Dooner’s World

Dooner’s World - US Festival Retrospective 1982 and 1983 

 Guest Roger Capps (Pat Benatar), Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa), and Ralph Hulett (Photographer and Author - Rock Retrospect.com) 

Topics: 

·      Review of the US Festival 1982 artists – Ramones, Oingo Boingo, B-52s, Talking Heads, The Police, Santana, The Kinks, Tom Petty, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, and more

·      Review of Pat Benatar’s set, song by song, with Roger Capps

·      Review of the US Festival 1983 artists – Divinyls, INXS, Oingo Boingo, Wall of Voodoo, English Beat, Stray Cats, Men at Work, The Clash, Judas Priest, U2, Missing Persons, Pretenders, Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks, David Bowie 

·      Ralph and Mike Keneally discuss the Zappa show at San Diego State University 1977 - Mike’s 1st Zappa show, and Ralph photographed the show and met Frank backstage

Topics: 

Mark’s upcoming release: From Chile With Love – Out February 23rd

Help-Line for Veterans 800-882-1316

Mark recently launched a Go-Fund Me Campaign to benefit the Mid-Michigan flood victims. gf.me/u/x4b4v6 

Growing up in Michigan

Family jam sessions / gatherings 

Going to see The Yardbirds with Jeff Beck 

Starting to play guitar at 15

Feb 9, 1964 – Ed Sullivan

1st time seeing the MC5 with Iggy and The Stooges 

Returning from Cape Cod ii n 1969 and meeting Mel Schacher 

Jamming for 3-4 weeks then opening up the Atlanta Pop Festival 

Mark shares the crazy tale of the band traveling to Atlanta for the  

Mark tells us about when he first got his B3 organ and writing Foot Stompin’ Music story 

Meeting Jimi Hendrix

How did GFR end up working with Frank Zappa?

Frank was sold on producing Grand Funk Railroad after Craig Frost farted on Don Brewer 

Mark talks about the Good Singin’, Good Playing album 

Mark talks about the inspiration for Big Buns 

Mark tells the tale of teaching Frank Zappa how to shoot a gun 

Touring with Ringo Starr 

Working with Todd Rundgren

Working with Alice Cooper 

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Twitter: @REALMARKFARNER 

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Dooner’s World – Episode 117 – (157) Jez Graham – Pianist, Keyboard player - Col Bruce Hampton, Francine Reed

Topics: 

Growing up in NYC/Massachusetts 

1st concert - Canned Heat (Larry Taylor)

Playing with Kenny Aronoff in Ball of Confusion

Fillmore East Memories – Allmans, Mahavishnu, Earth wind 

Seeing Hendrix at MSG 

Seeing Frank Zappa in New Paltz, NY at The Elting Gym on November 11, 1973 

The Magic that is known as George Duke 

Ed Mann and Tommy Mars stories

Auditioning for Frank Zappa Oct 1987 

Jez shares some intimate stories of his time with Frank  

Meeting and playing with Col Bruce Hampton 

Dooner’s World – Episode 116 – (156) Soho Johnny Pasquale – Event Producer, Real Estate Philanthropist 

Topics: 

Growing up in the Bronx

Being the class clown, always making people laugh 

History in Soho, migrating north to Manhattan, then the Boogie-Down Bronx 

Johnny started hosting gatherings in his parent’s garage  

Recent events that Johnny hosted, Disco Extravaganza with Deney Terrio 

Benefit in November with Ozzy, Julian Lennon, and many others 

Let Me Help, Inc charity 

Mike previews the US Festival Show with Roger Capps and Ralph Hulett 

Soho Johnny’s site: 

https://www.sohojohnny.com/

Dooner’s World – Episode 115 Albert Bouchard – Blue Oyster Cult, Brain Surgeons, Blue Coupe, and Solo Artist 

Topics:

Growing up in REAL upstate New York - Clayton, NY

How did Albert get from almost Canada to Long Island?  Come listen….  

Formation of Soft White Underbelly n 1967 at Stony Brook University 

Sandy Pearlman 

Les Braunstein

Blue Coupe – with Joe and Dennis Dunaway (Alice Copper Band) 

More cowbell!!

Phish, More Cowbell, and Coventry   

New Paltz, NY 

Ross the Boss 

New Album – Re-Imaginos 

Albert’s Links:

https://bluecoupeband.com/

Dooner’s World – Episode 114 - Rick Czerny – Richard Black – Shark Island 

Topics:

·      New album – Bloodline 2.0.20

·      New Video – Someday - https://youtu.be/WP7urCQiGKM

·      Early Sharks with Spencer Sercombe in High School

·      Shark Island were Gazzari’s House band for 2.5 years  

·      1989 – Bill and Ted’s excellent Adventure Shark Island wrote and performed 2 tunes 

·      Dweezil Zappa performed on Two Heads re Better Than One with the Nelson Brothers 

·      1991 - Contraband album with Michael Schenker, Bobby Blotzer (Ratt), Share Pedersen (Vixen) and Traci Guns (L.A. Guns)

·      Never performed or toured as a band 

·      Richard’s metal art and sculpture was a focus 

·      Black 13 with Jake E Lee (Ozzy) and Simon Wright (AC/DC) – wrote 1 song

·      Bourgeois Pigs with Michael Guy – wrote about 6 songs

·      2005 – Shark Island re-union – Gathering of the Faithful –

·      Richard’s Stone Home in Croatia

·      Day of the Dead on Halloween - Alive Zagreb – Released on color vinyl 

·      2019 – Bloodline – sold out everywhere, so they re-released it with a few new tunes, including the new single, “Someday.” 

·      Richard’s Rescue Ranch – goats, donkeys, cats, and more 

Dooner’s World – Episode 113 – Zeke Skye from The Zeke Sky Band

Topics:

End of Season 1 of Dooner’s World in January  

Season 2 – Live Streaming on Thursdays and Saturdays! 

Early punk influences: Sex Pistols, Green Day, Anti-Flag

Starting out on piano and getting his first guitar 

Walking in on Julia Roberts peeing at 9 

Taking guitar lessons from Dave Snyder (Dee’s brother) 

1st concert – Green Day 

2nd concert –Coheed and Cambria

First band – Conniption Fit 

Going to college in Maryland 

Playing in a Pink Floyd tribute  

2018 – First Zeke Sky album - Animals of God and War 

Opened for King X 

Getting in Rolling Stone India for the new song, “Light The Sky” 

Zeke’s Links: 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4K0ctrdYgsLVb2m4pVfQIw

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZekeSky

Dooner’s World – Episode 112 (152) – Stephen Schofield – Cyrus Round, Stephen’s Corner channel on YouTube 

Topics: 

·      Stephen has recorded 2724 songs on his YouTube Channel Stephen’s Corner 

·      Mike and Stephen go deep into blues and jazz 

·      Louis Armstrong

·      Duke Ellington

·      Count Basie

·      John Mayall and Eric Clapton

·      Stephen talks about seeing Buddy Rich at Disney 

·      Carlos Santana, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu

·      Interviewing Chris Hillman from The Byrds 

·      George Benson and Wes Montgomery 

·      Stephen and Mike share their Tom Waits concert experiences 

·      Bob Dylan – Blood on the tracks, Blonde on blonde, and Desire 

·      Dylan going electric at the Newport Folkfest

·      Elvis Costello getting beat up by Bonnie   

·      Seeing Ray Charles at the Ambassador Hotel 

·      Seeing the Blues brothers in concert 

·      Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh

·      Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney 

·      Seeing Janis play a 3 hr set before passing out 

·      Bonnie Raitt, Willie Dixon, BB King, Buddy Guy 

·      Lightning Hopkins, Taj Mahal, and ZZ Top

·      Stephen tells his wild tale of getting discharged from the armed forces during Vietnam 

·      John Lennon

·      Stephen plays “Been Nice For You But not Me”

·      Mike shares a Jim Gibson Noiseville, David Peel / John Lennon story

Dooner’s World – Episode 111 (151) – Sean Peck (Cage, The Three Tremors, Michael Denner / Hank Sherman, and Death Dealer)

Growing up in Cali and Alaska 

First Concert – The Fixx

Second Concert – Dokken and Dio 

Learning to sing in front of crowds of drunk college students 

First band – Tax Evasion 

Cage – 1992 – Present 

Death Dealer – Conquered Lands – 3rd album – 1st since Hallowed Ground 

Three Tremors 

Recording and touring with Denner / Sherman from Merciful Fate

Singing King Diamond songs 

Death Dealer new album out now - Conquered Lands - https://www.deathdealermetal.com/

Mike talks about his first metal show – Metal Church / Accept / W.A.S.P. on The Electric Circus Tour – 1987 

Sean tells tales of opening for W.A.S.P.

Sean talks about seeing the first Monsters of Rock Tour with Van Halen, Scorpions, Ozzy, Metallica, Dokken

Sean talks about keeping his voice in shape on tour 

Dooner’s World – Episode 110 - Lisa Popeil Vocal Expert and Coach (Voiceworks, Performed with Frank Zappa and Weird al Yankovic)  

Topics: 

 Growing Up in Chicago

Moving to California

College in Arizona – Prescott

College in California Institute of Fine Arts 

Meeting Frank Zappa in 1981 when her boyfriend, Chris Armstrong auditioned  

Playing piano for Frank 

Returning for a vocal audition 

Getting “The Talk” from Frank 

Rehearsing with Frank and the band for 3 weeks 

Performing with Frank and the band in December in Santa Monica, CA

Meeting Weird Al Yankovic through his manager Jay Leavy 

Watching other girls audition for Mr. Popeil 

Recording Mr. Popeil with Al (B-52s parody on Weird Al in 3d 

Lisa’s only Solo Album on Lisa Popeil records 1985 has Steve Vai on many tracks  

Recorded on many other Weird Al tracks over the years 

Recording with Trever Rabin – 1984

Recording with Jon Anderson in the 1990’s 

2006 - Career Achievement in Vocal Instruction' from the LA Music Awards

2016 - Lisa performed at the ZappaUnion concert reprising her 1981 Frank Zappa performance in Norway

2019 - Strings Attached Tour 2019 with Weird Al 

2021 - ZappaUnion is booked!!

Lisa Popeil's links:

 http://www.popeil.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Voiceworks

https://twitter.com/Lisa_Popeil

https://www.instagram.com/lisa_popeil/