CAT Episode 182 - John Ondrasik (Five For Fighting)
Release Date: 09/05/2024
CAT Episode 206 - Renaissance
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, an iconic trend setting band was launched in 1969, combining a fusion of rock, folk, classical and jazz genres. The bands co-founders included and Keith Relf, who launched . A couple years after forming , Jim focused back on music with The Yardbirds and vocalist carried on as the focal point of the band. Multi-award winning program director "Zoomed" with Jim and Annie to talk about their "History of Renaissance" 2025 special performances and touch on the evolution of the band. A once in a lifetime event with key figures in the band, on this very special episode...
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CAT Episode 205 - 20th Anniversary of the CAT
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20th Anniversary Show! Your multi award-winning producer and host has interviewed nearly 500 world-class musicians over the past two decades. We're celebrating by sharing interview segments and much more from three of our most listened to shows. We kick things off with a bassist who played in three highly successful bands... Heart, Firefall and Spirit - (). We'll then roll right into one of the greatest rock vocalists from the U.K. - (). You'll remember him from the big hit "How Long" by Ace and he was in the band Mike + the Mechanics and Squeeze. Paul...
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CAT Episode 204 - Don Barnes (.38 Special)
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, original member of , leads the band today on vocals and guitar. Celebrating 50 years, the band has just released their latest album - Milestone. Multi-award winning program director , hooked up with Don in September of 2025 as they released their latest studio album - the first by the band in 21 years. Don shared his insights on the current band members who've been with him for over two decades, key collaborators on the album, and shared many personal thoughts on the bands' new music. Be sure to check out Don talking about his solo album and more from .38 Special on...
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CAT Episode 203 - Nick Feldman (Wang Chung)
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was formed in London in 1980, co-founded by and . The band has released 7 studio albums with 11 singles that have landed on various music charts. Multi-award winning program director caught up with Nick backstage before their show in June of 2025 as part of the "I Want My 80's Tour" with Rick Springfield, John Waite & John Cafferty. He shared with us the story behind the bands first name - Huang Chung, remaking of several songs that ended up being hits, his time with Culture Club's in the band Promised Land and much more! Nick also shared his insights on...
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CAT Episode 202 - The Wood Brothers
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, Oliver and Chris, have emerged as one of the innovative American roots music bands on today's scene. Each concentrated on differant genres of music before coming together to form their band. Oliver leaned towards Blues and Rhythm & Blues, while Chris was more on the Jazz Fusion side of music. Together, five of their collective albums have landed on the charts. In 2018, they were nominated for the Grammys' Best Americana Album award for their One Drop Of Truth project. The Wood Brothers' brand new CD is Puff of Smoke. Show producer talks with the...
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CAT Episode 201 - John Waite (The Babys/Bad English)
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launched his career in 1975 as a member of . After 5 studio albums the original group disbanded and his solo career was launched. In 1988, John fronted , a super group with members that had outstanding careers with Journey and Styx. In 1995, John returned to his solo work and later joined a tour with Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band. Producer and host caught up with John back in 2011 to talk about his then current album Rough & Tumble, the groups Bad English and The Babys and he shared his insights on Ringo. John's latest project is an EP titled...
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CAT Episode 200 - Best Of The CAT: Vol. 4
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Time to celebrate our 4th "Best of The CAT" show, in our series. We highlight the most popular episodes from #151 to #199. The people's choice was (Boston, Orion The Hunter, RTZ and ) who is featured on Episode 187. Also towards the top of the list was ! Dave (Bucket) Colwell, who played on their last studio album - Back On Track and was also in Bad Company for 12 years, joins us. Listen to the full show on Episode 166. We close out this "Best Of The CAT" show with . Steve Kilbey the singer/songwriter/bassist for the band he founded in 1980,...
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CAT Episode 199 - Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad)
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was co-founder/singer/guitarist for who were founded in 1969. With Grand Funk he had 6 Platinum and 3 Gold records from 1969 to 1975. In 1976, Mark went on to release 7 solo albums including his latest Closer To My Home that dropped in 2024. In our May of 2025 interview with Mark, multi-award winning program director delves into many of his career highlights going back to his breakthrough in the music industry, up to talking about his latest album release. In our showcase segment we also feature a band that launched their career in the late 1960's... whose brand new...
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CAT Episode 198 - Cy Curnin (The Fixx)
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has been the frontman for since they were formed in 1980. One of the few "classic" bands with their originial members today, they have produced a Platinum and Gold albums in their careers, with 16 songs landing on various singles charts. Multi-award winning program director sat down backstage with Cy in April of 2025 to talk about major events during the career of the band, his latest solo EP - My Own Worst Enemy, the latest album by The Fixx - Every Five Seconds and other awesome happenings. In our showcase segment we continue to focus on bands that launched in the 1980's...
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CAT Episode 197 - Brad Gillis (Night Ranger)
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has been the guitarist for since they were formed in 1982. Throughout the years, the band has released over a dozen studio albums and collectively had two Platinum and three Gold releases. On Part Two of our interview with Brad (you'll find Part One on Episode 10) he touches on his early years in music, work with "The Prince of Darkness," Night Ranger's 2011 major tour and album Somewhere In California. Night Ranger's latest studio album is titled ATBPO. The great of is featured in our showcase segment. His new band is and their latest album is Stygian...
info_outlineJohn Ondrasik is Five For Fighting, which launched in 1995. His first two albums went "Platinum." During the early 2000's he was nominated for a Grammy and American Music Award. Recently, John released a trio of songs about current geopolitical events and has dedicated time to philanthropy including the USO, MDA and his whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com organization. Multi-award winning program director Ray White, hung out with John backstage at a Virginia Beach oceanfront venue to discuss his recent singles, support for charities, exciting upcoming plans and much more. In our showcase segment we feature three of the hottest alternative music bands in the country today, who all have brand new projects ready for release. Snow Patrol, whose upcoming album is titled The Forest Is The Path and multi-Grammy nominee The Fray who are releasing a new EP - The Fray Is Back. We close out this episode with one of the top bands in the world today...Coldplay, who will be releasing their new album in October of 2024 called Moon Music. Alternative Rock rules on this episode brought to you by your friends at Classic Artists Today.