George Porter, Jr. is one of New Orleans' music royalty!  A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award member, he was co-founder of the phenomenal Funk/Soul/R&B/Blues band The Meters.  You'll find him as an integral member of The Funky Meters, too!  Today George's legacy is continuing to be made heading up the Runnin' Pardners Band, whose latest album is Crying For Hope.  Multi-award winning program director Ray White caught up with George before taking the stage with his band in May of 2024 to talk about highlights of his esteemed career and his latest projects.  You'll find more from George on our Episode 57.  In our showcase segment, Lisa Davis highlights the latest from another legendary musician, Steve Cropper, who just released Friendlytown.  The show closes with a tour-de-force, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, who recently released their album Struck Down which is receiving rave reviews.  Getting to the heart of the matter, on this episode of the Coool CAT!!

Brian Bromberg is among the elite bass players in the world today.  Playing both acoustic and electric basses, he's a world-renowned record producer too.  Iconic saxman Stan Getz hired Brian, at the age of 19, and his career took off from there.  Throughout his illustrious career, he's released over 2 dozen albums and has played with a who's who in the music industry.  You'll also find Brian playing on well over a dozen movie soundtracks.  Multi-award winning program director, Ray White, talks with Brian backstage about his latest albums: The Magic of Moonlight (electric bass) and LaFaro (acoustic bass) and much more!   An amazing man and musician...we have him here on the Coool CAT!!  In our showcase segment, Lisa Davis features another virtuoso - Robby Krieger, who played in the legendary band The Doors.  He's recorded several instrumental albums during his career and his lastest is titled Robby Krieger and the Soul Savages.  Two iconic musicians featured on this episode, brought to you by your friends at Classic Artists Today.