The Cavern Podcast

We're wrapping up series 1 of The Cavern Podcast with a bang! This week, host Jon Keats sits down with British film and TV royalty, Vicky McClure, and her husband, filmmaker and actor Jonny Owen.   Join us as we delve into their love for the Beatles, surprising connections to The Cavern Club, experiences working with Madonna, and even their thoughts on air fryers!   Join Vicky, Jonny and Jon i...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Dave Pichilingi. With a career spanning over 35 years in the international music industry, he has worked as an artist, in management, A&R, recording, publishing and on the live music scene. He has worked with 100’s of artists throughout his professional career including New Order, The Happy Mondays, Doves, Ed Sheeran, Florence...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Mark Hudson. Grammy Award winning songwriter, Producer, musician and all round lunatic! Mark has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business including The Beatles. Mark talks to host Jon Keats about how he came to produce Ringo Starr's albums and provides a plethora of anecdotes about his time spent with John, P...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Julia Baird. Sister to John Lennon, Author and co-owner of The Cavern Club. Julia talks about growing up with her brother John amongst many other highs and lows in her life. **************************** THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TI...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Billy Butler. Billy Butler is a former Cavern Club DJ, British radio presenter on  Liverpool Live Radio  and formerly  BBC Radio Merseyside  and  Radio City . In the course of his career, he has presented TV shows such as  FAX  and the magazine programme  What the Butler Sees . In September 2010 he published his a...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Earl Slick. Slick is is an American guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Robert Smith. He has also worked with other artists including John Waite, Tim Curry and David Coverdale, in addition to releasing several solo recordings, and two records with Phantom, Rocker...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Steve Rotherham. Steve Rotheram is a British Labour politician who has served as the Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017. He's a great supporter of music and the arts and has some interesting ties with The Cavern. Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names in rock and roll! ********...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest this week with the sticksman who keeps everyone right in Blondie, that's right we have the drumming legend that is Clem Burke! He is a big friend of The Cavern and a true rock and roll icon! There are some incredible stories in this for all listeners. Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest this week Jamie Carragher. Jamie is a Hometown hero of Liverpool and no stranger to the legendary walls of The Cavern Club. Football and music are no strangers, take a listen this week as Jon and Jamie go head to head in Episode 4 of the podcast. Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names in rock a...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Glen Matlock. Glen is no stranger to The Cavern and was in the studio recently to talk all things rock and roll. Who had the best hair the Sex Pistols or The Clash? And to fill us in on what the legendary six string slinger has been up to over the past couple of years. Some of his stories are up there with the bes...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest May Pang. She worked for  John Lennon  and  Yoko Ono  as a  personal assistant  and  production coordinator . When Lennon and Ono separated in 1973, Pang and Lennon began a relationship that lasted more than 18 months. Lennon later referred to this time as his "Lost Weekend". Pang published two books abo...

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Billy Bob Thornton, also joined by his Boxmasters band mate J.D Andrew. Our host Jon spent just under an hour speaking to Billy about his love of rock and roll. He shared with us some intimate stories of his time at the venue, his love of The Beatles and an incredible journey somewhere very famous with Gerry Marsd...

The Cavern Club, Liverpool – the most famous club in the world where The Beatles played nearly 300 times that continues to host some of the biggest names in music.   Join host Jon Keats each week as he opens up ‘Cavern Conversations’ with special guests from Hollywood A-listers to Music and Liverpool Legends plus much more in between.     Series 1 new episodes are available every Wednesday from wh...