Dooner’s World

Mike talks with California Rock experts Ralph Hulett of rockretrospect.com and Steven Schofield from Cyrus Round about musical influences - From Bing Crosby to Buffalo Springfield, the gang covers A LOT of ground! 

Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra

Buddy Holly -- Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys

Elvis Presley -- Beatles, Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and many other rock artists

Everly Brothers -- Beatles, Beach Boys

Gene Vincent -- Rick Lee, Stray Cats

Chuck Berry   -- Beatles, Stones & Beach Boys; many others

BB King -- Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Steve Marriot 

Beatles and Beach Boys -- Influenced each other

Beatles -- Influenced numerous British Invasion groups 

The Kinks -- Numerous 70s punk bands

The Stones & Animals -- Various blues/rock artists like Savoy Brown

Bo Diddley -- The Animals, Stones, Yardbirds

The Yardbirds -- Garage band type groups like The Count 5

Little Richard -- Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elton John

Muddy Waters -- Stones, Jimi Hendrix

John Lee Hooker - Animals, ZZ Top, J. Geils Band, many others 

Willie Dixon - Artists who covered his songs include Cream "Spoonful," Doors "Back Door Man," Jeff Beck Group "I Ain't Superstitious"  "You Shook Me,"  Led Zeppelin "I Can't Quit You," "You Shook Me,"  Rolling Stones  "I Just Want to Make Love with You"  "I Want to be Loved," Steppenwolf "Hoochie Kootchie Man"                             

Topics:

History of the Dudes and Beer podcast - https://www.dudesandbeer.com/

Working on the crew for Roger Waters on The Wall tour 

First concert - Huey Lewis and the news 

Working for Rush at a show and meeting the band 

Chris talks about his pedal modification business - https://www.austinhotmods.com/

COVID Talk – Texas vs New York

Chris talks about his new meditation album – No Disassemble and 8 other albums he released during the pandemic 

Growing up in Mansfield, England 

Piecing a drum set together 

Ricky Storm and The Tornados, then Ricky and The Stormcats 

1st meeting Alvin Lee

Audition for the The Jaybirds 

Getting a gig at The Marquee club 

Renaming the band - Ten Years After 

Meeting Aynsley Dunbar after he auditioned for Jimi Hendrix!! 

Meeting Frank Zappa at a gig in Belgium and introducing him to Aynsley Dunbar after the show 

Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, and Cozy Powell

Having drinks with Led Zeppelin in New York

Taking a walk with Miles Davis

Getting the Woodstock gig 

Hanging with the Grateful Dead by the pool 

Meeting Marcus Bonfanti 

Growing up in Rockport, Mass 

1st Concert – Billy Joel TD Gardens 

Inspirations: Chet Baker, Otis Redding, Frank Sinatra, Nirvana, Amy Winehouse 

Playing in an Eric Clapton cover band in San Diego

Recording the “I’ll play Daddy” and “Let You Leave” videos 

Tom Waits love 

New single – She’s So High - https://open.spotify.com/track/4HB7tDcCcJYuuuZRrjCUX0?si=GW_-_ihpSZyD03Fx2QX4XA

Upcoming release – “Roller Coaster”, with Jimi Vivino

Juliet’s Links: 

Full Concert on HelloooTV on YouTube - https://youtu.be/pJvNi7gVlYA

"I'll Play Daddy" video  - https://vimeo.com/489880972

“Let You Leave” video - https://youtu.be/NAXoU0TeRrY

Facebook: JulietHawkinsMusic | Spotify: Juliet Hawkins | Instagram: juliethawksinsofficial

Dooner’s World – Co de Kloet – Frank Zappa Royalty and Author of Frank and Co 

Topics:

Growing up in Holland 

Trini Lopez – If I had a hammer

Cool story about an indoor Festival with Ry Cooder, The Eagles, Chi Coltrane, The Who, Rod Stewart, and, ….Gary Glitter?

Early Zappa experiences 

Winning tickets to a show in 73 

On radio telling his love – won tickets

Amazing George Duke story

Meeting and interviewing Frank Zappa at The Pulitzer Hotel in 1977 

Working with Terry Bozzio 

Seeing Frank in 1978 in Rotterdam

The 1979 Interview with Frank - 3.5 hours w Frank!!

Co’s Zappa Word game – he stumps Mike Keneally 

FZ  turns 50, so Co throws a party on the radio on his Supplement show 

Interviewing Frank in Cali, then Flo and Eddie in NY 

Suzie Cream Cheese calls

Going to Cali to see FZ – 93 – sitting next to Suzie Cream Cheese’s Uncle?   - White coke red Russians

Dooner’s World – Kahlil Sabbagh 

Topics:

Growing up in Bloomington, Indiana 

Taking lessons from Kenny Aronoff 

Tommy Mars stories from jamming with him late night to seeing him at a local High School football game 

Amazing Eddie Van Halen story 

Playing with Dweezil Zappa

Jamming with Mike Keneally 

Meeting Steve Vai

Meeting George Duke a year before he passed 

Playing with Eddie Jobson at Zappanale

Kahlil plays Mike and Gerry Fiakla’s Zappa requests: 

Inca Road 

Wet T -shirt Night

Let’s make the Water Turn black

Montana

Dog Breath 

Alien Orifice 

Zoot Allures 

Echinda’s Arf 

Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing

Black Page

St. Alphonso’s Pancake Breakfast 

What’s New in Baltimore 

Sofa 

Dooner's  World   Stephen SchofieldDooner’s World – Stephen Schofield

 Topics: 

Stephen performs

Protest Singers of America 

Leadbelly 

Woodie Guthrie 

Peter Seger 

Bob Dylan 

John Lennon 

Jimi Hendrix 

Velvert Turner 

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Nominees 

Topics: 

Growing up in San Francisco in a famous music family 

Talking to Muhammed Ali on a cell phone in 1969

Being around Fantasy Records when John Fogerty worked in the warehouse  

Wilt Chamberlin taking Merl to his guitar lessons  

Roadying for his Dad with Paul Butterfield 

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders

Touring with David Crosby

Michael Jackson Tour “BAD” Tour 

Meeting Frank Zappa and working as his guitar tech on the 1988 tour 

Working for Milli Vanilli up the last gig 

Building The Fenix in San Rafael 

Merl Saunders, the Wetlands, Blues Traveler 

Potential Archival releases 

Dooner’s World – Season 2 Premiere!

Guest – Darran Bruce 

Topics: 

Growing up in Seattle and the Grunge influence

Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill album and Tour – Darran saw it! 

Paul’s Boutique Critique and More Beastie Love 

The DJ Sessions history 

Avian Invasion

Lindsey Stirling and Mako (Macco?) How do you say it?

Darran and Mike pick their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees for 2021 

The Beatles February 9, 1964 

RIP Chick Corea 

Dooner’s World – Jan 29, 2021 – Tom “Bones” Malone – Frank Zappa, Blues Brothers, SNL Band, David Letterman Band, Billy Cobham,  

Topics: 

Tom shares the story of his Dad surviving Pearl Harbor

Growing up in Mississippi

College years making connections 

Early touring with Woody Herman band 

Meeting and playing with 16 year old Stevie Wonder

Playing gigs with Doc Severinsen 

Auditioning for Frank Zappa’s Grand Wazoo band on Tuba over the phone 

Touring with Frank Zappa  

Blood Sweat and Tears Tour 1973 

Bill Cobham Tour 1975 

Meeting Gil Evans at his 60th birthday gig

Playing with Gil for the last 15 years of his career

Getting the SNL gig in 1975

Playing with The Band on SNL, then on their last tour and at The Last Waltz - November 25, 1976

Playing with Frank Zappa on SNL 1976 Purple Lagoon with John Belushi 

Playing on the gigs that would later become Zappa in New York - Dec 26-29 – 1976 – The Pallidum

The history of the Blues Brothers

First gig at Carnegie hall 

9 Shows in California opening for Steve Martin that would later become the “A Briefcase full of Blues” album

Making the Blues Brothers movie – funny John stories 

Story behind the soundtrack 

With blow in the budget, what was filming the movie like?  Hint - Cheech and Chong’s trailer was next to theirs 

5-week tour with the Blues Brothers  

Visiting Graceland with John Belushi

Getting Paul Shaffer, the David Letterman gig 

Tom talks about his time with David Letterman 

Meeting Warren Zevon when he was on the show and Warren sharing his health news 

Warren gave Dave his guitar the last time he appeared

Playing for the Troops with the Lt. Dan Band 

Recording with Paul McCartney on Egyptian Station