The new President of Hockey Operations for the Blue Jackets, John Davidson, is back in Columbus after signing a deal with the CBJ. We talked to John about the expectations for the team heading into the off season, what drove him to come back to Columbus & what the teams priorities are heading into the draft and new contracts on the line.
We talked to Billy F Gibbons of ZZ Top, who is now coming out with his own solo album, ‘Hardware’, coming out June 4th. Billy talked to us about the origins of the album and how it pulled from a multitude of different sounds as well as what we can expect for a ZZ Top reunion tour.
With all the new guidelines from the CDC concerning the coronavirus coming out, we caught up with Dr. Joseph Gastaldo from Ohio Health to get his take on all of the new guidelines. Dr. Gastaldo also talked to us about the immunity stages for folks who have been infected already with natural anti-bodies vs the folks who have been vaccinated.
The Brat Pack member, Andrew McCarthy, joined the show to promote his new book “Brat, An 80’s Story” highlighting his time in the 80’s as a member of the young clique & he talked about how he approached some of his most iconic roles throughout his career.
The bassists of Cheap Trick, Tom Petersson, joined the show to promote the new album “In Another World”. Cheap Trick is also performing at RiverBend music center in Cincinnati this summer & Tom talked to us about the group getting back on the road again.
He’s the iconic rapper & actor as well as the founder & head of the BIG 3 basketball league, it’s our buddy Ice Cube. Cube joined the show to promote his new season of “Big 3” basketball, covered some of the nuisances of the league & rules and also told some stories of some of the coolest celebs he’s worked with over his career.
Rock & Roll author, Joel Selvin, joined the show to promote his new book, “Hollywood Eden”. Joel talked to us about the long lasting influence of the beach era of rock & roll and how the movement in the 50’s & 60’s made ripples across the country of music moving forward and how counter culture impacted the industry. Joel covers music talents such as The Beach Boys, Elvis, etc.
We talked to the legendary rocker, Tommy Shaw, about the new album release coming out June 18th as well as the title track of the album “Crash of the Crown”. Tommy shared with us some of the work that went into making the album & talked about how he has kept his voice in good shape despite the many years of rocking out year-round.
We had the pleasure of having Urban Meyer on the show, the former Buckeye, now Jacksonville Jaguar, joined the show to talk about his new journey into the NFL, how he has been preparing for the season with COVID protocols & we previewed the opening of the new “Urbans Chophouse” opening up in the Short North off High St.
The Blue Jackets & coach John Tortorella have agreed to part ways after 6 seasons here in Columbus. With many rumors and speculation swirling around the town, we talked to former Blue Jacket & NHL Analyst Jody Shelley to get his take on the the teams decision to find a new coach & we asked him what he thinks about the lack of fighting in the NHL today.
