Eric McKenna Project

Eric McKenna Project #258 - Fred Kowalo


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Veteran touring rock guitar technician, actor and photographer Sir Freddy Kowalo returns to the Boogie Street Studio.

Fred's back in Pittsburgh for a short break before heading off with the Motley Crue stadium tour, serving as Nikki Sixx's bass guitar technician.

This Show's topics include:

Gettin'g old.

Fred's first reversals with Motley Crue

Finding a renewed excitement for his work with Motley

Sacrifices made for those who live on 'the road'

Benefits of hard work and putting the time in

What happened to the concept of Shame.

Pondering 'what if' Social Media was around in the 80's.

The Kardashians

The Bill and Monica affair

Money over respect. Money over Shame.

Competition for 'Likes'.

Creating an illusion of success via materialism.

The illusion of 'instant fame'.

Morals? Does the word still have meaning.

The state of 'Hard Rock" and 'Heavy Metal'

Fred's love of 'Surf' music.

EDM

Deeply re-listening to his favorite music, critically

How Rock became big business with the legacy bands.

Uber eats frustrations

'Forced' tipping.

CVS 'rounding up' your total for: (Kids in the rainforest who need books)

Per Live Nation, no backstage access for Motley Crue tour

Being shaken down for tickets/passes over the years.

Night of the Living Dead Expo in Pittsburgh

These topics and much more.

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The Eric McKenna Project is the 'Anti-soundbite'.

EMP podcast is long form, relaxed interviews and conversations. Always real and unvarnished with no agenda or bias. And absolutely no ads or commercial spin. EMP is filmed and recorded at the Boogie Street Studio.

Each show is released in a video format as well as an audio podcast format.

Eric McKenna is a Pittsburgh based Entrepreneur, Realtor, Radio Show Host and Podcaster.

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