Hello, first we'd like to thank our friends at Radio Okerwelle 104,6FM in Braunschweig, Niedersachsen Germany, CJXF Community Radio 99.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, WMFO-FM in Boston, and the stations of Mark skin Radio in Boise, Colorado Springs, NYC, Miami, Massachusetts, SDC RadioWorks, K100.2FM, Phoenix and New Hampshire for playing our music!
We have always included songs of social concern and have tried to bring attention to those issues, so we have re-uploaded two songs in particular. "Yes I Know" is a reggae-flavored pop song with the uplifting message that no matter what happens, everything will be alright. 'Home Sweet Home' is a country Americana song that addresses the current farm crisis in the Midwest, where farm bankruptcies are up 96% due to tariffs.
What folks forget is that these are their HOMES. We have been contacted by the organizers of Farm Aid, who wish to use this song. we have told them that all royalties for this song will be donated to Farm Aid, so hopefully, you all will play it and help this great cause!
Videos for these and other songs are on youtube at specialguestsmusic. You may be surprised.
We have just released our first album in a year, Aluminaughty, which is sort of our anthology of demos for songs we've released or will never get to re-record, due to the fact that over the past 40 years, we've written so many songs. Some of the tracks include musicians who have played with Peter Wolf, Rick Danko, and Jim Weider.
We will also be releasing a live album, an album of brand new material by year's end. Those of you who know our music might think these demos are better than the remakes we did on previous albums. We are featuring the two drummers and two guitarists who passed away and never got heard and also feature some of Boston's best musicians, including some who have been in Peter Wolf's bands. Hope you'll give us a listen once again!
When you were younger, you said you'll never be like your parents. Then you hit your forties and the inevitable happens. You Turn Into Your Parents is our new rockin' single.
Our 2018 album, "Half Fast", is a rock album featuring released and unreleased singles. The new single, "It's Time", features vocals by Bird Mancini and is about standing up. The time is now! "Feel What I'm Feeling" is rock at its best with dueling guitar solos. We hope you like this new album!
Our song 'Endless Corridor" from the 1975 re-mastered re-release has generated a lot of airplay in the past few weeks. It's already been playlisted on WCAC-FM, WFMO-FM, and Mark Skin Radio. If you liked bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, you'll like this. If you haven't taken the time to hear it, and rock is your format, you'd be missing a true classic. Download today!
We've all been drunk before, right? Our new song, "Everybody's drunk" is a little different than our other songs. It's the first collaboration between Special Guests songwriter/guitarist, Al Pechulis, and his singer/songwriter son, Jon Bonner. It's a lot of fun!
We have videos for most of our original songs. Take a peek! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOI4xgzHooI
In November of 2014, Special Guests released "Studio Six: The Cockroach Sessions", a previously unreleased album, and now released digitally for the first time.
The Boston-based band had released a self-titled CD on Canned Peaches Records in 2011, and later several singles. The CD had been 2 years in the making and features superb vocal performances by Zoe Alpert, Craig Carter, and Suzanne McNeil. The project began when songwriter Al Pechulis met Zoe and Rick Alpert while performing at the Frank Withey Memorial Scholarship Foundation concerts near Boston. Zoe particularly liked Al’s original songs, and after Al gave her a CD of original material, the trio met on a winter’s night in 2009 and knew this would be something special.
Pechulis had successes in the past, recording records for London Records and JEFF LYNNE’s (ELO, Traveling Wilburys) private label, Jet Records, which was distributed by worldwide by United Artists. After disappointing record sales, Al gave up and got into computer software.
In 1986, Al began playing again with bassist David Karahalis and drummer Doug Parks. Al had always sung his own songs, but in 1995, developed an incurable vocal disorder called Spasmodic Dysphonia, and could no longer keep pitch. Hearing Zoe sing sparked Al’s determination to produce another record.
After recording 5 songs, Zoe became pregnant and took a leave of absence from the band. From that point on, Al brought in several fine singers and musicians to complete the record, and thus the name, Special Guests.
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