The Cowsills Podcast

Our guest this week is Tommy Roe. "Dizzy", "Everybody", "Sweet Pea", "Sheila"....all of these songs were massive hits in the '60's. Meeting and being able to visit with Tommy Roe was an unbelievable experience. This guy is in three Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fames (Rockabilly, Georgia and Iowa) and "Dizzy" was most recently declared #91 in the top 100 songs of all time by USA today! This is a great winding tale and just sit back and enjoy this awesome visit with the Tommy where we hear about having the Beatles open for him and Chris Montez in 1962 when they were just starting out and how THAT went. Great stories about dealing with the "Bubblegum" moniker and all that fun stuff.

In addition to performing with the Box Tops our guest Rick Levy has walked the path of the famous without becoming famous himself. He even wrote a book about it. He's been a tour manager, manager, musical director, and performer with many many artists like Peter Noone, Tommy Roe, the Box Tops, and Jay and the Techniques among others. Hope you enjoy our ramblings!!

In the spirit of "from all walks of life" we sat down and had a visit with director, vocal coach, speech and acting coach and actor Tom Todoroff. Just sit back and be amazed. It was very interesting delving into a subject somewhat foreign to us and a bit out of our box. We hope you find it as interesting as we did.

HAL LIFSON has been called the "guru of 60's pop culture" and is known as a great historian of that era. He is a publicist, writer and author and worked a number of years with Nancy Sinatra even being "summoned" to Palm Springs when they had to run everything by the "Chairman of the Board". On top of everything else we now have our first guest who can say he was on 1970's show "The Gong Show". We're rolling towards the Flower Power Cruise and we'll have plenty of guests coming at you this year so stay tuned every Wednesday for a new episode of 'The Cowsills Podcast'

Hello everyone!!! No guest this week but plenty of new guests coming. Hey everyone we had such a great visit with Kevin Jonas, the father of the Jonas Brothers, that Kevin has invited us to guest on his "Legendary" podcast which we will tape Friday so we'll keep you posted on that one! In the meantime just sit back and we'll have a short visit together and get you all caught up to date on things and have some fun.

In the '80's nothing said rock/pop/edgy more than The Smithereens. Today we visit with Jim Babjak and he takes us through some of the great history of the band and the incredible history they lived and continue to live as a touring viable band. Jim takes us through the death of their lead singer, Pat DiNizio, and the decision to continue to move forward with guest lead singers. Brilliant!!! You'll also hear about Buzzed Meg, Jim's solo project and everyone should immediately go to YouTube and listen to "They're My Friends" by jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg". Enjoy our visit we certainly did!

Folks today we venture into the world of the Jonas family. Our guest is Kevin Jonas, Sr., father of the Jonas Brothers. Kevin was at the helm before and during the incredible rise of the Jonas Brothers and you will hear incredible stories from the Dad's perspective which, in the case of the Jonas Brother's history, is very important and influential. Everyone who knows the Jonas Brothers knows about their relationship with their dad. We have a blast during the visit where you will also hear from our very own resident Jonas Mom (Susan) and her daughter Miranda who sits in on some of the fun. For Miranda, a HUGE Jonas Brothers fan, speaking with the Dad was pretty dang close to speaking with the boys themselves so she was good to go. Enjoy everyone. Next weeks guest is Jim Babjak of the Smithereens!

Hello all it's just the 3 of us today catching up on some fun items and answering some of your questions and rambling hither and thither! Next guests to come are Jim BabJak of The Smithereens and Kevin Jonas, Sr., father of the Jonas Brothers and that episode should be a real blast. See you all on the Flower Power Cruise we are trying to work a way to podcast from the ship....we'll keep you posted!!

With hit songs like "Spooky", 'Traces of Love", "Stormy" and "Every Day With You Girl" everyone knows of Dennis Yost and the Classics IV and all about their place in pop history. But this is a visit with Tom Garrett, who the universe was going to assign the huge task of taking on the lead singer position in the Classics IV when Dennis Yost had a terrible fall and couldn't perform anymore. Dennis would eventually pass but before that happened he personally chose Tom Garrett to take responsibility for the catalogue and the singing of these songs and by doing so ensured these great hits will continue to be performed and shared with audiences everywhere. It's a great story. You'll also especially enjoy Paul's technical difficulties as he navigates cyber interference throughout the episode in at times very funny ways.