Joe Deninzon is an electric violinist and vocalist who also plays guitar and mandolin. He’s the leader of his band Stratospheerius and joined the progressive rock band Kansas in 2023. This elite musician has played on records and/or toured with icons like The Who, Bruce Springsteen and Richie Blackmore – just to name a few. Multi-award winning music director Ray White caught up with Joe during a recent break in Kansas’ 2026 tour. He fills us in on his early breakout years, his latest album with Stratospheerius called Imposter! and how he was tapped by Kansas to to serve as their new violinist. In our showcase segment we feature a band that has sold over 100 million records globally- Journey. Their most recent album is Freedom and they could be wrapping up their career after the current “Final Frontier” tour. Don’t miss this dynamic episode 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!
