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Interviews

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From time to time, I'm lucky enough to have singers, comedians, and other famous people stop by the studio or call the show. I'm going to be posting the interviews here.

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Jeff Dunham is one of the funniest people on the planet. Crash had a chance to talk to him (and Walter!) on 10/5/11.

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Don Barnes and .38 Special played the Corn Palace Festival in the summer of 2011. Crash had a chance to talk to Barnes about the band's legacy and first ever live album.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ted Nugent is never at a loss for words. Had a chance to talk to the Motor City Madman on 7/29/11

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hadden_sayersHadden Sayers is a blues performer out of East Texas who's making a lot of noise on the Roots Blues charts. He stopped by the studio on 8/9/11 when he was here for the Fair.

      

 

 

 

 

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Bernard Allison came to the area to headline the first Hill Billy's Blues Fest in July 2011. Got a chance to talk to him about his famous dad (Luther Allison) and all the great music!

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bill Payne of Little Feat stopped by my booth at JazzFest 7/15/11 in Yankton Trail Park.

          

 

 

 

 

 

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Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds stopped by for an interview and a few laughs at JazzFest 7/14/11

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mat d of Mat d & The Profane Saints came by our JazzFest tent 7/14/11 for an interview and acoustic performance.

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mato Nanji of Indigenous stopped by to chat with Crash and do an acoustic performance before their main stage gig at JazzFest 7/14/11.

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jazzfest_thomas_hentges_250Thomas Hentges of Pasque came over for an interview and acoustic performance at JazzFest 7/15/11 in Sioux Falls.

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

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British Blues Award winner for guitarist of the year, Matt Schofield, came by the studios to chat before his show at Wiley's 7/22/11

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Carlos Mencia came by the studios when he came to play Fat Daddy's on June 10, 2011.

            

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd called May 25, 2011 to talk about the band playing RibFest on June 2nd, the bands new CD, his influences and more.

              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JohnWaite April 12, 2011 John Waite called in to talk about his days fronting The Babys, Bad English, the early days of MTV as a solo artist, and his new cd "Rough & Tumble"

                      

 

 

 

 

 

joe_elliottJoe Elliott from Def Leppard called in one afternoon to talk about his side project "The Down N Outz" and what we were going to hear from Def Leppard in 2011

                    

 

 

 

 

 

bh_toddIn the summer of 2010 we had Big Head Todd & The Monsters play our first Downtown Live. I got a hold of lead singer and guitarist Todd Park Mohr on the side of the road as the bus had a flat tire. It wasn't my fault, I swear!

                    

 

 

 

 

bret_michaels-101809We had Bret Michaels in town in both 2009 and 2010. I got a chance to visit with Bret during one of those visits

                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

brian_reganThe hilarious Brian Regan played Sioux Falls in 2010 and called Crash with some jokes and to talk about the show

                    

 

 

 

 

pat_godwinCrash's buddy Paddy G, Pat Godwin from the Bob & Tom Show, dropped by the studio when he was in town

                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

joe_perry_4One of Crash's greatest thrills came in the summer of 2009. Aerosmith had played the Buffalo Chip Campground in Sturgis when lead singer Steven Tyler fell off stage and was taken to the hospital. No one knew what was going to happen to the band. The next afternoon, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry showed up in Crash's studio to talk about the future of Aerosmith and to play some new music from the Joe Perry Project.

You can hear the interview on this page

 

 

 

lita_fordOne of the great 'rock chicks', Lita Ford called in July 2010 to plug her concert in Sioux Falls.

                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

peter_frampton_5Peter Frampton released one of the biggest live albums of all-time with Frampton Comes Alive and he's still on the road playing for happy audiences like he did in 2009 at the Sioux Empire Fair.

                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ralphie-mayRalphie May is one of the biggest (literally and figuratively) comics touring today. He's also one of the nicest and funniest!

                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ToddYohnandCrash1Todd Yohn is a long-time friend of Crash's (as you can see here!) and he's one of the best comics in the country. We love it when Todd comes to town like he did in the Spring of 2011

                  

   
   

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