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Lead Singer Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson (former lead singer from Yes) on his solo album “1000 Hands”, The Eagles introducing the band to cocaine, playing in front of Keith Emmersion & Pete Townshend, playing with Geddy Lee at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction plus getting stoned and writing “Roundabout”. www.jonanderson.com – Forrest

Listen to “84. Jon Anderson (Yes)” on Spreaker.

Comedian Pat McGann

Comedian Pat McGann on his new special, Sebastian Maniscalco, foam rolling, getting started in comedy and does he prefer Kiss or The Rolling Stones in concert. – Forrest

Listen to “83. Pat McGann (comedian)” on Spreaker.

AC/DC 40th Anniversary Virtual Celebration

Top 5 bands of all time for me.  If you want a free digital copy of “Back In Black” send me a message on Instagram or Twitter and I’ll set you up. – Forrest

Prince with Dave Grohl

Cool story from Grohl – Forrest

Ronnie Platt from Kansas

Lead singer Ronnie Platt on driving truck for a living before joining Kansas, running into the band through 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 – Forrest

Listen to “82. Ronnie Platt (Kansas)” on Spreaker.

“Come Together” was stolen

In late 1969 Lennon had to pay Chuck Berry for stealing “Come Together” from him.  Check it out – Forrest

Tom Scholz from Boston

Dude’s a certified genius – Forrest

Comedian Greg Warren

You’ve heard his bits “No Neck Nick” and “Flute Man Greg” on the Bob & Tom Show.  Greg Warren has a new special out now, “Where The Field Corn Grows“, and he called in to discuss the special, how he decided what to wear, collegiate wrestling, The Bob & Tom Show & more. – Forrest

Listen to “81. Greg Warren (comedian)” on Spreaker.

Neil Peart

This claims to be the “isolated” drum tracks from 2112 but you can still hear the rest of the band so I think they’re just amplified.  Still, I’m hearing parts in the song I’ve never heard before. – Forrest

Roy Orbisons Grandson & Joe Walsh

Okay, this is better than any Tekashi 6ix9ine song I’ve ever heard.  Which is zero but still… – Forrest

The Name Is Bootsy Baby

Here’s Bootsy Collins (Parliament, Funkadelic) on James Brown, Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, Buckethead, Fatboy Slim and his nephew, Snoop Dogg. – Forrest

Listen to “80. Bootsy Collins – Parliament-Funkadelic, James Brown” on Spreaker.

Fogerty + Seger

How did I never see or hear this? – Forrest

Paul McCarteny & Dave Grohl

I expected to see Grohl playing the drums and Paul on bass but nope, totally forgot those 2 had both recording entire albums by themselves. Pretty sure I save Dave Matthews in there too – Forrest

My life in 5 riffs

Pretty self explanatory – Forrest

Sammy Hagar on DLC

Sammy is as honest as you can get.  I feel like there’s no agenda, no PR, no canned responses.  Just a guy that happens to also be a rock star. – Forrest

Jessie Colin Young – The Youngbloods

It’s Jessie Colin Young from The Youngbloods on working with Steve Miller, hearing his song on Nirvana’s “Territorial Pissings” and redemption, UFO’s, worst cars he’s owne and more. – Forrest

Listen to “79. Jessie Colin Young – The Youngbloods” on Spreaker.

What I’m listening to this week

This week I’ve been listening to nothing but these 5 album, 4 were just released Friday. If you have an album recommendation or want a copy of the CCR let me know on Twitter or Instagram. – Forrest

Bob Dylan – Rough And Rowdy Ways (6/19/20)

Neil Young – Homegrown.  (Released 6/19/20 but recorded 1974 – 1975)

Mushroomhead – A Wonderful Life (6/19/20)

Lamb Of God – Lamb of God (6/19/20)

As a long time LAMB OF GOD fan , I just want to say that this album is SERIOUSLY GREAT !!! @lambofgod ⚡️🤘 pic.twitter.com/Mxrcn7MOYg

— Kirk Hammett (@KirkHammett) June 23, 2020

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Live at Woodstock (8/2/19 but recorded 8/17/69)

Rick Astley “Everlong”

It all started when The Foo Fighters joined Rick Astley on stage at a festival.

Holy $%&# is Rick good.  I knew he was a star but I had no idea that just him with an acoustic guitar would sound this good. – Forrest

Robert Lamm – Chicago

Robert Lamm from Chicago called into 96.9 The Eagle to talk about 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? (He did not) – Forrest

Listen to “78. Robert Lamm – Chicago” on Spreaker.

The original Rage Against The Machine

I Won’t Do What You Tell Me!  Tom Petty rocks a Flying-V guitar with cowboy boots back in 1979 plus a hankerchief around his neck.  Is he a cowboy, is he a rock star?  He’s Tom Petty.  If I could own 1 classic guitar it would either be an acoustic owned by Hank Williams or Petty’s Flying V that sold for $44,000. Hear a 1980 Tom Petty concert on the radio this Saturday night. – Forrest

Bon Scott tribute

This Bon Scott tribute happens every year and 2020 featured Steve Gorman (Black Crowes), Bill Burr, Jerry Cantrell & Mike Inez (Alice in Chains), Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave), Dave Lombardo (Slayer) and more. – Forrest

Me & my guitar

I love how he nevers takes himself too serious and it’s almost like Spinal Tap, poking fun at itself.  He’s also an amazing guitarist and big Mark Knopfler fan. – Forrest

Wang Chung

Nick Feldman from Wang Chung calls in to talk about 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, his involvement with “The Breakfast Club” movie, plus all the shows and movies Wang Chung was mentioned in. Nick also worked for Warner Brothers, Sony Music and SonyBMG.  – Forrest

Listen to “77. Nick Feldman – Wang Chung” on Spreaker.

Hear Jimi like never before

Isolated guitar tracks from “Purple Haze”.  It’s crazy how you can listen to a song a thousand times and hear something different every time. – Forrest

Pierre Bouvier

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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, who was more intimidating, Bob Rock (Metallica/Motley Crue) or Desmond Child (Aerosmith/Bon Jovi), and who in the band can jump the highest. – Forrest

Listen to “Radio Forrest” on Spreaker.

Geddy Lee’s favorite songs

I expected him to have weirder tastes, this is a prettty solid list! – Forrest

Bill & Ted 3: Face The Music

Today, June 9th, is known as Bill & Ted Day. Why?  In Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure future Bill & Ted ask present Bill & Ted their favorite number, “69 dudes!”.

It’s also the day the trailer for Bill & Ted 3: Face The Music dropped.  Excellent! – Forrest

TV host Don Wildman

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. – Forrest

Man builds a bunker in his yard

I think every man dreams of having a 5 car garage and a bunker. – Forrest

Do a kickflip!

One regret I do have is I wish I had gotten more into skateboarding.  It’s like having long hair, in your 40’s is not the best time to start.  My neighbor built a halfpipe in his driveway and my son just got his 1st skateboard.

Led Zeppelin live

The band says this will only be up for a limited time, Led Zeppelin’s London O2 peformance in 2007.  I was one of the over 20 million that entered the lottery to buy tickets but no luck for me.  If you want a digital copy of this album just Tweet me here or message me on Instagram here and I’ll hook you up. – Forrest

Fogerty in quarantine

You can tell a song’s good when it’s just the songwriter and a guitar and it still sounds good. – Forrest

Billy Gibbons on a bicycle

Something I thought I’d never see – Forrest

Sammy Hagar covers Buffalo Springfield

The Red Rocker continues to cover songs from home along with Michael Anthony (Van Halen) and Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham’s son).

Lead singer of The Beach Boys

Mike Love from The Beach Boys called in to talk about his newest release for charity, John Stamos playing drums, his bizarre speech at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, turning down headlining The Montery Pop Festival and more. – Forrest

David Coverdale from Whitesnake

Here is a recent interview with David Coverdale from Whitesnake and Deep Purple. “The ROCK Album” from White Snake is coming out June 19th on CD and white vinyl.  Whitesnake.com describes it as, “revisited, remixed and remastered versions of the band’s best rock songs plus a previously unreleased Song “Always The Same”.

David talks about life during quarantine, if he has talked to Tawny Kitaen and would he tour with Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham. – Forrest

Hetfield’s cars

This is why James Hetfield wrote, ‘Fuel” by Metallica. – Forrest

Ziggy Marley

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. – Forrest

Jason Hawes from Ghost Nation

Jason Hawes from the TV show Ghost Nation called in to talk about season 2, if he thinks I would I be a scary ghost in 100 years, has he ever encountered anything evil and what he thinks happens when we die.  Ghost Nation airs on SyFy Wednesdays 8/7c and Jason was on the hit History Channel show, Ghost Hunters. – Forrest

Post Malone covering Nirvana

Rapper Post Malone 1st covered Bob Dylan before the face tattoos, showed up on Ozzy’s new album and then he did a full Nirvana tribute show.  This dude is winning me over.  Never judge a book. – Forrest

Trapt interview

The lead singer from Trapt has been the most exciting thing on Twitter during the quarantine.  Whether he’s fighting Ice-T, getting into a Twitter batte with Power Trip, being challenged by Danny Diablo from the NYHC scene or showing his support of Trump, the Trapt Twitter account has been quoted by Alternative Press, Revolver, Loudwire, Metal Injection and more just in 1 month.

I gave Chris Taylor Brown a call to get his side of the story. – Forrest

Stones from home

I love the Stones, I think I like them more and more every year.  I wish I could live my life not caring as much as they do.  It looks fun. – Forrest

My Pandemic Playlist

Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters) recently shared his pandemic playlist.

Thought I’d start my own. – Forrest

Bingo, bingo, bingo

Ever play bingo with Matthew McConaughey?  Be a lot cooler if you did.  Here’s how he’s using his time during home quarantine, volunteering to call video online for a senior center.  – Forrest

AC/DC: A 5 Minute Drum & Guitar Chronology

Always suspicous of these “cover” videos where the actual song is played at the same time because it could just be lip syching with some video editing.  I do have to admit, the “Thunderstruck” does sound a bit off so maybe it is these 2 dudes playing.

Hagar covering The Who

I wonder if The Who will ever see this.  Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham! – Forrest

 

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Farmer Forrest

Damn fox took 2 of my chickens!

 

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Decided to get some chicks to fill out my flock.

Got 2 Wyandotte’s & 2 Amber White’s.

I had 2 Ameraucana’s which were my favorite but the fox got those.  Now I just have 1 Rhode Island Red and 2 Barred Rock’s.

Since my chickens free range and get a ton of table scraps they prouced eggs all winter.  I hate seeing chickens in small penned in coop’s.  I even worked on a chicken farm once in a whle when I was a teenager.  You can just tell they’re happier with room to roam.  I am putting in a rather large garden so this fence is going up to just keep them out. $20 in pallets.

I also planted 2 peach trees and an apple tree this week which they are going to love this fall. – Forrest

Behind the scenes of my home studio

Doing the afternoon show 2-7pm from my house this week, I’m totally going to have my neighbors on.  Here’s a video tour of my setup. – Forrest

Rock Stars Quarantined

Lock a rock star in a house with his guitars for 14 days and you’re going to get an album.  I think a year from now we’ll see an explosion of releases.  These are some of the ones I enjoy watching now. – Forrest

Billy Joel Armstrong from Green Day did this cover