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Hi everyone. We're just having a visit amongst ourselves this week so no guest. We ramble on about this and that and give you an update as to what's coming in 2022. A BIG YEAR!!!! Some "Cowsill Factoids" and a bit of Paul Pufferfish and some hijinks and tomfoolery. Enjoy the show enjoy the week ENJOY LIFE!!!
The Four Seasons, the Four Aces, the Four Tops, the Four Freshmen, the Four Lads...well today on "The Cowsill's Podcast" we are visiting with Bruce Belland of THE FOUR PREPS!!!! In terms of audience reaction to the Four Preps think Beatles and Frank Sinatra. They were mobbed after their concerts. Do you remember watching Ozzie and Harriett and waiting for Ricky Nelson to sing the song at the end of the episode? Remember the band that always stood there with Ricky? That's the Four Preps plus James Burton. That's Bruce Belland to Ricky's right. The Four Preps were Ricky's college buddies on the TV show. Imagine what is must have been like when your band is riding high and the Beatles arrive on the scene and change the whole landscape and there's no room for you anymore. We were new to the story of the Four Preps since they were a little before our time but it just blew us away so we wanted to have Bruce on to share his story with everybody and he was gracious to accept the invitation. You have to read his biography at brucebelland.com and you will be AMAZED! Remember "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)"? It sold 10 million records! That's The Four Preps!! Hope you enjoy the episode.
Song of the Week: A Letter To The Beatles by The Four Preps
Butch Patrick is synonymous with Eddie Munster and many of us remember "The Munsters" - the show about a "normal" family navigating society and all of it's preconceptions of family and family life. Hilarious. Butch Patrick played Eddie Munster, a child werewolf, while he was 7, 8 and 9 years old. Little did he know he would be associated with that role for the rest of his life. Listen in while Butch discusses his life, his professional career, the early days at Hollywood Professional School and hanging with Paul and Susan and, of course, "The Addams Family", his relationship with the other cast members and "Indiana Beach"...a Munsters amusement park coming in 2022!
This week's guest is Pat McLoughlin of the classic band The Cyrkle. The Cyrkle is best known for their gold record hits Red Rubber Ball and Turn Down Day. They're bringing back the happy days of their 1960s hits to audiences across the country. The reformed lineup, beginning in 2016, featured original members Don Dannemann and Michael Losekamp, joined by Pat McLoughlin, Mike Rousculp (d. 2019), Don White, Scott Langley, and later by Mike Shoaf (2019-2021) and Dean Kastran. The band was managed by Brian Epstein of The Beatles fam, being the only american band ever managed by Brian Epstein. They got their name from John Lennon and, In fact, they opened for The Beatles during their last US tour in 1966 at Shea Stadium.
Song of the Week:
59th Street Bridge Song (feeling' groovy) by The Cyrkle
This week's guest is the great musician and photographer Henry Diltz. Among the bands Diltz played with was the Modern Folk Quartet. While a member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz became interested in photography. His work also attracted the eye of musicians who needed publicity and album cover photos. He was the official photographer at Woodstock, Monterey Pop Festival and Miami Pop Festival, and has photographed over 200 record album covers.
The Cowsills ask Henry how he transitions from playing the banjo to professional photography and how he got involved in Woodstock.
Song of the Week: This Could Be The Night by The Modern Folk Quartet
This weeks' guest is the renowned Chip Douglas - a great songwriter, musician, and record producer. Chip he worked on The Turtles, Monkees and much more. The Cowsills get the inside scoop on Chips career this week and the story behind the making of the new holiday song he wrote that just released.
Song of the Week written by Chip and performed by Abigail Bender called "In The Holiday Air"
This week The Cowsills' special guest are.... The Cowsills! This week Bob, Paul, and Susan take the main stage to share some updates and stories from the road.
This week's episode, The Cowsills chat with Bill Mumy from "Lost In Space" and also other ventures including the Action Skulls - a band he's in with our brother John and his wife, Vicki Peterson of the Bangles. Music has been Bill's passion since he was barely 10.
The group reminisce on the night that both The Cowsills and Bill were accidentally booked for the same slot at the same venue.
Join Paul, Susan, Bob, and Bill as they dive into how Bill and John Cowsill teamed up with the rest of the band to create the Action Sulls, whether or not Bill will be acting in the future, and a special unreleased Action Skulls song.
Song of the Week: Find The Good by The Action Skulls
Bob, Paul and Susan regroup this week after a successful Where's John episode, share another album release update, and clear some things up regarding ads.
Today's guest is the founder of the 1910 Fruitgum Company, Frank Jeckell. Today, The 1910 Fruitgum Company travels and performs throughout the United States. Frank joins The Cowsills to chat about their mutual love for accordions, the journey of different name options for his band, and what he is working on now.
Song of the Week: Reflections From The Looking Glass
Mark Dawson is the lead vocalist and bass player for the legendary pop/rock band The Grass Roots, as well as an independent recording artist and author. You may also know Dawson as the syndicated on-air host of "making noise with Mark Dawson" on Hall of Fame Music Radio, Surf 97.3 FM and Our Generation Radio. In addition to all of that, Mark Dawson is a great friend to the Cowsills.
Join this group as they dive into the backlash Mark received for joining The Grass Roots, the origin of his song Let Me Comfort You, and the drama over milk between Mark and Paul during the Happy Together tour.
Song of the Week:
Let Me Comfort You by Mark Dawson
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