Wax Museum Radio
Next broadcast August 2nd, Friday Night at midnight and Saturday night at 10pm on WRGG.
Craig Maher / Exo-X-Xeno Wax Museum Interview
Craig Maher from Exo-X-Xeno talking about the 2025 album "Luminous Voyage"
- Click picture to listen to the interview with Craig talking about the Exo-X-Xeno project with Yes members Billy Sherwood, Jay Shellen and Patrick Moraz.
Hear Today In Rock and Roll History
Today In R&R History August 2nd
Daily Rock and Roll History, Birthday and short music clips.
A year long, day by day look back at this date in Rock History in 3-5 minute segments. Now airing WRGG in Greencastle, PA, weekday mornings on KSRQ in Three River Falls, Minnesota, KIYU in Galena, Alaska
Nektar Wax Museum interview 4/11/25
Nektar interviewed on the second night of the 2025 "Mission To Mars" Tour
- Click image to hear the exclusive the Wax Museum interview with Nektar discussiing the current tour, future plans and group history.
Rock and Roll Birthdays
August 2nd
- August 2nd Birthday, The Band keyboardist Garth Hudson, born Eric Hudson in 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- August 2nd Birthday, Traffic drummer, vocalist and solo artist Jim Capaldi, born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England in 1944. Capaldi died on January 29th, 2005 at the age of 60.
- August 2nd Birthday, Amen Corner singer, songwriter, guitarist and solo artist Andy Fairweather-Low, born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales in 1948.
- August 2nd Birthday, Wishbone Ash guitarist and singer Ted Turner, born David Alan Turner in Birmingham, England in 1950.
- August 2nd Birthday, Session man turned solo artist Andrew Gold, born in 1951 in Burbank, California. Gold appeared in Linda Ronstadt’s backing band, and after a few solo hits, partnered up with Graham Gouldman and became a member of Wax. He passed away on June 3rd, 2011 at the age of 59.
- August 2nd Birthday, British singer, guitarist and producer Steve Hillage. Born in Chingford, Essex, England in 1951, Hillage was an early member of the progressive rock band Gong.
- August 2nd Birthday, Rainbow and Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner, born in 1951 in Hackensack, New Jersey.
The Paul Bielatowicz Band Wax Museum interview 4/11/25
The Paul Bielatowicz Band interviewed on their 2025 Spring Tour
- Click image to hear the exclusive the Wax Museum interview with The Paul Bielatowicz Band discussiing the current tour and future plans.
Today In Rock and Roll History
August 2nd
- August 2nd, 1958 The Big Bopper’s “Chantilly Lace” enters the US Pop Singles charts. Written by The Bopper under his real name, J.P. Richardson, the song was originally cut for the Pappy Daily’s D Records label with producer Jerry Kennedy. Mercury Records picked it up for national distribution and released it in July. The song reached No. 6 on November 1st.
- August 2nd, 1961 The Beatles play The Cavern Club in Liverpool for the first time. In the next two years, the band would appear there two hundred and ninety-seven times.
- August 2nd, 1968 The Who and The Doors play at the Singer Bowl in Queens, New York City. Built in 1954 and holding as many as eighteen-thousand people, it was previously used for the 1964 World’s Fair. The show ended in chaos when a riot broke out in the crowd.
- August 2nd, 1969 Ode Records release “Clear,” the third album by Spirit. Produced by Lou Adler from February through August directly after Spirit recorded songs for the movie Model Shop. Some group members have commented that the sessions were rushed as a result. Second edition copies of the LP included the “1984” single and two other songs not found on original copies. The record peaked at No. 55 on October 4th.
- August 2nd, 1969 “Keem-O-Sabe” by The Electric Indian enters the singles charts. The 45 peaked at No. 16 on September 27th. The singles’ B-side, “Land Of 1,000 Dances” charted for one week at No. 95. The “Chopsticks” piano intro on the record was played by a pre-fame Daryl Hall,
- August 2nd, 1969 Three Dog Night release “Easy To Be Hard” on 45. The song was part of the musical “Hair,” co-written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado and Gerome Ragni. Three Dog Night’s version hit No. 4 on September 27th. Produced by Gabriel Mekler, the lead vocal is sung by Chuck Negron.
- August 2nd, 1971 A Gold Record is awarded to Rod Stewart for his LP “Every Picture Tells A Story.”
- August 2nd, 1971 Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose single “Treat Her Like A Lady,” receives a Gold Record award for one million copies sold.
- August 2nd, 1971 Bizarre Records release the live album “Fillmore East June 1971” by The Mothers. The album was recorded at Frank Zappa and The Mothers’ June 6thconcert in New York City. Not included on the original LP, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared with the band for the encore. The appearance was later issued as a bonus disc on the Lennon’s “Sometime In New York City” album. The record peaked at No. 38 on September 18th.
- August 2nd, 1978 Epic Records release “Don’t Look Back,” the second studio album by Boston. The LP was recorded at Tom Scholtz’s Hideaway Studio in Maynard, Massachusetts. Scholtz claimed the record label rushed he and the band to submit the album before it was finished, leading to a protracted legal battle that resulted in the band being released from their contract. Their third album wouls appear eight years later on MCA Records. The record featured the hits “A Man I’ll Never Be,” and the album’s title track. The LP peaked at No. 1 on September 16th.
- August 2nd, 1986 “Ruthless People” by Mick Jagger enters the singles charts following a July release on Columbia Records. The song was co-written by Daryl Hall, Mick Jagger and David Alan Stewart as the theme song from the Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold comedy. The single peaked at No. 51 on August 30th.
Miscellaneous August
- August 1958, Tune Town Records release “Boxtop” by Ike Turner, Carson Oliver and Little Ann, the first record release to feature the future Tina Turner on vocals. The song was written by Ike Turner, who heard the seventeen-year-old sing during the intermission of a Kings Of Rhythm set at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. Carson Oliver was one of the vocalists in Turner’s group, the Kings Of Rhythm band. The track was recorded at Turner’s house on Virginia Place, in East St. Louis.
- August 1965 Autumn Records release “Beau Brummels Volume II.” The record featured the hit “You Tell Me Why” and follow-up single “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” but didn’t chart. Sylvester Stewart, later known professionally as Sly Stone, is listed as the album’s producer, but members of the band didn’t recall him being there for the recording sessions.
- August 1969 Immediate Records in Britain release the self-titled album by “The Nice,” the group’s second album.
- August 1971 A&M Records release “White Light,” the second studio album by The Byrds’ singer, songwriter Gene Clark. The LP was recorded at A&M Studios and Village Recorders in Los Angeles with Jesse Ed Davis producing in the Spring, 1971. Playing on the record were Davis, bassist Chris Ethridge of the Flying Burrito Brothers, organist Michael Utley, pianist Ben Sidran and drummer Gary Mallaber, both of the Steve Miller Band.
- August 1972 Thunderclap Newman pianist Andy Newman releases the solo LP “Rainbows” on Track Records in England. Pete Townshend is the executive producer of the album.
- August 1980, Virgin Records in Britain release “Generals And Majors” by XTC on 45. Written by Colin Moulding and produced by Steve Lillywhite, it was the first single released from the band’s “Black Sea” album and peaked at No. 32 in England.
- August 1980, Virgin Records release “Doc At The Radar Station” by Captain Beefheart. The album was recorded in June at Sound Castle Recording Studios in Los Angeles with Beefheart producing.
- August 1987 Virgin Records in England release “Psonic Psunspot,” the first full-length album by The Dukes Of Stratosphere, actually XTC under a different name with guitarist Dave Gregory’s brother Ian on drums. The record was co-produced by John Leckie and the band at Sawmills Studio in Fowey, Cornwall, England in June.
- August 1989 Virgin Records release “The Loving” by XTC on 45 in Britain. The track came from the band’s Paul Fox produced “Oranges And Lemons” LP.
Music and conversation with Andy Tillison of The Tangent
Wax Museum interview May 2024
- Click image to hear The Wax Museum's Andy Tillison interview
This Week In Rock and Roll History
This Week In Rock and Roll History week of July 27th
This Week In Rock and Roll History is a weekly one hour look back at the songs, the artists, and the stories behind the music of the rock and roll era.
Jonas Reingold Interview with Chris Palladino
Jonas Reingold in The Wax Museum
Click image to hear Chris Palladino's Wax Museum Interview with Jonas Reingold
Carl Giammarese interview with Chris Palladino
The Buckinghams Radio Show
Click image to hear Chris Palladino's interviews on WRGG with Carl Giammarese from The Buckinghams in 2022 and 2024
The Cool Song Of The Week
Cool Song Of The Week July 27th - Cat Stevens
Cool songs from the Rock and Roll Era, Closet Classics and more.
Robert Fripp Radio Oz interview 7/25/85
King Crimson guitarist interviewed by Chris Palladino
- Click Fripp's image to hear the King Crimson guitarist, record producer, solo artist in this 1985 interview for the WARX Sunday night Radio Oz program. Fripp discusses his then current Guitar Craft courses, King Crimson stories, his start in the music business, and more.
Annie Haslam 2019 Wax Museum interview
Renaissance singer interviewed by Chris Palladino
- Click picture to hear Annie Haslam "In Words and Music". The iconic Renaissance singer talks at length about music, her life, and artwork for an exclusive interview in The Wax Museum.
Tommy James Wax Museum Interview January 2019
Tommy James with Chris Palladino
- Click picture to hear Tommy promoting all his planned 2019 activities; new album, Sirius XM radio show, touring, new movie, etc.
From Chris Palladino's Radio Oz interview archives
Recently released 1980 Firesign Theatre interview
- Click picture to listen to this archival interview with The Firesign Theatre recorded during their 1980 Fighting Clowns tour of the US for Chris Palladino's Radio Oz program, now available for purchase in the Firesign Theatre's "Fighting Clowns" of Hollywood" collection!
Woody Lissauer Wax Museum Interview 2/22/20
Baltimore based Woody Lissauer steps up to the Wax Museum microphones for this in depth interview!
- Click picture to listen to the Wax Museum interview with Woody Lissauer and his latest album "Trouble The Water" with Barbara Ireland and Steve Caplan.
