Olivia Harrison, George Harrison’s Wife, Beatles PROMO-Madpod

January 29, 2010
Olivia Harrison, George Harrison’s Wife, Beatles PROMO-Madpod

Olivia Harrison, George Harrison’s Wife, Beatles PROMO-Madpod

Host: JADonnelly

Musicologist: Shadoe Steele

PETER CRISS, KISS INTERVIEW on MadPod.com

July 2, 2008
PETER CRISS, KISS INTERVIEW on MadPod.com   Standard Podcast [28:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup But despite Kiss‘ wild success, not all was well behind the scenes. Criss admitted in later years that he “O.D.’d on fame,” and developed a drug problem in the process, leading to a serious car crash in 1978 and unpredictable behavior. It was that same year that all four members released solo albums, as Criss’ disco-laced release hinted that he was moving away from Kiss’ familiar hard rock sound. Criss left Kiss in 1980 amidst rumors of a breakup swirling (it became known in later years that Criss didn’t play on most of 1979’s Dynasty and not even a note on 1980’s Unmasked, despite being credited on both). Criss automatically launched a solo career with such releases as 1980’s Out of Control and 1982’s Let Me Rock You, but fans were reluctant to embrace Criss’ new, mature soft rock sound (besides the fact that Kiss themselves were experiencing a nosedive in popularity). Criss attempted to resurface with other bands throughout the rest of the ’80s (such as the Alliance and Balls of Fire, both of which didn’t issue any recordings), but didn’t release another album until 1994’s independent Criss Cat #1. On a humorous note, Criss appeared on an episode of Phil Donahue in the late ’80s when an imposter appeared on the show pretending to be Criss, claiming he was penniless and homeless. Peter speaks with Shadoe from his home in Wall, New Jersey.
Host: JADonnelly

Shadoe Steele: Musicologist

MADPOD Eric Burdon from The Animals Interview

March 27, 2008
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MADPOD Eric Burdon from The Animals Interview

Host:JADonnelly

Musicologist:Shadoe Steele

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MADPOD Exclusive BadFinger Interview

March 26, 2008
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There are few bands in the annals of rock music as star-crossed in their history as Badfinger. Pegged as one of the most promising British groups of the late ’60s and the one world-class talent ever signed to the Beatles’ Apple Records label that remained with the label, Badfinger enjoyed the kind of success in England and America that most other bands could only envy. Yet a string of memorable hit singles * “Come and Get It,” “No Matter What,” “Day After Day,” and “Baby Blue” * saw almost no reward from that success. Instead, four years of hit singles and international tours precipitated the suicides of its two creative members and legal proceedings that left lawyers as the only ones enriched by the group’s work. Legend and only living member Joey Molland joins Shadoe exclusively from his home near Minneapolis.

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Exclusive Patti Boyd Interview, George Harrison (beatles),Eric Clapton,Wife, Author, MadPod.com

October 5, 2007
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Biography:

Patricia Anne “Pattie” Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is an English model
and photographer who is best known as the wife of first George Harrison
and then Eric Clapton. She served as inspiration for several monumental
rock love songs written by both musicians.

Born in Taunton, Somerset, Boyd was a model during the 1960s.  She was
known to frequent trendy clubs as well as the company of the
era-defining designers Mary Quant and Ossie Clark.  She was photographed
by popular fashion photographers of the day, such as David Bailey and
Terence Donovan, and appeared on covers of magazines, including the UK
and Italian editions of Vogue.  After she became the girlfriend of
Harrison, her stature increased as she was asked by Gloria Stavers to
write a regular column for 16 Magazine.

After their meeting on the set of A Hard Day’s Night, Boyd married
George Harrison on January 21, 1966, in the midst of the heyday of his
group, The Beatles.  Harrison’s friend Eric Clapton, first of The
Yardbirds, then of Cream, also fell in love with her. Pattie went on to
divorce Harrison on June 9, 1977, and later married Clapton on March 27,
1979.  She and Clapton divorced in June 1988.  Pattie speaks with Shadoe
from London.

Host:J ADonnelly

Musicalogist: Shadoe Steele

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May 26, 2007
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MADPOD Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Jeff Hanna Interview

January 16, 2007
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Biography: Founded in California during 1965, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has lasted longer than virtually any other country-based rock group of their era. Younger contemporaries of the Byrds, they played an almost equally important role in the transformation from folk-rock into country-rock, and were an influence on such bands as the Eagles and Alabama. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s beginnings lay with the New Coast Two, a folk duo consisting of Jeff Hanna (guitar, vocals) and Bruce Kunkel (guitar, washtub bass), formed while both were in high school in the early ’60s. By the time the two were college students, they were having informal jams at a Santa Monica, CA, guitar shop called McCabe’s. It was there that they met Ralph Barr (guitar, washtub bass), Les Thompson (vocals, mandolin, bass, guitar, banjo, percussion), Jimmie Fadden (harmonica, vocals, drums, percussion), and Jackson Browne (guitar, vocals). This lineup became the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in late 1965, and began playing jug band music at local clubs. At that time, Southern California was undergoing a musical renaissance, courtesy of the folk-rock movement and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band fit in with these other folkies-turned-rockers. Browne left after a few months to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by John McEuen (banjo, fiddle, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals), the younger brother of the group’s new manager, Bill McEuen. With Bill McEuen’s guidance, the group landed a recording contract with Liberty Records and released their debut album, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, in April of 1967. Their first single, “Buy for Me the Rain,” became a modest hit and got the band some television appearances to begin a 5-decade career! Founder Jeff Hanna speaks with Shadoe from

MADPOD.com Neil Sedaka Interview Christmas Special

December 1, 2006
MADPOD.com Neil Sedaka Interview Christmas Special
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Neil Sedaka speaks to Shadoe Steele from his New York City apartment.
Coming from a doo wop background, yet classically trained, Neil Sedaka composed more than a 1,000 tunes, including a dozen major pop hits he corded between 1959 to 1963 that were co-authored with Howard Greenfield, his lyrist until 1972.
Singer, songwriter, and pianist Neil Sedaka enjoyed two distinct periods of commercial success in two slightly different styles of pop music: first, as a teen pop star in the late 1950s and early ’60s, then as a singer of more mature pop/rock in the 1970s. In both phases, Sedaka, a classically trained pianist, composed the music for his hits, which he sang in a boyish tenor. And throughout, even when his performing career was at a low ebb, he served as a songwriter for other artists, resulting in a string of hits year in and year out, whether by him or someone else. For himself, he wrote eight U.S. Top Ten pop hits, including the chart-toppers “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Laughter in the Rain,” and “Bad Blood.” The most successful cover of one of his compositions was Captain & Tennille’s recording of “Love Will Keep Us Together,” another number one.
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