John Waite
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Sep 18, 2026
John KatsilometesCORRESPONDENT
Phil Sasson of Las Vegas is in this band.
John KatsilometesCORRESPONDENT
Sasson is a famed bassist and songwriter who has backed Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, and John Waite.
John KatsilometesCORRESPONDENT
Sasson was also a Star Trek fan as a kid and says performing with Shatner is a bucket list event.
John KatsilometesCORRESPONDENT
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Drew HamiltonHOST
same here with steve martin and lily tomlin two of my favorite actors of all time so yeah i'll have to fix that soon
Michael NixonHOST
yeah as uh dr frazier crane would say scrambled eggs all over my face yeah Speaking of hearing of things, music number one this week is Missing You by John Waite, which is going to be in the episode, which is like they couldn't have known.
Michael NixonHOST
Right.
Michael NixonHOST
But like,
MaxPANELIST
Hmm.
Sheri LynchHOST
John Waite.
speaker_4NARRATOR
I always catch my breath.
Sheri LynchHOST
He, um, he said that he was working on his second album and he knew that it was missing the big hit, and he was in Los Angeles and a songwriter played him a little melody that was, uh, recorded on a cassette.
Sheri LynchHOST
So there was clearly no hard feelings.
MaxPANELIST
No, clearly.
Sheri LynchHOST
Um, and then in, uh, 2006, John Waite re-recorded this with Alison Krauss, the goddess of bluegrass, and that version spent months on the country charts.
MaxPANELIST
I wanna hear that.
NeelyHOST
... perspective that he did.
Chris AkinHOST
Really is funny to hear how much John Waite hated it.
Chris AkinHOST
[laughs]
NeelyHOST
Yeah, he didn't enjoy it.
ChrisHOST
And the original artist was Charlie-
SharonHOST
John Waite.
SharonHOST
John Waite sang that song.
ChrisHOST
John Waite?
SharonHOST
Missing You.
ChrisHOST
Really?
SharonHOST
Yeah.
ChrisHOST
I'm gonna have to go listen to it now because I never-
Sonny PooniHOST
Number of times Hank Aaron led Major League Baseball in home runs for a single season.
Sonny PooniHOST
Who's older? John Waite or Peter Gabriel?
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I don't know what makes me so special I see you someday soon, don't realize Sticks and stones can break your bones
speaker_3ADVERTISER
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Sonny PooniHOST
How many times did Hank Aaron lead Major League Baseball in home runs for a single season? One whopping season.
Sonny PooniHOST
So that number was under.
Sonny PooniHOST
And then who's older, John Waite or Peter Gabriel? Well, Peter Gabriel was born February 13, 1950.
Sonny PooniHOST
John Waite was born on Independence Day, 1952.
Todd StarnesHOST
Let's talk because you've got some great musical artists, too.
Todd StarnesHOST
Coming up October 9th, John Waite.
Todd StarnesHOST
And then a couple of weeks later, Britney Spencer.
Michael BollingerGUEST
Yeah.
Michael BollingerGUEST
John Waite is a sort of a rock icon.
Michael BollingerGUEST
He was the lead singer of a band called The Babies.
Michael BollingerGUEST
He's British.
MurdockHOST
So he's got a guitarist named Tim Pierce.
MurdockHOST
He was working on a John Waite record with producer...
MurdockHOST
Neil Dorado at the time.
MurdockHOST
Drummer Frankie LaRocca.
MurdockHOST
He was in Scandal, but also working on that John Waite record at the time.
MurdockHOST
Keyboardist Ron Bitton, who was in the...
MurdockHOST
Roy Bittan.
JimmyHOST
I, I, I love, uh, Marna Matthews' vocals, backup, uh, counterpoint vocals on this song.
JimmyHOST
I'm a huge John Waite fan.
JimmyHOST
I, I, he's got something to his voice that brings out happy in me, and I really like it.
JimmyHOST
Even when he's talking, you know, like, uh, um, Change, his big song Change.
JimmyHOST
...
JimmyHOST
the cool thing, not the cool thing.
JimmyHOST
Um, one of the cool notes about, uh, The Babies and John Waite and Bad English is he was always fighting for artists' representation and always trying to get the artists to get their masters back.
JimmyHOST
He filed a lawsuit in 2019, um, it was actually class action.
Mike WilesHOST
Um, the city, I think, owns it, though, and they remodeled the whole thing.
Mike WilesHOST
But I saw John Waite there.
Mike WilesHOST
Um, I'm a huge John Waite fan, and, uh, his drummer who plays, played with David Bowie had been on the show, and he invited me to come down, so I drove down to s- you know.
Mike WilesHOST
And, um, but that's a really cool theater.
Mike WilesHOST
They have all different types of acts like yours and others, but I think that's a very s- great place to play.
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