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On September 5, 2004, Sirius Satellite Radio officially launched the 24/7 Underground Garage channel 25 created by Little Steven and devoted to Garage Rock. Not only is Van Zandt the creator of the Underground Garage format, but he also acts as program director for the channel, which features such illustrious DJs as Kid Leo, ex-Rolling Stones manager and famed producer Andrew Loog Oldham, producer Kim Fowley, and the Dictator’s Handsome Dick Manitoba, who was voted Best Satellite DJ by the Village Voice. Van Zandt also created and programs Sirius' Outlaw Country channel and The Wiseguy Show and serves as a creative consultant for the satellite radio network.

Outlaw Country is a sanctuary for freaks, misfits, outcasts, rebels and renegades of country music. Tune in every weekday to listen to DJ’s like Mojo Nixon, Hillbilly Jim, Cowboy Jack Clemente, and Shooter Jennings playing a mix of David Allan Coe, Emmylou Harris, Dale Watson, Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan, Dwight Yoakam, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, all three generations of Hank Williams, and many more! Tune in to Outlaw Country 24/7on Sirius channel 63.

"It's The Wise Guy Show" is a true celebration of life, arts and meatballs! The show’s hosts are Vinny “Big Pussy” Pastore, John “ChaCha” Ciarcia, “Brooklyn” Joe Causi, Joe “Joey Rags” Rigano, and “Uncle Floyd” Vivino. "It's The Wise Guy Show" airs weekly at 6pm ET on Sirius Channel 147.
 
 
 
UNDERGROUND GARAGE TEAM
 
Andrew Loog Oldham
Weekdays 8 am - 11 am ET
Saturdays 4 pm - 8 pm ET
Sundays Noon - 4 pm ET
Andrew Loog Oldham's show business career started when he was just 16 years old, when he worked for iconic 1960's fashion designer Mary Quant. After that, he began working in pop music publicity, handling press for the likes of Little Richard, Bob Dylan and Sam Cooke when they toured in the UK; he also handled the Beatles' press in their early days. But most rock and roll fans will instantly recognize his name from his production credits: he produced the first ten Rolling Stones albums (he was also their manager during that time). He also formed Immediate, England's first indie label, which released recordings by the Small Faces, Humble Pie, The Nice, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall. He went to lunch for 25 years. Upon his return he wrote two highly acclaimed volumes of autobiography, Stoned and 2Stoned .
 
 
The Mighty Manfred
Weekdays Noon - 3 pm ET
His program emanates from Los Angeles, California, but he hails from Atlanta, Georgia. The Mighty Manfred's life revolves around playing and performing music; he is the frontman and driving force behind the Woggles, a late '80s/early '90s garage band that started in Athens, Georgia and continues to release records and tour worldwide. Periodically he takes his Underground Garage show out on the road, spinning tunes from all across the country when he's out on tour.
 
 
Kid Leo
Weekdays 4 pm - 7 pm ET
A true radio legend, Kid Leo got his start in Cleveland in the '70s and went on to become one of America's most influential radio executives. He was named one of the "Heavy Hundred in the Music Industry" by Rolling Stone magazine, and Playboy deemed him "The Best DJ" in a special "Best Of" issue. During his initial stint in radio he aided the careers of many including Bruce Springsteen, the Pretenders and the New York Dolls. He broke artists on both regional and national levels. In 1989 he joined Columbia Records as VP of Artist Development, where he helped launch many careers, including those of Alice In Chains and Train. He also served as tour liaison for the Rolling Stones during their stay at the label. He was instrumental in making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum a reality and is featured in its broadcast wing. He is not only one of the Underground Garage's DJs but also its program director.
 
 
Handsome Dick Manitoba
Weekdays 8 pm - Midnight ET
Handsome Dick Manitoba was the lead singer of The Dictators for 30 years... he now occasionally fronts The MC5, and is the proprietor of the World's Greatest Punk/Rock 'n' Roll Bar, Manitoba's, in The East Village, NYC. Since the death of Sammy Davis Jr., Handsome Dick is often thought of as "The World's Greatest Entertainer". The Village Voice recently named him "The World's Best Satellite Radio DJ." Adding to his All-World resume, he also proudly wears a "World's Greatest Father" T-Shirt given to him by his son, Jake and mate, Zoe.
 
 
Ko Melina
Saturdays 8 am - noon ET
Sundays 8 pm - midnight ET
Ko Melina got her break as a bartender at The Garden Bowl in Detroit. While slinging drinks she helped start the now storied Living Room Sessions which helped launch many artists including The White Stripes and Brendan Benson. She's played in the Come-Ons, the Soledad Brothers, Ko & the Knockouts and currently lends a hand to the fierce fuzz bass attack of the Dirtbombs. Speaking of whom, kudos to Ko and the other members of the group: the Dirtbombs have been named by Spin Magazine as one of the "Top 10 Live Bands" on the planet
 
 
Kim Fowley
Saturdays noon - 4 pm ET
Sundays 4 pm - 8 pm ET
Kim Fowley's began his radio career as an assistant to Alan Freed, but he went on to be a performer (his band, The Hollywood Argyles, were responsible for the classic "Alley Oop"). He also is an acclaimed record producer, having run the boards for The Runaways, The Modern Lovers, Gene Vincent and Warren Zevon. And he's written songs for The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Cat Stevens and Them, among others. His musical knowledge knows no bounds and he is a Sonic Cheerleader for 21st Century Rock and Roll.
 
 
Bill Kelly
Saturdays 8 pm - midnight ET
Sundays 8 am - noon ET
Bill Kelly, the legendary "Guru of the Garage" began his broadcasting career in Massachusetts in 1969. Underground Garage founder Little Steven has been quoted in the past as saying that Bill's original show was one of his inspirations to get involved in broadcasting. The self-proclaimed "Black Hole of Rock and Roll" is a long-time avid collector and authority on obscure '60s Garage Rock music.
 
 
Genya Ravan
Chicks & Broads: First Friday of the month @ 10 pm ET
Genya Ravan is a legendary figure. She survived and escaped a WWII concentration camp as a child. She came to America full of piss and vinegar. In the '60s she formed the very FIRST all-girl band (not a "girl group" of vocalists), Goldie & the Gingerbreads, which was a precursor to the Runaways and the Go-Go's. They were signed by the legendary record mogul Ahmet Ertegun to Atlantic Records. She then went on to front one of the pioneers in the brass based rock'n'roll genre, Ten Wheel Drive (contemporary of Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago Transit Authority). Also on her resume is a solo career, a stint as a record label entrepeneur (Ronnie Spector recorded an album for her company) and many credits as producer including albums by the Dead Boys, Tiny Tim and Kool & the Gang (there's a motley crew). Now she's turning her ambitions and talents toward the Underground Garage. Bring her on !!!!
 
 
 
OUTLAW COUNTRY TEAM
 
Jeremy Tepper
(Format Manager & DJ)
 
Jeremy Tepper, A/K/A DJ RigRocker, has been involved with country music for over 20 years as a fan, collector, record producer, label owner, journalist and disc jockey. He is the founder of Diesel Only Records, producer of the award-winning compilation “Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver,” and former editor of The Journal of Country Music, the official publication of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also program director of the Road Dog Trucking channel at Sirius.
 
 
Steve Popovich Jr
(Producer)
 

At the age of 27, Steve Jr. has been active in the music industry since the tender age of 16 and successful in the fields of label management, music publishing, producing, A&R and promotion. Raised in Nashville, where his father headed Mercury/PolyGram Records, Steve Jr. is on a first name basis with, Hank Williams Jr., johnny Paycheck, Donna Fargo, Tanya Tucker, Lynn Anderson, Tom T. Hall, David Allan Coe, Kris Kristofferson along with many others. He is a current member of the CMA(Country Music Assoc.), NARAS(National Assoc. of Recording Arts & Sciences) and the AMA(Americana Music Assoc.).Specialty producer for Outlaw 63 and producer for the Cowboy Jack Clement show as well as Hillbilly Jim and his Moonshine Matinee. Both weekly programs only in Outlaw Country and is associate producer for the Carl P. Mayfield & the P. Team show on Road Dog Trucking channel 147.
 
 
Mojo Nixon
 
Mojo Nixon’s "The Loon in the Afternoon" & Saturday Night Demolition Derby
Weekdays 4 pm - 8 pm ET
Saturdays 8 pm ET
Replay Saturdays Midnight ET
It's a redneck rampage with the irrepressible roots rock wildman Mojo Nixon, author of such enduring classics as "Elvis is Everywhere" and "Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child," broadcasting from his "Shack by the Sea" in Coronado, Ca. Tune in every weekday from 4-8 pm ET and Saturday nights for back-to-back editions of his "Saturday Night Demolition Derby," an uncensored thrill-ride that celebrates the unheard demented psychotic underbelly of the American dream.
 
 
Shooter Jennings
 
Shooter Jennings’ Electric Rodeo
Saturdays 6 pm - 8 pm ET
Rebroadcast Sundays 10 pm - midnight ET
The only son of Outlaw legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter proves that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, with an intoxicating two-hour weekly show, where he spins ass kickin' tunes from all of his rowdy friends, whether they come from the worlds of rock, country, or the original Outlaw era that he grew up with. Stay tuned for the world debut of his new album, also titled "Electric Rodeo," which is scheduled for release in April 2006.
 
 
Hillbilly Jim
 
Hillbilly Jim’s Moonshine Matinee
Saturdays 10 am- 2 pm ET
Rebroadcast Sundays 2 pm - 6 pm ET
Former WWF superstar Hillbilly Jim, who rassled alongside such lords of the ring as Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and Big John Studd, has set up a white lightnin’ still high up on a ridge in Mudlick, KY, where he serves up 200 proof down home country and southern-fried rock & roll every weekend. Tune in for plenty of tales from the top rope, including such features as "This Week in Wrestling History" and his "Backstage Pass," and take a taste of Mountain Dew so strong that it will make your eyes bug out and your face turn blue.
 
 
Cowboy Jack Clement
 
The Cowboy Jack Clement Show
Saturdays 2 pm - 6 pm ET
Rebroadcast Sundays 6 pm - 10 pm ET
With a resume that includes such amazing achievements as discovering and producing Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Records, writing hits like “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” and “I Guess Things Happen That Way” for lifelong friend Johnny Cash, producing a string of Gold records for Charley Pride, recording Waylon Jennings’ definitive album Dreaming My Dreams, and producing three U2 tracks for Rattle & Hum, “Cowboy” Jack Clement has done it all over a remarkable half-century in music, except host his own radio show ... until now.
 
 
Fred Imus
 
Fred Imus has been all over. Fred was born in Los Angeles, but grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. And now, when asked why is Fred Imus glad to be in Sirius Outlaw Country? "I love country music and my brother will quit asking me if I got a job yet." He has worked at country stations in Cleveland, Ohio; Cheyenne, Wyoming; El Paso, Texas; Ruidoso, New Mexico; and continues to appear twice a week on his brother's, Don Imus, syndicated radio show "Imus in the Morning," which is also broadcast on MSNBC. But Fred wasn't always a broadcaster. After High School, Fred joined the Army, and was stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. Fred also restored cars in El Paso, specializing in '57 Chevys, and worked for 12 years as a brakeman for the Southern Pacific Railroad. That's where he met fellow brakeman Phil Sweet, and back in 1976 they wrote the number one country hit "I Don't Want to Have to Marry You"' voted Music City News "Song of the Year” in 1977. He can't wait to tell you some of those stories and more stories about "life on wheels." Fred has seen a lot on the backroads of life, and is glad to see things change for the better, "I was worried a bit after my second wife turned out to be a close relative of the devil... But fortunately my luck changed and I got a job at Outlaw Country."
 
 
Dallas Wayne
 
Dallas Wayne
Monday - Friday noon – 4 pm ET
A native of Springfield, MO now based in Austin, TX, Dallas Wayne is a well-traveled singer-songwriter-actor and hardcore honky tonker that has released numerous albums under his own name and as a member of the Twangbangers. Coming to you every weekday from the "live music capital of the world."
 
 
Chris T.
 
Chris T. was born in Amityville, on the south shore of Long Island. He took up guitar at 14 and at 19 formed The Nihilistics, a seminal NY punk rock outfit. He moved to New Jersey in the early 80’s and was soon on the air at legendary freeform station WFMU, co-hosting The Nightmare Lounge. In 1989 he created the talk show Aerial View, which ran for 16 years. The same year he began his run as MC of Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade.
 
 
Meredith Ochs
 
Meredith Ochs brings a decade of music journalism and radio commentary to Outlaw Country. She’s written for Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and Salon.com, among numerous other publications. She’s also a talking head on NPR, where she shares her opinions on music, books and pop culture with the nation, and is a long-time contributing editor and writer for Guitar World magazine. Oh, and she slings a mean Telecaster for the Damn Lovelys.
 
 
 
"IT'S THE WISE GUY SHOW"
 
A celebration of life, arts and meatballs!

Nice to see ya. Have a seat. Your waiter, he's a little slow tonight. He's in back listening to The Wiseguy Show on SIRIUS. It's a regular thing, every Wednesday at 6 pm ET on Raw Dog // Ch. 104. You can even Listen online when the show is on and shoot the guys an email whenever the mood strikes.

Here's a tip ... avoid the clams tonight. Not so good. But that Wiseguy Show ... now we're talking. First, you got Vinny "Big Pussy" Pastore. Then there's musician, actor and all-around nice guy "Little" Steven Van Zandt, who produces the show.
 
 
Vincent Pastore
(Host)
 

Vincent Pastore, the boss of SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s The Wiseguy Show, gathers Pussy’s Posse every week and puts on an outrageous show for listeners across the country. Each week, Pastore and his posse host prominent guests from the Italian-American community into his studio, reviews current events and movies, performs skits, gives sex advice, and interacts with SIRIUS listeners. His broad range of experience on and off-screen make him the perfect person for the job.

Pastore, well known for his role as Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero, once Tony’s right hand man on the HBO-TV series The Sopranos, is a native New Yorker with over 40 years experience in the entertainment industry. From his days of owning, managing and DJing at bars and clubs around New York, to making the decision to pursue acting (with a push from friends Matt and Kevin Dillon), to his break on the big and small screens, Pastrore’s ability to adapt himself to any type of media has worked wonders for the performer.

In addition to his work on The Sopranos, Pastore has appeared in a number of TV dramas and sitcoms including The Practice, Less Than Perfect, Grounded for Life, Law and Order, The Last Don, Gotti, and Ed. Pastore is a recipient of a Screen Actor’s Guild Awards for The Sopranos.

Pastore has also starred in blockbuster films including Carlito’s Way, Basketball Diaries, Gotti, Mickey Blue Eyes, Hurricane, Serving Sara, Witness to the Mob, and Riding in Cars with Boys.
 
 
John Ciarcia
(Host)
 
Ciarcia, also known affectionately as “Cha Cha,” has proven to be man of many trades. Not only a producer of television, film, and Internet ventures, Cha Cha whips up the best in true Italian fare at his very own Cha Cha’s Caffe in New York City’s Little Italy. Cha Cha has aligned himself with successful feature film ventures including Goodfellas, Whiteboy, Mama Mia, and New York Stories. He also gives back to the community as Executive Producer of Young Helping Hands Foundation, which provides internships and experience for young people with troubled backgrounds looking to break into the entertainment industry.
 
 
Joe Rigano
(Host)
 
In addition to lending his signature voice to SIRIUS each week, Brooklyn born Rigano has conquered both the big and small screen. Rigano has been featured in blockbuster movies and hit TV shows including Casino, Donnie Brasco, Mickey Blue Eyes, Analyze This, Witness To The Mob- Gravano Story (NBC), and New York Undercover. One of Rigano’s most recent on-screen ventures, Coffee & Cigarettes, screened at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival to an array of critical acclaim.
 
 

Joe Causi
(Host)
 
“Brooklyn’s Own” Joe Causi brings over 20 years experience in broadcasting to The Wiseguy Show. Causi has worked as a celebrated on-air personality at New York’s wildly popular WKTU, at WQHT-NY, and WERA-NJ, in addition to appearing on HBO’s hit “The Sopranos”, VH-1’s “The ‘70s…A Look Back,” and on film in One Deadly Road. Joe makes sure to share his strong sense of humor and warmth with his radio audience. Whether it be at a grand opening, dance club, or concert, his ability to relate to listeners continually broadens his appeal.
 
 
Little Steven Van Zandt
(Creator and Producer)
 
 
Howie Green
(Producer)
 
 
 

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