Singer, songwriter and guitarist Chrissie Hynde is one of the most admired and imitated figures in rock.
From her childhood in 1960s Ohio, to her sojourn in the 1970s London punk scene, to her meteoric rise with The Pretenders in the 1980s, Hynde has lived the so-called "rock'n'roll lifestyle" with gusto - and has lived to tell the tale. It's a story full of glittery cameos from characters like Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Vivienne Westwood and Iggy Pop. And it's a story she's told vividly in her new memoir Reckless: My Life as a Pretender.
Shortly after the book's release, Hynde joined Soundcheck host John Schaefer live in The Greene Space, in front of an intimate and vocally enthusiastic crowd. It was her sole New York appearance, and made for a wide-ranging and candid (or sometimes candidly uncandid) conversation about subjects like drugs, Akron, an obscure rapper, and jazz.
This podcast features excerpts from the following (in order of appearance):
The Pretenders: Back On The Chain Gang
The Pretenders: Tattooed Love Boys
The Delta Saints: Heavy Hammer
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Alessandro Safina: Parla piu piano (Theme from “The Godfather”)
Lil Ugly Mane: Throw Dem Gunz
Chrissie Hynde: You Or No One
Johnny Moped documentary trailer
Chrissie Hynde, Moreno, Kassin, and Domenico: The Empty Boat (tribute to Caetano Veloso)
The Pretenders: Kid
The Pretenders: My City Was Gone
The Pretenders: Talk Of The Town
