Little Steven's Underground Garage - Coolest Conversations

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Kenny Laguna: Coolest Conversation Part 2 Aug 13, 2020

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For this week's Coolest Conversation we bring you part 2 in our two-part feature with legendary producer and musician Kenny Laguna. In part 2 we hear all about the time Kenny spent in the UK working with The Who and The Steve Gibbons Band and of course meeting and working with his long-time partner, Joan Jett.
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Pat Carpenter: Coolest Conversation 08-07-20 Aug 10, 2020

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This week Manfred’s guest is esteemed drummer Pat Carpenter. Pat is member of Mickey Leigh's Mutated Music who just released their latest 7" 'Little Cristine'. Pat talks about the role of a drummer in creating good music, how the band got together and of course, his best drummer jokes!
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Kenny Laguna: Coolest Conversation Part 1 Aug 06, 2020

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For this week's Coolest Conversation we bring you part 1 in our two-part feature with legendary producer and musician Kenny Laguna. In part 1 we hear all about the early days of Kenny's career playing with the Shangri La's, working on early bubblegum records like 'Yummy Yummy Yummy' and working with Darlene Love & The Blossoms among others.
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Dion: Coolest Conversation 07-31-20 Aug 03, 2020

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This week Manfred’s guest is the one and only Dion. Following the release of his latest album 'Blues With Friends', we have featured Dion all week in Little Steven's Underground Garage.
Tune in to hear about the making of the album, the various featured artists, his friendship with Sam Cooke and the influence it had on his life over the years.
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Dion: Coolest Conversation Throwback 03-25-16 Jul 29, 2020

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For this week’s throwback to tie in with 'Dion Week' in Little Steven's Underground Garage, we're looking back to 2016 at a time when Dion released his 'New York Is My Home' album. Dion talks to Manfred about his passion for the blues, his musical influences such as Hank Williams and Jimmy Reed and working with Jimmy Vivino on the album.
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Dave Draper: Coolest Conversation 07-24-20 Jul 27, 2020

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This week Manfred’s guest is UK producer and musician Dave Draper. Dave is known to us as the producer of Ryan Hamilton's recent body of work including our recent Coolest Song 'Jesus and John Lennon'. We hear all about Dave's musical background, the beginning of his love affair with engineering and producing, working with UK rocker Ginger Wildheart and what we can expect from Ryan Hamilton's upcoming album 'Nowhere to go but Everywhere'.
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Kurt Baker: Coolest Conversation 05-25-18 Jul 23, 2020

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For this week’s throwback, we're featuring another Wicked Cool artist, the one and only Kurt Baker. We're looking back to 2018 when the Kurt Baker Combo released their 2nd LP 'Let's Go Wild' with Wicked Cool Records. The album featured the Coolest Song 'Foolish Stuff' and Kurt told Manfred all about recording the album in Spain.
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Kris Rogers: Coolest Conversation 07-17-20 Jul 20, 2020

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This week Manfred’s guest is Kris Rogers of the Maine based rockers Kris Rogers & The Dirty Gems. The band have just released their second single 'She Likes To Party' on Wicked Cool Records.
Kris and Manfred discuss making music during pandemic times, how the band formed and the bands upcoming album, which will be released next year.
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Debbie Harry: Coolest Conversation Throwback 05-05-2017 Jul 16, 2020

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This week’s throwback dates back to 2017 when Manfred spoke with the icon Debbie Harry following the release of Blondie's record Pollinator.
The discussed the collaborations on the album with outside writers, including Johnny Marr along with her love of poetry and her view of the opportunities for females in the music industry.
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Clem Burke: Coolest Conversation 07-10-20 Jul 13, 2020

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This week Manfred’s guest isrenowned drummer Clem Burke.
Following the Empty Hearts latest Coolest Song, Clem caught up with Manfred to tell him all about it his experience with various bands over the years including Blondie, Chequered Past, The Romantics and more recently The Empty Hearts.
Clem told Manfred about his early musical influences including the Beatles famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. He also spoke of the influence of his musical heroes including the Wrecking Crew members Earl Palmer and Hal Blaine and his upcoming plans for 2020 which includes an album and memoir.
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