The City's Backyard

Nov 18 2024 305 ep. 37 mins 2
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The City's Backyard with Matt Zako. A Podcast For New York City's Backyard or any city's backyard across the world! Covering Arts, Entertainment, music and the community! 

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The City's Backyard Ep 130 FOUR STICKS The Music Of Led Zeppelin coming to DARYL'S HOUSE in Pawling, New York plus The Music Room inCape Cod, MASS!

Nov 18 2024 31 mins  
EXPERIENCE THE VIVID, ELECTRIFYING SOUND OF LED ZEPPELIN THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE OF New York session musicians. REIGNITING THE POWER OF THE ROCK GODS, FOUR STICKS BRINGS IT. ALWAYS. Four Sticks returns to the podcast this month to talk about their regional dates in the area at Daryl's House in Pawling, New York, The Rustic Barn Pub in Troy, NY and The Music Room in Cape Cod, MASS!

The City's Backyard Ep 129 Jackie THE JOKEMAN Martling drops by to chat about his comedy shows in the area and funny moments of his days on THE HOWARD STERN SHOW!

Nov 11 2024 39 mins  
For eighteen years (1983-2001) a fixture of radio & television’s Howard Stern Show, comedian Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling was born and raised in East Norwich, a tiny hamlet on the glorious North Shore of Long Island, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Oyster Bay High School and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1971. In March,

The City's Backyard Ep 128 STEVE HOLLEY from Paul McCartney & Wings remembers friend and band mate Denny Laine and explains their friendship in WINGS and why he wanted to pay tribute with the tribute version of the song TIME TO HIDE!

Nov 04 2024 39 mins  
Steve Holley from Paul McCartney & Wings is a great friend and band mate of the late rock legend Denny Laine! On this episode we chat about his time in WINGS, and his relationship with Denny, after all Denny was the guy that helped open the door for him to play in WINGS! Steve tells the story....also we play the new tribute re release track of Time To Hide, the song that Denny

The City's Backyard Ep 127 The Cast of the new true crime series How (NOT) to Get Rid Of A Body Ep 3 Graveyard Shift now streaming on HBO Max, Prime Video, and ID Discovery!

Oct 31 2024 32 mins  
It's a true crime episode with the cast of How (NOT) To Get Rid Of A Body Episode 3 "Graveyard Shift" featuring John Campanile from Chicago, Kathy Sanders from the Maryland area, Dave Eggers II from Long Island, and yours truly Matt Zako from Westchester, New York! We talk about the filming of this True Crime episode and go behind the scenes of the making of a true crime story that

The City's Backyard Ep 126 McDONALD'S FARM the former house band for DENNY LAINE from Paul McCartney & Wings releases a tribute version of TIME TO HIDE(written by Denny) for Denny's Birthday and legacy!

Oct 28 2024 42 mins  
Former bandmates of the late Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician, Denny Laine, just released a new tribute version of one of Laine’s signature songs, Time To Hide, to coincide with what would have been Laine’s 80th birthday, October 29. The song, released under the artist name McDonald’s Farm, will feature Steve McDonald, Grant Roberts and Laine’s former Wings bandmate St

The City's Backyard Ep 125 JOE WALSH drummer JOE VITALE drops by to talk about VETS AID 2024 coming to QUEENS, NEW YORK on Veterans Day! We talk all about the line up and the WALSH albums and tracks over the years!

Oct 21 2024 36 mins  
Joe Walsh is coming to QUEENS, NEW YORK for VETS AID 2024 with his drummer Joe Vitale! We love having Joe drop by ...that's "Joe Bob" to Don Henley from The Eagles as what he calls him not to confuse him with Walsh when they all have played together on tour. We catch up with Vitale to talk about VETS AID coming to New York in November, plus we chat about the catalog of albums and s

The City's Backyard Ep 124 Comedian JOEY CAMEN drops by to chat about his one man show called LAUGHING THROUGH THE PAIN that is coming to NYC this November! Joey is a voice actor, comedian, and more!

Oct 14 2024 32 mins  
Comedian JOEY CAMEN originally from the streets of DETROIT makes his way from LA to NYC! Here is what he said...."A big thanks to United Solo for having the NYC world premiere of my new seriocomic one-man play Laughing Through the Pain on Nov 9th at Theatre Row! Here's a promo trailer to give you a little preview. Enjoy. Get your tickets @https://festival.unitedsolo.org/show/172289

The City's Backyard Ep 123 OZZMOSIS....the country's number one Ozzy Osbourne Tribute Show! Coming to CT, MASS, DE, PA and more!

Oct 07 2024 30 mins  
Are You An Ozzy Fan? Then Get Ready to Rock! The members of the band take great pride in creating the next best thing to a live Ozzy performance that transports you through time to experience the energy of Ozzy Osbourne capturing his solo career from Randy Rhoads to Zakk Wylde. As the song says, “You can’t kill rock-n-roll, it’s here to stay!” Ozzmosis proves it every time.

The City's Backyard Ep 122 PART 2 RECAP with LIZ HINES/widow of Rock n Roll Legend DENNY LAINE from Wings! We chat with Liz about the film ONE HAND CLAPPING with Paul McCartney&Wings plus we comment on the featured podcast audio clips of Denny!

Sep 30 2024 42 mins  
Rock Legend DENNY LAINE is featured in ONE HAND CLAPPING, a Paul McCartney film that was just released for limited showings in theaters. In a PART 2 conversation we chat with Denny's lovely wife Liz Hines and now widow. We recap the film and get her thoughts on it....plus we also play clips of Denny from his previous interviews on "The City's Backyard Podcast". In this episode Liz

The City's Backyard Ep 121 LIZ HINES...Widow of RocknRoll Legend DENNY LAINE from PAUL McCartney and WINGS! We chat with Liz about Denny's legacy and his role in WINGS as ONE HAND CLAPPING is released in theaters!

Sep 25 2024 36 mins  
Denny's wife Liz Hines and now widow joins us on "The City's Backyard Podcast" to talk about the rock n roll legend's legacy and his role in Wings as Paul's right hand guy... in a Part 1 interview ...we also chat about the Paul McCartney film with Wings called One Hand Clapping showing this week!Denny Laine was an English musician, singer, and songwriter, known as a founder of two