Bob Cowsill, John Cowsill & Vicki Peterson Recount Family History & Test Their Cowsills Knowledge!

At Media Path, we capture the essence of classic era entertainment through interviews with icons of TV, film and music sharing behind-the-scenes stories, tracing showbiz family legacies and broadening our knowledge of pop culture. If you would like to buy us a coffee to fuel our conversations with the legends who shaped our shared media history, we would greatly appreciate it! https://coff.ee/mediapathpodcast Audio Links: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3SiDa7p Spotify https://spoti.fi/3Zso4jA It's a return trip down the Media Path for Vicki and John and this time Bob is along for fun, games and Cowsill family lore!  We welcome back Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill, who recently joined us to talk about their collaboration on a new album of songs written by John's late brothers, Billy and Barry Cowsill, 'Long After the Fire', plus fellow founding Cowsills member, Bob Cowsill joins the conversation. We start at the dawn of Vicki’s Cowsills journey, as a fan who became a friend who became a spouse. A seven-year-old, Vicki’s sister Debbi said, “You know, there’s a girl your age in this band.” Vicki was instantly sold and she spent her allowance savings on the We Can Fly album. In 1977, when Vicki learned that a friend of a friend knew Bob’s Cowsill, Vicki gave him a call to talk vocal harmonies. Vicki and Debbi were still bubbling under as The Bangs and they went to see The Cowsills perform at a local club. Just a few years later, Bob found himself invited to The Bangles Platinum party and John recounts his meet-cute with Vicki, right before his marriage to someone else! We test the Cowsill/Peterson crew on self-knowledge with a game we like to call 'Are You Better Informed Than Google?', Vicki and John share what took them two married decades to work together and Bob gives his perspective on John and Vicki's new album of Billy and Barry Cowsill covers. Bob and John share how their generational split affected their musical influences and experiences within the band and we hear about the earliest days of the Cowsills, their father Bud's early clash with brother Richard, performing at Brown frat parties as young kids and their first demo song recordings. And the games continue as everyone takes on some Cowsills Trivia Roulette from Becky Presley's Cowsills site! In recommendations-- Fritz: Book, Miss May Does Not Exist by Carrie Courogen Weezy: Hulu Series, Devil in the Family Path Points of Interest: The Cowsills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cow... www.cowsill.com Becky Presley’s Cowsills Page https://www.bapresley.com/silverthreads/ Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill https://www.vickipetersonandjohncowsi... Vicki and John on Instagram   / vickiandjohnmusic   Vicki and John on Facebook   / vickiandjohnmusic   John Cowsill https://www.johncowsillmusic.com John Cowsill on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... John Cowsill on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/john_cowsil... John Cowsill on Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Co... Vicki Peterson on Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_P... The Bangles https://www.thebangles.com Vicki Peterson on Facebook   / vickibangle   Becky Presley Trivia https://www.bapresley.com/silverthrea... Miss May Does Not Exist: The Live And Work Of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius by Carrie Courogen https://www.amazon.com/Miss-May-Does-... Devil in the Family https://www.hulu.com/series/devil-in-...