The Cowsills Podcast

Godfrey Townsend is the Musical Director for the Happy Together Tour band. He is a gifted musician, keyboardist, guitarist and actually began his musical life singing opera at the age of 6. Just Google Godfrey and you can see all of the artists he has performed with. It is truly amazing. On the Happy Together Tour his band is used by every act as their back up band and he and his boys morph into a...

If there ever was an artist who’s name should be on the lips of all music fans and who should be a star in his own right, and IS actually, it’s Rob Bonfiglio. An accomplished guitarist, singer, arranger, producer, songwriter and many other things, Rob has recorded 5 solo albums and his power pop sound and arrangements are right up there with the very best of them. Listen once and you will continue...

WE DID IT!!! We almost talked our way to distraction again but we finally had a visit about our night singing the National Anthem at Fenway Park for the 3rd game of the American League National Championship series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees back in 2004. It was quite a night and we hope you enjoy quite a story!

This is a "Where's John?" episode but you'll have to listen to it to see how the question gets answered. So in visiting with ourselves we discover that SUSAN MET MARIE OSMOND!!!! You have to hear the story it is priceless. We get in to this and that during the episode and things just sort of move along on us and time just flies by. Hope you enjoy this episode many more guests coming and thanks for...

For 39 years, from 1982 to 2020, Fritz Coleman was our top weatherman on KNBC TV in Los Angeles. That means we all grew up watching and listening to Fritz and we want you to meet him up close and personal. There's way more to this man than the weather. What a great story. Louise Palanker, producer of our documentary who hosts a podcast with Fritz, makes a surprise appearance and things get a littl...

In 1973 one of the #1 records on the charts was "Heartbeat -It's a Lovebeat" by The DeFranco family featuring Tony DeFranco...a singing family of three brothers and two sisters from Canada who were to become the next singing family sensation in America from 1973-1977. Tony was destined for the teen mags and became a teen idol. Tiger Beat in particular would play a pivotal role in the history of th...

It happened again!! We started out planning our Fenway Park National Anthem story and started talking and once again the time flew by so stay tuned for that episode it really is coming. Lots of guests to visit with still and we wanted to thank all of you for your support and suggestions. Remember you can contact us right here in the podcast studio with questions or answers at info@cowsill.com . "S...

From 1961 through the early seventies Cousin Brucie, with his voice drenched in his famous echo, and WABC radio in New York City, were on the frontline during the greatest musical explosion in the history of rock 'n roll...and he continues to this very day to entertain us, once again on WABC. Cousin Brucie was there representing all of us meeting face to face and side by side all the artists we on...

It's just us folks. We came in with a plan to talk about our night at Fenway Park singing the National Anthem at game 3 of the AlCS between the Red Sox and Yankees. We would need the whole episode it's a doozy! But once we started the show we just talked about stuff and the time got away from us so we'll do that episode next. So we went on and on about this and that. You may even find yourself say...

This week we visit with Bo Donaldson of Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods. Their big hits were 1974's "Billy Don't Be A Hero" and "Who Do You Think You Are". Bo and The Cowsills crossed paths when we signed on with the "Original Idols Live" tour in 2007. Bo was the musical director. A crazy combination of The Cowsills, Barry Williams, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, Leif Garrett, and the Bay City Rolle...

Hi everyone. We're just having a visit amongst ourselves this week so no guest. We ramble on about this and that and give you an update as to what's coming in 2022. A BIG YEAR!!!! Some "Cowsill Factoids" and a bit of Paul Pufferfish and some hijinks and tomfoolery. Enjoy the show enjoy the week ENJOY LIFE!!!

The Four Seasons, the Four Aces, the Four Tops, the Four Freshmen, the Four Lads...well today on "The Cowsill's Podcast" we are visiting with Bruce Belland of THE FOUR PREPS!!!! In terms of audience reaction to the Four Preps think Beatles and Frank Sinatra. They were mobbed after their concerts. Do you remember watching Ozzie and Harriett and waiting for Ricky Nelson to sing the song at the end o...

Butch Patrick is synonymous with Eddie Munster and many of us remember "The Munsters" - the show about a "normal" family navigating society and all of it's preconceptions of family and family life. Hilarious. Butch Patrick played Eddie Munster, a child werewolf, while he was 7, 8 and 9 years old. Little did he know he would be associated with that role for the rest of his life. Listen in while But...

This week's guest is  Pat McLoughlin of the classic band The Cyrkle. The Cyrkle is best known for their gold record hits Red Rubber Ball and Turn Down Day. They're bringing back the happy days of their 1960s hits to audiences across the country. The reformed lineup, beginning in 2016, featured original members Don Dannemann and Michael Losekamp, joined by Pat McLoughlin, Mike Rousculp (d. 2019), D...

This week's guest is the great musician and photographer Henry Diltz. Among the bands Diltz played with was the Modern Folk Quartet. While a member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz became interested in photography. His work also attracted the eye of musicians who needed publicity and album cover photos. He was the official photographer at Woodstock, Monterey Pop Festival and Miami Pop Festival, a...

This weeks' guest is the renowned Chip Douglas - a great songwriter, musician, and record producer. Chip he worked on The Turtles, Monkees and much more. The Cowsills get the inside scoop on Chips career this week and the story behind the making of the new holiday song he wrote that just released. Song of the Week written by Chip and performed by Abigail Bender called "In The Holiday Air"

This week The Cowsills' special guest are.... The Cowsills! This week Bob, Paul, and Susan take the main stage to share some updates and stories from the road.

This week's episode, The Cowsills chat with Bill Mumy from "Lost In Space" and also other ventures including the Action Skulls - a band he's in with our brother John and his wife, Vicki Peterson of the Bangles. Music has been Bill's passion since he was barely 10. The group reminisce on the night that both The Cowsills and Bill were accidentally booked for the same slot at the same venue. Join Pau...

Bob, Paul and Susan regroup this week after a successful Where's John episode, share another album release update, and clear some things up regarding ads. Today's guest is the founder of the 1910 Fruitgum Company, Frank Jeckell. Today, The 1910 Fruitgum Company travels and performs throughout the United States. Frank joins The Cowsills to chat about their mutual love for accordions, the journey of...

Mark Dawson is the lead vocalist and bass player for the legendary pop/rock band The Grass Roots, as well as an independent recording artist and author. You may also know Dawson as the syndicated on-air host of "making noise with Mark Dawson" on Hall of Fame Music Radio, Surf 97.3 FM and Our Generation Radio. In addition to all of that, Mark Dawson is a great friend to the Cowsills. Join this grou...

It's finally here! The first episode of The Cowsill's Where's John (John John John John..) segment. Today John Cowsill joins from a pontoon on the waters of Sarasota, Florida. Bob, Paul, and Susan caught him on a nice day off with The Beach Boys. John shares a lot of laughs, stories of how he punks his crew, and so much more. Stay tuned! There may even be a cameo from Bruce Johnson, Randy Luego, a...

It's been a while since The Cowsills have recorded a solo episode and boy do these guys have a lot to say. Paul Puffer Fish brings a slough of music facts, Susan has a total of THREE gripes, and the gang shares the story behind the making of their song Ya Gotta Get Up! from their upcoming album, Rhythm of the World. Stay tuned as well to hear a teaser of the upcoming guests and how you can ask the...

The Cowsills are back! The last episode may have been released just one week ago, but Bob, Susan, and Paul have been on the road performing in the Happy Together Tour all throughout August. This weeks' episode is their debut back on the airways. The trio start off with some stories from the road and your favorite segment, Paul Puffer Fish. Their guest this week is John Hall of the rock band Orlean...

In 1965, Ann Moses had a dream job. At eighteen years old, she was the youngest editor ever of the hottest teen magazine in the country, Tiger Beat. Ann traveled the world, interviewing the Monkees, Paul Revere and The Raiders, the Bee Gees, the Osmonds and more. She visited Elvis on the set of one of his movies and joined the hottest rock stars in the recording studio. As a correspondent for the...

Today's guest is Gary Puckett, the frontman of The Union Gap. The Cowsills have a personal connection with Gary from having opened for him back in the day and now sharing a stage at the upcoming New Orleans Jazzfest. The Union Gap was one of the most successful musical groups of the sixties. Gary's unmistakable signature voice garnered six consecutive gold records and top ten Billboard hits. Gary...