Dan Markus Wax Museum

Rocker Tommy James and comedian Pat Paulsen both had roles in the 1968 Presidential Election.  Richard Nixon won the election over Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace.  But here are two stories you may not have heard before, one from Tommy James, the other from Pat Paulsen. 

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Spanky and Our Gang’s hits included “Sunday Will Never Be The Same, Lazy Day,” and “Like To Get To Know You.”  They were known for great harmonies and a quirky look.  Here, Elaine “Spanky” McFarlane recalls the band’s formation-to-first-gig-in-4-days origin, and the name.

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Danny Hutton knows why Three Dog Night songs were so popular, and discloses a really stupid reason why one critic chose to pan the band that had 18 consecutive Top 20 hits.

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The Cowsills have a new 3-song Christmas EP out, and it’s a gem!  Here, Bob Cowsill chats with Dan Markus about the new EP, and shares a few other interesting Cowsills stories.  More on The Cowsills and many other artists from Rock and Roll’s formative years at
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Susan Cowsill has been a rock star since her pre-teen years, and here she talks with Dan Markus about being in The Cowsills with her mother and brothers, and being a part of the 2023 Happy Together Tour.

What iconic Rock Star escaped a Russian Invasion as a baby when his mother snuck him across a border in the middle of the night?  Hear the story from the man it happened to. 

Chad and Jeremy, in the first year of The British Invasion, made a very memorable appearance on the Dick Van Dyke Show, playing British musicians plagued by hoards of screaming teenage girls intent on meeting them.  The episode (called The Redcoats are Coming) first aired February 10, 1965.  Here, Chad and Jeremy talk with Dan Markus about their cherished experience on that show.

When Chicago first debuted (is that redundant?), some rock purists were hesitant to call it a “rock band” because it had a built-in horn section (Jimmy Pankow on trombone, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, and Walter Parazaider on saxophone and flute).  Here, Dan Markus (a trombonist himself-back in the day) brings the subject up with Chicago founding member Jimmy Pankow.

The Grass Roots’ Rob Grill revealed to Dan Markus how he had a close call with death, but switched planes at the last minute.  The tragic 1979 plane crash took the lives of everyone on board.

Dan Markus talks with one of Rock’s greatest guitarists 
(so-annointed by Rolling Stone Magazine) whose career goes back even before the British Invasion years when he was guitarist in the house band for the TV show “Shindig.”  He’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for being a member of the legendary band, Booker T. and The MGs.  Perhaps he’s most remembered for playing behind Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in The Blues Brothers (band and movie).  In this 10 minute phone interview, Steve and Dan talk about Steve’s latest album, Fire It Up, and Steve tells his favorite behind-the-scene story about shooting The Blue Brothers movie.