This episode features in-demand, DC area veteran bassist Sonny Petrosky. Sonny currently plays with his own band, Don’t Tell Suzie, and The Patty Reese Band. He also plays with many DC area legends like Dave Chappell, Tommy Lepson, Mary Ann Redmond, and the list goes on and on. Listen in as Sonny tells us about a meeting with his parents, where his grade school teacher/nun tells them that young Sonny has no musical ability. He also explains his love/hate relationship with the music business, and the night in Las Vegas where he nearly ended co-host Bobby Fagel’s life.

Also in this episode, Little Momma Love (Donna Thorne) joins Bobby and Big Daddy Love for this episode’s Enjoy Your Wings segment. Listen in as she throws them completely off their game!

A longtime powerhouse of the DC music scene, Singer/Songwriter Patty Reese joins Big Daddy Love and Bobby in studio B for this latest CheapTalk Podcast interview. Patty’s latest album, Let In The Sun, is earning rave reviews and is getting airplay worldwide. Listen and learn as Patty shares stories about her background, songwriting, her band, and work ethic. She also shares her great laugh!

Also in this episode, the guys introduce a new segment called Enjoy Your Wings, Bobby gets uncomfortable, and they tell their personal stories of sexual harassment.

This episode features Spyra Gyra bassist Scott Ambush. Scott has held down their bass chair for the past 25 years, and is not only a world class bass player but is also a super nice guy. He expains, among other things, how the band is in esteemed company with Bjork and Brian McKnight, his audition process, their song writing process, and worst gigs.

Also in this episode, the guys talk about an accident with the studio/Prius, music store licks, and Mr Fagel's enjoyment of McDonald's Happy Meals.

This episode features saxophonist Eli Gonzalez. Eli plays with many bands throughout the DC area, but primarily with the US Army Band, The Texas Chainsaw Horns, Fat Liver Jenkins, and Crowded Streets. Eli is a great story teller, and shares funny stories about his collection of knives, the drunkest day in his life, buying a suit for a funeral, and getting pulled over by a cop with his dad.

Also in this episode, Bobby talks about his grandmother who didn’t always embrace diversity, and Big Daddy Love talks about drinking in a New York City bar where the movie Goodfellas was filmed. To round things out, we also have Sh*t My Mom Does, and Uncle Mickey’s Story Time.

This episode features drummer Tom Moon from the Grammy nominated children’s band Milkshake. Tom talks about attending the Grammy awards show, forming The Regal Beagles yacht rock band, and life as a booking agent. Tom is also one of the funniest Facebook posters in the business, so do yourself a favor and follow him!

Also in this episode, Big Daddy Love and Bobby explain why the podcast has been on an unexpected hiatus, the loss of one of the inspirations for one of the show’s recurring features, a story about a Canadian entertainer’s unusual use of a bathtub, and of course, Uncle Mickey’s Storytime.

In this episode, the Prius finds itself parked in front of a trash dumpster on a loading dock in Gaithersburg MD to interview Diamond Alley drummer and founder Doug Macuch. Doug talks about the history of Diamond Alley, the art of laser tag, and a cast member from Gilligan’s Island who took a liking to him.

Also in this episode, among other things, Big Daddy Love and Bobby talk about the recently completed Hot Mess Burlesque show, and a local art gallery that featured Bobby’s artwork.

In part 2 of keyboardist Glenn Workman’s interview, Glenn tells us about his experience as a keyboard tech for The Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder, meeting guitarist Dave Chappell in a kindergarten class, being the only male on his high school cheerleading squad, and why he NEVER wears shoes.

This episode also features the guys talking about the Fagel’s house full of cats, Bobby’s father’s questionable character and possible mob ties, the upcoming Hot Mess Burlesque Show on Nov 19th at Bethesda Blues and Jazz, and the recurring Traffic/Weather/Sports reports, Sh*t My Dad Says, and Uncle Mickey Story Times segments.

This episode features Part 1 of keyboardist Glenn Workman’s (Technicolor Motor Home, Crack The Sky, Palookaville, Naked Blue, The Regal Beagles, Tony Berry & New Money, Boister, Sons Of Pirates, Mink Stole and her Wonderful Band) drive by interview. He joins Big Daddy Love and Bobby in the Prius to tell us how he parlayed his frequent calls to keyboard tech/customer support help lines into a legitimate job, how he bailed a bass player out of jail (on very short notice) just in time to play a gig, and his experience as a keyboard player for the Kennedy Center’s production of Beauty and the Beast.

Besides the normal recurring segments, this episode also features the guys talking about the upcoming Hot Mess Burlesque show on November 19that Bethesda Blues and Jazz club, how chivalry is a dying breed, the results of the Thrilla’ In Vanilla battle of the bands, and how Bobby saw his ‘Gorilla Viking’ grandmother naked when he was a child.

In this episode, Keyboardist Donnie Walton (the self-proclaimed ‘Forrest Gump of Music’) joins Big Daddy Love and Bobby in the Prius to talk about his disdain for clowns, his role in Bobby’s colonoscopy, mooning, playing a gig with Bruce Springsteen, how his relationship with bassist Francis Rocco Prestia almost led to the breakup of Tower of Power, his connections with Carlos Santana and the Beach Boys, his ill-fated experience as a singing competition judge, and finally, the story of how he and Bobby met.

This episode also features the guys’ usual witty banter, Bobby’s promo of the upcoming Hot Mess Burlesque show on November 19that Bethesda Blues and Jazz club, and the recurring segments: Big Red’s Traffic Report, Leon the Cabbie’s Weather Report, Bobby’s Sports Report, Uncle Mickey’s Story Time, and Dee’s (Mrs. BDL) Sh*t My Dad Says segment.

Mary Ann Redmond joins Big Daddy Love and Bobby for this episode’s drive by interview in the Prius. Mary Ann talks about her Sunday night Harp & Fiddle gig & band, her twenty-something Wammie awards, a song she co-wrote that was recorded by one of the biggest singing stars in the world, her experiences as a voice teacher, and the time she walked onto the stage with a 6 ft. long strand of toilet paper stuck to her shoe. Pay special attention to the part of the interview where Mary Ann brings Bobby to tears.

This episode also features the guys talking about the questionable web site names that Mr. Fagel owns, the upcoming Hot Mess Burlesque Show on Nov 19th at Bethesda Blues and Jazz, his use of the barter system, and the recurring Traffic/Weather/Sports reports, Uncle Mickey Story Time, and Sh*t My Mom Does segments.