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A very special edition of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. I'm joined by my good friend Peppy Castro, founding member of The Blues Magoos, Barnaby Bye and Balance, for an in depth interview, conversation and live performance.  

We talk of the early days of The Blues Magoos as pioneers of psychedelic music. Being on tour with The Who. Starring on Broadway in Hair. Founding Barnaby Bye (with Bobby Alessi, Billy Alessi & Mike Ricciardella) and being signed by Ahmet Ertegun after one performance. Creating the music for Zen Boogie. Founding Balance with Andy Newmark, Doug Katsaros and Willie Weeks. Writing, creating and producing for numerous artists. New music as a solo artist on his Therapy Tour. The Magoos performing at the WPKN benefit. Peppy-oke (you have to hear it to believe it). A new tour with Jay & The Americans. Connections with Richard Ross, John Lennon, Willie Blue, Craig Bishop, Andy Newmark, Steve Bondy, Stella Soule and more. True tales of Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Herman's Hermits and a rare Stratocaster.

Plenty of laughs and great stories along the way... including some that are deeply moving and revealing, in a way that gets to the core of human emotion and how that can be expressed through music.

Beautiful live performances of Willie Blue & You Rescued Me, plus world premieres of new songs and rarities from the vaults.

Special thanks to Peppy Castro for the openness, humor, generosity of spirit, friendship and phenomenal music.

Additional thanks to everyone for the tremendous support through e-mails, phone calls, etc. You know who you are! 

Today's entire episode of Connections is posted separately in the wpkn archives... Includes Ian Hunter, Eddie Izzard, Bob Dylan, The Kinks, Bobby Fuller Four, Mono, new music by Sam Phillips and much more:  

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/5568 

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.

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