Rock And Roll Confessional

Original air date: June 16, 2022

Lit's founding members and brothers Ajay & Jeremy Popoff join us for this episode. Lit had one of the biggest mega hits in the 90's: "My Own Worst Enemy", along with many others. The band's last album was a shift to country music, but their lastest album: "Tastes Like Gold" is back to the bands original roots - great party music! The album will be released on June 17th and features the songs: "Yeah Yeah Yeah" and "Kicked Off The Plane".

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Original air date: June 4, 2022

This episode is with Grammy award winners, Mark Linett and Alan Boyd, who are part of the team that is releasing the new Beach Boys remastered compilation: "The Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys"! It features 80 remastered tracks and is available in two formats: 3 CD set or 6 vinyl LP set. The release date is June 17, 2022 - just in time for summer. Mark & Alan have been working with the Beach Boys archives for over 30 years and they come to us with many great stories about the box set and working with Brian Wilson and the band.

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Original Air date: May 11, 2022

Matt Sorum drummer for Guns 'N' Roses & The Cult, has a new book titled; Double Talkin' Jive (named after one of the GNR songs from the Use Your Illusion I album) and it has just been released. It's all about his life starting with his childhood through his current years. Matt talks about the CRAZY times while in Guns 'N' Roses, The Cult, Velvet Revolver along the story of how he met his wife, Ace. The book is a fantastic read and the interivew is even better.

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Original air date: April 25, 2022

Elliot Kendall is one of our favorite friends! Rita and CW met Elliot when he was the Director of Radio and Tour Promotion, Sales & Marketing for Universal Music. He now has his own promotion company: "Film & Music Promotion". Elliot has worked with many big names including: The Who, KISS, Nirvana, Iron Maiden, The Kinks, Brian Wilson, Peter Frampton, Styx and many more. He tells us his story of his career along with some very cool rock and roll stories with Ringo Starr, Smokey Robinson, Joe Satriani and more.

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Original air date: March 16, 2022

Dorothy Martin from the band Dorothy began here career by attending the Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. She started her band in 2014 and in 2016 was signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation label. The band is no about to release their 3rd album: "Gifts From The Holy Ghost", which comes out on April 22nd. The band has opened for acts like Heart, Joan Jett, The Struts, Lita Ford, Halestorm and co-headlined a tour with Greta Van Fleet and was a part of the Lollapalooza tour in 2018.

For more information and to see Dorothy's show notes, visit: www.rockandrollconfessional.rocks

Original air date: February 23, 2022

Singer / Songwriter Beth Hart joins us in our latest interivew. Beth rose to fame in the 90s wth her blues/rock vocals and her amazing piano playing. She suffered many years with mental illness and addiction (which she talks about in the interview), but has learned to live with some of her past demons. Beth has released 10 solo albums not including 4 with Joe Bonomassa. Her new albums: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin comes comes out on 2/25/22 and features 9 of her favorite Zeppelin tracks which are emphazised with Beth's unique vocal talents. Beth's raw vocals put her into the category of one of the best female vocalists of all time.

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Original air date: December 22, 2021

The Boxmasters, Billy Bob Thornton and JD Andrew return for our Holiday Special show. They talk about their new album: "Christmas In California" which features 10 songs, 8 of which are newly written holiday (soon to be) classics! The guys also talk about the many albums they have been recording during the pandemic along with a tease of the new release. Plus we have a very special guest that joins us in the show!

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Original air date: December 8, 2021

World Famous DJ Richard Blade joins us for this episode. Richard started in radio in England followed by Bakersfield, Long Beach (CA), and finally KROQ in Los Angeles. He was one of the top rated jocks during his career. Richard has a new book titled: "The Lockdown Interviews" featuring interviews with some of the hottest band from the 80s including members of Duran Duran, Sparks, Spandau Ballet, The English Beat, The Alarm, Dramarama and more. The interviews were recorded from Richard's SiriusXM Radio show during the pandemic. The book was just released in November of 2021 and is available in paperback and Kindle version at Amazon.

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Originally released: November 17, 2021

Brad Tolinski was the Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine for over 25 years. Chris Gill was the Editor-in-Chief of Guitar Aficionado magazine. The two have joined forces to put out the new book: Eruption, Conversations with Eddie Van Halen. They have a combined total of over 50 hours of unreleased interviews with Eddie that are now being shared in this great book. It is a major biography by two music journalists who knew him best. The heart of ERUPTION is drawn from these intimate and wide-ranging talks, as well as conversations with family, friends, and colleagues, including other major guitarists including Tony Iommi, Steve Vai, Steve Lukather and bassist Michael Anthony.

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Henry Diltz is one of the most iconic rock and roll photographers of today. He has shot over 200 album covers and countless photographs. The Doors, Morrison Hotel is one of the most famous works of art, which he named is gallery after (Morrison Hotel Gallery). The gallery features the works of over 125 famous music photographers with their photographs for sale. Henry tells us some of the stories behind his photography, like hanging on the set with the Monkees, touring with David Cassisdy, shooting James Taylor and so many more.

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