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This week we go full force into the Pauly Pufferfish Segment, where Paul Cowsill shares a plethora of random facts he has accumulated. We follow it up with our gripe segment, where Paul throws in a few extra fun facts he has.
Our musical guest this week is Jules Alexander of The Association. Now you may be thinking, didn't you already have The Association on? Each member of the band offers a unique perspective with their own behind the scenes stories to share. Jules joins the show today to share his side and details on The Association's new music project.
Song of the Week: Cherish by The Association
If you watched Showtime in 2011, you're probably familiar with our documentary, "Family Band: The Cowsills Story"
This doc ran multiple times a day every single day for 2 years straight. Today's podcast guest is the director and creator of that documentary, Louise Palanker.
Along with directing, Louise is a writer, producer, filmmaker, author, photographer, comedian, podcaster, musician/songwriter, teacher, and co-founder of Premiere Radio Networks.
We share the crazy story of all the speed bumps to putting together the doc.
We also answer a few more questions from you Casters! If you have any questions you'd like us to answer, send us an email at info@cowsills.com.
https://www.louisepalanker.com
Song of the Week: He Walks
This week we're joined by two incredible musicians, our brother John Cowsil and Robby Scharf the bass-player on our last album called "Global".
Strap in -- It's a crazy story that begins in the offices of Dick Clark and ends with Bob, Paul, Susan, and John sitting in a hotel room in Marina Del Rey across from two FBI agents who have tracked them down.We also hear Paul's gripe with Bob's selection of Global tracks.
Song of the Week: "What About Love?" play the whole song
Check out Robby's podcast, Done Being Single. Keep your eyes out for John's new music coming soon!
Today's guest is Wayne Coysill.. sorry, no Wayne Coy. He's like a brother to us! Wayne Coy is a DJ, agent, manager, jack of all trades. He is a dear friend of ours, even though he thinks we are unmanageable. We share memories from our work together and the story behind our new song Largo Nights pulling from Wayne's 9-year-old lyrics. Largo Nights will be available on Rhythm of the World.
Song of the Week: Largo Nights
In today's solo episode, we revisit The Cowsill's Gripe segment. You'll find we had a few extra gripes this week. We also share our favorite stories from some of the many tv shows we've appeared on ranging from reality shows, to game shows, to musican performances. For a full list of our tv appearances check out or website: http://www.cowsill.com/tvshows.html
In today's episode, we pull back the curtain and share how grateful we are for our Executive Producer Dr. Rock Positano. We reminisce on how Dr. Rock found us and ended up being exactly the guy we were looking for. Fast forward to now, he's been a part of the making of our next album, The Rain, The Park, and Other Things as well as this very podcast!
We're also thrilled to announce our guest for this week, Barry Williams. You may have heard of him by the name of Greg Brady from the Brady Bunch. Barry's body of work goes through every decade and continually puts out great stuff. We could talk to him for hours.
Song of the Week: My Home Town by Barry Williams and The Traveliers
First and foremost, happy birthday to the lovely Susan Cowsilll! Today's episode was recorded on Susan's birthday and so of course we couldn't start the episode without wishing her the best.
The three of us talk through our gripes, we answer more of your questions, and share a little bit of pufferfish trivia courtesy of Paul.
Our special guest this week is Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night. The group is one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, selling approximately 60 million records.
Song of the Week: Easy To Be Hard
Welcome back to The Cowsills Podcast! We've reached the 10th episode of our show and we're thrilled to have you all along for this journey. A special thanks to Barb, Kim, and everyone else who sent in questions for us.
This episode is the first of once-monthly episodes without any guests. We just have so much to say! To have your question featured in the next episode, send an email over to info@cowsill.com.
In this episode we’re revisiting the first ever Cowsill’s tour as a family, flying out to Los Angeles to stay and perform at the Century City Plaza. We reminisce about the games we played, competitions we started, and the trouble we would get into on the road.
We have Ron Dante and Toni Wine on the show, and you may not know them by name, but you definitely know them by voice. They’re the anonymous vocals behind the fictional band, The Archies. The animated cartoon phenomenon that put out records that achieved worldwide success, including one of their greatest hits, “Sugar, Sugar”!
As the youngest performers on Don Kirshner's label, just 13 and 14 years old, they sang back up for many bands, cartoons, tv and radio commercials throughout the 60s and 70s. We’re talking to them about what it was like growing up together in the music business and how they felt about their anonymity! To this day they are the only band in history to have a number one hit without ever performing for an audience!
Song of the Week: "Sugar Sugar"
We’re kicking off this episode with some exciting Cowsills news! Rhythm of the World, an album where we’ve mixed 20 songs together, is now complete and mastered, so stay tuned!
This episode we’re talking about our first ever cross-country tour, flying for the first time, and going out to Los Angeles to perform. We reminisce about the trip and what an eye-opening experience it was for us as kids never having been outside of New England before.
We welcome Peter Noone onto the show, and he joins the conversation, telling us about his first tour around England with Herman’s Hermits, when he was just 16 years old. He talks about the success he had at such a young age, and the fact that he had his first hit record when he still lived with his grandparents!
Peter tells us about a chance encounter he had with The Beatles and how much it motivated him. He started rehearsing and performing 24/7 with the Hermits, and because people saw them so often, they became convinced they were good. And they most certainly were! Herman's Hermits sold more than 60 million records, and 7 of their albums reached gold status, all before Peter was 25 years old.
Song of the Week: "There's a Kind of Hush"
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