Harvey Brownstone Interviews...

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Founding Member of The Four Preps, Bruce Belland

 

About Harvey's guests:

 

Today’s guest, Bruce Belland, is a founding member of one of America’s most popular and beloved vocal groups, commonly referred to as America’s First Boy Band, The Four Preps.  

 

As young teenage students at Hollywood High in 1954, our guest, along with singing partners Glen Larson, Ed Cobb and Marv Ingram, entered a high school talent show, and they kept on performing at high schools until that fateful day in 1956, when they were signed to a recording contract at Capitol Records, making them the youngest vocal group in history to ever sign with a major record label.  

 

They recorded dozens of classic songs and produced 8 gold singles and 3 gold albums featuring their signature tunes, “Dreamy Eyes”, "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)," "Big Man," "Lazy Summer Night," “Down By the Station”, “More Money for You and Me”, and many more.   In 1957, Cashbox Magazine named The Four Preps the Most Promising Newcomer of the Year.  They made numerous appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand and many other TV variety shows, in addition to singing backup for Ricky Nelson for 4 years on “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”.  And of course, they appeared with Sandra Dee in the 1959 movie, “Gidget”.  And they sang the theme song from the 1957 Clark Gable movie, “Band of Angels”.  

 

The Four Preps headlined at nightclubs, concert halls and college campuses across the country, and toured with everyone from Tennessee Ernie Ford, George Burns and Carol Channing to Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis, Buddy Rich and Glen Campbell.  They received an official commendation from the Air Force for their extraordinary contribution to National Guard Recruitment.  And in 2007, they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.   

 

And now, our guest has released a fascinating and highly entertaining memoir entitled, “Icons, Idols and Idiots of Hollywood:  My Adventures in America’s First Boy Band.”   This delightful book details our guest’s remarkable show business journey, full of great anecdotes, many colourful adventures, and poignant memories of pop culture history.  And let me tell you, the chapter about his hilarious experience filming a TV commercial with Annette Funicello at Disneyland is easily worth ten times the price of the book.   

 

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To see more about Bruce Belland, go to:

https://www.brucebelland.com/ 

https://the4preps.wixsite.com/thefourpreps

https://www.facebook.com/BruceBelland 

https://www.facebook.com/the4preps

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9J0TACPReX2IRCFPgDStZw

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-four-preps/19280148

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MsnoFODDc5nxWrjm99Zew 

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the+four+preps

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Colin James, Guitarist & Singer/Songwriter

 

About Harvey's guests:

 

Today’s guest, Colin James, is a brilliant guitarist and singer-songwriter who’s been entertaining music lovers for over 30 years with his unique fusion of rock, swing and blues.  

 

He’s released 20 highly acclaimed albums, with multi-platinum record sales featuring hit singles including “Voodoo Thing”, “Five Long Years”, “Just Came Back”, “Keep On Loving Me Baby”, “Stay”, “Freedom”, “Saviour”, “Riding in the Moonlight”, and my personal favourite, his beautiful rendition of the Van Morrison classic, “Into the Mystic”.   

 

He is widely credited with launching the swing revival, thanks to his immensely popular “Little Big Band”, which has released 4 successful albums and brought us some great hit songs like “Cadillac Baby”, “Surely I Love You”, “Breaking Up the House”, and “If You Need Me”.  And the “Little Big Band Christmas Album” should be a staple in everyone’s Christmas music collection.  

 

Our guest has worked with some of the greatest and most influential artists, including Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz, Mavis Staples, John Hammond Jr., Carlos Santana, Jeff Healey, and Buddy Guy.   And his music has been recorded by artists as diverse as Maria Muldaur, Johnny Hallyday and Lucinda Williams.  His concert tours across North America are always sold out.  

 

He’s won 8 Juno Awards and 30 Maple Blues Awards, and in 2013 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame.

 

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To see more about Colin James, go to:

http://www.colinjames.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Colin-James/44515161571

https://www.instagram.com/colinjamesmusic/ 

http://www.twitter.com/ColinJamesMusic

https://www.youtube.com/user/ColinJamesMusic

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Dr. Lois Lee, Founder & President, “Children of the Night”,  about child sex trafficking

 

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Today’s guest, Dr. Lois Lee, has dedicated her entire career to rescuing and protecting victims of child sex trafficking.  

 

She is the founder and President of a groundbreaking and vitally important non-profit organization called Children of the Night, which was the first and still one of very few organizations in the world, devoted to the development of comprehensive specialized programs and education, for child sex trafficking victims, who need critical intervention to break away from the abuse they’ve suffered, and have a chance to live a safe, happy, successful life.  Since its creation in 1979, Children of the Night has operated a variety of programs for America’s prostituted children, including a 24-hour toll-free nationwide hotline, a drop-in center in Los Angeles, street programs throughout the Western United States, and a world-class shelter home in California where over 3,000 children have lived and received comprehensive case management and onsite schooling.  

 

Since 1979, Children of the Night has rescued over 10,000 American children from prostitution, which makes this organization the most prominent and successful anti-child sex trafficking program in the world.  

 

Our guest is the world’s leading expert in rescuing child sex trafficking victims.  She holds a PhD in Sociology and Anthropology and is a lawyer and active member of the California State Bar.  She has trained thousands of law enforcement personnel and is frequently called upon to provide expert testimony in high profile prosecutions of child sex traffickers.  Her pioneering work with child sex trafficking victims has been a blueprint for academics, researchers, law enforcement, social service providers and legislators throughout the world.   

 

She’s received many prestigious awards for her groundbreaking work, most notably the President’s Volunteer Action Award, presented to her by President Ronald Reagan, the Children’s Friend Award from Childhelp, the Women’s Achievement Award from the Dashew International Center for Students and Scholars at UCLA, the “Award of Appreciation” from The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the National Caring Award.  And her portrait hangs in the Frederick Douglass Museum and Hall of Fame for Caring Americans in Washington, D.C..  

 

Our guest has been profiled on the CBS TV show, “60 Minutes”, and her life was portrayed in a 1985 TV movie entitled “Children of the Night,” starring Kathleen Quinlan.

 

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To see more about Dr. Lois Lee, go to:

https://www.childrenofthenight.org/

http://www.facebook.com/childrenofthenightinc

https://www.instagram.com/drloislee/

https://twitter.com/drloislee

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Leon Acord, Award-Winning Actor, Writer & Producer

 

About Harvey's guests:

 

Today’s guest, Leon Acord, is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer.  He created, wrote, and starred as the neurotic "Nathan Adler" in the groundbreaking hit TV series, “Old Dogs & New Tricks”, which ran for 5 seasons on Amazon Prime.  

 

He’s also appeared in other TV shows including “The Law and Mr. Lee”, and the miniseries, “Brave New World”.  His feature film credits include “Open”, “Final Remains”, “Hot Guys with Guns”, “Mortuary” and “Some Prefer Cake”, in addition to dozens of short films including “Deer Season”, “The Apple Tree”, “Allegiance”, “Zero Tolerance”, “Paramedic”, “Awake” and many more.   

 

On the stage, our guest has appeared in many theatrical productions, including portraying the iconic Quentin Crisp in 2 productions of Jeffrey Hartgraves' stage hit “Carved in Stone”.  He’s also appeared in “Message to Michael”, “Dreamboy”, “Thief River”, “Scheme of Things”, “Salsa Saved the Girls”, and “Last Sunday in June”, which he wrote, and “Setting the Record Gay”, which he co-wrote, and in which he played himself.   

 

In 2020, our guest published a frank and delightful memoir entitled, “SUB-LEBRITY: The Queer Life of a Show-Biz Footnote”, which became an Amazon bestseller.  

 

And now he’s released his insightful and entertaining new book entitled, “Expletives Not Deleted”, in which he tackles such thorny subjects as cancel culture, modern technology, aging, over-indulgent parenting, social media, racism, and the challenges of being an openly gay actor in Hollywood.   

 

He’s been a columnist for Back Stage Magazine, and his writings have also appeared in the Huffington Post, the San Francisco Examiner, and the Human Prospect Journal.

 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

 

To see more about Leon Acord, go to:

https://www.leonacord.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LeonAcordActor/ 

https://www.instagram.com/leonacord/

 https://www.youtube.com/user/LeonAcord

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Leonard Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein

 

About Harvey's guests:

 

Today’s guest, Jamie Bernstein, is an author, narrator, director, broadcaster and filmmaker who also happens to be the daughter of one of the greatest legendary composers and conductors the world has ever known, Leonard Bernstein.  

 

He’s been immortalized by the genius of his many iconic compositions.  His Broadway shows: “On the Town”, “Wonderful Town”, “Candide” and “West Side Story”; the film score to the movie, “On the Waterfront”; and his magnificent, timeless operas, symphonies, ballets and theatre pieces including “Trouble in Tahiti” and the sequel, “A Quiet Place”, “Prelude, Fugue and Riffs”, Symphony Number 1: Jeremiah; “Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers”, Symphony Number 3: Kaddish, Dybbuk, Songfest, Divertimento, and Arias and Barcarolles.  And his renowned, groundbreaking Young People’s Concerts turned all of us into music lovers.  

 

Our guest writes and narrates educational concerts all around the world, not only about her father in “The Bernstein Beat”, but also about Mozart, Aaron Copland, Stravinsky, and other great composers.   She’s produced and hosted the New York Philharmonic’s live national radio broadcasts, as well as many summer broadcasts from Tanglewood, and educational concerts for the New World Symphony in Miami.  

 

She also narrated the highly acclaimed podcast “The NY Phil Story: Made in New York.”   And she co-directed the multi-award winning documentary film entitled, “Crescendo: the Power of Music”, which celebrates the amazing social transformation that happens when children from disadvantaged urban communities, participate in youth orchestra programs.  

 

Our guest has dedicated her career to perpetuating and honoring her father’s legacy.  In addition to presenting the “Bernstein Beat” concerts, she created and edits a newsletter called “Prelude, Fugue & Riffs,” to keep the international community of Leonard Bernstein fans connected.   

 

In 2018 our guest released her highly compelling, fascinating and poignant book entitled, “Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein”.   

 

And she and her 2 siblings Alexander and Nina, provided much input into the making of the brand new film about their father called, “Maestro”, starring Bradley Cooper, which is now showing on Netflix.

 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

 

To see more about Jamie Bernstein, go to:

http://jamiebernstein.net/

https://www.facebook.com/jamie.bernstein.16/

https://twitter.com/Jthesavage 

https://www.instagram.com/jamie_bernstein_music/ 

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Billy Stritch, Renowned Music Director, Vocalist & Pianist

 

About Harvey's guests:

 

Today’s guest, Billy Stritch, is a renowned composer, arranger, vocalist, and pianist extraordinaire who is both a highly sought-after music director and a star performer in his own right.  

 

For 25 years he worked closely with Liza Minnelli as her music director, collaborator and accompanist.  He’s also been the music director and arranger for many other great stars including Tony Bennett, Marilyn Maye, Linda Lavin, Linda Eder, Ann Hampton Callaway, and Christine Ebersole.   

 

In addition, he’s a wonderful songwriter.  He co-wrote the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning, number 1 hit song “Does He Love You” recorded in 1993 by Reba McEntire and Linda Davis.   

 

As a solo entertainer, he performs sell-out shows in concert halls and nightclubs across the country, including his highly acclaimed tribute shows to Mel Tormé and Cy Coleman, as well as his spectacular show with Jim Caruso called “The Sinatra Century”.  During the pandemic, he was one of the first artists to start performing online, creating his own weekly live-stream show called “Billy’s Place”, celebrating the Great American Songbook with songs and stories from his amazing career.   

 

He’s recorded numerous albums, and some of my favourites are “Jazz Live”, “Waters of March”, “Billy Stritch Sings Mel Tormé”, “The Sunday Set: Recorded Live at Birdland”, “Christmas at Birdland”, and “Billy’s Place”, which is a collection of his favorite songs from those online shows I just mentioned.  He’s also been prominently featured on at least a dozen other albums by music artists like Christine Ebersole, Jim Caruso, Benny Carter, Klea Blackhurst, and many more.   And if all that weren’t enough, our guest is also a Broadway star.  

 

He played the role of “Oscar” in the Tony Award winning 2001 Broadway revival of “42nd Street”.  And when he’s not on tour, he can often be found dazzling New York audiences on Sunday nights at Bemelman’s Bar at the Carlyle, and of course, every Monday night at Birdland, for Jim Caruso’s Cast Party.

 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

 

To see more about Billy Stritch, go to:

http://billystritch.com/

https://www.facebook.com/billystritchpro/

https://www.instagram.com/billystritch/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPKEPvjXbWy_RQALL8KiLPg

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5BFCEjtWiORUGo96eKDbXi?autoplay=true

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Harriet Schock & Gary Lynn Floyd about the Music of Harriet Schock

 

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Today we’re celebrating the music of one of America’s greatest and most iconic songwriters, Harriet Schock.  

 

She’s written many hit songs including “Hollywood Town”, “First Time on a Ferris Wheel”, “You Are”, “Rosebud”, “Worn Around the Edges”, “It Tears at Me”, and of course, the multi-platinum selling, Grammy-nominated “Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady”, recorded by Helen Reddy.  

 

Most recently, Harriet wrote and recorded the poignant and emotionally powerful coming out anthem “I am Yours”, which I’m very proud to say, was inspired by my story and my struggle to gain parental acceptance after telling my parents that I was gay when I was 19.   

 

Harriet is here, making her 3rd appearance on our show, to discuss her highly anticipated, magnificent new album entitled “Paintings”, and she will be singing the title track from the album during this interview.   The album has been released to coincide with an upcoming new documentary film about her, entitled “Hollywood Town: The Harriet Schock Story”.   

 

And joining Harriet, making his 2nd appearance on our show, is a highly popular singer-songwriter whose heartfelt recording of “I am Yours”, which he performed the last time he was on our show, led to the making of a beautiful new album of some of Harriet Schock’s most beloved and enduring songs, entitled, “Present Schock:  The Songs of Harriet Schock”.  One of the hit songs from this album is a newly reimagined rendition of “Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady”, sung from the male perspective, and Gary will be performing the song for us on today’s show. 

 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

 

To see more about Harriet Schock and Gary Lynn Floyd, go to:

https://harrietschock.com/

https://www.facebook.com/harriet.schock

https://twitter.com/harrietschock

https://garylynnfloyd.com/

https://www.facebook.com/GaryLynnFloyd/

https://www.instagram.com/garylynnfloyd/

https://twitter.com/garylynnfloyd

https://www.youtube.com/user/garylynnfloydmusic

 

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Jim Clayton, Award Winning Jazz Musician

 

About Harvey's guest:

 

Today’s guest, Baayork Lee, is a highly accomplished, award-winning jazz pianist, music director and vocalist whose singular repertoire is a mix of standards, reimagined pop classics, and his own original songs, all delivered with a distinct New Orleans jazz vibe. 

 

His first 5 albums are all instrumental: “Muskoka: Jim Clayton’s Greenhouse”, “Songs My Daughter Knows” and “Lenny Jumps In”, both of which scored high on North American Jazz Radio charts, and 2 collaborations with guitarist Andrew Scott entitled, “August” and “So Nice”, winning Best Jazz Recording at the Canadian Urban Music Awards, and TWICE winning Group Of The Year at the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards.   And his brand new album, “Look Out”, marks his vocal debut.  The album, recorded in New Orleans with jazz heavyweights Herlin Riley on drums and Amina Scott on bass, includes a great mix of jazz standards like “This Can’t be Love”, reinvented pop classics like “Moon River”, “Time in a Bottle”, and “Every Breath You Take”, and theme songs from his youth including “Rainbow Connection”, the “Spiderman” theme and even a song from MASH.  

 

Prior to the pandemic, our guest had a very successful career as a pianist and music director.  He spent a decade as music director for the world renowned Second City theatre company, entertaining audiences around the globe.   He’s worked with Martin Short, Dan Ackroyd, Deborah Cox, and many others, and his music has been heard internationally on radio, in film, and on television.   And then, during the pandemic, he began giving vocal performances at the piano, from his home, on social media.  In a show that became known as “Jim’s Piano Bar”, he gave more than 750 online performances, quickly becoming a global sensation, with tens of thousands of new followers.  Before he knew it, he was in demand everywhere as a performer, he signed on with a new manager, and he recorded the new album.  Downbeat Magazine called his music “warm, happy and soulful”, and I couldn’t agree more.  

 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

 

To see more about Baayork Lee, go to:

https://jimclaytonjazz.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jimclaytonjazz/

https://www.instagram.com/jimclaytonjazz/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSeePJoBssZQ7pNXV1To-Q?feature=gws_kp_artist&feature=gws_kp_artist

https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/jim-clayton/477924868

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Baayork Lee, Legendary Broadway Star, Choreographer & Director

 

About Harvey's guest:

 

Today’s guest, Baayork Lee, is a highly acclaimed actress, singer, dancer, choreographer, theatre director, and author, who’s been dazzling audiences since she made her Broadway debut at the age of 5 as Princess Ying Yawolak in the original production of “The King and I”, starring Yul Brynner.   

 

She’s gone on to perform in a dozen Broadway shows including “Flower Drum Song”, “Golden Boy”, “A Joyful Noise”, “Promises, Promises”, “See Saw” - and of course, she created the iconic role of “Connie” in “A Chorus Line”. She was also Michael Bennett’s assistant choreographer for the show, and in 1990 she co-authored a book about the inception and evolution of the show entitled, “On the Line:  The Creation of A Chorus Line” .  

 

She’s also directed many national and international companies of classic shows like “The King and I”, “Bombay Dreams”, “Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella”, “Barnum”, “Porgy and Bess”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Gypsy “, and many others.  Her choreography credits include “Mack and Mabel”, “Camelot”, “Damn Yankees”, “South Pacific”, “The Merry Widow” and so many more.  She was in the movie “Jesus Christ Superstar”, and 2 years ago she directed the wonderful television special, “Wicked In Concert”, starring Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel.  She’s received 2 Helen Hayes Award nominations for Outstanding Choreography, for “Animal Crackers” and “South Pacific”.   

 

And she co-founded the groundbreaking non-profit organization, the National Asian Artists Project, which showcases the work of Asian-American theatre artists through performance, outreach, and educational programming.  Under our guest’s inspired leadership, this visionary group of artists, educators, administrators, community leaders, and professionals, is dedicated to building bridges between the work of artists of Asian descent, and the many communities who benefit from the work, from under-served primary school students to seasoned arts patrons.  Through the many shows they’ve produced, this organization has demonstrated that iconic theatrical productions can speak to all audiences, and ethnicity is no longer a barrier.  

 

Our guest has received a whole slew of prestigious awards and accolades, including the 2003 Asian Woman Warrior Award for Lifetime Achievement from Columbia College, the Isabelle Stevens Tony Award,  the Paul Robeson Award from Actors Equity, the Asian Pacific American Heritage Association Achievement In Arts Award, the Arena Stage American Artist Award, and an Award from the Actors Fund for Outstanding Contribution to the World of Dance – and I’m only mentioning a FEW of the awards this extraordinary artist has won.  

 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

 

To see more about Baayork Lee, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/baayork.lee/

https://twitter.com/baayorklee

https://www.naaproject.org

 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with “The Seekers” Founding Member, Keith Potger 

About Harvey's guest: 

Today’s special guest, Keith Potger, is part of pop music royalty.  He was a founding member of one of the most popular and beloved vocal groups in music history: The Seekers.   

With their signature fusion of folk and pop, their addictive instrumentations and perfect harmonies, and the amazing lead voice of Judith Durham, The Seekers were the first Australian music group to achieve global superstardom, selling well over 50 million records worldwide, and giving us such unforgettable songs as "I'll Never Find Another You", "A World of Our Own", "Morningtown Ride", “The Carnival is Over”, "Someday, One Day", "Georgy Girl", “When Will the Good Apples Fall”, and my personal favourite, “Walk With Me”, and so many more.    

After The Seekers disbanded in 1968, our guest founded The New Seekers, who achieved worldwide success in the early 70s with hits including “Never Ending Song of Love”, "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me", “Look What They’ve Done to my Song, Ma”, and "Beg, Steal or Borrow".   In 1992, The Seekers reunited for their Silver Jubilee, and they toured internationally for many years, and recorded 2 platinum-selling albums: “Future Road” and “Morningtown Ride to Christmas”.   

And in 2019, our guest, along with original members Athol Guy and Bruce Woodley, and with the addition of longtime producer, guitarist and singer Michael Cristiano, released an album as “The Original Seekers”, entitled “Back to our Roots”.  There’s also a wonderful live concert DVD entitled, “The Seekers Golden Jubilee Farewell Tour”.  And most recently, a 3-CD compilation was released to mark the group’s 60th anniversary, featuring the group’s very last recording, “Carry Me”.   

 Our guest, as a member of The Seekers, has a prestigious, prominent and permanent place in music history.  The Seekers were honoured as Australians of The Year in 1967, the only group to have been given this acknowledgement.  They’ve been inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame, and the Music Victoria Hall of Fame, and in 1995 they were awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.   

In 2012, the Seekers were honoured by the Australian Post Office with their own postage stamp.  In 2013, The Seekers received the Ted Albert Award from the Australian Performing Rights Association for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.    

And in 2014, our guest, along with his fellow group members, was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.  But quite apart from all of that, our guest has had a highly successful career as a songwriter, record producer and solo performer.   He’s released 3 solo albums: “Secrets of The Heart”, “Sunday” and “Smile Now”.  And he continues to perform in concert to sold out, wildly enthusiastic audiences. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/ 

To see more about Keith Potger, go to:

https://www.keithpotger.com/

https://www.theseekers.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/keith.potger.3

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7x2dNwstTzvpmY0E6GBzJu

https://www.instagram.com/theseekerspartnershipofficial

 

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