2 Girls Talking

The Girls loved chatting with long-time Billy Joel drummer Liberty DeVitto about his new autobiography, “Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

The Girls and their DJ friend English Nick talk with Atlanta rocker Jesse James Dupree about a brand new song and video just released called “It Didn’t Fall From the Sky (Trucking Uncle Sam)”. You can find it now on YouTube and purchase anywhere you buy your music.

The Girls talk with critically-acclaimed artist Glenn Phillips about his fascinating book, “ECHOES: The Hampton Grease Band, My Life, My Music and How I Stopped Having Panic Attacks”, and his relationships with other musicians and bands from the incredible music scene in the South in the late ‘60s and 1970’s.

The Girls talk about what to expect from the Eagles’ 2020 tour. Hear part of an interview Kaedy did with the late Glen Frey during the summer of 1992.

Get the answer to Kaedy’s RockRiddle from last week and hear a new one. Melissa just returned from The Grammys and talks about what the mood was like backstage for a very unusual show and The Girls discuss the songs and artists nominated for Academy Awards this weekend.

Melissa will be at the Grammys and gives some background scoop. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020 was just announced – the girls also weigh in on who was chosen.

This week marks David Bowie’s 73rd birthday (!/8/46) and the 4th anniversary of his death (1/10/16). The girls share their memories of the “Thin White Duke” and Kaedy introduces you to her RockRiddles!

Kaedy and Melissa talk about their favorite shows from 2019 (some which are still touring in 2020), new tours coming up in 2020 and some of their favorite movies of 2019.

Since Kaedy and Melissa recorded this podcast, Elton John announced another leg on his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour”. Hear the girls talk about why you need to see these farewell tours while you can.

Elton John’s tour is in Atlanta this weekend and the girls are both reading his new autobiography, “Me”.

Kaedy and Melissa talk with drummer and original TSO member Jeff Plate about the band’s upcoming holiday tour.

Kaedy and Melissa interview guitarist extraordinaire Steve Lukather about what, he hints, is probably Toto’s last tour.

Mike Mills, founding member of R.E.M., is busy with several musical projects including performing his “Mills Concerto” live. He also discusses his work with other artists like Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and the late Warren Zevon.

Kaedy and Melissa talk with old friend, rocker Kevn Kinney, about Drivin’ N Cryin’s new album “Live the Love Beautiful”, the band’s first full album in over a decade. The sometimes hilarious stream-of-consciousness conversation includes talk about everything from songwriting, to Kevn’s guitar picks, golf game and doctor appointments, to Kevn being one of several artists onstage with the beloved Colonel Bruce Hampton when The Colonel drew his last breath during his birthday celebration concert at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. Kevn also plays several new Drivn’ N Cryin’ songs during the podcast!

Kaedy and Melissa talk with Christian O’Mahony, CEO of The Wentworth Galleries and a pioneer of rock star and celebrity fine art “experiences”.

The Girls talk to their friends Mekenzie and Alex Thrift about “being” Steve Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham in a successful Fleetwood Mac tribute band.

Kaedy and Melissa talked with Keri Rene’ Fuller who plays Grizabella in the North American tour of CATS.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about tours they’ve seen that you won’t want to miss – some are even worth traveling for!

Kaedy and Melissa can’t help but give a quick review of a show they saw last week and thoroughly enjoyed, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, then interview first-time film director Andrew Slater. Andy’s fascinating new music documentary, “Echo in the Canyon”, focuses on the music from artists in the mid 1960s at the beginning of the Laurel Canyon music scene.

Before Woodstock there was The Atlanta International Pop Festival - the first was held July 4th and 5th, 1969 in Hampton, GA. The line-up included Chicago, CCR, Blood Sweat & Tears, Grand Funk Railroad, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Led Zeppelin and many more! The girls talk about the event including audio from Melissa’s interview with James Pankow of Chicago. You can also read the piece Melissa wrote to commemorate the anniversary at ajc.com.

Kaedy and Melissa recently spoke with singer/songwriter/actor/author Rick Springfield about his new album, Orchestrating My Life, and his supporting tour where he and his band perform with symphony orchestras around the country!

Kaedy and Melissa talk with their friend, former long-time radio personality Vikki Locke, who got to know Elton when he spent most of his time in Atlanta in the 1990’s.

The 3 girls, Kaedy, Melissa and Melissa E., talk about Etheridge’s fabulous new music, tour, Brad Pitt and more!

Kaedy and Melissa speak with Tommy Shaw about the Styx summer tour and new music and projects singer/guitarist/songwriter Tommy is working on.

Billy Joel is one of the girls’ favorite artists and Melissa just saw him at his 70th birthday performance at Madison Square Garden a few days ago.

David Crosby talks with Kaedy and Melissa about heading out on the road with his band that includes his son, his plan to perform at the 50th anniversary of Woodstock and the Cameron Crowe documentary about him coming out this summer!

Kaedy and Melissa talk with Rick Allen about his art tour with The Wentworth Gallery and about his being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You can currently see the induction ceremony and Def Leppard’s performance on HBO.

Melissa just returned from Vega$ where she saw Aerosmith’s “Deuces Are Wild”, the band’s Las Vegas residency show. The girls talk about their experiences with the band and why you need to see Aerosmith live!

Kaedy and Melissa loved speaking with heavy metal singer Rob Halford about Judas Priest’s new music and upcoming tour.

Kaedy and Melissa tell you what they thought about Netflix’s “The Dirt” and share a bit of their own Motley Crue dirt.

Kaedy and Melissa talk with Mickey Hart about his artwork and drum projects.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about the reason behind Peter Frampton calling this latest his “farewell” tour due to health issues. The girls share an audio interview they had with him in May of 2017.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about the Fleetwood Mac “Farewell” tour without Lindsey Buckingham, including some classic interview audio from Kaedy with Lindsey and Mick Fleetwood. The girls also talk about the Black Jacket Symphony tour performing the music of Queen with Marc Martel.

Kaedy and Melissa, both big fans of Heart, were happy to get the announcement of the band’s new tour this summer. Hear a fun interview they had together with Ann Wilson in May of 2017.

Melissa heads to L.A. to report on The Grammys this weekend. She and Kaedy discuss their Grammys experiences and wrap up how the musical entertainment fared in Atlanta around the Super Bowl the past couple of weeks.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about yours and their favorite Super Bowl half-time shows and what’s happening in Atlanta leading up to the big game.

Kaedy and Melissa discuss what tours we can look forward to this year.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about their favorite shows from last year.

Kaedy and Melissa talk with Alex’s business partner, Promoter Peter Conlon, about the Music Midtown festival and more.

Kaedy and Melissa remember the South’s favorite concert promoter Alex Cooley, born December 15, 1939 and died December 1, 2015. Hear audio from one of Cooley’s last interviews with Kaedy and from Alex’s long-time business partner, President of Live Nation Atlanta, Peter Conlon.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about their shared experience of covering Gregg’s funeral in Macon last year. This episode features recent interview audio with Peter Conlon, President of Live Nation Atlanta, and Galadrielle Allman (Duane’s daughter) with Gregg’s longtime manager Michael Lehman.

In honor of Gregg’s 71st birthday this week, Kaedy and Melissa talk about their experiences with him over the years through their interviews with him.

Kaedy and Melissa were thrilled to interview Ric Ocasek about his artwork (yes, he draws and paints), being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, and about his history with the late Benjamin Orr and the Cars.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about the history of Queen and share vintage audio with Kaedy and Queen’s guitarist Brian May from May of 1991.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about the movie Bohemian Rhapsody and share part of their interview with singer Marc Martel, whose voice is so close to that of Queen’s Freddie Mercury’s that it was used in the new picture! The girls also talk about Kaedy’s trip last week to NYC to see Springsteen on Broadway and Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden.

Kaedy and Melissa discuss their favorite books about musicians/bands including a few recommendations from listeners and pieces of our audio interviews with Gregg Allman and Ann Wilson of Heart.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about the technology and idea behind the current show “In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert – The Hologram Tour” with the tour’s creator, Base Entertainment CEO Marty Tudor.

October 20, 1977 is the 41st anniversary of one of the darkest days in the history of Rock and Roll - the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash. Kaedy and Melissa talk about their memories of Skynyrd, the new documentary about the history of the band, and share audio of interviews Kaedy did with founding member, guitarist Gary Rossington, and with the late, great concert promoter Alex Cooley.

Kaedy and Melissa talk about seeing “A Star is Born” and Melissa’s recent in-person interview with Bradley Cooper about his movie.

Kaedy and Melissa discuss highly-anticipated releases from Steve Perry, Tom Petty, The Beatles and more, and give their NFL football picks for the week.

Kaedy and Melissa discuss Paul McCartney's first #1 album in over 30 years, the newly released "Egypt Station", and Kaedy shares audio parts of an interview she had with Paul backstage in Atlanta in 1993.