The Cowsills Podcast

Yes Chris Carter is synonymous with "Breakfast with the Beatles" his fantastic Sunday morning show on Sirius XM now in its 15th year. But Chris is also the founder of the 80's/90's band Dramarama. Chris is also a film/rock documentary producer most notable for producing the "Mayor of the Sunset Strip", a rock documentary about the life of renowned LA DJ Rodney Bingenheimer. Lots to go over with Chris and it was a blast....enjoy.

In the late '70's through the early to mid '80's the Cars were it. Their first album sold over 6 million copies and they had hit after hit including "You Might Think", "Drive", "Just What I Needed" and "Good Times Roll" to name more than a few. As you can imagine Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer Elliot Easton, who's signature lead guitar work would become identified as part of the Cars "sound", has a story to tell and it's so good to hear how some of these major bands found themselves and their audience and Elliot and the Cars are no exception.

We're having a sibling visit today talking about this and that. We can't tell you how many times we schedule a subject matter and then once we get going we don't get to it and we talk about other things. That's kind of what happened here so just enjoy the visit, lots of guests coming we're rocking it on the Happy Together Tour and see out there!

In this weeks episode we introduce you to the great singer Steve Augeri who was the guy who stepped into the lead singer's role vacated by Journey's Steve Perry when Perry's voice gave way to the years of strain singing Journey songs. Steve Augeri was to fill that roll for 8 years but his story goes beyond Journey as you can imagine. So relax, sit back and enjoy a visit with Steve Augeri.

In this weeks episode we introduce you to the great singer Steve Augeri who was the guy who stepped into the lead singer's role vacated by Journey's Steve Perry when Perry's voice gave way to the years of strain singing Journey songs. Steve Augeri was to fill that roll for 8 years but his story goes beyond Journey as you can imagine. So relax, sit back and enjoy a visit with Steve Augeri.

After literally years of dealing with the Pledge Music situation where pledges were received on behalf of the Cowsills and then the whole Pledge Music group went bankrupt and disappeared with everyone's money we decided that we needed to resolve the situation once and for all so we discuss in this episode what actually happened with Pledge Music from the beginning through our attempt to right the situation, getting in over our head and learning the lesson that no matter how hard you try there are just some things you can't take on and try and fix no matter what your heart tells you

From her innocent attempt to find a job to becoming John Lennon's "Lost Weekend" companion the path that May Pang has taken in life has been both dramatic and unexpected at so may turns. With the release of the movie "The Lost Weekend - A Love Story" May Pang takes us on the journey of a lifetime. As part of Beatle history (how many can say THAT?) May steps up to the plate and clarifies an important part of John's legacy and takes us through before, during and after the 18 months she spent as John Lennon's companion and influencer as she played a role in reconciling John with his son Julian and with his partner Paul McCartney.

We found John!!! It wasn't easy but we got him while he was cavorting in Brooklyn and doing this and that. John's got some things going on and his latest project will interest everyone! Just a nice family visit getting caught up on each other so please enjoy this visit with our brother John.

MELANIE!!! You're heard "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and "Look What They've Done To My Song Ma" and now you can meet the writer and artist of those fantastic songs, Melanie. Her story prior to her first hit record is remarkable and you will be amazed. Just sit back and listen and visualize along with us as Melanie navigates Woodstock and her life leading up to that moment. We decided to split this long episode in to two parts it is such a great story and important historically...so here for your enjoyment is Melanie, Part I.