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Eric Cocks, along with Steve di Costanzo, welcomes Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals for an in depth WPKN interview on Oct 30, 2009. Felix talks about  everything from the early days of playing in clubs with The Rascals to current work with Steve Cropper. An open ended free form interview, we discuss musical influences, songwriting, production and much more. A bit later, we talk about Bobby Kennedy, the civil rights movement, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jimmy Smith, Todd Rundgren, Dion, Barack Obama, Hammond organ, The Musicians Hall of Fame, changes in radio and music over the years... and much more.

Thanks to Felix for his generosity of spirit and all the great music over the years. And for doing this interview... while being totally in the moment, and bringing great insight to the times and the music.

For more info, check his website at http://www.felixcavaliere.com

Tune in to Connections every 2nd and 4th Monday morning of each month from 9 am to noon eastern on WPKN 89.5 in CT and online at wpkn.org. Or later in archives... your own private dvr of radio. There are also some randomly scheduled special editions.

On Friday, November 13... Eric Cocks will do an in depth interview with extraordinary singer, songwriter, producer Sam Phillips. It's available in archives at http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/3549.

There's also in an depth interview of Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, Barnaby Bye and Balance at http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/5575.

There are other interviews with writer/comedian/satirist Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Neil Innes of The Rutles and Bonzo Dog Band, Mystic Bowie and more...

For further updates and additional content, feel free to join Eric's FaceBook fan page: Connections on WPKN

You may also join Steve's page: Radio Base Camp

Connections... with Eric Cocks

Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.

Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision.

Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Blondie and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...

Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz, Neil Innes, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye and more. All are available in archives. Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 9 am to noon eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live at http://wpkn.org or listen later in archives.

For further info and special features, please check the new FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN