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  • Randy Jackson from Zebra - Episode 980

    Randy is best known as the frontman for the rock band Zebra. Zebra has recorded four studio albums and had hits with the singles "Who's Behind the Door" and "Tell Me What You Want". (Which both had popular videos on MTV. The band still tours, and Randy also does solo shows and productions with an orchestra behind him playing classic rock songs.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Jesse Colin Young - Episode 979

    Jesse Colin Young is an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods. After their dissolution in 1972, Young embarked on a solo career, releasing a series of albums through Warner Bros. Records, including Song for Juli (1973), Light Shine (1974), Songbird (1975) and the live album On the Road (1976). Young continued to release music in the 1980s with Elektra Records and Cypress Records before deciding to release music through his personal label, Ridgetop Music, in 1993. After the Mount Vision Fire in 1995, Young relocated with his family to a coffee plantation in Hawaii, periodically releasing music. Young received a diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease in 2012 and decided to retire from music. He began performing again in 2016 with his son Tristan, releasing a new album Dreamers in 2019 through BMG.

    44 min
  • Greg Hawkes from The Cars - Episode 978

    Grego Hawkes is an American musician and member of the Rock & Roll HOF for being the keyboardist and founding member of the American new wave band The Cars. He is credited with helping popularize new wave and synth-pop in American popular music. The Cars have sold over 23 million in the United States and had 13 singles that reached the Top 40. They also played both Live Aid and the US Festival.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Princess Goes - Episode 977

    Princess Goes is the buzzy band led by the charismatic showmanship and signature voice of vocalist, lyricist, musician and actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under, Lazarus) alongside keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen (Blondie, Cyndie Lauper) and drummer Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood). They released their latest album, Come of Age, earlier this month and embarked on a European tour and have a tour of the US coming up.

    37 min
  • Maddie Corman - Episode 976

    Award winning actress Maddie Corman had been working professionally since she was a teenager, appearing in "after school specials" and such classic 80s teen fodder as Seven Minutes in Heaven and John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful. She was also series regular on Mr. President starring George C Scott, All American Girl and Almost There and had a recurring role on Madame Secretary, Divorce, Younger and Bull. Some of her other work includes guest starring on TV shows or co-starring in feature films such as Ford Fairlane, PCU, Swingers, Mickey Blue Eyes, Maid in Manhattan, Nurse Jackie, Person of Interest, Damages and Law & Order. (All 3 of them.)

    52 min
  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor from The Dandy Warhols - Episode 975

    Courtney Taylor-Taylor, is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. He has written the majority of the band's songs. The Dandy Warhols The band gained recognition after they were signed to Capitol Records and released their major label album debut, ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down in 1997. In 2001, the band rose to new levels of fame after their song Bohemian Like You enjoyed extensive exposure due to being featured in a Vodafone advertisement. The Dandy Warhols were the subject of the 2004 documentary film Dig, along with The Brian Jonestown Massacre. They have released 10 studio albums, two compilation albums, six EPs, and and 28 singles to date.

    1 hr 12 min
  • Jesse James Dupree from Jackyl - Episode 974

    Jesse James Dupree has spent the last four decades placing his personal vision in to forward motion, achieving success with the majority of endeavors he's chosen to commit his energies to. It all began back in 1992 with the platinum release of his debut JACKYL album (Geffen). Successful album releases followed both with the band and solo. In 2009, the first season of "Full Throttle Saloon" was broadcast on TruTV, featuring Dupree and partner Michael Ballard. Following a fire in September, 2015, the duo relocated Full Throttle Saloon to a parcel of land fifteen times the size of the original location where the largest biker bar in The World continues to flourish annually tied to the Sturgis rally. Dupree is a consultant immersed in the business of Harley-Davidson, the owner of Jesse James American Outlaw Bourbon, and a new venture tied to analytically monitoring data tied to the commercial radio industry. JACKYL continues to be an attraction at festivals, headline shows and rallies annually staging dozens of performances a year. He continues to place his energies towards a dozen or more ventures fueled by multifaceted personal interests.

    40 min
  • John Fugelsang - Episode 973

    He's been murdered on CSI, interviewed 2 Beatles on separate continents in the same week, and famously once got Mitt Romney's advisor to call Governor Romney an 'etch a sketch' on CNN. Actor, comedian & broadcaster John Fugelsang hosts 'Tell Me Everything" weekdays on SiriusXM Insight #121.  

    He recently performed in 'The Bill of Rights Concert" alongside Lewis Black & Dick Gregory which aired on AXS.   He's also appeared at Montreal’s ‘Just for Laughs’ Festival, HBO’s U.S Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, hosted America's Funniest Home Videos for ABC and Bill Maher called him ‘one of my favorite comedians’.  

    Film/TV credits include 'Price Check' opposite Parker Posey, "Becker," "Providence," "Coyote Ugly,"  the religious standup performance film "The Coexist Comedy Tour" (which won Best Documentary at the NYC Vision Fest film festival).  He appears in the upcoming features "The Girl On The Train," "Maggie Black," and he plays two roles in the romantic comedy ‘The Whole Truth’ starring Elisabeth Rohm and Eric Roberts.   

    51 min
  • Musical Youth - Episode 972

    Musical Youth are a British reggae band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England. They are best remembered for their 1982 single "Pass the Dutchie", which was a number 1 in multiple charts around the world. Their other hits include Youth of Today Never Gonna Give You Up, and Unconditional Love, a collaboration with Donna Summer.  Musical Youth recorded two albums and earned a Grammy Award nomination before disbanding in 1985 after a series of personal problems. The band returned in 2001 as a duo.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Right Said Fred - Episode 971

    Right Said Fred is made up of the Fairbrass brothers. (Richard and Fred.) They are best known for their smash hit, I'm Too Sexy, which spent 6 weeks at the No. 2 spot in the UK charts and 4 months is the UK top 10. On the US Billboard Charts it was 1 for 3 weeks and hit the top of the charts internationally in 32 countries. They have achieved 25 million sales worldwide and have won two Ivor Novello Awards and one BMI Award. They have released nine albums, shared stages with big names all over the world, achieved a Brit award nomination, played in front of the Queen and released a track for Comic Relief. 

    59 min

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