Dooner’s World – Episode 75 – Ross “The Boss” Friedman 

New Death Dealer album out November 13th!!  Conquered Lands  

•       Watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan at age 10 from Da Bronx 

•       Going from Piano, to Violin, to guitar – 

•       Playing in Total Crudd – The New Paltz Years

•       Forming The Dictators with Andy Shernoff New Paltz, NY in 1973 and moving to New York

•       History of The Dictators – CBGBs, recording albums, touring, Mark Mendoza (Twister Sister)

•       New music in the works for The Dictators 

•       Auditioning for Shakin Street in Paris, recording an album and touring opening for Black Sabbath on the Heaven and Hell tour

•       Being introduced to Joey DeMaio by Ronnie James Dio

•       Jamming in Black Sabbath’s dressing room while they were on stage, and being audible from the stage between Sabbath tunes 

•       The Gibson SG 

•       Last Shakin show in Hawaii

•       Forming Manowar with Joey 

•       RTB – Ross the Boss Band 

•       Beastie Boys and early rap and metal influences, including Ross’s major influence on metal guitar 

•       Stew Marshall and Sean Peck convincing Ross to join Death Dealer 

•       Frank Zappa – Mike asks if Ross saw Frank and The Mothers at Elting Gym on 11/10/73 

•       Ross talks about seeing Frank Zappa at the Filmore East 

•       Noiseville Records, Drunk John Lennon, David Peel, Wayne Kramer, Jim Gibson, Unholy Swill 

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