The Cowsills Podcast

One more prior episode with the Bacon Brothers folks. We just returned from the road (Branson and then Wautoma, Wisconsin ....so fun!!). Friday we take off for our shows in Natik, Mass and Sellersville, PA. New episodes will gear up next week so in the meantime enjoy this episode with Kevin Bacon and his talented brother Michael. The Bacon Brothers have been a touring active rock 'n roll band for...

Hello everyone we are still not all back from the east coast shows .... too many flight cancellations!!! So one more "re-run for fun" episode from the early days of the podcast. Here is Peter Noone of "Herman's Hermits" and he is a hoot!!! We love visiting with these icons and hearing their incredible stories and if it's one thing we've learned from these podcasts it's that everyone has an incredi...

Greetings from Branson folks. We have had technical difficulties broadcasting from Branson as some of you are aware. We have had a fantastic 6-weeks of Christmas and shows every night with the Lettermen, Nadia Cole and Rick and Tara Thomas, our leaders....more about that later. We close this Friday so next week we will resume normal podcast operations with our weekly episodes. In the meantime, for...

Hello everybody this is a short episode from backstage at the Andy Williams Moon River Theater in Branson.... It's just before the show and during it so we thought we'd bring you in there with us. We know we've had some long episodes in the past so we hope you enjoy this short dressing room visit with us. Hey enjoy the production number of Jingle Bells....crazy fun being had!!!!

HELLO FROM BRANSON!!! Okay folks it's under way. Our Christmas show in Branson at the Andy Williams Moon River Theater opened Nov 1st and we've done 5 shows and we are loving it! We've included a performance of "Hair" from the show in this episode to give you an idea of things. We're broadcasting from Branson for the next 6 weeks. We'll try and bring you in on how all of this is done...this variet...

Well folks it's just me and Paul tonight running the show while Susan is off becoming a Grandmother!!! We visit with the boys from Venice. A great band through the decades consisting of Kip Lennon (Kathy's of the Lennon Sisters brother!!) and his cousins brothers Michael and Mark Lennon. A true family affair was had and we had a blast of a visit. What a story of course because everyone has one and...

The Lennon sisters were on over 400 TV and magazine covers, appeared on over 1,000 TV shows, had 21 albums, sang for seven U.S. Presidents, spent 13 years on The Lawrence Welk Show (which we watched every Saturday night as kids listening to them harmonize), 10 years with Andy Williams in and out of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and 23 years in Branson Missouri at The Andy Williams Moon River Theate...

Tony Orlando - we love this man Tony Orlando and what a great great visit we had. If it goes on too long folks just take a break and two-part it. Whether he's talking about when he's 15 singing doo-wop with his group The 5 Gents or taking you through his years as a record executive and the unlikely calling he receives from the universe as to where and how he should proceed in life...you need to he...

Well we guess if you've won 5 Grammys, been nominated for "Producer of the Year", engineering and producing every famous artist of his day along with running the forefront of sound and studio recording techniques and innovations it's probably hard to remember a couple of interactions with "The Cowsills" who were just struggling to stay relevant when our paths crossed twice in 1972 and 1978 ("The C...

Bill Hanley formed Hanley Sound before sound systems were even thought of as important to live concerts. Bill was the sound man at Soundblast '66 at Yankee Stadium, Hanley sound ran the board during our 1968 "Indian Lake" tour. You will hear about the history of the innovations that Bill brought early in the game as audiences grew and concerts became bigger and needed bigger space and bigger sound...

Today we get back to updates and gripes and whatnot. Our guest is Freedy Johnston a great singer/songwriter whose history matches up with the best of them. We love hearing Freedy tell the story of walking through South by Southwest in Austin, Texas and stopping in his tracks when he hears Susan Cowsill singing and what that all led to. Freedy discusses his career and his brand new September 9th al...

Check out this interview on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan WE'RE BACK!!!! Hi everyone we are back with live broadcasts, audio AND video now, and spent this episode catching everyone up on everything. Well not quite everything. One thing we wanted to mention for the umpteenth time but seemingly never enough is that Pledge Music pledgers will eventually receive everything they've orde...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Richie Furay on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan We kick things off by taking you back to the very first time each of us performed for a live audience and what the experience was like. We’re going back to performances around Newport, Rhode Island where we grew up, from King’s Park...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Vicki and Debbie Peterson on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan Today we're jumping two generations, right into the 80s, with sisters Vicki and Debbie Peterson of The Bangles. The band was no stranger to the U.S. top 10 list during the 1980s, with "Manic Monday" (1986), "Walk Like an...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Howard Kaylan on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan If there were ever an episode to have on video, it would be this one. There is a lot of behind-the-scenes tomfoolery you'll miss without it! This week, we bring on the legendary, boss Howard Kaylan. He shares the story behind the bi...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Tommy James on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan The Cowsills welcome the great Tommy James onto the show for this week's episode. Tommy James is the musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, we know and love from the 1960s rock band Tommy James and the Shondells. Tommy's s...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Carnie and Lola on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan The Cowsill's are back with another story. This time they dive into the drama of 'the rich kids' revenge' that cost them all of their equipment. Today's guests are Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips and her talented daughter Lola. C...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Felix Cavaliere on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan Today is a very special episode. The incredible Felix Cavaliere joins the Cowsills -- and he is their 3rd guest who has been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Early in 1965, FELIX CAVALIERE formed the ‘Young Rascals’ with Dino Da...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with Joe Piscopo on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan The career of Joe Piscopo is so voluminous and broad that to try and cover it in a short podcast episode is impossible. If we belabor even one aspect of Joe's amazing life we'll start belaboring other things then pretty soon we're in...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with John Stamos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan WE FOUND HIM!!! We caught our brother John as he was getting ready to head to Los Angeles airport and out on the road with the Beach Boys. We had a great visit. Wait'll you hear about the "Dead Brother's" music project John is going t...

This summer, The Cowsills are rerunning their favorite episodes ON VIDEO! Check out their interview with John Stamos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CowsillFan Whether it's Blackie, Jocko, Stamos, or John, Tony Gates or any of the broadway characters he's portrayed, General Hospital, Full House, Fuller House, Fullest House (just kidding there was no "Fullest House"), Grandfathered, ER, Big S...

Derek Sharp (D#) could have been the front man for any band in Canada he chose to do that with...no one would have turned him down. But instead a band chose him and destiny was fulfilled. In 2008 Derek became lead singer of The Guess Who. But Derek goes way beyond fronting The Guess Who and we get in to some real fun discussions about things like that and his life before 2008 through today. You'll...

WE ARE BACK FROM JAZZ FEST!!! We had a blast performing on the Gentilly Stage at Jazz Fest opening for Chris Isaak and Elvis Costello! They both mentioned us in their shows!!! "SAY WHAT?????" We take you through the whole trip and it was amazing. The rain, the thunder and lightning were tourist attractions for some of us! We gripe and update and have our usual fun. Coming up - Jose Feliciano, The...

A COWSILL-OSMOND VISIT!!! It happened folks! Jay Osmond was gracious enough to visit with us and what a visit it was. We don't want to give too much away but we had a great time. You'll hear about their first performance in front of Walt Disney (Jay was only 6), the whole Andy Williams tale and their successful attempt at leaving what they called the "song and dance" group behind to hit the pop ch...

Please sit back and enjoy our laid back relaxed conversation with Bill Cunningham and Gary Talley two of the original founding members of the Box Tops. Songs like "The Letter" and "Cry Like a Baby" were some of the best pop songs released back in the day. Everyone has a history and the Box Tops history is pretty crazy with some real unusual twists and turns you'll enjoy hearing about...and be amaz...