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RRXIII 2020 is officially over. This show will feature Rundgren Radio announcements on some future happenings.
Find out about our first ever online party that will be held this Labor Day weekend! We already have 10 performers lined up, 4 bands with video debuts, and 3 special guests. We are not done yet either!
Finally some good news in 2020! We are moving forward with RRXIII but this year it will be online due to COVID-19. The good news is this provides us the opportunity to have a lot of special guests and we already have several commitments - - - find out who they are on this show!
Conduit of Humanity is releasing a new record in August and we have three songs to play for you and will be talking to members of the project.
Al Cannon founded and owns the popular app/website Toddfans.com that allows users to listen to music by Todd Rundgren and his companions 24/7/365!
We will also be airing some RR promo clips that were created by Jeff "Weavil" Gauss who unfortunately passed away on June 17th and some of his favorite Todd/Utopia bootleg recordings he sent us. And last but not least, we will be playing some recordings from his band, Weavils, live from 2005. Rest in peace Jeff, you will be missed by the Todd community.
John Boutté is an American jazz singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana, who has been active since the mid-1990s. He is known for diverse music style that goes beyond jazz to R&B, gospel, Latin, and blues. He is the younger brother of the jazz and gospel singer Lillian Boutté, and a relative of legendary cartoonist George Herriman.
Boutté was a featured singer on the song "It's The Beginning of the End" on Todd Rundgren's album White Knight. He was in a very recent May 2, 2020 article about Jazz Fest https://www.npr.org/2020/05/02/849124139/from-ella-fitzgerald-to-john-boutt-jazz-festing-in-place-presents-archival-audio.
Three time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is not a song writer, nor is she a "cover" artist. She is an interpreter of the highest order. Bettye is one of very few of her contemporaries who were recording during the birth of soul music in the 60s and is still creating vital recordings today. To quote the late, great George Jones: "Bettye is truly a 'singer's singer'."
In 2020, LaVette will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Betty is on Todd Rundgren's White Knight album song "Naked and Afraid" and has performed on stage with him a time or two.
Michael Jaworek has been a concert promoter for over 40 years. His activities are focused in the Washington DC and Baltimore markets, where he is Vice President of the Birchmere - Todd has performed there numerous times. Michael has been nominated many times as “Nightclub Talent Buyer of the Year” by Pollstar Magazine. He is also a co-founder of the Washington Area Music Awards and has been a NARAS member & served on the Washington DC Board of Governors for philanthropy of NARAS. In 2013, Michael received the International Talent Buyers Association “Club Buyer of the Year” Award.
Rick Meyer, AKA "Thurston Haole III": Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys, Mallets, Percussion
Amy Meyer, AKA "Amanda Torment". Vocals, Drums, Percussion
https://www.intoxicats.com/
Also, Mary Lou Arnold will be calling in early to give us a quick update on how Jesse Gress is doing.
Let's start April 2020 on a good note! Based around the lryics "I can see it, there is beauty in the world" from Todd's "I Love My Life" song (Todd's Nearly Human record) we'll focus on some of the positive things that have happened to our listeners during this COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
RR show featuring COVID1-9 related parodies of Todd/Utopia/Nazz songs!
We have songs from the newly created band Dystopia including "Flutopia Theme", "Quarantine", "Evrybody (Wash Your Hands)", and "Born To Sanitize"! We'll play the "I Don't Want Your Germs" by the McGue Crew! And, we have more!
Parody definition is - a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect.
Todd has somewhat jokingly called "Hello It's Me" his albatross but it's arguably his most well-known song. What day of the week is better than a Monday to discuss an albatross :-)?!
We will be playing a total of 17 different versions of "Hello It's Me" to include but not limited to:
Live versions
Reconstructed versions
The original Nazz version with Stewkey on lyrics
From The David Letterman Show with Paul Shaffer
NYE 2008 bootleg with a great Todd rant
Todd in Amsterdam with the fabulous Metropole Orchestra
You will hear some very unique versions, some of you might love and some you might hate, and odds are good you will hear a version you've never heard before!
Band members and music from Conduit of Humanity including the exclusive Conduit of Humanity debut of a new John Powhida song with Kasim Sulton and Phil Thornalley on it!
Hear new behind the scenes stories and recordings from the 2011 My Record Fantasy Camp with Todd Rundgren attendees. Guests include Bruce Whetstone, James Van Wert, Robert Warwas, and more! This is the camp where Todd's album reProductions was recorded.
Guest co-host Thom Jennings hangs with CruiserMel. EXCLUSIVE interview with Bun E. Carlos!!!!
Special guests Lizzie Vann and Robert Frazza from the Bearsville Center plus two bootleg recordings of Todd live at Bearsville Theater 2013 for the debut of the State Tour.
Rundgren Radio Quarantined Episode 4. Originals vs reproductions! Some original songs and artists that Todd produced followed by Todd's reinvented versions from his 2011 album reProductions that was recorded with some fans at My Record Fantasy Camp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(re)Production
Our Top 20 Todd/Utopia songs that have titles/themes that remind us of the current COVID-19 situation.
Music, laughter, and more.
We are all quarantined due to the coronavirus and it can get boring but we are here to bring some entertainment as best we can! Tonight's show is about the Adventures In Utopia album!
We will be full of randomness and Kasim Sulton will be calling in!
Sitting at home? Quarantined as you should be? Let's get through this together with some discussion about Todd and music!
Our first radio show of 2020! We will be airing an interview Kasim that is taking place this week - sorry it can't be live but he's on tour!!!
We will also be announcing our plans for the June 1st Philly event at World Cafe Live!
Bootleg recording of Todd Rundgren live in concert at the House of Blues in Orlando on New Year's Eve 2008. The concert was presented by RundgrenRadio.com.
In concert photos by Daniel Joseph Higgins.
Announcements and we have a chat with Elieen Clark who organized the Toddmare Before Christmas Party before the back to back Unpredictable Todd gigs in Seattle last weekend.
Chelsea Dye transcribed Todd Rundgren's book into braille and they both recently presented it to the Library of Congress in DC.
This is the Conduit of Humanity portion of last week's Mixed Bag Show. Find out what it is, who is a part of it, and you can listen to some of the music clips.
Here's how support this fan based music project for as little as $3 if you are interested ...
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pre-order-and-support-conduit-of-humanity-project#/
Join us as we seek information from guest Eric Gardner (Todd's Manager) on what Todd is doing during this two month break and other things like will there be a new Todd album soon or not. We will also have Mark Mo Love calling in to discuss his new plan for Toddtoberfest in October. And that's not all, Fred Jeske and company will call in and educate us on what the Conduit of Humanity fan project is and how it got started.
Announcements will be made as usual and the chat room will be open.
Jason Scheff is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter. From 1985 to 2016 he was the bassist and singer for the veteran pop-rock band Chicago. Following his years with Chicago, in 2016, Scheff participated as a judge for American Super Group and has conducted songwriting workshops and music lessons with new artists that are trying to break into the music business.
In Sept/Oct of 2019, Scheff will be touring with Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross, and Joey Molland as part of the "It Was Fifty Years Ago Tour 2019, A Tribute To The Beatles' White Album" that will feature each artist singing some of their hits and songs from the White Album. Rundgren Radio will be presenting one of the tour's shows in Akron, OH at the Akron Civic Theatre on 9/28/19.
Find out all the details about the Rundgren Radio Birthday Bash Year 12 Event being held in Akron, OH on 9/27 and 9/28!
There will be a party on 9/27 and a "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: A Tribute to The Beatles' White Album" concert the next night 9/28 featuring TODD RUNDGREN, Micky Dolenz (Monkees), Christopher Cross, Joey Molland (Badfinger), and Jason Scheff (Chicago).
We will also be making announcements as usual.
Announcements about TR and fan happenings plus Gary Backstrom from the Todd/Utopia tribute band "Road To Utopia" discusses his latest project, a live performance in June!
Following announcements, we will be discussing Todd Rundgren's nomination for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame with Todd's current Manager Eric Gardner and former President of Bearsville Records Paul Fishkin aka Leroy Boy followed by Toddstock West stories. Guest co-host Thom Jennings will be joining host RR Doug.
Special guest Phil Thornalley who recorded the recently released Todd-centric album Astral Drive!
Phil Thornalley has spent much of his career behind the scenes, writing songs and producing albums for other artists. His biggest commercial triumph, co-writing and producing the single "Torn" for Natalie Imbruglia, wasn't even sung by him. However, Thornalley does have experience underneath the spotlight. In 1983, Thornalley became the bass player for gothic rock pioneers the Cure after Simon Gallup left. Thornalley had previously co-produced the Cure's 1982 LP ography. Thornalley toured with the Cure while the band promoted The Top album, but his stay was short-lived, lasting only until the group's performance at the Beacon Theatre in New York on November 17, 1984. Gallup had returned to the Cure, causing Thornalley to leave. In 1987, Thornalley worked as an engineer for Johnny Hates Jazz's debut LP Turn Back the Clock; he also wrote the track "Listen." When vocalist Clark Datchler departed from Johnny Hates Jazz in 1988, Thornalley became the band's new lead singer. Thornalley also recorded a solo effort that year, Swamp. In 1991, Johnny Hates Jazz released Tall Stories with Thornalley on vocals. Despite having no dramatic shifts in style from Turn Back the Clock, the LP failed to sell. In 1995, Thornalley co-wrote the track "Torn" on Ednaswap's self-titled debut. Three years later, Thornalley produced Imbruglia's cover of "Torn," a worldwide smash.
When Ralph Shuckett, the keys man for Utopia – the '70s and '80s progressive rock outfit led by American music great Todd Rundgren – bowed out of the band's Utopia reunion tour, one of Rundgren's sons suggested Assayas, who has been dazzling music fans as Glasys in his adopted home of Portland, Oregon.
"We looked at his stuff on the Internet and were all blown away by how talented he was and how confident he seemed," Rundgren told Billboard magazine.
One Toddstock down (East) with one going on now (ToddScot) and two more to go including ToddARoo in Australia! ToddARoo host Gavin Bond will be on the show to discuss the event. We will also be taking calls from fans that attended Toddstock East and maybe we will even get a call or two from ToddScot. Also, we would be remiss in our duties if we didn't tell listeners about Toddstock West so you'll hear info on it too!
Fans that attended Toddstock East will be calling in to give us some details about all the fun stuff that took place including Nancy Sakmar, Monice Eakin, Jamie Van Wert, and more!
Find out what's going on at Toddstock East being held in VA 2018 - a celebration of Todd Rundgren's 70th birthday (June 22)! Tonights's guest host aka roving reporter will be Lyn Veggiegurl Kalnitz!
RR Utopia Tour Show the night before the tour begins in Penn's Peak! Show will feature and interview of Gil Assayas via Thom Jennings and also interview clips from Joe Satriani and John Ford Coey where they discuss Todd/Utopia with Thom.
Goldmine Magazine writer Ken Sharp will also be checking in to discuss the Utopia tour book he made happen!
The 2018 Todd Rundgren's Utopia tour featuring Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, and Ralph Schuckett has been announced and tickets are on sale. Join us for this editon of RR as we discuss all things Todd & Utopia followed by a live interview with Willie Wilcox!
Toddstock, RRXI, and more!
2018 is going to be full of things to do for Todd fans and we will get you up to speed on as much of it as possible.
Special guest Chris Andersen. Todd Rundgren's former house recording engineer will be joining us.
In recognition of the February 2018 Kasim Sulton's Utopia mini-tour, RR will be airing all of the Utopia songs where Kasim Sulton sang lead or shared it with other members of the band. This is Part 2 of a 2 part series and features 18 songs.
Spend Thanksgiving night with the family you actually love being around :-)! In recognition of the February 2018 Kasim Sulton's Utopia mini-tour, RR will be airing all of the Utopia songs where Kasim Sulton sang lead or shared it with other members of the band. This is Part 1 of a 2 part series and features 20 songs.
Versatile songwriter, singer and guitarist, Nils Lofgren has been working professionally since age 17. He has toured with Neil Young, Ringo Starr and is currently a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. After fronting the 70's group Grin, Nils embarked on a solo career and has been a sought after session player. Lofgren was in Ringo's All-Star Band's 2nd incarnation (1992) along with Todd Rundgren and other greats like Joe Walsh and Burton Cummings.
Kasim Sulton will also be on the show to talk about the three shows he booked in February with a full band playing only Utopia music! Kasim Sulton's Utopia with Jesse Gress, Wade Preston, Christopher Clark, and Andy Ascolese.
The Sedalia Center in Big Island, VA will be the spot for Todd Rundgren's 70th Birthday Party also known as Toddstock 2018! This RR show will begin with announcements as usual and then we will delve in the topic of Toddstock 2018 and take calls. We are chasing guests but with or without them the show must go on!
The Lemon Twigs have recently toured the US, Europe, and Japan after the release of their first album, Do Hollywood. An article by Michael Hann in the UK Guardian said this about a song on the album: "These Words is the missing track from side one of Rundgren’s Something/Anything, with a harmony chorus that expands like a hot air balloon".
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/13/the-lemon-twigs-do-hollywood-album-review-4ad
The Twigs recently brought out Todd Rundgren at Coachella to perform "Couldn't I Just Tell You" as an encore.
The Lemon Twigs are an American pop/rock band from Long Island, New York, United States, fronted by brothers Brian D’Addario and Michael D’Addario. Both brothers are vocalists, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, and are joined for most live performances by Megan Zeankowski on bass and Danny Ayala on keyboards and backing vocals.
The band was signed to British alternative music label 4AD in 2015. Their debut album, Do Hollywood, was released in October 2016 to widespread critical acclaim. A number of pop music figures have publicly expressed admiration for the Twigs: Elton John, The Zombies, Boy George, Laura Marling, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and Gary Brooker of Procol Harum.
Ronnie D'Addario began singing and playing, including bass guitar, professionally in his early twenties. He grew up listening to 1960's pop music. Ronnie played guitar with Tommy Makem of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem fame for two decades in concerts, recordings, and TV shows.
His credits include an appearance on the Rosie O'Donnell Show, TV commercial jingles, and six PBS shows with Tommy Makem (where he performed with Judy Collins). He also produced the album, Live At the Irish Pavilion, a favorite among Makem fans, and has produced several other artists including Morning Star, Mary O'Dowd, Danny Quinn, and The Irish Mist. His song, "Falling for Love," was recorded by The Carpenters in 1981. His song,”Take In a Show” was featured on the TV Sitcom, “New Girl” in 2017.
Ronnie is the father of Brian and Michael of the Lemon Twigs who have recently toured the US, Europe, and Japan after the release of their first album, Do Hollywood. An article in the UK Guardian said the song "These Words" from that album could be a missing track from Todd Rundgren's Something/Anything? album. They recently brought out Rundgren at Coachella to perform "Couldn't I Just Tell You" as an encore.
The Lemon Twigs regularly perform their dad's song, "Love Stepped Out," from his first album, Take In a Show. Ronnie's last album is called A Very Short Dream. Ronnie has just finished a brand new album entitled, The Many Moods of Papa Twig. His music is available on www.youarethecosmos.com.
David Skye from RockBeat Records will be joining us to discuss the Limited Edition double LP that will be released as part of this year's RSD (Record Store Day), which is Saturday April the 22nd!
We will also be announcing some or all of the details of RRX - Rundgren Radio's 10th Year Anniversary Party in Boston this Labor Day weekend!
Plus more!
Mutlu opened for Todd Rundgren in 2016 at the Daytona Beach concert and he has recorded a cover of "Hello It's Me". He is the only artist besides Todd that has been a guest on Live From Daryl's House two times.
Mutlu is a soulful, singer-songwriter. A Philadelphia native and first-generation American of Turkish descent, Mutlu has already built a substantial fan base in his hometown, while winning widespread praise for his prior releases.
He's collaborated and toured extensively as a support act with legendary duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and holds the distinction of having made the most guest appearances on Daryl Hall's acclaimed, award-winning TV/Internet show "Live From Daryl's House". He's also gained considerable attention for his work with noted singer-songwriter Amos Lee, with whom he's toured extensively as a support act and backup vocalist. He was the support act on the North American leg of Joe Jackson's acclaimed "Rain" tour and has shared stages with the likes of Adele, Katy Perry, John Hiatt, Leon Russell, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Todd Rundgren, Shuggie Otis & many more.
Born Mutlu Onaral, he grew up steeped in Philadelphia's deep R&B traditions, eagerly absorbing the fundamentals of old-school soul music and incorporating it into his own musical persona. His local success led to a recording deal with Manhattan/EMI Records, which released his acclaimed 2008 debut album Livin' It, produced by the late, great T-Bone Wolk, and featuring guest appearances by Daryl Hall, Amos Lee, G. Love and Raheem DeVaughn. His latest release is the Hypnotize EP which he co-produced with songwriter/producer Darius Amendolia.
Bassist Kasim Sulton is a member of Utopia and has worked with Todd Rundgren since the 70’s, Blue Oyster Cult, Meat Loaf, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett and many others. Sulton has just released a Live Bootleg CD!
By popular demand - the 2nd set for your listening enjoyment!
Bootleg guru Warren has done it again with a brand new fan sourced bootleg of the March 17, 1977 Utopia concert at the Masonic Temple in Detroit MI! After some announcements and a conversation with Warren, we will be airing the second set of this concert which is loaded with great songs!
Todd, Kasim, Willie, and Roger!
Bootleg guru Warren has done it again with a brand new fan sourced bootleg of the March 17, 1977 Utopia concert at the Masonic Temple in Detroit MI! After some announcements and a conversation with Warren, we will be airing the first set of this concert which is loaded with great songs! We will air the 2nd set another time - probably the following Tuesday.
Todd, Kasim, Willie, and Roger!
Todd Rundgren live at the DelaCorte Theatre in Central Park NYC. August 24, 2004 with appearances by Ethel and Joe Jackson.
Post Notre Dame discussion - Todd Rundgren is an Artist In Residence at the University of Notre Dame September/October 2016 featuring more than a week of public and private events. He is teaching an interdisciplinary elective class, Exploring the Creative Muse: Art, Business, Technology, and Rock n’ Roll, and will be visiting numerous classrooms and music groups during nearly two weeks at the University.
We will also be playing the 2002 CD, "Todd Rundgren & His Friends". Todd's next album will be in collaboration with other artists so we found this fitting even though the new album will be completely different.
1. Drive - Vivian Campbell
2. Hello, It's Me - Edgar Winter
3. Time Heals - Dweezil Zappa
4. Love Is The Answer - Gary Hoey
5. Bang On The Drum All Day - Tony Levin
6. Tiny Demons - Steve Lukather
7. Something To Fall Back On - Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter
8. Compassion - Bruce Kulick
9. Mated - Richie Kotzen
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A Dream Goes On Forever - Steve Stevens
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Emperor Of The Highway - Derek Sherinian
Jean and Ed from the SOHF will be calling in to update us on all the Todd and SOHF happenings at Notre Dame.
Todd Rundgren will be an Artist In Residence at the University of Notre Dame September/October 2016 that will also feature more than a week of public and private events. He will be teaching an interdisciplinary elective class, Exploring the Creative Muse: Art, Business, Technology, and Rock n’ Roll, and will be visiting numerous classrooms and music groups during nearly two weeks at the University.
An underlying theme of the visit is “Play Like a Champion Today,” Notre Dame’s iconic athletics slogan, and how its meaning can be expanded to include the essential nature of Music Education. Spirit of Harmony has partnered with the non-profit Play Like A Champion educational initiative, which promotes character education through sports, for ten days of educational opportunities, community outreach, and public events.
For more info, please visit http://spiritofharmony.org/trnd/ .
Todd, Kasim, Roger, and Willie bootleg action! The Ever Popular Tortured Bootlegger Warren has done it again. This is from a Kansas City show in 1978 and not the one that has been circulating around for years - this one is brand new to your ears! It was taken from a cassette so don't expect perfection but it's still a worthwhile listen.
From Warren ...
First and foremost, this is not the 1978-10-17 One Block West KC recording that is currently 'out there' in circulation. That is a local radio broadcast
of the first set that night.
THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT audience recording (MASTER Tape) of the second Show by Geoff Laurenzo. I know that I use the term 'soundboardish' a lot... but this a 'pro-grade' recording. What's funny is this was an old dirty broken cassette Geoff had just recently relocated. And asked me to see what I could do with it. I did have to put it in a new cassette shell. A labor of love, for I had to do little to this one other than leveling the channels and splitting the tracks. All performances are flawless, unfortunately we only get a small portion of the show due to only one tape. And Geoff had inadvertantly recorded over some of it with other artists.But I'm very excited about what we have here and being able to share this 'Back To The Bars' Era recording here. This one is ESSENTIAL. Thank you Geoff Laurenzo for 'striking' once again with a collectors gem!~ Warren
Todd Rundgren will be teaching classes at Notre Dame for a couple of weeks among other activities including events that fans can participate in! An underlying theme of the visit is “Play Like a Champion Today,” Notre Dame’s iconic athletics slogan, and how its meaning can be expanded to include the essential nature of Music Education. Guests Jean Lachowicz and Ed Vigdor from the Spirit of Harmony Foundation will be on hand to break it all down for you! Main events for fans are 9/30 and 10/1, 2016.
Ed Palermo's Big Band performed a show featuring Todd Rundgren music this year at the Iridium in NYC. It's not the first time the band has performed Todd's music, they have also performed a mashup of Todd and Zappa billed as Zodd Zundgren several times at the Iridium.
Ed is not a “business as usual” musician. After all, when most people think of “big bands” they think of Duke and Dorsey. But go to see Ed Palermo’s Big Band and you might hear Zappa, Rundgren, Hendrix, the blues of Paul Butterfield & Mike Bloomfield or one of Ed’s own compositions, loaded with lush turns and unexpected twists.
Before forming his own band, Ed toured and recorded with many different artists including Aretha Franklin, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Lou Rawls, Melba Moore, Debbie Gibson, The Spinners and countless others. He has written and arranged for the Tonight Show, Maurice Hines and Eddy Fischer. He also arranged the music for a recent James Brown concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAYvoMNrOac
Rundgren Radio Evening With Interviews. Hosted by Cruisermel and Thom Jennings. Pre-recorded interviews Tom completed recently with John Ferenzik, Jesse Gress, & Prairie Prince. Also, a very recent (June 3) 10 minute interview Thom completed with Todd Rundgren that includes a discussion of his upcoming album!
Announcements might include info on a possible Rundgren Radio Year 9 BDAY BASH 7 over Labor Day weekend.
Sax player Mark Rivera has performed before millions of fans with a ‘who’s who’ of music’s elite including Todd Rundgren, Ringo Starr, Billy Joel, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Tony Bennett, Paul Simon and Paul McCartney.
To this day, Mark is Ringo’s Music Director and more importantly, his close personal friend. As Mark often says “I’m truly living the dream”. He has proudly led many incarnations of Ringo’s All-Star Band; working with such music legends as Jack Bruce (Cream), Peter Frampton, Billy Preston, John Entwistle (The Who), Gary Brooker (Procol Harum), Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), Colin Hay (Men At Work), Simon Kirke (Free), Rod Argent (The Zombies) Greg Lake (E.L.P), Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople), Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Gary Wright, Richard Page (Mr. Mister), Greg Rolie (Santana), Todd Rundgren and Steve Lukather (Toto).
8:30pm ET on MONDAY March 21, 2016.
David Skye, formerly of RockBeat/Shout Factory/WhooHoo Live is on to bigger and better things and he has an RR exclusive announcement for Todd fans and you'll get to hear some of the music! And no, this is not just about recordings being released that have been floating around the Todd circles for years :-). NEW stuff that will make you smile! Physical product too not just downloads.
You know the hosts don't come out of RR show hibernation unless it's something good so don't miss this one!
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label founded in 1992 by entrepreneur and music fan Brian Perera. It has since grown into a family of labels, including Hypnotic Records, Goldenlane, Stardust, Purple Pyramid, Deadline and X-Ray Records, encompassing a variety of genres with emphasis on unique and experimental artists.
Cleopatra Records specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, electronic, dubstep and reissues of out-of-print music.
Trivia tidbit - in 2000 Cleopatra released the album Reconstruction, remixes of Todd Rundgren music by outside DJ's.
Tim Butler is the bass player, and co-founder of the Psychedelic Furs. He is also the youngest of three brothers. His brother Richard, the eldest, is the lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs. Both brothers were also founding members of the alternative rock band, Love Spit Love.
Tim was largely responsible for The Furs bringing in Todd Rundgren to produce their hit album, Forever Now. In an interview in That Mag, Tim said, “My favorite album was the one Todd produced (Forever Now). If anyone could be called a musical genius, I think Todd is."
Special guests Grace Yoo and Ashle Worrick. The Todd Rundgren Global Tour Dancers / Singers.
We'll be announcing some or all of the details surrounding the two Todd Rundgren gigs we will be promoting. One is in No Cal on 1/11/16 and the other is in Central OH on 1/30/16 and we will be hosting parties the night before both Todd gigs!
Also, you'll get to hear some rockin' Todd tunes!
Y8BB6 Post show - discussion around the big event in Akron OH featuring the Y8BB6 party and two Todd Rundgren with the Akron Symphony Orchestra concerts.
Paul Ferguson is the composer that is creating the charts for the 14 new songs Todd has never performed with an orchestra but will be this Labor Day weekend with the Akron Symphony Orchestra in Akron, OH (RundgrenWithASO.com).
Paul has been director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University since 1988. A graduate of the University of Akron and the Eastman School of Music, Paul has traveled with the Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller bands as lead trombonist and arranger and currently fills those functions with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra.
Paul was principal trombonist of the Canton Symphony from 1989-98 and at various times has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Opera, the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Apollos’s Fire, the Cleveland Chamber Brass, the New Hampshire Festival Orchestra and various groups across Northeast Ohio.
In 1995, Paul was the recipient of the Gil Evans Fellowship in Jazz Composition. He has two recordings–”Blue Highways”, recorded with the RIAS Big Band of Berlin, and “Friends”, recorded with his own orchestra.
Last summer, Paul taught at an International Jazz Seminar in Zarautz, Spain, wrote three arrangements for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and wrote three arrangements for the Cleveland Pops for use on the Drew Carey show.
DaM-FunK toured as Todd's DJ/Keyboardist during the recent TODD RUNDGREN GLOBAL TOUR 2015.
Damon “DaM-FunK” Riddick is the epitome of funk. Ever since debuting with Stones Throw in 2008, DaM-FunK has become one of the genres most passionate proselytizers, out to save it from devilish depictions of cartoonish caricature. To DaM, funk is a way of living, “a feeling of struggle and staying cool through it all.”
DaM-FunK grew up in the Los Angeles city/suburb of Pasadena. A ‘70s baby, he came of age in the era of the Uncle Jamm’s Army parties, of electro-pharaoh Egyptian Lover, of Prince’s purple reign. His parents nurtured his musical talents as a child and by his teens, he mastered the drums, then the drum machine. A chance encounter led to an apprenticeship under funk songwriter/producer Leon Sylvers III (SOLAR Records) and by the mid-90s G-Funk era in hip-hop, DaM found his musical skills in high demand by rappers such as Mack 10 and MC Eiht. “Everybody was trying to do the live instrumentation thing, so then you got cats like me playing on records,” DaM explains.
Get more info on our Birthday Bash being held Labor Day weekend! We'll also be talking about some GLOBAL shows we attended this week!
Y8BB6 (Year 8, Birthday Bash 6) for Rundgren Radio is happening this Labor Day weekend. Get the scoop on this show - we think you'll be impressed!
The release of the first ever Runddans album, a collaboration between Todd Rundgren and Hans-Peter Lindstrom and Emil Nikolaisen.
We will be playing clips from each song on the album and talking with special guests Hans-Peter Lindstrom and Emil Nikolaisen!
King Tobias is a 6yr old who has BIG talent for playing Beatles music! He has performed for the legends RIngo Starr, Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren & more. He has been on ABC News which was picked up by CNN and is now playing worldwide. King has even appeared on Good Morning America.
https://www.youtube.com/user/MizzCali408
Find out who will be touring with Todd for the Global Tour 2015 plus other good info straight from the man himself. We have the info on a pre-recorded interview with occasional RR host Thom Jennings that includes Utopia reunion discussion! Plus, an announcement about the Rockin' Little Rock weekend that you definitely want to hear if you are going!
Doug and Thom will be hosting and discussing the latest and greatest on TR!
So what's this panel all about on Saturday of the event? Who is on it? Where is the venue for the Todd gig? What's Todd performing? When and where do we see the AWATS Stamford DVD?
Jean and Ed join Doug & Mel to spill all the beans about Rockin' Little Rock! www.RockinLittleRock.com
Rundgren Radio Special Show! We have teamed up with the Spirit Of Harmony Foundation to bring the hardcore Todd fans an unforgettable weekend! Find out more about this event TONIGHT on RR!
Special guest Michele Rundgren we will be talking to her about surviving year one in the restaurant business at Tiki Iniki - the toughest year they say! Also, we will be airing an interview from back in the Utopia Times days when fan Bill Salom interviewed Vince Welnick (RIP). And as a bonus, we will be airing an interview Thom Jennings had with Todd Rundgren where they discussed all four of the Beatles.
We'll be talking about the past with some Cambria discussion for a little while and then shifting gears to the future to discuss the Rundgren Radio Birthday Bash V. Special guests are being lined up and already include Dan Harple the owner of the RA pyramid.
Todd Rundgren's camp, Mythic Pacific Retreat, is being held August 18-22 in Cambria, CA. We will be talking live with fan attendee and roving reporter Janice Marie and other fans about their experience through the first 2 1/2 days. For more info on the camp, visit www.mythicpacificretreat.com
On June 2nd Brent's first album in 20 years, “Don’t Look Back,” will be released. The record features a ton of amazing collaborations, including Julian Lennon, Todd Rundgren, Charlie Peacock, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Rachael Lampa, Chris Rodriguez, and the first reunion in the studio of Bourgeois Tagg in 25 years.
Brent Bourgeois began performing on piano in Dallas clubs when he was only 13. He moved to California five years later with friend Larry Tagg and in 1984 formed the pop band Bourgeois Tagg with drummer Rick Walker and guitarist Lyle Workman. The group released a self-titled album in 1986 and Yoyo in 1987 (produced by Todd Rundgren). The single "Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)" reached the charts in 1986, and the following year "I Don't Mind at All" hit the Top 40.
Joey Molland, the guitarist and sole surviving member of the British power-pop band Badfinger.
BADFINGER became an incredible force of virtuoso musicians churning out hit after hit while being supported by the biggest band in the world. The band’s first album was the soundtrack to the movie The Magic Christian (Magic Christian Music). Their follow-up album, No Dice spawned the Pete Ham penned classic “No Matter What” (#8 U.S. Hot 100 Hit -1970) and an Evans/Ham composition “Without You” which became a #1 Hit in 1971 for Harry Nilsson and a #3 Hit for Mariah Carey in 1994. No Dice reached #28 on Billboard’s Hot 200 albums chart.
The bands third album Straight Up was regarded by many to be their best. George Harrison had considerable input on the album including playing slide guitar on “Day After Day” (#4 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1971). Leon Russell played piano on the track. The album also generated the hit single "Baby Blue" (#14 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart in 1972). George Harrison left before the album was completed to work on The Concert for Bangladesh and Todd Rundgren was brought in to finish the album. Production credits were shared between Harrison and Rundgren.
In more recent news, the popular TV show, Breaking Bad, finale ended with the Badfinger song, "Baby Blue".
Spirit of Harmony Foundation Executive Director Jean Lachowicz will be joining us to discuss iGive. Following Jean will be a recording of one of the five 2nd Wind Sessions.
April Fool's Edition!
"The Difference" was a nationally syndicated radio series hosted by Todd Rundgren in the late 90's. The shows consisted of music from all kinds of different musicians. This RR show will feature a replay of one of those radio shows.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, who goes by the stage name Taj Mahal, is an internationally recognized blues musician who folds various forms of world music into his offerings. A self-taught singer-songwriter who plays the guitar, banjo and harmonica (among many other instruments), Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music during his 40+ year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa and the South Pacific.
You may recall one of Todd's many epic appearances on television when he performed with Taj Mahal and Michele Gray in 1989 on the show Night Music hosted by David Sanborn? The song was "Never Mind the Why and Wherefore" from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, H.M.S. Pinafore and they were accompanied by other musicians including Pat Metheny (guitar), Philippe Saisse (keyboards), Christian Marclay (turntables), and host David Sanborn (saxophone).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m33BXNHIHM
Todd also joined Taj onstage on the same show for a rendition of Mahal's "She Caught The Katy".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC1a5UAWIus
Gregg Rolie is responsible for co-founding two phenomenally popular, multi-platinum many times over super groups that indeed are, SANTANA and JOURNEY. In 1998, the world class keyboardist-vocalist-producer was inducted into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall Of Fame as part of the original Santana band. In addition to launching- along with Carlos Santana - the
now legendary act, Rolie also co-produced their first four groundbreaking albums.
What’s more, his singing talents will forever be immortalized by his unforgettable lead vocals on classic Santana greatest hits including “Black Magic Woman” “Evil Ways” and the Tito Puente composition “Oye Como Va”.
Thinking back to his first concert experience, seeing none other than Jimi Hendrix live in Ottawa, Canada back in ’66, it’s no wonder that guitarist Pat Travers took the musical path that he did. Taking inspiration from some of the top players of the day, including said left-handed genius, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, Travers had already made a name for himself in his teens before joining ’50s rocker Ronnie Hawkins’ band and hitting the road. While this may have been enough for many guitarists, Travers left Hawkins’ band after only a year, ventured out into the unknown and created twenty-five plus years of memorable music along the way. (Dr. Matt Warnock, Guitar International)
Pat first performed with Todd on Saturday Night Live for the songs Healer and Time Heals. He recently performed with Todd again during the RR NYE 2013 event after starting the night with Pat Travers Band as support and then joining Todd onstage for a while.
Plenty of topics to discuss, Les Paul Award, Vegas charity event, Unpredictable Tour, Ringo's All-Starr Band Tour, LIndstrom, Spirit of Harmony Foundation, AWATS DVD, possibility of more STATE shows, and Mythic Retreat to name a few! Also, a debut of Nim Vind's "Astronomical" which was mixed by Todd and features him on guitar!
The Guitar Godd Todd Series will feature 5 shows of some of Todd's best guitar heavy songs:
V1 = Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Utopia
V2 = 60's/70's (includes Nazz)
V3 = 80's/90's
V4 = 00's/10's
V5 = FINALE - top 3 from each the V1-V4 shows as voted on by the listeners!
Guitar Godd Todd Series V5: FINALE
For this particular show we'll be playing some of Todd Rundgren's best guitar heavy songs from his career including live versions of some of the songs.
The Guitar Godd Todd Series will feature 5 shows of some of Todd's best guitar heavy songs:
V1 = Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Utopia
V2 = 60's/70's (includes Nazz)
V3 = 80's/90's
V4 = 00's/10's
V5 = FINALE - top 5 from each the V1-V4 shows as voted on by the listeners!
Guitar Godd Todd Series V1: 00's/10's
For this particular show we'll be playing some of Todd Rundgren's best guitar heavy songs from his solo career during the 00's/10's decades including live versions of some of the songs. After the show listeners will vote on the top 5 songs to be included in the finale of the Guitar Godd Todd Series.
The Guitar Godd Todd Series will feature 5 shows of some of Todd's best guitar heavy songs:
V1 = Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Utopia
V2 = 60's/70's (includes Nazz)
V3 = 80's/90's
V4 = 00's/10's
V5 = FINALE - top 5 from each the V1-V4 shows as voted on by the listeners!
Guitar Godd Todd Series V1: 80's/90's
For this particular show we'll be playing some of Todd Rundgren's best guitar heavy songs from his solo career during the 80's/90's decades including live versions of some of the songs. After the show listeners will vote on the top 5 songs to be included in the finale of the Guitar Godd Todd Series.
The Guitar Godd Todd Series will feature 5 shows of some of Todd's best guitar heavy songs:
V1 = Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Utopia
V2 = 60's/70's (includes Nazz)
V3 = 80's/90's
V4 = 00's/10's
V5 = FINALE - top 5 from each the V1-V4 shows as voted on by the listeners!
Guitar Godd Todd Series V1: 60's/70's
For this particular show we'll be playing some of Todd Rundgren's best guitar heavy songs (including some Nazz songs) from his solo career including live versions of most of the songs. After the show listeners will vote on the top 5 songs to be included in the finale of the Guitar Godd Todd Series.
The Guitar Godd Todd Series will feature 5 shows of some of Todd's best guitar heavy songs:
V1 = Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Utopia
V2 = 60's/70's (includes Nazz)
V3 = 80's/90's
V4 = 00's/10's
V5 = FINALE - top 5 from each the V1-V4 shows as voted on by the listeners!
Guitar Godd Todd Series V1: Utopia
For this particular show we'll be playing some of Todd Rundgren's best guitar heavy songs from the Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Utopia collection including live versions of most of the songs. After the show listeners will vote on the top 5 songs to be included in the finale of the Guitar Godd Todd Series.
We will attempt to explain the NYE ticketing information as best we can :-)! Tickets go on sale this week!
Get some details on the Todd Rundgren concert we will be hosting on New Year's Eve! Announcement of the support act will take place during this show!
We'll be playing the only-released-in-Japan Todd Rundgren CD, "Up Against It".
Special Guest Doug Katsaros will be calling in after we play the CD to discuss his role of orchestrating "Up Against It" for Todd! Doug is the piano player you can't miss seeing in this video lol ...
http://youtu.be/-28Gg9I2dJk
He has worked with plenty of famous musicians (Rod Stewart, Donny Osmond, Dee Snider, Marlo Thomas, and many more) and is a GRAMMY AWARD WINNER.
Let's discuss how the weekend went and maybe delve into what could possibly be next :-)!
4 Tuesdays in August = 4 RR shows! This is Show One and Michele Rundgren will be checking in for a little while and we'll be sure to get her feedback on TS2 among other things.
Who knows what else we will come up with but expect some discussion of YR6BB4 of course :-). Announcements, music, callers, you know the drill :-). See ya in the chat room!
Live report from te Nottoway Plantation where Toddstock II is being held from June 16-22!
Special guest Luis Echeverria - one of the students and concert performers (keyboards) when Todd Rundgren was an "Artist In Residence" at Columbia College in Chicago. Find out how the entire week went from the mind of one of the students!
Plenty of other things to discuss including Toddstock II which begins in 13 days! State shows, "Hits" shows, Orchestra show, and more tonight on RR!
Rundgren Radio with special guest Laura Patterson, Executive Director, Youth Orchestra of the Lower 9th Ward
www.shiningstill.com
We'll be playing clips from the latest in Whoohoo Live's remastered bootleg series - Cincinnati show - and talking to David Skye about this CD and what else they have planned for the future.
We'll be taking call from fans that went to the first two Todd Rundgren STATE concerts that were held at Bearsville Theatre on May 5th and 6th!
Year 6 Birthday Bash 4 for Rundgren Radio will be in Akron, OH on Labor Day weekend 2013! Friday party and Saturday a Todd gig. Found out what the gig is and other details on tonights show!
We will be giving our opinion on the new Todd Rundgren STATE album and will be taking calls from listeners that would like to share their opinions.
We will also be discussing other topics such as the recent Todd and Ethel shows, Toddstock II, Todd's Columbia College Artist in Residency taking place 4/8-4/12, and various other TR topics.
Oh, and we have some major scoop too :-)!
RundgrenRadio.com 8:30pm ET on Tuesday March 26th. David Skye will be our guest - he is with Whoohoo Live which is the company putting out all the new remastered TR bootlegs. We will also have TR bootleg guru Warren on as well.
And, considering all the new stuff going on since our last show we will likely be delving into all kinds of Todd topics like the STATE album, STATE tour, Toddstock II, Tiki Iniki, etc.
A founding member of ETHEL, Dorothy Lawson (Artistic Director, Cello) has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the White Oak Dance Project, Philharmonia Virtuosi, the American Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and numerous new music ensembles. Canadian-born, she completed degrees at the University of Toronto, the Vienna Academy and The Juilliard School. She teaches in the Preparatory Division of Mannes College at the New School in New York City. Joe Cerqua is in charge of the "Artist in Residence" program at Columbia College in Chicago. You get one guess who will be the "Artist In Residence" in April.
Paul began his music career managing Todd Rundgren’s first band, Woody’s Truck Stop, in Philadelphia, and then moved to New York at the urging of Todd who was by then being managed by the legendary Albert Grossman, Bearsville Records founder, and manager of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, The Band, etc. Paul was instrumental in making the Runt song “We Gotta Get You A Woman,” (a song penned and recorded by Todd, about Paul), the first hit for Bearsville. Within two years he was elevated to President and Co-Owner of the label, a joint venture with Warner Bros. He oversaw development of Todd, Foghat, and others who achieved multi-platinum success.
Start the new year off right with an RR show!
RR will be launching our plan for helping with Tiki Iniki. We will also be talking about Toddstock II and more.
Our guest didn't make it so we played some great Todd music and talked about a variety of Todd related subjects.
Rundgren Radio Special Edition: Something/Anything? 40th Anniversary Celebration Show. Hosted by CruiserMel & guest host Thom Jennings. We are expecting a few guest callers and Bill Bricker will be calling in with an update on his S/A?40 Rolling Stone ad campaign. The album is listed at 173 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.
We'll be discussing the upcoming Utopia fan party and Todd Rundgren concerts at Cleveland's Agora and taking a stroll down memory lane with its longtime owner Henry Loconti. This is one history lesson music fans do not want to miss!
Michele will be on to discuss with us the new Rundgren venture "Tiki Iniki" AND Todd's 65th Birthday Celebration aka Toddstock 2! We also have some scoop for fans who live in or near Boston MA!
Special guest Mark Volman will be on to discuss Todd's Revival Camp. Also, Doug & CruiserMel will be discussing the next RR promoted Todd gigs coming up on 10/12-13 and continuing the post-Rockford discussion.
Mark Volman is an American rock and roll singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles. Volman became a stand-out figure upon joining the Mothers of Invention under the tutelage of Frank Zappa. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "Flo".
Discussion about the two Todd Rundgren and Rockford Symphony Orchestra concerts last weekend at the Coronado PAC in Rockford, IL and of course the RR Family Reunion Party!
Special guests RSO Conductor Steve Larsen and TR RSO concerts drummer Eddie Zyne.
SPECIAL EDITION RUNDGREN RADIO SHOW: The classic and epic Pete Fornatale Mixed Bag interview with Todd Rundgren from the LIARS period. This show is being aired in honor and memory of Pete. Unfortunately Pete passed away on April 26th. He was 66. Pete was a disc jockey who helped usher in a musical alternative to Top 40 AM radio in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s, presenting progressive rock and long album tracks that AM stations wouldn’t touch and helping to give WNEW a major presence on the still-young FM dial. Last year, Pete was a special guest panelist at Todd Rundgren's Musical Survival Camp and a guest on one of Rundgren Radio's "Camp Counselor Series" shows.
RundgrenRadio.com will be presenting two Todd Rundgren concerts where he will be accompanied by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. The concerts will take place on June 1st and 2nd of 2012 at the historic Coronado Performing Arts Center in Rockford, IL. In September of last year, Todd performed concerts in the Netherlands with the Metropole Orchestra. The concerts in Rockford will be his first ever with an orchestra in the USA. RRFR = Rundgren Radio Family Reunion
SPECIAL EDITION RR SHOW! The who, what, where, when, and why of this year's RR party event. We've brought you parties as part of Todd In Vegas, AWATS Live, Todd+Healing Live, Todd Rundgren's Utopia Live, and we're not done yet! It's not what you think it is, it's not where you think it is, and it's not when you think it is -- the mystery wil be revealed TONIGHT!
Rundgren Radio Special Edition with guest Eric Gardner, Todd Rundgren's manager. Eric will be giving us some Todd updates and explaining why they Todd gigs at the Agora in Cleveland were postponed. Bill Bricker from Toddata.com will also be on to discuss his Rolling Stone ad campaign to promote the 40th Anniversary of Todd Rundgren's gold album Something/Anything?. Bill will be announcing the winner of his Toddlehead Contest too!
Special Edition Show: Mark Moogy Klingman Remembered. Moogy passed away on 11/15/11. Rest in peace Moogy, you will be missed.
Todd Rundgren's Utopia Reunion Special Edition Rundgren Radio Show with guest Moogy Klingman! Todd Rundgren's Utopia 2011 tour features Todd Rundgren, Kevin Ellman, Jesse Gress, Moogy Klingman, John Siegler, Ralph Schuckett, and Kasim Sulton. This is the band's first tour in 35 years.
Todd Rundgren's Utopia began touring in 1973 before releasing their first album in 1974, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, an LP with four progressive rock songs including a 30+ minute song, The Ikon, which took up the entire side two of the LP. In 1975, the band released their second and final album, Another Live, which included the song, "The Seven Rays", a highly popular song with the band's most avid fans.
Your chance to get more details about the Todd Rundgren's Utopia concert in Akron, OH on 11/12/11 presented by RundgrenRadio.com! We'll also be playing a few clips from Joe Guido's new CD that features some of the members of TR's Utopia.
Year IV is over for RR and we are going to play clips from some of the best moments from the Year IV shows! Consider this the Cliff Notes if you missed any or all of this season of RR :-). Guests included Todd Rundgren, Utopia Mark II band, Greg Hawkes, Choir Master Dirk Hillyer, Waymon Boone, Lenny Kaye, and more! Our 4th year was from 8/29/10 to 8/29/11.
Rundgren Radio airs this Tuesday night at 8:30pm ET with guest Brian Roland from the company TodoCast. They are doing the Live PPV and VOD of Todd's concert at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on July 16th.
RundgrenRadio.com returns for yet another show this Tuesday night 7/5/11 at 8:30pm. News, new tour dates, XM/Sirius TR show replay, bootleg action, and even some NEW fan promos :-)!
The campers and counselors for TR's Musical Survival Camp are now in the Foothills and we are going to speak to some of them to get some live reports on how things are going so far! Our first caller will be Michele Rundgren!
Also, all Kasim Sulton and Eliot Lewis fans should listen in for info on how to get these guys to their town for a gig!
Rundgren Radio TR's Musical Camp Counselor Series special guests Pete Fornatale and Chris Andersen!
Pete couldn't make the show last week but he'll be there tonight! Chris Andersen will also be calling in to give us some exclusive scoop and talk about his years and years of working with Todd Rundgren in the studio and on the road. Guest Host tonight is David Jurman.
Pete Fornatale is a New York radio fixture for over 40 years, Pete is one of the architects of progressive FM. The award-winning broadcaster is also author of 'Back to the Garden' and 'Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends,' and he can be heard every Saturday on WFUV radio’s Mixed Bag.
Chris Andersen is the President - Producer - Production manager at Nevessa Production Woodstock. Chris has also been a House Sound Mixer, Studio Engineer at Alchemedia Productions, Sound System Engineer, Studio Engineer at Bearsville Sound Studios, and Owner and Chief Engineer at Caledonia Productions.
For the last 25 years Randy has been an all-around stage technician for artists such as Roberta Flack, David Byrne, Bad company, Meat loaf, Blondie and Ted Nugent to name a few. Randy's been a TR crewman since Liars and now stage manages AWATS & Todd/Healing.
Greg is the keyboard player from The Cars. He has recorded with Paul McCartney and performs regularly with Flo & Eddie. He was a member of Todd's band for the recent AWATS and Todd/Healing tours. He also plays the ukulele.
Rundgren Radio's TR's Musical Survival Camp Counselor series continues with guest Lynn Robnett from Panacea Entertainment.
We're back -- again :-)! Some of TR's Musical Survival Camp counselors will be joining us including copyright expert Janet Kirker and write/musician Paul Myers.
For over 20 years, Janet has been spearheading projects for entertainment giants such as Warner Bros, Disney & Fox. Since 2005 at EMI, she's become recognized as one of the leading minds in copyright registration and the flow of rights worldwide. Janet was also a singer for 10 years and we'll be playing a song for ya!
San Francisco based writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Myers is the author of three music biographies, including the recent critically acclaimed study A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio. He's also written for Crawdaddy, Mix Magazine, Electronic Musician.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Prairie Prince! No bio needed we presume? Drummer for Todd and The Tubes. Lenny Kaye is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group. He will be a camp counselor at Todd Rundgren's upcoming "TR's Musical Survival Camp" this June. www.tr-i.com .
As musician, writer, and record producer, Lenny Kaye has been intimately invo...lved with an array of artists and bands. He has been a guitarist for poet-rocker Patti Smith since her band's inception more than thirty years ago, and is the co-author of Waylon, The Life Story of Waylon Jennings. He has worked in the studio with such artists as R.E.M., Suzanne Vega, Jim Carroll, Soul Asylum, Kristen Hersh and Allen Ginsberg, as well as his own solo muse. His seminal anthology of sixties' garage-rock, Nuggets, has long been regarded as defining a genre. You Call It Madness: The Sensuous Song of the Croon, an impressionistic study of the romantic singers of the 1930s, was published by Villard/Random House in 2004.
Guest host Thom Jennings will be taking calls from fans on the road seeing the Todd+Healing Albums Live shows. Regular hosts Doug & Cruisermel will be checking in from Toddledo to give you all the scoop on the first 3 shows and the CD Release Event happening the following day!
Paul Myers will be our guest and he'll be reading excerpts from his book, "A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio" as well as answering questions from the inquisitive hosts and callers. Guest host Thom Jennings will be sharing the airwaves with Cruisermel for this Tuesday's show.
Paul will only be on for about 45 minutes so the rest of the show will include announcements and a fan call in segment where you get to tell the hosts and listeners what you thought of the Todd+Healing concerts last September or give us the scoop on why you are going to the upcoming shows that start this Friday.
Costume night! Michele and Rachel worked diligently behind the scenes to help create the outfits for the Todd+Healing tour. We'll be breaking down that experience with both of these lovely ladies. Show starts at 8:30pm ET.
Michele Rundgren is a self professed "Has Been". She "has been" a Circus Trapeze Artist, a singer & dancer on Broadway, a member of the rock band "The Tubes", and back-up singer and "Brood Sow" for Todd Rund...gren. She has appeared many times on "The David Letterman Show" and on MTV.
Michele is married to pop and rock icon Todd Rundgren and she has been a fixture in the realm of all things Todd since the mid-eighties. Throughout the years, Michele has served many a role in “Todd’s World” including Production Manager during the “Nearly Human” recording sessions, singing backup during the ‘89-’91 tours, a TR-i dancer during Todd’s interactive tour and a rocker mom to three sons Randy, Rex, and Rebop.
Rachel Culp is the daughter of actor Robert Culp, for 25 years Rachel has been creating custom outfits for clients like The Tubes, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, Blue Oyster Cult, Mr. Big, Elvis Costello Band, and most recently Todd Rundgren's Todd-Healing tour.
We'll have special guests from choir members of both the upcoming Todd+Healing concerts as well as the previous tour in September!
First guest is George Hertzel. Since 1988, he has had the privilege of being the opening act for Todd 3 times. He will be joining Todd again, along with a vocal ensemble consisting of his music students, for the upcoming Toledo and Columbus “Todd" + "Healing” Albums Live concerts so we'll be discussing how that's going. He will also be sharing with us some stories about his experiences with Todd, Michele and Mary Lou and how he landed these gigs over the past 20+ years.
Rundgren Radio reProduction Before reProduced Night. We will be playing several of the original songs Todd has reproduced for his upcoming albums reProduction.
Rundgren Radio with Darryl Tookes, who sang backing vocals at the NYC Utopia reunion shows in January 2011.
We'll be taking calls for reviews of the Utopia Mark II concerts and then playing around 10 or more audio clips Cruisermel taped while at the My Record Fantasy Camp!
Rundgren Radio with Danny Heaps the organizer of Todd's newest venture....his Rock-n-Roll Survival Camp. Todd Rundgren will be checking in as well!
Rundgren Radio with guests Kevin Ellman, Moogy Klingman, Ralph Schuckett, and John Siegler.
Rundgren Radio Utopia Mark II Reunion Special with Kevin Ellman, Ralph Schuckett, and John Siegler.
We'll be doing our announcements as usual and then playing the entire "Up Against It" album! This is a consolation prize for the fans that want us to try and present this show in September :-).
Rundgren Radio with Michael Holman. We'll also be playing some more Todd Rundgren rarities.
Rundgren Radio CHOIR NIGHT! We'll have some choir members from the Todd/Healing tour checking in with us to give us their takes on the experience. Shine, shine, shine, shine, shine!
Rundgren Radio with special guest Gary Backstrom who is the ring leader of a Todd Tribute Band that will be performing a concert in the Boston area on 11/19/10/ that they've deemed "Road To Utopia".
Rundgren Radio will be airing a fan bootleg copy of Todd's 10/28/10 lecture at Indiana University.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Ken Owen who helped lead the charge to get Todd Rundgren to Indiana University as a Wells Scholar Professor.
Rundgren Radio with special guests Mitch Koulouris, Paul Myers and Glenn Gass. Mitch is the CEO of Gigatone Entertainment. Paul Myers is the author of "Todd Rundgren: A Wizard, A True Star In The Studio" which is scheduled to begin shipping out this month!
Glenn Gass is the main man responsible for the upcoming Todd teaching series at the University of Indiana. He is a Professor of Music at Indiana University, where he teaches a series of courses that he developed on the history of rock and popular music.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Dirk Hillyer, the Choir Master from the recent Todd Rundgren Todd/Healing tour.
We will be discussing the tour/events and taking calls from fans that want to share their opinion.
We will be discussing the upcoming tour that begins on 9/5 and playing some pre-recorded Todd interviews AND Prairie Prince will be calling in to discuss his artwork on the Healing album!
Rundgren Radio with special guest Cy Curnin of the band the Fixx. The Fixx will be opening for Todd Rundgren's album shows in St. Louis and Indianapolis this September!
Rundgren Radio with special guest Todd Rundgren. We will be discussing the upcoming Todd/Healing tour that begins Sept. 5th in Akron OH and continues for 5 more shows in less than 2 weeks. Info is available at SonsOf1984.com .
Rundgren Radio with special guest Peter Ponzol who played soprano sax on Todd Rundgren's song, "The Last Ride" from the Todd album.
The career of Peter Ponzol includes 30 years as an internationally known jazz and studio player. As a player, Peter has performed in most countries around the world, and has received not only a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Performance grant, but was also invited to Germany by the prestigious German Academic Exchange Service. He has given clinics and workshops worldwide and has taught in several universities
Not content to only play and teach, he has spent the past 20 years in the design and manufacture of his own line of very successful high end saxophone products. Peter's experience and talents were also utilized as a consultant and designer by some of the world's oldest and most respected saxophone companies in Germany and France.
Rundgren Radio with special guests Michele Rundgren and Bill Bricker who will be joining us to discuss the official merch for the upcoming Todd/Healing tour. Kasim Sulton will have an announcement. We will also be playing some audio clips from a few of the contestants in our My Record Fantasy Scholarship contest.
If you are unable to attend TFW 2010 in person - we will have a live report from Oakland, California at 6:00 pm ET, Saturday. We hope you will join us for the word from our color reporters who are lucky enough to be there.
Rundgren Radio with special guest David Skye of SHOUT Records, the company responsible for the upcoming Todd Rundgren 3-CD Box Set, "For Lack of Honest Work".
Rundgren Radio with special guest Gary Myrick.
Born in Dallas, Texas, Gary Myrick played guitar and sang in the Dallas/Fort Worth area starting as a teenager. Eventually, he built a significant enough reputation to be asked to join Austin, Texas band Kracker Jack, replacing Stevie Ray Vaughan who had left to begin his solo career.
After relocating to Los Angeles, California, he formed Gary Myrick & the Figures, releasing a self-titled album in 1980 which included the hit "She Talks in Stereo." Living in a Movie and the EP Language, featuring the percussive single "Guitar, Talk, Love & Drums" followed in 1981 and 1983, respectively. His combination of blues, rock and new wave won him airplay on modern rock radio stations in the United States and exposure on MTV throughout the 1980s. Two of his songs, "She Talks in Stereo" and "Time to Win," were used in the 1983 film Valley Girl. "She Talks in Stereo" made the top 100 songs of the decade on KROQ Radio.
Rundgren Radio SCOOP NIGHT! We have some scoop including the band for the September tour! Some or all members of the band will be calling in during the show and letting us know they are in! We also have special guest celebrity chef Steve Schimoler on to tell us about Chef Jam 2010!
We will be playing live versions of many of the songs from Todd Rundgren's "Healing" and "Todd" albums. Todd will be performing all of the songs from both albums live in their entirety beginning September 5, 2010 in Akron OH. More info is available at www.SonsOf1984.com.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Thom Mooney who was a member of the original rock group Nazz, along with guitarist Todd Rundgren, bassist Carson Van-Osten, and singer Stewkey Antoni.
After Nazz, Mooney became one of the most active rock drummers on the burgeoning 70's scene, eventually working as musical director and drummer for Rita Coolidge, as well as session work and writing with Men at Work's Colin Hay, John Hiatt, tours with Roger McGuinn, and many others. (He has drummed with Nazz, Fuse, Paris (with Bob Welch), the Curtis Brothers and Tattoo (with Wally Bryson).
Rundgren Radio with special guest 7 time Emmy Award winner Roy Firestone. His resume includes TV and radio commentator, interviewer, journalist, actor and more. Roy has interviewed over 5000 people. He has made appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, Larry King Live, Super Dave Osborne and Nightline. Firestone also appeared in the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire. He starred in a Married with Children episode and presented the Al Bundy Sport Spectacular.
So, where's the Todd connection? Roy is an avid Todd fan but more importantly he will be interviewing Todd in front of a live audience the night before the Todd Rundgren TODD+HEALING live concert in Glenside, PA! The interview will take place in Glenside or Philadelphia. More details will be coming soon and you can keep with any updates on www.SonsOf1984.com.
Updates on the Todd Rundgren's Johnson tour and the Todd+Healing tour. TWO SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING THE Todd+Healing tour!
Rundgren Radio with special guest Michael Shrieve. Over the course of his eminent career, Michael Shrieve has written, produced and played on albums that have sold millions of copies worldwide. As the original drummer for Santana, Michael – at age nineteen – was the youngest performer at Woodstock. He helped create the first eight albums of this seminal group, and was on the forefront of shaping a new musical era. Michael’s recording credits include the masters of popular and avant-garde music – Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Pete Townsend, Steve Winwood, Police guitarist Andy Summers, film composer Mark Isham, and such musical luminaries as John Mclaughlin, Stomu Yamash’ta, Klaus Schulze, Freddie Hubbard, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moriera and Amon Tobin. Many notable publications have cited Michael’s outstanding work: The New York Times, Downbeat, Billboard, Modern Drummer, Musician, Drum, Paris Match, Melody Maker, and Life Magazine. Michael Shrieve was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2005, Michael received the Guitar Center’s first annual “Lifetime Achievement Award.”
Rundgren Radio continues its Mondays in March series with special guest Michael Holman, a screenwriter/director based in New York City. His professional history began as a performer with the seminal, 1970’s theatrical rock band, The Tubes. During the early 1980’s Downtown Art Scene, he worked as a painter, musician and maker of short films. Holman was also a leading impresario, in the early days of Hip Hop. Today, as a filmmaker, Holman is an influential observer of popular culture and entertainment.
Rundgren Radio continues its Mondays in March series with special guest David Levine who will be discussing his latest creation the Muzemazer that he invented and developed into a product, Chromavoder™-- a digitally modeled analog polyphonic chromatic harmonizing instrument transposer. He is currently engaging in the launch of an internet-based Custom Programming Service targeting a commercial DSP platform, for distribution of Chromavoder™ into the musical performance effects and music education markets.
David will also be discussing with us his involvement with projects he's collaborated with Todd Rundgren on in the past such as the No World Order CD-i, The Individualist Enhanced CD, and Utopia Grokware.
Find out what's in store for Rundgren Radio's Birthday Bash III this Labor Day Weekend. We will be announcing Todd's decision on what he will be performing on the gig night! Last year brought us AWATS Live - - - what's going to happen in 2010?
Rundgren Radio moves to a Monday night for its first Mondays in March series on March 8, 2010.
Special guest Bill "Sputnik" Spooner, a musician, guitarist, and songwriter, and the founder of The Tubes, a theatrical rock band. His songwriting is known for its use of humor and satire. He has released two solo albums: First Chud (1985) and Mall to Mars (1997). He currently plays in the San Francisco Bay Area with his acoustic group, The Folk-Ups.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Ralph Legnini, a musician / songwriter / producer, and head of E Boy Music, a music production company and recording facility based in Woodstock, New York.
Ralph began his studio career working at Nile Rodgers Productions on records being produced for Madonna, David Bowie, and Mick Jagger and then on to production / studio manager for music wizard Todd Rundgren, overseeing everything from film and TV soundtracks, music videos, and records produced for XTC, Psychedelic Furs, Meatloaf, Jill Sobule, Jules Shear, Cheap Trick, and Paul Shaffer, along with all of Rundgren’s solo records, and those by Rundgren’s band, Utopia.
We will be replaying some of the best AWATS discussions from Todd's interviews over the last two years and be discussing the recent UK AWATS gig with Peter Noble and discussing both the UK and Amsterdam gigs with fans that were there!
Put on your thinking caps and join us tonight for Todd Rundgren / Utopia trivia. Yes, there will be prizes!
We will be playing the entire new CD "A Forum's Worth of Toons" which features Todd covers songs by some of his most avid fans -- most of them from TRconnection.com's forum. Before most of the songs, the musicians that covered them will be discussing why they chose their songs along with other relevant pieces of information.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Clayton Call, a professional photographer, drummer, and Todd fan. Clayton witnessed live concerts of every version of Utopia and has taken photos at some of the most famous of the Todd/Utopia shows. Some of his shots were used for the Sanctuary CD release of the 1979 Old Waldorf show. If time allows we will also be airing a 1993 interview featuring Todd on the Howard Stern show!
Some of our Todd fan friends volunteered to help us with clips from their favorite RundgrenRadio.com shows of 2009 and we will be playing those during this special edition Best of Rundgren Radio 2009 show! NOTE: The show originally aired 12/29 but we missed a few clips due to lack of live air time. This version features them all.
Book release party! Billy's new book, "A Dream Goes on Forever: The Continuing Story of Todd Rundgren Volume II" is available TODAY!
Post "A Wizard, A True Star" LIVE in California discussion to include perspectives on the opening act and the shows and reviews AND your phone calls!
We'll be reporting in before the Todd Rundgren "A Wizard, A True Star" gig at the Palace of Fine Arts and letting you hear from the fans that are going to the big show.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Sara Lee who recently played bass on the final Todd Rundgren ARENA shows. Sara is an English bassist and singer-songwriter, best known for replacing Dave Allen on bass guitar in post-punk band Gang of Four. Lee has played with many other artists, including Joan Osborne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Fiona Apple, and was a close friend of David Bowie bassist Gail Ann Dorsey. Lee re-joined the B-52's as a touring member in 1999. In 2000, she released her debut solo album Make It Beautiful on Difranco's Righteous Babe records.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Ralph Schuckett. Ralph is an American keyboardist, songwriter, record producer and TV/Film composer. He played with Clear Light 1966-68, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy 1968 to 1970, Jo Mama 1969-72, Carole King 1969-1972, Lou Reed 1972-73, Todd Rundgren and Utopia 1972-75. He will be touring with Todd Rundgren for the next 6 AWATS Live gigs.
Special guest Jenni Muldaur. Jenni has recently been touring as a backup singer with David Byrne. Last year she released her solo album, "Dearest Darling". In 1989 she sang backup vocals on Todd Rundgren's 2nd Wind album and in 1991 did the same for Todd's Nearly Human album.
Special guest hosts Michele Rundgren and Pippi will be discussing their upcoming play, "What I Was I Thinking: Bad Boyfriend Stories". Also, Kasim Sulton will be checking in for a few minutes.
Live from the Todd Rundgren AWATS gig in Minnesota. Guest host Roger Linder from TRconnection.com.
AWATS Live post-show! This will be our first radio show after seeing the first two AWATS Live shows in Akron.
The last show we'll have before the Todd Rundgren "A Wizard, A True Star" Live tour begins!
Special guest Brett Milano who wrote liners notes for many of Todd Rundgren's CD reissues. Guest host Roger Linder from TRconnection.com.
Special guest Arthur Wood who painted the album cover for Todd Rundgren's "A Wizard, A True Star" album.
Brent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg will be our special guests. Both were founding members of Bourgeois Tagg and have recently released a reunion DVD and are authors, in their own right. Check it out!
Special guest Paul Freeman. Welshman Paul Freeman has been touring with Todd Rundgren, and will be going on road with the likes of Joe Cocker and Edwin McCain this summer. Also, you'll want to see who is our special surprise guest!
Special guest Gregg Rubin who is Todd Rundgren's current live sound engineer. Gregg was previously Harry Connick's live and studio sound engineer.
Tony Stevens was the bass player for the band Foghat. in 1971 Bearsville Records founder Albert Grossman brought Foghat into a recording studio to lay down some initial tracks with producer Todd Rundgren. Unfortunately, the pairing didn't pan out and the effort was scrapped, although some of the tracks that Rundgren recorded with the group were included on their debut album.
Special guest John Oates of the pop music duo Hall & Oates. The duo has recorded 21 albums which have sold over 80 million units worldwide, making them arguably the most successful duo in pop/rock history. They have scored 10 number one records, over 20 top 40 hits and have toured the world for decades. John also has two solo albums, "Phunk Shui" (2002) and "1000 Miles of Life" (2008). For more info, please visit: http://www.johnoates.com/ .
Another "A Wizard, A True Star" show. Live and cover versions of some of the songs from the album.
Special guest Rick Derringer. ROCK AND ROLL, HOOCHIE KOO! HANG ON SLOOPY! Guitarist Rick Derringer played on 4 of Todd Rundgren's solo albums including A WIZARD, A TRUE STAR! Rick's resume is so extensive you'll need to check his website for all the other information ... http://www.rickderringer.com/
Special guest Todd Rundgren will be on to discuss several things including the June ARENA tour and his upcoming first ever live performance of the entire A Wizard, A True Star album!
Fans will be calling in to tell us their feelings on Todd's album "A Wizard, A True Star" which he will perform live on 9/6/09 in Akron OH.
Our special guest is author Paul Myers. He is writing a book about Todd's studio work. We will also be making a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT tonight for Todd fans.
Jim Colgrove played on Todd's recording of "Piss Aaron" from the Something/Anything? album and is a member of the band "Great Speckled Bird". John Holbrook engineered for Utopia and is the sped up voice on 'Singring And The Glass Guitar" from their RA album. He also engineered Roger Powell's album "Air Pocket".
A brief interview with Ken Owen, the facilitator of Todd Rundgren's lecture at DePauw University on 4/8/09, followed by a replay of the entire lecture/interview!
Utopian Mark I keyboardist David Mason will be our special guest. David co-wrote Utopia Theme and most Todd fans don't know a lot about him and his time with Utopia but that's about to change. He has also toured with Joe Walsh and Jackson Browne.
We'll be at the Todd gig in Birmingham, AL and you'll hear from several fans that are in town for it. We're not sure how long the show will last but expect some fun as we pass the phone around after several hours of partying!
Special guest Matt Bolton. He played keyboards and guitar on the first leg of Todd Rundgren's ARENA tour which included Toddstock and the Colorado show that was filmed by HDnet.
Special guest Eric Gardner who has been Todd's Business Manager for over 30 years. There's much more on his resume than that so get ready to learn a lot about Eric.
Special guest John Siegler. A member of Utopia Mark II, he played bass and cello on Utopia's first two albums, "Todd Rundgren's Utopia" and "Another Live". John is still in the music business including composing music and theme songs for the Pokemon anime.
Special guest Pamela Des Barres. She is a former rock and roll groupie, author, and magazine writer. Des Barres wrote two memoirs about her experience as a groupie, I'm with the Band (1987) and Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up (1993), as well as two other non-fiction books. [This is an improved replay to get rid of static that was in the original show that aired on 3/3/09]
Special guest Mary Lou Arnold. She has been on stage, in the recording studio, and behind the scenes on the road keeping all the tour details together for Todd Rundgren since the 80's.
Special guest Jesse Gress who is a rock guitarist. He tours and records with Todd Rundgren and the Tony Levin Band, and plays on all four of John Ferenzik's albums. A performer, music educator, and former music editor of Guitar Player, Jesse has hundreds of transcription folios and magazine articles to his credit, as well as five acclaimed reference books: Guitar Licks of the Texas Blues-Rock Heroes, GuitaRevolution - Lessons from the Groundbreakers & Innovators, The Guitar Cookbook, Guitar Lick Factory, and Guitar Licks of the Brit-Rock Heroes. He currently creates content for Guitar Player and Line 6's GuitarPort. There are over 100 published transcription folios containing Gress's work.
Special guest Michele Rundgren! She's baaaaaack! No show on Tuesday this week due to the Presidential Inauguration.
This is an edited version featuring just the part when David was on the program. The original show aired on January 6, 2009.
Special guest Colin Moulding formerly of the wave/rock/pop group XTC, in which he was the bassist and secondary songwriter and vocalist. Though less prolific than bandmate Andy Partridge, he has written many of the group's most popular songs, including their first three UK hit singles: "Life Begins At The Hop", "Making Plans For Nigel", and "Generals and Majors". Moulding contributed five tracks to XTC's album Skylarking, which was produced by Todd Rundgren in 1986.
Special guests Ev and Ryan Olcott formerly of the band 12 Rods. Their year 2000 album "Separation Anxieties" was produced by Todd Rundgren.
Special guest "Randy The Roadie". Randy is currently touring with Todd Rundgren and frequently tours with Meatloaf. You may remember him from some of Kasim Sulton's youtube videos last year concerning germs and disinfectants. This show will air one day after Randy returns from Todd's 2008 European tour!
Special guest Jill Sobule who is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Sobule's debut album "Things Here Are Different" was released in 1990 and produced by Todd Rundgren.
Special guests married couple Danny O'Connor and Rachel Culp. Danny has done art design work for Todd and Rachel has done creative clothing work for Todd.
Presidential Election Night Special! We know most of you want to follow the voting so instead of talking we'll just be playing some Todd/Utopia songs that have a political slant to them. Enjoy them as you watch the boob tube tonight!
TR-ick Or TReat ToddCast Special! Replay from a TRconnection.com 2005 Toddcast. Author: EJ Haas. 'Tis the season to be spooky! If you like those classic Midnight Monster Chiller Horror Movies, you're gonna LOVE this! EJ proudly presents the ToddCast Halloween Special, a Macabre Masterpiece of Toddish Terror, LIVE (sort of) from Toddsylvania!
Special guest Kenny Emerson. In between his love of traditional Hawaiian music, Ken has played and/or toured with many luminaries in the musical world beyond Hawaii including Todd Rundgren, Taj Mahal, Boz Scaggs, Jackson Browne, Donald Fagen, Dave Mason, Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop, Graham Nash, San Francisco’s Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann, Pablo Cruise Band and The Rowan Brothers.
Special guest Ellen Foley who is an American singer and actress whose range of talent and experience has spanned edgy rock, mainstream pop, standard Broadway, sitcom television, and Hollywood. Her first big break was singing the duet with Meat Loaf on "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". Bat out of Hell is a 1977 album by singer Meat Loaf, songwriter Jim Steinman, and producer Todd Rundgren that became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
Special guest Moe Berg who was in "The Pursuit of Happiness", a Canadian college rock group, who were one of Canada's most successful independent bands in the 1980s. in 1988, they signed to Chrysalis Records. Their debut album, Love Junk, was produced by Todd Rundgren and released that year. "I'm an Adult Now" was re-recorded and released as a single again, making it to the charts a second time. It was followed by "She's So Young" and "Hard To Laugh". The album sold over 100,000 copies in Canada, was certified platinum, and is considered one of the classics of Canadian rock. The band's follow-up album was also produced by Rundgren, 1990's One Sided Story. That album was led by the hit singles "New Language" and "Two Girls in One".
Arena Launch Party Part Two is all about interviews with Todd's current Arena tour band featuring Rachel Haden, Prairie Prince, Jesse Gress, and Kasim Sulton. ARENA was released today 9/10/08 so go get your copy or order it here by clicking on the Arena album cover!
Special guest TODD RUNDGREN who will be discussing his new album ARENA as well as giving listeners some scoop!
Special guest Denny Laine formerly of The Moody Blues and Wings. Denny recently toured with Todd Rundgren as part of the Sgt.Pepper's album tribute, "It Was 40 Years Ago Today".
Doug and Cruisermel made some announcements and also played a 1978 BBC interview with Todd and played some Todd/Utopia music.
Special guest Kevin Ellman who was a former drummer for Todd Rundgren's Utopia including their first album.
Special guests Peter Noble who is doing public relations for Todd's new album and UK tour.
Special guest Rachel Haden who is the current bass guitarist for Todd Rundgren on his "Arena Rock" tour, and one of the triplet daughters of free jazz bassist Charlie Haden.
Special guest Brent Bourgeois, an American rock musician, songwriter, and producer. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg with Larry Tagg, and has released several solo albums. His later work has been classified in the genres Pop and Contemporary Christian Music. In 1987, the band recorded their second album, YoYo, with esteemed producer Todd Rundgren. When it was released in the autumn of that year, the band had their biggest hit with its first single, "I Don't Mind At All".
1972 Bearsville Promo - Todd Rundgren. An hour of wildness! The official name is "The Todd Rundgren Radio Show", which was a one hour special conceived, produced and featuring TR. This was a companion piece to the album "Something/Anything" but was only released to DJs. It was later released (limited) in Japan in a Bearsville Box Set but is still considered ultra rare!
The Let's Talk ARENA Show! Pre-recorded 10 minute interview with Todd by Steve Skinner will start the show followed by more ARENA album and tour talk.
Rundgren Radio Post Toddstock Show 2. Fans call in to tell their thoughts and stories from Toddstock 2009.
Rundgren Radio Post Toddstock Show 1 of 2 - fans call in and tell their Toddstock thoughts and stories.
Special guests Hunt and Tony Sales! The Sales brothers were original members of Todd Rundgren's UTOPIA and also played on the RUNT album. They have a new CD available titled "Hired Guns".
Q&A session with Todd Rundgren from Toddstock! Fans will be asking Todd questions at a house party in Hawaii.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Jean-Yves "M. Frog" Labat - Original Utopian synthesist.
Jean-Yves Labat de Rossi (aka M. Frog and M. Frog Labat,) referred to as "an experimental musician living in Woodstock," was Todd Rundgren's synthesist on the first Utopia album. M. Frog, his only solo release, came out on Albert Grossman's Bearsville label in 1973.
Rundgren Radio Aloha Show - Toddstock 1 info. Special guests Lynn from Panacea Entertainment and Michele Rundgren.
Special Guest Nikki Nichols, costume designer for Todd and Utopia during some of the 1970's including the infamous peacock outfit for the TV show Midnight Special.
Special guest Nikki Nichols who was Todd Rundgren and Utopia's clothing designer for years. Nikki is credited with Todd's infamous "peacock outfit" he wore on the "Midnight Special" TV performance in the '70's where he sang "Hello It's Me". There's a verse in Utopia's song, "One World" where they mention Nikki, "I see Chrissy the clipper, she colors my hair, Nikki and Margaret make the clothes that we wear".
Special guest Michele Rundgren will be discussing Todd Rundgren's 60th B'day Bash Camporee in Hawaii that takes place next month. Michele will be fielding questions from Doug for a good while and then listeners can call in with their questions. Find out the how's and why's of this event straight from the source! Want to know when the schedule of events is going to be out? Want to know what kind of entertainment will be there? Want to know if Kasim is going to be there?
This show will feature the Todd album "Runt" and will include interview clips from Hunt and Tony Sales, ND Smart, Moogy, and maybe more! After the review listeners can call in to discuss the album.
This show features "independent artists" whose musical careers have been influenced by Todd Rundgren. The artists will be telling listeners what the influence was before each song.
Special guest David Gregory of XTC fame. Todd Rundgren produced XTC's album "Skylarking".
Special guest David Gregory of XTC fame. Todd Rundgren produced XTC's album "Skylarking".
Andy Partridge is a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the new wave band XTC. Todd Rundgren produced XTC's popular album "Skylarking".
Rundgren Radio with special guest Doug Kennedy with some rare Todd and Kasim music mixed in.
Rundgren Radio with special guest Robert "Stewkey" Antoni lead vocalist and keyboard player of The Nazz. The Nazz was a legendary late 60's Philly quartet whose guitarist and main songwriter was Todd Rundgren.
Rundgren Radio Special guest Atom Ellis. CruiserMel will be filling in as host for this show and speaking with the fill-in bass player for The New Cars in 2007.
This show will be going on before and during some of Todd Rundgren's concert this Saturday night 1/19/2008 in Covington, KY! You'll hear from some of the fans at the show and the merch table.
Rundgren Radio Special guest Jesse Gress. Jesse Gress tours and records with Todd Rundgren and the Grammy-nominated Tony Levin Band. A respected performer, music educator, and former music editor of Guitar Player magazine.
Rundgren Radio special guest guitarist Lyle Workman. Lyle was enlisted as a member of Todd Rundgren's group, recording Nearly Human (1989) and Second Wind (1991).
Rundgren Radio with guests Billy James and Tony Rogers. We will be discussing their biography book series titled, "A Dream Goes On Forever: the continuing story of Todd Rundgren". Volume 1 was published in 2002.
Episode 28. Year end special w/ greetings from Europe, interview with Jean Lannen, and CruiserMel plays some musical selections from previous show guests.
Episode 27. Special guest bassist Tony Levin from King Crimson. Tony Levin played with Todd Rundgren during the early part of the 2007 East Coast Tour. He has also played with many other popular musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Yes, & Pink Floyd.
Rundgren Radio LIVE at Todd Rundgren's concert in Dallas TX at HBO! This show will be going on before and during some of Todd Rundgren's first concert of his December 2007 tour! You'll hear from some of the fans at the show and some of the concert (note: sound was bad - phone compressed it - but you can hear Todd talk in-between songs with no issues).
Special guest MOOGY Klingman. Moogy was a founding member of Todd Rundgren's "Utopia". Moogy has played, recorded and/or had his songs covered by many rock legends, including Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Luther Van Dross, Bob Dylan, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Allan Woody and Warren Haynes from the Allman Bros & Gov't Mule. Moogy has worked with great female rockers like Bette Midler, Carly Simon, Cindy Lauper, Shawn Colvin, Irene Cara, and Thelma Houston. www.moogymusic.com
Special guest John Ferenzik. John was a keyboardist for Todd Rundgren's "LIARS" tour in 2004. He also tours some with Jefferson Starship and has his own solo material as well.
Special guest John Montagna. John was the bass player for Todd Rundgren's East Coast tour in early 2007. He also tours with The Alan Parsons Project and will be releasing his own solo CD soon.
Episode 18. Special guest Michael Urbano Michael will be the drummer for Todd's concert gigs this December!
Episode 17. Special guest Roger Powell Roger was the keyboardist and did some vocals for the band Utopia and now has his own solo work.
Special guest Roger Powell. Roger was the keyboardist and did some vocals for the band Utopia and now has his own solo work. Listeners are encouraged to call in if they'd like to ask Roger a question.
Michele will be hosting the show this week as RR Doug the regular host takes a vacation. Expect surprises and lots of fun from more than just one member of the Rundgren family!
Episode 10. Special guest Todd Reynolds. Todd Reynolds was in the band Ethel when they toured with Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson. He is currently doing solo work and you can find out more at www.ToddReynolds.com.
Episode 9. The Difference was a radio program where Todd Rundgren was the DJ circa 1996.
Rundgren Radio Rocktober Fan Show for West Coasters featuring YOU the fans! Call in and tell us your TR story! This show is starting late a little late for the East Coast but is perfect for the West Coast.
Episode 5. Special guest musician Mike Keneally, former Zappa guitarist & keyboardist, raving genius, and Todd fan!
Episode 4. Special guest musician Shandi Sinnamon. Shandi toured with Todd Rundgren for 2 years and did background vocals on several of his albums. She also has her own music now and won a Grammy!
Episode 3. Special guest musician Alec Roeser Alec is an up-and-coming young musician that considers Todd Rundgren to be a major influence and it clearly comes across in his music.
Todd's wife Michele will be joining the show and taking questions from callers! She will also be sharing the long awaited DETAILS on renting the Rundgren house in Hawaii!
Episode 1
Bill Bricker's 40th Anniversary Todd Rundgren tribute ad. Bill will be discussing the progress of his Rolling Stone tribute ad for Todd Rundgren and making an EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Bill Bricker's 40th Anniversary Todd Rundgren tribute ad. Bill will be discussing the progress of his Rolling Stone tribute ad for Todd Rundgren and making an EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!