Radio Forrest

New special out now from comedian Pat McGann, "When's Mom Gonna Be Home". Pat talks about how he got to know Sebastian Maniscalco, does he prefer The Rolling Stones or Kiss, the joys of foam rolling and how he developed crowd work. Check out the "All Over The Place with Pat McGann" podcast. www.patmcganncomedy.com. Forrest is home quarantined with Covid so his microphone isn't as good as usual, meaning it sucks. Sorry.

Lead singer Ronnie Platt on driving truck for a living before joining Kansas, running into the band throughout the years and liking the kind of music he does through the 80's and 90's. "The Abscence of Presence" from Kansas is out now. www.kansasband.com

Comedian Greg Warren has a new special out on Amazon Prime now, "Where The Field Corn Grows". A regular on The Bob & Tom Show and his website is www.gregwarrencomedy.com

Singer, songwriter and bass player Bootsy Collins from Parliament-Funkadelic and James Brown. New song out now called "Stars" and new album "The Power Of The One" out this October. Boosty talks about the new song plus shares stories on working with Keith Richards, Buckethead, Buddy Guy, Fatboy Slim, James Brown, and his nephew Snoop Dogg. www.thebootcave.com

Jesse Colin Young (The Youngbloods) has a new version of "Get Together" featuring Steve Miller with all proceeds going to WhyHunger. Jesse talks about how he got Steve Miller on the song, how they started hanging out, what he though of Nirvana using a clip of "Get Together", his musical heroes, the worst car he's ever owned and the UFO he saw in Montana. Jesse Colin Young hosts a podcast called "Tripping On My Roots". www.jessecolinyoung.com/

Robert Lamm from Chicago on his new song with Jim Peterik from Survivor, why the band dropped "Transit Authority", where "25 or 6 to 4" came from, and did he vote for Biggie Smalls and Whitney Houston to go into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame? https://chicagotheband.com/

Nick Feldman from Wang Chung about a virtual concert called "Back To The Basement" happening Saturday (6/13) presented by Abducted By The 80's, being called a "1 Hit Wonder", the huge metal band he got signed, and his involvement with "The Breakfast Club" movie, plus all the shows and movies Wang Chung was mentioned in.

Lead singer Pierre Bouvier from Simple Plan on going viral on Tik Tok, how many chickens he owns, hosting "Damage Control" on MTV in the early 2k's and who in the band can jump the highest. https://simpleplan.com/

TV host Don Wildman talks about hunting for vampires in Bulgaria, has TV changed his beliefs, growing up Quaker, if Soap Opera actors get boners, is bigfoot real and if he's dealt with any racism in his personal life. "Burried Worlds With Don Wildman" debuts Monday, June 8th.

Comedian Jesus Trejo from Long Beach, California is the host of Tacos Con Todo with First We Feast and Tee Time with All Things Comedy, both on YouTube. His first one-hour special, "Stay Home Son", is available Friday, May 29th on Showtime. www.jesustrejo.com

Here's an interview with Graham Nash from 2015. Woodstock, CSN&Y, Joni Mitchell and more are discussed.

Lead singer from The Beach Boys, Mike Love, on his new song that features John Stamos on drums, The Beach Boys turning down the Montery Pop Festival, his scathing speech at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, plus the rivalry with The Beatles. "This Too Shall Pass" is out now with all artist and label royalties going to Feed America's Covid-19 Response Fund. https://mikelove.com/

David Coverdale (Deep Purple/Whitesnake) discusses his recent health scare, if has he spoken to Tawney Kitane and would he put a band together with Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham? For some reason he thinks Forrest is Dutch, he is not. The 35th anniversary of remix of "Slide It In" is out as a 2 LP set on 180-gram red vinly and a collection called, "The Rock Album" is out June 19th from Whitesnake.

Ziggy Marley calls in on Earth Day to talk about the 75th anniversary of his father, Bob Marley. He talks about what he did on 420, the 2 things Bob Marley wanted to be before a musican, meeting David Bowie and what were the last words his father ever said to him.

Jason Hawes is the lead investigator of Ghost Nation on The Travel Channel and formerly from Ghost Hunters on SyFy. Tonight (4/22) is the special 2 hour premier of season 2 with the episode. "The Witching Tree". Jason talks about what they come across in episode 1, does he get scared of what's out there, has he come across anything evil and what happens when we die? Follow him on Twitter @Jchawes

The lead singer from Trapt, Chris Taylor Brown, explains his side of the story on the recent Twitter battles with Ice-T, Danny Diablo, Trivium plus other bands and how all this started. Has this gone too far, what does the rest of the band think, who he thinks will win the US election and the new album coming this fall. https://www.trapt.com/

Survivor founding member Jim Peterik on his new song, "Empty Arena" coming out Monday (3/30/20), how "Eye of The Tiger" ended up in Rock III, working with .38 Special and Sammy Hagar plus where he got his unique fashion sense from. www.jimpeterik.com

Interview with comedian Bill Burr from March of 2017. This podcast started after the interview so while parts of it aired on the radio, the full interview has never been heard. Bill was promoting his stand-up comedy show at The Egyptian Theater in Boise that sold out 3 nights April 22nd – 23rd 2017. That Sunday night Bill was heckled by 3 fans eventually having 1 removed by security stating that he hadn’t kicked anyone out of a show in 12 years.Bill talks about hanging with Steven Adler and Jerry Cantrell, which comedian makes him laugh and his cameo in Breaking Bad.

American southern rock singer/songwriter Henry Paul from the Outlaws on their new album, the last time he saw Ronnie Van Zant (Skynyrd) and how the road can break you. "Dixie Highway" is out now and the Outlaws have tour dates posted at www.outlawsmusic.com

Comedian Grant Lyon comes in on crutches and chats about everything from playing college soccer to crafting a comedy album. His album, Scheduled Fun Time, comes out March 24th. www.grantlyon.com