The Slacker Morning Show

Q39 is two concepts in one highly-designed, urban-rustic restaurant for the ultimate lunch, dinner or casual bar escape experience – not to mention the most delicious food you have ever put in your mouth! At the forefront of Q39 is barbeque, using multiple cooking techniques to create national championship and award-wining dishes for small tastes and large appetites. Beyond barbeque is the equally flavor-filled wood-fire grill with lighter fare and exceptional dishes. Mix in salads and sides, stir up creative cocktails with an extensive beer and wine list and add in early and happy hour and you’ve got one of the most unique food experiences in the city. All this prepared from scratch in the area’s only open barbecue kitchen! Chef Rob MaGee chats with Slacker.

Except for the fact that he was born in outer space, as a kid Ace Frehley was just like you and me. He brought his well-worn copy of Are You Experienced? into high school, staring at the cover over and over, looking for secret clues and waiting for his next chance to hear it again.

Of course - and this is where he’s different from most of us – this curiosity would soon spur Frehley into using his talent, drive and charisma to become one of the most influential and beloved guitar players in rock history.

Ace’s work as lead guitarist and as a songwriter for Kiss helped turn the band into one of rock’s hottest phenomena, with a string of hit albums, sold-out shows (and yes, merchandise sales) rarely matched in rock history. His acclaimed, smash hit 1978 self-titled solo album demonstrated that he could comfortably stand in the spotlight alone, and his long, distinguished and slightly idiosyncratic post-Kiss career has proven that to be true.

Slacker chats with the Spaceman about his new album, Origins, Vol. 1

Woodmansey remembers the first time he set eyes on Bowie in 1969, after he was contacted about possibly playing drums in his backing band.

Answering the door at his place in Kent, just south of London, Woodmansey found Bowie sporting a rainbow tee, red corduroy trousers and blue shoes he painted himself, with a star on top of each one.

"It was like, 'Well, OK, this is different,'" Visconti said. "I could see he was intelligent. He played some of his earliest stuff for me on his 12-string guitar, and some of it I liked, and some of it I didn't."

But by the end of the session, Woodmansey didn't hesitate to join Bowie's band. Bowie's ability to write songs, his clear voice and great presence had swayed him.

"There was a chance that we could do it with this guy, and I was right," Woodmansey said.

It was in the studio, performing on Bowie albums "World," "Hunky Dory," "Ziggy Stardust" and "Aladdin Sane," that Woodmansey realized Bowie was "a genius."

"With David, you sometimes didn't get the song until you were in the studio, and he would play it once, maybe twice, to you on guitar," Woodmansey said. "And we never played a song more than three times. 'Starman' was a first take. 'He's an idiot,' that was our initial reaction. But he was right. There was a freshness (on those first takes), where everybody was in a creative mood, and that was a big part of his success."

But for Woodmansey, one of the greatest examples of his innovation was when he toured in 1972 to 1973 behind "Ziggy Stardust." Woodmansey played drums for those shows as part of the backing band, dubbed the Spiders from Mars. Slacker chats with Woody Woodmansey.

The enduring, hard-touring, and self-caricaturing rock group Cheap Trick worked its way up to platinum sales with a blend of Beatles-style pop, hard rock chops, and a cartoonish stage act, which played Rick Nielsen's exaggerated mugging and guitar gymnastics against Robin Zander's teen-idol looks and rich, powerful voice. Slacker chats with Rick, Tom, Robin about Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and their new Album.

The concerts that fans will experience on the Generation Axe Tour will go way beyond simply gathering five guitar greats on one stage to jam. Each tour stop will include a variety of performances in different configurations amongst the five players, including performing together as one cohesive band, including Pete Griffin (Zappa Plays Zappa) on bass and Nick Marinovich (Yngwie Malmsteen) on keys and Matt Garstka of Animals as Leaders on drums). Vai, Wylde, Malmsteen, Bettencourt and Abasi will perform songs from their various catalogs and join forces on some well-known songs (as well as probably a few unexpected, unearthed gems).

Making this rare tour experience even more special, Generation Axe VIP packages will be offered, giving fans access to these guitars masters and one-of-a-kind memorabilia. A front row package, meet & greet package, and VIP tour package are available. Steve Vai and Nuno Bettencourt chat with Slacker

With eight albums selling over two million records and worldwide hits like "Jackie Blue" and "If You Want To Get To Heaven" the Ozark Mountain Daredevils have come a long way from the Missouri bars and porches where their music was born. It all began for the Daredevils in 1971 when a collection of singer songwriters from the Springfield area put together a band as an outlet for their songwriting. They Played their first gig near the end of 1971 and, in the spring of the following year, went into the studio to make a demo tape. The tape came to the attention of David Anderle at A&M Records, who liked what he heard and passed the tape on to A&M president, Jerry Moss. This resulted in the band signing to A&M with Anderle and Glyn Johns producing, thus the Daredevils were off to London to Make their first album at the famed Olympic Studios. This first album contained the smash hit "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" written by Cash and Dillon, and produced a gold album. The pop"Jackie Blue", written by Cash and Larry Lee, came from the second album "It'll Shine When It Shines", and was a top-five worldwide record.

The band has made subsequent albums, and continues to build their audience through records and touring across the U.S. and Canada, performing for their large cult following. The band was described by Rolling Stone Magazine as "A mixture of Country, Appalchia, the south, and Rock & Roll". Michael Granda chats with Slacker.