Radio Forrest

Steve Gorman is the founding member and former drummer from the Black Crowes with the book, "Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir", coming out September 24th. He will host the new Classic Rock night show on 96.9 The Eagle called "Steve Gorman Rocks" from 7:00 PM - Midnight Monday - Friday's starting Monday, September 9th. Steve talks about what broke up The Black Crowes, if he heard anything about AC/DC releasing a new album, who's the biggest jerk he ever met, what guests we can expect on his new radio show and more.

Thom Gimbel from Foreinger on playing with Aerosmith, being on tour and not on tour, golf and why he'd never do heroin under a bridge.

David Ellefson from Megadeth has a new book out now called "More Life with Deth" and a new solo record "Sleeping Giants". Dave talks about the book plus what's in store wth a new Megadeth album and how he handled Dave Mustaine's cancer diagnosis.

Lead singer Ed Roland from Collective Soul live on 96.9 The Eagle radio station at the Canyon County Fair in Caldwell, Idaho before their performance on July 25th, 2019. Ed chats about the new album, being in a band for 25+ years and a few quick stores about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. "Blood" by Collective Soul is in stores now and Ed says a new album titled "Brothers" to be released in 2020.

Warren Hanyes from Gov't Mule and the Allman Brothers calling in to talk about their 1st concert film, playing a 50th anniversary tribute to Woodstock at Mountain Jam, how he joined The Allman Brothers and if Willie Nelson tries to get him high all the time.

Collective Soul lead singer E. Roland on the new album, "Blood" in stores on Friday, June 21st. He discusses working with Tommy Shaw from Styx, why he only listens to vinyl and how the band gets such a clean sound on all their albums. Collective Soul is live at the Canyon Country Fair in Caldwell, Idaho on Thursday, August 25th.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd calls in a day after his 42nd birthday to talk about his new album, The Traveler, classic cars, the Five Finger Death Punch cover of his song "Blue On Black" plus playing with Stephen Stills and Neil Young and what it was like growing up around a radio station. www.kennywayneshepherd.net

Comedian Steve Byrne called into 96.9 The Eagle on Wednesday, June 12th to talk about his new documentary, "Always Amazing: The True Story of the Life, Death and Return of the Amazing Jonathan" out now on YouTube.  Steve has released 4 specials, still tours as a stand-up comeidan and created and starred in the TV show Vince Vaughn prodcued show "Sullivan & Son" on TBS for 3 seasons

Corky Laing is the drummer from Mountain. His new book, "Letters To Sarah", is available now."Letters to Sarah is a rock autobiography with a difference. In addition to the exceptionally honest and endearing voice of Corky chronicling the ups and downs of his life, there are excerpts from dozens of letters (out of the c. 200) that Corky wrote to his mother, Sarah, between the years 1963 and 1997. She had saved them all. The letters were a way for Corky, away on the road for years on end, to keep in touch with his mother and also, to make sense of his life. This continues in Letters to Sarah, as Corky relives the first 50 years of his life, up until his mother’s passing in 1998."

Comedian and actor Tom Green calls into 96.9 The Eagle on Thursday, May 16th to promote his stand-up shows at Liquid Laughs in Boise, Idaho. His album, "The Tom Green Show", will be released on vinyl on Friday, May 17th and features the song "I Wanna Be Friends With Drake" which he shot a video for on his tour of Asia. He also discusses becoming a U.S. citizen, what his stand-up shows are like plus his connections to Donald Trump, Eminem and Nirvana.

Orny Adams live in Boise on Thursday, April 25th before his show at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho. You can listen to him on Spotify and watch his special, "More Than Loud", on Showtime now. www.ornyadams.com

Rick Springfield's new album, "Orchestrating My Life" is out Friday, April 26th featuring his hits re-recorded with a mix of rock and orchestral arrangements. Rick talks about the new album, his tour with Richard Marx, being friends with Sammy Hagar, dealing with depression and dating Linda Blair from The Exorcist in the 70's. www.rickspringfield.com

Sal Cirrincione is the Senior Director of Rock Programming & Special with Premiere Radio Networks and called in to discuss the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for 2019 in Brooklyn, New York that took place on Friday, March 29th. Inducted this year were Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard, The Zombies, Roxy Music, The Cure and Janet Jackson. The ceremony will air on HBO on Saturday, April 27th at 6:00 PM MT.

Kenny Loggins calls in on Friday, March 15th to discuss the 35th anniversary of "Footloose" and we discuss if songs like ""Danger Zone" and "I'm Alright" would have been written if the movies "Top Gun" and "Caddyshack" had never been made. I also ask Kenny to explain Bob Dylan's lackluster participation in the recording of "We Are The World" which also featured Michael Jackson, Kenny Loggins, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Kenny Rogers, Bruce Springsteen, Ray Charles and more.

Guitarist Gary Hoey will release his 22nd album, "Neon Highway Blues" on Friday, March 15th. Gary tried out for Ozzy Osbourne in 1988 and has been touring and releasing music ever since. Forrest and Gary talk about artists charging money for meet & greets, seeing Black Sabbath getting out of a limo as a kid, watching Stevie Ray Vaughn live twice plus Gary has his guitar handy and rips through SRV, Hendrix, Cream, Black Sabbath and more of his favorite riffs live on the phone. His website is www.garyhoey.com.

Richie Furay is an American music luminary, a Colorado Music Hall of Fame and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. He is celebrated for pioneering Country-Rock as founding member of the legendary and quintessential groups Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and the Souther-Hillman-Furay band.

Comedian and actor Jim Breuer calls in to talk touring with Metallica, his first rock show ever, if AC/DC is recording a new album, Mariano Rivera, Phil Anselmo trashing Metallica's "Load" album plus he breaks out his Lars Ulrich, Brian Johnson & Ozzy Osbourne impressions. Jim hosts "The Jim Breuer Podcast" and is on tour now. Details at www.officialjimbreuer.com

Comedian and actor Josh Wolf in studio before his appearances at Liquid Laughs comedy club in Boise, Idaho in January of 2019. We talk about his friendship with Freddie Prinze Jr., weed, sitcoms, kids, getting high in his back yard, and wearing 1 pair of sneaks for 2 years. Josh is the co-host of the weekly podcast, "Prinze and The Wolf" with Freddie Prinze Jr, plus he hosts his "High Live" series every Monday at 7 PM PST on Facebook and “Controlled Chaos” live on YouTube every Tuesday at 7 PM PST. See tour dates and more at comedianjoshwolf.com.

Bass players David Ellefson from Megadeth and Frank Bello from Anthrax on their side project "Altitudes & Attitude". The guys discuss guest appearances on the album like Ace Frehley from Kiss, Nita Strauss from Alice Cooper, and Satchel from Steel Panther. They also talk about Megadeth and Anthrax's first meeting plus touring together in the 90's and give their thoughts on the future of Rush and Van Halen. The full length album "Get It Out" is in available January 18th and the video for "Late" is online now.

Kevin Cronin from REO Speedwagon calls in to discuss the bands Christmas album, "Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon" covering some of the best known Christmas songs. We talk about the death of John Lennon, what Christmas was like for Kevin as a kid and remembering playing Live Aid in 1985 along with The Who, Paul McCartney, Black Sabbath and Queen. REO played the show in Philadelphia after Black Sabbath and before Tom Petty and Eric Clapton. Kevin is REO Speedwagon's lead singer and rhythm guitarist.