On this episode of Toddcast Cleveland we are happy to welcome John Siegler, the founding bassist of Todd Rundgren's Utopia. He has also played on many Todd Rundgren solo albums Something/Anything, A wizard, a true star, Initiation, Faithful, and Back to the bars. John has also played with Air, Mandrill, Hall and Oates, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Roger Daltrey, and many more. John has also co-written the original Pokemon Theme song and arranged the tune PokeRap with John Leffler when they both worked with licensing firm 4Kids Entertainment. Prior to that involvement, he had worked at Rave Music which produced jingles and theme songs for commercials and television shows leading up to his eventual involvement by 1998 with 4Kids.
He has also done themes and music for Yu-Gi-Oh, Ultimate Muscle, Kirby, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and many more!

The Toddcast Cleveland started in 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. Zack Wolfe and James Barney are both young, dedicated, and loving Todd Rundgren fans for all of the beautiful things he’s produced throughout his career. From his solo albums, music production work, his band Utopia, and his innovative progress in the music business. We decided to do this because we spent so much time discussing Todd and all of his work that he’s done and figured it would be cool to document it and share with all other Todd Rundgren fans around the world that might be interested. This podcast is just for fun and we hope you enjoy our thoughts and opinions on Todd’s expansive career. If you have any questions please contact us at toddcastcleveland@gmail.com or if you are interested in being part of the show, we welcome anyone. Lastly, We would like to thank Todd Rundgren for all the work he’s done throughout his career, the artists involved, and how much joy he has brought us. Todd Rundgren is a very special person and we are very thankful to share it with you. We intend on bringing many episodes featuring Todd’s career. -Album reflection (Solo, Utopia, Nazz, and production work) -Misc. episodes about certain aspects of his career. Hosts: Zack Wolfe and James Barney Contact: toddcastcleveland@gmail.com - Lastly, we would like to thank Dan Podolski with his array of Todd covers we use in our intros