The Wall of Power Radio Hour

The second part of remembering Peter Ostroushko, as Paul is joined by three of Peter’s oldest friends.

Remembering Peter Ostroushko: Two of Peter’s longtime friends and collaborators, Dakota Dave Hull and Tommy Lieberman join Paul to share their stories and memories of Peter.

Davina Sowers of Davina and the Vagabonds joins Paul to discuss music, life, and the road ahead.

We had conversations with two great musicians, Ms. Dar Williams and Ellen Stanley aka Mother Banjo about a virtual event happening on 1/20/21 called Steps 2021 celebrating the Inauguration and an artistic way to move forward after the dark days on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 2, 2021. Dar had great stories about…

We had a delightful chat songwriter, actor, musician Ronee Blakley about her incredible career. We talked about her early days, her time with Bob Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Revue, and her new record Atom Bomb Baby.

Richard Painter, former Ethics Lawyer in the G.W. Bush Administration joins Paul for another fantastic and insightful conversation.

WE had a delightful conversation with journalist and author Michael Tisserand this week. It included a great tale of him marching with dozens of others ACROSS the country protesting nuclear arms and energy. Along the way they bumped into musician Tiny Tim (Tiptoe Thr ough the Tulips) and we played a couple of songs off…

Paul had an incredible interview with musician Walt Rabideau, a rock and roller who started his career in Tomorrow’s Children, a band that started in Paul’s hometown of Virginia, MN in 1966. Walt tells the tale of his start with the Tomorrow’s Children, their gigs and recording 3 singles, before Walt moved to Haight Ashbury…

We had a great conversation with Stacey Marmolejo, CEO of School of Rock (based in Eden Prairie.) We chatted about how she discovered the School of Rock and bought and brought a franchise to Minnesota. She explains the various aspects of the school, talks about the hundreds of students that have studied there, and all…

We had another great interview with Mr. Charles Pierce, the astute political pundit for Esquire.com. We chatted about the upcoming election along with musical stories as well.

I take the liberty of giving AM 950 listeners and Wall of Power Radio Hour fans an upcoming preview of the rerelease of my 1992 disc Whistling Past the Graveyard. It was procuded by Bucky Baxter (Bob Dylan, Steve Earle) who also played on it. It also features Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteeen) and George Marinelli…

We had an amazing conversation with Northfield, MN native and Country Western star Johnny Western. Johnny grew up in southern MN, had his own radio and TV show at 17 yrs. of age. He put out 3 singles before he left for Holywood, California in 1954 at age 20. That began an amazing career in…

We had an incredibly fun chat with 93 year old songwriter and raconteur Mr. Eddie Pleasant. Eddie is a great songwriter who has had songs recorded by Kitty Wells, Faron Young, Lefty Frizell, Hank Williams Jr., and Hank Williams 3rd. We chatted about his life in music (he played the same Texas clubs that Willie…

We conclude our 4 part episode with Prof. Anne Margaret Daniel on Bob Dylan’s latest record Rough and Rowdy Ways. We end the show with the worldwide debut of Paul Metsa’s Slow Justice 2.0

We had another great conversion with the great liberal blogger (Esquire.com) Mr. Charles Pierce about election year politics.

We take another deep dive, our 3rd episode with Professor Anne Margaret Daniel, about Bob Dylan’s latest masterpiece Rough and Rowdy Ways. If you dig Dylan, you’ll love this interview!