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Robert's award winning Follow Your Dream Podcast is ranked in the Top 1% of all podcasts and has listeners in 200 countries! Each episode is like taking a World Tour! Robert is a musician who followed his youthful music dream later in life and became a Rock Star after he turned 60! He and his band, Project Grand Slam, have released 12 celebrated albums including a Billboard #1 and have millions of video views and streams. Robert is living proof that you’re never too old, and it’s never too l ...
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The tag line for the Follow Your Dream Podcast is “Music And Much More”. Well this episode is a “Much More” episode. It’s a brief rant about baseball, the “National Pastime” of the United States. Baseball has been around since the 1800s, and of course it’s changed and developed over time. I rant about some of the changes that particularly irk me or…
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James Lowe was the singer for The Electric Prunes, the psychedelic rock band that had a big hit with the song “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night” in 1967. They charted again with the song “Get Me To The World On Time”. The Prunes toured with Cream, the Beach Boys and Steppenwolf among others. James went on to work with Todd Rundgren, Van Dyke Park…
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Jim Cregan was Rod Stewart’s Musical Director and guitarist for two decades and co-produced and co-wrote many of his hits. Jim’s songs have been recorded by Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson and Kid Rock among others. He’s performed with Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry, Elton John and Cat Stevens. My featured song is “The Winner”, from …
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Brendan Graham is a two-time Eurovision winner for “Rock n’ Roll Kids” in 1994 and “The Voice” in 1996. He wrote the lyrics to “You Raise Me Up”, perhaps the world’s most recorded song with over 1000 covers in over 50 languages, which was a #1 song for Josh Groban. He is Ireland’s most famous lyricist and songwriter. His songs have sold over 100 mi…
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Phil “Fang” Volk was an original member of Paul Revere and the Raiders, one of the great bands of the 1960s. They had 24 charted hits including their version of “Louie Louie” followed by “Hungry”, “Kicks”, “Just Like Me”, “Good Thing” and many more. The band were the stars of the national television show "Where The Action Is". My featured song is “…
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Howard Kaplan is the author of 6 books including “The Damascus Cover” which was made into a feature film starring Jonathan Rhys Meyer and Sir John Hurt in his final film role. Howard talks about how it took 10 years to make the film. His newest novel, “The Syrian Sunset”, is a gripping thriller about the Syrian war and how that tragedy ultimately l…
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Welcome to the Follow Your Dream Concert Series, featuring Grammy award winning guitarist, singer and songwriter Jim Peterik. Jim first hit the top of the charts with “Vehicle” for the Ides Of March, and then had an even bigger hit with “Eye Of The Tiger” for Survivor which became the theme song for Sylvester Stallone's movie Rocky III. He’s writte…
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Chris O’Dell has been called the Forrest Gump of Rock 'n Roll because she's worked with so many Superstars. She was one of the original employees of Apple Records. She was in the studio when the Beatles recorded The White Album and Abbey Road. She sang on the chorus of "Hey Jude". She later become the first female Tour Manager working with The Roll…
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The Amazing Kreskin is a mentalist who has amazed and entertained audiences around the world for over 6 decades. He was a regular on television in the 1970s particularly on Johnny Carson where he appeared 61 times. He’s also been on the David Letterman, Howard Stern and Jimmy Fallon shows among many others. Kreskin makes predictions. He does not cl…
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Berton Averre was the guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of The Knack, a mainstay of New Wave, which had the #1 song in 1979 with “My Sharona”. It stayed at the top of the charts for 6 weeks and sold 10 million copies. He later went on to a second career in musical theater. My featured song is “Annie And Leni” from the album Bobby M and the Paisl…
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Tony Kinger is an international award winning filmmaker and author. His films include The Who’s “The Kids Are Alright”. He began his career working on The Avengers starring Patrick Macnee. He’s currently working on a new edition of his book “Who Knows - The Making Of A Rock ‘n Roll Movie” and several new documentaries. My featured song is my reimag…
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Peter Noone was a ‘60s Superstar with Herman’s Hermits, one of the most celebrated and successful bands of the British Invasion era. They sold more than 60 million records and had 14 Gold singles and 7 Gold albums. Their hits included “I’m Into Something Good”, “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat”, and two #1s - “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” a…
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Welcome to the first Follow Your Dream Concert Series! Featuring Richie Furay, the Country Rock Superstar formerly with Buffalo Springfield, Poco and the Souther-Hillman-Furay band. Richie plays an incredible “unplugged” live concert on the podcast featuring 5 of his most famous songs, and after each one we talk about the song and the back story. T…
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Welcome to our ‘60s Jamboree! We assembled an incredible group of 1960s stars and had them all talk together in a very special episode. Nothing like this has ever been done before in podcasts! The stars are: “Cousin Brucie” - America’s most famous radio personality who ruled the AM airways in the 1960s as the star of WABC in NYC. Gary Lewis - of Ga…
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Allan Clark was the lead singer of and a composer for The Hollies, one of the great British Invasion bands of the 1960s that set the music world on fire. He co-founded the band with Graham Nash. Allan co-wrote a number of their hits including “On A Carousel”, “Carrie Ann” and “Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress” and he was the lead singer on so many …
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William Lee Golden is a member of The Oak Ridge Boys, the famous gospel and country quartet. He’s also the leader of The Goldens along with his sons, and he’s an accomplished painter and photographer as well. William led the Oak’s transition from gospel to country and they’re now one of the most award-winning groups in country music. They’ve sold o…
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Elliott Landy is a renowned rock photographer particularly covering the classic rock period of the 1960s. He’s responsible for a number of iconic album cover photos including Bob Dylan’s "Nashville Skyline", The Band’s "Music From Big Pink", Janis Joplin’s "Cheap Thrills", and Van Morrison’s "Moondance". Plus he shot Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Joa…
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Rod Argent was the keyboard player in The Zombies, one of the greatest bands of the British Invasion era of the 1960s. They had massive hits with “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No” and later with “Time Of The Season” - all written by Rod - and they had a sound and a sophistication that was unlike any other band at that time. They were inducted int…
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Welcome to the 2nd Anniversary Show of the Follow Your Dream podcast! Since beginning the podcast in March 2021, during the depths of the pandemic, it’s grown exponentially to the point where it’s now in the Top 1% of all podcasts with listeners in 200 countries! This Special Anniversary show features clips from 18 artists who have been guests on t…
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Dana Gillespie is an English actress, singer and songwriter. She was a fixture in the UK music scene in the 1960s and had professional and personal relationships with David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Keith Moon, Jimmy Page and others. Bowie wrote the song “Andy Warhol” for her. As a musician she started out singing folk music then gravitated to the blues …
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Gary Lewis, of Gary Lewis and the Playboys, had a remarkable string of hits in the 1960s when their first seven songs reached the Top 10, only the second act to do so. Gary talks about taking drum lessons with Buddy Rich, his Army service in Vietnam, and of course his illustrious career. My featured song is “I Just Want To Love You” from my new alb…
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Denny Tedesco is the Director of “The Wrecking Crew”, an award winning documentary film about the group of studio musicians based on the West Coast who played on hundreds of hit records in the ‘60s and ‘70s for The Beach Boys, The Mamas And The Papas and so many more. He is also the director of another documentary called “Immediate Family”, about t…
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Don Randi is a keyboard player extraordinaire and a member of The Wrecking Crew, the West Coast group of studio musicians who played on hundreds of hit records in the 1960s and afterwards. He worked with Phil Spector, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys, Glen Campbell, Nancy Sinatra and so many more. His exploits an…
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Dave Dawson is the author of “Dear Mr Pop Star”, a book written with his father under the pen name D&D Philpott. They write crazy, silly, funny tongue-in-cheek letters to various rock stars, goofing on their songs, lyrics and meanings. The surprising part is that the artists write back and join in the fun with hilarious responses. The book is alrea…
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Tommy Roe has been called the Father of Bubblegum rock. In the 1960s he had 27 Top 100 hits including 6 in the Top 10, with “Sheila” and “Dizzy” reaching #1. A string of additional hits followed including “Everybody”, “Sweet Pea”, "Hooray For Hazel” and “Jam Up And Jelly Tight”. He toured with the Beatles and in Dick Clark’s revue, and he was on TV…
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Gered Mankowitz is a renowned English rock and roll photographer. Over a 50+ year career he’s photographed The Rolling Stones, Jim Hendrix, Elton John, Traffic, The Yardbirds, Chad & Jeremy and many more. He shot the iconic cover photos for a number of Rolling Stones albums including “Out Of Our Heads” aka “December’s Children”, “Between The Button…
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George Bunnell is an original member of The Strawberry Alarm Clock, one of the great ‘60s bands that hit the big time with their 1967 #1 hit “Incense and Peppermints”. George takes us through that magical era including stories about the Beach Boys and Buffalo Springfield. My featured song is “Right Now”. Spotify link here. —------------------------…
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Welcome again to the World Premiere of Robert’s new album, “Bobby M and the Paisley Parade”. This Episode 5 introduces the final two songs from the album: “Chasing The Light” and “What Can I Say”. Robert’s Special Guest in this episode is Lou Holtzman of EastSide Sound of NYC, where the album was recorded. Lou was the engineer on the album. “Chasin…
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Jimmy Ryan is an original member of the iconic 60s band The Critters, with hits “Younger Girl” and “Mr. Dieingly Sad”. He went on to have a long career with Carly Simon from her early hit “You’re So Vain” through to her recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. He’s scored music for TV including writing news theme music for NBC, CNBC an…
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Welcome again to the World Premiere of Robert’s new album, “Bobby M and the Paisley Parade”. This Episode 4 introduces the next two songs from the album: “Feeling So Good” and “A Lover’s Plea”. Robert’s Special Guest in this episode is saxophone superstar John Helliwell of Supertramp who plays on both of these songs. “Feeling So Good” has a world m…
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Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon) and Jeremy Clyde (Chad & Jeremy) were the softer counterparts to the hard rock beat groups of the British Invasion era of the 1960s. Peter & Gordon had massive hits with songs like “A World Without Love” and “I Go To Pieces”. Peter went on to have an illustrious career in the music business, first as the head of A&R for…
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Welcome to Episode 3 of the World Premiere of Robert’s new album, “Bobby M and the Paisley Parade”. This episode introduces the next two songs from the album: “It’s So Important” and “I Just Want To Love You”. Robert’s Special Guest in this episode is recording star Tony Carey of Rainbow, Planet P and Mandoki Soulmates, and the producer for Joe Coc…
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Kate Taylor is the female star of the Taylor family which includes her brothers James and Livingston. Kate became a star with her 1971 debut album “Sister Kate” produced by Peter Asher. She took time off to raise her two daughters. Now she’s back with a new album called “Why Wait” again produced by Peter Asher. We discuss her career and do a Songfe…
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Welcome again to the World Premiere of Robert’s new album, “Bobby M and the Paisley Parade”. This Episode 2 introduces the next two songs from the album: “Waiting For Me” and “Annie And Leni”. Robert’s Special Guest in this episode is Tristan Clark, his longtime guitarist in his band, Project Grand Slam, who played all the guitar parts on the album…
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Jeremy Clyde was half of the iconic ‘60s duo Chad & Jeremy. They had several big hits during the British Invasion era of the 1960s including “Yesterday’s Gone” and “A Summer Song”. They made guest appearances on the Dick Van Dyke Show, the Patty Duke Show and Batman. Jeremy became a film and stage actor and has appeared in several Broadway producti…
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This is the first episode of the World Premiere of Robert’s new album, “Bobby M and the Paisley Parade”, featuring the first two songs from the album: “This Time” and “My Love”. Bobby M includes 10 new songs by Robert and features guest artists John Helliwell (Supertramp) on sax, Tony Carey (Rainbow) on keyboards, and international sensation Deobra…
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Suzi Quatro is a force of nature! She blazed a path as one of the first and one of the best female rock and rollers. She’s a singer, songwriter and bassist. She’s sold over 50 million records. And she’s equally famous for portraying the part of Leather Tuscadero in the hit sitcom “Happy Days”. Plus she’s an author and has an honorary doctorate in m…
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Jeff Alan Ross is a multi-talented guitarist and keyboard player. He’s the Musical Director for Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon). He also co-produces with Peter their weekly Beatles radio show “From Me To You” on Sirius/XM. Jeff has toured with Badfinger, Mick Taylor (former Rolling Stone), Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers), Denny Laine (Moody…
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Leslie Mandoki has been the leader of Mandoki Soulmates, the European-based supergroup, since he fled from Communist Hungary. He has assembled remarkable lineups of world class musicians. This is the band’s 30th Anniversary celebration. This episode contains EXCLUSIVE, PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED live recordings featuring Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull sing…
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Sheldon Epps is one of the all-time most influential African American theater and television directors. He’s directed major productions on and off Broadway, in London and at many theaters across the U.S. He was the Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse for two decades and is now Artistic Director Emeritus, and currently serves as a Senior Art…
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Bob Gruen is one of the most famous rock and roll photographers. He’s known for his photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Elton John and Kiss. He’s also photographed some of the great New Wave and Punk bands like the New York Dolls, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Ramones and Blondie. We discuss his entire …
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The theme of this Music Day episode is Singles. Back in the day - before albums took over - the record business was all about singles. An individual track put out as a 45 RPM record, the kind with the big hole in the middle for the turntable. There was always an A side and a B side to each single. The A side was the featured song. But sometimes a r…
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Kenney Jones is rock and roll royalty. He’s played drums with the Small Faces, the Faces, The Who and many others. He’s in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. He talks about those bands, the British Invasion era, Steve Marriott, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon and much more. My featured song is “I Can’t Explain” the live version of…
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Welcome to our first CHRISTMAS SPECIAL featuring six terrific artists performing wonderful seasonal songs! Here’s the lineup: Sara Niemietz, a spectacular singer, together with Robby Robinson, keyboard player extraordinaire and Frankie Valli’s longtime musical director, combine on “Sound Of Christmas”, a sentimental, fun, feel good holiday song. Ch…
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Marc Blatte is a songwriter and jingle writer extraordinaire. He’s written major hits for artists like The Four Tops, Celine Dion and Kenny Rogers. One of the hits he wrote for The Four Tops, "When She Was Mine", has just been covered by Bruce Springsteen. He’s also created commercials for Prudential, Oldsmobile, Pepsi and Pizza Hut among many othe…
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The theme of this Music Day episode is Cover Songs. A cover song is when an artist performs a song that someone else has already performed. Most artists have done covers. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, for example, both started out exclusively playing covers before they began to write their own songs. This episode presents two of my covers. I …
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Alexandre Da Costa is that rare classical musician - an internationally renowned violinist and conductor who does both at the same time. He’s performed over 2000 concerts in over 30 countries with a host of major orchestras. He is the Music Director of the Longueuil Symphony and the Artistic Director of the Stradivaria Festival. And he plays a 1727…
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Lisa Hurwitz is the director of a wonderful, sentimental, new documentary called “The Automat”, which features an all-star cast including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Colin Powell and Elliott Gould. The movie is all about Horn And Hardardt, which for a time was the biggest restaurant chain in the United States. They operated automa…
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Bruce Belland was a member of The Four Preps - America’s first boy band. Their 1958 million selling hit “26 Miles Across The Sea” made them into international pop stars. The song influenced Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and inspired Jimmy Buffett. The Preps were featured on the Ed Sullivan Show and had a recurring role in “Ozzie And Harriet”. They…
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John Hall and his band Orleans had big hits with “Dance With Me”and “Still The One”. He’s co-written or recorded songs with a host of artists including Janis Joplin and Chaka Khan. And he’s toured or recorded with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Little Feat. My featured song is “Spring Dance” from the album of the same name by my band, Project Gra…
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