back to Abba
00:44:44  - Pop Music
00:46:09  - Thomas and Jimmy play Abba - Dancing Queen
00:48:21  - The genious of Abba's chord choices
00:51:20  - Thomas and Jimmy play Waterloo
00:52:24  - The genius of Waterloo
00:53:50  - Mamma Mia rehearsal
00:54:51  - Thomas and Jimmy play Mamma Mia
00:56:27  - The story about the guitar lick for Mamma Mia and it'es guitar player
00:57:37  - Here is another one
00:57:54  - Thomas and Jimmy play Gimme gimme gimme
00:59:45  - The magic of the 70's
01:01:54  - The melancholy of Abba
01:02:52  - Ritchie Blackmore and the Abba influences
01:04:39  - The "role" of Jimmy in Abba Mania, the show
01:09:44  - Abba's classical masterpiece
01:12:06  - Thomas and Jimmy play Intermezzo
01:15:45  - The genius about Intermezzo
01:16:55  - The Lydian sound
01:18:40  - Can Jimmy read music? How does he learn the songs?
01:19:15  - The importance of modes
01:21:52  - "Play" Music
01:23:19  - Thomas's arrangement of a classical piece of music
01:27:35  - Clip from Thomas's rehearsal with a symphonic orchestra
01:28:51  - People from Los Angeles visiting Thomas
01:29:45  - Thank you Jimmy for visiting us
01:32:16  - See you guys next week, outro