Greg Kihn released over 20 albums during his career and landed 11 songs on the Top 100 and/or mainstream rock charts in the U.S. Originally from Baltimore, MD, Greg moved to California in 1972 and laid the groundwork for his successful career. You’d also find him on the airwaves hosting many radio shows. Greg passed away on August 13, 2024, after a long illness. Multi-award winning program director Ray White shares his June of 2012 interview with Greg touching on his “Best of Beserkley” compilation, his move to the west coast, days with Joe Satriani in the band, relationship with Bruce Springsteen and much more. In our Showcase Segment you’ll find the latest from Sting whose out on his Sting 3.0 tour, Daryl Hall who just released his album D and Michael Des Barres (Power Station/Detective) who just dropped his It’s Only Rock N’ Roll project. Definitely a “Kihnplete” show on this edition from 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!
