Well everyone we are back in the Zoom saddle again. There's comfort to returning to the old podcast studio and having guests and not having the pressure of producing shows while on tour. Our guest this week is Peter Holsapple he of the rich history that includes the dB's, R.E.M., The Continental Drifters, Hootie and the Blowfish and being married for a time to our sister Susan. We hope you enjoy our visit with Peter. He's had quite a ride. It went on a bit so we have a Part I and Part II situation with this episode. We hope you enjoy the visit....lots more guests coming!!

We want to thank you for your patience as you know our friend Paul Shaffer was our guest last week so we held off on our end of summer tour final episode from the road until this week. WELL HERE IT IS!!! We have lots of pictures and video segments and images from the summer. Enjoy the memories from the Happy Together 2023 summer tour!

Well everyone, we had to hold off a week for our final summer tour episode because we heard from our good friend, Paul Shaffer, about an upcoming charity event he and Jeff Barry are having for Paul's daughter Victoria and her Pup Culture Rescue, a dog/puppy rescue service out of Los Angeles. We talk of that event coming up Wednesday, September 13th at the Write-off Room at 11502 Ventura Blvd in Studio City, CA called Doo Wah Ditties for Doggies. Jeff Barry will also guest with Paul. Jeff Barry wrote or co-wrote "Chapel of Love", "Leader of the Pack", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Hanky Panky", "Sugar, Sugar", "I Honestly Love You", "Da Doo Ron Ron", and "Be My Baby" to name a few so enough said there". Enjoy this awesome episode and learn some surprising factoids about Mr. Paul Shaffer himself!

Well everybody sometimes it takes two and this time it did we had an iPad collapse on us out here and we had to do a second version of this episode from the bus so it took a little longer and it looks a little grainy but here it is. We're just having some fun sharing some wrap-up thoughts to the tour making a little sausage on the bus and then next week will be the last episode from the road and we'll pick up guest stars and all the rest in the autumn thanks everybody enjoy!

Hello everybody we are out here and still hanging through. We hope you enjoy these small videos and pictures that we're sending to you from the road. This episode will include a pictorial of about 20 of the venues we've been playing to give you an idea of what kind of venues we're performing in on this tour and some other fun little shots and short clips we hope you enjoy. See you next week everybody!

We're out here doing live podcast episodes on the Happy Together Tour for the rest of the summer. These current episodes have a lot of visuals in them so you audio listeners all you have to do is go to cowsill.com hit, the logo to get into the website, and right there on the front page you will see the words "our podcast" and that will always take you to the most recent audio and visual episode. We know sometimes the quality is lacking but it's still a lot of fun. Thanks everyone...enjoy!

Hello everybody sorry we are late this week we've been on the road as you know and all of the episodes that we did before we left town of been used and we are live, and will be live, every week from the Happy Together Tour. We have this little short episode to give you all a little tour of things hope you enjoy the short visit and will see you again every week now from the tour!

Hello everybody it's us live not taped ahead of time. We are just finishing up our 2nd break on the Happy Together Tour. We thought we'd take everyone through the typical day out there on the tour and let you know what it's like on the bus and at the venues and how it all goes down out there. Hope you enjoy some of the insights and we'll have some terrific guests heading in to August and the autumn. Thanks everybody see you on the road!

Carl Giammarese, one of the founding and still current members of The Buckinghams, sat down and visited with us. We've toured many summers with the Buckinghams and have gotten to know Carl very well. Even so it's such a pleasure to visit and hear things we still didn't know about and delve a little deeper. The Buckinghams rocked the '60's and beyond with a sound that ultimately would help blaze the path and open the doors for their fellow Chicago musicians trying to make it big, the group "Chicago". Hits like "Kind of a Drag", "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", "Don't You Care?" and of course "Susan" cemented The Buckinghams as one of the top groups producing hits in the '60's. Enjoy the episode.

Ian Anderson is a genius. He really is. What a story what a visit we have to say. Ian brought a new dimension to "frontman" with the arrival of Jethro Tull. He played the flute like a lead guitarist plays a guitar and developed a stage character that could be theatric, entertaining and somewhat even intimidating at times (or as Ian put it, "...the girls really never approached me"). He is a man beyond his flute and his gifts to this planet are beyond his music. We would even suggest going through some of the research like we did before listening. We didn't even know where to begin. A fine British fellow!

Kara McKee is a singer/songwriter who had an amazing adventure on "The Voice" when she was chosen by John Legend to be on Team Legend. Her experience was something and we got an insight into the scene behind "The Voice" and how the whole thing works. Kara is the daughter of the governor of Rhode Island, Dan McKee, and a brilliant financial talent also. She opened for us when we recently performed in Westerly, Rhode Island and sang her beautiful songs and had a great performance. Please enjoy getting to know Kara McKee.

Yes Chris Carter is synonymous with "Breakfast with the Beatles" his fantastic Sunday morning show on Sirius XM now in its 15th year. But Chris is also the founder of the 80's/90's band Dramarama. Chris is also a film/rock documentary producer most notable for producing the "Mayor of the Sunset Strip", a rock documentary about the life of renowned LA DJ Rodney Bingenheimer. Lots to go over with Chris and it was a blast....enjoy.

In the late '70's through the early to mid '80's the Cars were it. Their first album sold over 6 million copies and they had hit after hit including "You Might Think", "Drive", "Just What I Needed" and "Good Times Roll" to name more than a few. As you can imagine Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer Elliot Easton, who's signature lead guitar work would become identified as part of the Cars "sound", has a story to tell and it's so good to hear how some of these major bands found themselves and their audience and Elliot and the Cars are no exception.

We're having a sibling visit today talking about this and that. We can't tell you how many times we schedule a subject matter and then once we get going we don't get to it and we talk about other things. That's kind of what happened here so just enjoy the visit, lots of guests coming we're rocking it on the Happy Together Tour and see out there!

In this weeks episode we introduce you to the great singer Steve Augeri who was the guy who stepped into the lead singer's role vacated by Journey's Steve Perry when Perry's voice gave way to the years of strain singing Journey songs. Steve Augeri was to fill that roll for 8 years but his story goes beyond Journey as you can imagine. So relax, sit back and enjoy a visit with Steve Augeri.

In this weeks episode we introduce you to the great singer Steve Augeri who was the guy who stepped into the lead singer's role vacated by Journey's Steve Perry when Perry's voice gave way to the years of strain singing Journey songs. Steve Augeri was to fill that roll for 8 years but his story goes beyond Journey as you can imagine. So relax, sit back and enjoy a visit with Steve Augeri.

After literally years of dealing with the Pledge Music situation where pledges were received on behalf of the Cowsills and then the whole Pledge Music group went bankrupt and disappeared with everyone's money we decided that we needed to resolve the situation once and for all so we discuss in this episode what actually happened with Pledge Music from the beginning through our attempt to right the situation, getting in over our head and learning the lesson that no matter how hard you try there are just some things you can't take on and try and fix no matter what your heart tells you

From her innocent attempt to find a job to becoming John Lennon's "Lost Weekend" companion the path that May Pang has taken in life has been both dramatic and unexpected at so may turns. With the release of the movie "The Lost Weekend - A Love Story" May Pang takes us on the journey of a lifetime. As part of Beatle history (how many can say THAT?) May steps up to the plate and clarifies an important part of John's legacy and takes us through before, during and after the 18 months she spent as John Lennon's companion and influencer as she played a role in reconciling John with his son Julian and with his partner Paul McCartney.

We found John!!! It wasn't easy but we got him while he was cavorting in Brooklyn and doing this and that. John's got some things going on and his latest project will interest everyone! Just a nice family visit getting caught up on each other so please enjoy this visit with our brother John.

MELANIE!!! You're heard "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and "Look What They've Done To My Song Ma" and now you can meet the writer and artist of those fantastic songs, Melanie. Her story prior to her first hit record is remarkable and you will be amazed. Just sit back and listen and visualize along with us as Melanie navigates Woodstock and her life leading up to that moment. We decided to split this long episode in to two parts it is such a great story and important historically...so here for your enjoyment is Melanie, Part I.

Our guest this week is Tommy Roe. "Dizzy", "Everybody", "Sweet Pea", "Sheila"....all of these songs were massive hits in the '60's. Meeting and being able to visit with Tommy Roe was an unbelievable experience. This guy is in three Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fames (Rockabilly, Georgia and Iowa) and "Dizzy" was most recently declared #91 in the top 100 songs of all time by USA today! This is a great winding tale and just sit back and enjoy this awesome visit with the Tommy where we hear about having the Beatles open for him and Chris Montez in 1962 when they were just starting out and how THAT went. Great stories about dealing with the "Bubblegum" moniker and all that fun stuff.

In addition to performing with the Box Tops our guest Rick Levy has walked the path of the famous without becoming famous himself. He even wrote a book about it. He's been a tour manager, manager, musical director, and performer with many many artists like Peter Noone, Tommy Roe, the Box Tops, and Jay and the Techniques among others. Hope you enjoy our ramblings!!

In the spirit of "from all walks of life" we sat down and had a visit with director, vocal coach, speech and acting coach and actor Tom Todoroff. Just sit back and be amazed. It was very interesting delving into a subject somewhat foreign to us and a bit out of our box. We hope you find it as interesting as we did.

HAL LIFSON has been called the "guru of 60's pop culture" and is known as a great historian of that era. He is a publicist, writer and author and worked a number of years with Nancy Sinatra even being "summoned" to Palm Springs when they had to run everything by the "Chairman of the Board". On top of everything else we now have our first guest who can say he was on 1970's show "The Gong Show". We're rolling towards the Flower Power Cruise and we'll have plenty of guests coming at you this year so stay tuned every Wednesday for a new episode of 'The Cowsills Podcast'

Hello everyone!!! No guest this week but plenty of new guests coming. Hey everyone we had such a great visit with Kevin Jonas, the father of the Jonas Brothers, that Kevin has invited us to guest on his "Legendary" podcast which we will tape Friday so we'll keep you posted on that one! In the meantime just sit back and we'll have a short visit together and get you all caught up to date on things and have some fun.

In the '80's nothing said rock/pop/edgy more than The Smithereens. Today we visit with Jim Babjak and he takes us through some of the great history of the band and the incredible history they lived and continue to live as a touring viable band. Jim takes us through the death of their lead singer, Pat DiNizio, and the decision to continue to move forward with guest lead singers. Brilliant!!! You'll also hear about Buzzed Meg, Jim's solo project and everyone should immediately go to YouTube and listen to "They're My Friends" by jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg". Enjoy our visit we certainly did!

Folks today we venture into the world of the Jonas family. Our guest is Kevin Jonas, Sr., father of the Jonas Brothers. Kevin was at the helm before and during the incredible rise of the Jonas Brothers and you will hear incredible stories from the Dad's perspective which, in the case of the Jonas Brother's history, is very important and influential. Everyone who knows the Jonas Brothers knows about their relationship with their dad. We have a blast during the visit where you will also hear from our very own resident Jonas Mom (Susan) and her daughter Miranda who sits in on some of the fun. For Miranda, a HUGE Jonas Brothers fan, speaking with the Dad was pretty dang close to speaking with the boys themselves so she was good to go. Enjoy everyone. Next weeks guest is Jim Babjak of the Smithereens!

Hello all it's just the 3 of us today catching up on some fun items and answering some of your questions and rambling hither and thither! Next guests to come are Jim BabJak of The Smithereens and Kevin Jonas, Sr., father of the Jonas Brothers and that episode should be a real blast. See you all on the Flower Power Cruise we are trying to work a way to podcast from the ship....we'll keep you posted!!

With hit songs like "Spooky", 'Traces of Love", "Stormy" and "Every Day With You Girl" everyone knows of Dennis Yost and the Classics IV and all about their place in pop history. But this is a visit with Tom Garrett, who the universe was going to assign the huge task of taking on the lead singer position in the Classics IV when Dennis Yost had a terrible fall and couldn't perform anymore. Dennis would eventually pass but before that happened he personally chose Tom Garrett to take responsibility for the catalogue and the singing of these songs and by doing so ensured these great hits will continue to be performed and shared with audiences everywhere. It's a great story. You'll also especially enjoy Paul's technical difficulties as he navigates cyber interference throughout the episode in at times very funny ways.

We had such a great visit with Michael V. Pomarico. Michael is a TV Director who was the technical and full-time director for "All My Children" for 27 years amongst other accomplishments - one of the best "soaps" ever! What a great conversation we had as we learned all about directing, technical directing and learned how Michael came to be the winner of 6 (was it 7??) Emmys out of 14 or so nominations. Wow!!! Hey also we've been "cancelled". The "woke" came "a-wokin". Yep it happened. You can hear a little about it in this episode as we describe taking the hit and dealing with the world we live in.

Hello everyone!!! Why do we love when the holidays leave? I think we love that as much as when they arrive! Everyone is back and we will start having new guests for the new year soon. In the meantime we have a blast in this episode just getting caught up and talking about nutty things and having some fun. Mr. Pufferfish returns with some fun stuff and we gripe away. Enjoy and get caught up on everything at the same time!

WE'RE BACK!!! Honestly folks between Branson and then Wautoma then Natick and Sellersville then Christmas now New Years it's been difficult to keep the episodes rolling as you know but that is all behind us now. So sit back and let's get caught up and we'll start new guests rolling soon and we have a lot to share about a lot of stuff. Here's to a great 2023 and Happy New Year to all and to all a goodnight.

One more prior episode with the Bacon Brothers folks. We just returned from the road (Branson and then Wautoma, Wisconsin ....so fun!!). Friday we take off for our shows in Natik, Mass and Sellersville, PA. New episodes will gear up next week so in the meantime enjoy this episode with Kevin Bacon and his talented brother Michael. The Bacon Brothers have been a touring active rock 'n roll band for 20 years and they are great. Check out their YouTubes and you will hear fantastic songs and you can find out about Kevin's "other gift" as a great singer....enjoy!

Hello everyone we are still not all back from the east coast shows .... too many flight cancellations!!! So one more "re-run for fun" episode from the early days of the podcast. Here is Peter Noone of "Herman's Hermits" and he is a hoot!!! We love visiting with these icons and hearing their incredible stories and if it's one thing we've learned from these podcasts it's that everyone has an incredible story. Enjoy .... and next week we will start up again and have our very last 2022 episode. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

Greetings from Branson folks. We have had technical difficulties broadcasting from Branson as some of you are aware. We have had a fantastic 6-weeks of Christmas and shows every night with the Lettermen, Nadia Cole and Rick and Tara Thomas, our leaders....more about that later. We close this Friday so next week we will resume normal podcast operations with our weekly episodes. In the meantime, for this week enjoy a video visit from one of our earlier episodes with John Hall from Orleans. You may have missed it first time round or might want to watch John's video version of the episode....either way thanks for staying with us and see you next week!!!

Hello everybody this is a short episode from backstage at the Andy Williams Moon River Theater in Branson.... It's just before the show and during it so we thought we'd bring you in there with us. We know we've had some long episodes in the past so we hope you enjoy this short dressing room visit with us. Hey enjoy the production number of Jingle Bells....crazy fun being had!!!!

HELLO FROM BRANSON!!! Okay folks it's under way. Our Christmas show in Branson at the Andy Williams Moon River Theater opened Nov 1st and we've done 5 shows and we are loving it! We've included a performance of "Hair" from the show in this episode to give you an idea of things. We're broadcasting from Branson for the next 6 weeks. We'll try and bring you in on how all of this is done...this variety type musical theater kind of singing while you're in motion kind of thing. What a challenge!!! Hey even a couple of the Lettermen popped their heads in and said hi so you never know what's gonna happen here in Branson. We will keep you posted!"

Well folks it's just me and Paul tonight running the show while Susan is off becoming a Grandmother!!! We visit with the boys from Venice. A great band through the decades consisting of Kip Lennon (Kathy's of the Lennon Sisters brother!!) and his cousins brothers Michael and Mark Lennon. A true family affair was had and we had a blast of a visit. What a story of course because everyone has one and Venice is no different. 21 albums or more, known worldwide entering their 6th decade as entertainers and recording artists. You'll hear how we come upon the idea of putting together a concert featuring Venice, The Cowsills and The Bacon Brothers....a true family event. We will keep everyone posted on that!

The Lennon sisters were on over 400 TV and magazine covers, appeared on over 1,000 TV shows, had 21 albums, sang for seven U.S. Presidents, spent 13 years on The Lawrence Welk Show (which we watched every Saturday night as kids listening to them harmonize), 10 years with Andy Williams in and out of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and 23 years in Branson Missouri at The Andy Williams Moon River Theater, plus everything in between. We get to ask Kathy a lot about Branson where everyone knows we're headed. We hope you enjoy our visit with Kathy Lennon.

Tony Orlando - we love this man Tony Orlando and what a great great visit we had. If it goes on too long folks just take a break and two-part it. Whether he's talking about when he's 15 singing doo-wop with his group The 5 Gents or taking you through his years as a record executive and the unlikely calling he receives from the universe as to where and how he should proceed in life...you need to hear this story it is remarkable. He's basically under the wings of Don Kirschner, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann - and nobody is famous yet but all will be. Enjoy this one folks because we could have talked for hours!

Well we guess if you've won 5 Grammys, been nominated for "Producer of the Year", engineering and producing every famous artist of his day along with running the forefront of sound and studio recording techniques and innovations it's probably hard to remember a couple of interactions with "The Cowsills" who were just struggling to stay relevant when our paths crossed twice in 1972 and 1978 ("The Cocaine Drain Album" and "Covered Wagon"). Watch us hold it together as we hear, "Uh, well no I don't remember".... "Covered Wagon" and "This Here Is A Love Song" and "Down In The Valley" was a 6-hour session at the Sound Factory in Hollywood late one week night with Val at the controls and we were thrilled. It was a great night of recording more isolated and remembered in our sparse history but buried in Vals incredible life and experiences. 100 gold and platinum albums. Val Garay is an icon and important historian for the history of rock and roll.

Bill Hanley formed Hanley Sound before sound systems were even thought of as important to live concerts. Bill was the sound man at Soundblast '66 at Yankee Stadium, Hanley sound ran the board during our 1968 "Indian Lake" tour. You will hear about the history of the innovations that Bill brought early in the game as audiences grew and concerts became bigger and needed bigger space and bigger sound right up to and including Woodstock. What a story. So fascinating. Bill even visited us at Halidon Hall in Newport during those early days of just trying to figure it all out.

Today we get back to updates and gripes and whatnot. Our guest is Freedy Johnston a great singer/songwriter whose history matches up with the best of them. We love hearing Freedy tell the story of walking through South by Southwest in Austin, Texas and stopping in his tracks when he hears Susan Cowsill singing and what that all led to. Freedy discusses his career and his brand new September 9th album release "Back On The Road To You" which features a great song with our sister Susan called 'The Power of Love.

Check out this interview on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan WE'RE BACK!!!! Hi everyone we are back with live broadcasts, audio AND video now, and spent this episode catching everyone up on everything. Well not quite everything. One thing we wanted to mention for the umpteenth time but seemingly never enough is that Pledge Music pledgers will eventually receive everything they've ordered. If you just ordered the signed CD then those should be going out sometime in October (we have to sign 550 of them!!!!). If you ordered the CD and Vinyl album then you will receive your order when the Vinyl comes out (on Record Store Day which will be either April 15th or 21st). Orders will only be sent when items are available to fill an order. We can't be sending someone 3 items separately. We're doing this out of our good graces but we're not going to be tripling and quadrupling post office fees. Okay everyone new guests and new weekly episodes are coming now.

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Richie Furay on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan We kick things off by taking you back to the very first time each of us performed for a live audience and what the experience was like. We’re going back to performances around Newport, Rhode Island where we grew up, from King’s Park to school performances at St. Johns, to performing down on Bannister’s Wharf. We welcome the legendary Richie Furay onto the show, one of the original members of The Buffalo Springfield! Richie is one of the lead vocalists on songs such as "For What It's Worth", "Kind Woman", "Bluebird", and "Mr. Soul", and he’s answering all our lingering questions about the band over the years. We dig into how they recorded some of their bigger hits, rumored band disputes, and finally, we demand to know why they broke our hearts and split up in 1968! The music didn’t stop there! The Buffalo Springfield band members continued to make some of the most influential music of our generation. Stills went on to form Crosby, Stills & Nash, Furay and Messina formed Poco, and Young launched his solo career. In 1969, Young reunited with Stills in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The Buffalo Springfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and their legacy remains alive and well! Song of the week: "Kind Woman"

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Vicki and Debbie Peterson on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan Today we're jumping two generations, right into the 80s, with sisters Vicki and Debbie Peterson of The Bangles. The band was no stranger to the U.S. top 10 list during the 1980s, with "Manic Monday" (1986), "Walk Like an Egyptian" (1986), "Hazy Shade of Winter" (1987), "In Your Room" (1988), and "Eternal Flame" (1989). Now, we're lucky enough to call them family. We share the behind the scenes of being featured in teen magazines, stories from the road, and the Bangles breakup blindside, along with many many other hard hitting stories. Join us for an extended episode of The Cowsill's Podcast with The Bangles.Song of the Week: Walk Like An Egyptian

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Howard Kaylan on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan If there were ever an episode to have on video, it would be this one. There is a lot of behind-the-scenes tomfoolery you'll miss without it!This week, we bring on the legendary, boss Howard Kaylan. He shares the story behind the big con of becoming The Turtles, we compare stories from The Happy Together Tour, and discuss why Howard's voice is sampled in our new album.Song of the Week: Ya Gotta Get Up!

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