Original air date: September 13, 2023

This episode is with author Daniel Bukszpan. Daniel has been a freelance writer for over 25 years. He has written for such publicantions as Fortune, CNBC, Conde Nast Traveler, and many more. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal, The Encyclopeida of New Wave, Woodstock: 50 years of Peace and Music, and the book we are talking about today: Ozzy @ 75. Ozzy @ 75 explores the history of the godfather of heavy metal through seventy-five career accomplishments and life events. It's a captivating and comprehensive tribute to the legendary rock icon, celebrating the remarkable life and career of one of the most influential figures in rock history.

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Original air date: July 11, 2023

This episode is with Collective Soul's bassist Will Turpin. Will is one of the busiest musicians on the planet. He is promoting the latest Collective Soul album: Vibrating, his current solo album: Serengeti Drivers, his recording studio: Reel 2 Reel and he is even teasing the next Collective Soul album which is almost finished. The band has many exciting thing happening in 2024 as they celebrate their 30th anniversary, including at least one new album and a documentary that is scheduled to be released mid-year. Will talks about the 30th anniversary of the band, playing at Woodstock '94 & '99 and recording at Elvis' home.

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Original air date: June 7, 2023

The episode is with the one and only Mark Volman. Mark is one half of Flo & Eddie and one of the original members of The Turtles. Mark has just set out on the 2023 Happy Together tour which runs until the beginnning of September. He talks about this year's touralong with great antidotes including haning with Keith Moon, his time working with Frank Zappa, and singing with Bruce Springsteen. Many people don't realize how many bands Flo & Eddie sang with including John Lennon, Ozzy Osbourne, T-Rex, Roger McGuinn, Ray Manzerek, David Cassidy, Keith Moon, Alice Cooper, Blondie, The Knack, Psycadelic Furs, Sammy Hagar, Jefferson Airplane, The Ramones, Duran Duran and so many more. Plus Mark tells about the infamous story of Flo & Eddie , Frank Zappa and how the song "Smoke On The Water" came about for Deep Purple, Yes, Mark was there!

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Original air date: May 4, 2023

This episode is with rock and blues artist Sass Jordan. Sass started here solo career in 1988. Her second album which was the first release in the U.S., featuered the hit: "Make You A Believer". She has just released her 12th album titled "Live In New York - Ninety Four, and features Taylor Hawkins on drums. This tour was the first big break for Taylor as he joined Sass for the '94 tour. Sass talks about Taylor playing drums and what she felt Taylor was going through leading up to his death. Also we get the story of how she "audtioned" for Van Halen, how how grueling touring is. Plus much more.

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Original release date: April 1, 2023

This epsisode is with Bobby Colomby, founding member and drummer for the band: Blood Sweat & Tears. The band has just released a new film in theateres titled: What The Hell Happened to Blood Sweat & Tears. The film features interviews and archival footage from the controversial tour, which resulted in the band suffering backlash from fans. Although the decision of the tour may not have been the best, Bobby says they really had no other choice. Bobby talks about the film, where the archival footage was found after 50 years, plus other great rock 'n' roll stories including the band playing at Woodstock and his letter from Tina Turner. Plus much more!

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Original air date: March 3, 2023

Our latest episode is with Chris Epting. Chirs has been a music journalist for decades, writing for Ultimate Class Rock dot come, Loudwire and many others. He has also written many books including subjects on Baseball, Travel Landmarks and Rock 'n' Roll. HIs music repertoire includes books on Phil Collen (Def Leppard), John Oates (Hall & Oates), Brian Wheat (Tesla), Leif Garrett, The Doobie Brothers and his soone to be released book (5/10/23) Dave Mason: "Only You Know and I Know". Chris talks about what it's like working with an artist and writing about their history and actually working with earch to cature their essence in the writings. He also tells many rock stories including trying to sell Girl Scout cookies to Keith Richards.

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Original air date: January 25, 2023

This episode is with David Leaf. David has had an extensive career producing films like: "The Night James BRoan Saved Boston", "The U.S. vs. John Lennon" and "Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile". David has also written many books including: "KISS-Behind The Mask", "The BeeGees - The Authorized Biography" and his latest book, which he is discuiing in this episode: "God Only Knows - The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth". David originally released this book back in the 70's, but has since updated it with over double the content. Plus David talks about some of his favorite concerts that he did and didn't get into.

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Original air date: December 27, 2022

This episode is with Jerry Pompili. Jerry worked at the Fillmore East, Fillmore West, Winterland and many other venues under the direction of famous concert promoter, Bill Graham in San Francisco. For years Jerry hosted shows with The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, The Rolling Stones and many more. He went on tour with the Stones in 1971. He talks about the concert business in San Francisco during his career along with many antidotes about the business and his experiences with the bands. Plus what happened when he hung with Emerson Lake & Palmer in Salt Lake City.

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Original air date: October 19, 2022

This episode is with one of the original founding members of The Kinks, Dave Davies. Dave has been the lead guitarist since the bands inception in 1963. The band has released over 24 studio albums along with Dave releasing 7 solo albums. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the albums; "Muswell Hillbillies" and "Everybody's In Show Biz"- The Kinks have recently released a new box set featuring 11 discs, a hard cover book, a dvd featuring film footage that brother Ray shot during the recording period and much more. In our interview, Dave talks about how important country music was to the band and why the original recording of the box set albums were so meaningful to the band. We also talk to Dave about being banned in the U.S. for many years, his two releases coming on Record Store Day in November and his thoughts on saving the planet.

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Original air date: October 5, 2022

Spencer Proffer is our latest guest. Spencer has over 120 film and TV credits including: Producer, Music Consultant, Music Supervisor, Music Director, Composure and more. His passion for music put Quiet Riot on the map along with many other artist he worked with including: Cheap Trick, Heart, Eddie Money, The Beach Boys and more! Meteor 17 is Spencer's production company and they have just released the new documentary - "The Day The Music Died - The Story of Don McLean's American Pie", which is now streaming on Pramount Plus. The documentary focuses on the highly successful song and with Don McLean's help, the meaning behing the lyrics of this iconic song. We also talk with Specner about his upcoming documentary; "Elvis and Steve" and how he put Quiet Riot on the rock 'n' roll map!

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