Date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
1) Mark Hudson
Mark Hudson is a record producer, musician, and songwriter, based in New York and Los Angeles. Mark achieved independent success as a record producer and songwriter, working with a broad variety of artists including Cher, and Ringo Starr where he produced Ringo’s 8 albums, Aerosmith, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne, Hanson, Harry Nilsson, and a few others.
2) Carmine Appice
Carmine Appice is a Rock drummer, best known for his work and associations with Vanilla Fudge, the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart, King Kobra, and Blue Murder.
3) John Billings
John Billings is the bassist for Micky Dolenz of the Monkees and has moments with the Monkees.
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Date: Monday, December 12th
1) Jack Maravell
Jack Maravell is a former Beatle tribute singer who portrayed as Paul McCartney. He’ll be discussing Beatles on the Beach and his 25-year career in Beatles tribute bands, as well as a former lead singer for McCartney Mania.
2) Jack Schulman
Jack Schulman, from the band Strawberry Lane, played great rock n roll songs from the 60s and 70s. They’ll be part of Beatles on the Beach.
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Date: Monday, December 5th
1) Tony Oldland
Tony Oldland performed Beatles music in different tribute bands in Canada. He performed for different Beatles events including International Beatle week in Liverpool.
He’ll be doing an Apple Jam Session at Beatles on the Beach.
2) Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson is the host of Beatle Brunch. He’ll be discussing different Beatles events and festivals.
Please check the following website: Brunch Radio
3) Mike and Bernadette Byrne
Mike and Bernadette Byrne will be discussing their journey of the Beatles Story in Liverpool, and their new book The Birth of The Beatles Story.
Please check the following website: Beatles Story
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Date: November 28th, 2022
Chris O’Delll
Chris O’Dell worked in the music world from 1968 until 1984, as an assistant and tour manager for different rock artists including the Beatles. She was in the studio when the Beatles recorded:
- The White Album
- Abbey Road
- And Let It Be,
And she sang in the “Hey Jude” chorus and saw the Beatles perform at a rooftop concert on Savile Row.
She’s the subject of Leon Russell’s “Pisces Apple Lady.”
She worked for the Rolling Stones on their 1972 tour during the time their album Exile On Main Street was released.
She lived with George Harrison and Pattie Boyd and even got involved in Pattie’s famous love story with Eric Clapton. Chris O’Dell assisted Harrison in preparing for the recording sessions for All Things Must Pass (1970), helped him recruit musicians for Concert for Bangladesh from 1971, and served on his 1974 North American tour with Ravi Shankar on Dark Horse Tour.
And has also worked with Bob Dylan, Peter Asher, and a few others.
Please check the following website: Miss O’Dell
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Date: November 17th, 2022
Time Tunnel
Time Tunnel is a band from Boca Raton, FL. They have performed great music from the Greatest Era and songs they covered from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Please check the following website: Time Tunnel
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Date: November 14th, 2022
1) Tom Servinsky
Tom Servinsky, conductor of the Treasure Coast Youth Symphony Orchestra
2) Mark Allen
Mark Allen, from Liverpool Live, portrays John Lennon.
We’ll be promoting Liverpool Live’s performance with the Academy Orchestra at Beatles on the Beach on December 17th in Delray Beach, Florida, and their performance at the Lyric Theatre in Stuart, FL on January 6th, 2023.
Please check the following website: Lyric theatre
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Date: November 11th, 2022
1) Ari Katorza
Ari Katorza from The Daytrippers, a Beatles Tribute Band from Israel. They play songs by the Fab Four.
2) Arthur Andraus
Arthur Andraus from Beat and Shout, a Beatles Tribute Band from Brazil.
3) Dave Martinez
Dave Martinez from Last Train Two Liverpool. Plays music from the Beatles and the Monkees.
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Date: November 7th, 2022
1) Paul Davie
Paul Davie, one of Central NY’s most-traveled musicians, formed a Beatles/British Invasion act, THE FAB FIVE with 4 other all-star musicians known for their passion towards the band that changed the world on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964.
He has performed in Liverpool UK, Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and The Iridium in Manhattan.
Additionally, he has performed on stage with or promoted the appearances of Denny Laine of the Moody Blues and Wings, Felix Cavaliere, Dino Danelli & Gene Cornish of The Rascals, Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, Dave Mason of Traffic, John Sebastian of the Lovin Spoonful, Terry Sylvester of the Hollies, Hilton Valentine of the Animals, Joey Molland from Badfinger, Pete Best, Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Ambrosia, and more.
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2) Charles Rosenay
Charles Rosenay, the host of The Liverpool Productions Entertainment, is best known in the state as the producer of the Connecticut Beatles conventions and festivals for over four decades, or as a pro-DJ/MC/Entertainer for as many years.
He has published a magazine on The Beatles called Good Day Sunshine for 25 years and, since 1983, has organized and hosted the Beatles Tours to Liverpool for fans.
He came out with a book on The Book of Top 10 Horror Lists.
He is best known to all the Monkees and Beatles fans for all his promotional efforts and productions over four decades. Since 1978, he has presented Beatles conventions and festivals, besides Beatles, he’s been involved with Monkees Conventions that are recognized as some of the finest and most historic ever presented, including the 1987 National Monkees Convention in New Jersey that featured Davy, Micky, Peter, Boyce and Hart.
He was also the lead singer in one of the first Monkees tribute bands, “Monkeemania,” Along with having met all The Monkees, and interviewed Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork on stage at events.
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Date: November 3rd, 2022
Juha Pertti Jarvinen
Juha Pertti Jarvinen is a member of Beatline, a Tampere, Finland band playing timeless, joyous, nostalgic 60’s Pop & Rock music.
The band also writes its own songs based on Merseybeat and 60’s British Pop.
BEATLINE was founded 10 years ago by musicians who had been big fans of Beat music all their lives. The band has played numerous times at festivals, balls, company parties, and the legendary Liverpool Cavern Club with famous Finnish artists Seppo Tammilehto and Freeman.
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Guests for our show:
Date: Oct 27th, 2022
1) Nigel Pearce
Nigel Pearce is a Beatles collector of the Beatles memorabilia and author of Inside Number Three. Behind the scenes on Apple Records.
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2) James Campion
James Campion is the author of “Take a Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of “Hey Jude” where he dives deeply into the song’s origins, recording, visual presentation, impact, and eventual influence, while also discovering what makes “Hey Jude” a classic musical expression of personal comfort and societal unity conceived by a master songwriter, Paul McCartney.
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3) Jay Bergen
Jay Bergen, a trial lawyer in New York City for 45 years. Author of LENNON, the MOBSTER & the LAWYER – The Untold Story, on the trial of John Lennon’s album Rock and Roll.
He and John Lennon hit it off right from when they first met on February 3, 1975. While Jay was awed to become John’s trusted advisor in the Morris Levy litigation, he was able to treat John Lennon as “just another client” – and that’s the way Jay worked with him preparing for the January 1976 trial. The two became friends and that relationship opened Jay to living his life the way he wanted to, rather than the way others wanted.
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4) Sean Gaillard
Sean Gaillard, school principal and author of “The Pepper Effect,” a book that promotes using creativity and innovation in the classroom, the way the Beatles did in the studio while making “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
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Date: Oct 24th, 2022
Bob Egan
Bob Egan will talk about various music locations.
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Date: Oct 20th, 2022
1) Rich Spina
Rich Spina has become one of Cleveland’s most enduring musical talents. He has maintained a steady profile as lead singer, songwriter, musical director, road manager, keyboardist, and record producer.
Rich’s professional career began in the 1970’s fronting a band that became known as LOVE AFFAIR. Over the ensuing decade, that band evolved into a tight professional recording act that released two albums & an EP nationally and had a hit record with “Mama Sez,” a rocking pop song that Rich co-wrote.
From 1987 through 2004 Rich was with GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS; as musical director, road manager, keyboardist and singer. During that time he backed countless other artists such as BILLY J. KRAMER, MITCH RYDER, LOU CHRISTIE, IAN HUNTER, TOMMY ROE, FABIAN and MARK LINDSAY plus many, many more.
Rich has also toured as musical director, keyboardist, singer, and road manager for:
- The Teen Idols Tour 2009-2010
- The Sensational Sixties Tour 1998- 2005
- The Rock-n-Roll Army Tour 1999-2001
- The 30 Years of Rock-n-Roll Tour 1992
- The Super Rock Of The 60’s Tour 1988-1991
In 2006 he became the keyboardist/bassist & production coordinator for HERMAN’S HERMITS STARRING PETER NOONE.
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2) Billy Sullivan
Billy Sullivan became a professional musician at the young age of 13 years old. He’s been a veteran of the Cleveland and Buffalo nightclub scene since 1975. Over the years, you might remember seeing Billy playing in bands like “Duce”, “The Paul Pope Band”, “Club Wow”, “Moonlight Drive”, “Beau Coup”, and the duo “Spina & Sullivan”.
In 1986, he started a long and successful working relationship with Gary Lewis & the Playboys. He’s toured all over the world and shared the concert stage with the likes of Gary Lewis, Mark Lindsay, Mitch Ryder, Dickey Betts, Peter Frampton, Mark Farner, Ian Hunter, Eric Carmen, Sam Moore, Lou Christie, Lesley Gore, Billy J Kramer, Peter Noone, Joey Molland, Tommy Roe, Bryan Hyland, Jimmy Zero and the list goes on. He’s appeared on national television shows such as TNN’s “Nashville Now” to 11 appearances on the ‘Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
His own releases included the 1986 single release “Never Again {Without You}” reaching #13 on the local charts and received national airplay. His most recent CD release “All-American Popster” has sold copies as far away as Japan to Spain and France as well as the US. Billy had the distinct honor to be hand-picked personally by Eric Carmen to participate in “An Evening with Eric Carmen” his first solo show in many years at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in March 2000 and the “Raspberries” Reunion Show in November 2004.
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3) Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando, the founder, CEO, and singer-songwriter of the Cryers, has been performing since 1991, throughout the U.S.A. & Canada, as well as their home base of NJ/NY.
The band’s sound is based deep within the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll. It features a solid beat, captivating harmonies, and powerfully-written songs.
Along with their original material, the band performs tunes from the vast archives of Rock ‘n’ Roll, breathing new life into timeless classics as well as contemporary songs. Sid Berstein, the man responsible for bringing the Beatles to America, called this band “Magical!”
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Date: Oct 17th, 2022
1) Michael G. Bush
Michael G. Bush, a Chicago photographer, has been photographing live concerts since the late ’70s. He has shot superstars like The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Queen, The Who, The Bee Gees, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Santana, James Brown, Paul McCartney and David Bowie, but he was partial to the Pioneers of Rock ‘n’ Roll like The Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Bo Diddley, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Ricky Nelson. Bush’s portfolio reads like a who’s who of the Original Rock ‘n’ Roll Era, shooting nearly every charting act and teen idol of the ’60s from Herb Alpert to the Zombies, as well as Doo Wop legends, the ’60s Chicago music scene and hit-makers of the ’70s and ’80s, including Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, The Police, and KISS.
Bush has also been a road photographer for several tours, traveling with The Monkees during the ’80s and ’90s and providing photos for their official tour programs.
Armed with his trusty Nikon camera equipment and his film of choice (Fujichrome), Bush captured musical moments in time that can never be replicated or duplicated.
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2) Marty Ross
Marty Ross, an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who is best known for his role in the TV series the New Monkees, as a member of the power pop band The Wigs and as a singer in 2018 through 2022 with the legendary west coast session players The Wrecking Crew.
3) Ken Mills
Ken Mills, radio DJ who does a podcast and also one of the DJs on Monkee Mania Radio and the creator of ZILCH: A Monkees Podcast!
He’ll be discussing the Monkees, the Beatles and different artists including some to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Date: Oct 13th, 2022
Felix Cavaliere
Felix Cavaliere is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and musician. He is best known for being the lead singer and keyboard player for The Rascals, an American rock band, formed in Garfield, New Jersey, United States, in 1965.
Between 1966 and 1968 the New Jersey act embraced soul music, reaching the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 with nine singles, including the #1s “Good Lovin'” (1966), “Groovin'” (1967), and “People Got to Be Free” (1968), as well as big radio hits such as the much-covered “How Can I Be Sure?” (#4 1967) and “A Beautiful Morning” (#3 1968), plus another critical favorite “A Girl Like You” (#10 1967), becoming one of the best-known examples of the blue-eyed soul genre, along with the Righteous Brothers. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997..
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Date: Oct 13th, 2022
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Date: Oct 10th, 2022
1) Chris Nunley
Chris Nunley from the Royal Guardsmen, are an American rock band from Ocala, FL, best known for their 1966 hit singles “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron”, “The Return of The Red Baron”, “Snoopy For President”, and the Christmas follow up “Snoopy’s Christmas”.
2) Bob Murdock and Lee Scott Howard
Bob Murdock and Lee Scott Howard from The British Invasion Years, with Experience of A 60s Musical Revolution!
With British Invasion, iconic British groups such as The Zombies, Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones, The Hollies, Herman’s Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Manfred Mann, and many others, as well as American Response follows, and the biggest hits by legendary artists like The Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and The Papas, The Turtles, Paul Revere & The Raiders, to name just a few.
This journey through the 1960s concludes with an extraordinary finale with songs from the four lads that started it all– The Beatles!
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3) Mark Dawson
Mark Dawson is the lead vocalist and bass player for the legendary pop/rock band The Grass Roots. He is also an independent recording artist, a radio talk/music show host, and an author. You can listen to his weekly radio show “Making Noise with Mark Dawson”, on OurGenerationRadio Thursdays at 9 pm est.
Over his career, he has shared the bill with some of the all-time great artists from the 60s and 70s and has a tour for the Happy Together Tour and more.
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1) Michael and Bernadette Byrne
Byrne Michael and Bernadette Byrne. They’ll be talking about the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool and their new book The Birth of the Beatles Story.
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2) Julia Baird
Julia Baird is the younger sister of John Lennon, and author of John Lennon, My Brother, and Imagine This – Growing up with my brother John Lennon.
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3) Laurie Jacobson
Laurie Jacobson is a Hollywood author and historian of Top of the Mountain: The Beatles At Shea Stadium.
laurie will be talking about the Beatle’s live performances at Shea Stadium on August 15th, 1965 in Queens, NY.
Against a backdrop of mounting political and cultural tumult, Top of the Mountain delivers the details and excitement of Shea and the spirited, curious new generation who would soon claim the decade for its own. Packed with hundreds of color photographs, it gives a one-of-a-kind account of this monumental event, gathering first-person interviews and quotes from dozens of those who experienced a piece of pop-culture history—celebrities, writers, agents, producers, photographers, opening act performers, security guards, radio personalities, cameramen, and fans of all kinds. Among them were young Caryn Johnson (Whoopi Goldberg), Mary Louise Streep (Meryl Streep), and Steven Lento (Steven Van Zandt); future Beatle wives Linda Eastman and Barbara Bach; established stars like Bobby Vinton and Ed Sullivan; and artists such as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Felix Cavaliere, and The Rascals, Marvin Gaye, and more. Together, they paint an unforgettable picture of a night like no other.
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1) Paul Cowsill
The Cowsills are an American singing group from Newport, Rhode Island composed of six siblings noted for performing professionally and singing harmonies at an early age, later with their mother.
The band was formed in early 1965 by brothers Bill, Bob, and Barry Cowsill. Their brother John joined shortly thereafter.
Originally Bill and Bob played guitar and Barry played the drums. When John learned to play drums and joined the band, Barry began playing bass.
After their initial success, the brothers were joined by their siblings Susan and Paul along with their mother, Barbara. A seventh sibling, Bob’s fraternal twin brother Richard, was never part of the band during its heyday, although he occasionally appeared with them in later years.
Best known for The Rain The Park and Other Things, Hair, We Can Fly and few others.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JULY 14: Singer Paul Cowsill of the classic pop-rock band The Cowsills performs onstage during the Happy Together tour at Saban Theatre on July 14, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
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2) Bill Chadwick
Bill Chadwick has many associations with The Monkees as a songwriter, TV show extra, studio musician, and confidant of the group throughout its initial run in the 1960s. Bill contributed to the Monkees project through multiple avenues.
His song, “Of You,” was recorded at one of the earliest Monkees recording sessions in the summer of 1966.
Bill’s other songwriting credits for the group include:
- If I Knew
- French Song
- Time and Time Again
- You and I
- If You Have the Time
- How Can I Tell You
- Zor and Zam
Bill also contributed backing vocals and instrumentation on many Monkees tracks. He went on to become a lighting director and tour manager for The Monkees and photographed the group extensively throughout the late 1960s. Also worked for Boyce and Hart, Donovan, and a few others
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3) Bill Hanley
Bill Hanley is an American audio engineer and is regarded as the “father of festival sound”. He is most widely known as the sound engineer behind the Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York in August 1969.
Along with John Kane, an author of The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Bill Hanley Sound.
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Elliott Landy
Elliott Landy, the photographer is best known for his iconic photographs from the Sixties Classic Rock period, and was one of the first “music photographers” to be recognized as an “artist.”
Within the next few years, his celebrated images included portraits of Bob Dylan (Nashville Skyline), The Band (Music From Big Pink), Janis Joplin (Big Brother & The Holding Company: Cheap Thrills), Van Morrison (Moondance), Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Joan Baez, Eric Clapton, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Frank Zappa, John Lee Hooker and many others.
His iconic photographs of Dylan and The Band during the years they resided and recorded in the small art colony of Woodstock, New York, and his coverage of the 1969 Woodstock Festival captured the attention of a new generation seeking spiritual and artistic freedom. His imagery has become synonymous with the town, the famed 1969 Music Festival, and the Utopian spirit of the Woodstock Generation.Website: Elliott Landy
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Guest for our show: 1) Billy J. Kramer
Joseph Guadalupe
Joseph is a musician with a deep appreciation for the 60s and 70s classic rock, who loves the Laurel Canyon, and has lived here for 10 years.
Website: Laurel Canyon Tours
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1) Billy J. Kramer
Billy J. Kramer is an English pop singer. With The Dakotas, Kramer was managed by Brian Epstein during the 1960s and scored hits with several Lennon–McCartney compositions never recorded by the Beatles, among them the UK number one “Bad to Me” (1963). Kramer and the Dakotas had a further UK chart-topper in 1964 with “Little Children” and achieved U.S. success as part of the British Invasion. Since the end of the beat boom, Kramer has continued to record and perform.
2) Carl Giammarese
Carl Giammarese from the Buckinghams played guitar and vocals.
The Buckinghams are an American sunshine pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year. The band dissolved in 1970 but re-formed in 1980 and as of 2019, they continue to tour throughout the United States.
Website: https://www.thebuckinghams.com/
3) Jim Yester
Jim Yester of the Associations, rhythm and lead guitar, vocals.
The Association is an American sunshine pop band from California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts (including “Windy”, “Cherish”, “Never My Love” and “Along Comes Mary”) and were the lead-off band at 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival. They are known for intricate vocal harmonies by the band’s multiple singers.
Website: https://www.theassociationwebsite.com/
4) Fred Velez
Fred Velez, an author on the Monkees on Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You : The Monkees from a Fan’s Perspective.
Known for over 40 years as a Monkees super-fan; as the Master of Ceremonies for the Monkees Conventions; Writer for the Monkee Business Fanzine; and Blog Writer for the Monkees.net, takes the reader on a fascinating journey as he follows the group from its earliest days.
Fred’s Monkees books are heartfelt tributes from the fans to Micky, Davy, Peter and Mike. Fred Velez shares never before seen pictures of The Monkees in various venues, stories that will make you laugh, and personal recollections of fans who had their lives touched by this amazing music group.
Website: https://freddypop.wordpress.com/
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Date: Sep 1st, 2022
Guests for our show:
1) John Billings
John Billings is a bassist for Micky Dolenz of the Monkees and a former bassist for Rick Springfield, Donna Summer, and others.
AUGUSTA, GA – JULY 24: (L-R) John Billings, Wayne Ayers, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees perform at Bell Auditorium on July 24, 2016 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images)
2) Kurt Reil
Kurt Reil is a singer and drummer of the Grip Weeds, an American rock band from Highland Park, New Jersey.
Their music is often classified into the power pop, psychedelic rock, and garage rock categories.
Influences include The Beatles, The Who, Big Star, Buffalo Springfield, The Yardbirds, The Smithereens, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, and others.
Website: http://www.gripweeds.com/
3) Jeff Alan Ross
Jeff Alan Ross is a music director for Peter Asher. He has also co-produces Peter’s extremely popular radio show “From Me To You” on Sirius XM’s Beatles channel. Jeff has also toured with Badfinger, John Jorgensen (Elton John, Desert Rose Band), Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones), 60’s teen idol Johnny Tillotson, Gerry Marsden (Gerry & The Pacemakers), Denny Laine (Moody Blues, Wings), Terry Sylvester (The Hollies), Billy J. Kramer, Laurence Juber, Kate Taylor, and guitar legend, Albert Lee.
Website: Jeff Alan Ross
Jeff Alan Ross performs with Peter Asher during Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir Of The 60s And Beyond at The GRAMMY Museum on December 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/WireImage)
4) Dave Zane
Dave Zane is a guitarist and musician for the Buckinghams, the Outsiders, Jay and the Americans, and the Cryan Shames.
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Mick Lawless
Mick Lawless is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, record collector, and Monkees fan.
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Guests for our show:
1) Timothy Gordon
Timothy Gordon is a musician, drummer, producer, and studio musician at Sound Vision Recording Studio.
He has performed for:
- Davy Jones
- Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
- The Critters
- Muscle Shoals from Alabama
- and a few others.
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2) Rich Pell
Rich Pell is a musician and guitarist from New York, who has been performing for audiences for over forty years. His first album “Don’t Forget to Dream“ was released in 2019. Rich’s second album “How Do You Write a Song” came out in 2021 and we look forward to our discussion about it.
He will also discuss the artists he grew up listening to and is influenced by.
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Date: Aug 11, 2022
Guest for our show:
Daniel Sam
Daniel Sam will be calling from Melbourne, Australia!
Daniel is known as Plastic EP. He hosts online zoom with interviews on World Entertainment, Music Legends, and International Interviewers.
He has informative stuff to discuss on the 60s music he grew up listening to and the many different people he has interviewed including the artists, authors, rock music historians, promoters, and more.
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Date: Aug 8, 2022
Guest for our show:
Chris MacDonald
Chris MacDonald draws his audience in with the look, sounds, and nuances that made Elvis the King of Rock-n-Roll! An accomplished and experienced entertainer, Chris has performed in Vegas, Branson, and with the famous Legends in Concert stage productions.
He has also headlined with Elvis’ own original backup group, the Jordanaires, and D.J Fontana at the famous Hard Rock Live Concert Arena. And has the ultimate honor of being the “Only Tribute Artist hired by Elvis Presley Enterprises to perform at Graceland’s Heartbreak Hotel”.
With this national touring production, join us for a big Las Vegas-style show with a dynamic band and singers as Chris MacDonald leads the celebration of the life and music of Elvis Presley.
This tribute shares the incredible story of “the shy humble country boy who became the King of Rock-n-Roll” through highlights of several stages of his iconic career: the early years, the movies, the black leather ’68 comeback, the white fringe ’70 Vegas concerts.
Get all shook up with Chris MacDonald’s Memories of Elvis in Concert. Seeing is believing.
–> Website: https://www.elvispresleystory.com/
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Date: Aug 4, 2022
Guest for our show:
Orlin Stoyanov
Orlin Stoyanov, lead guitarist/vocalist who portrays George Harrison with Beatles tribute band Beatlemaniax USA, is also a multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer/producer and has been a member of several South Florida groups with musical background.
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Date: Aug 1, 2022
Guests for our show:
1. Piers Hemmingsen
Piers Hemmingsen, author of The Beatles in Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania, where Canadian teens fell in love with The Beatles months before teens in the U.S. did.
Here are the events, people, and stories that led to Beatlemania in Canada between 1963 and 1964. This great and much-awaited new book celebrates the release of the Beatles’ first records in North America and their very first number one charted record in Canada, She Loves You.
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2. Jim Berkenstadt
Jim Berkenstadt is an author and Rock n Roll Detective, who spent a lifetime researching, writing, and consulting in pop music history. His books talk about unreleased recordings of The Beatles (Black Market Beatles).
Berkenstadt has served as a consultant to:
- The Beatles (Apple Corps Ltd.)
- George Harrison
- The Traveling Wilburys (Dark Horse)
- The band Garbage
- Producers Butch Vig, Barbara Orbison (Mrs. Roy Orbison), Maria Elena Holly (Mrs. Buddy Holly)
- And many International Record Labels.
Currently, Berkenstadt has released a new Best Seller entitled The Beatle Who Vanished, which along with his other books, has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Permanent Library and Archives. The new Beatles book (the true story of Beatles deputy drummer Jimmie Nicol, who briefly took over for Ringo Starr before vanishing). As well as Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed.
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3. Chuck Gunderson
Chuck Gunderson: Beatles author of Some Fun Tonight 1964-1966 and the Beatles US Tours. He is co-owner of the “Fab Four Exhibit, Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles!”, created in partnership with the Grammy Museum, now in Chicago and later in New Jersey.
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Guest for our show:
Scott Erickson
Scott Erickson is a musician based out of Danville, Pennsylvania. He has been performing professionally since the age of 21.
Since then, Scott has built up a reputation as one of Northeast/Central Pennsylvania’s premiere Performers.
As a solo artist, he has opened for:
- The Bacon Brothers (actor Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael)
- Classic rock icons
- Blue Oyster Cult
- And comedians “Big” Jay Oakerson, Tom Rhodes, and the legendary Gilbert Gottfried.
He has also performed with:
- former Paul McCartney sideman Robbie McIntosh
- Hamish Stuart (who has also worked Ringo Starr)
- Country Music superstar Keith Urban
And most recently jammed with legendary rock & roll band, The Smithereens.
During this time, he’s also been a member of several bands: The Rumble Cats, and Circle Sky (which played in Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago).
In the fall of 1998, the band reunited under the name The Impossibles and opened for Gary Lewis & The Playboys and Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon.
He was one of the founding members of one of the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania’s favorite bands, The Aardvarks from their earliest incarnations in late 2002, until January 2004. He was featured vocally, as well as on lead, rhythm, acoustic, electric & bass guitars in perennial Lehigh Valley favorites, Redz Vision, as well as a member of The Infamous Hogleg Boys.
He’ll be discussing his music and performance and his upcoming performances St Fest For Beatles Fans in Chicago and different music artists he listens to and has met.
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Guest for our show:
Miss Chris O’Dell
Miss Chris O’Dell is a former Apple secretary and one of rock’s first female tour managers was in the studio when the Beatles recorded The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be, and sang in the chorus of the final cut for “Hey Jude.”
Chris worked at Apple Records and was at the historic Rooftop Concert on Jan. 30, 1969, and variously assistant and facilitator to musical acts such as Derek & the Dominos, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Santana.
- Website: https://www.missodell.com/
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Guests for our show:
1) Susan Shumsky
Susan Shumsky will be talking about her book Maharishi and Me: Seeking Enlightenment with the Beatles Guru, on the Beatles taking part in the Transcendental Meditation training course at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
- Website: Divine Revelation
2) Jude Southerland Kessler
Jude Southerland Kessler is an author and leading expert on the life of John Lennon and the author of The John Lennon Series, a projected 9-volume expanded biography taking readers chronologically through John’s life.
- Website: https://www.johnlennonseries.com/
We’re also welcoming three Beatle Babes
3) Patricia Gallo-Stenman
Patricia Gallo-Stenman will be talking about her Diary of a Beatlemaniac: A Fab Insider’s Look at the Beatles Era, on seeing the Beatles in concert in Philadelphia.
- Website: https://diaryofabeatlemaniac.com/
4) Marti Edwards
Marti Edwards will be talking about: 16 in 14 which describes her adventures as a teenager in the 1960s, who was determined to meet the Beatles. Her tenacity, commitment, confidence, positive attitude, creativity, intuitiveness, and passion to succeed. She was brought up with all of these attributes and was always ready to take on any opportunity.
- Website: http://www.16in64.com/
5) Pat Mancuso
Pat Mancuso will be talking about George Harrison’s Fan Club and the two books:
- Do You Want to Know a Secret
- Do You Promise Not to Tell.
Both books are memoirs that deal primarily with the Official George Harrison Fan Club
- Website: https://georgeharrisonsecrets.com/
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June 13th, 2022
Guest for our show:
Tom Vincent
Tom Vincent is a singer, musician and member of the Beatlemaniax USA who portray as Paul McCartney, who be discussing with me different artists from the UK, focusing mostly on the Beatles and Paul McCartney.
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June 13th, 2022
Guests for our show:
1) David Schwensen
David Schwensen is an author of two Beatle books of The Beatles At Shea Stadium and The Beatles In Cleveland.
He brings his researched knowledge and personal experience as a baby boomer who actually saw The Beatles in concert to every program.
He has been featured on the syndicated radio shows The Beatle Years, Breakfast with the Beatles and Beatles Brunch, and as a guest author and speaker at The Fest For Beatles Fans in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and Abbey Road On The River in Louisville and Cleveland.
Dave has also been interviewed on PBS Television and Radio, and national and regional radio, television, print and online publications from Boston to Honolulu, Canada and Europe.
- https://beatlessheastadium.com/ (website)
2) Ken Michaels
Ken Michaels is a radio personality of his Beatles radio show The Beatles Every Little Thing, doing that show for 40 years since March 1982, and now surpassing over 2100 Beatles radio shows/podcasts.
- Ken Michaels (website)
3) Tim Hatfield
Tim Hatfield will join us to talk about his book: When We Find Ourselves In Times of Trouble: All Their Songs Encouraging Words for Challenging Times.
- The Beatles Songs with Encouraging Words (website)
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June 13th, 2022
Guest for our show:
Bob Burger
Bob Burger is a singer, songwriter, musician, who has released 5 solo albums for JEM Records and founding member of the Weeklings along with bandmate and long-time song writing collaborator, Glen Burtnik.
Bob’s live shows feature his original music, as well as a spectrum of classic rock material with selections by scores of premier artists.
The Weeklings shows include a variety of Beatles-inspired Burtnik/Burger compositions, along with near-perfect renditions of Fab Four favorites and previously unreleased Lennon / McCartney / Harrison songs. Since 2015, Bob has been a standing member of Max Weinberg’s Jukebox, performing to sold out crowds at concert venues all over America and Europe.
He has also brought together top Jersey Shore musicians such as Jimmy Leahey, Jerry Gaskill (of King’s X), Lisa Sherman, John Merjave, Joe Bellia, Arne Wendt, PK Lavengood, Ralph Notaro, Jon Rogers and Mitch Burger to join him in shows paying tribute to some of the artists who have influenced his music, including Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello and Tom Petty.
Bob is a seasoned songwriter having written songs for national recording artists Styx, Donnie Iris, Glen Burtnik, Bobby Bandiera, Kasim Sulton and others.
He earned a Gold Record award along with Glen Burtnik for co-writing the title cut of the Styx Edge of the Century album, and other Burtnik/Burger songs are featured on the Styx Greatest Hits – Part 2 and Cyclorama collections. In performance, Bob has played with Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, Roger Waters, Max Weinberg, Southside Johnny and many more.
- Bob Burger (website)
- The Weeklings (website)
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Guests for our show:
1) Terry Crain
Terry Crain, Beatles author of NEMS and the Business of Selling Beatles Merchandise in the U.S. 1964-1966. The book documents original Beatles memorabilia and identifies the companies involved and their dealings with The Beatles management, NEMS and many lawyers.
- Terry Crain (website)
2) Susan Ryan
Susan Ryan a Beatles historian who also conducts Walking Tours of Beatles and John Lennon sites around New York City.
- Susan Ryan (website)
3) Drew Hill
Drew Hill, singer and keyboardist, in a band Liverpool, is the World’s finest Beatles tribute band. Their amazing concerts highlight every FEST, including the last hour of the concert when they bring up all the musical legends of their time to perform their hits live on our stage.
They’ll be performing selections from Let It Be. They will also be performing dozens more Beatles and solo Beatles cuts.
- Drew Hill (website)
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Guest for our show:
David Jacobs
David Jacobs is a lead guitarist for a Rolling Stones tribute band Roll the Stones. He will be joining me to discuss the Stones and share this knowledge and insights about this very famous group of musicians.
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Guest for our show:
Tom Prestopnik
Tom Prestopnik is a retired art teacher and music history teacher. He has interviewed many different music artists for Goldmine Magazine, and met every rock artists and also a roadie for the McCartney Mania.
He will review on his moments of the 70s Rock and Romance Cruise and the Flower Power Cruise.
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Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson is a radio personality and host of Beatle Brunch and this year marks the 30th Anniversary since Beatle Brunch first aired back in 1992.
Go back through time as Joe shares his incredible journey by clicking the picture below:
The Show takes a trip inside the studio to hear a song under construction or a journey to a faraway stage, a flashback to a famous Beatles concert or a Television appearance, to recent musical performances and quips by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
The program also features new musicians, artists and authors who were influenced and inspired by The Fab Four. You’ll hear interviews from the early days of Beatlemania including rare audio clips from Manager, Brian Epstein, The 5th Beatle, George Martin, George Harrison, John Lennon and other prominent personalities, plus the most up to date information about The Beatles music today.
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The Beatles and the Abbey Road On the River
1) Members from Hard Day’s Night
Hard Day’s Night are a top rated touring Beatles tribute band.
Hailing from the rock & roll city of Cleveland, Ohio, they have been entertaining the masses in America and abroad since 1996.
The band has been wowing audiences for years, with their full catalogue performances- wearing stitch-for-stitch costume replications; playing authentic Vox, Hofner, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and Ludwig instruments, all while playing the songs we know and love with staggering precision.
Hard Day’s Night is privileged to recreate and perform the magical music of the Beatles for fans young and old and thrilled to introduce a whole new generation of Beatles fans to the excitement of a Beatles concert!
They are dedicated to keeping Beatlemania alive in one of the most authentic, all-live stage tributes seen today! Hard Day’s Night is proud to carry on the legacy of the number one rock ‘n roll group of all time – the Beatles!
2) Andrew and Brian of The Black Ties
Andrew and Brian of The Black Ties are a classic rock band based in New York/New Jersey, performed classic rock and music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, as well as contemporary rock sound from the 80s and 90s.
Inspired by the British Invasion, the Black Ties has performed for Fest for Beatles Fans, Abbey Road On the River, The Fab 4 Music Festival as well as numerous public and private events.
3) Hal Bruce
Hal Bruce is a One-Man, One-Voice, One-Guitar, BIG SOUND, full-time entertainer/producer/songwriter, from Nova Scotia, Canada.
His diversity in musical styles has taken him to many places all over the world, Europe, Australia, South America, Caribbean Islands, USA, and of course throughout Canada, where he plays concerts, casinos, festivals, theatres, corporate, themed cruises, and private events.
Hal has proven to be a great fit in different settings. His multiple genres of music include, Pop, Pop-Rock, Blues, Country-Rock, and Folk, and has secured many return visits to various venues, both small and large alike
4) Jeff Perholtz
Jeff Perholtz is the founder lead guitar/vocal of the Newbees.
They have been producing compelling original compositions, crafted of rich harmony and improvisation, employing American songwriting traditions, vintage pop energy and rock-n-roll sensibility.
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The Beatles and the Abbey Road On the River
Guests for our show:
1) Glen Burtnik
Glen Burtnik is a singer, songwriter, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a former member of Styx. Burtnik is originally from North Brunswick, New Jersey, in the Middlesex County part of the Raritan Bayshore, of the larger Jersey Shore and lives in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Burtnik has written hit songs for Randy Travis, Patty Smyth and Don Henley.
He appeared in the Broadway production of Beatlemania as Paul McCartney, alongside Marshall Crenshaw, who played John Lennon. He continues his love of The Beatles to this day, with the tribute band Liverpool. This band are regular performers at The Fest For Beatles Fans, annually held in the Metropolitan New York City area and Chicago, Illinois with occasional stops elsewhere.
Glen Burtnik is member for the Weeklings, as Lefty Weekling.
2) Peter Conrad
Peter Conrad is a musician who has performed at every Abbey Road On The River since the very first AROTR in Cleveland, OH in 2002.
His AROTR solo shows center around the music of George Harrison: his days as a Beatle, as a solo artist, as a Wilbury, and as a producer.
Peter has appeared at venues, festivals, benefits, and special events in the Mid-West, Canada, England, and Scotland. Peter has self-released 8 solo CDs since 1999 and has performed as a guest musician on 6 CD projects by local Ohio artists.
3) Todd Costa Rica
Todd Costa Rica is a Beatle author on his book The Long and Winding Road: The Story of the Beatles.
4) Juan Carlos de Valle
Juan Carlos de Valle is member and drummer of Beatles tribute band of the Beatles Jukebox, from Puerto Rico.
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Rock and Roll’s Greatest Hits with Les Fradkin, Darren Dowler, Ron Dante and Don Dannemann
Guests for our show:
1) Les Fradkin
Les Fradkin is an American MIDI guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He is best known for being a member of the original cast of the hit Broadway show Beatlemania.
In addition to playing MIDI guitar, he plays 12 string guitar, the Starr Labs Ztar, guitar synthesizer, SynthAxe, Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, bass guitar, and Moog synthesizer.
Les Fradkin has produced sessions for the Left Banke and opened for different artists like:
- Roger McGuinn
- Brewer & Shipley
- Richie Havens
- Blood
- Sweat & Tears
- and Livingston Taylor.
https://lesfradkin.com/
2) Darren Dowler
Darren Dowler is a former lead vocalist for Paul Revere And The Raiders from 2008-2019. He has been called, “One Of The Most Multi-Talented Performers In Showbusiness Today”.
Darren Dowler has also performed for:
- The Righteous Brothers (Bill Medley)
- The Lettermen
- The Jordanaires
- Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
- and other notable names
He is an inductee in the Vocal Group Hall Of Fame.
https://www.darrendowler.com/
3) Ron Dante
Ron Dante is an American singer, songwriter, session vocalist, and record producer. Dante is best known as the real life lead singer of the fictional cartoon band the Archies.
He was also the voice of the Cuff Links and co-produced Barry Manilow’s first nine albums.
4) Don Dannemann
Don Dannemann is lead vocals and rhythm guitarist of the Cyrkle, an American rock band active in the early and mid-1960s.
The group charted two Top 40 hits, “Red Rubber Ball” and “Turn-Down Day”, and opened for the Beatles on their 1966 US Tour.
We’ll be promoting the Cyrkle’s performance they’ll be doing at Abbey Road On the River.
Guests for our show:
1) Brian Cancemi
Brian Cancemi is a guitarist from a band called The Blue Meanies. They played all 60s hits performing:
- Monkees, Beatles
- Kinks
- Who
- Rolling Stones
- Byrds
As well as British Invasion tribute shows from New York City to Los Angeles to Louisville to Liverpool.
http://www.bluemeanies.net/
2) Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson is a vocalist and guitarist currently playing part time for the Association.
He’s also in a band that played Golden Age of Rock and Roll The Jonsthans.
https://www.thejohnathans.com/
April 25th, 2022
Guests for our show:
1) Melissa Brumm
Melissa Brumm is the Creative/Art Director at Abbey Road On the River
2) Gary Jacob
Gary Jacob is the owner and producer of Abbey Road on the River.
Please visit: https://www.arotr.com/
Guest for our show: Micky Gallina
Micky Gallina is a musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist.
Micky has written and recorded his very own music and songs.
He’ll be discussing his music and the artists he has enjoy listening to.
Guest for our show: John Borack
John Borack, is an author of The Beatles 100: 100 Pivotal Moments in Beatles History.
Guest for our show: John Babcock
John Babcock is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer.
👉 He has done recordings at Abbey Road Studios.
👉 He has been performing as ‘Beatle Paul McCartney’ for more than 25 years.
👉 He has toured the U.S. and Canada with the Touring Cast of “Beatlemania” as well as performed in “Legends in Concert” as “The Beatles.”
👉 He has performed over 17,000 shows with “The British Invasion” at Walt Disney’s Epcot Center – UK Pavilion from 1997 to 2008.
👉 He has designed and produced his stage show based on the Legendary Beatle’s Five Decades of concert history right up to his current world tour of 2018 with his tribute as Paul Is All.
Today he brings to stages worldwide his portrayal of Paul McCartney as a Solo Artist!
Please visit
April 4th, 2022
Guest for our show: Tommy James
We will be promoting his next concert which he will be performing in at a Beatle event of Abbey Road on the River on May 28th on Saturday, in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Please visit Tommy James website
Wayne Avers
Wayne Avers is a guitarist, vocalist, and composer, based in Nashville TN and is endorsed by major guitar companies. He is best known for his long association with The Monkees.
In 1990 Avers was asked to join the band Breakaway, which was hired to back Davy Jones on Jones’s solo concerts. From there he connected with Micky Dolenz and joined Dolenz’s band, also becoming music director.
From the mid-90s on, Avers became a cornerstone lead guitarist and (eventual) music director for all their reunion tours.
Avers also releases his own music as The Wayne Avers Group, doing instrumental music that mixes surf rock, jazz fusion, and “spaghetti-western” soundtrack genres.
kThe sought-after guitarist has also performed with:
- Rick Derringer
- Mark Lindsay
- The Teen Idols
- and other notables
Mar 28th, 2022
Guests for our show:
1. Alex Cain
Alex Cain is an author from Liverpool. His body of work focused on:
- Ringo and the Beatles Beat
- Ringo’s Abbey Road
- Ringo’s White Album
- Ringo Starr’s drumming.
Please visit the following website:
https://www.beatlesbookstore.com/the-authors/alex-cain-and-terry-mccusker/
2. Paul Saltzman
Paul Saltzman is known for his photography’s on the Beatles visiting in India.
He was learning meditation at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in the holy city of Rishikesh, India, which the Beatles were also coincidentally visiting.
When he saw them sitting at a table he asked to join them and Paul McCartney drew up a chair.
While there, he spent time with and photographed the Beatles, Donovan, Mia and Prudence Farrow and Mike Love.
His photos have been judged “some of the best intimate shots” ever taken of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and have been seen in galleries worldwide
Please visit: https://thebeatlesinindia.com/
3. Chachi Loprete
Chachi Loprete is a radio personality from Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as a radio personality of Breakfast with the Beatles
Please visit: https://breakfastwiththebeatleschachi.com/
4. Skip Buttaccio
Skip Buttaccio will talk about:
- Paul McCartney’s film Give My Regards on Broad Street
- The Beatles collection.
Please visit: https://broadstreetmachine.shutterfly.com/pictures<
Guest for our show: Mark Brickley
Mark Brickley is a music journalist and a published Beatles author.
His book Postcards From Liverpool Beatles Moments and Memories explores the Beatles’ source sounds.
As a music journalist Mark Brickley, he deconstructs the group’s vocal style, traces Motown’s and Bob Dylan’s influences and follows the Beatles into EMI/Abbey Road studios, explaining their recording techniques and innovations.
The book’s forty photographs include:
- Paul McCartney
- Ringo Starr
- Pattie Boyd
- Ravi Shankar
- Beatles’ sites in the USA, London and Liverpool including the Cavern Club
- There are also six rare backstage interviews
- A panorama of the Beatles 1968 trip to Rishikesh, India
- Side trips to Ringo Starr’s Grammy Museum press conference
- Paul McCartney’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony.
Please visit the following website:
Mar 7th, 2022
Guest for our show: Godfrey Townsend
Godfrey Townsend has worked with many of rock music’s most influential names. In the past decade alone, he has performed nationwide with:
- John Entwistle, bass guitarist of The Who
- Jack Bruce, bass guitarist/vocalist of Cream
- Dave Mason, guitarist/vocalist of Traffic
- Alan Parsons, also for the Turtles, the Association, lead guitarist for the Yardbirds, and is music director for the Happy Together Tour
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Guests for our show:
1) Gary Puckett
Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett and the Union, an American pop rock group active in the late 1960s.
The group, formed by Gary Puckett, Gary ‘Mutha’ Withem, Dwight Bement, Kerry Chater and Paul Wheatbread, who eventually named it The Union Gap, had its biggest hits with “Woman, Woman”, “Young Girl”, “Lady Willpower”, “Over You”, “Don’t Give In to Him, and “This Girl Is a Woman Now”. The members featured costumes that were based on the Union Army uniforms worn during the American Civil War.
2) Bob Spalding and Leon Taylor
Guitarist Bob Spalding and Drummer Leon Taylor of the Ventures, are an American instrumental rock band, formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle.
The band, a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar in the United States and across the world during the 1960s. Known for their first hit single Walk Don’t Run, and a special tribute on remembering the Ventures guitarist Don Wilson.
Bob Spalding
Leon Taylor
3) Mark Weitz
Mark Weitz is a keyboardist of Strawberry Alarm Clock, a psychedelic rock band formed in California and best known for their 1967 hit single “Incense and Peppermints”.
4) Sandy Yaguda
Sandy Yaguda of Jay and the Americans, are an American rock group who formed in the late 1950s, best known of Come A Little Closer, This Magic Moment, Only In America, Cara Mia and more.
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Feb 14th, 2022
1) Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson is a radio personality and host of Beatle Brunch. We will be discussing the Beatles Love Songs including Get Back and more.
2) Robert Hieronimus and Laura E. Cortner
Robert Hieronimus and Laura Cortner will be talking about Yellow Submarine Vol 1 and 2 of the Beatles animated film and music.
3) Jerry Hammack
Jerry Hammack is a musician, producer, arranger, audio engineer, mix engineer and author of 5 volume of The Beatles Recording Reference Manuals, that tell the step-by-step process in which each of the band’s recordings were created, on the Beatles recording sessions from 1961 to 1970.
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Guests for our show:
1) Amalie R. Rothschild
Amalie R. Rothschild is an award winning filmmaker and photographer noted for her documentaries about social issues as revealed through the lives of people in the arts, and for her music photographs from the Fillmore East, Woodstock and other seminal rock events and venues from 1968 to 1974. She is a co-founder of New Day Films, and author of Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir. While based in New York City, since 1983 she lives and works more than half the year in Italy.
Known for her photography on the Allman Brothers, John Lennon, the Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Who, Santana, and more.
Please visit Amalie R. Rothschild’s website for more information: https://www.amalierrothschild.com/index.html
2) Larry Singer
Larry Singer is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame photographer, took photos on different rock artists in Florida including Hollywood and Orlando on Van Halen, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who and others.
Please visit Larry Singer’s website for more information: https://dlgalleries.com/larry-singer/
3) James Fortune
James Fortune is a Rock Music photographer, who piled his trade in the backstage and VIP sections on some nation’s biggest Music events, known for his photographing on different rock icons on Mick Jagger Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Robert Plant, the Who, the Jackson’s Five, Jim Morrison, Elton John and few others.
Please visit ames Fortune ‘s websites for more information:
Feb 7th, 2022
Guests for our show:
1) Mark “Weissguy” Weiss
Mark “Weissguy” Weiss is a Rock Music photographer, who is most widely recognized photographs capture the look and aesthetic of music and celebrity personalities of the 1980s.
He has photographed a wide range of acts including the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Madonna, Meatloaf, and others.
Please visit Mark “Weissguy” Weiss website: https://thedecadethatrocked.com/
2) Gered Mankowitzr
Gered Mankowitz is an English photographer who focused his career in the music industry. He has worked with a range of artists from The Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix, and in other divisions of the photography industry, including fashion, music, advertising, news, and private photography. He works from his own gallery in North London.
Over the last 30 years he has taken over 180,000 people on his Beatles London walks.
Please visit Gered Mankowitz website: https://mankowitz.com/
Guests for our show:
1) David Bedford
David Bedford grew up in the Dingle, Liverpool, near the bottom of the street, Madryn Street, where Ringo Starr was born.
He later attended St. Silas School, the same primary school that Ringo Starr, Billy Fury and Alf Lennon (John’s father) attended.
When illness forced him to retire at the age of 35, encouraged by his doctor, he began to read, research and write about The Beatles for the London Beatles Fan Club magazine, and helped to found the British Beatles Fan Club. Realizing that so many stories about The Beatles and Liverpool were incorrect, he set out to dispel the myths by interviewing the people who knew The Beatles best.
He has written Liddypool, Finding the Fifth Beatle, The Fab one hundred and Four: The Evolution of The Beatles and more.
Please visit David Bedford website: https://davidabedford.com/
2) Richard Porter
Richard Porter is a professional Beatles London tour guide, and author of Guide to the Beatles in London, and will take us on a Magical Mystery Tour of the Beatles, Swinging 60s and Rock’n’Roll heroes in London.
Over the last 30 years he has taken over 180,000 people on his Beatles London walks.
Please visit Richard Porter website: https://beatlesinlondon.com/
3) Susan Ryan
Susan Ryan is a Tour Guide of the Fab 4 NYC Walking Tours, and Staff member for the Fests for Beatles Fans.
Please visit Susan Ryan website: https://fab4nyctours.weebly.com/
Jan 31st, 2022
Guests for our show:
1) Dave Zane
Dave Zane: lead guitarist and vocals. He has performed for:
- The Buckinghams
- The Outsiders
- Jay and the Americans
- The Cryan’ Shames and others.
2) Rick Levy
Rick Levy is a manager and guitarist for the Box Tops.
He was also bandleader for
- HERMAN’S HERMITS starring Peter Noone from 2000-2002
- TOMMY ROE
- JAY & the Techniques and more.
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Jan 27th, 2022
Guest for our show: Henry Diltz
Henry Diltz is a photographer and we’re delighted to have him as our guest. We will be talking about hit photography of
- The Monkees
- Buffalo Springfield
- Jimi Hendrix
- Lovin Spoonful
- The Mamas and The Papas
- The Hollies
- James Taylor
- Paul McCartney
- Joni Mitchell
- Michael Jackson
- The Eagles
- The Byrds, and others
As well as live music festivals like:
- Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock
- The Los Angeles neighborhood Laurel Canyon
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Guest for our show: Laurence Juber
Laurence Juber is the lead guitarist for the Wings.
He will be talking about the Wings, how he joined them in 1978 and has been with them ever since. He’ll be discussing his guitar solo, his particular fingerstyle, and his guitar solo albums. And the Beatles of course.
We’ll be playing most on Wings and Laurence Juber’s guitar solos on one of his albums and solo works.
Please check Laurence Juber Website: Laurence Juber
Guests for our show:
1. Jay Siegel
Jay Siegel is the lead singer of the Tokens.
The Tokens were an American male doo-wop-style vocal group and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York. They are known best for their chart-topping 1961 single, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”.
Please check Jay Siegel Website: Jay Siegel/
2. Gary Lewis
Gary Lewis: singer and musician of Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
They are best known for their 1965 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “This Diamond Ring”, which was the first of a string of hit singles they had in 1965 and 1966.
Please check Gary Lewis website: Gary Lewis/
3. Chris Montez
Chris Montez is an American guitarist and vocalist, whose stylistic approach has ranged from rock & roll to pop standards and Latin music.
His rock sound is exemplified in songs such as his 1962 hit “Let’s Dance”, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
When his early music’s popularity began to fade, he switched to a more traditional role as a popular singer of soft ballads, scoring hits with “The More I See You” and “Call Me” in 1966.
He has also recorded in Latin styles. Over the intervening years, he has continued to work in all three modes.
Please check Chris Montez website: Chris Montez
Guests for our show:
1. Dennis Tufano
Dennis Tufano is the original lead singer of the Buckinghams. The Buckinghams are an American sunshine pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year.
Please check Dennis Tufano Website: https://www.tufanofans.com/
2. Don Dannemann
Don Dannemann is the original lead singer and guitarist of the Cyrkle.
The Cyrkle was an American rock band active in the early and mid-1960s. The group charted two Top 40 hits, “Red Rubber Ball” and “Turn-Down Day”.
Please check the Cyrkle website: http://www.thecyrkle.com/
3. Jimmy Rosica
Jimmy Rosica is a bass guitarist of the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Brooklyn Bridge are an American musical group, best known for their million-selling rendition of Jimmy Webb’s “Worst That Could Happen”.
