Crazy Chester Radio Hour

Josh Hoyer is an artist, musician and songwriter from Lincoln, Nebraska. His band Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal are one of the most exciting live bands out there with a sound combining soul, funk and rhythm & blues. They’ve released five albums and have performed all over the US as well as Europe. This episode was recorded at Buzz Cason’s Creative Workshop recording studio in Nashville. The theme son...

Billy Swan is a legendary artist, musician, songwriter and producer who’s musical fingerprints are all over the musical map including some of the most influential records ever made. His record of “I Can Help” was a big hit for Swan in 1974 and was later recorded by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others. He’s also produced Tony Joe White’s “Polk Salad Annie” and has played in Kris Kristoff...

Mark Narmore is a hit songwriter, artist and musician who had his songs recorded by Josh Turner, John Michael Montgomery, Shenandoah, Blackhawk, Craig Morgan, Alabama, Brandy Clark and many others. His song “That’s What I Love About Sunday” was the most performed song on country radio in 2005. In 2009, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame awarded Mark with a bronze star. His most recent album, This Old...

Dickey Lee is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame with many number one songs to his credit. His signature song “She Thinks I Still Care” has been recorded hundreds of times including classic recordings by George Jones, Elvis Presley, Anne Murray and Leon Russell. As an artist, Dickey had a string of rock & roll hits in the 50’s including “Patches” and “I Saw Linda Yesterday” before...

Michael “Supe” Granda is a member and co-founder of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, one of the quintessential Americana bands of the past 50 years in addition to releasing a string of eclectic albums on his own. He’s also been performing a children’s show under the name Silly Grandpa and is active as Santa Claus during Christmas time. Supe has also written an autobiography called It Shined: The Sag...

Jill Sternheimer is the Director of Public Programming at the Lincoln Center in New York City where she’s been programming two of the major summer festivals: Midsummer Night Swing and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. Alison Fensterstock is a New Orleans based freelance music writer and radio personality at WWOZ 90.7 FM. This episode was recorded at Buzz Cason’s Creative Workshop recording studio in Na...

Michael Gray is a curator at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and has been responsible for many of its worldclass exhibits including exhibits on Ray Charles, Nashville’s vast Rhythm & Blues history and its most recent one, Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats. Michael has a deep love and understanding for all kinds of music and their cultural and historical impact, especially southern rhyth...

Charlie Taylor is a songwriter who has written songs with many of the great southern songwriters including Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and Buzz Cason. He’s also released three albums as an artist including his latest When We Were Young (Now We Are Wise) on Gullwing Records. He’s also worked extensively in the fundraising world including organizing many music related events. The Crazy Chester Radio Ho...

Christine Ohlman is an artist and songwriter who performs and records with her band Rebel Montez. She has also been a long time vocalist with the Saturday Night Live Band and has lent her voice to many recording sessions. Her most recent album The Deep End features guest performances by Dion DiMucci, Marshall Crenshaw, Ian Hunter and Levon Helm. Christine is also a bonafide soul music aficionada w...

Chance Martin aka Alamo Jones is the host of the Alamo Jones Show on Sirius XM’s Outlaw Country channel. It can be heard every weekend on channel 60. Chance was the longtime sidekick of both Johnny Cash and Cowboy Jack Clements and has been living a most interesting life in and around music. He’s a larger than life character and has also released two eclectic albums as an artist. This episode was...

Donnie Fritts is a legendary session musician and songwriter from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He has released four albums featuring Tony Joe White, Eddie Hinton, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and John Prine including his latest, Oh My Goodness (Single Lock Records). A 2008 Alabama Music Hall of Fame inductee, Donnie was also Kris Kristofferson’s running buddy and keyboard player for over two decad...

Stephen Kalinich is an artist in the truest sense of the word. As a songwriter and poet he’s a master of the written word but he’s also a visual artist and has released a handful of albums as an artist in the world of music. He’s been a frequent collaborator of the Beach Boys as well as Dennis and Brian Wilson who also produced Stevie’s first album A World Of Peace Must Come. Stevie will have a ne...

Dick Cooper is a Muscle Shoals based photographer and music historian. He started out as a journalist before becoming Barry Beckett’s production assistant at Muscle Shoals Sound studios where he also took many now legendary photos. He was also tour manager for LeBlanc & Carr, The Rossington Band and Drive-By Truckers as well as the curator at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Dick Cooper hosts three...

Mickey Buckins is an unsung hero of Muscle Shoals music. He’s been playing and writing music since the mid 60’s when he was the lead singer and guitarist of Mickey Buckins & The New Breed. In 1967 started working at FAME recording studio as an engineer, producer and songwriter as well as the percussionist of FAME’s rhythm section The Fame Gang. Mickey then moved to Atlanta to work with Bill Lowery...

Holger Petersen is a Canadian broadcaster whose weekly Saturday Night Blues on CBC Radio has been a fixture for 25 years and is also broadcast on Sirius XM. His CKUA network show, Natch'l Blues, has been aired every week for more than forty years. Petersen also runs Stony Plain Records and was a founder of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. He is a member of the Order of Canada and the author of th...

Michael Weintrob is a music photographer and publisher. He’s been the house photographer for Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Bluegrass Underground and Ascend Amphitheater. His latest project is Instrumentheads, a unique photo book of musician portraits covering their faces with their instruments. Tim Hibbs is a radio show host and vinyl deejay. His show The Vinyl Lunch can be heard weekdays on ACME Radio...

Jon Tiven is a songwriter, producer and musician based in Nashville. He’s been producing B.B. King, Wilson Pickett, Frank Black, Steve Cropper and Ellis Hooks and his songs have been recorded by the Huey Lewis & The News, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas, Ruthie Foster and many others. The Crazy Chester Radio Hour is created and hosted by record producer Andreas Werner. The theme song is perfor...

Buzz Cason is a legendary songwriter, singer, musician, publisher and recording studio owner (Creative Workshop) based in Nashville. His songs include "Everlasting Love" and "Soldier Of Love" and have been recorded by the Beatles, U2, Pearl Jam, Jimmy Buffett, Martina McBride, Arthur Alexander and many others. The Crazy Chester Radio Hour is created and hosted by record producer Andreas Werner. Th...