Headlined Guests
Headlined Guests that have appeared on BBS Radio TV
DANNI STEFANETTI
LA based MusicOz winning Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist Danni Stefanetti is indeed a live act not to be missed. Discovered by superstar Keith Urban in the Nashville rain, she has recently been touring LA performing at the most iconic venues to sold out crowds & supporting Cody Simpson at the most exclusive LA venue The Peppermint Club alongside solo shows at Hotel Cafe & The Viper Room. She has supported Sarah McLeod, Glenn Shorrock, James Reyne, Daryl Braithwaite & many more. Stefanetti has performed at many venues across Australia, USA & UK including The Sydney Opera House, Optus Stadium, Perth Arena, Kalgoorlie, Tamworth Festival, TREC, Australian & UK Festivals.
Her guitar playing & ability to play a mean axe has recently gone viral on facebook reaching millions of views. She has exciting Guitar Festivals to announce in 2018 & continues to pave her way as a worldclass songwriter for major film, tv & movies.
Sydney Morning Herald states: “This homegrown superstar is certainly one to watch” – Jerri Demasi
“She’s like a James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Jewel” Howard Stern
“She’s going places” Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band)
Tayanah is a youth advocate with stories beyond her years. She is a Philly native and is thankful to the city for the people she met and the lessons she learned. Being from a big city, Tayanah has met all kinds of people and she realized how much enjoyment she got out of that. Her love for talking to different people and her outgoing personality pushes her to share her experiences and debate about various topics.
Tayanah loves to help and watch others develop their individuality while still being relatable. That’s why she gives, what she calls, a different kind of advice. She feels that people experience the same things, just in different scenarios. Instead of telling someone what they should do, Tayanah would rather share her story and let the listener take it from there. Tayanah is passionate about music, arts, and helping others. A former dancer and model, Tayanah now spends her time either with friends, writing or building the foundation for her life career goal: a record label CEO.
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EMUNAH MALINOVITZ
Emunah Malinovitz, relationship coach, intuitive healer, Sacred goddess, and keeper of wisdom and the sacred embodies love and takes a stand for true love…love of self, love of lovers and love for all the creatures on this earth. She believes in true love for all and has taken her own journey while delving deep into the spiritual and sensual learning to enhance this love. Her courage to love and lose has enabled her to become whole and love herself, allowing her to attract a wholemate and truly experience love and deep connection and passion that continues to go deeper and deeper even when single.
Her dedication to sacred love for over 20 years has led her to research, study with world experts and travel the world to learn the secrets to true authentic relating. Souls are led to her when they are truly ready for real deep lasting love, complete with the magic that comes with such love.
Emunah works with Couples and Singles, Men and Women, successfully in private sessions, group environments and as a host for life-changing retreats. The unforgettable sacred wedding and renewal ceremonies officiated by Emunah encapsulate the abundant love between those committed to sacred love. Her work with singles who desire true love and to meet their wholemate includes the loving of self, allowing for fully loving another.
Singles enter a new relationship having understood how to love themselves, and repeatedly report back that relationships are exciting and seen through the light of exploration and open heart rather than anxiety or fear.
Couples discover Emunah’s secrets to creating a strong foundation of loving communication, incredible sex, and undeniable intimacy. Those couples who previously felt disconnected experience feeling their love renewed, reenergized and connected at a level deeper than ever before. The level of intimacy and sexual passion and complete desire and admiration for their partner surpasses all expectations.
LEAH CECIL
Leah Cecil, a native to Orange County, has been playing the harp since her young teen years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in Music from Cal State Fullerton.
Leah has been acclaimed as one of Orange County’s outstanding young musicians as well as an award-winning artist and servant to community needs. As Miss California 2012, Leah traveled all over California, the United States, and the world as a speaker, an ambassador, and a harpist. Her passion for her platform “Compassion for the Convalescing” has given her opportunities to serve in the community as a Compassionate Harpist.
She has partnered with the Southern California Hospice Foundation in order to further more service to patients in need of comfort.
Leah makes a living as a freelance harpist as well, playing at weddings, receptions, and other special events in both Orange and Los Angeles County. Leah regularly performs as Principal Harpist for the Orange County Millennial Choirs & Orchestras group at the Segerstrom Concert Hall. She also performed as the featured harpist at Donald Trump’s glamorous Mar-a-Lago Club for a private celebrity event.
Leah was featured in a “Glee” episode, a Taco Bell commercial, and is also heard on the 30th Anniversary album for Mariachi Sol De Mexico, featuring Jose Hernandez. Leah also recently performed with Shahkar Bineshpajooh & Andrea Bocelli at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
In 2013, Leah was invited by the city of Garden Grove, California, of which she was a resident, as Artistic Ambassador to perform at a concert in Anyang, South Korea, for Anyang’s 12th Citizens Festival of Peace and Freedom. The Festival was celebrating Anyang’s 40th Anniversary. Anyang was declared a Sister-City with Garden Grove in 1989 to promote and foster understanding between the two city’s cultures through education and exchange
DARLENE LANCER
Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and expert author on relationships and codependency. She’s counseled individuals and couples for 30 years and coaches internationally. Her books include Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You and Codependency for Dummies and seven ebooks, including: 10 Steps to Self-Esteem, How To Speak Your Mind – Become Assertive and Set Limits, Dealing with a Narcissist: 8 Steps to Raise Self-Esteem and Set Boundaries with Difficult People, “I’m Not Perfect – I’m Only Human” – How to Beat Perfectionism, and Freedom from Guilt and Blame – Finding Self-Forgiveness. They’re available on Amazon, and other online booksellers and her website, where you can get a free copy of “14 Tips for Letting Go.” She’s a sought after speaker in media and at professional conferences.
Arielle Ford is a love and relationship expert and a leading personality in personal growth and the contemporary spirituality movement. Arielle is a speaker and the producer and host of Evolving Wisdom’s Art of Love series. Her mission is to help people find love, keep love, and most importantly, be love. Arielle is the author of 11 books including the international bestseller, THE SOULMATE SECRET: Manifest the Love of Your Life with the Law of Attraction. She also just created the world’s first transformational coloring book based upon her Soulmate book. Further, she is the author of Turn Your Mate into Your Soulmate, devoted to exploring a simple and effective way to achieve groundbreaking shifts in perception so you can embrace and find the beauty and perfection in yourself and your mate. She lives with her husband, Brian, and has been called “The Fairy Godmother of Love.”
Suzy Hansen is a former professional educationalist, author, researcher, experiencer, and public speaker. Suzy is from New Zealand and has had an impact on the UFO field worldwide.
She is the author of The Dual Soul Connection – the Alien Agenda for Human Advancement, with contributions by Dr. Rudy Schild, Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA.
Suzy is the founding Director of the UFOCUS NZ Research Network (NZ UFO sightings), and co-ordinator of Communicator Link (advocacy & support for experiencers/abductees). She was instrumental in lobbying for the release of the NZ MoD UFO Files in 2010/11.
Suzy has lectured internationally since 1997, in the USA, UK, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Australia and New Zealand, about NZ UFO sightings and her own contact experiences with non-human intelligences/extraterrestrials. She has featured in interviews, articles and documentaries (including NZ’s 60 Minutes – The Truth is out there, Korean TV, National Geographic’s Invasion Earth series), and writes for international UFO magazines.
“The Dual Soul Connection” documents Suzy’s lifetime of experiences with extraterrestrials and non-human intelligences.
“The Dual Soul Connection” addresses aspects of spirituality, consciousness, metaphysics, and alien culture, alongside scientific concepts of physics and advanced organic “conscious” technology, all within the framework of alien contact, highlighting our interconnection with a wider universal family.
Significantly, the book outlines Suzy’s participation in complex multi-layered alien programs, a positive agenda designed to assist and advance humankind and her experience of a dual soul identity central to this agenda. Her presentations transport the audience “onboard the craft”, enhancing their understanding of what occurs in this physical, and sometimes non-physical (pure consciousness) environment.
Her book also covers her experiences of telepathy, animal communication, pre-cognition, life-between-lives, out-of-body experiences, and spirit communication.
Suzy’s focus for the last decade has been on engaging members of the scientific community to participate in examining the wealth of science-related detail contained in accounts of human interactions with extraterrestrial species/consciousness, as well as aspects of UFO sighting investigation data relating to technology and physics.
She believes one of the major issues facing mankind in the future will be open contact with other civilizations in the Universe. In the meantime, there is much to be learned from humans who have already made this tremendous leap in consciousness, and who have witnessed the vast array of potential benefits available to mankind and our environment through such associations
Communicatorlink is a support, information and research network for first-hand experiencers of:
- contact with alien/extraterrestrial species (sightings, communication and interaction)
- other anomalous experiences, which are sometimes related to those above
J O H N L O D G E
LEGENDARY BASSIST-SINGER AND SONGWRITER
FOR ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER'S
THE MOODY BLUES
John's 10,000 Light Years Band on the road for a
10-date tour of the USA
John Lodge is bass guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the iconic rock band, The Moody Blues. Songwriter of such mega Moody Blues hits “Ride My See-Saw”, “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock and Roll Band)”, “Isn’t Life Strange?” and many more. Lodge has been performing and recording with The Moody Blues for more than five decades, selling more than 70 million albums. Lodge has been voted one of the “10 most influential bass players on the planet,” and has been the recipient of many awards, including ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers), and Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, to name just a few. The Moody Blues have released 15 studio albums and countless compilations, and John has also released three solo albums; NATURAL AVENUE in 1977, 10,000 LIGHT YEARS AGO in 2015, and his current LIVE FROM BIRMINGHAM, THE 10,000 LIGHT YEARS TOUR. He also released the duo album BLUE JAYS in 1975 with Justin Hayward, and they were voted the Top Duo for that year.
Lodge released 10,000 LIGHT YEARS AGO, his second solo album, in the spring of 2015. The recording again reunited Lodge with special guest contributions from former Moody Blues bandmates Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder on the song “Simply Magic.” Legendary guitarist Chris Spedding again appears on the album, among others. The collection was recorded at various locations and completed at The Mix Factory studios in Florida. Lodge’s song “In My Mind,” was nominated “Rock Anthem of the Year” by Prog Magazine.
Whilst still touring with The Moody Blues, Lodge undertook his first ever solo tour in September 2016, visiting 12 cities in England, followed by a short tour in Florida in February 2017, and was invited as ‘Special Guest’ onto the ‘Cruise to the Edge’, a Prog Rock cruise from Tampa to Cozumel. 2017 saw a 9-date tour around the NE of the USA, finishing to a sold-out performance at City Winery in NY. The last night of the English tour was at the Birmingham Town Hall, John’s hometown, and the concert was filmed to capture this special evening.
2017 saw the 50th Anniversary of the Moody Blues album DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED, and to celebrate, John and the Moody Blues embarked on a very special tour that included a complete performance of this iconic and groundbreaking album, the tour continued in January 2018 with the fourth Moody Blues Cruise, dates in the USA and finishing with a residence at the Wynn, Las Vegas. This celebratory concert ‘Days of Future Passed, Live’ was filmed in Toronto and is also currently being shown on PBS as part of their GREAT PERFORMANCES programme, and has now been released as a DVD, reaching the top of the US DVD charts.
In December 2017 it was announced that the Moody Blues were being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the ‘Class of 2018’. They first became eligible in 1990, and it took 28 years to receive the nomination. The news that they were being inducted was met with rapture by the generations of loyal fans who had been championing their inclusion for many years; prior to induction, every 7 out of 10 letters received by the Hall of Fame were about the Moody Blues, and their support drove them to a strong second place in the ‘fan vote’, garnering 1m votes. The Moodies performed live at the ceremony in Cleveland on April 14th, closing the show, and the event is currently showing on HBO and soon to be on Amazon Prime. The Moody Blues will be returning to the Wynn in Las Vegas in September 2018 for a further three-week Residency. In October 2018 John will be taking his 10,000 Light Years Band on the road for a 10-date tour of the USA, and in February 2018, John will be returning to the ‘Cruise to the Edge’ sailing out of Tampa, Florida.
G R E G X. V O L Z
EX LEAD SINGER FOR LEGENDARY CHRISTIAN ROCKERS
' P E T R A'
AND FOR CPR Back To The Rock II
2018-19 WORLD TOUR
Greg Volz showed great skills in singing from a very early age. Being a self-taught musician, when he was 13 years old, he started his own band called The Wombats. As he grew up, he went on to share the stage with the likes of Janis Joplin, Chicago and others. In 1970 he became a born-again Christian and started performing with several Christian bands. He formed a band called Gideon's Bible, and later toured with a group known simply as e Band, which was a part of the Jesus Movement. E's only studio recordings can be found on the rock musical 2LP-album Because I Am released in 1973. After e broke up in 1975 Volz moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he worked with legendary guitarist Phil Keaggy. He also performed the lead role in a rock stage musical called Ezekiel.
In 1976, Volz received two of the most important calls of his life. First, he was offered the lead singer position of REO Speedwagon. Volz, being a recently converted Christian, declined. Six weeks later, he got the call to participate in Petra's second album, Come and Join Us. Although at that time he participated as a guest singer in just three songs, founder/guitarist Bob Hartman (who, at that time, was sharing the lead-singing duties with co-founder/guitarist Greg Hough) offered Volz the full-time position.
His first full-time album with the band, Washes Whiter Than, came in 1979 and therein came one of the most prolific periods of the legendary band. Volz remained the lead singer until 1985 when he left to pursue a solo career. Volz released his first solo effort, titled The River is Rising in 1986 under Myrrh Records. He followed it with three other moderately successful albums. During this time, he also toured with Joe English in a band called Pieces of Eight. Volz' tours drew in the 1,000 to 1,500 range during this time - a very respectable number for a Contemporary Christian artist, but nowhere near the level he experienced at the end of his tenure with Petra.
In October 4, 2005 he re-joined Petra for the live recording of their last DVD, Petra Farewell. He joined the stage with current singer John Schlitt for a medley of ballads, and he followed it with a solo rendition of "Grave Robber", which was one of his hits with the band.
In 2010 he spear-headed the renewal of the classic members of Petra from the early 80's. Classic Petra was born. Greg X. Volz, John Lowry, Louie Weaver, Mark Kelly and Bob Hartman took the band on a 2year world tour with new recordings of the classic songs.
In 2016 Greg, Louie and John agreed to record another album of classic Petra songs and recruit the talent of former Petra member, Ronny Cates, and former Pieces of Eight Member, Kirk Henderson. Greg Bailey, another former Petra member, was asked to play bass on the 2018-19 tour. This new project is called CPR.
Order GOD ONLY KNOWS by Greg X Volz
And BACK TO THE ROCK II by The CPR at amazon
Linda Delair, a global citizen, active in environmental and social movements, advocates for a healthy, thriving, deep green hemp economy. She is a LEED Accredited Professional, Green Building Consultant, Residential Project Manager, U.S. Green Bldg. Council Redwood Empire Chapter board member, and former California Outreach Coordinator for Hempstead Project HEART. She is a member of the Pachamama Alliance, the Hemp Industries Association, and is on the Advisory Board of the California Hemp Association. She is based in Northern California.
Education
She earned a LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council, and ACGBP (Advanced Certified Green Building Professional) certification from Build It Green, an AA degree from the Community College of Rhode Island, and studied Architecture and Interior Design at Canada College, and College of Marin, and Green Building Science at San Francisco Institute of Architecture.
She is a graduate of the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute, the Landmark Education Curriculum for Living Program, the Environmental Forum of Marin’s Master Class, and BTB School of Feng Shui.
Linda is a member of the (MBA) Marin Builders Association’s Green Committee, (BIG) BuildItGreen, (ADPSR) Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility, (USGBC) U.S. Green Building Council’s Northern California Chapter, and a facilitator of the Pachamama Alliance’s Awakening The Dreamer Initiative.
Linda has worked in the building industry for over twelve years, specializing in sales, remodeling, interior design, space planning, and consulting for companies that include Berkeley Design Center, Sunworks Design/Build, Studio Mehler, Miconi Marble & Tile, Earth Source Forest Products and Green Fusion Design Center. She has facilitated “green” home and business makeovers, and acted as liaison between manufacturers, trades people, the design community, and clients.
Recently, her client Clough Construction, was awarded “Best Deck and Fencing Company 2010-2011” by the readers of Pacific Sun, Marin County’s No. 1 weekly newspaper for lifestyles and entertainment.
Speaking Engagements
She has been a featured speaker as a Green Design and Materials Expert, and on panel discussions for organizations such as:
(ASID) American Society of Interior Designers
(IIDA) International Interior Design Association
(NARI) National Association of the Remodeling Industry
(NKBA) National Kitchen and Bath Association)
General Service Administration
San Francisco Design Center
San Rafael Chamber of Commerce
Green Building Professionals Guild
Student Career Forums
Radio Talk Shows
San Francisco State University
Canada College
Early on in her career she was a clothing designer for Verite, a company located in Los Angeles and Miami. She was a featured artist on a Jane Fonda Fashion TV Special, as well as several other shows.
Lea Walters is a Hemp Solutionary and an Independent Facilitator for EMC² Energy. As such, everything has a frequency. These frequencies can be quantified and put into an Energetic Balancing program. This is what the AIM Program does, provide balancing frequencies 24/7.
AIM Program Facilitators are independent representatives of EMC². We provide you with the opportunity to receive Energetic Balancing. Facilitators are trained by EMC² in the fundamental beliefs and practices of EMC² and the AIM Program. We provide support to those participating in the AIM Program, and assist those wanting information about AIM. We help you understand what the AIM Program is about. We assist you with the application process. We host "Share Group Meetings" in person and via telephone conferencing, for those already on AIM, and those interested in our Program.
Debbie Smartt is a Past Life Regression Therapist born and raised in Australia. While living there, she experienced her first Past Life Regression which in turn dramatically changed her life. This experience inspired Debbie to become passionate about healing herself and others. As a result, she found Past Life Regression Hypnotherapy to be one of the most powerful, healing, and life changing methods.
Debbie has been a Licensed Hypnotherapist for over thirty years and belongs to the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association. She is also certified as a Quantum Healing Hypnotherapist through Dolores Cannon. In addition, Debbie has had training in Cranial Sacral Therapy, Rebirthing, Conflict Resolution, Matrix Energetics, Psych K and Quantum Touch.
Debbie Smart is a Past Life Regression Therapist born and raised in Australia. While living there, she experienced her first Past Life Regression which in turn dramatically changed her life. This experience inspired Debbie to become passionate about healing herself and others. As a result, she found Past Life Regression Hypnotherapy to be one of the most powerful, healing, and life changing methods.
Debbie has been a Licensed Hypnotherapist for over thirty years and belongs to the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association. She is also certified as a Quantum Healing Hypnotherapist through Dolores Cannon. In addition, Debbie has had training in Cranial Sacral Therapy, Rebirthing, Conflict Resolution, Matrix Energetics, Psych K and Quantum Touch.
Heidi Bright, an aggressive end-stage cancer survivor, knows the terror and powerlessness of a difficult diagnosis. After managing two years of cancer treatment, using carefully selected integrative therapies, and healing her life, she entered radical remission in 2011.
Heidi earned the 2017 Champion of Cancer Care Award from Cancer Support Community; the 2017 Unsung Hero Award from Cancer Family Care; and the 2014 Voices of Women award for outstanding achievement in personal growth from Cincinnati’s Whole Living Journal.
Heidi is the author of three traditionally published nonfiction books, including the best-selling, physician-endorsed Thriver Soup: A Feast for Living Consciously During the Cancer Journey.
Paul Richardson gained his Architecture qualifications in London, England, where he studied natural building, eco-architecture, and holistic Architecture. He studied briefly under Malaysian Architect Ken Yeang (Bio Climatic Skyscraper), and other reputable Green Architects/natural builders, Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till, where he came to further develop his understanding of the principles and workings of sustainable design and natural architecture.
In his final Thesis, Paul focussed on a Holistic approach to Sustainable Architecture, bringing together the unseen elements of the world, the sacred in architecture, and combined with natural materials and renewable sources.
After Graduating Post Grad in Architecture, Paul left the UK, and began his working life as an Architect, in the Northeast of America. Here he found himself struggling to honour his path, and found himself in the regular work world, having to support a growing family, and no way to bring to life his studies in Green Architecture and natural building, in any meaningful way.
Working mostly on residential construction projects, ranging from Post and Beam small dwellings, Eco friendly flat pack homes, all the way to multi-million, dollar mansions and beach homes.
After leaving the US in 2011, Paul worked overseas in Asia and Caucus region, delivering projects for some of the wealthiest families in the world. Which included the design, implementation and management of 5 star hotels, Resorts, and VVIP residences and Penthouses.
Although the money was there, and life was relatively easy, Paul became more and more disenchanted with the world of construction, and started to think that Architecture was not his path at all. He experimented with his other passion, music, in the hopes that he may be able to make a difference here, and share his message, but after 2 years of hard work, with several music groups, Paul realized that this was just a distraction, and at the end of 2015, hit a major juncture on his journey.
It was the beginning of 2016, on his 40th birthday when Paul decided it was time to make some drastic changes, and dedicated himself to daily practice of meditation, and self-reflection, to see if he could find peace at least with his present path, and do much needed healing work.
Meditation was helping, but it was in September 2017, after realizing again that he needed to get on his true path, that Paul was called to go to Peru, to the Amazon Rainforest, to spend time there with the medicine men (Shamans).
From there everything changed, and on returning back to Kazakhstan, where he was Project Managing the fitout of 6 star, Hotel, he started receiving details and downloads and found himself with a deep sense of renewed purpose. The creativity and inspiration that had been drummed out of him through the corporate work world, was now back with force (unlike ever before), and Paul became determined not to let this go to waste, and fall back into the comfortable trap of corporate work.
By the end of October 2017, Paul abruptly left his position, after receiving guidance to go to the United States to view a large parcel of land in New Mexico, where he had visions of building a community there, but not only a community, but a living school, that would be an educational and inspiring platform to educate and teach the tools of self-reliance, natural building, permaculture, etc, and facilitate a shift to sovereign community domains.
He founded the concept of Haven Earth, a company that he felt he needed to bring to life to be able to offer some platform to assist with the transition into a community centric model of living, a self-reliant life.
In February 2018, at a workshop on Natural building in South Africa, Paul had a chance to share his vision and designs, and found great reception, especially from the host of the workshop, Alosha Lynov, and few other’s (Engineers and visionaries), who felt a strong connection between their own visions, and what Paul brought to the table, and together they were drawn to work together to make this dream a reality.
From there, Paul and Alosha partnered up, and were invited to be part of a government conference in Moscow, Russia in May 2018, to brainstorm and develop the concept of sustainable cities of the future. Sharing the stage with the likes, as ‘Venus Project’, where they are still working with the main group in Moscow to develop pilot projects outside the capital city, as part of research into creating large sustainable town and city projects somewhere down the road.
Alongside Alosha, and a growing team, Haven Earth Center (partner Bioveda Academy), began to implement small model projects in South Africa and Turkey, and larger, creatively self-reliant community projects in both the United States and Russia.
Paul’s driving force, is to create a platform, that can facilitate the co-creation of sovereign, creatively self-reliant communities globally, that would connect and share knowledge and tools via workshops, online forums, etc, to get the information out to the general public.
He feels it is the lack of viable visions in the public consciousness, that are limiting our progress toward this goal, and by fearlessly sharing and living his truth and walking his path, and actively developing the vision, with the team, that will inspire many other’s to see there is another way, and that these ways are not so hard to reach, if we make the choice to move in that direction, and away from our failing dominant system.
D A V I D H U F F
SINGER-SONGWRITER-MUSICIAN-PRODUCER
WITH
DAVID AND THE GIANTS
FINDING GOD THROUGH ROCK AND ROLL
After a newfound relationship with Jesus Christ in the summer of 1977, David and the Giants sought to change the very foundation of the group from the secular rock scene to a different style of Christian music. Through 1997 the original band and other musicians produced 17 inspiring contemporary Christian Rock albums.
David & The Giants was formed in 1964 when David Huff dropped out of Jones Junior College to follow his dream. Around 1965 David’s brothers Rayborn and Clayborn joined the group. Larry Papania and Bill Barnette were the first 2 drummers for D & G. Jerry Parker was the drummer from 1966 until he was replaced by Keith Thibodeaux in 1969. During the 1960’s and early 1970’s, David & The Giants [featuring Keith Thibodeaux and David’s brothers Clayborn and Rayborn] toured heavily as a secular Rock ‘n’ Roll band, sharing the stage and in the studio with such formidable acts such as: Styx, Chuck Berry, Cheech and Chong, Black Oak Arkansas ,Rod Stewart ,The Rolling Stones, and Stevie Wonder.
Playing secular music at colleges, high schools and clubs was the way of life for D&G. They were signed with Capitol Records, MGM Records, United Artist Records and CBS Records.
The first three Christian albums had more ballads and a pop-rock sound and included “Glory Hallelujah” and “Roll On”, later covered by Wayne Watson. The original version of “Noah”, now a classic song and fan favorite recorded in 1978. Gerald Hagan played piano during these early years, leaving the band in 1980. Owen Hale played drums on the first three D&G recordings until Keith Thibodeaux rejoined the group in 1979.
Heaven or Hell (1981) would continue their more rock roots sound making David & The Giants truly pioneers in the early days of Contemporary Christian music. In 1982 after signing with the Columbia Records’ Christian label – Priority Records the first release, entitled simply David & The Giants was widely distributed.
The next album, Riders In The Sky (1983) produced staples like:
Step by Step
King of the Jews
Look at the People
Then three more albums; Inhabitants of the Rock (1984), Under Control (1985) and Magnificat (1987) released on the Myrrh Label produced several radio hits like:
I Am Persuaded
His Love Lifted Me Up
Why
I Can Depend On You
Giant Records, a self- label of David’s was created in 1988 with Strangers To The Night the first release.
The 1980’s was finished out with R-U Gonna Stand Up (1989) which produced the still popular radio hit “Here’s My Heart”. Thanks to a mislabeled CD that was supposed to be from Soul II Soul, WNCI Program Director Dave Robbins from Columbus Ohio liked the song enough to put it on the air. WNCI received such positive response that it was added into regular rotation.
Keith Thibodeaux left the band after the recording of R-U Gonna Stand Up in the summer of 1989.
1990 issued in a new decade along with Distant Journey with Lance Huff, David’s son, on the drums to replace Keith. In 1991 Distant Journey was nominated for a Dove Award for “Rock Album of the Year“.
Other releases, Long Time Coming (1992) and Giant Hits (1993) in the early 1990’s had three hits:
Stumbling Block to a Stepping Stone
I’m Still Rocking
Always on My Mind
Since 2007, the David & The Giants original band members have been getting back together frequently for reunion concerts and produced the live album Still Rockin’ in 2014.
Purchase Live in Pearl: David and the Giants (Giant) (David Huff, Clayborn Huff, Rayborn Huff, Keith Thibodeaux)
And … The Best Is Yet To Come -David & The Giants 40th Anniversary Live DVD/CD recorded with the original band — David Huff, his twin brothers Rayborn Huff and Clayborn Huff with Keith Thibodeaux, Little Ricky from the “I Love Lucy” show. Order your copy of the DVD/CD …
Also … Still Rockin' (Live) by David & The Giants … available at amazon.com
I am a New Jersey sports dad, youth coach and Founder of iSport360. There are 30MM sports parents in our country who are frustrated by the lack of player feedback from their kids’ coaches…which is especially upsetting when many are spending thousands of dollars a year on sports. I also know first hand that coaches don’t have the time or tools to let every parent know how their child is doing. So the problem is a huge expectation gap between parents and coaches that leads to hyper-stressed parents on the sidelines and arguments over who made the travel team, who gets the starting position and who gets more playing time.
To solve this problem, we recently launched our data-driven mobile app that allows coaches and parents to share goals, objective feedback and data throughout the season and especially at the dreaded tryout time. To do this, we worked with experts in each sport and the guidelines provided by national governing bodies to define skills in a sport-, age- and gender-specific way…..for the FIRST TIME EVER. Now our app, and our proprietary database of well-defined sports skills is helping teams share coach feedback, improve player development and increase parent engagement. So please give the app a try at www.iSport360.com and sign up for our informative, and frequently funny, sports-parenting newsletter "The Chaotic World of Youth Sports". https://isport360.com/
Dr. Alex Vidan was introduced to chiropractic by a friend after a sports injury while in college. At the time, he suffered from regular and painful headaches. He had such amazing results through chiropractic care that Dr. Vidan decided to pursue chiropractic as his profession. He received his Doctorate of Chiropractic degree in 2004 from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Vidan uses his degree in Kinesiology (the study of human movement) background from Louisiana State University, and his Human Biology degree from Logan to encourage natural methods of achieving and maintaining overall health and wellness to his patients. These degrees are also very helpful when caring for athletes. Dr. Vidan was a team physician for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010 and during their 2011 World Championship season.
Adjusting came very naturally to Dr. Vidan. While at Logan, Dr. Vidan was asked to be the adjusting tutor, teaching other students how to properly adjust patients. He was privileged to study under some of the best chiropractors in the nation. This experience was vital in providing Dr. Vidan the skills needed to give his practice members the best care possible. He also remains active in the community by serving on the Advisory Board of the Mid County YMCA, volunteering at the Salvation Army, and has served as both Vice-President and President of the BNI Central Corridor Chapter.
Dr. Vidan is regularly featured on Fox 2 News as a health and wellness consultant. He had the privilege of being team chiropractor for the 2011 World Series Champions, the St. Louis Cardinals and worked with the St. Louis Ram's Cheerleaders. Dr. Vidan has also recently been listed as one of the Best Chiropractors in North America as indicated in the recently published book entitled "Setting Things Straight" by Dr. John Madeira.
Toledo Spirit Hunters was founded in September of 2017. It was founded by Dennis Hagan. Eric Carstensen is the lead investigator of the team. He join the team in late October early November of 2017. The team also has two paranormal investigators name April Tiffany and Angie. Our team deals with haunted objects and debunks them to be truly haunted or not. Toledo Spirit Hunters has also done residential investigations and business investigations. We also ghost hunt and have investigative Waverly Hills and museum of shadows.
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