November 2, 2011
Greg Kihn and Paul “Lobster” Wells are old friends. When Greg was first starting out in the ’70s on Matthew Kaufman’s Bezerkeley Records, our neighborhood, friendly local Crustacean DJ championed his music. For the “Jeopardy” video, Paul’s company, Flow Communications, was an Executive Producer of the ground breaking video, and can be seen in the video in a cameo role, throwing rice at the “Married couple” as they get into the limo outside the church. Greg came by Flow Communications at 69 Green Street in San Francisco for this in-depth interview: Kenny Wardell was there to take pictures, and threw in a couple of questions himself. Click to listen to the interview below 
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September 26, 2011
The celebrity chef for the 25th Annual Fall Charity Festival for the Friday night auction dinner this year was Sonoma County’s own Guy Fieri. He has in a short time moved beyond being the chef / owner of local restaurants like Johnny Garlic’s and Tex Wasabi’s to be a major Food Network star and also a TV Game show host. This hard traveling, hard working show business and culinary phenomenon has a big heart as well. In this quick interview with the Bay Area’s only Crustacean / DJ, Guy gives us a glimpse into his motivation to make time to oversee this dinner for nearly 700 people that raised over $200,000 for local charities. The wordpress upload takes time to play, so you can also go view the interview by clicking this link to YouTube.
September 11, 2011
Was a great pleasure to escort Jonni Smith and her friend Deanna backstage at Shoreline. First time Def Lep played San Francisco, it was opening for Pat Travers at The Warfield in 1980. They blew me away then, and still play a powerful set. Heart was on before them, and in addition to their usually one or two covers of Led Zeppelin songs, they had decided to close the set with The Who’s “Love Reign O’er Me.” The special effects were generated by nature, with lightning and a rain shower to punctuate the finish. Here’s a short video:
March 31, 2011
Sammy Hagar’s Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock, debuted as the #1 Best Selling Non-Fiction book on the New York Times list for April 3rd. We got in a few words while he swiftly handed the long line of fans waiting to get their copies of the book signed. Shot a short video of the event. Love the part where the security guy tries to enforce the “only sign books” rule of the event, and Sam obliges the fan anyway. I also posted this video on YouTube, but this version is a bit more high resolution and may take a few moments to load in after you click to play.
October 16, 2010
Pegi Young has released her second album, Foul Deeds. Click for Interview below.
As Neil and Pegi Young are hosting their 24th Annual Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheater on October 23rd and 24th, The Lobster sat down with Pegi on a beautiful day on an outdoor table at Alice’s Restaurant at Skyline Blvd and Woodside – La Honda Road. They talked about the music and players on her new album, the path that led her to the work of the Bridge School and the concerts that have benefited children including their son Ben over the years.
July 10, 2010
Bill Champlin stopped by our San Francisco location, and sat down to chat on the comfy chair with our host. This is the video of the entire interview, a clip of which was featured as our July 11th Local Catch of the Week along with the song “Follow Your Heart.” Although we had talked about later cancelled The Fillmore gig, The Sons of Champlin did a wonderful show at Rancho Nicasio Sunday, July 18th at the BBQ on the Lawn. Proprietor of the Bar and Restaurant at this old west town square, Bob Brown (Who also is the manager of Huey Lewis and The News) called it “the best show we’ve had here in thirteen years.”
June 27, 2010
Interview recorded with my trusty Flip Video camera on a tripod sitting on a coffee table in the lobby of the Concord Hilton after Pat and Doobie Brothers manager and proprietor of our sponsor, the B.R. Cohn Winery, did a bottle signing of Doobie Red at the Safeway in Alamo and before the Doobie Brothers / Chicago concert at The Sleep Train Pavilion. Thanks to Patrick, Bruce and Kathy @ Bruce’s office.
October 11, 2009
At the BR Cohn Fall Music Festival, 97.7 The River kicked off another Lobster’s Sunday Brunch Giveaway. This time, we’ve added a really cool, or should I say, hot item of the Grand Prize, courtesy of Friedman’s Home Improvement: A Weber Genesis E-310 Gas Grill.
One lucky River listener will also win dinner for two at Vineyard Inn in Kenwood, an overnight stay at Casa Verde Bed and Breakfast on the Rose Ranch, a private tour of the BR Cohn Winery and a gift basket filled with BR Cohn premium, gourmet products. You’ll also be eligible to win weekly drawings for gift certificates, CD box sets, concert tickets and more every Sunday through the fall from 10AM – 3PM on Lobster’s Sunday Brunch.
Listen to the Lobster for more details on how you can enter to win from 97.7, The River. Meanwhile, here’s the last Grand Prize winner, video taping her own name being drawn by Lobster and The River Road crew with Peter Romulus and his dad leading a rolling on the river sing-a-long of Creedence’s “Proud Mary” at BR Cohn on May 31st.
One of the best things to ever happen to a Chocolate addict who needs to lose weight was the invention of non-fat frozen yogurt.
Paul “The Lobster” Wells, once ballooned up to 295 lbs. as a radio restaurant reviewer at age 23. During his stint performing for CBS as the Morning Show (The Lobster Breakfast) on KRQR San Francisco in the late ’80s to early ’90s, he went on a weight watchers program called “inner circle” and dropped down to 178. Reza is the owner of 3 North Bay self-serve frozen yogurt stops. The one on Farmer’s Lane is close to the Maverick Media studios where Lobster now cooks up his weekly program.
April 11, 2009
Over the six-year run of the nationally syndicating the hour-long radio program, Lobster’s Rock Box, our host recorded interviews with many Bay Area music notables. He sat down with Bruce Cohn in his office at the Olive Hill Estate, and the conversation ranged from Bruce’s childhood in Sonoma thru his career as the Doobie Brothers manager To his becoming the proprietor of the BR Cohn Winery and the BR Cohn Olive Oil Company. This is the latter part of that long, insightful and fun conversation. If you listen closely, you may hear The dog tags jingle when Bruce’s late, great four-legged companion, Moose, moved around a bit at the foot of Bruce’s desk!
