Michael W. (Mike) Hogan is the Chief Advancement Officer for Paws for Purple Hearts (PPH), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to supporting America’s veterans and current service members.  He joined the team at PPH in October 2018.  Paws for Purple Hearts’ mission is to improve the lives of America’s Warriors facing mobility challenges and trauma-related conditions such as PTSD and traumatic brain injury by providing the highest quality service/assistance dogs and canine-assisted therapeutic programs.

Before joining PPH, Mr. Hogan had spent the previous 24 years in the Institutional Advancement profession working at two institutions, The United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY and the Culver Academies, a leading independent college preparatory school in Culver, Indiana. 

Mr. Hogan was born and raised in Texas.  He graduated from USMA, and then served on Active Duty for seven years as an Infantry officer. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army’s Ranger, Airborne and Air Assault training courses.  He served with the 1st Battalion/21st Infantry “Gimlets” in the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, HI.  CPT Hogan subsequently commanded a company in the 1st Battalion/26th Infantry at Ft. Dix, NJ.

His career in Institutional Advancement began in 1995 when he returned to his alma mater.  At West Point, Mr. Hogan began his work as a Class Giving Officer helping USMA Classes raise funds for class projects.  After two years, Mr. Hogan became the Director of Class Giving.  He received subsequent promotions to Director of Major Giving, and Assistant Vice President for Development.  In support of the Vice President, Mr. Hogan helped plan and execute a $150M campaign that raised $218M. 

After 12 years at West Point, Mr. Hogan moved his family to Indiana so his children could attend an exceptional high school, the Culver Academies.  As the Director of Development at the Culver Academies, Mr. Hogan led the Development team of 26 in a $200M campaign that raised $376M, the largest capital campaign in secondary school history at that time. 

Mr. Hogan has been an active member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).  He served on the planning committee for two CASE District 5 Annual Conferences before being selected for the CASE District 5 Board of Trustees.   He served on this board from 2014 to 2017.  He has also been active supporting the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, and he was a founding officer and board member for the Army Football Club at West Point.

Mr. Hogan is married to Natalie Mooradian Hogan.  They have three young adult children: Lillian, Natalie and Joshua who are living and working in Indianapolis and Gary, Indiana.

Website:  pawsforpurplehearts.org

Ken Taylor is a former professional football player (NFL) and world-class track athlete. He played Corner Back and Punt Returner for the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears and San Diego Chargers. During his years at Oregon State University he was an all PAC-10 selection for track and football in 1984.



Since retiring from pro football in 1988 he has become a student of the profession and has been working with motivated athletes for more than 20 years. His specific training services are for those players who want to improve themselves and to develop their athletic potential through speed, quickness, and athletic skill instruction.



Ken earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University where he concentrated on, Exercise and Sports Science, Exercise Physiology, and Biomechanical Movement. He has earned many awards including PAC-10 All-Academic Team 1982, 1983, and 1984 and was the PAC-10 Scholar-Athlete Medal Winner for 1984 representing track and football.

Since 1988 Ken has worked with more than 5,000 athletes. He is outstanding as a private coach and has intructed many camps large and small.  Executing drills are great but Ken goes deeper by specializing in helping the athlete understand his or her genetic potential through muscle physiology and movement biomechanics. Through experience he understands that it is not only important to be faster and stronger but to maximize your control as well.

Most clients are multi-sport athletes that participate in anaerobic and change-of-direction sports such as, soccer, football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, and track & field sprints and jumps. 



Additionally, Ken can personalize his trainings and work with you or your team on speed drills, agility workouts, running training and other speed workouts.

J  O  E

L  O  U  I  S

W  A  L  K  E  R

LEGENDARY BLUES GUITARIST/SINGER/SONGWRITER/PRODUCER

NEW RELEASE

B L U E S   C O M I N'   O N

with all-star cast of musicians

Joe Louis Walker picked up the guitar as a child, and by the time he was 16, was an in-demand musician on the local club scene, regularly backing touring blues artists rolling through town. As a 16-year-old, he was the house guitarist at San Francisco’s famed musical playground, The Matrix, where he played with or opened shows for everyone from Lightnin’ Hopkins to Jimi Hendrix to Thelonious Monk. In addition to his work at The Matrix, he was a regular at Bill Graham’s famed Fillmore West. San Francisco’s music scene was quickly becoming a melting pot of blues, jazz and psychedelic rock, and Walker was right in the center of it. These ear-opening surroundings explain the ease with which Walker blends blues, rock, gospel, jazz and country, making it seem as if the walls between the genres never existed in the first place.



The blues legends Walker accompanied shared not only musical knowledge but also their personal wisdom with the teenage up-and-comer. Fred McDowell, Ike Turner, Albert King, Freddie King, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Lightnin’ Hopkins and many others taught, fed and chastised the youngster. Blues icon Willie Dixon told him to set his sights high. “What’s your style? You need your own sound,” Dixon preached. Walker took the advice to heart and developed his own fiery, melodic and always unpredictable guitar attack.



Walker met legendary guitarist Michael Bloomfield in 1968 and the two became fast friends. Bloomfield introduced Walker to many of the day’s top rockers, including Sly Stone, Carlos Santana, Steve Miller, Bob Weir (of the Grateful Dead), Jorma Kaukonen (of Jefferson Airplane) and even jazz legend Wayne Shorter. Bloomfield helped push Walker’s blues in a more rock-fueled direction, and he became the single biggest influence on the young Walker’s sound. The two shared an apartment for years and remained close friends until Bloomfield’s death in 1981.



Walker has released 24 albums and toured the world virtually non-stop. He has garnered four Blues Music Awards (and has been nominated a whopping 52 times) and holds an international reputation as one of the blues’ most prolific and talented stars. He’s also recorded as a guest with some of the blues world’s best-known artists, including appearances on Grammy-winning records by B.B. King and James Cotton.



His latest release is entitled BLUES COMIN' ON joined by a host of talented friends and peers on this superb studio album. Features guest performances by fellow blues icons Keb' Mo', Eric Gales, and Albert Lee plus Detroit soul singer Mitch Ryder, harmonica virtuoso Lee Oskar, Hot Tuna's Jorma Kaukonen, punk rock vocalist Charlie Harper, legendary session player Waddy Wachtel, and many others. This album explodes with the passionate playing and souful melodies that have made Walker a favorite among true blues aficionados including The Rolling Stones!  -Available at amazon.com

Purchase the new album

by

JOE LOUIS WALKER

 entitled

BLUES COMIN' ON

Soulful blues phenom, and Blues Hall Of Fame inductee, Joe Louis Walker is joined by a host of talented friends and peers on this superb studio album. Features guest performances by fellow blues icons Keb' Mo', Eric Gales, and Albert Lee plus Detroit soul singer Mitch Ryder, harmonica virtuoso Lee Oskar, Hot Tuna's Jorma Kaukonen, punk rock vocalist Charlie Harper, legendary session player Waddy Wachtel, and many others. This album explodes with the passionate playing and souful melodies that have made Walker a favorite among true blues aficionados including The Rolling Stones!

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DISCOGRAPHY

Albums

Blues Comin' On (HighTone, 2020)

Everybody Wants a Piece (Provogue, 2015)

Hornet's Nest (Alligator Records, 2014)

Hellfire (Alligator Records, 2012)

Between A Rock and The Blues (Stony Plain Music, 2009)

Witness to the Blues (Stony Plain Music, 2008)

Playin' Dirty (JSP, 2006)

New Direction (Provogue, 2004)

Ridin' High (HighTone, 2003)

She's My Money Maker (JSP, 2002/03)

Guitar Brothers (JSP Records, 2002)

Pasa Tiempo (Evidence Music, 2002)

In the Morning (Telarc, 2002)

Silvertone Blues (Polydor/Polygram, 1999)

Preacher and the President (Polydor/Polygram, 1998)

Great Guitars (Polydor/Polygram, 1997)

Blues of the Month Club (Polydor/Polygram, 1995)

JLW (Polydor/Polygram, 1994)

Blues Survivor (Polydor/Polygram, 1993)

Live at Slim's, Volume Two (HighTone, 1992)

Live at Slim's, Volume One (HighTone, 1991)

Blue Soul (HighTone, 1989)

The Gift (HighTone, 1988)

Cold Is the Night (HighTone, 1986)

DVDs

Live At 'On Broadway' (Blues Express, 2001)

Joe Louis Walker in Concert (inakustik, 2003)

Viva Las Vegas Live (DVD plus CD; Cleopatra Blues, 2019)

How would you like to meet someone who is traveling the world sharing the universal secrets of how to live a life of true and lasting success? My guest is Debra Poneman, bestselling author and founder of Yes to Success Seminars, who for over 40 years has shared her system, now used by tens of thousands of people globally, to create lives of success and prosperity, as well as deep happiness, self-love and lasting inner fulfillment.  Known as the mentor to the mentors, Debra’s students have applied her teachings to become mega-successful entrepreneurs, renowned transformational leaders, NY Times bestselling authors, millionaires, billionaires—and powerful world-changers.  Debra feels her greatest accomplishment is not just that she’s taught so many people how to live their dreams but also how to look in the mirror and love the person they see.

Aly Conyers is a 17-year-old student who attends a private high school in South Carolina. A three time all-American sprinter, Aly was supposed to spend this summer competing at track and field events. Instead, she is leading student protests to the White House and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. monument. 



Aly grew up surrounded by officers in uniform. Her father was in the Army, and her family has lived on military bases in Toronto, Seoul and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. She has been raised with deep respect for the military, but also with an understanding of racial injustice in the world. 

Her father encouraged her to read James Baldwin and Malcolm X from a young age. She vividly remembers her first protest: She was about 11, on vacation in Chicago, when her family decided to join a Black Lives Matter march. And now, Aly is leading marches in Washington, DC.



Aly created a group with her older brother Ace Conyers and a friend called Faces of the Future, hoping to get other teenagers more involved beyond the protests in DC. 

KELVIN CHIN

S  H  I  R  L  E  Y   K  I  N  G

REVERED SINGER

DAUGHTER OF LEGENDARY BLUES ICON

B. B. K I N G

NEW RELEASE WITH ALL-STAR CAST OF MUSICIANS

'B L U E S  F O R  A  K I N G'

Born and raised in West Memphis, Arkansas, Shirley began singing in the church choir at age nine. When she was thirteen, she met another music legend – Etta James. 

Young Shirley was so impressed by Etta’s performance that she made Etta her musical role model. Ruth Brown and the late Mahalia Jackson also greatly influenced the fledgling singer.

Shirley says, “I grew up around the stage watching my dad become famous, but I never imagined I’d become a blues singer too.” 

Ms. King came late to the blues, first trying it on in 1990. Within six months, she was a regular performer at famed Chicago blues club Kingston Mines. Two years later she released her first CD, “Jump Through My Keyhole.” 

In 1999, Shirley released her highly acclaimed blues album, “Daughter of the Blues,” which featured her soulful, bluesy versions of classics like Wang Dang Doodle, Sweet Home Chicago, Every Day I Have the Blues and, fittingly, The Thrill is Gone.



Once her father caught her act he lent his full support to Shirley’s efforts at carving out her own career.  She admits that having a legendary father helped open some doors for her, but it was her talent, charisma and high-energy stage presence, along with her big, beautiful singing voice, that put her on the musical map.  

From traditional blues to gospel to funky R&B to smooth soul, Shirley defies genre and her singing and stage antics never fails to excite her growing number of fans worldwide. 

Shirley also believes in giving back. She has also worked with kids as an artist-in-residence with the highly acclaimed Urban Gateways Arts in the Schools Program at Chicago Public Schools and continues to expose school children to the history blues has played in American culture. 

Shirley also published her memoirs in 2017 entitled Love is King, which is dedicated to her father and goes into detail about her life with her dad, to whom she was very close. 

Blues Hall of Fame guitarist Joe Louis Walker, who guests on two tracks on the new album, said, “I’ve had the honor of performing on two B.B. King albums.  Now I have the distinct honor and pleasure of playing on his daughter’s album, Shirley King, who is also my dear friend.  Keep the thrill goin’ on Shirley….”

With her powerful voice and outgoing personality, Shirley always rocks the house whether it’s on an international stage, a festival or a nightclub.  

She’s ready to bust out bigger than ever on her own in a way that would make her daddy proud.  Make sure to come along for the ride.

 Purchase the brand-new release

 by

SHIRLEY KING

entitled

BLUES FOR A KING

Recorded in Chicago, the album features an amazing array of guests including Steve Cropper, Elvin Bishop, Harvey Mandel, Robben Ford, Junior Wells, Martin Barre, Duke Robillard, Joe Louis Walker, Arthur Adams, Kirk Fletcher and Pat Travers, all of who wanted to pay their musical respects to this talented daughter of blues royalty.

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For more information about Shirley King

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Shirley King Facebook page:

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B.B. King official website:

www.bbking.com