Showing posts with label #Songwriter. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 17, 2019

CARMINE APPICE LEGENDARY DRUMMER SPECIAL GUEST ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS W/RAY SHASHO MARCH 26TH 2019 - 7 PM PT/10 PM ET -BBS RADIO

C   A   R   M   I   N   E
A   P   P   I   C   E
LEGENDARY DRUMMER
V A N I L L A   F U D G E
BECK, BOGERT & APPICE
C  A  C  T  U  S
ROD STEWART 
RE-RELEASE of
'CARMINE APPICE'S GUITAR ZEUS'
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band's 1967 psychedelic debut, inadvertently inventing Stoner Rock in the process. The Fudge had no precedent. The band was totally unique. No rock group, up until that point, had ever s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out well-known pop tunes. Vanilla Fudge went on to tour with Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and even had Led Zeppelin as an opening act.
Post-Fudge, Bogert and Appice formed Cactus (seen as an influence on Van Halen & King's X). Post-Cactus, the rhythm section found Grammy-winning Guitar Hero Jeff Beck to form the first supergroup: Beck, Bogert & Appice.

One of the premier showmen in rock, Appice became known worldwide for his astonishing live performances and a highly sought-after session drummer, recording with countless artists throughout his career. In 1976, he joined Rod Stewart’s band, touring, recording and writing two of Stewart’s biggest hits, "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and "Young Turks.” He left Stewart to record his first solo album, Rockers, and tour Japan and North America with an all-star band. In 1978, Appice played drums on Paul Stanley’s first solo album.
In the early 1980s, he toured with Ozzy Osborne, Ted Nugent. In the mid '80s, he formed King Kobra for two Capitol albums and international touring. In the late ‘80s, Carmine played on Pink Floyd’s "Momentary Lapse of Reason and formed Blue Murder with Whitesnake's John Sykes and The Firm's Tony Franklin. In the early '90s, he pounded away soul-style for The Edgar Winter Group.
As an educator, Carmine was the first to legitimize rock drumming with his landmark book, The Realistic Rock Drum Method, selling over 400,000 copies (now in dvd and ebook format). He was the first Rock Drummer and Rock Musician to conduct instructional clinics and symposiums around the world, a tradition he continues. In appreciation for his universal appeal, Los Angeles was one of four cities that have had "Carmine Appice Day.”  In 1991, he was forever immortalized via his induction in cement to the Hollywood's Rock Walk (next to his idols, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich).

In 2016 Carmine wrote an autobiography titled “Stick It” which appeared on Amazon’s “Best Sellers” list.

As a true artist, Carmine stretches the limits of his talents, always pursuing new experiences with a broad spectrum of musicians. His high standards have earned him the respect of the world's most admired performers as well as captivating the loyalty of legions of fans. He has reshaped the path of music education, redesigned the very instrument he plays, and recreates excitement with every performance.
Carmine Appice is, truly, A Different Drummer!



Guitar Zeus is:  *First ever album of its kind featuring 32 guitar icons w/ original songs – never done before 
 *Available now for the first time across all digital platforms as well as vinyl format 
  *Bonus songs found from original sessions, tapes baked and had new solos put out – ie: Bumblefoot        *** Go to GUITARZEUS.NET***
This is the only and most comprehensive guitar legend compilation album ever recorded of new music 
ALBUM FEATURING THE BEST & WORLD-RENOWNED GUITARISTS
RE-ISSUE + NEW SONGS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE JANUARY 18, 2019

A GUITAR ENTHUSIASTS DREAM COME TRUE!
AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM

Stick It!

My Life of Sex, Drums, 
and Rock 'n' Roll

He ran with teenage gangs in Brooklyn before becoming a global rock star in the Summer of Love. He was managed by the mob, hung with Hendrix, trashed thousands of hotel rooms, unwittingly paid for an unknown Led Zeppelin to support him on tour, taught John Bonham (as well as Fred Astaire) a thing or two about drumming, and took part in Zeppelin’s infamous deflowering of a groupie with a mud shark. After enrolling in Rod Stewart’s Sex Police, he hung out with Kojak, accidentally shared a house with Prince, became blood brothers with Ozzy Osbourne, and got fired by Sharon. He formed an all-blond hair metal band, jammed with John McEnroe and Steven Seagal, became a megastar in Japan, got married five times, slept with 4,500 groupies—and, along the way, became a rock legend by single-handedly reinventing hard rock and heavy metal drumming.

Carmine Appice has enjoyed a jaw-dropping rock-and-roll life—and here he is telling his scarcely believable story. Cowritten with Ian Gittins, the coauthor with Nikki Sixx of the New York Times bestseller The Heroin Diaries, Stick It! is one of the most extraordinary and outrageous rock-and-roll biographies of our time.


AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM


For more information about Carmine Appice visit  https://www.carmineappice.net/  and https://twitter.com/carmineappice1





TUESDAY MARCH 26TH 2019
7 PM PACIFIC/10 PM EASTERN
INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
W/RAY SHASHO
BBS RADIO

www.bbsradio.com

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

PAUL NELSON GRAMMY AWARD WINNING GUITARIST-SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER -TUESDAY JANUARY 1ST 2019 AT 7 PM PACIFIC/10 PM EASTERN ON BBS RADIO

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N   E   L   S   O   N
GUITARIST-SONGWRITER-PRODUCER
GRAMMY AWARD WINNER

Hand-picked fellow guitarist to 
the legendary rock/blues icon

Johnny Winter 

Paul Nelson - is recognized as one of today's top guitarists/songwriters and producers not only having the distinction of being the hand-picked fellow guitarist to the legendary rock/blues icon Johnny Winter but he has toured the world over performing and or recorded alongside an endless who's who list of top artists from Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy to Slash, Billy Gibbons, Ben Harper, Robben Ford, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, James Cotton, Joe Perry, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, John Popper, Dr. John, Larry Carlton, Leslie West, Joe Bonamassa, Sonny Landreth, Dickey Betts to Joe Walsh and more...


Nelson received a Grammy award for his work performing on and producing Winter's "Step Back" release on Mega force/Sony winning "Best Blues Album of the Year" highlighting his already long list of Grammy Nominations. As well as the BMA "Blues Music Award" for "Best Blues/Rock Album" reaching #16 on the Billboard Top 200 and staying at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts for weeks. He is also a recipient of the Blues Foundation's KBA "Keeping the Blues Alive Award".

His music has reached millions with appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and on award winning documentaries: "Down and Dirty" The Johnny Winter Story and "Sideman: Long Road to Glory" (feat: Bonnie Raitt, Gregg Allman, Hubert Sumlin), as well as music written/performed and broadcast nationally on NBC and on multiple major album releases, books, instructional guitar columns, live Concert DVD's, and guest performances on countless recordings.



Staying at #1 on the "Hot New Releases" charts for months Nelson's latest project "Badass Generation" on Sony Records still maintains his unmistakable connection to the Blues, but it also finds the guitarist showing his many other musical dimensions fans have come expect considering him one of music's most respected and influential contemporary artists...




PURCHASE 
BADASS GENERATION 
THE LATEST ALBUM FROM 
THE PAUL NELSON BAND
at amazon.com


Johnny Winter’s All-Inclusive “Winterfest” In Jamaica 2019 Come join us January 24-31, 2019 for an amazing week of island fun and concerts featuring an A-List of today’s top national acts at Mango’s Beachfront Resort in Jamaica.

FEATURING
SONNY LANDRETH, DEREK ST HOLMES, SAMANTHA FISH, PAUL NELSON, JAMES MONTGOMERY AND THE ALL-STAR BAND

What better way to beat the “Winter Blues” than with some “Rock’in Blues” music on a tropical isle!
Come join us for some fun in the sun this January with an awesome week of concerts featuring an A list of today’s top national acts at Jamaica’s beautiful Mango’s Boutique Resort.  An intimate cottage feel resort featuring only 84 rooms to keep that ” Peter’s Players ” feel. This amazing event is sure to fill up fast so book your reservations now!
Visit 
www.petersplayers.com/johnny-winters-jamaica-winterfest 
for more information





TUESDAY JANUARY 1ST 2019 
7 PM PACIFIC/10 PM EASTERN
ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS 
W/RAY SHASHO

BBS RADIO NETWORK

www.bbsradio.com



Wednesday, October 3, 2018

RICHARD LLOYD GUITARIST-SONGWRITER AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF 'TELEVISION' -RESCHEDULED

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L   L   O   Y   D
CONTINUES HIS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL LEGACY 
WITH 'THE COUNTDOWN' 
NEW SOLO ALBUM
BY SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST
AND 'TELEVISION' FOUNDING MEMBER


EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

On November 2, Richard Lloyd – founding member of the seminal rock band Television – presents his new album The Countdown on CD and digital via Plowboy Records, with vinyl available in 2019.
A pivotal fixture of the 1970s New York rock scene, Television’s improvisational, intelligent brand of avant-garde punk earned their reputation as a landmark act of the historic CBGB’s landscape, as well as an influence for generations of punk and alternative bands. Lloyd’s technical guitar proficiency was a key component to the band’s unique sound, which established their debut Marquee Moon (1977) as one of the defining albums of the era.

After the band disbanded, Lloyd would go on to lend his signature guitar licks to Matthew Sweet and John Doe, as well as releasing several critically-acclaimed solo albums. Additionally, his recent memoir Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB’s and Five Decades of Rock and Roll was published in November 2017 with a second edition being released in paperback on November 2.
On The Countdown, Richard Lloyd creates an honest, natural expression with his stylized guitar sound and swagger. “I can only be me,” he says. “I can't turn into somebody else. So, every record I make is just a progression. I never felt the angst necessary to be a punk. I was too young to be a beatnik and too old to be a hippy. I like to say I’m an anthropologist from another planet who is observing human nature and expressing my observations through rock’n’roll.”

Taking a specific approach on the record, Lloyd’s process was to blend and balance the raw, live energy of in-studio performance with the benefit of technical refinements and additions behind-the-board. “You don't want to overcook the pasta,” he adds. “I never want a Chef Boyardee record. I like mistakes and rough edges. It's all very organic.”
Renowned Nashville session players Dave Roe (bass) and Steve Ebe (drums) served as a solid rhythmic backbone in the studio, cutting the basic 11 tracks in two days, while keys by Joe Bidewell (who played with Lloyd in his band in 1980) were eventually added to the mix. The result is a real rocker’s record, with Lloyd allowing his
trademark fusion of garage rock, thoughtful soul, and power pop hooks to marinate from opening cut “Wind In The Rain” to the soaring heights of the closing title track “The Countdown,” in which he posits blasting off into space as he’s “had enough of planet Earth,” while his guitar and keys propel the listener with him into the stratosphere.

Adorned with his own personal paintings as the foundation for the front and back covers of the CD and vinyl, The Countdown continues the legacy of one of rock’s enduring pioneers.

For more information about Richard Lloyd visit 




On November 2nd 

Richard Lloyd’s 
new studio album 


The Countdown 


will be released 
via Plowboy Records




A deep dive for the astute fan, the bundle will allow readers to delve into Lloyd’s past as a founding member of Television through to his evolution as a solo artist. While soaking in the stories of his history via Everything Is Combustible (originally released October 24, 2017), listeners can experience his current journey via The Countdown.

Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist 
available at amazon.com




RESCHEDULED
ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
BBS RADIO 1
www.bbsradio.com

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

BOBBY GOLDSBORO SEPTEMBER 25TH 2018 7PM PACIFIC/10PM EASTERN ON THE RAY SHASHO SHOW-BBS RADIO

B  O  B  B  Y
G  O  L  D  S  B  O  R  O
LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST/
WORLD-CLASS ARTIST

"Honey" "See the Funny Little Clown"
 "Little Things" "Summer the first time"
 "Watching Scotty Grow"
SPECIAL GUEST ON THE RAY SHASHO SHOW



More million-selling hits followed, setting the stage for 1968 and the classic, "Honey," which became the largest-selling record in the world, selling over 5 million copies! "Watching Scotty Grow" was 1971's No. 1 Soft Rock and Adult Contemporary hit and his recordings of "Little Green Apples" and "With Pen in Hand" have also become classics.
1973 brought Bobby his own nationally syndicated television show, which ran for three successful seasons and became the highest rated variety show in syndication in the '70's. His quick wit made him a much sought-after "regular" on the tv talk show circuit as well. Bobby then formed House of Gold Music, which became one of the most successful music publishing companies in Nashville, publishing such songs as "Wind Beneath My Wings" and "Behind Closed Doors."
Bobby Goldsboro, the songwriter has received twenty-seven B.M.I. awards and his compositions have been recorded by such diverse artists as Aretha Franklin, John Denver, Paul Anka, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Dr. John, Conway Twitty and Bette Midler. His compositions, "With Pen in Hand" and "Autumn of My Life" are members of B.M.I.'s exclusive "Million-airs Club," which contains only those songs which have been played on the air over one million times! Bobby's classic composition, "Summer, the First Time" was recently voted the greatest summer song ever in England!


In 1999, Bobby was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. He joined fellow inductees Wilson Pickett and The Temptations for a memorable evening of hits!

Bobby has quickly gained a reputation as a world-class artist. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson now houses one of Bobby's hummingbird paintings. He is being featured in one-man art shows at galleries around the country. His paintings are being purchased by fans and art lovers alike.

Bobby is still an in-demand and popular concert performer and he still enjoys entertaining his many fans. From opera houses in Italy and France to Carnegie Hall in New York City, Bobby has played them all. In a business notorious for chewing up its greatest heroes, Bobby Goldsboro has come through unscathed, as healthy and wholesome as the clean-cut country boy he was in the halcyon days of rock and roll. Like fine wine, Bobby has improved with age. And, the best of Bobby Goldsboro may be yet to come!

BOBBY GOLDSBORO


24 COUNTRY BEST



AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM






For more information
about 

Bobby
Goldsboro 

visit




TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH 2018 
7PM PACIFIC/10PM EASTERN
 THE RAY SHASHO SHOW
BBS RADIO
www.bbsradio.com

Monday, July 2, 2018

STEPHEN BISHOP SPECIAL GUEST OCTOBER 2ND 2018 ON THE RAY SHASHO SHOW 7PM PT/10PM ET-BBS RADIO 1

S  T  E  P  H  E  N
B  I  S  H  O  P
"On and On" "It Might Be You
"Save It for a Rainy Day"
SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST-ACTOR
SPECIAL GUEST ON 
THE RAY SHASHO SHOW

Stephen Bishop is a world-class guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter with a celebrated career of over four decades of live performance, song craftsmanship, recording, and entertainment.  A San Diego native, Stephen Bishop’s introduction to the music industry was after seeing the Beatles perform on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” at 13 years old. Shortly after seeing their performance, his brother Denny bought him an electric guitar. He began creating his own unique chords, melodies and writing original songs. The first song he ever wrote was called, “Surf’s Turf,” an instrumental. Less than a year after picking up the guitar, Stephen formed a band called, “The Weeds.” Soon after, they began performing at local venues, playing a mixture of original songs and popular hits on the radio at the time. As a band, the Weeds placed second at the Claremont Battle of the Bands in 1966. 


After the Weeds disbanded, Stephen ventured to Los Angeles in the hopes of landing a songwriting contract. Stephen walked the streets of LA in the early 1970’s with nothing more than a $12 guitar. He began playing songs for different publishers in the area and landed a deal with Edwin H. Morris Publishing in Hollywood. Stephen was paid $50 per week. During his first few years at the publishing company, only one of his songs was recorded. At one point, Stephen considered leaving Los Angeles to work for his father's insurance company in San Diego. However, his friend Leah Kunkel connected him with Art Garfunkel. Art recorded two of Stephen's songs on his album, “Breakaway.” 

Shortly thereafter, Stephen was signed to ABC Records. He released his first album, “Careless,” which had two popular hits, “On and On,” and “Save It For a Rainy Day.” It became gold certified, as well as his second album, “Bish.” Stephen Bishop has released 17 albums and has played his songs personally for Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Melissa Manchester, and Katy Perry. His newest album, "Blueprint" was released in 2016. In Eric Clapton's autobiography, he mentions Stephen Bishop as one of his favorite songwriters. 


Accomplishments 

Stephen Bishop’s hit song, “It Might Be You,” was the theme to the film “Tootsie.” Stephen has written the themes to several films, including “Animal House,” "The Money Pit," and “White Nights.” His songs have been performed by Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, Art Garfunkel, Steve Perry, Stephanie Mills, Kenny Loggins, Johnny Mathis, Phoebe Snow, David Crosby, The Four Tops, Aswad, Beyonce, and Pavarotti. Stephen was nominated for two Grammy's and awarded an Oscar nomination for his song, “Separate Lives.”


Fun Fact 

Stephen appeared as the “Charming Guitar Player,” in Animal House. In the toga party scene, John Belushi slams Stephen's guitar to smithereens.  

Recent News 

On March 16th, 2018, Netflix released the film, "Benji." The main theme song for this movie, "Almost Home," was written by Stephen Bishop and Curt Sobel. 

For more information about Stephen Bishop and concert dates visit … www.stephenbishop.com and www.facebook.com/stephenbishopofficial



STEPHEN BISHOP

blueprint


available now at amazon.com








TUESDAY OCTOBER 2ND 2018
7PM PACIFIC/10PM EASTERN TIME
THE RAY SHASHO SHOW
BBS RADIO 1
www.bbsradio.com