Best The Cowsills Podcasts (2024)

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143: (W)here's John 1:00:37

3d ago1:00:37

1:00:37

Well everybody we have finally come up with a new guest this week....OUR BROTHER JOHN!!!!!! He's not a Beach Boy, he'll aways be a Cowsill, he's not an Action Skuller, he isn't missing, no more "Where's John?"episodes so what's up? Well he is here with us and we had a heck of a visit. He's got a little "I'm here to claim my legacy" kind of thing go…

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Sympathetic String: Emily and Robert talk to John Cowsill about Vinnie Bell, electric sitar and The Family Business 1:19:03

10d ago1:19:03

1:19:03

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Robert and Emily host their first "Party Line" with John Cowsill of the original family band the Cowsills. John shares details from a lifetime spent in show business, starting with his family's band which inspired the Partridge Family, and playing drums alongside session gurus such as Vinnie Bell and …

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142: What's Happening in Cowsillland! 43:10

8d ago43:10

43:10

Well everybody we are back on schedule and back in the saddle. It's been a challenge producing episodes on the road but we love it. Today we kind of get back in to the swing of things and get you all caught up on what's happening in Cowsillland! Hope you enjoy the episode and we will see you next week with our next new guest our brother John. We'll…

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Sympathetic String: Style Lessons from L.A.-based "Recreationist" Julian Bailinson 1:04:57

17d ago1:04:57

1:04:57

On this episode of the The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily talks with Julian Bailinson about staying evergreen with his brand-new Danelectro Sitar and Dead On '67 reissue. More on Julian: "Southern California singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, specializing in 60s-recreationist retro pop." https://www.instagram.com/rickenbacker.j…

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141: Our First Episode 37:02

17d ago37:02

37:02

Hey everyone as you know we're out here on the Happy Together Tour for the summer. Sometimes we hit a snag on the road and production of our podcast gets interrupted due to road circumstances...such as this week (and last). Rather than let the same episode run another week we thought it would be fun to focus on our very first episode and return tha…

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Sympathetic String: Lipstick Pickup "Gear Talk" with Nashville Singer-Songwriter Ray Duncan 44:22

25d ago44:22

44:22

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily talks with Nashville's Ray Duncan about her Danelectro and the fine art of being "Vintage 90's". More on Ray... https://www.instagram.com/rayduncanmusic/?hl=en https://rayduncanmusic.com/ "Born in Cambria, California, Ray has been performing all her life. Playing her first shows at only 13 years…

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140: Newport in '66 54:01

29d ago54:01

54:01

Hi everybody!! We're doing great out here on the Happy Together Tour having great shows with great audiences. Today we visit about life at Halidon Hall, the mansion on the hill in Newport, Rhode Island where we lived just before we moved to New York. We were on the cusp of making it big and we have a lot of fun memories to share with you about life…

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Sympathetic String: Talking SUSTAIN-ability and Masonite guitars with Nashville-based luthier Wade Cofer 1:23:00

1M ago1:23:00

1:23:00

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily tracks down musician and luthier Wade Cofer to talk to him about Masonite guitars and she gets that and a whole lot more. Wade really knows something about tone, road life, AND just to top it off...he's from Texas. We hope you'll enjoy the chat.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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Sympathetic String: Goin' Greek with DeeOhGee's Matthew Paige and a Danelectro Bellzouki 1:10:05

1M ago1:10:05

1:10:05

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily puts her Danelectro Bellzouki in the capable hands of Matthew Paige who teaches her a thing or two about its possibilities.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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139: Life in the Early 60's 53:10

1M ago53:10

53:10

Hello everybody we've been asked to continue through our historical walk through the different places we've lived and what life was like in them. Today we cover life in Ohio circa 1958, 59, 60, 61. Susan is not on this episode as she was born in Ohio and we left when she was three so there's no memories.... if she does have any we'll talk with her …

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It Came From Memphis, continued.... 36:32

1M ago36:32

36:32

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Robert and Emily have a brief discussion about the new Stax documentary on HBO and it's a consensus, two big thumbs up. They also do some amateur detective work on what happened to Chips Moman's Coral sitar that was used extensively at American Sound Studio.…

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138: Harmonies on Indian Avenue 59:48

1M ago59:48

59:48

Well folks we are heading out for our summer tour, our 10th Happy Together Tour. So exciting to still be going and still be at it. We had such fun last week describing our life in Santa Monica when we arrived in late 1968 on top of the world we thought we'd continue the theme this week and next even. Today we talk some about life on Indian Avenue i…

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S2 E95 - Billy’s Bubble - Raven Drum Foundation 54:17

2M ago54:17

54:17

Hello everyone, welcome to Billy’s Bubble! This episode features a behind-the-scenes look into Def Leppard’s Rick Allen and singer/songwriter Lauren Monroe’s organization Raven Drum Foundation. The organization was started twenty years ago by Rick & Lauren to raise awareness of healing through music, with drum circles, (with many top drummers & mus…

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Philadelphia Story Part 1: Guitarist Bobby Eli 34:32

2M ago34:32

34:32

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Robert and Emily kick off their deep-dive into The Sound of Philadelphia by discussing the late, great session guitarist Bobby Eli.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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137: Santa Monica in the 60's 1:01:05

2M ago1:01:05

1:01:05

Hi everybody we thought it would be fun to visit with you about life in Santa Monica when we moved out there from New York I'm City in 1968-69. We were living on top of the world. We cover a lot of this and that and it's a lot of fun hope you enjoy the episodeBy The Cowsills

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Sympathetic String: Travelin' Light to Vermont with Kevin Bloom from The Dead Shakers 1:09:12

2M ago1:09:12

1:09:12

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily gets the opportunity to talk to Dead Shaker Kevin Bloom about his Danelectro baritone guitar and the fine art of forming a "collective" and a collection. "The Dead Shakers are an acid washed vegan rock band from Burlington, VT led by Kevin Bloom. Floating in form as a collective, the group appea…

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136: Interview With The Kings 1:19:56

2M ago1:19:56

1:19:56

Hello all this week's guest hails from Canada and they are the power rock pop group The Kings. The Kings made their mark in the early 80's and have not stopped and currently are promoting their 2024 album/CD release "The Longest Story Ever Told". We hope you enjoy this visit with one of Canada's great rock bands as we travel a long and winding road…

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Lip Service: Robert Returns From Jazz Fest Duty 44:15

2M ago44:15

44:15

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Robert returns from a month-long tour of duty at New Orleans Jazz Fest. There's a lot to catch up on and they also discuss future episodes and The Nat Turner Rebellion.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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Sympathetic String: Getting in the Philly Soul Mood with Ben Vaughn 1:12:30

2M ago1:12:30

1:12:30

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily takes a shot at "going pro" when she gets the chance to talk to renowned recording artist and musicologist Ben Vaughn. It's a solid hour-long chat where Mr. Vaughn knocks it out of the park with knowledge and experience about everything from working with Reggie Young to the legacy and influence …

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135: Hanging Out and Catching Up! 49:24

2M ago49:24

49:24

Wow that was some interview last week with Frank Stallone that was a long episode thanks for hanging in on that one great conversation. Today no guest we're just chatting it up a bit we'll get back to guesting next week. We're getting ready to head out to North Tonawanda to perform Saturday night looking forward to that ...enjoy life wherever you a…

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'All You Need Is Love' Author Steven Gaines 1:16:22

2M ago1:16:22

1:16:22

Cha-Chi and David, along with guest Steven Gaines, explore the historical and cultural significance of The Beatles through Gaines' books, including 'All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words.' The episode delves into behind-the-scenes stories, personal interactions with The Beatles, and their enduring legacy in music and society. Gaines …

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Sympathetic String: Nashville's Patrick Sweany Slides Back with his Danelectro 53:09

2M ago53:09

53:09

On this episode of the The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, bluesman Patrick Sweany returns for more "tone talk" and his approach to slide guitar gear.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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134: Interview with Frank Stallone 1:36:11

3M ago1:36:11

1:36:11

We had a great time at the California Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony everyone. One of the highlights of our evening was meeting Frank Stallone. What a gentleman! We had such a nice encounter that Frank was amenable to guesting on our podcast so today we have a great visit to share with you with Frank Stallone. What a story and what a nice gu…

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Sympathetic String: Going Places with Nashville's Matthew Paige and his Silvertone 1457 Amp-in-Case 29:13

3M ago29:13

29:13

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Emily gets to talk with DeeOhGee's Matthew Paige about his beloved Silvertone 1457 Amp-In-Case. TranscriptBy Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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Sympathetic String: Celebrating Record Store Day 2024 with drummer Pete Hayes of The Figgs 1:11:48

3M ago1:11:48

1:11:48

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Emily gets a chance to spend Saturday morning drinking coffee and talking records with drummer Pete Hayes of The Figgs.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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133: Interview with COMPASS 1:06:28

3M ago1:06:28

1:06:28

Hi folks this week we are visiting the family band COMPASS who hail from Canton, Ohio. They are 16 yr old Arianna and her 2 younger brothers Harrison on guitar (ahead of his time he's so good) and Johnny their 10 year old drummer (who started drumming at age 7 sound familiar anyone?) and then Constantine who will be playing keyboards when he gets a…

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Sympathetic String: Keeping the Vibration High with Nashville's Matthew Paige and his REAL sitar 34:31

3M ago34:31

34:31

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Emily gets REAL sitar lessons from Nashville Rocker and Mod, Mr. Matthew Paige. More on Matthew and his incredible band can be found at www.deeohgee.org and at his Instagram page @m.r.paigeBy Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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132: Watching the Solar Eclipse 1:06:07

3M ago1:06:07

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Hi everyone! Well the eclipse eclipsed our hopefully planned guest this week when the family band, COMPASS, found themselves smack dab in the middle of the "path of totality" for the solar eclipse and our episode was scheduled to tape smack dab in the middle of that eclipse so we will visit our family band next week because that would have been a b…

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131: We Are Back Home! 35:59

3M ago35:59

35:59

Hi everybody WE ARE BACK FROM OUR TWO CRUISES!! We tried podcasting from the cruise ship but to no avail. So we let the rehearsal episode run while we were away hope that was okay. We had a blast and talk about that and other things. We have lots of guests to get to in 2024 and we will be starting that next week. For now we wanted to just catch you…

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Sympathetic String: Putting The DAN in Danelectro! Baritone Guitar Lessons With Dan Baird 1:02:23

3M ago1:02:23

1:02:23

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup podcast Emily gets "baritone guitar lessons" from her old friend Dan Baird.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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Touching Tone with Ultimate Sympathetic String, Howard Daniel 33:51

4M ago33:51

33:51

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup podcast Emily and Robert talk about a great chat Emily just had with Howard Daniel, the son of Danelectro founder Nathan Daniel.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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Ivor Davis and His Tour with the Beatles 25:13

4M ago25:13

25:13

In this episode the special guest is Ivor Davis, an award-winning author and journalist who traveled with The Beatles during their 1964 tour. Ivor has recently updated his book "The Beatles and Me on Tour" to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the tour. During the interview, Ivor reflects on his experiences traveling with The Beatles and how his p…

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Goin' Crazy for Lipstick Pickup Legend, Nashville's Harold Bradley 23:51

4M ago23:51

23:51

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily and Robert go digging for Danelectros in the considerable recording career of a quiet Nashville legend, guitarist Harold Bradley.By Emily Walters and Robert Maché

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"An Electric Sitar Has 19 strings: Season 1 Wrap Up" 36:33

4M ago36:33

36:33

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily and Robert wrap up Season 1 with an eye toward future chats about The Danosphere.By Emily

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130: A Rehearsal Run-through 35:36

4M ago35:36

35:36

Hello everybody we're heading to Miami today heading out to sea tomorrow on the Celebrity Summit for the back to back 70's and 60's cruises! In today's episode we share one of our rehearsals. As we're working up these new songs we thought we'd share what some of that work looks like so you're going to hear lousy mixes, singing that is not real seri…

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"Sympathetic String: Tone Lessons From Patrick Sweany" 1:32:39

4M ago1:32:39

1:32:39

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily gets "Tone Lessons" from Nashville-based electric blues guitarist Patrick Sweeney.By Emily

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"Fourteen-Forty-Eight Fat Tuesday" 46:16

4M ago46:16

46:16

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily calls Robert to discuss our recent experience with a legendary collectable guitar, The Silverstone 1448 Amp-In-Case.By Emily

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"Sympathetic String: Peavey Lessons with guitarist Thomas Heyman" 1:20:47

4M ago1:20:47

1:20:47

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily calls San Francisco singer-songwriter and guitarist Tom Heyman to talk about his career, his latest record and to get some lessons on a very interesting guitar, the Peavey t-60.By Emily

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"Town and Country: A Lipstick Pickup Summit" 58:20

4M ago58:20

58:20

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily calls Robert in Memphis to discuss striking Danosphere Gold on the streets of Downtown Nashville.By Emily

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"Sympathetic String: Bass Lessons Pete Donnelly!" 1:04:40

4M ago1:04:40

1:04:40

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast I call in one of my favorite "Sympathetic Strings", my old Pete Donnelly. He's a bass playing legend and he's also got a surprising history with Masonite and Lipstick Pickups.By Emily

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"I Have a Dream" 25:23

4M ago25:23

25:23

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast we talk about the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. as it relates to the the leadership of African-Americans in lipstick pickup musical history.By Emily

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"Lipstick Pickup History is Black History" 36:39

4M ago36:39

36:39

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Emily calls Robert in Memphis to discuss what's on her mind, the undeniable leadership of African-American creativity as it relates to the sound and history of lipstick pickups.By Emily

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"Getting Scratchy with Travis Wammack!" 28:48

4M ago28:48

28:48

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast I call Robert so we can discuss and bask in the afterglow of our recent chat with Muscle Shoals legend, guitarist Travis Wammack.By Emily

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"Emily Adopts a Baby Sitar" 38:19

4M ago38:19

38:19

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast I call Robert to tell him all about my latest Danosphere acquisition, a Jerry Jones Baby Sitar. It was an opportunity to talk about the influencers who've played them over the years and where you can hear it.By Emily

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"The Sitar Goes Electric" 58:52

4M ago58:52

58:52

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Robert and Emily talk about Vinnie Bell, the Coral electric sitar and the Class of '67. From Wikipedia: "The instrument was developed in the early 1960s by session guitarist Vinnie Bell in partnership with Danelectro and released under the brandname Coral™ in 1967.[3] At the time, many western musical…

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"Ringing Bells in New York City" 57:30

4M ago57:30

57:30

In this episode if The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Emily and Robert get into a "New York State of Mind" and discuss 70's New York and a chance meeting they had on the canals of Gowanus.By Emily

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"A Big Year in Lipstick Pickups" 47:12

4M ago47:12

47:12

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Emily calls Robert to chat about their year in lipstick pickups as well as his recent European tour with Dayne Kurtz.By Emily

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"Fishing for Lipstick Pickups in San Francisco Bay" 57:50

4M ago57:50

57:50

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily calls Robert to talk about some quality Dano-tourism in the San Francisco Bay Area. Emily does a shallow dive into the sound of lipstick pickups and Masonite in the music of Northern California as well as recounting a visit the Fat Dawg's legendary Subway Guitars in Berkley.…

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"Goin' Down To New Orleans" 1:06:25

4M ago1:06:25

1:06:25

In this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily calls Robert to discuss one of his favorite subjects, the city of New Orleans. We touch on the exquisite but stealth use of electric sitar by legends such as Allen Toussaint and how it all figured into a soulful stew called "Porto-Funk". Apologies in advance to the listener, there's a slight his…

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"We Love L.A.!" 52:59

4M ago52:59

52:59

On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup podcast Robert and Emily chat about how much they love L.A. and it's history of Masonite guitars with lipstick pickups,By Emily

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