Billy Sherwood first started performing with YES back in 1994, becoming a full-time member in 2015. Billy’s been involved with all aspects of the music business during his career and launched several other bands including Arc of Life, Circa, Lodgic, World Trade and The Prog Collective – just to name a few. He’s performed on dozens and dozens of albums and led many tribute projects, too. Multi-award winning program director Ray White caught up with Billy in January 2021 to capture insights from him regarding his solo work, producing tribute albums, styles of music he performs and his wide spectrum of projects throughout his career. You’ll find more from this amazing musician on Episode 98. In our “showcase segment,” we feature the legendary Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, who passed away on November 30, 2022. Christine was an amazing songwriter, singer, keyboardist and the glue that kept Fleetwood Mac together throughout the decades. The ultimate from rock musicians today, we feature a wide spectrum right here on the CAT!
Ray's passion for music and the musicians, started as a youth listening to transistor radios under the covers at bedtime. The bands and performers he liked, he followed throughout their career. In 2005 he was fed up with the evolution of a majority of the music the radio stations were playing and began investigating the bands he grew up listening to in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Radio wasn't playing any of those band's "new" songs, just the "classic" hits. Researching the industry for a year, Ray launched Classic Artists Today syndicated radio show - featuring "new" songs by "classic" artists and included interviews and classic tracks too. The show was carried by several dozen radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. Featuring Rock/Pop musicians and bands, Ray and the show won several awards from New Music Weekly magazine. With the success of these shows, he launched Coool CAT syndicated radio show, 5 years later, featuring Soul/R&B/Smooth Jazz/Blues performers and bands. In 2017, Ray starting producing his show in a 30-minute podcast format. Today, you can hear his work at Sittin' In With The CAT and Sittin' In With The Coool CAT. The legacy continues!
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