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TMOS Classic: June 26, 2026

Mike O'Meara, Robb Spewak, Josh Sroka

June 26, 2026 · 29 min

"So help your brother along the way, no matter where he starts... For the same God that made you - made him too - these men with broken hearts..."Our Sponsors:* Check out Quince and use my code TMOS for a great deal:…

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[SPEAKER_04]: Michael Mera, Radio Entertainment.

[SPEAKER_00]: Hi, Ed, good to see you again.

[SPEAKER_00]: And now he'll be here quietly with us, we will start the show.

[SPEAKER_04]: T-M-O-S, classic.

[SPEAKER_04]: Friday, flashback.

[SPEAKER_04]: We were talking earlier this week on the show, we were talking about nostalgia.

[SPEAKER_04]: Yes.

[SPEAKER_04]: And I know you have been chomping to get to the bonus show because you wanted to talk about your Ringo experience where you, uh,

[SPEAKER_04]: I've sought Ringo star perform and you were telling me also that it was not just a the Ringo show.

[SPEAKER_04]: I'm not the Beatles guy.

[SPEAKER_03]: You are in my top four of all the Beatles.

[SPEAKER_04]: The you you like Ringo star and you know, it's it's the staff.

[SPEAKER_04]: I will say this.

[SPEAKER_04]: I saw Ringo on TV recently and he looks remarkably well preserved.

[SPEAKER_04]: 78.

[SPEAKER_04]: He said he's a V8.

[SPEAKER_04]: 80 years already still has that kind of unringer.

[SPEAKER_04]: There you go.

[SPEAKER_04]: Did he look good at the concert?

[SPEAKER_03]: He looked fantastic.

[SPEAKER_03]: We went to a place here in DC called Wolftrap and every every city has a place like this where it's an open pavilion on a hill so you can buy lawn seats or pavilion seats, right?

[SPEAKER_03]: There's a lot of people do like a picnic type deal.

[SPEAKER_03]: We lucked out.

[SPEAKER_03]: We got two tickets last row of the pavilion which doesn't sound great except it was because they weren't the built in seats.

[SPEAKER_03]: They were folding chairs so we had miles of

[SPEAKER_03]: And then I'll see.

[SPEAKER_03]: So the seats were perfect.

[SPEAKER_03]: Ringo comes out.

[SPEAKER_03]: He looks fantastic.

[SPEAKER_04]: He's energetic.

[SPEAKER_04]: I give a man who has died his hair for that long.

[SPEAKER_04]: And amazing amount of credit is he still have the jet black.

[SPEAKER_04]: He does.

[SPEAKER_03]: And you know, even Paul has even begged off on that.

[SPEAKER_03]: Paul went from red to light gray.

[SPEAKER_03]: Now, Paul is sort of sort of gray-ish.

[SPEAKER_03]: But Ringo still looks like Harry Blackstone.

[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.

[SPEAKER_04]: It's funny, but I mean, he looked, I looked at him.

[SPEAKER_03]: I told him to do it's almost 80 years old.

[SPEAKER_03]: He looked fantastic and energetic and fantastic.

[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[SPEAKER_04]: And you talked about the way he puts his show together, which is brilliant.

[SPEAKER_04]: I think it's a really cool thing.

[SPEAKER_04]: So tell us what you're doing.

[SPEAKER_03]: And I went into it not knowing what to expect.

[SPEAKER_03]: He's been doing it for 30 years.

[SPEAKER_03]: Maybe he's that sound right.

[SPEAKER_03]: The All-Star Band.

[SPEAKER_03]: And I've just never got a chance where it worked out that I went.

[SPEAKER_03]: And I've seen Paul a lot of times.

[SPEAKER_03]: And the first thing I noticed when I get to the place,

[SPEAKER_03]: is there's a different atmosphere, it's more relaxed.

[SPEAKER_03]: When you go to a Paul McCartney show, there's almost attention in the air because, you know, oh my god, this is people say, this is our Mozart, this is Paul McCartney.

[SPEAKER_03]: He can do no wrong, he's money, it's Paul McCartney.

[SPEAKER_03]: But everyone at Ringo is just like, hey, you know what, we're going to have a show tonight and it's cool.

[SPEAKER_03]: And it's very relaxed, he comes out and he surrounds himself, everyone on stage with him.

[SPEAKER_03]: has had hit records and it's a tight band.

[SPEAKER_03]: Of course there's Ringo.

[SPEAKER_03]: He drums.

[SPEAKER_04]: Michael Mera, Radio Entertainment. [SPEAKER_00]: Hi, Ed, good to see you again. [SPEAKER_00]: And now he'll be here quietly with us, we will start the show. [SPEAKER_04]: T-M-O-S, classic. [SPEAKER_04]: Friday, flashback. [SPEAKER_04]: We were talking earlier this week on the show, we were talking about nostalgia. [SPEAKER_04]: Yes. [SPEAKER_04]: And I know you have been chomping to get to the bonus show because you wanted to talk about your Ringo experience where you, uh, [SPEAKER_04]: I've sought Ringo star perform and you were telling me also that it was not just a the Ringo show. [SPEAKER_04]: I'm not the Beatles guy. [SPEAKER_03]: You are in my top four of all the Beatles. [SPEAKER_04]: The you you like Ringo star and you know, it's it's the staff. [SPEAKER_04]: I will say this. [SPEAKER_04]: I saw Ringo on TV recently and he looks remarkably well preserved. [SPEAKER_04]: 78. [SPEAKER_04]: He said he's a V8. [SPEAKER_04]: 80 years already still has that kind of unringer. [SPEAKER_04]: There you go. [SPEAKER_04]: Did he look good at the concert? [SPEAKER_03]: He looked fantastic. [SPEAKER_03]: We went to a place here in DC called Wolftrap and every every city has a place like this where it's an open pavilion on a hill so you can buy lawn seats or pavilion seats, right? [SPEAKER_03]: There's a lot of people do like a picnic type deal. [SPEAKER_03]: We lucked out. [SPEAKER_03]: We got two tickets last row of the pavilion which doesn't sound great except it was because they weren't the built in seats. [SPEAKER_03]: They were folding chairs so we had miles of [SPEAKER_03]: And then I'll see. [SPEAKER_03]: So the seats were perfect. [SPEAKER_03]: Ringo comes out. [SPEAKER_03]: He looks fantastic. [SPEAKER_04]: He's energetic. [SPEAKER_04]: I give a man who has died his hair for that long. [SPEAKER_04]: And amazing amount of credit is he still have the jet black. [SPEAKER_04]: He does. [SPEAKER_03]: And you know, even Paul has even begged off on that. [SPEAKER_03]: Paul went from red to light gray. [SPEAKER_03]: Now, Paul is sort of sort of gray-ish. [SPEAKER_03]: But Ringo still looks like Harry Blackstone. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_04]: It's funny, but I mean, he looked, I looked at him. [SPEAKER_03]: I told him to do it's almost 80 years old. [SPEAKER_03]: He looked fantastic and energetic and fantastic. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_04]: And you talked about the way he puts his show together, which is brilliant. [SPEAKER_04]: I think it's a really cool thing. [SPEAKER_04]: So tell us what you're doing. [SPEAKER_03]: And I went into it not knowing what to expect. [SPEAKER_03]: He's been doing it for 30 years. [SPEAKER_03]: Maybe he's that sound right. [SPEAKER_03]: The All-Star Band. [SPEAKER_03]: And I've just never got a chance where it worked out that I went. [SPEAKER_03]: And I've seen Paul a lot of times. [SPEAKER_03]: And the first thing I noticed when I get to the place, [SPEAKER_03]: is there's a different atmosphere, it's more relaxed. [SPEAKER_03]: When you go to a Paul McCartney show, there's almost attention in the air because, you know, oh my god, this is people say, this is our Mozart, this is Paul McCartney. [SPEAKER_03]: He can do no wrong, he's money, it's Paul McCartney. [SPEAKER_03]: But everyone at Ringo is just like, hey, you know what, we're going to have a show tonight and it's cool. [SPEAKER_03]: And it's very relaxed, he comes out and he surrounds himself, everyone on stage with him. [SPEAKER_03]: has had hit records and it's a tight band. [SPEAKER_03]: Of course there's Ringo. [SPEAKER_03]: He drums. [SPEAKER_03]: He sings also on stage with him is we talked about it on the regular show today. [SPEAKER_03]: His name is Greg Raleigh. [SPEAKER_03]: He was one of the founding members of Santana and we hear the early Santana music. [SPEAKER_03]: He's the keyboardist and the singer. [SPEAKER_03]: So he's on stage. [SPEAKER_03]: This is a guy that was on stage at Woodstock and now he's playing with Ringo's star today. [SPEAKER_04]: And you hear, you know, Santana, it's a credential. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, of course. [SPEAKER_04]: And he also [SPEAKER_03]: So he's had an amazing career. [SPEAKER_03]: Then on stage with him, one of the most amazing guitars of our time, Steve Lucasher from Toto. [SPEAKER_03]: And I would never go see Toto in concert. [SPEAKER_04]: But they sell the the all-star bit going into the show. [SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely. [SPEAKER_04]: You just discovered. [SPEAKER_04]: Oh, so he goes, because remember when we saw down in New Orleans, the Northwest, [SPEAKER_04]: Airlines all star band and they had a bunch of different people that were I love the concept the concept is incredible because these are Virtuastic all of these people could carry a show on their own Mike, I thought of you. [SPEAKER_03]: I know we both love the average white band and we have one of the horn players Freddy V who calls the show sometime [SPEAKER_03]: But the first lead guitarist of the average white band is named Hammish Stewart. [SPEAKER_03]: He's up there. [SPEAKER_03]: And so he sings in plays lead guitar. [SPEAKER_03]: This was cool for me, because I love them when I was in sixth grade, men at work, Colin Hay, the lead singer of men at work, is there play that B, exactly. [SPEAKER_03]: And then the other thing that was so cool is that they've got a drum rub there and named Greg Bisonette. [SPEAKER_03]: He was David Lee Roth's drummer, and he's played session work for everybody, because Ringo doesn't drum on every record. [SPEAKER_03]: So he's up there and he's like a band leader. [SPEAKER_03]: Hit after hit after hit I just want to run down the playlist of all the music we heard and you're your headlspin because you You never got a chance to get bored. [SPEAKER_03]: It was so cool. [SPEAKER_03]: They open up and they play the the Beatles song matchbox So you know the band comes out and there's a a small rhythm of applause and then ladies and gentlemen Ringo star and Ringo comes out and sings matchbox [SPEAKER_03]: Now he's that a deep cut for the Beatles that is, but it's you see Ringo didn't sing a lot for the Beatles So there's not many things on this one on a Beatles. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, this is this is one of his signature Beatles if you get a boner when the Beatles is on screen You scream because this is this is the this is song, you know completely [SPEAKER_03]: And what was so cool about it is that it is a little obscure. [SPEAKER_03]: You wouldn't think about it. [SPEAKER_03]: This is the kind of song that when we were on the way to the show. [SPEAKER_03]: I said to my mom, I'm sure he's going to sing matchbox and we laugh. [SPEAKER_03]: Ha ha ha no one knows matchbox and it's his opening song. [SPEAKER_04]: So that was awesome. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_04]: So you got excited. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: And right away I realize the band is on point. [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, and the sound is great. [SPEAKER_04]: Man, it was fantastic. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_04]: Okay. [SPEAKER_03]: And then they go in and he does one of his solo records, which I'm sure you'll recognize. [SPEAKER_03]: He had a really good post-beadles career, especially the amazing. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, like the five or six years after the Beatles broke, this big number one hit for him. [SPEAKER_03]: And so, and now I'm realizing because this is not a three-quarter called Perkins record. [SPEAKER_03]: This band has got to go in on because all these people, they're not only playing their instruments, they're singing back up. [SPEAKER_03]: They've got the rhythm right. [SPEAKER_04]: They've got a big bunch of backup singers too. [SPEAKER_03]: No, that's the thing. [SPEAKER_03]: It's a league band. [SPEAKER_03]: They all sing. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: It's like seeing a really tight bar band, except they've sold 400 million records between them. [SPEAKER_03]: It's so neat. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_05]: I like it. [SPEAKER_03]: If you want to sing with those, then you know it don't come easy. [SPEAKER_03]: And then he goes into another sort of a Beatles deep pet. [SPEAKER_03]: I think this is from rubber sole, but it's a country flavor record. [SPEAKER_04]: So at this point I wouldn't know this one. [SPEAKER_03]: I wouldn't that this one I would not know but at this point I could I could say you know what I could go home now I saw be the S.R.A. [SPEAKER_03]: Beetle sing three songs. [SPEAKER_03]: This is great But little do I know what's about to happen because then he introduces this guy Greg Raleigh who was with San Tana and he's in front of an vintage keyboard and Just imagine why you know we're already thinking about woodstock and we're surrounded by all these people great crowd M&B three with a Leslie cabinet [SPEAKER_03]: likely it I couldn't see because I was not but tell you when I hear it but no then this starts to fill the sound of the of the air of the night tell me this isn't great [SPEAKER_04]: You got it, then, I bet. [SPEAKER_04]: And then, the way, my band, the crap loose band, played this. [SPEAKER_04]: Really? [SPEAKER_04]: He played this, yep. [SPEAKER_04]: And he's a... One of my, when I was absolutely in the middle of the band experience that I had and I was playing this, this was one of the most fun jam records that we'd played. [SPEAKER_04]: And by the way, it is a great jam record. [SPEAKER_04]: What makes a great jam record? [SPEAKER_04]: Hey, hey, did you just start going nuts? [SPEAKER_03]: I love music, but I've never been in a band. [SPEAKER_03]: What makes a great jam record is that the loose construction of it or loose construction and the fact that you get, when you get to the, hey, hey, yeah. [SPEAKER_04]: And then everybody just goes off the aircraft carrier and you start having a great time, but that's cool. [SPEAKER_04]: And I'm sure he knew what he was doing. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh my God, and the thing is is that he, I would think after 50 years and probably a pretty rough 50 years, he still sounds the same. [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, his voice is recognizable, which was what he looked. [SPEAKER_03]: Like you are all these guys are probably north of 70 he would almost have to be because he played at woods with the Choto guide as necessarily have to be I would say he's probably close to 70 though close to 70 but I mean if you were on stage it would stock and that's 50 years ago You got to be over 70 so then he throws it over to yeah, so I mean [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, that's a Hammond Beatrice. [SPEAKER_04]: So great with a Leslie Kim. [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it's the kind of, there were so many moments at this concert where you can feel the hair on your arm stand up because you're hearing something. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, I would be right here on the show. [SPEAKER_04]: I didn't expect it. [SPEAKER_04]: That'd be awesome. [SPEAKER_04]: I'd be, uh, I get what you're saying. [SPEAKER_04]: I'm with you. [SPEAKER_04]: I'm with you on this. [SPEAKER_03]: And then there's another, the other, oh, and then he throws it over to Steve Lucifer. [SPEAKER_03]: And, I mean, again, [SPEAKER_03]: If I can go into this one, yes, if I could just have three total records, I'm good. [SPEAKER_03]: That's all I need. [SPEAKER_03]: I don't need any filler. [SPEAKER_03]: I just play the hits, man. [SPEAKER_03]: And it sounded just like this. [SPEAKER_04]: And that would be, so you're playing this because you have told me, this is like one of the best concerts you've ever seen. [SPEAKER_03]: It was probably the most fun I've ever had at a concert. [SPEAKER_03]: And this is going to make me seem like a weirdo, but [SPEAKER_04]: When you go see Paul McCrudney, there's like pressure because it's such a big deal. [SPEAKER_04]: You keep talking about that as far as the it's more fun. [SPEAKER_04]:

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