Twisted Sister' Jay Jay French

In part one of this this in-depth conversation, we sit down with rock pioneer and counter-culture icon Arthur Brown (“The God of Hellfire”) to explore his extraordinary musical journey across eight decades.Arthur shares vivid stories from his early years in Whitby—from childhood exposure to jazz and post-war radio broadcasts, to sneaking around to tune into Radio Luxembourg for Elvis and Carl Perkins. He reflects on his time studying in London and Reading, discovering modern jazz and Charles Mingus, practicing James Brown moves behind stacks of shoe boxes, and the theatrical epiphanies that helped shape his legendary, fiery stage persona.In this episode, we discuss:Growing up in a musical home in post-war YorkshireEarly memories of seaside showmanship & Captain WebbDiscovering American music: Big Band, Frank Sinatra, and the birth of Rock 'n' RollTuning into Radio Luxembourg and the 1950s cultural shiftThe power of modern jazz and the influence of Charles MingusThe infamous Roman Law exam paper on Marilyn Monroe's wardrobeFinding showmanship through James Brown at the Apollo & Little RichardThe early folk and poetry scenes paving the way for British underground rock🔔 Subscribe to The Rock 'n' Blues Experience for more exclusive interviews, retrospectives, and stories from legendary rock and blues artists.

Matt Sorum, Guns'n'Roses, Velvet Revolver joins us on the new edition of "The Rock'n'Blues Experience" www.therocknbluesexperience.com Matt Sorum is not your average everyday run of the mill rock star as well as an impressive array of achievements in music with Guns'+Roses Velvet Revolver and a substantial number of other projects , he is a man who likes to give back to society via various charitable endevours including the one perhaps closest to his heart "Adopt The Arts Foundation" which helps support under privilaged children and those in public/elementary schools that offer little in the way of arts and music .This year saw the inaugral Sound and Vision Awards and benefit concert which honoured the achievements of Geezer Butler and Paul Rodgers.An all star cast was put together including Paul Rodgers and Geezer Butler who were joined by Corey Taylor, Lizzy Hale, Matt himself, Glenn Hughes Nuno Bettencourt and many more.The album of the event is coming and the doc as well Matt joined us and we talked about the event, the charity and him contribution and what is going on in his life now as well.The Rock'n'Blues Experience with Tim CapleInterviews and features with musicians who have impacted the music industry over the last 60 years.The Rock'n'Blues Experience features interviews and conversation with legends of the genre and the very best of today's upcoming talent

Another sad day as the rock world bids goodbye to one of the great drummers of the last generation Chris Slade player professionally for over 63 years with some of the biggest names in music including Dave Gilmour, Jimmy page and Paul Rodgers in the Firm, Uriah Heep, Manfred Mann and of course AC/DC as they returned to global stardom with Razors Edge and he was the man on the drum stool for Thunderstruck as Chris steps away from music to concentrate on his health and well being we go back to revisit some of the great stories from his incredible career so listen in and watch one of the great drummers of the last 60 years in the video below.

Welcome back and cominy up Jay Jay French joins us from the Twisted Sister camp ahead of the tour and we talk about the new line up will Dee Snider return and what to expect from Sebastian Bach, plus Don Dokken recalls epic nights at The Starwood Club where all sorts of debauchery went on during the 80's we hear about Paul Rodgers joining Hillbilly Vegas and we look back at one of the great bands fromLA in the 80's who came close to breaking big but missed out Doug Aldrich remembers life with Lion

On this edition of the show we begin a look back at the greatest ever debut albums in rock history and the album that held the title of the greatest selling debut album of all time from its release in fall of 1977 up until the end of 2008 was Boston's self titled debut album.On the show we go back to the very beginnings when Barry Goudreau was putting a band together at college and they needed a keyboard player and strolling in came Tom Scholz and the rest as they say well that's history , join us as Barry recounts how they went from playing bars and small clubs to MSG in a year .

Taken from the upcoming show with Jay Jay French we look back at the day The Beatles finally broke America this was a few months before the infamous appearance on Ed Sullivan show it was New Years Eve 1963 the man on the mic was legendary DJ Cousin Brucie from New York and here is the story of how it happened.Jay Jay French went on to become one of the original members of Twisted Sister in the early 70's and we look at their rise to stardom and what is happening now on the run up to the new tour this September that is all on the new edition of "The Rock'n'Blues Experience" that you can find on the website this week and youtube and Facebook

From the upcoming show Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister talking about New York life in67 when he met The Who in central park and what John Entwhistle did when he saw Roger Daltry credit on a song he had written

From the upcoming show with Jay Jay French from Twisted Sister here is a clip with Jay Jay recounting the funniest review of the band he ever saw in print and the alternative view on what his career high point was and yes it is very funny.Look out for the full edition of the show coming soon www.therocknbluesexperience.com

The Rock'n'Blues Experience with Tim Caple and on this edition of the show Colin Blunstone on of the most recognisable voices in music and the voice of rock hall of fame band The Zombies joins me to look back over his 7 decade career in music we go back to how it all started back in the late 50's how The Zombies became one of the biggest bands out of England at the time and how Rod Argent came up with "She's Not There" and why the break up happened coming full circle back to today and how Colin still remains in significant demand around the World and is still recording .

This is the Audio edition of the new show with Jon Davison from "Yes" ahead of the release of Aurora we look at the new album and a musical journey that began in Laguna Beach and those early days of bands with best friend Taylor Hawkins and how he became part of prog rocks longest running and most successful bands.