Do The Secret Monkey - The Secret Monkey Weekend Podcast

We attempt to wrap up our year while running an errand in the band van. Part of the podcast is a rebroadcast of part of our 2020 Christmas special with quick cameos by Don Dixon, The Veldt, Jeffrey Dean Foster and Phil Lee who were previous guest on our weekly half hour show. Secret Monkey Weekend are a family power pop trio from Durham NC. They have been playing live since sisters Ella and Lila w...

Dennis Diken, drummer of The Smithereens joined us for a joyous chat about things we have in common like our love of The Beach Boys (recorded two weeks before Brian Wilson died), Beatles, and Kinks. And more. Secret Monkey Weekend are a family power pop trio from Durham NC. They have been playing live since sisters Ella and Lila were 13 and 8 years old. Papa Jefferson Hart (Jeff Hart) is a longtim...

Americana legend Phil Lee "The Mighty King of Love" made a visit to the Secret Monkey Headquarters recently and we turned on the camera. It doesn't have the regular feel of our Zoom podcast interviews, so it's more of just "hey Phil, come sit on the couch with the dogs and see what happens." We talk about his upcoming new album, some old times, folks we both know, and it was a fine, fine time. htt...

It was our unique honor to have this longstanding trio of pop legends on our podcast. It was family to family and we really hit it off. We were on The Cowsills Podcast in October 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhZR6yx8EM Cowsills Podcast Episode 151. We covered many subjects with Paul, Susan, and Bob Cowsill, including the recent Super Bowl (Susan lives in NOLA), songs by their late brothe...

Do The Secret Monkey, our video podcast, is now up to 5 episodes, but this our first with a guest! We are delighted to have Parthenon Huxley with us discussing his new memoir, Electric Light Odyssey , about his ongoing musical adventures in Orchestra , previously ELO Pt. 2. We also get him to open up about his early time in the Chapel Hill music scene, his teen years in Greece, and even his first...

Secret Monkey Weekend welcome filmmaker ( Family Band : The Cowsills Story ), author, radio executive, comedy writer, and all 'round innovato r Louise Palanker to the Do The Secret Monkey Podcast. From her website: "Louise Palanker is a writer, director, producer, filmmaker, author, photographer, comedian, podcaster, musician/songwriter, teacher, and co-founder of Premiere Radio Networks. " https:...

Our guest this week is the man for all occasions, Peter Holsapple of the dB's , Continental Drifters and other acclaimed combos through the years. He also happens to be a family friend even before Jefferson connected with Laura, Ella, and Lila as Peter was in a band with their birth father Matt Brown that played children's events called "Baron Von Rumblebuss". Peter also played keys on our first a...

Episode 4 of "Do The Secret Monkey", ie. The Secret Monkey Weekend Podcast. As usual, you'll see some Chester and Claudine puppy (Great Pyrenees) face time and interruptions, plus a little talk of our upcoming 2025 album, our second, Lemon Drop Hammer. We discuss our Christmas and allude to the sad beginning to 2025. We also mention some friends of ours, and local bands, artist Kevin Dixon, Zen Fr...

Secret Monkey Weekend were honored to be asked as guests on The Cowsills Podcast, yes that famous 60s family band that had hits with Hair, Indian Lake, The Rain, The Park and Other Things ! We were given permission to share it on our channel, ie. the SMW interview part . On their channel, it's Podcast No. 151 and the whole segment can be seen here. https://youtu.be/XEhZR6yx8EM?si=a36rQKZlHG4yWeTR...

Episode 2 of "Do The Secret Monkey", ie. The Secret Monkey Weekend Podcast. We talk about our most recent show from a few nights before with NC legends Southern Culture on the Skids, some more plans for the show, potential guests, past guests on our old video show, some Chester and Claudine puppy face time and interruptions, plus a little talk of our upcoming 2025 album, our second, Lemon Drop Ham...

Four years ago, in the middle of the pandemic's first year, the band had a weekly video program for 20 or so weeks, with guests, music, interviews, sketches, and other fun elements. We've been asked "when are you going to do that again?". Well, the answer is we'd like to try something new, along the lines of a video podcast. The idea is to have guests on a regular basis, but not particularly every...