Tommy Chong-half of the legendary comedy due Cheech and Chong-talks about being arrested, surviving Cancer and some advice on what to do when your stepmother smashes your large glass bong you had stashed in the basement.By Caronia Media Group Podcasts

It’s not everyday one gets to interview a performer with more than 20 Grammy Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and is the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That is just a small sample of the achievements of the late Aretha Franklin, who is arguably the greatest female singer of all time, and undeniably one of …

We finish up our Foreigner themed podcasts with interviews with Kelly Hansen and Lou Gramm. Foreigner is one of the most popular rock bands of all-time and Gramm sang on the original recordings and Hansen has been the lead singer of Foreigner for over a decade. The two appeared together onstage for the fist time last year during Foreigner's 40th an…

Rochester NY native and rock singer extraordinaire Lou Gramm spends a few minutes with one of his fans. Lou dishes on a variety of topics including muscle cars, new artists he likes and his spiritual journey. It's a short but sweet interview with a rock legendBy Caronia Media Group Podcasts

The Rust Belt Brigade is a Buffalo NY based band featuring Night and Day host Thom Jennings son Trevor Jennings. Here is an interview and live performance from the band. Band Members Victor Castillo Trevor Jennings Jeremiah Franco Brandon Mueckl contact thom@caroniamediagroup.com for booking infoBy Caronia Media Group Podcasts

As the band Foreigner came up on their 40th anniversary, founding member reflected on possible plans to reunite the band's original members (which eventually happened) and talked about the band's history. This interview is the first of a four part series of interviews with Foreigner band members, past and present. If you have any comments or questi…

On the occasion of the Kasim Sulton's Utopia shows, we dig out an interview with Willie Wilcox conducted a few years ago. Wille gets us up-to-date on where he is at musically and talks about his tenure in Utopia and his thoughts on a possible Utopia reunion. The episode is dedicated to Merf Sohmers-former founder of The Nexus-who passed away recent…

Adrian Belew is an American musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, Belew is noted for his unusual, impressionistic approach to guitar playing, which, rather than relying on standard instrumental tones, often resembles sound effects or noises made by animals and machines. Perhaps best known for his …

Steve and Vai and Terry Bozzio both worked with Frank Zappa early in thier careers, and there is no doubt Zappa only worked with the best. In these interviews Vai chats about the iconic David Lee Roth solo band with Billy Sheehan and Gregg Bissonette. Vai also talks about the movie "Crossroads" and why a guy started a website claiming Vai was the a…

In this mini-episode drummer and record producer Butch Vig spends a few minutes talking about touring, producing and how Nirvana's "Nevermind" changed his life. For comments email thom@caroniamediagroup.comBy Caronia Media Group Podcasts

This episode features three short clips where artists answer provocative questions: Mickey Thomas of Starship addresses "We Built This City" and Blender Magazine's tagging of it as the "worst song of all time" back in 2004. Brad Gillis recollects the time he was asked to step in and take over for Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads back in 1982 sh…

Burton Cummings is the former lead singer and keyboardist for the legendary Canadian rock band The Guess Who. During his 10 year tenure in the band, from 1965 to 1975, he sang, wrote or co-wrote many of their most recognizable songs, including "American Woman," "No Time", "Share the Land", "These Eyes", and "Clap for the Wolfman". In this interview…

In the spring of 2017 Todd Rundgren was gearing up to embark on one of his most ambitious tours in recent memory. The tour to support his "White Knight" album was a multimedia extravaganza, and the early dates included what Rundgren called a video "sandwich" that band members performed behind while Rundgren and The Global Girls performed up front. …

Former Santana and Journey keyboardist Gregg Rolie discusses his second time being inducted into the Rock Hall and how long it had been since he had seen Steve Perry. Gregg also discusses the tough decision he made to leave Journey right as they were about to become one of the most successfull bands of all-time.…

David Cassidy passed away on November 21 at the age of 67. The actor turned musician, or the other way around, was a teen sensation at a very early age thanks in part to his famous father Jack Cassidy. At the height of his popularity David was headlining stadiums and hockey arenas and created a fervor not unlike The Beatles. Shortly after a young f…

Singer-songwriter, producer, cult hero and soon to be published author Todd Rundgren is approaching his 70th birthday and yet he shows no signs of slowing down. Todd already has major projects lined up for next year including collobarations with The Lemon Twigs, an autobiography, a big Toddstock 7.0 birthday bash...or two or three, and who knows wh…

Before his entrance into the national comedy circuit, when May was just 17 years old, he won a contest in Texas to open for Sam Kinison. After the show, May and Kinison struck up a lifelong friendship that lasted until Kinison’s death in 1992. In this interview May talks a little bit about his gratitude towards Sam, life on the road away from his f…

John Wetton was best known as the lead singer and bassist for the supergroup Asia, and was also known for stints in King Crimson, U.K and Uriah Heep. In 1982 Asia's debut album was a surprise hit for Geffen Records, and introduced a leaner form of progressive rock that appealed to the masses. Success came with the usual challenges, and the group so…

Buffalo native and founding member of Three Dog Night, Cory Wells passed away in 2015. He was actively touring with the group right up until his death. Wells is the voice behind many of the groups hits including "Try a Little Tenderness." In this interview Cory opens up about everything, starting with the origin of the band's name and his early day…

In 2012 Yes was still actively touring with Jon Davison, Steve Howe, Alan White and Geoff Downes. One never knows which member will give an advance interview for a tour date, but back in 2012 I was lucky enough to chat with Chris Squire before his untimely death in 2015. In retrospect, Chris Squire's answer about which Yes members should be inducte…