Todd Rundgren Talk Radio

John Boutté is an American jazz singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana, who has been active since the mid-1990s. He is known for diverse music style that goes beyond jazz to R&B, gospel, Latin, and blues. He is the younger brother of the jazz and gospel singer Lillian Boutté, and a relative of legendary cartoonist George Herriman. Boutté was a featured singer on the song "It's The Beginning of the End" on Todd Rundgren's album White Knight.  He was in a very recent May 2, 2020 article about Jazz Fest https://www.npr.org/2020/05/02/849124139/from-ella-fitzgerald-to-john-boutt-jazz-festing-in-place-presents-archival-audio.

Michael Jaworek has been a concert promoter for over 40 years. His activities are focused in the Washington DC and Baltimore markets, where he is Vice President of the Birchmere - Todd has performed there numerous times. Michael has been nominated many times as “Nightclub Talent Buyer of the Year” by Pollstar Magazine. He is also a co-founder of the Washington Area Music Awards and has been a NARAS member & served on the Washington DC Board of Governors for philanthropy of NARAS. In 2013, Michael received the International Talent Buyers Association “Club Buyer of the Year” Award.

The 2018 Todd Rundgren's Utopia tour featuring Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, and Ralph Schuckett has been announced and tickets are on sale.  Join us for this editon of RR as we discuss all things Todd & Utopia followed by a live interview with Willie Wilcox!

Mutlu opened for Todd Rundgren in 2016 at the Daytona Beach concert and he has recorded a cover of "Hello It's Me".  He is the only artist besides Todd that has been a guest on Live From Daryl's House two times. Mutlu is a soulful, singer-songwriter. A Philadelphia native and first-generation American of Turkish descent, Mutlu has already built a substantial fan base in his hometown, while winning widespread praise for his prior releases.  He's collaborated and toured extensively as a support act with legendary duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and holds the distinction of having made the most guest appearances on Daryl Hall's acclaimed, award-winning TV/Internet  show "Live From Daryl's House". He's also gained considerable attention for his work with noted singer-songwriter Amos Lee, with whom he's toured extensively as a support act and backup vocalist.  He was the support act on the North American leg of Joe Jackson's acclaimed "Rain" tour and has shared stages with the likes of Adele, Katy Perry, John Hiatt, Leon Russell, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Todd Rundgren, Shuggie Otis & many more. Born Mutlu Onaral, he grew up steeped in Philadelphia's deep R&B traditions, eagerly absorbing the fundamentals of old-school soul music and incorporating it into his own musical persona.  His local success led to a recording deal with Manhattan/EMI Records, which released his acclaimed 2008 debut album Livin' It, produced by the late, great T-Bone Wolk, and featuring guest appearances by Daryl Hall, Amos Lee, G. Love and Raheem DeVaughn. His latest release is the Hypnotize EP which he co-produced with songwriter/producer Darius Amendolia.

Post Notre Dame discussion - Todd Rundgren is an Artist In Residence at the University of Notre Dame September/October 2016 featuring more than a week of public and private events. He is teaching an interdisciplinary elective class, Exploring the Creative Muse: Art, Business, Technology, and Rock n’ Roll, and will be visiting numerous classrooms and music groups during nearly two weeks at the University. We will also be playing the 2002 CD, "Todd Rundgren & His Friends".  Todd's next album will be in collaboration with other artists so we found this fitting even though the new album will be completely different.   1. Drive - Vivian Campbell   2. Hello, It's Me - Edgar Winter   3. Time Heals - Dweezil Zappa   4. Love Is The Answer - Gary Hoey   5. Bang On The Drum All Day - Tony Levin   6. Tiny Demons - Steve Lukather   7. Something To Fall Back On - Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter   8. Compassion - Bruce Kulick   9. Mated - Richie Kotzen 10. A Dream Goes On Forever - Steve Stevens 11. Emperor Of The Highway - Derek Sherinian

Ed Palermo's Big Band performed a show featuring Todd Rundgren music this year at the Iridium in NYC.   It's not the first time the band has performed Todd's music, they have also performed a mashup of Todd and Zappa billed as Zodd Zundgren several times at the Iridium.  Ed is not a “business as usual” musician. After all, when most people think of “big bands” they think of Duke and Dorsey. But go to see Ed Palermo’s Big Band and you might hear Zappa, Rundgren, Hendrix, the blues of Paul Butterfield & Mike Bloomfield or one of Ed’s own compositions, loaded with lush turns and unexpected twists. Before forming his own band, Ed toured and recorded with many different artists including Aretha Franklin, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Lou Rawls, Melba Moore, Debbie Gibson, The Spinners and countless others. He has written and arranged for the Tonight Show, Maurice Hines and Eddy Fischer. He also arranged the music for a recent James Brown concert at the Hollywood Bowl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAYvoMNrOac

Rundgren Radio Evening With Interviews.  Hosted by Cruisermel and Thom Jennings.  Pre-recorded interviews Tom completed recently with John Ferenzik, Jesse Gress, & Prairie Prince.  Also, a very recent (June 3) 10 minute interview Thom completed with Todd Rundgren that includes a discussion of his upcoming album!  Announcements *might* include info on a possible Rundgren Radio Year 9 BDAY BASH 7 over Labor Day weekend.

King Tobias is a 6yr old who has BIG talent for playing Beatles music! He has performed for the legends RIngo Starr, Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren & more.  He has been on ABC News which was picked up by CNN and is now playing worldwide. King has even appeared on Good Morning America. https://www.youtube.com/user/MizzCali408

So what's this panel all about on Saturday of the event?  Who is on it?  Where is the venue for the Todd gig?  What's Todd performing?  When and where do we see the AWATS Stamford DVD? Jean and Ed join Doug & Mel to spill all the beans about Rockin' Little Rock!  www.RockinLittleRock.com

Rundgren Radio Special Edition: Something/Anything? 40th Anniversary Celebration Show.  Hosted by CruiserMel & guest host Thom Jennings.  We are expecting a few guest callers and Bill Bricker will be calling in with an update on his S/A?40 Rolling Stone ad campaign. The album is listed at 173 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

Special guest Mark Volman will be on to discuss Todd's Revival Camp. Also, Doug & CruiserMel will be discussing the next RR promoted Todd gigs coming up on 10/12-13 and continuing the post-Rockford discussion. Mark Volman is an American rock and roll singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles. Volman became a stand-out figure upon joining the Mothers of Invention under the tutelage of Frank Zappa. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "Flo".

For the last 25 years Randy has been an all-around stage technician for artists such as Roberta Flack, David Byrne, Bad company, Meat loaf, Blondie and Ted Nugent to name a few. Randy's been a TR crewman since Liars and now stage manages AWATS & Todd/Healing.

Greg is the keyboard player from The Cars. He has recorded with Paul McCartney and performs regularly with Flo & Eddie. He was a member of Todd's band for the recent AWATS and Todd/Healing tours. He also plays the ukulele.

We're back -- again :-)! Some of TR's Musical Survival Camp counselors will be joining us including copyright expert Janet Kirker and write/musician Paul Myers. For over 20 years, Janet has been spearheading projects for entertainment giants such as Warner Bros, Disney & Fox. Since 2005 at EMI, she's become recognized as one of the leading minds in copyright registration and the flow of rights worldwide. Janet was also a singer for 10 years and we'll be playing a song for ya! San Francisco based writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Myers is the author of three music biographies, including the recent critically acclaimed study A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio. He's also written for Crawdaddy, Mix Magazine, Electronic Musician.

Guest host Thom Jennings will be taking calls from fans on the road seeing the Todd+Healing Albums Live shows. Regular hosts Doug & Cruisermel will be checking in from Toddledo to give you all the scoop on the first 3 shows and the CD Release Event happening the following day!

Costume night! Michele and Rachel worked diligently behind the scenes to help create the outfits for the Todd+Healing tour. We'll be breaking down that experience with both of these lovely ladies. Show starts at 8:30pm ET. Michele Rundgren is a self professed "Has Been". She "has been" a Circus Trapeze Artist, a singer & dancer on Broadway, a member of the rock band "The Tubes", and back-up singer and "Brood Sow" for Todd Rund...gren. She has appeared many times on "The David Letterman Show" and on MTV. Michele is married to pop and rock icon Todd Rundgren and she has been a fixture in the realm of all things Todd since the mid-eighties. Throughout the years, Michele has served many a role in “Todd’s World” including Production Manager during the “Nearly Human” recording sessions, singing backup during the ‘89-’91 tours, a TR-i dancer during Todd’s interactive tour and a rocker mom to three sons Randy, Rex, and Rebop. Rachel Culp is the daughter of actor Robert Culp, for 25 years Rachel has been creating custom outfits for clients like The Tubes, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, Blue Oyster Cult, Mr. Big, Elvis Costello Band, and most recently Todd Rundgren's Todd-Healing tour.

Rundgren Radio with special guest Gary Myrick. Born in Dallas, Texas, Gary Myrick played guitar and sang in the Dallas/Fort Worth area starting as a teenager. Eventually, he built a significant enough reputation to be asked to join Austin, Texas band Kracker Jack, replacing Stevie Ray Vaughan who had left to begin his solo career. After relocating to Los Angeles, California, he formed Gary Myrick & the Figures, releasing a self-titled album in 1980 which included the hit "She Talks in Stereo." Living in a Movie and the EP Language, featuring the percussive single "Guitar, Talk, Love & Drums" followed in 1981 and 1983, respectively. His combination of blues, rock and new wave won him airplay on modern rock radio stations in the United States and exposure on MTV throughout the 1980s. Two of his songs, "She Talks in Stereo" and "Time to Win," were used in the 1983 film Valley Girl. "She Talks in Stereo" made the top 100 songs of the decade on KROQ Radio.