Headlined Guests
Headlined Guests that have appeared on BBS Radio TV
Linda De Villers is a licensed psychologist with a background of over 35 years in sex therapy. She's taught classes on human sexuality, therapy, and more in universities all over California. Her two books focus on what you can add to your sexual relationships.
Additionally, Ashley has a deep passion and interest in health, wellness, spirituality, and healing, after losing her father to a heart attack and her suffering from Lyme disease while caring for her three young children. She is certified in Reiki 1 and completed her certificate in the Science of Well-Being from Yale University. Her forthcoming book, Not So Strong: The Hidden Healing That Lives In Your Mess (Collective Book Studio, Fall 2021), compiles teachings of hope from some of the world’s leading experts in health, wellness, and spirituality. With her book, she hopes to help people navigate through their darkest days.
Shonda is the voice behind radio personality Mallory J from 1075 Jamz FM, home of the Ricky Smiley Morning Show and DL Hugley in the afternoons. She’s been in radio for over 10 years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 2 years in Charlotte NC before coming to Fort Myers. Hear Mallory J on her mid-day show from 10 am – 3 pm.
Sara Kierzek has been executive director for Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin for over 10 years, serving the 35 local Habitat affiliates throughout the state. Prior to her current position, she was executive director for Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity for 5 ½ years. Sara developed her strong commitment to community service during her 15 years as assistant director for Wisconsin Congressman Jerry Kleczka, working on a variety of issues including housing, social security and veterans’ services.
Meet Mr. Graham McQuade, With a couple of novels under my belt and a third on the way, I still struggle to see myself as an author. Because my world is dominated by work and family, writing still feels like a bit of a bolt on activity. Although around 80% of my downtime is occupied by thoughts of whatever I’m writing. I’m not complaining, I obviously love my family and believe it or not, love my job too! Time is something that I have never really had enough of, in my world, time is the most valuable commodity. But I’m not alone, as an independent author you have to be the master when it comes to finding time to write. And those times are rarely ideal, late at night, early mornings and the odd slot over a weekend. There is a plus side to this, I am never sat in front of the computer wondering what to write… my head is usually bursting with ideas and I have stacks of notes that I have taken down when an idea has jumped out on me. Join me March 2, 2021 at 12 Noon having plenty to discuss, and his new book 'New Gods' with your host Pamela L Henderson...
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
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
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
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.”
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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
Official Website
https://www.facebook.com/ChuckLeavell/
https://twitter.com/ChuckLeavell
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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
Song previews: Soundcloud.com/joe Macre
For more information
about
JOE MACRE
visit
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https://soundcloud.com/cuppajoemusic
Instagram.com/Atomicbass1
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.
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:
