Jersey Boys Podcast

Today's Jersey Boys Podcast show reaches back into our archives and puts together in a single podcast the Tommy DeVito interview we conducted back in Fall 2007.  The audio recording for the MP3 has been upgraded from previous releases at 64-kbps to 96-kbps.  Also, if you enjoyed this audio interview with Tommy you should check out these other interviews: Las Vegas Review Journal (Doug Elfman) and Jersey Boys Blog Interview (Dec06).

Listen! (Size: 56.6-MBs, Time: 1h22m15s)

The only song segment sampled in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records) was:

• "Big Man In Town" [CAST CD]

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Jersey Boys HQ
• The Four Seasons' Anthology CD
• Jersey Boys Blog

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Jersey Boys and Four Seasons' fans should enjoy this interview with Charlie Calello on the The Frank Truth Show #117.

While this podcast is dedicated to Frank Sinatra, the Four Seasons, the Four Lovers, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi, and Jersey Boys are mentioned in the very early part of the interview.

Charlie Calello was a member of the Four Lovers and for a short time officially part of the Four Seasons.  He was also the primary arranger for huge percentage of Four Seasons and Frankie Valli songs and albums. 

There is also some great commentary from Charlie Calello in the Jersey Boys coffee table book.

George Clinton, who could be categorized as the Master of Funk, was originally part of the doo op band The Parliaments.  During this period, he lived close to both the The Monotones who wrote the song "(Who Wrote) The Book Of Love," and the The Four Seasons - who incidentally released a cover of "Book Of Love" on the Big Girls Don't Cry CD distributed by Rhino Records in 1995. 

These doo op memories of George Clinton come compliments of an interviewed on NPR. According to the interview, his band The Monotones, and members of the Four Seasons (probably before they were called Four Seasons) competed against each other in local New Jersey battle of the band contests. 

The Jersey Boys Podcast #66 (recorded for Thursday, January 29, 2009) is an interview show with Jersey Boys Las Vegas cast members with Eric Bergen who plays Bob Gauido and Jeff Leibow who plays Nick Massi.  This interview was recorded at the Palazzo Resort and Casino in August 2008.

Listen! (Size: 15.1-MBs, Time: 32:51)

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Additional links mentioned in the podcast:

• Jersey Boys Info
• Jersey Boys Blog
• The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette Frankie Valli and the Four Season's fan site
• Steve @ Twitter & Friendfeed

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Sherry" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
• "In My Eyes" [Frankie Valli Close Up/Valli CD]

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Today's Jersey Boys Podcast #065 (produced on Wednesday, September 3, 2008) has a single focus - a great phone interview with Jersey Boys Broadway's J. Robert Spencer who plays the role of original Four Season Nick Massi. This interview was recorded on Friday, August 29, 2008.

Listen! (Size: 18.9-MBs, Time: 41:26)

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After listening to this interview you will get all the details on Bobby's current plans with Jersey Boys, and an in-depth update on all the projects he has been working on in conjunction with Jersey Boys plus a run down on his plans for the next couple of months.  Links mentioned with regards to the interview:

• US Open You Tube Link
• "Farm Girl In New York" (2007) movie
• Anywhere Road
• "Handel's Messiah Rocks" (Boston, September 21, 2008)
• "Next To Normal" (Washington DC)
• Shenandoah Conservatory
• "Heterosexuals" (2008) movie
• J. Robert Spencer on MySpace

In addition, the following links mentioned during this podcast:

• Technorama's Star Trek Experience Tour Podcast
• Tee Morris
• Nobilis

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Don't Let Go" [Dawn (Go Away) CD]
• "Big Girls Don't Cry" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]

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The Jersey Boys Podcast #064 was recorded on Saturday, August 9th, 2008.  Today's show contains an interview with Jersey Boys 1st National Tour Member Steve Gouveia who stars in the role of Nick Massi, and then we have a big news recap covering all things Jersey Boys.

Listen! (Size: 20.9-MBs, Time: 45:42)

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Let's Hang On" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "Girl Come Running" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
• "The Night" [The Motown Years]
• "Sunday Kind of Love" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "C'Marianne" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]

Links mentioned in this podcast includes (yes ... there are a lot!):

• Jersey Boys Broadway:
  • Gazette.com, TheStar, ChicagoBusiness, NY1,  WSJ, Blog-NJ,  Playbill,  Barnes&Noble, NYPost, BroadwayWorld, JerseyBoysBlog
• Jersey Boys London:
  
  • PodFinderUK, British-Towns.net, BexleyTimes, London Broadway
• Jersey Boys Chicago:
  
  • Gapersblock, HeadCandy, Chicago Tribune, Post Chronicle, Journals@AOL
• Jersey Boys 1st National Tour:
  • BBB Blog, Star Telegram, Dallas Observer, Telegram, TalkinBroadway, DallasVoice, Clevescne, Variety,  CityBeat
• Jersey Boys Las Vegas:
  • Palazzo, BroadwayWorld, LVRJ, RawVegas, LasVegasAdvisor, YouTube, KNPR, NY Daily News, Variety
• Jersey Boys Australia:
  • SMH
• Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons:
  • Boston.com#1, About.com, Walmart.com, Mog.com, Variety#1, Variety#2, AllAboutJazz, Broadway.TV, YouTube, LocalSource, LeaderNewspapers, Roo.com, AmericanProfile, TheStar, VanillaCarmel, ThisWeekInPhilly, AFP@Google, WABC, NashvilleCityPaper, NYTimes, [email protected], ChicagoTribune, Boston.com#2, Bloomberg, Gulfnews
• Bob Gaudio:
  • Star-Telegram, Playbill
• John Lloyd Young:
• PlayBill#1, TheaterMania, PlayBill#2
• Michael James Scott:
• Liberace Museum, BroadwayVegas
• Travis Clover
• Joseph Leo Bwarie:
• Blah Blah Blah Blog, SocialWhirl
• Christopher Kale Jones
• J. Robert Spencer:
• Playbill
• Christan Hoff:
• Playbill
• Daniel Reichard:
• Playbill
• Rick Faugno:
• YouTube
• Miscellaneous:
• Jersey Babys CD
• Wikipedia on "A Sunday Kind Of Love"
• ValliSeasons Group on Yahoo
• Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (GILG)

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The 63rd edition (recorded on 5/11/08 - Happy Mother's Day!) of the Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted.   This podcast includes: a tribute to the late John Altieri; a review of Jersey Boys Las Vegas with highlights of the Opening Night Party on May 3, 2008 at the Palazzo Resort and Casino; and an interview with Jersey Boys 1st National Tour & Broadway member Eric Gutman.

Listen! (Size: 23.9-MBs, Time: 52:19)

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We also bring you the new announcement for Jersey Boys Radio, a 24/7 streaming music station on the Internet for Jersey Boys and Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons fans.  Other topics discussed include:

• Jersey Boys Store
• JerseyBoys @ Flickr [RSS]
• Audrey @ Four Seasons Neighborhood Bus Tour
• 1st Four Seasons Neighborhood Bus Tour Review
• American Theatre Wing
• Taylor Sternberg's Tour That Blog

Additional links with coverage related to Jersey Boys Las Vegas: TheStripPodcast (206.424.4737); USA Today; Newsblaze; Las Vegas Weekly; Erich Bergen on KVVU TV; Broadway World; Daily Mail; Las Vegas Sun; Vegas Stripping; Celebrity News 24/7; LA Times; The Star; Theater Dogs; The Star; Las Vegas Review Journal; BrightCove; Las Vegas Weekly; and Kathy Johnstone's pictures from Jersey Boys Las Vegas Open Night.

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "Who Loves You" [Jersey Baby CD]
• "Rag Doll" [Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons Reunited LIVE CD]
• "Working My Way Back To You" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "Big Girls Don't Cry" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]

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Listen! (Size: 19.9-MBs, Time: 43:14)

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The 62nd edition (recorded on 4/22/08) of the Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted.   This podcast includes Part 4 of 4 of our interview with original Four Season member Tommy DeVito.  The previous parts have been posted here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. The picture to the left is from 1968 with Tommy reportedly getting started with "Italian Cowboy" as Frankie starts to laugh and Bob Guadio looks like he'd like to be anywhere but on stage.

Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

• "December 1963 (Oh What A Night) Reprise Version" [Jersey Baby CD]
• "The Proud One" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
• "Ginger's Theme" [Tommy Devito's 1st Season CD]
• "My Mother's Eyes" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]

In addition to the interview, we cover the latest Jersey Boys news related to: Broadway, London, Chicago, Las Vegas, 1st National Tour, and Australia.  Links mentioned during the news section includes:

• Jersey Boys Blog on Jersey Baby CD release
• Las Vegas Sun on Tommy Devito and Jersey Boys Las Vegas
• Playbill on Jersey Boys Broadway
• Interested in Four Season savvy bus tours of News Jersey? If yes, then email Audrey.
• Jersey Boys @ Red Cross gala in Darien, Connecticut
• Jennifer Namio says good-bye to Broadway
• Daniel Reichard's performance in 'Candide'
• Christian Hoff's 40th Birthday
• John Lloyd Young to play Marius in Les Miserables
• Jersey Boys London cast on YouTube
  
• The Official London Theatre interviews Des McAnuff
  
• Broadway.com interviews Ryan Molloy
  
• Peterborough Today interviews Griffin Stevens
• Jersey Boys Blog interviews Michael Ingersoll
• Sun Herald on Jersey Boys Las Vegas
• Erich Bergen is interviewed on the CraftCast podcast
• PlayBill profiles Christopher Kale Jones
• Backstage.com interviews Taylor Sternberg
• Joseph Siravo has a podcast interview with TBPAC
• Casting call in Australia via Simon Plant

In addition to the links mentioned in the news section, the following links were mentioned in the announcements section:

• New Media Expo in Las Vegas, NV from August 14-16, 2008
• Frankie Valli solo albums released by Collector's Choice Music
• Follow me on sholden @ twitter

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Listen! (Size: 17.4-MBs, Time: 37:49)

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Today's Jersey Boys Podcast (recorded on 1/27/08) is a much needed Jersey Boys news catch-up  and  listener appreciation show.  We have news about Jersey Boys Broadway and all the current Tour locations including breaking news on Australia.  We also have updates on Four Seasons members Joe Long, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, and Tommy Devito.

Music segments (thanks to Rhino Records & Collector's Choice Music) played in this podcast includes:

• "Rag Doll" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "New York Lottery Commercial" [Jersey Boys Broadway Cast]
• "Streetfighter" [Streetfighter CD]
• "Medley of Beggin, My Eyes Adore You, and Who Loves You" [Jersey Boys SF Cast]
• "Hope & Glory" [Hope & Glory CD]

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• The movie "Grease"
• Jersey Boys Blog interview with Joe Long: Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3
• The Yahoo Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons mailing list
• Newark Star-Ledger's Top New Jersey Musicians
  
• Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons sing the National Anthem at the Fiesta Bowl
  [Jersey Boys Blog#1 & #2, Sunday Gazette]
• UK's Tribute Band called "Let’s Hang On"
  
• Frankie Valli on National Public Radio (NPR)
  
• "The Rise and Fall of Vee-Jay Records" on NPR
  
• Tommy DeVito's legal problems [Law.com, Texas Record] 
• Variety on Jersey Boys Broadway Ticket Sales
• Playbill covers Michael Longoria (Frankie Valli on Broadway)
• Sebastian Arcelus new role as Bob Gaudio on Broadway [Broadway World, Jersey Boys Blog, Tuggar @ Blogspot, Playbill]
• Daniel Reichard's Christmas in Black & White show at the Metropolitan Room [Playbill, Jersey Boys Blog]
• Eric Gutman is now part of the Jersey Boys Broadway cast [Jersey Boys Blog]
• J. Robert Spencer new movie deal with Angel Light Pictures [PlayBill]
• Jennifer Naimo's "Many the Miles (a Cabaret)" [Broadway World, Playbill]
• Christian Hoff's solo concert "Exiled" [PlayBill, Broadway World, Jersey Boys Blog #1 & #2]
• Jersey Boys San Francisco coverage in the Mercury News, Variety, and the San Francisco Chronicle (plus YouTube video)
• Jersey Boys Las Vegas will be at the Palazzo Hotel and Casino [Broadway World, BBB-Blogger, Mochila, Jeremy Womack, Curious Minds Media]
• Jersey Boys 1st National Tour in Seattle [BroadwayWorld, SeattleTimes, About.com, Jersey Boys Blog, BBB-Blogger]
• Jersey Boys 1st National Tour in Houston, TX [Jersey Boys Blog, Houston Chronicle #1 & #2, and Blog]
• Jersey Boys 1st National Tour in Toronto [Playbill, BroadwayWorld]
• Jersey Boys London has cast news [Jersey Boys Blog, Show & Stay UK, PlayBill]
• Jersey Boys Chicago continues to do very well [IBJ, Broadway World]
• Klezmer Podcast

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Listen! (Size: 24.1-MBs, Time: 52:33)

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Show #059 of the Jersey Boys Podcast has been posted and it includes a great interview with John Lloyd Young. The topics covered in the interview includes: what John is doing now and in the near future including his upcoming concert on Feb. 23, 2008; his thoughts on supporting service through fund raising; his praise for his dedicated fans; the Tony Award wins; his feelings about leaving the cast of Jersey Boys; and Michael Longoria's strengths as the new Frankie Valli on Broadway.

Links mentioned in this podcast includes

• Jennifer Naimo
• Steve Gouveia
• JLY Final Toast @ Jersey Boys Broadway
• Video from La Jolla Playhouse Des McAnuff tribute
• Jersey Boys Blog
• Jersey Boys World

Song segment samples played in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records) includes:

• "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
• "Patch Of Blue" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
• "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
• "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]

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