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This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Tommy James on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan
The Cowsills welcome the great Tommy James onto the show for this week's episode. Tommy James is the musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, we know and love from the 1960s rock band Tommy James and the Shondells.
Tommy's songs are pop culture classics and have been covered by everyone from punk rockers to country icons. In 1968, Tommy became one of the first artists to experiment with music videos. To date, Tommy has sold over a hundred million records sold worldwide, and has received five BMI "Million Air" awards in recognition of 22 million broadcast spins of his songs.
Tommy and The Cowsills go way back down memory lane. They talk through everythings from his first band of 12 year olds, the call that changed his life, and the craziest story of working with Roulette Records and the mob.
For more of Tommy, you can tune in to his Sirius XM show 60s on 6 every Sunday.
Song of the Week: Mony Mony by Tommy James and The Shondells
This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Carnie and Lola on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan
The Cowsill's are back with another story. This time they dive into the drama of 'the rich kids' revenge' that cost them all of their equipment.
Today's guests are Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips and her talented daughter Lola. Carnie Wilson is the daughter of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and of his first wife, former singer Marilyn Rovell of The Honeys. She co-founded Wilson Phillips with her younger sister Wendy and childhood friend Chynna Phillips when they were in their teens. Lola is a third generation raised by famous parents and Carnie is determined to break the chaos that comes with a musical family in the spotlight. The group talks about everything from music to marshmallows.
This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Felix Cavaliere on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan
Today is a very special episode. The incredible Felix Cavaliere joins the Cowsills -- and he is their 3rd guest who has been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Early in 1965, FELIX CAVALIERE formed the ‘Young Rascals’ with Dino Danelli, Eddie Brigati, and Gene Cornish. The Rascals were the 1st rock band in the world. From 1965-1970 they reigned atop the charts, turning out one hit after another. He also happens to be Susan's favorite dance partner!
Felix shares what it was like to take on 28 songs a night, 6 nights a week, stories about George Harrison, and much more!
Song of the Week:
I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore by The Young Rascals
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This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Joe Piscopo on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan
The career of Joe Piscopo is so voluminous and broad that to try and cover it in a short podcast episode is impossible. If we belabor even one aspect of Joe's amazing life we'll start belaboring other things then pretty soon we're in to a 5th episode with Joe belaboring everything. We did our best to hone in on some interesting factoids that we could ask Joe about like, "Why did you take the drums out of 'Wipeout' on your 1985 album "New Jersey"? Who takes the drums out of "Wipeout"?!!!! Also being the great impersonator he is (he can impersonate so many people the list has to be alphabetized to keep track) we asked about when he first discovered he had that ability and who was the subject of his first impersonation. Of course we had to get in to Sinatra and "Saturday Night Live" with Eddie Murphy and even a little Rock Positano. Enjoy the episode... we had a blast visiting with Joe.
Song of the Week: New Jersey
This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with John Stamos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan
WE FOUND HIM!!! We caught our brother John as he was getting ready to head to Los Angeles airport and out on the road with the Beach Boys. We had a great visit. Wait'll you hear about the "Dead Brother's" music project John is going to get going. It is awesome. Then we just got in to a lot of stuff about a lot of things about this and that and that and this... and we made some big announcements on this episode also. Enjoy!
This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with John Stamos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan
Whether it's Blackie, Jocko, Stamos, or John, Tony Gates or any of the broadway characters he's portrayed, General Hospital, Full House, Fuller House, Fullest House (just kidding there was no "Fullest House"), Grandfathered, ER, Big Shot , he's on Disney plus he's on Netflix and his TV commercials are some of his best work.... he's everywhere....visiting with John Stamos is like visiting with one of the most successful everythings of our time...and we've basically known him via our own brother John forever. He's like this true family friend. Anyway enough of John but his career though right? Where do you start? What do you focus on? So we just decided let's just visit with him and certainly questions will arise during the visit and maybe we'll even ask him something he's never been asked. Coming up...the Box Tops!
Derek Sharp (D#) could have been the front man for any band in Canada he chose to do that with...no one would have turned him down. But instead a band chose him and destiny was fulfilled. In 2008 Derek became lead singer of The Guess Who. But Derek goes way beyond fronting The Guess Who and we get in to some real fun discussions about things like that and his life before 2008 through today. You'll really enjoy this story. BULLETIN: THE PODCAST IS GOING VISUAL FOR THE SUMMER!!!!
WE ARE BACK FROM JAZZ FEST!!! We had a blast performing on the Gentilly Stage at Jazz Fest opening for Chris Isaak and Elvis Costello! They both mentioned us in their shows!!! "SAY WHAT?????" We take you through the whole trip and it was amazing. The rain, the thunder and lightning were tourist attractions for some of us! We gripe and update and have our usual fun. Coming up - Jose Feliciano, The Bacon Brothers, Derek Sharp from the Guess Who and more!!! Plus we talk about a summer plan for the podcast. Enjoy!
A COWSILL-OSMOND VISIT!!! It happened folks! Jay Osmond was gracious enough to visit with us and what a visit it was. We don't want to give too much away but we had a great time. You'll hear about their first performance in front of Walt Disney (Jay was only 6), the whole Andy Williams tale and their successful attempt at leaving what they called the "song and dance" group behind to hit the pop charts and get in on the fun of being a rock 'n roll band making hit records. Believe us you will want to hear about their path to accomplishing that. Thanks everyone enjoy!
Please sit back and enjoy our laid back relaxed conversation with Bill Cunningham and Gary Talley two of the original founding members of the Box Tops. Songs like "The Letter" and "Cry Like a Baby" were some of the best pop songs released back in the day. Everyone has a history and the Box Tops history is pretty crazy with some real unusual twists and turns you'll enjoy hearing about...and be amazed at some of the shenanigans taking place around them. Hope you enjoy this weeks episode of The Cowsills Podcast.
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