The Dean Zelinsky Show

Dean Z and co-host Jennifer talk about Dean’s tumultuous path of being a USA guitar manufacturer during the Reagan Years. “WE’RE GOING OFFSHORE and the American Consumer is going to get A BETTER DEAL!!!”

Dean Z and Co-host Jennifer speak with Chris and discuss everything from his start in the Music Biz as a teenager to being on the worlds largest stages...and the sheer magnitude of Tran Siberian Orchestra. Chris also talks about his hot sauce, his sea-glass artwork, going into anaphylactic shock, and his relationship with Dimebag Darrell and the band Pantera.

Dean Z talks with his new co-host Jennifer about his first trip to the Playboy Mansion, and how his vision of this iconic and extremely exclusive place was shattered.

In this electric interview, Dean Z. and Johnny's longtime tech Jeff Mallard share stories of the late and great Johnny Winter. Listen to their most iconic Johnny stories, from amplifiers on fire to crashing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Dean discusses his first NAMM show and an eventful drive home back to Chicago

Dean and Parker talk with Grady Champion, legendary guitar tech for Dimebag Darrell of the band Pantera

Dean talks about his early years and building his first guitar factory

Dean discusses his formative years: ditching school in his limousine, starting his own guitar repair shop, an encounter with KISS at the Gibson factory, and gearing up to start his own guitar company.

Dean and Parker discuss the iconic ZZ Top spinning fur guitars, Eddie Van Halen's impact on guitar sales during the advent of the synth era, and the Doobie Brothers playing a Dean guitar during the 1980 Grammy Awards.