Danny Sigelman and Mark Wheat join me to discuss The Clash at what was arguably their peak in the late 70s and 80s, and we cover the two albums they came out with at that time. First Mark Wheat packs in the seminal "London Calling", which he finds captured the Clash full of confidences and souped-up on their punk credibility.  Danny claims they upped the ante on punk with this album, and then drops to the next record, Sandinista!

Sandinista!, their  triple album with 36 tracks (including my pick of the record, "The Magnificent Seven") covered so much musical ground. It included streaks of R&B, Hip-hop, American Routes music, and Reggae. 
They've given me so much music. What did you discover because of The Clash?"

(discussion includes readers/listeners thoughts on Sandinista + the presenters memories of nearly getting crushed while seing the band play at the St. Paul Civic Center - supported by Shangoya)


The follow up - broadcast last week (Show details and podcasts: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/programs/musicheads/ )

From the discussion: "The Clash made me believe that I could make a difference and that I should get out of my chair and stand for something, whatever that something might be. They had me back then when they first arrived and they still have me today, whether it is the old stuff, The Mescaleros, and now Carbon/Silicon."

There's a Carbon/Silicon discussion in the shows archives too.