Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) & John Cowsill (The Cowsills) Pay Homage to John's Brilliant Brothers!

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Two artists who have left an indelible mark on American music are, in actual fact, a married couple with a brand new album on the verge of dropping. The Bangles' Vicki Peterson and The Cowsills' John Cowsill join us! Differences between these two abound: New England vs. Southern California origins, 60s family pop vs. 80s girl-band rock, drums vs. guitar; but the parallels are even more striking....

Both Vicki and John were raised by Top 40 Radio, they began performing very young and played in extraordinarily influential bands with their siblings. And so importantly, they share the honor of touching audiences with music that became lifetime soundtracks.

Their new collaborative album, 'Long After the Fire' (including the about-to-drop-on-March 21st-single, 'Is Anybody Here') features covers of songs written by John's late brothers, Billy and Barry Cowsill. It was an uphill battle to acquire the rights to license the music, but thanks to Vicki's tenacity and their producer’s rich industry knowledge, Vicki and John have leaned the expanse of their talent and exquisite harmonies into this very personal project.

Vicki tells us about her rock stardom ride with the Bangles and John shares his early worries that having entered professional show biz at the age of seven, his career chose him and therefore the subsequent attention often felt embarrassing.

We also talk about, 'Family Band: The Cowsills Story’, a documentary that Weezy made about the Cowsills. We discuss John's time with the Beach Boys, Vicki’s collaborations with her sister-in-law, Susan Cowsill and Vicki and John give each other the business with the well-earned nicknames, ‘Child Star' and ‘Rock Star’. Plus, we have a round of IMDB Roulette for the ages and an exclusive, in-studio performance!

In recommendations--

Weezy: Netflix Documentary Norman's Rare Guitars
Fritz: Apple+ TV Series, Viet Nam: The Way That Changed America 

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Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill
https://www.vickipetersonandjohncowsi...

A Thousand Times Single 
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Vicki and John on Instagram
  / vickiandjohnmusic  

Vicki and John on Facebook
  / vickiandjohnmusic  

John Cowsill
https://www.johncowsillmusic.com

John Cowsill on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

John Cowsill on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/john_cowsil...

John Cowsill on Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Co...

Joey's Song
https://www.joeyssong.org/

Vicki Peterson on Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_P...

The Bangles
https://www.thebangles.com

Vicki Peterson on Facebook
  / vickibangle  

Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary
https://www.netflix.com/title/81979064

Viet Nam: The Way That Changed America - Apple TV
https://vva.org/arts-of-war/apple-tvs...