Little Steven's Underground Garage - Coolest Conversations

For this week's Coolest Conversation we bring you part 2 in our two-part feature with legendary producer and musician Kenny Laguna. In part 2 we hear all about the time Kenny spent in the UK working with The Who and The Steve Gibbons Band and of course meeting and working with his long-time partner, Joan Jett.  Join Kenny Laguna with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations in Little Steven’s...

This week Manfred’s guest is esteemed drummer Pat Carpenter. Pat is member of Mickey Leigh's Mutated Music who just released their latest 7" 'Little Cristine' .  Pat talks about the role of a drummer in creating good music, how the band got together and of course, his best drummer jokes! Join Pat Carpenter with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations in Little Steven’s Underground Garage.

For this week's Coolest Conversation we bring you part 1 in our two-part feature with legendary producer and musician Kenny Laguna. In part 1 we hear all about the early days of Kenny's career playing with the Shangri La's , working on early bubblegum records like ' Yummy Yummy Yummy ' and working with Darlene Love & The Blossoms among others. Join Kenny Laguna with Mighty Manfred on this Cool...

This week Manfred’s guest is the one and only Dion . Following the release of his latest album ' Blues With Friends ', we have featured Dion all week in Little Steven's Underground Garage. Tune in to hear about the making of the album, the various featured artists, his friendship with Sam Cooke and the influence it had on his life over the years.   Join Dion with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Con...

For this week’s throwback to tie in with 'Dion Week' in Little Steven's Underground Garage, we're looking back to 2016 at a time when Dion released his 'New York Is My Home' album.  Dion talks to Manfred about his passion for the blues, his musical influences such as Hank Williams and Jimmy Reed and working with Jimmy Vivino on the album.  Join Dion with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversation...

This week Manfred’s guest is UK producer and musician Dave Draper. Dave is known to us as the producer of Ryan Hamilton's recent body of work including our recent Coolest Song ' Jesus and John Lennon'. We hear all about Dave's musical background, the beginning of his love affair with engineering and producing, working with UK rocker Ginger Wildheart and what we can expect from Ryan Hamilton 's upc...

For this week’s throwback, we're featuring another Wicked Cool artist, the one and only Kurt Baker. We're looking back to 2018 when the Kurt Baker Combo released their 2nd LP 'Let's Go Wild' with Wicked Cool Records. The album featured the Coolest Song 'Foolish Stuff' and Kurt told Manfred all about recording the album in Spain.  Join Kurt Baker with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations in...

This week Manfred’s guest is Kris Rogers of the Maine based rockers Kris Rogers & The Dirty Gems. The band have just released their second single ' She Likes To Party' on Wicked Cool Records.  Kris and Manfred discuss making music during pandemic times, how the band formed and the bands upcoming album, which will be released next year.    Join Kris Rogers with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Co...

This week’s throwback dates back to 2017 when Manfred spoke with the icon Debbie Harry f ollowing the release of Blondie's record Pollinator. The discussed the collaborations on the album with outside writers, including Johnny Marr along with her love of poetry and her view of the opportunities for females in the music industry.  Join Debbie Harry with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations...

This week Manfred’s guest is renowned drummer Clem Burke. Following the Empty Hearts latest Coolest Song, Clem caught up with Manfred to tell him all about it his experience with various bands over the years including Blondie , Chequered Past, The Romantics and more recently The Empty Hearts. Clem told Manfred about his early musical influences including the Beatles famous appearance on the Ed Sul...

This week our throwback dates back to  January of 2018 to Manfred's interview with Scott Sugiuchi of the Garage Rock band The Hatebombs.  Scott & Manfred chat all about Scott's band The Hatebombs,  his many musical influences including The Fleshtones and his garage rock label, Hidden Volume Records. Join Scott Sugiuchi with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations in Little Steven’s Underg...

This week Manfred’s guest is recording & mastering engineer and producer Rodney Mills. From his early days through to today, Rodey has worked with many of the greats including James Brown, Lynyrd Skynyrd and our very own The Woggles. We hear all about his time in the 1960's band The Bushmen, his career-changing moment with Ronnie Van Zandt and his thoughts on the famous 'Amen break'. Join Rodn...

This week Manfred’s guest is Jaret Reddick, singer, songwriter, actor and lead singer of the Texas-based group Bowling For Soup .  In this two-part series, we dive deep into his musical background and influences, Bowling For Soup and other projects he has worked on along with his involvement with Chuck E Cheese over the past few years. In Part 2, we hear all about working with Texas rockers Not Ur...

This week Manfred’s guest is Bill Milhizer of the Fleshtones.  The Fleshtones had a recent “Coolest Song” with a track from their forthcoming album 'Face Of The Screaming Werewolf', their 22nd full-length release.   Bill discussed joining the band, his career as a puppeteer, working on the upcoming album and their plans for post-quarantine touring.   Join Bill Milhizer with Mighty Manfred on this...

This week Manfred’s guest is Jaret Reddick, singer, songwriter, actor and lead singer of the Texas-based group Bowling For Soup .  In a two-part series, we dive deep into his musical background and influences, Bowling For Soup and other projects he has worked on along with his involvement with Chuck E Cheese over the past few years. In Part 1, we find out all about forming Bowling For Soup and his...

This week Manfred’s guest is renowned singer Gia Ciambotti. Gia feature's on our recent Coolest Song with Brian Ray 'I Ain't Superstitious', released on Wicked Cool Records. Gia told us all about working with Brian, her musical background, the influence of her father, bassist John Ciambotti and touring with Bruce Springsteen. Join Gia Ciambotti with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations in...

This week's throwback features guitarist and producer Ricky Byrd. The interview dates back to January 2018 following the release of his album ' Clean Getaway'. Ricky told us all about his struggles with addiction, his non-profit ' Clean Getaway' which he named the album after, playing with Joan Jett and his first time seeing the Rolling Stones. Join Ricky Byrd with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest C...

This week Manfred's guest is Donita Sparks of the L.A. based band L7 . The band have just released a 7" single on Blackheart Records with a cover of Joan Jett's 'Fake Friends' which featured as our recent Coolest Song. Tune in to hear all about the track, their 2019 album 'Scatter The Rats' and their plans for touring in 2021. Join Donita Sparks with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations in...

This week's throwback takes us into the time machine back to 2014 to one of our first Coolest Conversations. Manfred was joined by Steve Boehm of the Frankfurt, Germany band The Satelliters. Following the release of the bands album 'More of the Satelliters' , the two caught up about the bands history, influences and plans for the future. Join Steve Boehm with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Convers...

This week Manfred's guest is Wild Evel of the Austrian Garage rock band 'Wild Evel and the Trashbones'. From his home in Vienna, Wild Evel caught up with his buddy Manfred and talked all things Rock and Roll - From touring Europe and America to climbing Balconies and everything in between. Their latest release featured our Coolest Song ' Leave Me Alone'. Join Wild Evel with Mighty Manfred on this...

This week's throwback features Jessica Hernandez of the Detroit based groups soul/pop band, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas. This throwback dates from 2015 when the band has just released a cover of La Tigre 's ' Deceptacon ' which featured as our Coolest Song on Little Steven's Underground Garage. Hear all about the band, their many musical influences and their relationship with music exec. Ri...

This week Manfred's guest is  Detroit-based singer-songwriter Nick Piunti.  No stranger to the Underground Garage, Nick returns to our airwaves with his latest band, Nick Piunti and The Complicated Men.  Nick discusses forming the band, his latest release ' Downtime ' on Jem records and the influence of his daughters on the album.  Join Nick Piunti with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations...

This weeks throwback features the singer-songwriter, producer and musician Ian Hunter.  The interview aired in 2016 following the release of his album ' Fingers Crossed'.  The two discuss David Bowie 's influence, his group Mott The Hoople and working and producing with Mick Ronson.   Join Ian Hunter with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations in Little Steven’s Underground Garage. 

This week Manfred’s guest is Joe Gruschecky frontman of the Pittsburgh, PA rockers Iron City Houserockers. Following the 40th anniversary of their seminal album 'Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive!', Joe stopped by to chat all about the bands early days, signing with Steve Popovich's ' Cleveland International Records' and producing the album with Ian Hunter, Mark Ronson & SVZ .  Join Joe Grusc...

This week Manfred’s guest is Dave Faulkner of the Australian rock band, Hoodoo Gurus. Their song ' Crackin’ Up ' featured as Coolest Song on LSUG. He tells Manfred all about the forming of the group, working with and touring with the Fleshtones over the years and that time Little Steven attended their show in Melbourne.  Join Dave Faulkner with Mighty Manfred on this Coolest Conversations in Littl...