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Tune in this week to hear Jay Jay welcome guest & heavy metal legend Dave Meniketti! Dave is a singer, guitar virtuoso, & founding member of the group Y&T. Twisted Sister and Y&T toured extensively together in the early 80’s - both Twisted and Y&T both have intertwined roots in the history of Heavy Metal as they both found, simultaneously, very receptive fans and press in England in 1982/83. Tune in to this insightful conversation & hear Jay Jay & Dave share memories from their storied careers in metal - only on The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music!

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Edited & Produced by Matthew Mallinger

3f:T51e,We’re taking a brief break from the story this week. (We’ll be back with our final chapter on David Bowie on Monday, May 3rd!) But today we have something very special in store: a conversation with Carlos Alomar — a funk guitar icon, and one of David’s most crucial musical collaborators. He cut his teeth in the late ‘60s as one of the youngest players ever in the Apollo Theater’s house band, leading to stints backing James Brown, Chuck Berry and Wilson Pickett, all while still in his teens. Carlos’ influence helped inspire David to take his famous trip to Philadelphia in 1974 to record the soul-steeped ‘Young Americans’ record. To get the sound, David tapped Carlos, who in turn assembled a group of top shelf funk musicians that included his wife, vocalist Robin Clark, and an old schoolfriend named Luther Vandross. So began a musical partnership that would last almost thirty years. Carlos played on 11 of David’s albums, including classics like ’Station to Station,’ ‘the Berlin Trilogy, and ‘Scary Monster (and Super Creeps),’ and cowrote his first American number one, “Fame.” More importantly, he was a loyal friend throughout his life. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ET - Lita Ford // Chris Holmes