The City's Backyard

Prognosis The American Pink Floyd has been performing the  music of Pink Floyd with incredible album accuarcy for 15 years both in the USA and internationally
Known for their elaborate lights, lasers, and video projections Prognosis The American Pink Floyd is considered to be the best and most accurate ​Pink Floyd experience.

On this episode we talk with keyboardist Rob Russell from Prognosis! 

UPCOMING SHOWS 2026 Tri state tour dates

Saturday 2/21 Westport VFW

Saturday 3/21 The Town Crier in Beacon, New York

Outdoor Show in West Harrison, NY this summer

More coming soon! 

To Purchase tickets to The Westport VFW which is open to the public buy here! 

https://www.prognosismusic.com

 We are going out to TENNESSEE to chat with Chris P. James is their front man. He plays keyboards and guitar and harmonica. Writes great songs too. He wound up with the Burrito Brothers in 2009. He was offered and accepted a record deal to make a new Burritos album in 2010 by the group that would trademark the name “Burrito Brothers” and would enable them to continue performing and recording as The Burrito Brothers, thus, continuing the band’s legacy.

 Will James from Gram Parsons International says, ““This latest incarnation is the closest to the original FBB sound of all of the previous bands.”

 Gram Parsons said it best…The idea'll keep going on. It's not like it's dead or anything. Whether I do it or anybody else does it, it's got to keep going."   

The band has a new album entitled, The Magic Time Machine of Love, released worldwide on the TLAK record label.

For more on The Burrito Brothers check out their website! 

https://www.theburritobrothers.net

• Comedy Night @ The VFW Westport - Friday  FEB 13th! Doors at 6pm Show at 8pm! PLENTY of Free parking! Featuring 4 great comedians! Paul Taro, Autumn Harvist, DAVIN who is the headliner and JOE PONTILLO!
• Location: 465 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT 06880
• Laughing Gas Comedy and The City's Backyard Podcast present another night of pain free comedy at the VFW Westport. We are back following our wildly successful comedy shows!! Tickets are $20 online and at the door. Please buy in advance as this will sellout because of limited seating! The venue has a full bar as well as a limited snacks! Sponsored by Spacecat Brewing!
• Tickets: Eventbrite $20 plus fee
• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/upstairs-comedy-night-at-the-vfw-valentines-edition-tickets-1978626303537?aff=oddtdtcreator

BEYOND PURPLE performs a showcase of the biggest hits from Deep Purple and Whitesnake, as well as Rainbow and Dio; all born out of the Deep Purple family tree. The band faithfully re-creates the vivid experience of live, high-energy music from what many consider to be Rock’s greatest era.

 ​Beyond Purple consists of elite musicians with national ties, including guitarist Jimi Bell (Autograph, House of Lords); his amazing skills and prowess on guitar are truly world class.

 Mike Gill (Livesay, Johnny A.) is the lead voice of the band, with powerful soaring vocals in the style of Ian Gillan, David Coverdale, Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner, and Ronnie James Dio. His energetic stage presence brings every song to life.

 Drummer BJ Zampa (Dokken, House of Lords) pounds out thunderous beats with a huge groove that locks in the band on every note; he also contributes harmony vocals.

 Bassist Brian Camilleri rounds out the rhythm section, laying down the low-end thunder and locking in with BJ, to create a solid musical foundation.

 Welcome Gary Fox Jr. on keyboards and backing vocals, a long standing member of legendary Led Zeppelin tribute “Physical Graffiti”. His talent is beyond amazing.   
 Their high energy show fully engages the crowd, with accurate song renditions that capture the raw energy and power that has made this style of music one of the most popular of all time.
For info:

https://www.beyondpurpleband.com/:

2025 was a great year at The City's Backyard Podcast! We had so many great guests in the arts from musicians to comedians to actors it made it hard to narrow them down to THE YEAR IN REVIEW Part 1 and Part 2 "Best Of" episodes. We loved all our guests from awesome tribute bands to theater executives to a ton of funny comedians and we appreciate every one of them! 

In Part 2 of THE 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW you will hear edited down versions of episodes with Jackie Martling, Eliot Lewis (Hall&Oates), Melissa Newman(Paul Newman), Greg Walker(Beetle Bailey), Rob Fraboni Sound Engineer, Carmine Appice(Rod&Ozzy) Rosie Flores(Robert Plant tour)!

2025 was a great year at The City's Backyard Podcast! We had so many great guests in the arts from musicians to comedians to actors it made it hard to narrow them down to THE YEAR IN REVIEW Part 1 and Part 2 "Best Of" episodes. We loved all our guests from awesome tribute bands to theater executives to a ton of funny comedians and we appreciate every one of them! 

In Part 1 of THE 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW you will hear edited down versions of episodes with Steve Fossen from HEART, Lee Rocker*STRAY CATS, Corky Laing*MOUNTAIN, Bruce Sudano*Musician/Husband of the late DONNA SUMMER, Jim McCarty*THE YARDBIRDS, and Dennis Dunaway*ALICE COOPER! Part 2 will continue for the next episode with more of our featured guests on The 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW Show! Don't  miss it and thanks for listening to THE CITY'S BACKYARD! Please stay tuned and follow us on social media! 

Most musicians would only dream of opening for Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin on tour but for Rosie Flores the dream came true! Rosie drops by The City's Backyard Podcast on this episode to talk about her music, career, and new album called Impossible Frontiers with her band The Talismen! Plus she speaks about what it's like to be on the road opening for Robert Plant with Saving Grace and Suzi Dian.

Rosie Flores, triple-threat Texas musician, has never allowed the challenge of navigating the male-centric worlds of rock and country music slow her down. In fact, she often drew upon those challenges as source material in sharply observed songs she not only wrote and sang with authority and passion, but also brought to life musically as a widely respected lead guitarist in a string of notable bands.

Rosie is one of the 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellows! In September 2024 she accepted her gold medal award at the Library Of Congress, appearing at the Kennedy Center as well as the White House. 

A daughter of San Antonio whose musical journey also has included quality time in Austin, Los Angeles, and Nashville, Flores has adroitly absorbed, helped preserve, and extended the musical legacies of influential Texas musicians as varied as country music’s King of Western Swing Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, blues guitar master T-Bone Walker, and Tex Mex innovator Doug Sahm.

In the 1970s, she became one of the most celebrated performers on the “cowpunk” circuit (a hybrid of punk rock and country), alongside such other rising stars as Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Rank & File, and Los Lobos (2021 NEA National Heritage Fellows). The release of her 1987 debut solo album Rosie Flores proved her to be a singer and songwriter of the first rank, and helped lay the foundation for what coalesced into the alt country movement.

Flores became the first Latina to crack Billboard’s country music chart. For her enthusiastic participation in and ongoing promotion of Austin’s deep and wide music scene, including the annual South by Southwest Conference, the city has proclaimed Rosie Flores Day in 2006.

Flores has remained a spark plug live performer for more than five decades, a goosebump-inducing electric guitarist and songwriter as well as champion of the trailblazers who preceded her. Notably, she lured pioneering rockabilly heroines Wanda Jackson (2005 NEA National Heritage Fellow) and Janis Martin (“the female Elvis”) back into recording studios and onto concert stages for lauded late-career rejuvenations. Flores won a 2007 Peabody Award for her narration of the NPR rockabilly documentary, Whole Lotta Shakin’.

For more on Rosie and her tour click here > https://rosieflores.com/tour/

This episode we are talking "FLEETWOOD MAC" with Diane Lutz and Andie Baldwin from STEVIE MAC... the Fleetwood Mac tribute that is lighting up the stage all over the country! Diane and Andi are the Stevie and Christine McVie of the original iconic band and talk about their passion for the music. 

About StevieMac

StevieMac authentically and flawlessly pays tribute to the legends of Fleetwood Mac. In this mesmerizing theater production, StevieMac replicates the most popular hits and the most memorable live performances spanning the decades long careers of Fleetwood Mac as well as the solo careers of Stevie Nicks, Christie McVie and Lindsay Buckingham. Time period wardrobe, multimedia and story-telling transport the audience to the specific eras being celebrated, immersing the audience in a multi-sensory experience you will be talking about for years to come.

For more on the band  https://www.steviemactribute.com

Tri state area Comics Helaine Witt, Michael "Motts" Pelazza, and Rich Carucci  have fun chatting it up on this episode talking about their love for comedy, the arts, and what to expect from their upcoming shows in the  area and their show together coming up soon in WESTPORT, CT!  To purchase tickets for Westport, CT click here:

-Comedy Night at VFW Post 399 on Friday December 12th.  Doors open at 6pm. Show at 8pm.  Plenty of free parking.

- Featuring 4 great comedians!  Rich Carucci, Helaine Witt, Michael "Motts" Pelazza, John Malkin, and Joe Pontillo.

-Location: 465 Riverside Avenue, Westport CT

-VFW has a full bar and drink specials sponsored by Spacecat Brewing

-Tickets: Eventbrite $20. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holiday-comedy-show-the-vfw-westport-friday-december-12th-tickets-1830545704479?aff=oddtdtcreator

 NEW YACHT CITY from New York and New Jersey, a tribute to Yacht Rock returns! On this episode we chat with Manish Nag  singer and keyboardist as well as  singer Megan McCafferty about the genre of what Yacht Rock means to it's fans!  If you love Steely Dan, Toto, Christopher Cross, The Doobies, Ambrosia and more you will love this band! Check them out for a fun time you and your friends will always remember!  For more info on shows, ticket info, merch and  the band check out their website! 

https://www.newyacht.city/#shows

To purchase tickets for WESTPORT click link below! 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-yacht-city-yacht-rock-at-the-westport-vfw-tickets-1783236541499?aff=oddtdtcreator