1. Stylistics vocalist Airrion Love
2. Elton John percussionist Ray Cooper -(V)
3. Rev. Al Green
4. Carmine Appice
5. Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres
6. Beach Boys vocalist Mike Love
7. Filmmaker David Lynch
8. Michael McDonald
9. Boz Scaggs
10. Ziggy Marley  -twice -(V)
11. Julio Iglesias
12. Shinedown drummer Barry Kerch -(V)
13. Heaven & Hell/Black Sabbath/Dio drummer Vinny Appice
14. 311 bassist P-Nut  -twice -(V)
15. Grateful Dead drummer Billy Kreutzmann
16. Cake vocalist John McCrea  -twice -(V)
17. Sammy Hagar  -twice
18. Jack Johnson
19. Comedian David Spade
20. Tower Of Power sax/vocalist Emilio Castillo  -twice -(V)
21. Friends Of Adam guitarist/vocalist Clayton Campania
22. Comedian Pauly Shore
23. Donavon Frankenreiter
24. Comedian Craig “The Love Master” Shoemaker
25. Temptations vocalist Otis Williams
26. Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis
27. Four Tops vocalist Duke Fakir  -twice -(V)
28. Rage Against The Machine/Street Sweeper Social Club’s Tom Morello
29. Chevelle’s Sam Loeffler
30. Brian Wilson
31. Rob Zombie
32. Larry Carlton
33. Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray
34. Adam Lambert
35. Hawaii 5-0 actor Daniel Dae Kim -(V)
36. Heart’s Ann Wilson
37. Heart’s Nancy Wilson
38. Eric Johnson
39. Chris Daughtry
40. Leo Kottke
41. John Mayall
42. Sublime’s Eric Wilson
43. The Green guitarist/vocalist Zion Thompson
44. Three Dog Night’s Danny Hutton  -twice -(V)
45. Peter Frampton  -twice
46. Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin -twice -(V)
47. Little Feat’s Paul Barrere -twice -(V)
48. Orianthi -(V)
49. Rumbletone guitarist/vocalist Paul Ventura
50. Mick Fleetwood

-(V) = also on video

(these are new, best-of samplers with highlights from interviews I did in 2010. The newest are on top; see photos below for chronological order of the interviews and pictures of the artists):

Photos of guests in order of appearance

(*-all new 2010 photos with artists except John Mayall ’03 and Mick Fleetwood ’07):

The Stylistics’ vocalist Airrion Love (JANUARY)

Elton John percussionist Ray Cooper

Rev. Al Green

Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres (FEBRUARY)

Beach Boys vocalist Mike Love

Carmine Appice

Director / Filmmaker David Lynch

Michael McDonald (MARCH)

Boz Scaggs

Shinedown drummer Barry Kerch

Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann

Julio Iglesias

Black Sabbath / Heaven & Hell / Dio drummer Vinny Appice

311 bassist P-Nut (twice) (APRIL)

Cake vocalist John McCrea

Ziggy Marley (twice)

Jack Johnson

Sammy Hagar (twice) (MAY)

Comedian / Actor David Spade

Tower Of Power saxophonist/vocalist/bandleader Emilio Castillo (twice) (JUNE)

Comedian Pauly Shore

Donavon Frankenreiter

The Temptations’ vocalist Otis Williams (JULY)

Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis

Craig Shoemaker (AUGUST)

The Four Tops’ vocalist Duke Fakir (twice)

Rage Against The Machine / Street Sweeper Social Club guitarist Tom Morello

Chevelle vocalist Sam Loeffler

Brian Wilson

Rob Zombie (SEPTEMBER)

Larry Carlton

Dead Kennedys guitarist / founder East Bay Ray

Adam Lambert

Hawaii 5-0′s Daniel Dae Kim

Heart’s Ann & Nancy Wilson

Eric Johnson

Chris Daughtry

Leo Kottke (OCTOBER)

John Mayall

Sublime’s Eric Wilson

Three Dog Night’s Danny Hutton  (twice) (NOVEMBER)

Peter Frampton (twice)

Los Lobos keyboardist/saxophonist Steve Berlin (twice) (DECEMBER)

Little Feat guitarist/vocalist Paul Barrere (twice)

Orianthi

Mick Fleetwood

Join me for a special two month celebration… of the Classic Interview Player! The monthly online interview magazine is two years old this July! Happy birthday salutations and party hats all around. Get your hand stamped for the keg stations; General LD from the DLARMY will be organizing the beverages and other party supplies, with young Raoul. That’s how they roll.

Meanwhile, we’ll handle the music and arts side of things with this first of two issues acknowledging our two year anniversary of presenting a monthly feature based around new and archival interviews from my collection of conversations with artists. And what a line-up of artists have graced this thing since it’s humble inception two years ago: some of my very best interviews have been shared — The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Rev. Al Green, Ronnie James Dio, Queen’s Brian May, Styx’s Tommy Shaw, and Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood among many others. The very first Classic Interview Player issue in July 2008 was John Waite… We’ll honor John with a flashback to this fun in-studio moment next month, in our finale of the soiree.

This month, we’ll present a brand new interview, the incomparable Michael McDonald. A sometime resident of the state, a masterful songwriter, interpreter of other people’s work, and soulful musical component in so many names of high regard (Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, etc.). He came to Honolulu in March with Boz Scaggs. I spoke with both guys in remarkable conversations that were included in pieces on Hawaii Public Radio, and also on-demand in my Dave Lawrence Reports HPR page. Now, for the first time ever, hear the entire interview with Michael. More than ten minutes of it never before aired or heard. He’s a wonderful treasure and you’ll hear what a mellow, laid back, un-egoed out dude he is. After meeting him not long after this phone interview, before the show itself, I realized why he is respected and regarded so highly by other high caliber entertainers.

In addition to our conversation, this first of two months of special Classic Interview Player issues comes with a cool photo slideshow going through the years with Michael (who is hitting the road July 23 – see him near you), ten ferocious live videos of him working magic in concert with The Doobie Brothers, Ashford & Simpson, Steely Dan, Patti LaBelle and others… Get his official links, background on the interview and more… all in issue one, in our two-month salute.

Get ready to take it to the streets, minute by minute, on the fault-line… with Michael McDonald. A new interview on-demand all month in the July issue of the Classic Interview Player here at my site.

Get more extended interview segments from recent interviews I’ve done for HPR on my Dave Lawrence Reports page at Hawaii Public Radio. There you’ll find this clip, plus recent 2010 interviews with Ziggy Marley, Julio Iglesias, 311, Sammy Hagar, Grateful Dead’s Bill Kreutzmann, Boz Scaggs, Cake & many other major artists.

  
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Jack Johnson Extended Interview Segment HPR.mp3 (3826 KB)

LISTEN ON-DEMAND: Hear this extended interview clip w/Jack Johnson from our HPR interview, where we discuss his Kokua Festival, and benefactors of the generous community initiative from Hawaii's top-selling touring and recording act. It's also on my Dave Lawrence Reports archive page there — http://bit.ly/bZh3XV — with recent interviews you can hear on-demand including a wide variety of bands and artists like Ziggy Marley, Boz Scaggs, Cake, Julio Iglesias, 311, Grateful Dead, Sammy Hagar & others.

Hear the complete new interview I recorded earlier this year with the Rev. Al Green as the exciting April 2010 Classic Interview Player. Recorded just before his Jan. trip to the islands, this is a major, long-form new conversation with a Rock N Roll Hall Of Famer, music legend, universally recognized music hero.

Enjoy it on-demand all month- in addition to hearing the interview, see several live clips of Al performing in Honolulu, as well as some other hot live performances, including Soul Train TV appearances.

Also get into a cool retrospective slide-show, interview background, links, & more.

Excerpts of this interview were originally featured on Hawaii Public Radio. Hear many more of the new and exciting 2010 interviews I’m doing there on my audio archives page at HPR’s website, including Bon Jovi, filmmaker David Lynch, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, 311, Grateful Dead, Beach Boys and more.

  
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Here are the reports from NPR's Weekend Edition, as heard this morning on Hawaii Public Radio.

Both took time for new interviews with me today, which you'll hear on Hawaii Public Radio this Saturday on NPR's Weekend Edition, as part of our local news coverage.

Here are some fun ID's they did for me. Great guys, and a huge thrill to speak with!

  
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Michael McDonald Dave Lawrence 420 ID.mp3 (189 KB)

  
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Boz Scaggs Dave Lawrence 420 ID.mp3 (188 KB)

DAVE’S MONTHLY INTERVIEW MAGAZINE: Every month, experience another new or classic Dave Lawrence interview! There are hundreds of conversations with major stars and artists spanning the rock and entertainment spectrum — Here are some highlights of interview’s Dave Lawrence has done: Allman Brothers’ Gregg Allman, Derek Trucks, & Warren Haynes; Puddle of Mudd; Coolio; Alice Cooper; Motley Crue’s Vince Neil; Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Sugar Ray Leonard & Joe Montana; 311′s P-Nut; The Who’s Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend; Guns N’ Roses’ Slash & Duff McKagan; Kiss’ Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons; Paramore; America’s Dewey Bunnell & Gerry Beckley; Ziggy Marley; Steel Pulse; Rev. Al Green; James Brown; Carlos Santana; Julio Iglesias; Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi  & Geezer Butler; Boz Scaggs; The Temptations’ Otis Williams; Craig ‘The Lovemaster’ Shoemaker; Lewis Black; Robert Schimmel; David Spade; Journey’s Neil Schon; Styx’s Tommy Shaw & James JY Young; Incubus; Bad Company/Free’s Paul Rodgers; Jack Johnson; Korn; Godsmack; Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s Little Steven & Nils Lofgren; Tower Of Power’s Emilio Castillo; Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna’s Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady; Queensryche’s Geoff Tate; Queen’s Brian May, and many more… One on one conversations with Dave Lawrence and the bands and artists who’ve made an impact, plus the Classic Interview Player offers music fans unique content unavailable anywhere else: get commentary, context, and insight about that particular artist or moment in time with them, exclusive photos, videos, links, and more!

ARTISTS FEATURED IN PREVIOUS CLASSIC INTERVIEW PLAYER ISSUES:

JULY 2008 John Waite

AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2008 The Who’s Roger Daltrey

OCTOBER 2008 Styx’s Tommy Shaw

NOVEMBER 2008 Queen’s Brian May

DECEMBER 2008  & JANUARY 2009 Jimi Hendrix’s Billy Cox

FEBRUARY 2009 Outlaws/Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Hughie Thomasson

MARCH & APRIL 2009 Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

MAY 2009 Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood

JUNE & JULY 2009 Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready (One-year anniversary special issues)

AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2009 America’s Dewey Bunnell

OCTOBER 2009 DOUBLE FEATURE: Carmine Appice & Queen’s Brian May (reairing)

NOVEMBER 2009 Bruce Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren

DECEMBER 2009 Steve Miller Band’s Norton Buffalo (Tribute)

JANUARY 2010 Bruce Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren (part two/conclusion)

FEBRUARY 2010:  The Who’s Roger Daltrey

MARCH 2010: The Knack’s Prescott Niles & Burton Averre

APRIL 2010: Rev. Al Green

MAY 2010: Jack Johnson

JUNE 2010: Ronnie James Dio (Tribute)

JULY 2010: Michael McDonald (Two-year anniversary special issue #1 of 2)

AUGUST 2010: John Waite (Two-year anniversary special issue #2 of 2)

SEPTEMBER 2010: Korn’s Jonathan Davis

OCTOBER 2010: Robert Schimmel (Tribute)

NOVEMBER 2010: Bon Jovi’s Tico Torres

DECEMBER 2010 Gregg Allman

JANUARY 2011 Orianthi

FEBRUARY 2011 Parliament/Funkadelic’s Bernie Worrell

MARCH 2011 Motley Crue’s Vince Neil

APRIL 2011 BB King

MAY 2011 Johnny Winter

JUNE 2011 Kiss’ Gene Simmons

JULY 2011 Rush’s Alex Lifeson (Three-year anniversary special issue)

AUGUST 2011 Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin & Paul Phillips

SEPTEMBER 2011 Deftones’ Chino Moreno

OCTOBER 2011 Todd Rundgren

NOVEMBER 2011 Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin

DECEMBER 2011 Sublime with Rome’s Rome Ramirez

JANUARY 2012 America’s Dewey Bunnell & Gerry Beckley

FEBRUARY 2012 George Clinton

MARCH 2012 Third World’s Bunny Rugs Clarke

APRIL 2012 Cake’s John McCrea

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Dave Lawrence is one of the most widely heard voices on the air in Hawaii radio today. As a radio personality in Honolulu, Hawaii, he’s heard statewide and streaming live weekday afternoons as Honolulu host of NPR’s national PM Drive radio show, All Things Considered, on Hawaii Public Radio. All Things Considered is the most listened to afternoon drive radio show in the United States. Across the Hawaiian Islands it ranks number one with the largest overall radio audience, and most listeners, of any afternoon show in the state. The HPR radio community is a statewide radio entity, and every weekday, Dave is heard locally in each major population center.

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Professional background includes over five years as Music Director and Afternoon Drive DJ at 105.9 KPOI in Honolulu, segment host of “Dave On The Rock” reports with Hawaii TV/comedy icon Andy Bumatai on “The Andy Bumatai Show,” host of rock news and interview segments on the Shovio Talk Network, nearly a decade as part of the team on CBS/Infinity Boston rock radio stations WBCN and WZLX (including airstaff, morning and afternoon producer, copywriter and production assistant); and Music Director/Afternoon Host at WERS, Boston, Emerson College, recording and producing the schools first-ever CD, Live On Gyroscope (a compilation of in-studio live on-air performances and an NACB Award Winner).

Dave brings consistent ratings success, a winning presentation and substantial on-air/online content. Dave values listeners and treats them with a respect that has won him an ever-growing following in the islands over a decade of afternoon radio. He connects with the audience, the advertisers, and the artists. He gets the big picture and is both a listeners best friend and driving companion, and an advertiser or underwriter’s trusted ally, never letting spot breaks go without spicy front-sells, and valuing both parties commitment to the station. Years of mentoring by legendary radio giants Charles Laquidara and Mark Parenteau translates into Dave being at home with the artists and putting them at ease, in-studio or on-location, recording interviews with music heavyweights and pop culture superstars. Arriving in Honolulu in 2002, Dave became known as the preeminent Honolulu rock jock, anchoring an afternoon show filled with artist and listener phone-ins, interviews, features, and fun, entertaining and earning top male Arb rankings in the greater Honolulu radio market, while also reaching Maui and the Kona coast of the Big Island (most population centers in Hawaii).  Dave Lawrence’s day-part consistently ranked number 1 men 25-54;  that ranking joins number 2 rankings as making up the results more than 50% of the time over five years in Honolulu afternoon drive. The authentic, wide appeal of the Workforce Afternoon also achieved consistent top 5 dominance with persons/all adults 25-54, including ranking #3 in three of his last four books on KPOI. On HPR, Dave Lawrence has emerged to reach the single largest audience of his career, with a statewide signal reaching nearly the entire population of Hawaii via a network of transmitters, repeaters and translators. An example of this would be consistent Eastlan radio ratings from Maui, Hilo and Kona, with across the board number two rankings in each. HPR brings Dave’s trademark interviews and radio presentation as Honolulu Host of All Things Considered to not only the largest radio market in the state, but also the most diverse radio station in Hawaii. HPR’s high quality national shows from NPR and other sources are coupled with strong in-house local programming, making a perfect home for Dave as a veteran Honolulu broadcaster with a career background in drawing compelling stories from fabled artists while connecting to the ‘local bruddas’. Following a half-decade on 105.9 in Honolulu, Dave Lawrence now reaches a far larger audience that crosses cultural and economic boundaries, while still being the single most affluent demographic in the state.

Dave Lawrence with Godsmack’s Sully Erna during an HPR “Talk Story” performance/interview session, Sept. 2011

Dave delivers killer phones, real audience rapport, a mountain of artist endorsements, interviews and IDs, money-making original features, crisp production, and great results. On the phone and on-location, listeners identify with Dave’s authentic, conversational style. Through station events and the airwaves, the listener community developed into an identity of it’s own, starting their own fan site, the DL Army, springing from the kind of personal listener connection Dave makes as his hallmark. THE REVENUE-GENERATING FEATURES: The 4:20, Live @ Five and Sabbath @ Six. Dave conceived three successful daily creative features that allowed maximum listener interactivity, client satisfaction, musical variation, and creative repackaging/recycling of core material/artists. The always-growing audio vaults that come with Dave include hundreds of personalized IDs and endorsements, 4:20 introductions, and other production accents.

Interviewing music and pop culture celebrities is one of Dave Lawrence’s gifts.

Dave connects with artists: Exposed to a cavalcade of stars from college, especially at WBCN over nearly a decade, and on from there,  Dave Lawrence thrives on the challenge of connecting with artists of all walks of life. Dave’s artist interview roster covers a wide range: The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, Ziggy Marley, Incubus’ Brandon Boyd, The Doors’ Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger, Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello; Afro-Cuban All Stars Juan De Marcos, NFL great Joe Montana, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, hoops giant Kareem Abdul Jabaar, The Rev. Al Green, James Brown, George Clinton, Sammy Hagar, Larry Carlton, Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson, Rob Zombie, Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman, Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, Todd Rundgren, Deftones’ Chino Moreno, Kiss’ Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik, Carlos Santana, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, Journey and Santana’s Neal Schon, Styx’s Tommy Shaw and James JY Young, Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and Mike Love, Tommy Chong, Lewis Black, Robert Schimmel, Boz Scaggs, Queensryche’s Geoff Tate, Mick Fleetwood, Manu Dibango, Michael McDonald, Julio Iglesias, Henry Rollins, actor Samuel L. Jackson, filmmaker David Lynch, Willie Nelson, BB King and Ronnie James Dio are some of the many diverse artists Dave has brought to the air in exclusive interviews filled with magical stories, recollections, and most of all, fun.

Dave Lawrence with Free/Bad Company legend Paul Rodgers in London the night before his performance opening for the Led Zeppelin reunion, Dec. 2007

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