The Bogus Otis Show: 9 Degrees of Sammy Hagar

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S3 Episode 003: Livin' It Up with HAMMY SAGAR!! Sep 24, 2023

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WARNING: This podcast will require copious amounts of napkins before listening!
The Bo-Hosts get all "Sammy Lifestyle" on ya with Billy and Derek, the great grillers of Hammy Sagar, the award-winning competition BBQ team from Memphis, Tennessee! In this episode, certified Redheads Billy & Derek reveal their delectable BBQ recipes and smokehouse secrets, as well confess as their love and appreciation for the Van Hagar era and main man himself! All this, plus these fine southern gents participate in a new segment called "The Red Rocker Rapid Fire"! It's a mouth-watering meal of an episode, served up Red Voodoo style!
More on Hammy Sagar BBQ:
https://www.instagram.com/hammysagarbbq/
https://www.instagram.com/billylabonte901/

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S3 Episode 002 - DESTINATION: DANGER ZONE! Sep 14, 2023

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Rev up your DeLorean and shove Kenny Loggins aside, the Bo-Hosts are heading back to 1980's DANGER ZONE!
In this episode, the Bo-Hosts welcome Mark, host of The Pure Rock Show from Ventura, California's 104 FM.
Mark is a bonafide fellow Redhead who's favourite stretch of Sammy material ever happens to be the Capitol Years, and within that seminal stretch of classic rockers, Mark loves DANGER ZONE most! So buckle up and join the Bo-Hosts as Mark shines a (red) light on the many merits of this not often discussed classic Sammy solo album, his swan song on Capital Records before departing for Geffen, yellow jumpsuits, and super-stardom!

For more on Mark and The Pure Rock Show - 104 FM Ventura, CA:
https://www.instagram.com/purerockcalifornia/?hl=en
https://linktr.ee/purerockcalifornia
https://www.youtube.com/@ThePureRockShowFMVentura/featured

Mark's10 Song Capitol Era Playlist (In Order!)

Love or Money

This Planet's On Fire (Burn In Hell)

Cruisin & Boozin

Plain Jane

Bad Reputation

Turn Up The Music

Feels Like Love

20th Century Man

Trans Am (Highway Wonderland)

Red

(Encore - Don't Get Hooked & Satisfied from the B-Side of Heavy Metal 12")

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S3 Episode 001: Kleinman...Daniel Kleinman...Director of Live Without A Net! Aug 16, 2023

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We all know who agent 007 is, but the British Secret Service has another secret agent that's perhaps not as well known....agent Double- O 13... a man with a Licence to SKILL .... a man with a GOLDENEYE towards directing some of the greatest music videos for some of the biggest acts in the music business... and a man who's got NO TIME TO DIE.
We're talking about master filmmaker, designer, and uber-artist, Daniel Kleinman, the genius behind Van Halen's iconic, 2 x platinum Live Without A Net concert video, and the man responsible for all the James Bond main title sequences since 1995!
In this Season 3 opener, the Bo-Hosts sit down with Daniel to get the behind-the-scenes lowdown on the making on this incredible 1986 video that immortalized VH's 5150 tour, the challenges in capturing a re-energized band at their creative zenith on celluloid using 12+ cameras, and the stresses involved in trying to capture EVH's fleet-fingered guitar solos, and audio syncing AVH's insane drum solo to video!
This, plus the Bo-Host's try to get Daniel to reveal who the next 007 is, how "LIVE" LWAN really was, if Daniel's bucket list would include directing a concert video of Sammy's epic Birthday Bash, and the Bo-Host's speculate over the upcoming "The Collection II" release which covers the Sammy Hagar VH era!
Season 3 is the place to be!
For more on Daniel's incredible company and career:
https://www.rattlingstick.com/
Imdb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459110/
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kleinman

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S2 Episode 013: Steve Rosen Reminisces! Jul 21, 2023

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What a way to bring Season 2 to a close! In this episode the Bo-Hosts welcome Steve Rosen, a prolific & highly-respected music journalist with a career spanning 50 years. Steve was the West Coast correspondent for Guitar World magazine for four years during the seminal mid-‘80s, when he wrote eight cover stories—including three lead features on Edward Van Halen, which are recognized as pivotal pieces on the legendary guitarist. Thru this connection, Steve and Eddie started a friendship which started in 1977, and lasted 26 years. These memories, and interviews are now the core of Steve's amazing new book: TONECHASER - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey with Edward Van Halen.
Steve was a great guest and the Bo-Hosts delve deep into his relationship with Eddie, share a theory as to why their relationship came to the close the way that it did, and Steve also has a heartfelt message to Alex Van Halen. Grab a cold beverage because this episode is RED hot!

Go here for more on Steve and his work:

tonechaserbook.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC06c588VT7Yri9RjbbG6evQ

https://www.instagram.com/steve.rosen.guitar.picks/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHTMNPVT?ref=myi_title_dp

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1307073566/tonechaser-understanding-edward-my-26?click_key=976f91f42f67311ae3dc6b143b26fa3d041d60af%3A1307073566&click_sum=90bb1a82&ref=hp_rv-3

https://www.facebook.com/TONECHASERBOOK/

https://www.facebook.com/steven.rosen.35/?paipv=0&eav=AfZjUblLbxTliXi0uUzFNAaF5j_q7iE4qreEYxqf9Dt5qev_oPE47bfq_KYzuswE--w&_rdr

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S2 Episode 012: What the Whaatttt?? Cosmic Universal Fashion is fifteen!?? Jul 12, 2023

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Whoa. Where did the time go? Cosmic Universal Fashion turns fifteen this November so the Bo-Hosts felt it was due a deep-dive discussion.
It's an interesting album released during an interesting time in Sam's career.
The turbulent '04 reunion was in the rearview mirror, Van Halen was back touring the nation with Roth and CUF emerged between the formation of two Sammy-led supergroups, and contained some of the most heaviest tracks the Red Rocker has ever recorded.
Join your Bo-Hosts as they peer thru the "Peephole" at an album that at times is "Loud", at other times "Siwtches on the Light", and ultimately "Fights for your right to Party!" 24365- around the clock, non-stop !

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S2 Episode 011: To our "New Listener"...this guest's for you! Jun 28, 2023

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In this cosmically-synched and Sammy-serendipitous episode, the Bo-Hosts
welcome John Finley, legendary soul singer and vocalist of Rhinoceros, a
highly-influential 1968 supergroup whose debut album is highly-important-to-someone-highly-important-to-us...
So why is this man and this band so important? And why is John Finley joining
your Bo-Hosts??? Well, the universe aligned in several ways recently so listen
in and you'll soon understand why, but aside from a certain rocker who enjoys the color crimson, John Finley is also admired by people like James Brown,
Steven Van Zandt, Robbie Robertson, John Lee Hooker and Paul Shaffer.
All this, plus we riff on Sammy's NEW star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
What is understood....NEED be discussed!
( Oh, and when you're done listening, make sure to check out John's amazing
career and spin Rhinoceros' kickass debut album. If it rocked Sammy's world,
it should do the same for you! )
More on John Finley and Rhinoceros:
https://www.rhinoceros-group.com/index.html
https://www.rhinoceros-group.com/johnfinley.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Finley_(musician)
https://twitter.com/johnfinleymusic?lang=en
https://www.johnfinleymusic.com/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@JohnFinley
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5jUfKEW1EYW7tpOerSOWWr
Paul Shaffer clip: ( you may need to dig for this if you don't FB )
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3574455282682318

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"BONUS" OTIS: Andrew Bennett's AFU about NFTs Jun 01, 2023

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In this bite-size "Bonus" Otis episode, your Bo-Hosts break the news that filmmaker and former-guest, Andrew Bennett, who, as we all know, infamously spent 212 days and nights at 5150 filming the genius of Van Halen, will soon to be releasing this footage via a new packaging format called an NFT.
What's a NFT you ask???
Well, Andrew stops by the show to give the 611 on what a Non-Fungible Token really is, how it works, and how he and Tre, his business partner at Vibestream Network, see this footage being made available via this new and mysterious digital format.
Controversial? Convenient? Cutting-edge? You decide!
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"Change, ain't nothin' stays the same...BLOCKchained..."
More on Andrew Bennett:
https://www.eruptioninthecanyon.com/product-page/eruption-in-the-canyon-coffee-table-photo-book
More about Vibestream Network:
https://vibestreamnetwork.io/iconicstories

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S2 Episode 010: Martin Popoff Sounds-Off On All things Sammy! May 30, 2023

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In this episode your Bo-Hosts talk with the "Wise Swami" of Hard Rock & Metal, author, podcaster and mega-musicologist, Martin Popoff! Martin's a fun hang and fellow Sammy fan ( he's written 115 books including the must-haves on Montrose and the duo on Van Halen) but also says it like it is, so some of his hot takes may burst your headphones!
You've been warned!
We also cover Martin's thoughts on Montrose, Sammy solo, Roth Era Van Halen, 5150, OU812, FUCK, Balance, as well as his definition of the EVH "Brown Sound" and vocalist-wise, whether or not Sammy is the best - and last- man standing amongst in his classic rock colleagues! A controversial, contrarian, but a must-listen episode! What is understood....NEED be discussed!
See www.martinpopoff.com for ordering info on his 115-odd books.

Martin's podcast is called History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff and his
YouTube show is called The Contrarians.
Check out Martin's YouTube channels:
https://www.youtube.com/@thecontrarians2438
http://www.martinpopoff.com/html/podcast.html

For Martin's drawings of rock stars, fake ads and Flaming Telepaths illustrations, see www.martinpopoff.ca

To order prints of just the rock star ones (coloured pencil on black), see my gallery at www.artpal.com
Martin's E-Books on 5150 and Ou812:
https://zunior.com/products/martin-popoff-ebook-van-halen-5150
https://zunior.com/products/martin-popoff-ebook-van-halens-ou812

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S2 Episode 009: Rantin' and Riffin' RED with Renoff!! May 17, 2023

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In this epic episode Bo-Hosts Brent & Darin spend time riffin' with Greg Renoff, Jedi level musicologist, historian and author of the highly-acclaimed Van Halen books Van Halen Rising and Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music. Greg shares his opinions on Montrose's debut album and the landmark recordings' reverberations on the music industry, Ted Templeman's idea on Sammy following up VOA with a Soul-inspi(red) RnB album, and what 1 item he'd snag if he had 60 seconds to run rampant within 5150! What would you grab???
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More about Greg Renoff:
https://www.vhnd.com/2021/11/20/author-greg-renoff-on-the-history-legacy-of-van-halen/
Must-have books Greg has authored:
https://www.amazon.ca/Greg-Renoff/e/B001JSE0E4/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
Buy Van Halen Rising:
https://ecwpress.com/products/van-halen-rising
https://www.amazon.ca/Van-Halen-Rising-Southern-California/dp/1770412638
Buy Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B083VS7NB5/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

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S2 Episode 008: The DLR Cast jams with Bogus Otis on 2002's "Sans Halen"Tour! May 11, 2023

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As we all know, the summer of 2002 saw what we Van Halen fans thought would NEVER happen, which was Sam & Dave teaming up for a co-headlining run around ( pun intended ) the U.S. on the Song for Song: The Heavyweight Champs of Rock 'n' Roll tour, now infamously known as the "Sans Halen " tour. Darren and Steve from The DLR Cast join your Bo-Hosts in revisiting this most turbulent of VH eras! Can the internet handle this episode??
Hear The DLR Cast here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dlr-cast/id1522076433
Rage Beyond the Stage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MSB9koRITk

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