Backstage Pass Radio

A podcast created to showcase local/national/ and world-renowned musicians, resellers, and manufacturers on what is new and exciting as it relates to past and current projects. A podcast by the artist...for the artists!

Contributors

Host

Randy Hulsey - Backstage Pass Radio

Playing approximately 130 shows per year, Randy Hulsey is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in multiple genres and is also the host of Backstage Pass Radio podcast.. Top artist in these genres includes Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jimmy Buffett, George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Elton John, Eagles, Rolling Stones, Duran Duran, Aaron Lewis, Led Zeppelin, and many more.

Randy grew up playing classical piano at an early age but it didn’t take him long to fall in love with the electric and the bass guitar and start following such guitarists as Randy Rhodes (Ozzy, Quiet Riot), Mark Houston, Randy Jackson (Zebra, China Rain), and James Taylor. After playing in several local bands…he discovered the acoustic guitar and never looked back.

For booking inquiries, please contact randy@randyhulsey.com

http://www.randyhulsey.com

Co-host

Guy Gelso (Zebra)

Guy Gelso is a founding member of the band, ZEBRA, formed in 1975, which in three short years became the most successful club act in Louisiana. In 1983, after years of playing up and down the East Coast, ZEBRA released their debut album, becoming the fastest selling debut in Atlantic Record history. They went on to tour with major artists such as Sammy Hager, Journey, ZZ Top, Loverboy and REO Speedwagon, eventually releasing six albums with combined sales of over 2 million copies worldwide.

Recently, ZEBRA was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and the New York Long Island Music Hall of Fame.

http://www.guygelso.com

Guests

Guest

Carmine Appice - (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Ozbourne)

As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band‘s 1967 psychedelic debut, inadvertently inventing Stoner Rock in the process. The Fudge had no precedent. The band was totally unique. No rock group, up until that point, had ever so lugubriously s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out well-known pop tunes like the Beatles “Eleanor Rigby” and “Ticket To Ride,” Curtis Mayfield‘s “People Get Ready,” Sonny & Cher‘s “Bang Bang” Rod Argent‘s “She‘s Not There” and, most famously, The Supremes‘ Motown classic “You Keep Me Hangin‘ On” to such hippie heights. With Mark Stein‘s mysterioso wash of Grand Guignol keyboard theatrics, Tim Bogert‘s amazing and trippy bass runs, and guitarist Vince Martell‘s era-happy soloing, Appice boomed like no other drummer in rock history. Their debut album still stands today as a Hard Rock classic. Vanilla Fudge went on to tour with Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and even had Led Zeppelin as an opening act.

http://www.carmineappice.net