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Lloyd Price June 14, 2005 The Legendary "Mr. Personality" himself, Lloyd Price talks about the many stages of his long career. We discuss his 1952 breakthrough with "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", his alternate "safe" recording of "Stagger Lee" for Dick Clark, his business prowess as well as his organizing of the music entertainment for the "Rumble In The Jungle". Most of this interview was never aired on the radio, so listen to it complete and uncut right here.
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James Burton May 22, 2008 The guitar legend speaks to Matt about his historic work with Dale Hawkins, Bob Luman and Ricky Nelson (just to name a few). Find out how The James Burton Foundation provides technical training and guitars to young musicians. |
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Peter Wolf March, 1995 Peter Wolf, the former leader of the J. Geils Band was kind enough to donate his time and talent to support my college radio station, WERS-FM, Boston. I was 19 years old when I got the opportunity to interview Pete and this was the first major radio interview for me. What a way to begin my career. What follows are excerpts from this interview with one of the legends of R&B, The Woofa Goofa.
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Aaron Neville September, 2006 I got the chance to interview the great Aaron Neville after the release of his last album, "Bring It On Home...The Soul Classics". |
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Sonny Burgess & The Legendary Pacers October, 2006 The legendary Sun Records recording artist, Sonny Burgess along with Kern Kennedy and Bobby Crafford of The Pacers joined me LIVE in the studio for this very special interview. It was only aired live and only aired ONCE. |
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The Late Johnny Maestro 2006 The legendary Johnny Maestro of The Crests and The Brooklyn Bridge has an intimate conversation with Matt The Cat from 2006 discussing all aspects of his long and successful career. |
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Barrence Whitfield February 24, 1996 Barrence Whitfield, the leader of one of the greatest party rock/soul bands of all time, The Savages was kind enough to come on my college radio show, The Soul Bucket. He brought with him some amazing soul records to share with us. This is one of my all-time favorite interviews.
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The Late Dale Hawkins September 9, 2008 The legendary Rock n' Roll Tornado, Dale Hawkins tells Matt The Cat the back story on "Susie Q" as well as many other interesting tidbits from the golden age of rock n' roll. |
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Big Jay McNeely August 11, 2006 The Legendary "King Of The West Coast Honkers," Big Jay McNeely joined me LIVE on the air. This is the uncut, unadulterated interview that only aired ONCE and that was when it was live. |
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The late, great Pookie Hudson of The Spaniels July 14, 2006 |
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Earl "Speedo" Carroll of The Cadillacs November 1, 2007 |
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Jimmie Rodgers Post Head Surgery July 12, 2007 Jimmie talks to Matt The Cat about his miraculous surgery to remove a 40 year old steel plate from his head. |
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Cleve Duncan (Penguins) Summer, 2006 The lead singer of LA's own Penguins spends a West Coast Wednesday with Matt The Cat and tells us how "Earth Angel" came about as well as some great stories of how The Penguins got started. |
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Earl Lewis of The Channels March 1, 2007 Earl Lewis talks about The Channels great doo wop sound past and present.
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Bobby Curtola May 1, 2008 Bobby Curtola was one of the biggest selling Canadian artists of all-time, even though he unfortunately only had 2 hits in the US. He's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet! |
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Gretchen Christopher of The Fleetwoods October 10, 2007 Gretchen Talks about her latest solo album and her work as a founding member of The Fleetwoods. |
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Ernie Maresca September 13, 2007 Ernie Maresca is best known for his big hit record, "Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out", but he is tops when it comes to songwriting. He shared a lot of great stories with me, like how he met Dion and wrote "The Wanderer" for him. |
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Dave Goddard of The Aquatones May 8, 2008 |
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