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Everything Fab Four

Everything Fab Four is a podcast from Wonderwall Communications and Salon focused on fun and intelligent stories about the enduring cultural influence of the Beatles. No other band, or popular entity for that matter, has had the worldwide impact the Beatles have. They are part of our human fabric; they created music that still brings people together. Across continents and generations, there are individual Beatles stories to tell, and in each episode, renowned music historian, author, and Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack hosts a special guest to share theirs.

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Update frequency
every 15 days
Average duration
37 minutes
Episodes
62
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Episode 21: Margaret Cho on why

Episode 21: Margaret Cho on why "there were really about ten Beatles"

Margaret Cho is a Grammy and Emmy Award nominated stand-up comedian, actress, and singer-songwriter. In this episode, she and host Ken Womack talk about her journey to becoming a comic, her gateway a…

00:39:01  |   Tue 02 Nov 2021
Episode 20: Ed Begley Jr. on how he helped

Episode 20: Ed Begley Jr. on how he helped "SNL" try to reunite the Beatles

Season 3 launches with actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. (“Better Call Saul,” “Ghostbusters: Answer the Call,” “A Mighty Wind”). Our host Kenneth Womack sits down with Begley to talk abo…

00:33:07  |   Tue 19 Oct 2021
Episode 19: Richard Marx on Ringo's

Episode 19: Richard Marx on Ringo's "stunning" skills and why Lionel Richie is "an angel in my life"

Richard Marx's self-titled first album went triple platinum in 1987. Between then and 1994, he racked up 14 top 20 hits, including radio classics like "Endless Summer Nights" and "Right Here Waiting.…

00:44:00  |   Wed 07 Jul 2021
Episode 18: K. Flay on

Episode 18: K. Flay on "Sgt. Pepper's" and her dynamic creative process

Genre-defying singer/songwriter K. Flay was raised by parents who were “Beatles over Stones, one hundred percent,” and as a kid she was drawn to “acid trip Beatles-ness” songs. In this wide-ranging c…

00:45:26  |   Tue 22 Jun 2021
Episode 17: Seeing rock history through photographer Ethan Russell’s lens

Episode 17: Seeing rock history through photographer Ethan Russell’s lens

Ethan Russell is one of rock’s most influential photographers — and the only one to shoot album covers for the Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones, whose work he also chronicled as the band’s pri…

00:54:17  |   Tue 08 Jun 2021
Episode 16: Sananda Maitreya on why he’s “a Beatle for life”

Episode 16: Sananda Maitreya on why he’s “a Beatle for life”

When Sananda Maitreya first heard the Beatles, he felt a spiritual awakening. The son of gospel singer Frances Howard wasn’t allowed to listen to music that wasn’t gospel until he was 15 years old, b…

00:40:21  |   Tue 18 May 2021
Episode 15: Nancy Wilson on how the Beatles planted the seeds for Heart

Episode 15: Nancy Wilson on how the Beatles planted the seeds for Heart

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Nancy Wilson rose to fame as the guitarist of Heart, the first hard rock band fronted by women. With hits like “Magic Man” and “Crazy On You” to “These Dreams” and “What A…

00:37:07  |   Tue 04 May 2021
Episode 14: Just Like Starting Over with Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.

Episode 14: Just Like Starting Over with Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. made their names as members of the Grammy Award-winning group The Fifth Dimension. Together they’ve logged nearly six decades as pop music stalwarts, while also cele…

00:32:50  |   Tue 20 Apr 2021
Episode 13: John Roberts on

Episode 13: John Roberts on "Let It Be" and how "Bob's Burgers" songs get made

 John Roberts is best known as the voice of Linda Belcher, doting matriarch of the beloved Fox animated sitcom "Bob’s Burgers," but he’s also a musician — you may have heard his new collaboration wit…

00:32:09  |   Tue 06 Apr 2021
Episode 12: Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's on the Beatles, her first musical relationship

Episode 12: Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's on the Beatles, her first musical relationship

Kathy Valentine made history as the bassist for the Go-Go’s, the first multiplatinum all-female band who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to have a #1 album in the U.S. And her …

00:31:25  |   Tue 23 Mar 2021
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Episode 11: "Little Steven" Van Zandt on his Beatles tribute album, paying "15 years of dues" with the E Street Band and playing live with Paul McCartney

In this episode, "Little Steven" Van Zandt and our host Ken Womack go deep into the guitarist/singer/songwriter/actor's legendary musical career and his own Beatles influences, from the Ed Sullivan S…

00:35:58  |   Tue 09 Mar 2021
Episode 10: John Densmore on how the Doors and the Beatles were on parallel tracks

Episode 10: John Densmore on how the Doors and the Beatles were on parallel tracks

This week’s guest is drummer John Densmore, one of the founding members of the groundbreaking classic rock band The Doors. In a wide-ranging conversation with host Ken Womack, Densmore talks about th…

00:33:45  |   Tue 23 Feb 2021
Episode 9: Patty Smyth on Abbey Road, Van Halen, and how motherhood shaped her career

Episode 9: Patty Smyth on Abbey Road, Van Halen, and how motherhood shaped her career

"I think Paul McCartney’s calling you": This week’s guest is singer/songwriter Patty Smyth, who rocketed to fame with her band band Scandal ("Goodbye to You," "The Warrior"), followed by her acclaime…

00:37:19  |   Tue 09 Feb 2021
Episode 8: Dessa on the Beatles, the ins and outs of collaboration, and her

Episode 8: Dessa on the Beatles, the ins and outs of collaboration, and her "Come Together"-inspired song

From an early age, singer/songwriter Dessa, the daughter of a classical guitar-playing father, seemed destined for music. In the final episode of season 1 of "Everything Fab Four," the Doomtree Colle…

00:33:51  |   Tue 29 Dec 2020
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Episode 7: "A musical punch in the face": Yes frontman Jon Anderson on how the Beatles changed pop, from revelation to revolution

Jon Anderson, co-founder and former lead singer of the legendary prog rock group Yes, has enjoyed a prolific career spanning over six decades, most recently with his 2019 album "1000 Hands." Though h…

00:30:46  |   Tue 22 Dec 2020
Episode 6: Stephanie Phillips on why we shouldn’t call the Beatles geniuses

Episode 6: Stephanie Phillips on why we shouldn’t call the Beatles geniuses

Author and musician Stephanie Phillips, who plays in the Black feminist punk band Big Joanie and whose writing has been featured in major outlets all over the world, grew up a music fan but for years…

00:37:19  |   Tue 01 Dec 2020
Episode 5: John Oates on Philly's Beatles backlash, the Hall & Oates origin story and living next to Hunter S. Thompson

Episode 5: John Oates on Philly's Beatles backlash, the Hall & Oates origin story and living next to Hunter S. Thompson

John Oates, best known as half of the iconic pop duo Hall & Oates, has played guitar alongside Darryl Hall for decades, co-writing hits like “Sara Smile,” “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” and “Manea…

00:34:20  |   Tue 17 Nov 2020
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Episode 4: "Rent" star Adam Pascal on the most dangerous Beatle, his favorite Fab Four song, and the future of Broadway

Broadway star Adam Pascal is a serious Beatles fan — he even named his son Lennon. On this episode of "Everything Fab Four," host Kenneth Womack talks to the artist who originated the role of Roger i…

00:31:49  |   Thu 29 Oct 2020
Episode 3: Judy Collins on how the Beatles'

Episode 3: Judy Collins on how the Beatles' "In My Life" changed her life and career

Judy Collins is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter with an eclectic recording career spanning over 60 years that includes folk, rock, pop and show tunes. Primarily known as a folk …

00:32:40  |   Tue 20 Oct 2020
Episode 2: Michael Des Barres on his Beatles obsession and the

Episode 2: Michael Des Barres on his Beatles obsession and the "absolute shift" they created in rock 'n roll

"England needed heroes ... these four kids came out of the rubble of World War 2 and changed the world": On this episode of "Everything Fab Four" Ken and his guest Michael Des Barres go deep into the…

00:32:57  |   Tue 06 Oct 2020
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