The Cowsills Podcast





On March 31, 2021 The Cowsills launched their very own podcast. For now, it's just audio, however there is hope of video someday. Here are their guests and one (of many in each episode) fun fact from each show.




Podcast

Air Date: March 31, 2021
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: You will hear the story of Bud trying to swim to Cuba.

Podcast

Air Date: April 1, 2021
Guests: John Cowsill
Fun fact: John remembers doing "To Tell The Truth" in the Ed Sullivan theater the night before their first Ed Sullivan appearance.

Podcast

Air Date: April 2, 2021
Guests: Dennis Tufano (Buckinghams)
Fun fact: Dennis started out at 17 singing Doo Wop.

Podcast

Air Date: April 14, 2021
Guests: Jim Yester (Association)
Fun fact: It's possible that Bob Dylan got the idea for going electric by a impromptu jam session with the Association.



Podcast

Air Date: April 21, 2021
Guests: Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers)
Fun fact: Bill met Bobby Hatfield when they both were using the same guitarist, Barry Rillera, in their individual bands.

Podcast

Air Date:April 28, 2021
Guests: Richie Furay (Poco)
Fun fact: The Poco name came about when Walt Kelly sued them because they were using the name Pogo.

Podcast

Air Date: May 5, 2021
Guests: Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits)
Fun fact: Peter would play The Cavern Club three times a day in the beginning because "we were cheap."

Podcast

Air Date: May 12, 2021
Guests: Ron Dante & Toni Wine (singers/songwriters)
Fun fact: Toni was signed by Don Kirshner after he heard her recorded version "Happy Birthday". Ron got started when he chose to take up guitar as a form of physical therapy for his arm.



Podcast

Air Date: May 19, 2021
Guests: Vicki Peterson Cowsill and Debbie Peterson (Bangles)
Fun fact: They knew they had made it when out on a run in Washington, DC, and they heard their song on another car's radio while at a stop light.

Podcast

Air Date:May 26, 2021
Guests: The Cowsills - Questions
Fun fact: Bob and Paul were also on the record that Susan and Mark Lindsay did.

Podcast

Air Date: June 2, 2021
Guests: Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night)
Fun fact: Chuck learned to sing while living in an orphanage for two years.

Podcast

Air Date: June 9, 2021
Guests: Barry Williams (actor)
Fun fact: A couple of Barry's first TV shows were Mod Squad and Dragnet.



Podcast

Air Date: June 16, 2021
Guests: Howard Kaylan (Turtles)
Fun fact: The first instrument Howard played was the cello.

Podcast

Air Date: June 30, 2021
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Susan was once ask to be a junior Golddigger for Dean Martin. Barbara Walters got onto Barry, John and Susan for making too much noise on the "Today" show.

Podcast

Air Date: June 30, 2021
Guests: Wayne Coy (manager)
Fun fact: Wayne was the organizer of the Original Idols tour. Although he was their manager for a short time, Wayne declared The Cowsills unmanagable.

Podcast

Air Date: July 7, 2021
Guests: Phlash Phelps (DJ)
Fun fact: Phlash travels by driving his Civic that has hundreds of thousands of miles and got his start by being able to pick out a song - even one note ones - from a song collage.



Podcast

Air Date: July 14, 2021
Guests: John Cowsill and Robby Scharf (musicians)
The Global Sessions
Fun fact: The Cowsills ended up in a hotel in Marina Del Rey with the FBI over associates involved with Global. Robby remembers a segment of time when The C's weren't really talking to each other and all communication had to go through Robby.

Podcast

Air Date: July 21, 2021
Guests: Louise Palanker (film maker)
Fun fact: When Louise was in her early 20's, she was hired to write comedy for Rick Dees when Rick decided he wanted to take on Casey Kasem in national Top 40 radio.

Podcast

Air Date: July 30, 2021
Guests: Jules Alexander (Association)
Fun fact: Gary (his middle name) Alexander is how he was listed on the first two albums before switching and using his first name Jules that we hear today.

Podcast

Air Date: August 4, 2021
Guests: Troy Elich (Vogues)
Fun fact: Troy was in air-traffic controller school when he was ask to join his Dad in the Vogues.



Podcast

Air Date: August 11, 2021
Guests: Pat and Debby Boone (singers/actors)
Producer Michael Lloyd (short)
Fun fact: Pat won the Ted Mack's Amateur Hour after doing an audition of a mash-up of "Side by Side" and "I Believe." Debby didn't like "You Light Up My Life" when it was first brought to her by Mike Curb (of all people). For the movie it was sung by Kasey Cisyk, and then they took Debby into the studio and put her vocals over that soundtrack.

Podcast

Air Date: August 18, 2021
Guests: Gunnar Nelson (musician)
Fun fact: On his 12th birthday, Gunnar was told he was going to the dentist. Instead it turned out to be his first recording session (with backing vocals being done by The Pointer Sisters).

Podcast

Air Date: August 25, 2021
Guests: Tommy James (& The Shondells)
Fun fact: Tommy says " 'God Bless the Crooks' is the story of my life," when a bootleg copy of Hanky Panky went to #1 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. This was a big break. Tommy was 16 when it was recorded.

Podcast

Air Date: September 1, 2021
Guests: Dennis Scott and Johnathan Pushkar (producer)
Fun fact: Dennis was offered a part in the chorus for Oliver with Davy Jones. His mother turned it down. If she had said "yes", Dennis would have been on the Ed Sullivan show along with The Beatles. Jonathan interned for Dennis's Beatles tribute band and that led to many, many more projects to come. Dennis had to call Mickey Dolenz and tell him they were running late recording the Cowsills (doing 128 tracks) on the Mr. Rogers album.





Podcast

Air Date: September 8, 2021
Guests: Peter Rivera (Rare Earth)
Fun fact: Peter fell in love with the drums when his mother took him to a Count Basie concert and he saw Sonny Payne playing a set of white Pearl drums.

Podcast

Air Date: September 15, 2021
Guests: Gary Puckett (& Union Gap)
Fun fact: Gary's parents met in 1940 because of music. His Mom was a piano player and his Dad played saxaphone. Gary's Dad had been a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II.

Podcast

Air Date: September 22, 2021
Guests: Ann Moses (magazine editor)
Fun fact: Her first big interview was with the Dave Clark Five. She went to work for Tiger Beat in January 1966 at age 18 and was at The Monkees first show in San Francisco.

Podcast

Air Date: September 29, 2021
Guests: John Hall (Orleans)
Fun fact: The Cowsills and John Hall are connected as both worked with Chuck Plotkin. Early in his career, John was writing and performing for Broadway.



Podcast

Air Date: October 6, 2021
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Susan slept through the Elvis Presley concert where the Cowsills were introduced in Las Vegas.

Podcast

Air Date: October 13, 2021
Guests: Carnie Wilson and Lola Bonfiglio (singers)
Fun fact: Carnie said growing up she heard "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Be My Baby" every day. Lola says there's always a song in her head.

Podcast

Air Date: October 20, 2021
Guests: Where's John? (First episode)
Fun fact: John was in Sarasota, Florida. He said he does his own tech work (setup and teardown) and tells local crew his name is Jacque. He announced he's had shoulder surgery and is doing fantastic.

Podcast

Air Date: October 27, 2021
Guests: Mark Dawson (Grass Roots)
Fun fact: Mark's "Plan B" back in the day was to be a pharmacist. Mark was ask multiple times by Rob Grill to take over his vocals for the Grass Roots.



Podcast

Air Date: November 3, 2021
Guests: Felix Cavaliere (Rascals)
Fun fact: Felix took lessons to be a classical pianoist for 8 years.

Podcast

Air Date: November 10, 2021
Guests: Frank Jeckell (1910 Fruitgum Company)
Fun fact: Franks' first instrument was the accordian.

Podcast

Air Date: November 17, 2021
Guests: Steven Van Zandt (E Street Band)
Fun fact: His family said they would prefer him be a criminal to a musician because being a criminal was at least steady work. He was in the Whirlwinds at age 14, the Mates at 15 and the Shadows at 16.

Podcast

Air Date: November 24, 2021
Guests: Bill Mumy (actor)
Fun fact: Bill said he considered calling the Action Skulls CD "Greatest Hits - Why Wait" because they have such a hard time getting together that one might be it. Billy broke his leg at 4 and watched a lot of Zorro and Superman and caught the acting bug.



Podcast

Air Date: December 1, 2021
Guests: Mark Volman (Turtles)
Fun fact: Westchester (CA) High School's band the Crossfires was the start of The Turtles. Pancho Villa came to Mark's grandfather's wedding.

Podcast

Air Date: December 8, 2021
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Paul told the road story about performing at the Illinois Fair. One night he went to Bloomington with friends to party and didn't get back to the hotel till about 3 am. He gets back to find Bud in his bed and we can guess what happen after that.

Podcast

Air Date: December 15, 2021
Guests: Chip Douglas (songwriter/musician)
Fun fact: Chip's first rhythm guitar was helped along by a school teacher who made a capo out of a pencil and rubber band. Also, it was Mike Nesmith who brought Chip into the Monkees fold.

Podcast

Air Date: December 22, 2021
Guests: Henry Diltz (photographer)
Fun fact: Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Henry grew up with the nickname "Tad". The Lovin' Spoonful was the first group Henry traveled with to photograph. That was in the summer of '66.



Podcast

Air Date: January 5, 2022
Guests: Pat McLoughlin (The Cyrkle)
Fun fact: Pat's parents weren't thrilled with his music aspirations, so he got a degree in marketing and eventually a MBA. Also, The Cyrkle turned down the song "59th Street Bridge Song" in 1966.

Podcast

Air Date: January 12, 2022
Guests: Butch Patrick (actor)
Fun fact: Butch's first agent was Mary Grady who was the mother of actor Don Grady. Also Butch was on some of the first episodes of General Hospital.

Podcast

Air Date: January 19, 2022
Guests: Bruce Belland (Four Preps/actor)
Fun fact: Bruce got paid a stick of gum for his first "gig" of singing "God Bless America" at age four. Talking of screaming girls, Bruce said it took all the 'Amens' that he used to get for singing in church and quadrupled it.

Podcast

Air Date: January 26, 2022
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: In Barbados, The Cowsills got to throw Frank Mancini into the swimming pool when it was announced that TRTP&OT's had sold a million. . . . It was also announce that the Cowsills Mr. Roger's song "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" will be released as a single, with Mickey Dolenz song on the B side.



Podcast

Air Date: February 2, 2022
Guests: Bo Donaldson (The Heywoods)
Fun fact: Bo started out playing trumpet in grade school with his first song being "When The Saints Go Marching In." Bo's Mom met Dick Clark and Dick hooked them up as opening acts.

Podcast

Air Date: February 9, 2022
Guests: Joe Piscopo (actor)
Fun fact: Joe took piano lessons and during his first recital a cut-out donkey was left onstage. Joe volunteered to go retrieve it. He walks on stage and says to the donkey "Yeaaaaa what are you doin'?" and the crowd goes wild. He was hooked. Fun fact 2: Frank Sinatra called Joe the 'vice-chairman of the board'.

Podcast

Air Date: February 16, 2022
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Paul votes for Oscar movies. Ones he loves this year are: Don't Look Up, Respect, and Licorice Pizza.

Podcast

Air Date: February 23, 2022
Guests: Cousin Brucie (DJ)
Fun fact: Cousin Brucie wanted to be a country doctor growing up. He has an honorary doctorate from Mt. Clair college.



Podcast

Air Date: March 2, 2022
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Couple of stories told. #1 About a spare tire coming off the car while driving in Montana and the boys having to climb a barb wire fense to retrieve it. #2 Paul and Bob talked of sort of getting caught in the ponzie schemes of the late 70s, early 80s

Podcast

Air Date: March 9, 2022
Guests: Tony DeFranco (The DeFranco's)
Fun fact: The DeFrancos' started out as an instrumental only group before adding vocals. It became Tony DeFranco and the DeFrancos when Chuck Laufer signed the group.

Podcast

Air Date: March 17, 2022
Guests: Fritz Coleman (TV announcer)
Fun fact: Fritz was the weatherman at KNBC in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years. He has been the honorary mayor of Toluca Lake for 28 years.

Podcast

Air Date: March 23, 2022
Guests: John Cowsill - no show
Fun fact: Susan told the story of meeting Marie Osmond at Familyfest. The powers to be got confused thinking "Susan Cowsill" was the "City Council" and ushered her in.



Podcast

Air Date: March 30, 2022
Guests: John Cowsill
Fun fact: John told the story of playing the Grammy's. When leaving he saw Stevie Wonder and John decided to go tell him how much how much he loved him. After a short chat, John turned to leave and from behind he hears Stevie singing "I love the flower girl"! . . . Also John and Vicki are working on The Dead Brothers Project which is to be a recording of rare Billy and Barry songs.

Podcast

Air Date: April 6, 2022
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: After missing their chance to sing the National Anthem at Fenway, they got a second chance. Charles Steinberg called and said that the C's were coming back. "Think as big as you want and as big as you can," Charles said. So, the C's got 12 airline tickets, 12 hotels, limos from home to home, 42 tickets to the game with a private booth full of food and drink.

Podcast

Air Date: April 13, 2022
Guests: Rob Bonfiglio (musician)
Fun fact: Rob went to Berkeley and was totally into jazz during that time. Rob also plays with Peter Asher's band. Rob was on the same Flower Power Cruise as the C's and also played with Brian Wilson on the show the Cowsills did with Brian in Miami in 2020.

Podcast

Air Date: April 20, 2022
Guests: Godfrey Townsend (The Yardbirds)
Fun fact: Both of Godfrey's parents were opera singers. He learned various guitar licks by playing that portion of a record over and over and over till he got it right.



Podcast

Air Date: April 27, 2022
Guests: John Stamos (actor)
Fun fact: John - while on General Hospital - worked Sundays at his Dad's resturant. . . . Sammy Davis Jr. is responsible for JS playing music on GH.

Podcast

Air Date: May 4, 2022
Guests: Bill Cunningham and Gary Talley (Box Tops)
Fun fact: Bill's dad knew Al Gore Sr and used that influence to get Bill deferred from the draft. Bill's dad had his own recording label. All the Box Tops were from Memphis. Also Gary sang backing on Willie Nelson's "You Were Always On My Mind."

Podcast

Air Date: May 11, 2022
Guests: Jay Osmond (Osmonds)
Fun fact: Jay and John Cowsill - both born on March 2 - have had a competition to see who can wish the other Happy Birthday first each year since 1969. At Disneyland the Osmonds were doing "I Want A Girl" and Jay made a couple mistakes. Walt Disney loved it and the Diaper Dans still do the mistakes for that reason.

Podcast

Air Date: May 18, 2022
Guests: The Cowsills - JazzFest 2022
Fun fact: Both Chris Isaak and Elvis Costello mentioned the Cowsills during their performances at JazzFest 2022. Chris was introducing his band and at the end said, "... and we are The Cowsills." Elvis made mention of the fact he had been watching all the Cowsills. . . . Bob almost passed out from the heat after the show.



Podcast

Air Date: May 25, 2022
Guests: Derek Sharp (Guess Who)
Fun fact: Derek describes his stage performance as "Mature Optional." Joined the Guess Who in 2008 and was supposed to only stay a few weeks, but was such a hit that he was asked to stay.

Podcast

Air Date: June 1, 2022
Guests: The Bacon Brothers (singers/actor)
Fun fact: Michael said his first band was with his sister and it was a jug band. Their parents loved the arts, but didn't participate in any of them. The Bacon Brothers have a 5-song EP coming out July 8th.



While The Cowsills are on tour the summer of 2022, they decide to release the video of some of the previous podcasts, starting with John Stamos.



Podcast

Air Date: June 8, 2022
Guests: John Stamos (actor)
Fun fact: Original air date April 27, 2022

Podcast

Air Date: June 15, 2022
Guests: John Cowsill
Fun fact: Original air date March 30, 2022

Podcast

Air Date: June 23, 2022
Guests: Phlash Phelps (DJ)
Fun fact: Original air date July 7, 2021



Podcast

Air Date: June 29, 2022
Guests: Joe Piscopo (actor)
Fun fact: Original air date February 9, 2022

Podcast

Air Date: July 8, 2022
Guests: Felix Cavaliere (Rascals)
Fun fact: Original air date November 3, 2021

Podcast

Air Date: July 20, 2022
Guests: Carnie Wilson and Lola Bonfiglio (Singers)
Fun fact: Original air date July 20, 2021



Podcast

Air Date: July 27, 2022
Guests: Tommy James (& The Shondells)
Fun fact: Original air date August 25, 2021

Podcast

Air Date: August 3, 2022
Guests: Pat and Debby Boone (Singers/actors)
Fun fact: Original air date August 11, 2021

Podcast

Air Date: August 10, 2022
Guests: Howard Kaylan (Turtles)
Fun fact: Original air date June 16, 2021



Podcast

Air Date: August 17, 2022
Guests: Vicki and Debbie Peterson (Bangles)
Fun fact: Original air date May 19, 2021

Podcast

Air Date: August 24, 2022
Guests: Richie Furay (Poco)
Fun fact: Original air date April 28, 2021



Podcast

Air Date: September 23, 2022
Guests: The Cowsills - We're Back
Fun fact: What did Bob buy most on the HTT? Milk and Little Debbie Pies. Susan shared her observations of the aging audience.

Podcast

Air Date: September 28, 2022
Guests: Freedy Johnston (Hobart Brothrs & Little Sis)
Fun fact: Freedy's Mom was a champion whistler. The first song he wrote was "Sparky the Heroic Dog."

Podcast

Air Date: October 5, 2022
Guests: Bill Hanley (Sound engineer)
Fun fact: Bill did the sound for the Cowsills Live In Concert album and Soundblast '66!

Podcast

Air Date: October 12, 2022
Guests: Val Garay (engineer/producer)
Fun fact: Was a closet country guitar and singer as a young person. His Dad was a singer and in a Walt Disney movie. Val lived in Laurel Canyon with members of Iron Butterfly.



Podcast

Air Date: October 26, 2022
Guests: Tony Orlando (& Dawn)
Fun fact: Tony's Dad was the first trumptet in the Desi Arnaz orchestra. Tony was the first pop artist on EPIC records.

Podcast

Air Date: November 2, 2022
Guests: Kathy Lennon (Lennon Sisters)
Fun fact: The Lennon Sisters did 17 years at the Welk Theatre and 8 years at the Andy Williams Theatre doing two shows a day, six days a week, nine months a year. Kathy's grandmothers were dancers. One a prima ballerina and the other a Mexican dancer.

Podcast

Air Date: November 9, 2022
Guests: Venice
Fun fact: Their Dads sort of started beach volleyball in the 1940s. Venice has been together since 1977-1978.

Podcast

Air Date: November 16, 2022
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: From Branson, Missouri!! The Cowsills are loving the Christmas Show. Catch this episode and see video from the show.



Podcast

Air Date: November 23, 2022
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: From Branson, Missouri: The Theater holds 2200 people. Although not sell-outs, the promoters say that crowds are fantastic (compared to years past and other shows in Branson).

Podcast

Air Date: December 21, 2022
Guests: The Bacon Brothers - Video
Fun fact: Original air date June 1, 2022

Podcast

Air Date: December 28, 2022
Guests: Peter Noone - Video
Fun fact: Original air date May 5, 2021



Podcast

Air Date: January 4, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Speaking of Branson, Bob liked being pushed as an artist, while Paul said he loved being reminded of his college days with this show.

Podcast

Air Date: January 11, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills - Paul Pufferfish
Fun fact: The Hatchett's Club was a place they played in London in 1968. (BTW I checked the internet and newspapers from London at the time for Hatchett's Club and Cowsills but didn't find a specific date.) Also Bud and Robert Stigwood (Bee Gees manager) were found naked in a fountain in London.

Podcast

Air Date: January 19, 2023
Guests: Michael V. Pomarico (Director)
Fun fact: In 1965 Michael became inthralled with Lost In Space and Batman. He decided then he wanted to help film shows. He began in video playback at ABC. His first scene as a director for "All My Children" was with Mark Consuelos.

Podcast

Air Date: January 25, 2023
Guests: Steve Smith (Steve Smith and the Nakeds)
Fun fact: Steve has a song in Dumb and Dumber 2. His earliest bands were The Blokes and The Night Crawlers. The first performance was three songs at their Catholic School.



Podcast

Air Date: February 8, 2023
Guests: Tom Garrett (Classics IV)
Fun fact: Tom started out wanting to be - and became - a police officer. His first song he sang professionally was "Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" at a country nightclub. Tom was chosen by the Yost family to carry on for Dennis.

Podcast

Air Date: February 16, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: The Cowsills will do a run in Branson, Missouri, in September 2023. TV shows you watch: Bob and Paul like 90 Days Fiance and Susan watches General Hospital, Dr. Phil and documentaries. Another fact: The night before he went into boot camp, Paul went to watch Billy Jack with Aunt El and Dean Roberts (Nanci's brother).

Podcast

Air Date: February 23, 2023
Guests: Kevin Jonas Sr. (Manager of Jonas Brothers)
Fun fact: Kevin won a Bible with pictures of outer space at church camp by memorizing the most Bible verses. His first crush was Carole King and his favorite band was the Bee Gees.



Podcast

Air Date: March 1, 2023
Guests: Jim Babjak (Smithereens)
Fun fact: Jim was born in an immigration camp in Austria and came to the US when he was one year old. He was meant to take over the family tavern, but after seeing The Beatles, music was to be his path. His first concert was The Beach Boys.

Podcast

Air Date: March 8, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: One thing Susan used to do for entertainment on the road "back in the day" was pull out the local phone book and look for other Cowsills.

Podcast

Air Date: March 15, 2023
Guests: Hal Lifson (Public Relations)
Fun fact: Hal started as a drummer being influenced by a drummer near his age - John Cowsill. As a publist, Hal had to go with Nancy Sinatra to get approval from her father - Frank Sinatra - for her to pose for Playboy.



Podcast

Air Date: March 22, 2023
Guests: Tom Tordoroff (Actor and Acting Coach)
Fun fact: Tom got his love of theater for playing Santa Claus in 2nd grade getting to kiss Mrs. Claus on the cheek. For his first concert he had front row tickets for The Cowsills at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, NY.

Podcast

Air Date: April 5, 2023
Guests: Rick Levy (Box Tops)
Fun fact: Rick was a socialogy major and loves watching people. Rick was also in band for Jay and the Technics and Herman's Hermits.

Podcast

Air Date: April 13, 2023
Guests: Tommy Roe (Singer)
Fun fact: Tommy is in three Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's - in Georgia, Iowa and also the Rockabilly. First band was Tommy Roe and the Satins. The Beatles OPENED for Tommy in England before the British Envasion.

Podcast

Air Date: April 19, 2023
Guests: Melanie (Singer) - Part 1
Fun fact: Her parents wanted her to be the next Shirley Temple but she flunked out of tap dancing. Melanie perfered to become an archaeologist. She would sit and sing loudly in Washington Square in NYC.

Podcast

Air Date: April 26, 2023
Guests: Melanie (Singer) - Part 2
Fun fact: Met her husband (a producer) after she went into a publishing company by mistake while trying to find the place to audition for a play. She was flown into Woodstock on a helicopter, but doesn't remember how she got out. She didn't have a set list at Woodstock.

Podcast

Air Date: May 3, 2023
Guests: John Cowsill
Fun fact: John shared a few fun tidbits. Red Rock is the biggest place he's ever played. He's never played in the Hollywood Bowl. He wanted to be Zorro when he was little and his son will play some bass and sing on the album of songs of Bill and Barry he's working on!

Podcast

Air Date: May 10, 2023
Guests: May Pang
Fun fact: May was the first on both sides to be born in the US. The daughter of a Buddhist and an atheist, you could find May growing up in a Catholic school.

Podcast

Air Date: May 17, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: This is the story of Pledge Music explaination and timeline of making Rhythm Of The World. They thought it would cost $70,000 and ended up costing $250,000.

Podcast

Air Date: May 24, 2023
Guests: Steve Augeri (Journey) - Part 1
Fun fact: Steve started out as more of a instrumentalist playing such instruments as the sax and bassoon.

Podcast

Air Date: May 31, 2023
Guests: Steve Augeri (Journey) - Part 2
Fun fact: Steve hadn't sung in a year and was the maintenance manager at The Gap before auditioning for Journey at age 38.

Podcast

Air Date: June 6, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: We learned they will keep the same 2 buses all tour for Happy Together 2023. Bob has a turtle Kirby.

Podcast

Air Date: June 13, 2023
Guests: Elliott Easton (The Cars)
Fun fact: His Mom was a Juilliard trained singer. He remembered going to the bus stop the day after The Beatles appearance on Ed Sullivan and the whole bus singing "I Want To Hold Your Hand."


Podcast

Air Date: June 21, 2023
Guests: Chris Carter (Breakfast With The Beatles)
Fun fact: Chris fell in love with music at about age 8. Had a "Melody Makers" subscription at 14, reading all he could about music. He was also the manager of The Wondermints and helped hooked them up with Brian Wilson.

Podcast

Air Date: June 28, 2023
Guests: Kara McKee (The Voice)
Fun fact: Kara had a career in finance before The Voice. She had auditioned 10 times before she actually got on the show, each time getting a little closer to getting on.

Podcast

Air Date: July 5, 2023
Guests: Ian Anderson (Juthro Tull)
Fun fact: Ian was greatly influenced by the early blues. He is self-taught in all instruments.

Podcast

Air Date: July 12, 2023
Guests: Carl Giammarese (Buckinghams)
Fun fact: Carl's father played with the Glen Miller band. When "Kind of a Drag" was #1 and the Buckingham's didn't have a record label. Between '76-'82 he sang in over 300 commercials.


Podcast

Air Date: July 26, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: The PAT in Costa Mesa uses llamas and goats to mow the lawn. ... You can hear about a typical day on the HTT.

Podcast

Air Date: August 5, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: You need to watch the video of this episode. This was a life in the day of the Cowsills on the HTT.

Podcast

Air Date: August 10, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: You need to watch the video of this episode. Featured here is Rachel who runs the merchandise table and backstage at MGM Northfield Ohio.

Podcast

Air Date: August 23, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: You need to watch the video of this episode. Here you see backstage at several venues and get to hear from Carl who is the sound guy for the show.


Podcast

Air Date: August 30, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Why the Cowsills weren't able to perform at the Four Winds Casino was explained. Also we hear about Susan's new bike and you hear how birthdays are celebrated on tour.

Podcast

Air Date: September 6, 2023
Guests: Paul Shaffer
Fun fact: Paul talks of his daughter's project benefit for Pup Culture Rescue. Paul wanted to be a sociologist.

Podcast

Air Date: September 20, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Another must see video podcast with lots of photos and videos of the HTT 2023.

Podcast

Air Date: September 27, 2023
Guests: Peter Holsapple (Continental Drifters, REM, dB's) - Part 1
Fun fact: At age 8, Peter wanted to take his Mom's Silvertone guitar to school. His parents made him prove he could play be before they would agree. He played them the Sound of Music and Beatles tunes and passed. First band: Dana and The Bluejays. First record: Afrikaan Beat by Bert Kaempfert


Podcast

Air Date: October 4, 2023
Guests: Peter Holsapple (Continental Drifters, REM, dB's) - Part 2
Fun fact: Peter's favorite thing to play is a guitar, but joined every group he ever joined as a keyboardist. Susan tells the story of getting the call from Mark Bryan for Peter to join Hootie and the Blowfish.

Podcast

Air Date: October 11, 2023
Guests: Jim McCarty (Yardbirds)
Fun fact: Jim worked in the stock exchange and wanted to be an actor as a young man. First band was The Strollers and next was The Country Gentlemen. Jim is also a medium.

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Air Date: October 18, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Paul told the story of being staying with Susan one year that the Saints won the Super Bowl. Later they had a party, all dressed in the appropriate gear and pretended it was all happening for the first time as they re-watched the game.

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Air Date: October 25, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Bob shares his thoughts of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Paul predicts Brittney Mahomes will leave Patrick for Taylor Swift. hee hee Also announced they will be on the Happy Together Tour 2024


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Air Date: November 1, 2023
Guests: Bob Merlis (Publicist)
Fun fact: Bob flunked DJ auditions so he started putting on college concerts. He started doing publicity for a Byrd's concert. After 4 days in grad school, he quit school ad worked as an assistant editor at Record World magazine. His first real publicity gig was with Warner Bros.

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Air Date: November 8, 2023
Guests: Jim Rosenthal (Sports Writer)
Fun fact: Baseball, music adn Asian religions were Jim's interests as a yung man. The book he wrote with Nolan Ryan was the start of all his books. New Orleans is his favorite city.

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Air Date: November 15, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: We heard of the Big Easy cruise and her window view of the life boats. Billy Payne - who played keyboards on Cocain Drain - was also on the cruise. The Cowsills will be on the Malt Show cruise next year. Paul got a back pack leaf blower for this birthday!

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Air Date: November 28, 2023
Guests: Marc Nathan (A&R Atlantic Records)
Fun fact: First record: Michael Row Your Boat .... First Job: Packing records at Ampex Records waiting for Paul Fishkin to come back in town. The story was told of bringing 1990's Cowsills demo to Doug Morris at Atlantic Records who said, "That is fantastic!" That is until he learned it was the Cowsills when he then added "You got to be kidding. You're not signing The Cowsills." Marc replied, "If Tony Smith (manager of Genesis) brought this to you, you would be doing f****** cartwheels on your desk." Marc was then fired from Atlantic.


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Air Date: December 8, 2023
Guests: Phil Solem (The Rembrandts)
Fun fact: Phil's father quit the music business to become a family man. Phil was inspired to play music when he saw Little Ricky on the I Love Lucy and thought "I can do that." In one band, made their own clothes including using roller skates to make platform shoes.

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Air Date: December 15, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: When ask to admit to something they wouldn't normally admit to, here is what they said. Bob: Won't change the channel if there is a live car chase on the current Channel 9. Loves watching those. Paul: Watches The Golden Bachelor, 90 Days Fiance, Plattsville and 600 lb Life Susan: Wears crocks in public but is embarrassed because she thinks they are ugly.

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Air Date: December 27, 2023
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Tales of Tomball, Texas and traveling trials. Also they announced they are now inducted into the New England Music Hall of Fame.

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Air Date: January 3, 2024
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: You can hear about Paul's New Years Eve bonfire that he starts with a torch. Robby Scharf will be playing bass for the Feb. show where the C's are inducted into the NEMHoF.


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Air Date: January 10, 2024
Guests: George Porter Jr. (The Meters)
Fun fact: George was influenced by watching Second Lines go by his house as a young person. His Mom brought home two violins and that lasted less than a day once his Dad heard them. George's first guitar was a Silvertone.

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Air Date: January 17, 2024
Guests: Raized Wrong (band)
Fun fact: The father in this band was raised in a family band of his Mom, Dad and siblings called Surf's Up. Raized Wrong was started to give the boys their own thing with hopefully the Dad leaving the project. ... Also Paul told a couple Cowsill stories. Ira Wolfe was given money from Bud and told to get some kids to come to the Ed Sullivan show and cheer for The Cowsills. So, he got some kids from one of his weight lifting class to come. Also there was a time they took Bill and Bob to The Night Owl in The Village and Bud got them to let them sing. The drummer from the house, which turned out to be The Lovin Spoonful, gave them guitars and they performed. Leaving the club they find the likes of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell.

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Air Date: January 24, 2024
Guests: Bruce Belland (Four Preps/actor)
Fun fact: Bruce was the producer on the original Name That Tune. He also wrote a song called "What Would I Do Without My Music". Elvis Presley was excited to record this, but died before that could happen.

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Air Date: February 1, 2024
Guests: Jay Reinke (Jay and The Americans)
Fun fact: Jay wanted to be an actor and was a theater major in college. He worked as a carpet installer. Jay can sound like any singer he wants, but his natural voice is more like Elvis than anyone else.


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Air Date: February 7, 2024
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: A family group, Goovin', will open for the C's at the Cutting Room Feb 11. Bob told the story of Bud ruining Christmas by giving Bill's presents to the other kids after catching Bill smoking. Paul added that both Bud and Barbara tended to hold grudges.

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Air Date: February 14, 2024
Guests: Bob and Paul
Fun fact: The C's took a train from the Moghen Sun to NYC. Paul told the story of their Uncle Jimmy died in a train wreck because he was afraid to fly. The C's got to meet Eddie Brigati (The Rascals) at The Cutting Room. Also there were May Pang, along with Paul Schaffer and wife. Bob was on a baseball team that won the Rhode Island Little League Championship title.

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Air Date: February 21, 2024
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: This episode centered on a re-cap of the recent gigs, that yes John did get his NEMHOF award, promise of an episode about when each got arrested, Susan's history of what Mardi Gras is, and get ready for the Cowsills Chronicle on 97.7 The River.

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Air Date: February 28, 2024
Guests: The Cowsills
Fun fact: Cowsill Chatter. They discussed possible costumes for costume night on the cruises (Gillian's Island or Beverly Hillbillies were options), Susan's gripe of the plunger on conditiioner bottles and Pauls tip of how to make bananas last longer were topics.






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