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E34 - Elaine Caswell - Songstress Aug 21, 2018

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Singer Elaine Caswell enjoys a rich and diverse career. Her extraordinary singing talents has brought her a range of opportunities from dueting with Joe Jackson to backing up Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Roger Waters, Eddie Vedder, Cher, Dolly Parton, Bette Midler and many other well-known artists. And in between these high-profile gigs her chops can be heard on an impressive array of commercials, TV shows, movies and more.

E33 - Alex Nolan - Guitarist Cyndi Lauper Aug 14, 2018

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Guitarist Alex Nolan caught the guitar bug at age 5 and was performing as a professional singer and guitarist at 13 around New York’s Hudson Valley. She's played with the likes of Jill Sobule, Toshi Reagon and Nona Hendryx and was a part of The Merideth Viera Show band on the NBC daytime talk show during it’s 2 season run. For the last 2 years she's been touring as lead guitarist for Cyndi Lauper.

E32 - William Wittman - Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Musician (Cyndi Lauper, JoanOsborne, The Outfield) Aug 07, 2018

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William Wittman is a Grammy winning producer, engineer, musician and songwriter who’s credits include Cyndi Lauper’s 6x platinum She’s So Unusual, Joan Osborne’s 3x platinum Relish, and the Outfield’s 2x platinum Play Deep among others. He’s also twisted the knobs on hits for Pat Benatar, Mick Jagger, The Fixx, and many more. He's currently on tour with Cyndi Lauper as her bassist and musical director.

E31 - Gavin Edwards - Music Journalist for Rolling Stone, Details and bestselling author Jul 31, 2018

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Gavin Edwards is a longtime contributor at Rolling Stone, Details, Billboard and GQ who’s covered a wide variety of artists including Nirvana, Blink 182, Taylor Swift and Weezer just to name a few. He's also a New York Times bestselling author who's turned misheard lyrics into a cottage industry with his book ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy, and it’s follow ups as well as The Tao of Bill Murray and Last Night at the Viper Room. He's about to have a busy Fall with two new books hitting the shelves.

E30 - Jeff Pilson - Dokken, Dio, Foreigner Jul 24, 2018

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Jeff Pilson's first taste of success was in the 80’s with the platinum selling rockers Dokken. Since then he’s lent his talents to a host of others including Dio, the Michael Shencker Group and his own bands. But for the last 14 years Jeff has been playing bass for the regeneration of Foreigner. We caught up with Jeff before he took the stage headlining this summer’s Jukebox Heroes Tour with Foreigner, Whitesnake and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening.

E29 - Tom Drummond - Better Than Ezra Jul 17, 2018

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Tom Drummond is a founding member and bassist for Better Than Ezra who burst onto the national scene in 1995 with the Number 1 modern rock track "Good". But what looked like overnight success was really 7 years of do-it-yourself ingenuity and hard work. 30 years and a dozen albums and eps later they’re still at it with the same fortitude. Rockonomics caught up with Tom when he called in from The Last Summer on Earth Tour with The Barenaked Ladies and KT Turnstall.

E28 - Drew Shoals - Drummer Train Jul 10, 2018

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Train drummer Drew Shoals has been a professional drummer since graduating college in 2005 but took a break 3 years later to get a law degree at the University of Pennsylvania and go to work for a well known law firm before getting the call to join Train in 2014. Since then he’s appeared on four Train albums, earned his first platinum record and has toured the world.

E27 - Robbie Kondor - Keyboardist, Arranger, Producer Jul 03, 2018

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Robbie Kondor is a keyboardist, arranger, producer and synthesizer programmer who’s recorded or performed with an array of legendary artists such as Eric Clapton, Barbara Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston. He’s also toured with the likes of Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and Carole King and has had the distinction of David Letterman poking fun at him when he had the unique opportunity to fill-in for Paul Schaffer on The Late Show.

E26 - Jon Altschiller - Live Sound Mixer Phish, Springsteen, Zac Brown + More Jun 26, 2018

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Jon Altschiller is an engineer, producer, mixer and masterer. A long time veteran of the NY music scene Jon has become the go-to guy for mixing live performances for broadcast and streaming. He was hand picked by Phish and Bruce Springsteen to handle their live downloads and his experience doing the same for Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and other top festivals has allowed him to work for a vast array of major artists like Dave Matthews, Wilco, Zach Brown, Cage the Elephant and many dozens more.

E25 - -John Leamy - Drummer, Masters of Reality, Surgery Jun 19, 2018

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John Leamy is not only a great musician but an exceptional fine artist and master storyteller as well. John is best known as a long time and current member of the influential band Masters of Reality but it was his start with the post-hardcore band Surgery that started his surreal path through the business. From two near-death touring incidents to being replaced by legendary drummer Ginger Baker, John recalls these experiences and more with great attention to detail and humor.

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