Patcast by Pat Monahan

Lee Leipsner and Pete Cosenza are relatively unknown outside the music industry, but within the industry, they have an important influence on the careers of many of the artists on Columbia Records. This week we sit down and talk about what it means to work in radio promotion at a major label, and we find out how Pete and Lee found success in one of the wildest and most unpredictable parts of the music industry.

Sammy Hagar may be one of the most important singers in the history of rock music. He went from being an unknown playing in bands in California as a kid, to being the lead singer of the group Montrose, one of the early bands in the hard rock movement, to being a huge star in his solo career, to being the lead singer of Van Halen. He did all this while becoming one of the early promoters of the mountain bike scene in the bay area and later becoming a liquor mogul with his Cabo Wabo Tequila. This week on the Patcast, he tells us his story.

More on Sammy Hagar:

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Brian Jarvis is a comedian and writer in LA. You may not have heard of him yet, but his work keeps getting better and better and the projects he works on keep getting more and more high profile. So you will likely be hearing about him soon. But first, you can hear about him and hear his story on this week's Patcast, plus a very special performance!

Delta Goodrem. She's smart, talented, beautiful, and at just 17 she was a household name in her native Australia. She got her start as an actress, but soon became a huge pop singer in Australia and the UK. And only a couple years later she was in a fight for her life. Now, healthy and happier than ever, she is still writing, singing, and touring, and she's become a mentor to young talents as a judge on the Voice in Australia. And this week, she's here with us on the Patcast.

Follow Delta on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/DeltaGoodrem

Stephen Chbosky wrote the book Perks of Being a Wallflower, and then went on to spend several years writing for television before directing the film version of Perks of Being a Wallflower. He tells us all about his writing process, his favorite music, and what it's like to be a writer/director, this week on the Patcast.

Follow Stephen on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/stephenchbosky

As the singer of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin, Andrew McMahon made a name for himself at a young age. Also at a young age, Andrew suffered from a severe illness that could've cut his career and his life short. In the documentary Dear Jack, he showed the world every moment of his fight with cancer, and after beating the disease, he picked up right where he left off. Now, having retired the band names, he is entering a new phase of his creative life as a solo artist. He talks about all this and more, and we play some music, all on this week's Patcast.

More on Andrew McMahon:

http://www.andrewmcmahon.com/

Live from the boat, it's Pat and Jerry! On this week's Patcast, we throw it back to the Sail Across the Sun Cruise 2014. We had a very spontaneous 'Townhall Meeting' version of the Patcast in front of a live audience. We took a bunch of questions, talked about Train, the podcast, songwriting, and lots more. Plus we've got a bunch of live songs, including the debut of a brand new Train song!

Also, as you'll hear in the intro, we're giving away a Patcast hat and shirt, listen to find out how to win.

If all you know about Rick Springfield is that he wrote the massive hit song Jessie's Girl, prepare to have your mind blown. This guy has had a successful acting career, had his own cartoon show, been in a bunch of bands in Australia, and to this day maintains a relentless touring schedule that would stress out even the most road-worn musicians. And on top of that, his first novel came out last week. All that, and Pergo and Jerry lose it, this week on the Patcast.

More on Rick Springfield:

http://rickspringfield.com/

Just before the 2014 Super Bowl, we sat down in NYC with NFL Agent Doug Hendrickson, GM of the Atlanta Falcons Thomas Dimitroff, and Lt Governor of California Gavin Newsom, to talk about football, politics, music and the crazy twists of fate that brought the 3 of them together as friends and colleagues. This week, in honor of the upcoming NFL Draft, we bring you that conversation, and a special draft day prediction from Train's own Jimmy Stafford, on a football edition of the Patcast...

David Hodges went from being a regular kid in Arkansas to being a massively successful musician pretty quickly. As a member of Evanescence, he had a big part in writing their breakthrough debut, Fallen, but he quit the band before they started touring. On this week's Patcast, we find out the story behind that, and how he transitioned from being in a huge band to being an in-demand songwriter for some of the biggest pop artists in the world, and we get him to play the song he co-wrote with Train.

More on David:

http://davidhodgesmusic.com/