This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge is Eric Van Rysdam.  You may know this week’s guest from many places. If you were in the Fredonia area in the mid 80’s, you’ll know him as a DJ from BJ’s. You may know him from his days at Record Theatre. You may him as "The guy from Home of The Hits". Or you may know him as the DJ from the Old Pink “who plays the best music you’ve never heard”. Many know him simply as “EVR”. Eric visited the Lounge on March 25, 2024 and reminisced about his early days in music, his time at SUNY Fredonia and the many projects he has been involved in over the years ..read more

This week's guests In the Flamingo Lounge are Oscar Woodrich and Maegan Jones from Smac! We had a great conversation on music and, as an added bonus, Smac! Debuted the Flamingo Lounge mix of the first song off their new EP "Liar" which will be out Fall of 2024. Jazzy. Soulful. Powerful. Those are the words fans use to describe this week’s guests. Directed by singer-songwriter Maegan Jones, and multi-instrumentalist Oscar Woodrich, Smac! is ready to take the musical world by storm with Maegan’s majestic vocals, Oscar’s groovy guitar licks, and the expert drumming of Manny Cupeles. With a little ..read more

This week’s guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Marcangelo Perricelli, is a highly accomplished composer and songwriter whose music has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide. Throughout his career, Perricelli has received widespread recognition for his exceptional talent and innovation in the music industry. His compositions have been featured in numerous films, television shows, and commercials, adding depth and emotion to various visual productions. Additionally, he has collaborated with renowned artists and musicians, further solidifying his status as a prominent figure in the contemporary m ..read more

This week’s guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Taylor Belling, grew up in Williamsville. He went to Kent State University because he was a big Neil Young fan. At Kent State he sang in the choir, had a barbershop quartet and started a band and he ended up touring with a blues band. He lived in Akron Ohio seeing The Black Keys around at the bars as they were all coming up together. He then moved back to Buffalo and started selling guitars at guitar center and then running his own vintage business expanding into motorcycles and hi-fi ..read more

This week’s guest in the Flamingo Lounge, Tony Zambito, is a familiar face in the local jazz scene. Tony visited the Flamingo Lounge on February 20, 2024 and shared his stories. Tony is the music coordinator for the Northwest Jazz Festival in historic Lewiston New York. He is also an avid jazz fan and musician in the band “My Cousin Tone’” and is the Founder and Executive Director of JazzBuffalo, a non-profit organization dedicated to building jazz awareness and jazz appreciation in the Buffalo and WNY area ..read more

In January 2024, Matt Aquiline, who was a guest on the podcast in 2023, and also runs a Facebook page entitled “Buffalo & WNY Garage Bands” posted a clipping from the 1965 WKBW 16-hour Variety Telethon featuring over 65 local performers. One of the bands on that broadcast, The Avantis, featured this week's guest, Richard Sargent. No stranger to the podcast, Richard was the very first guest and returned to share more stories on Christmas Eve in 2022. He now marks the season finale. We discussed in detail the telethon's bands and the story behind the article. As a special ending, "She's Gone ..read more

On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Joy Ann Wrona, Michael Wah and David G. Poole from the Imperial Court of Buffalo joined Rockabilly Greg to talk about musical theatre and their upcoming MisCast fundraiser. All have worked together on stage over the years and reminisced about the many facets of performing in live musical theatre productions ..read more

This week's guest, Caroline Mallonee, joined Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo Lounge on January 25, 2024 for a fascinating conversation on her musical compositions. Caroline is an award-winning composer and performer based in Buffalo, NY. Inspired by scientific phenomena, visual art, and musical puzzles, she has been commissioned to write new pieces for prominent ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Spektral Quartet, Firebird Ensemble, Present Music, Wet Ink Ensemble, Antares, PRISM Quartet, Ciompi Quartet, Ethos Percussion, and the Buffalo Chamber ..read more

Most people know this week’s guest, Jeff Miers, as the former music critic for The Buffalo News. Jeff visited the Flamingo Lounge on January 27, 2024 and talked about his music, his family and son Declan. These days Jeff can be found contributing to his BLOG “Miers on Music” as well as his bi-weekly podcast “Why Music Matters”. A Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee, Jeff also currently sits on the board of Music is Art and is the Executive Director for the Sportsmen’s Americana Music Foundation ..read more

Zuri Appleby joined Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo Lounge on Friday, December 29 to talk about her music and help celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast. Zuri is a professional bassist, vocalist, model, and educator. The daughter of musicians and educators, Rodney and Linda Lombardo Appleby she has been described as “The complete package” and “Looks like a million dollars and plays bass like five million”. Zuri has toured with a multitude of artists including Nick Jonas, Adam Lambert and Lizzo. Zuri also has a passion for education and has taught for Young Audiences of Western New York, w ..read more