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Submitted by Douglas Newsom on 19 April 2021

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Guest Occupation: singer, songwriter, musician, producer, author and rising star
Guest Biography:

D A R. R A

MUSICIAN,SINGER,SONGWRITER,PRODUCER,

AUTHOR

A  FAN FAVORITE ON BBS RADIO

EXCLUSIVE ZOOM INTERVIEW

WITH RAY SHASHO

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

 

Dar. Ra is a Music Writer, Producer and Author who earned his stripes with hits for EMI and 21 St Century. One of his tracks ‘Haunted Dancehall’ was featured in a Hollywood film starring Hilary Duff and the movie Snakes on a Planes. Dar.Ra played on BBC Radio Cambridge to a million people live when they connected their regional stations around the Midlands. 

Various EPs 'Now Is Now', Live For Love, Cease Fire and soundtrack to film documentary 'City Of Hope' have also had millions of streams and lead to the recent album 'New Kinda Normal'. The Rock N Roll tour de force, that has seen three singles really make some movements happen in America, with well received Music video’s for ‘Rock Steady’ and ‘Night-Stepper’ being shot in NYC, while ‘Diamonds N The Shadows’ being shot in Atlanta.

With two new EPs out ‘Stand Up For The Heroes’ a tribute to the keyworkers who have stood up to the task of the Pandemic and the Whisky n Honey EP this work continues to shape Dar. Ra’s musical catalogue.

REVIEWS: Dar. Ra Is A Fore-Runner of Rock Step. A New Sub Genre of Rock Music from The UK That Glues the Guitar Bliss Of Rock N Roll With The Euphoria Of EDM! …(Vevo)

Dar.Ra is a unique songwriter, producer and author who makes an Amazing blend of Rock and Soul Music (21st Artists Hollywood)  
Highly Impressive … (Planet Earth Radio USA)  
Well worth listening to this Artist … (Strutter Zine Mag Holland)  

I’ve worked with artists for many years and Dar.Ra is by far one of the best. Great music. Great promotion. Great Interviews with Interesting answers and stories. And the absolute best Promo Liners!! … (Zac Becker Sound Karma Radio)

Rock n Roll Diamond in The Rough … (Electro Wow USA)

Dar. Ra is an incredible act to follow as he is always evolving on each song with incredible results … (Indie People USA)

Dar. Ra infuses layers of vocals and instrumentation into each record he makes. The genius of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles, came to mind while listening to “Phenomenal”, “Back to The Brink” and “Heart Shape Pill” … (Tune Loud Magazine USA)

Soul Powered Riffs Maximum … (Volume Magazine)

Rushing through with an intense energy is the colossal riffing of Dar.Ra’s “Heart Shape Pill” infuses a certain level of late-night sleaze into the proceedings resulting in an absolute blast of a track. Wild and carefree the song is pure bliss. … (Bongo Boy TV)

Nominated 'Heart Shape Pill' GK Rock Music Indie Radio Music Award -2018
Nominated 'Phenomenal' Rock Song of The Year Radio Wigwam FM -2018
Nominated IMA's Artist of The Year -2019 
Countdown Number 1 Single LOZ Radio USA 
Top 20 Radio Air Play Charts USA
Rock N Roll Sensation New Sound Express

Dar.Ra has also written two books under his full moniker Darragh J Brady entitled Road Tales which is about amazing people with life changing stories that he met while touring the globe and The Night That Jimi Died which is about a girl who channels the Spirit of Jimi Hendrix and rises to change the DNA of the World through Music. Both titles have also been given top reviews on Goodreads and Amazon Books.

 

Purchase

The Night That Jimi Died 

-Kindle Edition

By

DARRAGH J BRADY

at amazon books

What if souls could cross over at the point of life and death...?
What if your life was pre-ordained as a result of such a meeting as you were entering into the world...?
Kirsty born in Knightsbridge Infirmary London, the same hospital that a famous American Rock Hero had died in 20 years before.
Could there be a connection between these two completely unlikely connected people...?
Could Kirsty have the ability to hear the voice of this American Rock Star as she grows up to be one of the greatest Guitar Heros of her time...?
Follow this strange tale of Angelic guidance as this reluctant Female Rock Star hero brings the world back from the brink through her incredible Music!

And

Road Tales

-Kindle Edition

By  DARRAGH J BRADY

At amazon books

Road Tales is musicians look at the world through touring while meeting some incredible people with life-changing stories to tell.
Darragh aka Dar.Ra was signed to EMI at the age of 21 and been in the music game for a while with number 1 hits and nominations for Best Rock records to his name.
The Author began writing down meetings with everyday people with extraordinary challenges whom he felt needed their stories told.
Fascinated with what makes us humans tick, and how some people rise to the challenge of whatever life throws at them, from an Aboriginal Down Under who used the power of faith to heal a severe injury, to a
freedom fighter in Guatelemala who stood up for Native Land rights and a whole array of miracle people.
The book delves into the rich tapestry of the human psyche and asks the question what is Faith, Altruism, Spiritual healing, Animal communication, Physic ability, Remote Viewing and the Power Of Belief.
Everyday miracles that we pass by are explored to help people see that the impossible might just be possible if we choose to see our hidden powers.

For more information

About

DAR.RA

Visit

www.twitter.com/kushadeep

www.facebook.com/kushadeep

www.instagram.com/dar.ra.brady

https://www.reverbnation.com/kushadeepmusic

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, History, Music, News, Politics & Government, TV & Film, Variety
Guest Occupation: Best-selling Author, a Langston Hughes Medal Recipient, Preacher and Professor.
Guest Biography:

One of the nation’s most renowned professors, gifted writers, inspiring preachers, knowledgeable lecturers and prominent media personalities, Michael Eric Dyson is our guest this Sunday. Educated at Princeton,  Dyson has taught at some of the nation’s most distinguished universities. Author of more than 20 books, including seven New York Times bestsellers, Dyson is a MSNBC political analyst. He has won two NAACP Image Awards, an American Book Award and the Langston Hughes Medal. 

Dyson has written bestselling volumes on Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, 2Pac, Marvin Gaye, Bill Cosby and Barack Obama. Dyson’s New York Times bestselling Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America, was called by the New York Times, “one of the most frank and searing discussions on race…a deeply serious, urgent book, which should take its place in the tradition of [James] Baldwin.” 

As a preacher and sometime pastor for more than 40 years, Dyson has delivered sermons and lectured across the country, and around the world. Dyson is known as “the ideal public intellectual of our times” and has been called a “street fighter in suit and tie.” 

Guest Category: History, Kids & Family, Politics & Government, Self Help, Society and Culture, Variety
Guest Occupation: Legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter, founder of Grand Funk Railroad and Mark Farner's American Band
Guest Biography:

LEGENDARY GRAND FUNK RAILROAD

GUITAR/SINGER/SONGWRITER 

M A R K  F A R N E R 

Releases

Mark Farner’s American Band

'From Chile With Love'

Live DVD

EXCLUSIVE ZOOM INTERVIEW

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS WITH RAY SHASHO

 

As one of the founding members, lead singer, lead guitarist, and wrote 90% of the Grand Funk music catalog, Mark Farner has always been known as the energetic driving force on stage, the engine that pulled the original Grand Funk Railroad to the top of the charts. From his soulful voice and power rock riffs, to fueling the Funk with his atomic stage presence. His story and his imprint on music starts with Flint and since 1969 from his humble beginnings and a blue-collar outlook, Farner has captained a global crusade for love and freedom and became a rock ‘n’ roll icon.

50 years later – he commands the stage with the same intensity performing epic hits that defined a generation – “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home)”, “Bad Time”, “Some Kind of Wonderful”, “Foot Stompin’ Music”, “Heartbreaker”, “Locomotion”, “Mean Mistreater” and “We’re An American Band”.

Today, Farner’s amplifying his remarkable career another full decibel selling more than 30 million records worldwide, including 16 gold and platinum albums. Mark Farner’s American Band will honor Farner’s golden anniversary in music, as well as shine a spotlight on his legendary contributions to society, in his 2019-2020 50th Anniversary Tour.

“I am who my songs say I am,” Farner said.

We scheduled Mark back to the show immediately when we learned he has a new Live DVD entitled Mark Farner’s American Band From Chile With Love Live DVD available to preorder now at www.markfarner.com and out in stores April 6th 2021.

Pre-order

MARK FARNER'S AMERICAN BAND

L I V E

'From Chile With Love'

DVD:

At

www.markfarner.com

Available at stores April 6th 

 

Watch

The Rock & Roll Soul

Music Video:

at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ0S4E7jjIE

Listen to

The Rock & Roll Soul

Audio File:

at

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u8jbd2ctvit6xw3/AADOrtpZ-WJLG_FSHKdVyRLxa?dl=0

 

For more information about

MARK FARNER

visit

www.markfarner.com

Mark Farner Official Website

https://www.facebook.com/MarkFarnerAmericanBand/

Mark Farner on Facebook

Twitter:  @REALMARKFARNER

YouTube: Mark Farner

Instagram: markfarners_americanband

Mark Farner's Mid-Michigan Flood Relief

Gofundme Page

Mark Farner Launches Mid-Michigan Flood Relief GoFundMe (Petoskey, Mich.) Legendary rock and roll guitarist and front man, Mark Farner, is helping those closer to home. This weekend he launched a GoFundMe campaign for his Michigan neighbors called the Mid-Michigan Flood Relief. The goal is to raise $25,000 to donate to the American Red Cross’ efforts to the areas affected by the Midland County flooding. Farner and his wife, Lesia, were the first to donate with $2,000.

 Link to the Mark Farner Mid-Michigan Flood Relief GoFundMe here… gf.me/u/x4b4v6

http://www.moxiepublicity.com/

moxie publicity official website

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, History, Music, News, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: UFO investigator and researcher, Strike Team Area Researcher, Special Assignment Team Investigator
Guest Biography:

Katie Griboski

UFO investigator and researcher Katie Griboski is Colorado MUFON's state director. She is a Strike Team Area Researcher, and Special Assignment Team Investigator for the Mutual UFO Network. 

She serves on the Colorado MUFON Board of Directors and is team lead and administrator for MUFON’s Archive, Research, and Reporting System (the MARRS Team). 

Katie has been a UFO/ET/paranormal experiencer since childhood. In 2010, she embarked on a journey to unlock the mysteries of her past, seeking answers to experiences that began with events occurring on a Colorado ranch she and her family would visit in the mid-1970s.

She later realized that what she and others experienced on that ranch were very similar to what residents and researchers had encountered on the infamous Skinwalker Ranch in northeastern Utah. 

Many of the events that occurred on the Colorado ranch of her childhood were also recorded in the book Hunt for the Skinwalker by renowned UFO researchers Colm A. Kelleher, Ph.D. (author) and George Knapp (author), in the chapter titled “Other Hotspots,” as well as in many other books.

Katie conducts her own independent research and investigations, frequently visiting archives with UFO reports, and traveling to different regions to conduct face-to-face interviews with experiencers and eyewitnesses.

Katie founded the Colorado UFO Paranormal Research group to further explore these topics, and to share her discoveries with others. 

She enjoys communicating about her experiences and research, and has presented on UFO and ET experiencer topics to numerous UFO and paranormal groups.

A mother of five, Katie holds a bachelor of science degree in visual communications, and enjoys doing graphic design work in her spare time.

For more information on Katie’s work and on MUFON, visit: www.katiegriboski.com or Coloradoufoparanormalresearch.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUPResearch Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColoradoUfo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDbHGwQX56VXJgnbNnf YQ-Q/featured

 

Guest Category: Entertainment, News, Paranormal, UFOs
Guest Occupation: Coach
Guest Biography:

In 2003 Julie Martin's 15-year marriage was blown to pieces when I discovered my husband cheated while on a singles cruise.  In one moment my life changed forever.  I felt like I was discarded like a piece of trash thrown out of a moving car.

The pivotal moment came when she got herself up and put her life back together, piece by emotional piece, and created an extremely positive, professional, and successful life and career.  I, also, dedicated myself to creating a healthy relationship with my ex (father of my two children).  This “new” relationship is so healthy that we celebrate holidays, birthdays, weddings, and grandchildren together with NO animosity.

For years, I have taken my successful tips and tricks learned from this experience to help women break free from their controlling ex-husbands so they can be in control of their own lives.

 

Guest Category: Business, Education, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help
Guest Occupation: Turntable artist
Guest Biography:

DJ Drew Carter, a.k.a. Grandmaster Dee. (b. June 12th, 1962). Turntable artist in hip hop group, Whodini.

 

Whodini is a hip hop group that was formed in 1981. The Brooklyn, New York-based trio consisted of vocalist and main lyricist Jalil Hutchins; co-vocalist John Fletcher, a.k.a. Ecstasy (who wore a Zorro-style hat as his trademark); and turntable artist DJ Drew Carter, a.k.a. Grandmaster Dee.

Career

Early years

Whodini was among the first hip hop groups to cultivate a high-profile national following for hip hop music and made significant inroads on urban radio. They were contemporaries of other hip hop groups such as the Fat Boys, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Afrika Bambaataa and Warp 9. The group was managed by Russell Simmons, brother of Joseph “Run” Simmons of Run-D.M.C. The group signed with London-based independent record label Jive Records in 1982; they enjoyed a string of hits for several years, mostly charting on urban and R&B radio stations. The bulk of production on their releases was done by Larry Smith, a bass player who also handled much of Run-D.M.C.'s early work.

In 1983, the group recorded the self-titled album Whodini, and its first single "Haunted House of Rock" was a Halloween-themed number that even today is still played in some clubs. Synthpop and Electro pioneer Thomas Dolby helped produce another of its singles, "Mr Magic’s Wand", which was originally conceived as an advertisement for prominent radio jock Mr. Magic, who worked for New York’s WBLS radio. "Magic's Wand" also has the distinction of being one of Whodini's most-sampled songs.

Escape

In 1984, the group released Escape, which included "Five Minutes of Funk", "The Freaks Come Out at Night", the instrumental "Featuring Grand Master Dee", "Big Mouth", and the relationship-driven "Friends". Many of these songs were also groundbreaking in hip hop culture, as each one of the songs told a unique story from the urban perspective. The album ended up being certified for platinum-level sales by the R.I.A.A., selling over one million albums upon its release.

The instrumental version of "Five Minutes of Funk" was used as the theme music for WNYC TV show, Video Music Box, an influential early hip hop music video show.

The vinyl album is long out of print and the CD (only released twice, once in 1992 and again in 2002) is also out of print and any copies of either of them are valuable to collectors.

On May 17, 2011, a deluxe version of Escape was released on CD with nine bonus tracks.

Back in Black

In 1986, the group released Back in Black and a number of songs from the album received heavy local New York airplay, such as "Funky Beat" and the controversial “I’m a Ho”. “Fugitive” was guitar-driven funk and "Last Night (I Had a Long Talk With...)" was introspective. Paul Kodish, drummer of Pendulum, was featured on the album.

Touring

From 1982 to 1986, the group was at its most productive; they toured with the more successful bands such as Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, the Fat Boys, and other prominent hip hop, R&B and funk bands. The group was involved in the first Fresh Fest tour, which was the first hip hop tour to play large coliseums nationwide. In July 1986 they appeared at Philadelphia's Spectrum Stadium in front of an audience of 18,000. They were the first Rap Act and Break Dance troop to Tour in the UK and Europe, with U.T.F.O also appearing with them as their break dance act. They played all over Europe to full venues as no one had seen this kind of music before.

Open Sesame and the New School

By 1987, the group had earned its share of gold singles and albums. With Open Sesame, its final release of the 1980s, the group had turned away from their once-playful simple beats and catchy rhymes of the old school and instead became vocally more harder and more instrument-driven, with guitars and horns and bells. They even began to sample, as a snippet of Cheryl Lynn's "Got to be Real" is heard on the song "Now That Whodini's Inside the Joint".

This new school style had been similarly done almost a year previously on the multi-million selling debut albums by L.L. Cool J and the Beastie Boys, as many groups had already turned to the kind of rap and rock music that crossed over easily, and Open Sesame failed to produce any real hits.

Although the group was still obligated to Jive Records, for the next few years the band eked out its tenure by occasionally only releasing singles, including “Anyway I Gotta Swing It” for the A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child movie soundtrack.

The 1990s to present

In the 1990s, the band made an attempt at a comeback, and in that same year the group signed with MCA Records and released Bag-A-Trix in 1991, which failed to have commercial impact, as it tried again to reinvent using the then-current sound of new jack swing.

In mid-1994, the group scored a hit single with "It All Comes Down to the Money", which was co-produced by Public Enemy DJ Terminator X on his album Super Bad.

Talks with Def Jam Recordings for a new deal stalled, and in 1996, the group was signed by Jermaine Dupri (mentor-producer of Kris Kross and Li'l Bow Wow) to his then Columbia Records-distributed So So Def Recordings imprint. (As a child in the 1980s, Dupri did a brief stint as a dancer for the group.)

Their album Six produced one single, "Keep Running Back", and appeared briefly on the R&B chart.

Since the Six album, the group has not released any new music, but its older songs have been featured in many various old school compilations and three greatest-hits collections have been released: The Jive Collection, Vol. 1 in 1995, Rap Attack in 2003, and Funky Beat: The Best of Whodini in 2006, which featured the seven-minute "Whodini Mega Mix", which was a medley of some of the biggest hits.

In recent years, Whodini still tours occasionally, and its old records still surface on pop and R&B radio, especially during old-school mix shows. The group's records have now become sample sources for contemporary emcees such as Nas, Master P, Prodigy, and MF Doom.

In October 2007, Whodini was an honoree at the 4th Vh1 Hip Hop Honors.

In March 2012, Whodini was featured in Season 5 Episode 3 of the TV One hour-long music documentary series Unsung

In August 2012, Whodini was presented with the Icon Award by the Underground Music Awards.

In October 2012, Whodini was inducted into the 4th annual Long Island Music Hall of Fame.

Guest Category: Entertainment
Guest Occupation: Don is able to clairvoyantly “see” and feel the body’s energies and blocks to proper flow.
Guest Biography:

Can we learn from an Energy Body Wizard? My guest is Don Lynch who is a pioneer in the field of vital energy transformation. He is able to clairvoyantly “see” and feel the body’s energies and blocks to proper flow. He is known for his simple methods for shifting the body’s energies for health and vitality. Don has been involved with Chiropractic and Energy research for forty years. He has been featured on Telesummits, monthly online and in person events, and conference calls where he is able to transform and shift multiple people at a time with his energy transmissions. He is affiliated with the Muay Thai Sangha and Kshartia Sangham schools of Thailand, Mexico, Spain, Greece, and Canada. Don has devoted twelve years researching advanced energy techniques using a science and biologically based approach. For those interested in the cellphone-body phenomena, he shared his Energy clearing method with cellphones at the ISSSEM conference to a packed crowd of people.

Guest Category: Education, Health & Lifestyle, Medicine, Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: Moneeka has been investing in Real Estate for over 20 years. She has turned $10,000 into over $5,000,000, working only 5-10 hours per MONTH with very little stress.
Guest Biography:

What does leading a core, bliss and wealthy life mean to you? My guest is Moneeka Sawyer is the blissful millionaire. She reached her financial freedom by turning $10,000 to over $5,000,000 working only 5-10 hours per MONTH with very little stress. She is now on a mission to help as many other women as she can to do the same. Moneeka hosts the top-rated podcast and radio show Real Estate Investing for Women and has interviewed prestigious guests such as Leeza Gibbons, Dr. Joe Vitale, and Hal Elrod.  Moneeka has also been featured on stages with Suzanne Sommers, Martha Stewart, and Ice T & Coco at places like the Nasdaq Marketplace, Harvard, and Carnegie Hall, and on TV on NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox reaching over 150 million people. 

Guest Category: Business, Education, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual, Travel & Leisure
Guest Occupation: Board Certified Pedorthist, Footstar Orthotics & Co-Founder/inventor high performance VKTRY Carbon Insoles
Guest Biography:

Matt Arciuolo, the inventor of the VKTRY Performance Insoles, is a board certified pedorthist specializing in pain management and performance enhancement using custom orthotics and footwear. Matt Arciuolo worked as the Certified Pedorthist for the USA Olympic Team for over 10 years. He invented VKs to help the team increase their explosiveness at the start of the race. His goal was to help the team win more gold medals – and they did! Another goal was to manufacture VKTRY Insoles in the USA.

Mr. Arciuolo is the owner of Footstar Pedorthic Center in Milford, Conn

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Sports & Recreation, Variety
Guest Occupation: Bonus Member Boulder County
Guest Biography:

We are a group of GOP State Central Committee Bonus Members with a passion to save our state by reversing what has been done by the Left to pervert Colorado's laws and to infringe on our collective Natural Rights. By using the authority vested in us by our constituents and compelled by a strong sense of duty to the people of Colorado, our goal is to educate and empower like-minded individuals to work with us. We hope that by demystifying Colorado’s political system of Caucuses, Assemblies and Conventions, more concerned Republicans will become active and involved participants in Colorado’s GOP and government.

Your Friends in the GOP,

Peg Cage, Bonus Member, Boulder County
Peg@MyColoradoGOP.org 720-765-6336

Guest Category: News, Politics & Government
Guest Occupation: Legendary musician, singer, songwriter best known for being a member of the Allman Brothers Band and founding member of the jazz rock ensemble Sea Level
Guest Biography:

Niche Productions and PalMar Studios

partners with Gravitas Ventures

Releases

“Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man” Documentary

Special Guest on Interviewing the Legends

 

Allen Farst, founder of Niche Productions, is thrilled to announce the signing of a distribution deal with Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios Company, to release his latest film, “Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man,” a sterling documentary on the rock ‘n’ roll pianist/keyboardist often described as the “Fifth Rolling Stone. The film was released to several Video-On-Demand (VOD) outlets on December, 2020.

Directed by Farst, “Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man” provides an epic, in-depth look into Leavell’s life both on and off the stage. Leavell has played and toured with the Rolling Stones since 1982, and his status as rock royalty may be equaled only by his stature within the world of environmental forestry, where he previously has been named the National Tree Farmer of the Year in the United States. It’s this fascinating combination of passions, coupled with more than 80 gripping interviews from legendary musicians with a combined 58 Grammy Awards, that already has produced quite the buzz for the film.

The documentary captivated crowds last year at both the Macon Film Festival and Sedona International Film Festival, the latter of which recognized the film as the 2020 People’s Choice Award. “This is a MUST-SEE film for anyone who loves great music and great documentaries,” said Patrick Schweiss, Artistic Director of the Sedona International Film Festival. “Director Allen Farst has managed to capture the life of one of the great keyboard legends, Chuck Leavell, who has worked with all the greatest musicians…The Tree Man’ was a rousing hit at our festival, with audience members cheering and raving about the film!”

The documentary is full of star power, including interviews with Billy Bob Thornton, Mick Jagger, President Jimmy Carter, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, Dickey Betts, Paul Shaffer, Chris Robinson, Charlie Daniels, Miranda Lambert, Charlie Watts, Bruce Hornsby, Juliann Lennon, Mike Mills, John Bell, Pat Monahan, Ronnie Wood, Warren Haynes, John Mayer, David Gilmour and more.

 

CHUCK LEAVELL: THE TREE MAN

on [Blu-ray]

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man is the cinematic documentary that explores the world's fascination with the greatest piano and keyboardist over the last 40 years. Follow Chuck's story as he divides his talent between music, forests and family.

Starring: Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts and Ronnie Woods

Directed by: Allen Farst

The documentary is full of star power, including interviews with Billy Bob Thornton, Mick Jagger, President Jimmy Carter, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, Dickey Betts, Paul Shaffer, Chris Robinson, Charlie Daniels, Miranda Lambert, Charlie Watts, Bruce Hornsby, Juliann Lennon, Mike Mills, John Bell, Pat Monahan, Ronnie Wood, Warren Haynes, John Mayer, David Gilmour and more.

Available to purchase at amazon.com

With capabilities of reaching more than 100 million homes in North America and nearly 1 billion homes worldwide, Gravitas Ventures is making this must-see movie available on several VOD platforms, including iTunes, Amazon, GooglePlay, VUDU and Playstation.

 

For more information

about

CHUCK LEAVELL

Visit

https://www.chuckleavell.com/

Official Website

https://www.facebook.com/ChuckLeavell/

Facebook

https://twitter.com/ChuckLeavell

Twitter

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Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, History, Music, News, TV & Film, Variety
Guest Occupation: Music Producer, Engineer, Composer, Bassist and best known for being an original member of prog rock group 'Crack the Sky'
Guest Biography:

Original

Crack The Sky

Bassist 

Joe Macre

To Release New Album “Bullet Train”

Special Guest on Interviewing the Legends

 

Joe Macre is best known as the original bassist for the progressive rock band “Crack The Sky”, whose debut was voted album of the year in Rolling Stone Magazine and is still included in the top 50 progressive rock albums of all time.

The new release from Joe Macre is a collection of ten songs written and recorded at Joe Mac’s American Garage. Scheduled to drop March 1, 2021, “Bullet Train” is one of two albums written and recorded by Joe with friends who visited his American Garage studios. Made famous for housing cars, the garage has become a recording studio for musicians all over the world.

This album was written and recorded from 2019 to 2021. Many friends brought their talents to the garage and those shut in during the pandemic were recorded via the internet. The recording was recorded, mixed and mastered by Joe utilizing Pro Tools, of which Joe is an instructor. Visit Joe’s blog at joemacre.com for details on instruments and software incorporated on this album.

Joe Macre was a member of Crack The Sky from 1975–1980 and 2004-2009. Joe has also worked with The B. E. Taylor Group, Wild Cherry, King Friday, Jim Croce, David Sanborn, The Brecker Brothers, Marie Osmond, Grammy Award Artist, Oliver Wakeman (and Eddie Offord Yes), Andy Timmons (Danger Danger), Robert Schindler (Johnny Nash), Madukwu Chinwah (Erikah Badu), Keith Green, Clint Brown, and others.

Joe’s award-winning Mixing/Composing credits in films and commercials include “Monster in Law,” “House of D” and “Fire Down Below.” Super Bowl Tabasco’s “Mosquito”, Corona’s “Ship in a Bottle”, Nickelodeon, Showtime, Ford, McDonald’s, Corona, Hyundai, and Oprah Winfrey to name a few.

2018 Joe began work on his latest project Joe Mac’s American Garage with the debut album, “Bullet Train” featuring a cast of musicians including Chris Elliott and Jerry Oxendine of 86 Bullets, Pete Hewlett (Billy Joel), Jeff Adams (Facedancer), John Palumbo, Rick Witkowski, Jimmy Griffiths, Bobby Hird and Joey D’Amico (Crack The Sky) and many talented friends who visited Joe’s American Garage Studios.

Joe was inducted into the board of directors for SPARS (Society of Professional Audio Recording Services) with Leslie Ann Jones, Audio Director at Skywalker Sound, Kevin Mills at Larrabee West Studios, Tim Butler at Chicago Recording (CRC), Jeff Greenberg at The Village Recorder and Steve Davis at Crawford Communications Atlanta. Joe is an active member of AES and the American Federation of Musicians.

Joe’s second album entitled “The Dream Is Free” is scheduled for a spring release. Also, tours are currently in the works.

Purchase

BULLET TRAIN

By

JOE MACRE

At amazon.com

And

www.joemacre.com

Song previews: Soundcloud.com/joe Macre

 

For more information

about

 JOE MACRE

visit

www.joemacre.com

Facebook.com/joe macre and Facebook/joemacre.com

https://soundcloud.com/cuppajoemusic

Instagram.com/Atomicbass1

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, History, Music, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Public Education Advocate, Activist, Independent Scholar, African American Historian, Writer and Documentary Filmmaker
Guest Biography:

James A. Miller, Jr., PhD is a public education advocate, activist, independent scholar, African American Historian and writer. For most of his life, he has been involved in and with public education, either as a student, university professor, researcher, substitute teacher and full-time classroom teacher K-12.       

Dr. Miller has held Professorships in Sociology/African-American Studies at Wayne State University, the University of Detroit, California State University at Northridge and Los Angeles, and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), and has been a Senior Researcher/Associate at the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Washington, DC – the social and cultural foundation of education.

Guest Category: Education, History, Kids & Family, Politics & Government, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Retired Navy Lieutenant Meteorologist
Guest Biography:

PAUL GRISHAM

Retired Veteran who had his wallet returned which he had lost in Antarctica 53 years prior while in service as a Navy Lieutenant Meteorologist.

The story which hit on Feb, 6th, 2021, has made nearly every major news show, newspaper and magazine in America, and is starting to make it’s way around the globe.

In this day and age, we not only need a story like this to warm our hearts, but it also couldn’t have happened to a nicer man, who together with his wife Carole, have graciously said yes, to the major hourly attention from reporters.

We at The LIFE CHANGES Show are happy to say, our interview with Paul is different than all the rest, not the least of which is because our host, Filippo, and Paul’s son David have been friends since childhood.

TIMELINE

1947 –  Graduated from Douglas HS, Douglas AZ

1948 –  Worked for Southern Pacific RR in El Paso TX (clerk in freight yards)

1948 – Enlisted in USN – Boot camp at  Naval Training Center, San Diego

1949 – School in Corpus Christi  1-month

             School in Memphis 1- month (Indoctrination into aviation schools)

             AG A-school in Lakehurst, NJ 6-month (Weather Technician school)

             Fleet Weather Central, San Francisco   (Forecast Center)

1950 – NAS Alameda

1950 – Fleet Weather Central, Guam

1952 – Discharged

             Fullerton Junior College 2-years (AA degree)

1957 – Reenlisted in USN

             USS Bennington, CVA-20 – 4 years

1959 – Married Wilma Oretta Green

1960 – NAF Monterey

1961 – Birth of daughter, Michele Marie

1962 – AG B- school in Lakehurst, NJ (Enlisted Forecasters’ school)

             FWC Pearl Harbor

1964 – Birth of son, David Arthur

1965 – Promotion to Chief Petty Officer

             Advanced to Ensign, LDO (T)

             Officer’s Indoctrination School in Pensacola FL

             NAS Alameda

1967 – Promoted to LT(jg)

1967 – “Operation Deep Freeze” on THE ICE

1968 – Promoted to LT while in Antarctica

             NAS North Island, San Diego CA

1970  – Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey

1971 – BS Engineering Science

1973 – MS Meteorology

             USS Hancock, CVA-19

1975 – Witnessed “Operation Frequent Wind” (evacuation of Saigon)

             FNWC Monterey (1st weather computer facility in the world)

1977 – Retired as LT

             Employed by Monterey Savings and Loan as real property appraiser

1981 – Established Grisham Appraisal Service

2000 – My wife Wilma passed due to Kuf’s Disease stroke

2001 – Met Martha Carole Salazar in Paris, France

2003 – Married Carole in Mission San Diego – honeymooned in Paris

2021 – His wallet which he had lost 53 years prior in Antarctica, was returned…

Paul’s volunteer work over the years:

He volunteered for 20 years at Carmel Hospital  1980-2002

Mama’s Kitchen in San Diego  2002-2020  (staging meals for AIDS, heart disease, diabetes clients which are then delivered to their homes)

USS Midway Museum  2007-2020  Volunteer docent. Now awaiting the lift of the pandemic restrictions.

More about Paul and his story in the following short list of videos and article links:

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Health & Lifestyle, History, Military, Society and Culture, Travel & Leisure
Guest Occupation: COMPOSER, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER and PERFORMER
Guest Biography:

LIZ FOHL

Liz Fohl grew up in Indianapolis and recorded/released her first collection of songs the summer after 8th grade (she burned each CD and wrote the track titles on every one with a Sharpie). In high school, she signed up for show choir before knowing what it was, put out a second record (no Sharpies this time), and dyed her hair many, many colors.

Liz studied songwriting at Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving to Los Angeles to pursue music full time. She interned at Fader5 Studios and performed 4 nights a week at a high-energy dueling piano bar in Hollywood for a few years. Now she works out of her cozy home studio, complete with a very cute husky, where she writes custom music for tv shows and commercials, composes custom podcast music, records voice over content, and produces original music.

A talented musician, vocalist and performer, Liz plays piano, guitar, and electric bass, as well as being a professional vocalist. Liz has toured internationally as a solo act as well as accompanying American Idol and X-Factor contestants.

Liz’s clients include: Netflix, MTV, VH1, Sony BMG, VIACOM, Comedy Central, Amazon Web Services, TikTok, The Buffalo Bills, The ASCAP Foundation, DeBeers Jewelers, Harper’s Bazaar, many more.

Guest Category: Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Relationship Coach, Author, columnist, and recognized media expert
Guest Biography:

Allana Pratt

Intimacy Expert, Allana Pratt is a go-to authority for those who have suffered heartbreak and are ready to live unapologetically and attract an open-hearted, ideal relationship.

A certified coach with nearly 5 million viewers on YouTube, Allana offers private, group, and online coaching programs for singles and couples to help her clients develop a healthy, intimate relationship with themselves first, which naturally attracts and enhances their ideal partnerships.

This Ivy League grad is the author of six books and hosts the edgy podcast Intimate Conversations. She has been chosen as an Icon of Influence, is a columnist for the Good Men Project, and has been featured in Huffington Post, People Magazine, and Forbes and on CBS, ABC, TLC & FOX and The Jenny McCarthy Show.

Her new book is From Heartbreak to Heartmates

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Love & Relationships, Relationship Counseling, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Help, Sex, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Recording Artist
Guest Biography:

Eddie Mininfield aka Eddie M

Eddie M. studied with top music professors at U.C. Berkeley’s Summer Music Program before graduating Berkeley High School in 1979.   

His first professional tour was, “Purple Rain” with Prince and Sheila E.; and Eddie’s first recording was withPrince – “Around the World in a Day”.

Since the early 1980’s, Eddie has toured/performed and recorded with artists such as Stevie Nicks, Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé, Eric Benét, Teena Marie, Wayman Tisdale and Acoustic Alchemy.

More recently, Eddie has toured and performed with contemporary Christian recording artists such as Yolanda Adams and Martha Munizzi.

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Award-winning actress, international media personality/producer/director, writer, author, public speaker, super model
Guest Biography:

As Founder/CEO of In the Limelight Media her multi-media platform, comprised of video, podcast and a quarterly digital magazine, showcases entrepreneurs globally for the purposes of creating brand awareness, sharing insights and exchanging ideas. Clarissa brings you great information from remarkable people from all over the world interviewing public figures, influencers, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, millionaires and moguls that share their know-how, tipping points, pivotal moments and life lessons. In the Limelight media promises educative, empowering and entertaining conversations with super guests.

Clarissa was recently awarded the Certificate of Global Honor by the University of Pune, India and the “Women of Excellence” Award by the Women’s Economic Forum in Los Angeles.

Special Mentions: Ms. Burt’s extensive international social work garnered her two private audiences with Pope John Paul II. As a women’s advocate and a leader of social change for a new standard of living, Clarissa was instrumental as Ambassador to the United States for the Walking Africa campaign that awarded African Women the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Clarissa is the first American to present at the Kremlin and be on the front page of a Russian newspaper.

Honorary Member Order of the Sons and Daughters of Italy.
Honorary Member Fondazione Italy-USA.
Board Member One World Filter.

Back Story: At 18, Clarissa signed with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency in Manhattan. Soon after she moved to Milan and quickly began appearing on hundreds of magazine covers such as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan. Known as one of the top 30 runway girls in the world in the ‘80s, Clarissa graced the most important designer catwalks in Milan, Rome, Paris, New York, and Japan. Soon after, she would be called by global cosmetic houses such as Revlon, Dior, and Carita’, Helena Rubenstein and was chosen as “The Face” for Orlane Cosmetics for 10 years.

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Guest Category: Business, Education, Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Authors, Healers, Channels
Guest Biography:

Are you ready to receive answers to thought-provoking questions? My guests are authors Penelope Jean Hayes and Carole Serene Borgens.

Penelope is the foremost leader in the field of contagious and osmotic energy, known as Viralenology, and she’s appeared on television as an expert guest, including for Dr. Phil, ABC News, and internationally. She’s the founder of the Viral Energy Institute and is the author of the books The Magic of Viral Energy: An Ancient Key to Happiness, Empowerment, and Purpose; The Likely Future; and Do Unto Earth: It’s Not Too Late.Her web site: https://penelopejeanhayes.com/  

Carole Serene Borgens is an Intuitive Medium, Channel, Horse Whisperer, and practitioner of metaphysical and healing disciplines.  She has channeled Pax Wisdom for numerous books, including two children's whimsical volumes, two books on the reality of Covid 19, and one book sharing how Personal Power Will End the Pandemic. The most recent Pax channeled book is the environmentally focused, Do Unto Earth: It's Not Too Late.   Carole continues to provide Pax channeled private readings to clients around the world. Visit her website at  www.PaxWisdom.com 

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Health & Lifestyle, Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Politics & Government, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: Long time Healthcare Executive & CEO of Brainscope- Medical Neurotecnology
Guest Biography:

Susan Hertzberg is a highly experienced diagnostics and healthcare services executive who has been recognized for her success in transforming early stage and start-up companies into market leaders. A regional winner and national finalist of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year™ in 2014, Ms. Hertzberg has spoken and written on topics that range from leading venture backed companies to driving real employee engagement and building empowered leadership teams.

Susan Hertzberg  is the CEO of BrainScope, a medical neurotechnology company that is pioneering the objective assessment of brain injury. The company’s innovative AI-based BrainScope One system is an easy-to-use, non-invasive, handheld device that empowers clinicians to objectively and rapidly triage head injured patients and aids in the diagnosis of brain-bleeds and concussion.

BrainScope One has 8 FDA clearances and is the first and only FDA-cleared device that is being successfully used in emergency departments, concussion clinics, and urgent cares as well as with sports programs and the U.S. military. Recent publications have shown the potential for BrainScope One to reduce unnecessary CT scans by almost 33%.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Variety