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by Cara CarriveauFinally. A podcast that REALLY rocks. Welcome to Cara's Basement! Your host Cara Carriveau is a Chicago radio personality, spending the past decade at WLUP and WTMX. This podcast is not affiliated with any radio station - it is really coming to you directly from her basement!
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MelodicRockFest: Kelly Keagy, Jimi Jamison, Jim Peterik
22/09/2007
MelodicRockFest is the celebration of 10 years of one of the most awesome websites (I check it out often), www.MelodicRock.com.
Three of the many artists that will be part of that concert are in CARA'S BASEMENT: Jim Peterik (ex-Survivor), Jimi Jameison (ex-Survivor) & Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger). Andrew McNeice, the founder of www.MelodicRock.com and organizer of MelodicRockFest, also checks in.
What an incredible line up at The Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend, Indiana on Saturday, October 6...
SCRAP METAL - featuring Matthew & Gunnar Nelson (Nelson Brothers), Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Mark Slaughter (Slaughter), Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger) with special guests Jim Peterik (ex-Survivor), Jimi Jamison (ex-Survivor), Jack Blades (Night Ranger), and probably more guests. Kevin Chalfant will perform plus many other artists - check out the full details at www.melodicrock.com/southbend/index.html
Kevin Chalfant, Singer & Songwriter Extraordinaire
06/09/2007
Singer/Songwriter Kevin Chalfant is a wonderful talent and a great friend. He has been in many bands (The Storm, 707, Shooting Star, The View, Two Fires, etc.) written songs for others (Cher, etc) and recorded several solo albums. His latest effort is his tribute to his favorite band, Journey. You'll get to hear a bit of it in the beginning and also the very end of the interview - you won't believe how good he nails it. Years ago he sang in my backyard (you'll hear us talk about that party in our interview) and my neighbors were convinced that Journey was playing!
Kevin Chalfant is part of the amazing line-up of MelodicRockFest at The Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend, IN on October 6.
MelodicRockFest details at www.MelodicRock.com
Get Kevin's new CD at www.cliquerecords.com
Dino Kourelis from Lovehammers and Peter Himmelman
23/08/2007
It's a TWOFER...please try to listen to BOTH fascinating interviews.
(total runtime is 28:54)
First, you'll hear a fun phone call with Dino Kourelis - bass player with Marty Casey & The Lovehammers (one of my very favorite bands!). We spoke while his infant son slept on his lap. If you know what a crazy rocker his is, that mental image is very unique! He discusses new ventures for The Lovehammers and their strong bond with their fans, among other things.
Next, I had a very intense conversation with Peter Himmelman. We spoke not long after he played the "kids-a-palooza" stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago. Peter Himmelman is an Emmy-nominated TV
composer, an acclaimed creator of children's music and a shares his vast knowledge and offers great advice about the music business. He gets very deep with every topic we discuss.
Lollapalooza & Ozzfest Extravanganza
10/08/2007
First, you'll hear a short conversation with Ikaro, lead singer of Ankla, an excellent metal band on the Ozzfest tour. We spoke a few minutes before they hit the stage in Chicago. He shares some funny backstage Ozzfest
stories (the lead singer of Lamb of God likes to BBQ for all the bands
on the tour) and breaks the news of their involvement in next years'
Sirius Sattelite Radio tour.
Next, you'll hear Against Me! lead singer Tom Gabel. We spoke two days before they played Lollapalooza as he sat in his tour bus. He has a very interesting story about his disgust with CBGB's and talks in detail about his creative process. He's truly a songwriting genius and has a great sense of humor.
Finally, you'll hear from the real School Of Rock president and founder, Paul Green. The School Of Rock Allstars played the "kids-a-palooza" stage at Lollapalooza
and we chatted as he was on the way to the catering tent before they
performed. He looks, sounds, and even acts just like the character
Jack Black played in the movie - yet the movie supposedly was not based
on him. Yeah, right.
Stephen Pearcy from RATT
18/07/2007
I can now honestly say I have a RATT in my cellar, since original RATT lead singer Stephen Pearcy is in Cara's Basement!
It's quite a shock that RATT has recently reunited and is touring. Some very bad words were said to the press years ago by members of RATT about each other. Stephen obviously wasn't happy when there was a RATT reunion without him a few years ago. But they've patched things up and are currently touring with Poison (it should be called The RATT POISON Tour!). It's almost the entire original lineup.
Stephen discusses this reunion, the past, the future...hope you enjoy this episode of Cara's Basement!
