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John Cowsill

John Cowsill

American musician

Oct 21, 2026

8:30
Yeah, tell us whatever you want
8:31
...
8:32
I'm gonna tell you, I'm gonna tell you about this gig and how I learned about it.
8:35
Because when somebody asks, if The Smithereens ask me, "Do you, you know, can you do this date?" I just look at a calendar, and if there's nothing up, I go, "I'll do it." I'll say, "Yes, I can do that date." And so that's how that works.
8:48
And so who...
8:50
And if, if, when the-

11 MINS LATER

20:04
Oh, of course.
20:05
There's a guy out, out there, he's a Gen Z, and doing his bit, and, and his whole thing is about, he gets on stage, [laughs] he's holding this paper thing, and he goes, "Hey, everybody.
21:37
It was
21:38
horrible.
21:39
It ruined the fucking day.
21:40
My dad could be so sadistic like that.
21:47
Anyway, but that's how we got those two guitars.
21:49
So.
21:51
you know, we, we grew up, cows grew up singing a lot of folk songs, you know, boil that cabbage down, boy, turn your crank, hang down your head.

7 MINS LATER

28:36
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