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Episode 71 - Tito Larriva of The Plugz/The Cruzados/Tito & Tarantula
Season 1 Episode 1
Tito Larriva hasn't stopped working in 40 years. His many musical disguises (The Plugz, The Cruzados, Tito & Tarantula) have paralleled his second ca…
9 years, 7 months ago
Episode 70 - Fred Pineau of The Atlantics
Fred Pineau was the guitarist for the excellent Boston power pop band The Atlantics. Their story is, unfortunately, a familiar one - big on the local…
9 years, 7 months ago
Episode 69 - Richard Bush of The A's/The Peace Creeps
The A's were one of Philadelphia's hottest bands in the 70s. Their mix of new wave and power pop created some of the best music of that wonderful per…
9 years, 7 months ago
Episode 68 - Arthur Alexander of Sorrows
Arthur Alexander grew up in Warsaw Poland with dreams of becoming the next Elvis. His dreams brought him to NYC where he paid his dues on the CBGBs s…
9 years, 7 months ago
Episode 67 - Blanche Napoleon on Dan Hartman
In the mid-70s, Blanche Napoleon impulsively moved to NYC and befriended the excellent singer-songwriter Dan Hartman. She also managed to stumble int…
9 years, 7 months ago
Episode 66 - Robert Tepper
Season 1 Episode 1
Robert Tepper is a legend. His immortal classic, "No Easy Way Out" from 1985's Rocky IV, while not a huge hit on the pop charts, remains one of the …
9 years, 8 months ago
Episode 65 - Jon Fiore of Preview/Solo
Season 1 Episode 1
Jon Fiore was the lead singer of another great, but forgotten, early 80s rock band called Preview. Like many other bands we've showcased, they came i…
9 years, 8 months ago
Episode 64 - Tim Cappello (aka the ”Sexy Sax Man”)
Season 1 Episode 1
Who can ever forget the sight of the greased-up beefcake saxophone player performing "I Still Believe" on the boardwalk among the barrels of fire in …
9 years, 8 months ago
Episode 63 - Fiona
Season 1 Episode 1
As big as "hair metal" was in the late-80s, there were very few women singers that were as big as the boys and could hold their own next to them. Tha…
9 years, 8 months ago
Encore - Christopher Thorn of Blind Melon
This is an encore presentation of one of our biggest (and many think best) episodes. Because only the last 50 episodes show up in iTunes, I wanted to…
9 years, 9 months ago