Harmonics Podcast with Gregory Correa

Mike sat down with Gregory to chat about his band Jack Wagon, playing guitar without a pick.  Mike explains his earlier musical influences and taking lessons from the bassist of Vic Trigger.  

Friends Helping Friends was established by Ricky Chang, after a very dear friend, Jules Polgari succumbed to cancer.  Ricky felt inspired to help others in their time of need, to raise money on their behalf with music concerts

This young up and coming East Bay rapper joins Gregory to talk about his classical roots, his writing process, how his kids are involved with his music and where does his awesome stage name come from. 

Pamela is multi-talented keyboardist, pianist, graphic designer, composer, and digital media producer with Wow Productions.  Pamela talks about her first grand piano, her musical influences, and San Jose State’s electronic music program.  Her musical journey has led her through a wide range of musical genres that span country, progressive, rock and jazz bands.

Legendary guitarist Harvey Mandel visits the show.  Harvey talks about his life in music, insights about Chicago blues, The Rolling Stones, Canned Heat & others. 

The great rhythm & Blues legend Ron Thompson chats with Gregory and delivers 2 sizzling numbers and shares some great stories from his life in music. 

Recently Harmonics lost a part of its family.  We here at Harmonics were saddened to learn of Dyan Derringer's passing.  In celebrating her life and contributions to music, Harmonics presents a tribute to her on what would've been her birthday.  We'll see you in rock and roll heaven.   

Merry Christmas! For this special Christmas episode, Robbie Dunbar of Earthquake drops by and chats with Greg.  Robbie Dunbar is a guitarist, performer and teacher.  They talk about what brought Robbie to the guitar, his experiences performing, taking time to go back to school in the east bay and performing cover songs versus original songs.  

In this very special episode, Greg sits down with Kathy Wilson from New Day for Children.  New Day is an organization that provides support and assistance to girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking.

Gregory Correa and the Hayward Historical Society look back at bay area rock promoter Billy Quarry’s career.