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Steve Garland's Celeb-Buzz New & Classic interviews with TV/Film stars by broadcaster & Ad Agency owner Steve Garland

Today’s the day! That 80s channel launches at 10am today! Broadcasting worldwide and playing all your 80s favorites! Par...
07/03/2024

Today’s the day! That 80s channel launches at 10am today! Broadcasting worldwide and playing all your 80s favorites! Partnered with that 70s Channel, and WorldOne Presents! Just like the days of Top40 radio we’re playing Rock, Pop, New Wave, and Soul Hits from Prince, Madonna, Huey Lewis, Pat Benatar, Michael Jackson, Vam Halen and more! Listen now:

https://live365.com/station/THAT-80-s-CHANNEL-a67737

Love the 80s? Steve Garland here, we’re launching a new radio station- “THAT 80s CHANNEL “, broadcasting worldwide and l...
07/01/2024

Love the 80s? Steve Garland here, we’re launching a new radio station- “THAT 80s CHANNEL “, broadcasting worldwide and launching his Wednesday 7/3! Sharing an advance link to listen, for our Hot Rock fans! Check it out here: https://live365.com/station/THAT-80-s-CHANNEL-a67737

Proud to say last week over 519,864 people worldwide listened to my Hot Rock Podcast with guest Sheila E! If you missed ...
06/22/2024

Proud to say last week over 519,864 people worldwide listened to my Hot Rock Podcast with guest Sheila E!
If you missed it, tonight at 6pm pdt there’s an encore presentation! Listen on FHL Radio or Copperopolis Rocks streaming radio- just use the radio player on our website at:
www.Hotrockpodcast.com

Steve Garland here, In addition to running our ad agency and jingle company, I host a podcast that airs saturday nights ...
06/12/2024

Steve Garland here, In addition to running our ad agency and jingle company, I host a podcast that airs saturday nights on three radio channels worldwide at 6pm pdt, called the “Hot Rock Podcast”. I interview famous artists and this Saturday it’s the one and only Sheila E! Listen in this saturday - find the radio listen line for streaming at:
www.hotrockpodcast.com

Catch a great interview with 10cc’s Kevin Godley tonight (Sat) 6pm pdt on FML radio, find the listen link on our website...
06/08/2024

Catch a great interview with 10cc’s Kevin Godley tonight (Sat) 6pm pdt on FML radio, find the listen link on our website at: www.hotrockpodcast.com

Yes Fans! Jon Anderson, singer & founding member of YES joins me to talk about the band, the songs, his new US solo tour...
03/20/2024

Yes Fans! Jon Anderson, singer & founding member of YES joins me to talk about the band, the songs, his new US solo tour and forthcoming album! Listen to the HOT ROCK PODCAST this Saturday 3/23 6pm pacific streaming worldwide on FML Radio. Just click the radio listen link here: www.hotrockpodcast.com

Tonight (Sat) at 6pm pacific on FAMOUS HITS LIVE internet radio it's a VERY special SF HOT ROCK.  Our pal Steve Garland ...
03/02/2024

Tonight (Sat) at 6pm pacific on FAMOUS HITS LIVE internet radio it's a VERY special SF HOT ROCK. Our pal Steve Garland is back with an exclusive interview with Music Critic Joel Selvin.

This is an encore interview from June of 2023.

He tells Steve a ton of wild rock n roll stories, from Jimi Hendrix, Sammy Hagar, Bob Dylan, Sly Stone, The Beach Boys and much more.

Listen with the radio player on the home page here:
www.hotrockpodcast.com

UPDATE: Joel's latest book just dropped!

Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon.

I just ordered mine on Amazon!

Can't wait to read it!

Make sure you listen.

Be there or be square.

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Famous Hits Live
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By popular demand, my buddy Eric Martin is my guest for an encore hour of wild conversations and Mr. Big music- with Reu...
02/24/2024

By popular demand, my buddy Eric Martin is my guest for an encore hour of wild conversations and Mr. Big music- with Reunion and tour stories, as they make their way across the world with their “Big Finish” tour! In honor of their upcoming Shows!

Listen 6p pacific Sat 2/24 on FML radio worldwide! Use the radio player here: www.hotrockpodcast.com

The fabulous  Angela Cartwright is going to be on Kelly Clarkson’s talk show Monday! She is a favorite of ours, from Sou...
12/17/2023

The fabulous Angela Cartwright is going to be on Kelly Clarkson’s talk show Monday! She is a favorite of ours, from Sound of music, Make room for Daddy, and of course Lost in Space, make sure you watch!

So excited to be part of Monday! Tune in! ‘The Sound of Music’ AlbumCd package is ready for pre-order. You’re going to love Chris Plummer singing to you!

Find out when/where to watch Kelly in your area here: www.kellyclarksonshow.com/wheretowatch

Great interview with Julia Roberts done by my daughter Deven McClure on Screenrant! Celeb-buzz fans we will be posting m...
12/07/2023

Great interview with Julia Roberts done by my daughter Deven McClure on Screenrant!
Celeb-buzz fans we will be posting more from our families newest celeb interviewer soon!

Leave the World Behind Stars Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali discuss portraying genuine relationships onscreen and the most intense filming moments.Leave th...

Excited to announce that another member of Santana will be joining me for an in depth conversation on the next  Hot Rock...
11/05/2023

Excited to announce that another member of Santana will be joining me for an in depth conversation on the next Hot Rock Podcast.

David K Mathews Keyboardist with Santana will talk about his new album “ The Fantasy Vocal sessions volume three – blues and ballads “, an amazing blues album featuring some incredible bay area musicians. David also talks about working with Santana, and shines a spotlight on the talented musicians in this new album, available now on all music platforms.

Episode airs this Sat 11/11 @ 6p pst on FML radio streaming worldwide- listen with the radio link here: www.hotrockpodcast.com

This just in! I have the Premiere of Night Ranger’s new live album with an orchestra, “40 days and a Night”! Airs tomorr...
10/20/2023

This just in! I have the Premiere of Night Ranger’s new live album with an orchestra, “40 days and a Night”! Airs tomorrow at 4pm pst on FML radio and streaming channels - Then watch the new Night Ranger live concert tv special this Sat 10/21 at 5p pacific on AXS tv!
The listen link for my show with Brad Gillis airs 4pm just before their TV special - click the “radio player” at www.hotrockpodcast.com

Proud to say my weekly Hot Rock Podcast now reaches 150-165,000 listeners every week! Very humbled to know that somethin...
09/23/2023

Proud to say my weekly Hot Rock Podcast now reaches 150-165,000 listeners every week! Very humbled to know that something I’m doing purely for fun has so many listeners.

Tonight T 5p flashback w me on my podcast to 1984- I’ve got rare early interviews and music from 83-84 With my Night Ranger pals Brad Gillis, Jack Blades, Jeff Watson and Kelly Keagy. Then at 6p it’s a recent in depth visit with Ozzie and Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis from

Listen worldwide tonight- 5 &6p pst Sat 9/23 on FML radio, easy to listen! Just click the radio link off our website at: www.hotrockpodcast.com

PS- search our websites video vault and see rare video of Night Ranger, Y&T, The Eeic Martin Band, Journey, The Tubes, and more from my 80s tv series San Francisco Hot Rock.

Rock celeb fan? In Honor of Y&T’s upcoming 50th anniversary Tour,  Join us for a rockin’ hour with Y&T’s Dave Meniketti ...
09/01/2023

Rock celeb fan? In Honor of Y&T’s upcoming 50th anniversary Tour, Join us for a rockin’ hour with Y&T’s Dave Meniketti This Sat 9/2 at 6pm PDT on FML Radio! Click the radio link off our website:
www.hotrockpodcast.com.

In-Depth interviews with some of the world's greatest musicians and artists, on demand and always free!

NIght Ranger's Brad Gillis- NEW INTERVIEW! This Sat 8/26, at approx. 6:10pm on FML radio, listen worldwide from our radi...
08/24/2023

NIght Ranger's Brad Gillis- NEW INTERVIEW! This Sat 8/26, at approx. 6:10pm on FML radio, listen worldwide from our radio link at www.hotrockpodcast.com
Brad talks about the bands 2023 tour, invites all the Northern California fans to join Night Ranger at the 80s Rewind Fest Sunday 9/3 at the Venue at Thunder Valley in Lincoln, and talks about their forthcoming LP this fall!

Get ready for a blast of New Wave and power pop from the 80s this Saturday on the Hot Rock Podcast- our sister show! The...
08/17/2023

Get ready for a blast of New Wave and power pop from the 80s this Saturday on the Hot Rock Podcast- our sister show! The Lloyds were a San Francisco club sensation and finally this lost 80s album has been released- with bonus live tracks! We'll talk to original members David Martin and Alan Thiele about their story and the SF music scene in the 80s, along with featuring several explosive tracks from their album "Attitude Check". Listen this Sat 8/19 @ 6pm pdt on FML Radio streaming worldwide! Click the radio link to listen here: www.hotrockpodcast.com
check out their amazing newly restored LP "Attitude Check" here:
https://lloydsband.bandcamp.com/album/attitude-check

Founding member of 10cc Kevin Godley tells the story of 10cc, secrets behind the song  “I’m not in Love”, his new album ...
08/05/2023

Founding member of 10cc Kevin Godley tells the story of 10cc, secrets behind the song “I’m not in Love”, his new album and more- Today (Sat) 6p pdt on FML radio- to listen, click the radio link off our website:
www.hotrockpodcast.com

https://youtu.be/cgJckGsR-T0

Happy Heavenly birthday today to Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.
08/01/2023

Happy Heavenly birthday today to Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.

Paul Reubens aka P*e Wee Herman has died at the age of 70....see below.
07/31/2023

Paul Reubens aka P*e Wee Herman has died at the age of 70....see below.

He rose to fame in the 1980s playing the whimsical, child-like character on TV and in movies.

In honor of Santana’s birthday this week- Today (Sat 7/22) it’s a podcast marathon of my interviews with members of Sant...
07/22/2023

In honor of Santana’s birthday this week- Today (Sat 7/22) it’s a podcast marathon of my interviews with members of Santana, of you love the band, you’ll hear all the inside stories from the Santana band, and each artists personal journey. Founding member congero Michael Carabello 3-5p, bassist Benny Rietveld 5-6p & timbalero Karl Perazzo 6-7p

It’s an honor to share time with these legends, a big thanks to them and the Santana team, along with Rita Gentry and Alan Carlos Hernandez for Consulting & arranging talent.

Hear it on FML radio worldwide, use the listen link off the website at:
www.hotrockpodcast.com

Finally thanks to radio producer Saúl A Vigil and Richard Varrasso for giving us the airtime for our non profit music Hot Rock Podcast, our goal is to share the stories and journey of classic rock and pop musicians, along with the San Francisco music scene.

In honor of Carlos Santanas birthday week- today (Sat 7/22) We run interviews w Santana band members all aft!3-5p Michae...
07/22/2023

In honor of Carlos Santanas birthday week- today (Sat 7/22) We run interviews w Santana band members all aft!

3-5p Michael Carabello
5-6p Benny Reitveld
6-7p Karl Perazzo

Listen on Famous Hits Live Radio, click the link to listen at:

In-Depth interviews with some of the world's greatest musicians and artists, on demand and always free!

Tom Cruise and cast speak with my daughter, Deven McClure the new celeb interviewer in our family, on the Red Carpet at ...
07/13/2023

Tom Cruise and cast speak with my daughter, Deven McClure the new celeb interviewer in our family, on the Red Carpet at the New York Premier of "Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning pt1"! She works at Screenrant and now covers movie premieres, video games and more!

Tom Cruise & Mission: Impossible cast speak.

Viva Santana will be heard worldwide tonight, Sat 7/8 live in concert on Famous Hits Live Radio at 6pm pdt! Our thanks t...
07/08/2023

Viva Santana will be heard worldwide tonight, Sat 7/8 live in concert on Famous Hits Live Radio at 6pm pdt! Our thanks to producer Saul Vigil and da big guy Richard Varasso for giving us the stage to perform for fans of santanas music across the globe! Listen tonight right here : www.hotrockpodcast.com
Just click the radio player and enjoy!

In-Depth interviews with some of the world's greatest musicians and artists, on demand and always free!

Amazing true story behind the woman who inspired the Beatles song “She’s leaving Home” - it’s long but worth the read!
07/06/2023

Amazing true story behind the woman who inspired the Beatles song “She’s leaving Home” - it’s long but worth the read!

FRIDAY, MARCH 17th, 1967, EMI STUDIO, Recording begins at 9 P.M. for She's Leaving Home, After many takes, and 3 hours with a string orchestra, the first take is used. this is the only Beatles song that they didn't play any instrument on.

The song had been written after Paul McCartney read a report about a teenage runaway named Melanie Coe in the 27 February 1967 edition of the Daily Mail newspaper. John Lennon contributed the chorus lines, and the pair decided that a string arrangement would suit it.
The story behind "She's Leaving Home"..."A-Level Girl Dumps Car And Vanishes," screamed a headline in the February 27th, 1967, issue of London's Daily Mail. A pretty blonde 17-year-old named Melanie Coe stared out from the adjacent photograph, taken not long before she went missing from her family's home in Stamford Hill, England. The report portrayed her as a "the schoolgirl who seemed to have everything," including her own Austin 1100 car and a "wardrobe full of clothes," both of which were left behind. "I cannot imagine why she should run away," her father told reporters. "She has everything here ... even her fur coat."

The bohemian ethos of the late 1960s, best summed up in L*D guru Dr. Timothy Leary's famous "Tune in, turn on, drop out" mantra, led to record numbers of teenage runaways in the United States – some 90,000 in 1967 according to an FBI report. But the story of a well-heeled suburban London teenager on the lam was unusual enough to attract the attention of Paul McCartney and John Lennon, leading them to compose "She's Leaving Home" for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

"We'd seen a story in the newspaper about a young girl who'd left home and not been found," McCartney recalled in the 1997 biography, Many Years From Now. "There were a lot of those at the time, and that was enough to give us a storyline. So I started to get the lyrics – she slips out and leaves a note and then the parents wake up – It was rather poignant." Lennon's contributions were more personal, borrowing scornful lines from his stern Aunt Mimi, who had raised him as a child. "Paul had the basic theme, but all those lines like, 'We sacrificed most of our lives, we gave her everything money could buy, never a thought for ourselves ...' those were the things Mimi used to say," he told Hit Parader in 1972. "It was easy to write."

It would be years before Coe learned that the Beatles were singing her story. "I first heard the song when it came out and I didn't realize it was about me, but I remember thinking it could have been about me," she tells Rolling Stone. "I found the song to be extremely sad. It obviously struck a chord somewhere. It wasn't until later, when I was in my twenties, that my mother said, 'You know, that song was about you!' She had seen an interview with Paul on television and he said he'd based the song on this newspaper article. She put two and two together."

In one of the more astonishing coincidences in Beatles history, Coe had actually met the band more than three years before "She's Leaving Home" was written, during their first appearance on the English television program Ready, Steady, Go! on October 4th, 1963. Then just 14 years old, she had been booked to compete in an on-air lip-synching contest. To pass the time during the hours of rehearsals, Coe and her young competitors chatted with the newly minted pop sensations, who had scored their third British Number One with "She Loves You" just a few months earlier. "At this point they were big, but they weren't the huge success they were about to become," she recalls. "Ringo was just adorable. He had all these rings on and he let us try them on. He was a lovely guy. So was George; he stood and chatted with us and asked us about our schools and what we were thinking of studying. They were both very sweet. Paul said hello and that was it, and I remember John was busy talking to some of the studio producers and directors and didn't really acknowledge that we were there."

Coe earned the top prize with her high-spirited miming to Brenda Lee's "Jump the Broomstick," and McCartney presented her with an autographed Beatles album. Unfortunately, the moment proved to be somewhat underwhelming. "I was very disappointed because there had been two shows before mine, and on both of those shows the girl that won went out on a date with the pop star. I thought I was going to have dinner date with the Beatles, so I was terribly disappointed with my prize!" she laughs now. What's more, she was mortified when McCartney's firm handshake nearly caused her false nails to come loose. "I don't think I'd ever worn them before, but I wanted to have everything perfect. You can imagine what a treat that was for a 14-year-old girl to go on that show and spend a day with the Beatles."

Any trace of disappointment evaporated when Coe was also awarded a yearlong stint as a background dancer on the show, bringing her elbow-to-elbow with some of the biggest names in entertainment. "They were all there: Stevie Wonder, Lulu, Cilla Black, Freddie and the Dreamers, Dusty Springfield," she says. Dancing would become a major passion for the teen, but it often incurred the wrath of her parents. She was particularly at odds with her mother, who denied her dreams of attending drama school and pressured her into pursing dentistry. "I wanted excitement and affection," says Coe. My mother wasn't affectionate at all – she never kissed me."

Starved for fun, Coe often snuck into the city, finding solace in the joyful abandon of London's nightlife. "Compared to how it is now, it was a small town," she says. "In 1964 I'd say there were three or four discos in London. So you were likely to meet the same people wherever you went." During one of these nights on the town, she had an additional run-in with one of the Fabs. "I was with a friend at the Bag of Nails when I was 17, just before I ran away from home. She was from Hamburg and she said she knew the Beatles very well, but I didn't believe her. We were sitting down having a drink and in walks John Lennon with his entourage. And she waves to him and he comes over to us. 'It's you! Come join us!' And before I knew it, I'm 17 and I'm at a table with John Lennon and his entourage! That's how it was."

Unable to express herself at home, Coe made a desperate lunge at freedom. One afternoon, while both her parents were out, she left a note and slipped out the door. Decades later, Coe remains stunned by the prescience of the Beatles' lyrics. "The most interesting thing in the song is what the father said, 'We gave her everything, everything money could buy.' And in the newspaper article, my father actually says almost those words. He doesn't understand why I would have left home when they bought me or gave me everything. Which is true; they had bought me a car and they always bought me expensive clothes and things like that. But as we know, that doesn't mean that you get on well with your parents, or even love them, just because they buy you material things."

As in the song, Coe met up with an older man named David, a croupier who worked in a club she frequented. "The article doesn't say there was a man, but Paul figured a 17-year-old girl's run away – she's run away to a boyfriend. Although the young man I did run away to be with was a croupier, he had been in the motor trade before he was a croupier. And Paul got 'a man from the motor trade'!"

Coe stayed with David at his London apartment for over a week before she saw her picture on a newspaper during an afternoon stroll. Despite her attempts to keep a low profile, her parents eventually tracked her down and forcibly returned her to the family home. The following year, after turning 18, she escaped her parents permanently by getting married. The union barely lasted a year, and by the time she was 21 she had moved to California, where she briefly dated Burt Ward (famous for playing Robin on TV's Batman) and sought fame as an actress. Most recently she resided in Spain with her two children selling vintage jewelry from the glory days of Hollywood.

Having recently split with her romantic partner of 25 years, she found herself wondering about an old flame she had met 40 years earlier on a Mexican vacation. "I was contemplating – as a lot of people do – about the one that got away. What happened to him?" She found him online and the pair struck up a correspondence. "We'd been writing off and on, updating each other on what we were doing, and he said, 'What happened to us? Why didn't we stay together?' I said, 'Look, never mind what happened to us in the past – what about the future?' He and I met, and it was the same love that had been there the first day we saw each other. We fell into each other's arms, we went off to Mexico for a month and we're madly in love. It's a very happy ending for the girl that ran away from home." Rolling Stone

Tonight legendary San Francisco music critic and author Joel  Selvin tells inside stories about Jimi Hendrix, Sammy Haga...
06/24/2023

Tonight legendary San Francisco music critic and author Joel Selvin tells inside stories about Jimi Hendrix, Sammy Hagar, Bob Dylan, Sly Stone, and more! He’s the original Smart Ass. Listen tonight 6/24 at 6p pdt w me SG, on Famous Hits Live radio-
click the radio link here:
www.hotrockpodcast.com

On my next Hot Rock Podcast, Santana's own Karl Perazzo, legendary percussionist and timbalero talks about his career an...
06/02/2023

On my next Hot Rock Podcast, Santana's own Karl Perazzo, legendary percussionist and timbalero talks about his career and his 30+ years recording and performing with Santana! Listen this Sat 6/3 6pm PDT, click the Famous hits live streaming channel at www.hotrockpodcast.com

I highly recommend you also check out Karl's amazing custom Latin percussion jewelry at www.delacruzjewelry.com

A big thanks to Alan Carlos Hernandez lead consultant and talent acquisition, along with Al Evers at A Train, along with Streaming partners Saul A. Vigil, Richard Varrasso for carrying the show on multiple stations worldwide!

05/28/2023

We are devastated by the news that the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner, passed away today at age 83 after battling a long, unspecified illness. She was a true titan in the music industry, and our hearts go out to her family and friends. Rest in peace, Tina. 💔

For all the moms out there from Celeb-Buzz!
05/14/2023

For all the moms out there from Celeb-Buzz!

Wednesday we’ll be talking to Santana’s legendary Timbalero, the one and only Karl Perazzo! Got a question you’d like to...
05/09/2023

Wednesday we’ll be talking to Santana’s legendary Timbalero, the one and only Karl Perazzo! Got a question you’d like to ask? reply or IM us and we will try to include your question!

Deven McClure interviews Guradia a of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt and producer James Gunn from the new “Guardians of the...
05/03/2023

Deven McClure interviews Guradia a of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt and producer James Gunn from the new “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy! read it here:

James Gunn discusses GotG 3's improvisation.

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