Music Buzzz Podcast - Music Interviews, Commentary & History

ABOUT JOHN WAITE: John Waite's voice has been a staple on the radio airwaves for decades now. Whether as a chart topping solo artist with tunes like "Change" and "Missing You", as lead singer of 70's and 80's bands such as The Babys with "Back On My Feet Again" "Isn't It Time" "Every Time I Think Of You" and Bad English "When I See You Smile" "Price of Love" or pairing up with the likes of Alison...

ABOUT CHRIS HILLMAN: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Country Rock pioneer, Chris Hillman was a founding member of the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, McGuinn-Clark-Hillman and the Desert Rose Band. In 2017 he released the acclaimed Bidin’ My Time, his first solo album in 12 years, produced by Tom Petty and executive-produced by Herb Pedersen. In 2018,...

ABOUT PHIL EHART & KANSAS: Phil Ehart is the drummer, founder, and longtime band manager for Kansas. With a legendary career spanning nearly five decades, Kansas has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This "garage band" from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide. ABOUT THE PODCAST: Candid discu...

ABOUT JERRY SHIRLEY: Jerry Shirley is a legendary English Rock Drummer who is best known as a member of the highly influential rock band Humble Pie, appearing on all of their albums. Jerry was recruited by Steve Marriott to join Humble Pie when he was just 17 years old. Aside from Humble Pie, Jerry is also known for his work with Fastway, Waysted, Joey Molland from Badfinger, Alexis Korner, Billy...

ABOUT STEVE SYBESMA: Steve got his start as a concert promoter in 1972. Based in Indianapolis he promoted shows independently before joining Sunshine Promotions in 1974. Sunshine grew into one of the biggest concert companies in America, eventually producing more than 7,500 concerts and events in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Nevada, and Puerto...

ABOUT BOB MERLIS: Merlis spent almost 30 Years at Warner Bros. Records handling Communications 1971-2001. After that he started his own firm. Clients he has worked with include John Mellencamp, Etta James, ZZ Top, John Fogerty, Carlene Carter, Alice Cooper, Neil Young, Madonna, Prince & also the recorded legacies of Jimi Hendrix, Roy Orbison & Sam Cooke. Bob is also an author, auto enthusiast & fo...

ABOUT DON BREWER: In 1969 Don co-founded the power trio Grand Funk Railroad whose career sky-rocketed in 1973 behind the #1 hit, “We’re An American Band”, a song Don not only wrote, but sang while playing his historical drums licks. Also, his list of credits are “Shinin’ On” and “Walk Like A Man”. He is also the lead singer on the hit recording “Some Kind of Wonderful”. Grand Funk went on to recor...

ABOUT DONNA JEAN GODCHAUX-MACKAY:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay was co-vocalist of the Grateful Dead in the 1970s creating a lasting impact on legendary songs such as “The Music Never Stopped,” “Cassidy,” “Mississippi Half-Step,” and “Playing in the Band” among others. But prior to her years in the Grateful Dead she was a 1960's session musician at the legendary Mus...

ABOUT DOUG GILLARD: Doug Gillard is an indie rock guitarist and songwriter who originally hails from northern Ohio and is now based in New York City. He has been a member of major indie pop and punk bands, most notably Guided by Voices (1997-2004 and 2016 to present) helping lead the powerhouse indie rock gods fronted by the incomparable Bob Pollard to new heights, plus also as a member of Nada Su...

ABOUT BILL GIBSON: Bill Gibson began playing drums at age 7 and got his first drum kit at age 14. Bill joined the band Sound Hole and also played his first tour in 1974 backing up Van Morrison. Eventually, Bill and other members of Sound Hole joined with members of Clover to form Huey Lewis and the News. Since the band's inception Huey Lewis and the News have sold over 30 million albums and had 19...

ABOUT RUDY SARZO: Rudy Sarzo is a professional recording and worldwide performing artist with a career spanning nearly four decades. Rudy arrived in Los Angeles in the late 70's and was a member of Quiet Riot. In the early 80's Sarzo followed fellow Quiet Riot bandmate and guitarist Randy Rhoads as a member of Ozzy Osbourne’s band, where Rudy served from March 1981 to September 1982. Rudy toured t...

ABOUT DAVE BURGESS: An incredible 62 years after topping the Billboard Pop and R&B charts with the Grammy Award winning “Tequila,” The Champs featuring Dave Burgess are back with 12 freshly recorded tunes in their sensational new album Tequila Party. An experienced bandleader and musician, Dave’s forte has always been that of a songwriter. He has over 700 copyrights registered with BMI. Those who...

ABOUT JIM McCARTY: Jim McCarty is the legendary leader/drummer/singer/co-founder for The Yardbirds (a band who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992), Renaissance and other bands. Since the Yardbirds' birth from 1963 to 1968, and then its 2003 reformation, the group has been heavily influential and over the years has had many household names serve as a member of the group includin...

ABOUT KEVIN MARTIN: Kevin Martin is the lead singer of Candlebox, Le Projet, The Gracious Few and The Hiwatts. Kevin's voice is AMAZING..... Live it sounds exactly like it does on record. Kevin is a founding member of multi-million selling platinum hard rock band Candlebox who burst onto the scene in the early 90's with the self titled debut album that exploded on rock radio. As the first truly su...

ABOUT RICK RICHARDS: American guitar slinger Rick Richards is best known for his work with The Georgia Satellites and Izzy Stradlin & the JuJu Hounds and also the Western Sizzlers, Desperate Angels and TheHellhounds. As Rick says......It's all about the tone. Rick Richards is unique. There is no other. If you're looking for that raw, rocking, edgy sound of the Georgia Satellites, you've found your...

ABOUT ROGER JOSEPH MANNING JR: Roger Joseph Manning Jr. has enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a touring keyboardist, session player, arranger, and producer. His latest project is the band The Lickerish Quartet. Roger's arranging career began as early as 1989 when he began arranging string, brass, wind and vocal ensembles for his first band, Jellyfish, which he co-founded. Out of the ashes of J...

ABOUT NILS LOFGREN: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nils Lofgren is a virtuoso rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His resume is absolutely mind blowing as he has recorded and performed with Bruce Springsteen as a member of the E Street Band since 1984, and has also served as a member of Crazy Horse, a member of Ringo Starr's All-Star Band, is the founder/fr...

ABOUT DON BARNES (38 Special): Don Barnes is the consummate musician. He is a gifted singer, songwriter, performer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and producer. However, his talent is not merely the result of inherent genius, but of years of persistence, determination, self-discipline, sweat, and good old-fashioned hard work.  After more than three decades together, 38 Special continue to bring their...

ABOUT BRUCE KULICK: Bruce Kulick became a guitar hero when he was asked to join KISS in 1984. As their lead guitarist, Kulick was featured in the band from ’84 until ’96, performing around the world in addition to his recordings and videos with the iconic band which during that time included "Tears Are Falling," "Forever," "Crazy, Crazy Nights," "Who Wants To Be Lonely," "Domino," "Unholy," "God G...

ABOUT STEVE HACKETT: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Steve Hackett is renowned as an immensely talented and innovative rock musician. He was lead guitarist with Genesis as part of their classic line up that included Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, who produced six acclaimed studio albums and an EP during Steve's tenure from 1971-1977.  With Steve's extraordinary ve...

ABOUT KYLE COOK: Kyle Cook has spent the bulk of his musical life as the lead guitarist of matchbox twenty. A multi-Grammy nominated band that has sold nearly 16 million albums and toured the globe and is one of the most popular American rock bands from the past 20+ years. Cook released his debut solo album Wolves in 2018. He has also recorded with Mick Jagger, John Waite as well as The New Left,...

ABOUT LAWRENCE GOWAN: Multi-Platinum, JUNO Award-winning artist Lawrence Gowan has been delivering the hits for decades. Now a lead singer in the legendary rock band STYX; performing, writing, and playing keyboards with the band since 1999, Gowan saw great success in his early days as a solo act, with the release of notable hits like “Moonlight Desires”, “Strange Animal”, “Dancing On My Ground” an...

The Music Buzzz Podcast will launch fully in January 2021. ABOUT THE PODCAST: Candid discussions with and about those behind the scenes in the music business including industry veterans representing the segments of: Musician, Design & Live ABOUT THE HOSTS: All three Music Buzzz Podcast hosts (Dane Clark, Hugh Syme & Andy Wilson) have spent their careers working with the biggest names in entertainm...