Podcasts by Dan Markus Wax Museum

Susan Cowsill from 2023-08-01T18:13:04

Susan Cowsill has been a rock star since her pre-teen years, and here she talks with Dan Markus about being in The Cowsills with her mother and brothers, and being a part of the 2023 Happy Toget...

Escaping A Russian Invasion from 2022-03-21T00:43:03

What iconic Rock Star escaped a Russian Invasion as a baby when his mother snuck him across a border in the middle of the night?  Hear the story from the man it happened to. 

Chad and Jeremy talk with Dan Markus about their 1965 appearance on the Dick Van Dyke Show from 2022-02-06T21:48:01

Chad and Jeremy, in the first year of The British Invasion, made a very memorable appearance on the Dick Van Dyke Show, playing British musicians plagued by hoards of screaming teenage girls int...

Jimmy Pankow of Chicago talks about changing people's perception of what a rock band was. from 2021-12-08T05:55:20

When Chicago first debuted (is that redundant?), some rock purists were hesitant to call it a "rock band" because it had a built-in horn section (Jimmy Pankow on trombone, Lee Loughnane on trump...

The Grass Roots' Rob Grill on a close brush with death from 2021-08-26T17:18:16

The Grass Roots' Rob Grill revealed to Dan Markus how he had a close call with death, but switched planes at the last minute.  The tragic 1979 plane crash took the lives of everyone on board.  #...

Steve Cropper from 2021-07-02T22:29:35

Dan Markus talks with one of Rock's greatest guitarists (so-anointed by Rolling Stone Magazine) whose career goes back even before the British Invasion years when he was guitarist in th...

Dan Markus and The Moody Blues' John Lodge from 2021-05-17T15:11:59

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Lodge talks about "The Sun Will Shine," John's new solo song released May of 2021.  Hear the song by visiting the Dan Markus' Wax Museum website, Listen

Mary Wilson of The Supremes from 2021-02-10T03:41:41

With the sad passing of Mary Wilson, founding member of the landmark Motown group The Supremes, I went back into my interview vault and selected three brief clips from my 1987 interview with the...

Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams from 2021-01-17T18:23:48

Carl Giammarese of Chicago's Buckinghams chats with Dan Markus about how the band got a record deal by winning a TV contest.  And how Kind of a Drag leapt to Number One in America, yet ...

Pete Best Talks about John Lennon from 2020-12-08T05:26:28

On the anniversary of John Lennon's death, here's a brief part of my conversation with Pete Best, The Beatles first regular drummer.  I asked him a question, and you can hear his affection for J...

Johnny Rivers - the name, and Secret Agent Man from 2020-11-08T16:46:03

How Johnny Rivers got his stage name, and by what famous (In-The-Rock-And-Roll-Hall-Of-Fame-Famous) Disc Jockey.  Plus how he found one of his most iconic songs while t...

Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles from 2020-09-13T23:45:07

Shirley Alston Reeves, lead singer of The Shirelles, didn't think Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow would be a hit.  Ultimately it spent two weeks at Number One in early ...

Peter Noone from 2020-06-22T02:16

The lead singer of Herman's Hermits (Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, I'm Henry VIII, I Am, There's A Kind of Hush) talks with Dan Markus about touring with The Who (and Keith M...

Dean Torrence Pt 3 from 2020-06-21T22:04:54

Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean talks about
* Recording Surf City,
* The very bizarre story that resulted in the duo being barred from the movie set of a film they had recorded the hit...

Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean conversation from 2020-05-08T03:23:44

Dean Torrence talks about ... how he came to sing lead on a big Beach Boys hit AND about the time Jan and Dean showed up for a concert and there were no cars in the venue's parking lot AND why t...

Two Papas talk about the name "The Mamas and The Papas" from 2020-04-04T22:25:02

Founding members of The Mamas and Papas, Denny Doherty and John Phillips, explain how their rather unusual group name originated.

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An interview with Jim Peterik from 2020-03-22T22:57:01

Dan Markus talks with Jim Peterik of Ides of March, formerly of Survivor and of .38 Special fame.

Kenny Rogers talks about Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town from 2020-03-22T02:53:12

Country Superstar Kenny Rogers relates how "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" steered his band, The First Edition, away from Psychedelic Rock and more towards Country.  And what 60s Rock Band ...

Remembering Davy Jones on the anniversary of his death from 2020-02-29T14:50:41

On the 8th anniversary of his sudden passing (February 29, 2012), here's one of my favorite stories about being with Davy, and a clip from our first meeting and interview where he talks about su...

Dan Markus' Wax Museum interviews Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean from 2020-02-26T15:00:45

Dean Torrence of Jan Dean ("Surf City," "Deadman's Curve" et al) is a great storyteller with great stories to tell.  Hear about the duo's early days (and whose used recording equipment ...

What the hell does "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" mean? from 2020-02-24T01:12:37

Tommy Roe had a hit in early 1970 called "Jam Up and Jelly Tight."  It was an infectious little song that we all sang along to.  But just what were we singing, anyway?!  Tommy explains in this e...

Graham Nash talks about CSN being issue-oriented from 2020-01-31T04:02:28

Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young) were artists who were not afraid to tackle some of the issues of a turbulent time in the world.  In this exclusive interview clip from the mid-80s, Graham Nash t...

Union whistler on a 1965 Top 5 hit from 2020-01-24T13:00

What Top 5 hit from the Summer/Fall of 1965 featured a prominent whistling part that no one in the band could perform? 
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Arlo Guthrie talks about Alice's Restaurant from 2020-01-17T04:18:56

Arlo Guthrie's first record release was the fabled "Alice's Restaurant," released in 1967.  It was unusual for several reasons ... most notably that it was 18+ minutes long and mostly narration....

Did George Harrison play on Donovan's Sunshine Superman? from 2020-01-09T04:12:32

The rumor has circulated for years ... in 1966 George Harrison recorded a guitar track for friend and companion Donovan's signature song, "Sunshine Superman."  Or did he?  Dan Markus put the que...

Tommy James talks about his first hit, Hanky Panky from 2020-01-08T03:29:10

Tommy James tells Dan Markus how Tommy's first hit, "Hanky Panky," took years to become a national hit.

Howard Kaylan: The Turtles and the story of 'Red Death' from 2020-01-05T17:47:34

Howard Kaylan, lead singer of The Turtles, tells an amusing story about the band's early days when they played a UCLA fraternity party.