Tim Friedmann's 70's Rock Conversations

This episode features Alan Hewitt, the keyboardist for the Moody Blues--our Featured Artist this week. Hear about Alan's stellar musical career, including his work with the legendary Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire, what it's like to work with another Rock Hall of Famer, the Moody Blues, and a fun story about how the song "Cherry Pie" by Warrant came to be. Enjoy!

Join Rock Expert Frank Aust, and me on Monday, August 2nd as we welcome Moody Blues keyboardist, Alan Hewitt to our podcast! Hear about his time with the band, his work with the legendary Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire, and his connection to Warrant and their hit song "Cherry Pie."

Episode 4 of Season 3 features discussion of a very interesting year--the top singles and albums from 1968. Top album covers from that year too! Frank and I also have a couple of great 1-Hit Wonders; and we'll have a brand-new feature--"Groups we wish we heard more from..." and our first group is -- Three Dog Night. Enjoy!

Tim Daugherty joins us this week! Tim is the long-time Air Personality at WONE-97.5FM/Akron, he'll talk about his days at this great Classic Rock Station, and we'll have a conversation about one of the best Rock 'n Roll bands ever- Led Zeppelin! Plus a little inside info into our time together as fellow-DJ's at ACRN, the All Campus Radio Network at Ohio University. Join us!

This week's special guest is Mark Farner, former front man for Grand Funk Railroad! Find out how their band name came about, the story behind some of their greatest hits and a lot more!! It's a great way to round out your Independence Day Weekend.

Join us Monday, July 5th as Frank and I welcome Mark Farner, front man for Grand Funk Railroad, and leader of his band Mark Farner's American Band! It'll be a great way to round out your Independence Day Weekend!!

Season 3 opens up with some brand-new segments, including Frank's "Best Album Covers" from the years 1967-82; and a weekly list of new/re-scheduled concert dates in our "Concert Calendar." Featured Artist is Santana! Enjoy our new season-- and thanks for listening!

Thanks so much for making our podcast such a huge success! We have some fun surprises coming your way in Season 3, including a nice conversation with Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad! He'll fill you in on how the band came about, some inside info on some of their greatest songs like "We're An American Band," "Closer to Home" and more--plus the Cleveland connection with the band, and what he and...

Our final Episode of Season 2 is here! This week, we continue our wide-ranging conversation about Rock 'n Roll with special guest, George Sipl. What it was like touring the country and the world with Eric Carmen; his time with area bands Magic and American Noise; and we'll get George's thoughts on the Cleveland music scene both then and now. What a great way to round out our 2nd Season!!

Episode 13, Part 1 features our very special guest--George Sipl. He knows as much about the Cleveland rock scene as anyone, going back to the early 70's right up to today! Hear about his time with the Eric Carmen band, the popular Cleveland groups Magic and American Noise and so much more. Find out about his great work on the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack, and some of the most recognizable commercial...

Episode 12 features my 2 very special guests Brian Illes and Chris Jensen, as we discuss our "ACRN Days." Find out all about what the All Campus Radio Network (Ohio University) was like from the years 1975-'82--the music, the jocks, and the origins of our mascot--The Rock Lobster! It's a fun trip down memory lane with Brian (Program Director '79-81 and Chris (Music Dir, Program Director, General M...

Episode 11 has Frank's thoughts about the newly announced class of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the class of 1996. Our top albums from the year 1968, a couple of great 1-Hit Wonders, and our Featured Artist- The Cars. You probably know that Benjamin Orr was from Cleveland...but what about Ric Ocasek? You'll find in this episode!

Episode 10 features Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), Hall of Famers from 1993. We'll give you an update on this year's Rock Hall class, and our 1-Hit Wonders are from the Chambers Brothers and Mike Oldfield. Frank & I will also run down our 5-Best Albums from the year 1967. And, in our "Where are they now?..." segment, we'll have information about Ronnie Lane and his band Slim Chance. Ronnie wa...

In this episode, Frank & I discuss the top albums from the year 1975. Also, Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famers from 1998, including Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles, and we'll have news about this year's new class of Rock Hall Inductees. 1-Hit Wonders come from '75 as well; and our Featured Artist is my favorite solo artist of all-time!

In Episode 8, Billy Joel is our Featured Artist--Frank will tell you where to begin if you wanted to start a collection of Joel's albums; and Tim will let you know why the album "Eve" by the Alan Parsons Project means so much to him! And, we'll run down some of the top albums from 1979. Enjoy!

Frank and I discuss one of our all-time favorite bands, one that we saw together in Vegas a few years ago--Earth, Wind & Fire. Also, a couple of terrific 1-Hit Wonders, including one from a little-known group from London...Ontario, Canada! We'll also have details about the Rock Hall's connection to this week's NFL Draft, and the new date announced for this year's Induction Ceremonies in Cleveland.

In this Episode, Frank & I discuss one of our favorite bands of all-time--Genesis. Plus, we'll run down our Top 5 albums from the year 1980. Our 1-Hit Wonder from fall '71 met with some controversy; and we'll also have a tribute the Rusty Young of Poco, who recently passed away at age 75.

Episode 5 spotlights Hall of Fame Inductees from 2002-- We'll tell you which Hall of Famer posted 47 chart hits in the '60's, and you'll be surprised who it is! Heart is our Featured Artist, and Tim will fill you in on the connection between them and the group Firefall. Frank has his Best 5 Albums from the year 1972. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Frank & I spotlight top albums from the year 1977- when Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, and Styx all would hit their peak as artists. Among our 1-Hit Wonders is Sylvia's "Pillow Talk." Find out which top male artist turned this down, and this would not be the last we would hear of Sylvia, we have details! Cat Stevens, Rock Hall Inductee in '14, is our Featured Artist. Enjoy!

Episode 3, Season 2 spotlights the year 1971's Top Albums, including Frank's Top 5 from that year. And in '71, our Featured Artist Marvin Gaye released a song that guest-starred an NBA player and a future mayor of Detroit...find out who it was! Tim & Frank will also tell you the very first "45" they purchased!

Episode 2 spotlights the year 1973's Top Albums, and we'll run down our top 5 for each of us from that year. Our Featured Artist is David Bowie, whose career spanned more than 50 years! A new feature called "Whatever Happened To..." will let you know whatever happened to Lighthouse, the 70's Canadian Rock Group. Also, what band Frank has not seen, and feels a little bit bad about.

Welcome to Season 2! Frank & I are glad you've enjoyed our first season of episodes, and we're looking forward to bringing you more great conversation about the greatest decade of Rock 'n Roll--The 70s!! In our first episode of Season 2, Hall of Famers ELO is the Featured Artist, 1974 is our Spotlight Year, and we'll have a brand-new feature as well--"5 Live"...Frank & I list our 5 favorite Live a...

Frank Aust & I hope you've enjoyed listening to our debut season! We have listeners from all over the world!! Season 2 begins soon, and in the meantime we put together "Highlights of Season 1." I'll also have a special tribute to legendary Cleveland rocker Michael Stanley, who passed away over the weekend. And, I'll share a story of my interaction with Michael as a young broadcaster, one of the hi...

In our last Episode of Season 1, Frank & I talk about 1969, and in particular--those 3 days in August at Woodstock! Hendrix, CCR, The Who, Joan Baez, Richie Havens and a lot more!