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I had the pleasure of speaking with Harold Rosen a few days ago. Harold has obtained compelling evidence from several state lotteries that revealed suspicious patterns and corruption in the state lottery system. Harold talks about the numbers 0 0 0 and 9 1 1, how when they show up in the lottery numbers, and the national tragedies that follow. I could have gone on for hours with him – very interesting podcast and lots of information.

Harold can be found on LinkedIn at Author Harold Rosen. His book, Lottery Corruption, U.S.A. is found on Amazon, Walmart, his LinkedIn, and where ever books are sold.

I had the pleasure of chatting with Dave Look recently. Dave is a multi-talented musician, writer and content creator.

Dave has been doing multiple things during the quarantine – writing and recording music, writing novellas and creating content for his YouTube channel. He also does a cooking show on his YouTube channel called Looking and Cooking. Dave educated me on Swamp music.

Dave has been writing novellas based on Facebook friends. His first novella is a crime story, and second and third are survival novels. All three have been getting a lot of fanfare.

Dave can be reached at [email protected]. Be sure to write in the subject line who you are.

Check out his YouTube channel – Dave L∞ k on YouTube.

You will love it !!

I had the pleasure of meeting Ted Russell Kamp a few years ago, and have heard him in several clubs and festivals in the Los Angeles area. Don’t know where to begin – Ted is an incredible singer/songwriter/producer and Grammy winning bass player.

We start out talking about his love for music - he started out playing trumpet !!!!   Then he went on to bass ....

Ted writes, records and travels the world performing his own country/roots/Americana music from his eleven critically-acclaimed albums. Ted also plays live, records sessions, and collaborates on songs with A-list songwriters and musicians in L.A., Nashville, Austin and around the world.  He often works out of his home studio — The Den — and has produced several well-received albums for fellow artists there. Ted has also had the honor of being a friend, collaborator and member of Shooter Jennings’ band for most of the last 15 years and recently played on the 2020 Grammy winning Country Album of the Year, Tanya Tucker’s While I’m Living.

Ted is well known for his ability to step into bands and rock all genres of music — the decades he spent holding down the bottom end for bands as diverse as Shooter, Jessi Colter, Whitey Morgan, Wilson Phillips and others have made sure Ted had the chops for anything from major festivals to David Letterman appearances and the Sirius XM Outlaw Country Cruise.

The last few years have found Ted focusing on his own career as well as touring and recording with Shooter. He tours continuously in the US and Europe, and has releasing his solo albums to critical acclaim. His records have debuted at #1 on the Euroamericana Chart and made the US Americana Chart’s Top 100 Records of the Year. The Big Takeover wrote, “Kamp simply knocks one ball after another out of the park…Saturated in talent and sincerity … good music done right.”

Born and raised in New York, Ted made his way to Los Angeles by way of Seattle. He spent several years in Seattle, and recorded four LPs with his trio Ponticello before moving to LA in 2001. Once in LA, Ted formed the group Union Pacific, played with numerous bands, did extensive session work. In 2003, he joined Shooter Jennings’ band and has never looked back. Whether he’s headlining a major show in the Netherlands with European superstars, playing Gruene Hall in mid Texas in the dead of summer, rocking an LA honky tonk with some of the best players in town, or working in his new studio to pull the soul from each song, Ted pours his drive and musical talent into every note.

Ted has released his new album – Solitaire. Pour a glass or wine, get comfy on the couch and enjoy!

He can be reached through his website:  https://tedrussellkamp.com

What can I say about Anthony Williams? He was born with a heart condition, had a mitral valve replacement, is a game designer, hockey player, podcaster (The Independent Mouth), parent to two children and has an interesting life and story to tell.

During our podcast, we talk about how and why he left New York - yes, a fellow New York Italian !!!! -- lived in Seattle and landing in Temecula.

I met with him last week, and over Italian deli food, which is the best, we chatted, laughed and ate.

We ended our podcast, and lunch with Anthony describing how he delivered his daughter on the side of the 15 freeway near Poway, California. His description is hilarious, describing his front seat as “It looked like someone killed a moose.”

So, pour a glass of wine, stretch out on the couch and laugh and listen.

AND - check out his podcast, The Independent Mouth.  You'll like it !

Just some good old boys, never doing no harm ....   

I had the pleasure of chatting with Byron aka Coy Duke recently and very grateful he took time from his busy day (deep sea fishing!) to talk to me. Byron has just finished a faith based movie, and is flying to Ocala, Florida, for a reality based pilot. In October, he will be at Hazzard Fest. One of the “How did this happen” moments we talked about how Byron missed the Dukes of Hazzard audition, John Schneider crashed an audition and wound up being Bo Duke on Dukes of Hazzard. Why did Byron miss the audition? He was in Florida training to be an Eastern Airlines flight attendant. Eventually Eastern Airlines fell by the wayside !

The Dukes of Hazzard has become one of the most popular TV shows in the world and still has a worldwide following to this day. Byron developed a huge following as Coy Duke. This was the break Byron had been waiting for. Under contract with Warner Brothers, Byron went on to do numerous shows such as Murder She Wrote, In The Heat Of The Night, Vietnam WAR stories (A Mini Series) and various TV commercials and guest spots on numerous talk shows, and was the spokesperson for the American Cancer Society.

Byron is a lot of fun and can't wait to see him in the near future.  

What do you get when you put Lainie Kazan, Renee Taylor, A Rabbi, a Priest, a Muslim holy man and a Sikh mystic together?  You get Tango Shalom! Oh, did I mention the Vatican Choir and Sikh Temple Band does the music? This is the first film in history to do so, and the first film in history to bring all four faiths together.

Gabriel Bologna, producer and director of this incredible film talks about how this film came together, the characters, and the message of this film.

This film brings together holy men from the above faiths in an effort to solve Rabbi Moshe’s moral issue – Moshe wants to save his Hebrew school, meets a tango instructor, and so the moral issue begins –he enters a big televised Tango competition to save his Hebrew school from bankruptcy. There is only one problem: due to his orthodox religious beliefs, he is not allowed to touch a woman! The solution is creative and the surprise ending will have you laughing and crying.

AND – you have to love Moshe. His foray into New York (from Crown Heights, Brooklyn) is an eye opener for him. He is the lovable underdog who keeps his beliefs and morality intact while dancing the tango. You have to see it.

The film has been a hit with the Jewish Film Festivals, and is currently being shown at the  Miami Jewish Film Festival.

Check out the link below and you will see why.

https://youtu.be/xPNXa1hM1nc 

What can I say about Michael Vaccaro? Actor, Producer, Writer, Model and just a really cool guy.  During our podcast, Michael talks about life during lockdown – he wrote, worked an incredible amount and wrote some more. His latest project - “Gays Without Cages”, a short film to be filmed in Palm Springs soon. Please check out the gofundme on Michael’s website and facebook page.

Michael wrote five seasons of “Child of the 70’s”, with actors from 70’s sitcom. We talk about how actors were switched out in sitcoms (think Darren from Bewitched). On every season of Child of the 70’s, the actor who played his mother changed every season.

He also is an actor in the Dhar Mann webisodes – and he always plays mean, nasty characters. I love watching him on the webisodes that show another side of him. By the way, Michael is one of the nicest people you can ever meet.

His commercial work includes Masterclass, and print work includes Audiobooks, Miller Light and Amazon. Best part of the work – he gets to keep the clothes. Lets manifest a Tom Ford Tuxedo ad J And a Bentley ad J

Michael’s advice – be your true authentic self.

Michael can be found at:

www.michaelvaccaro.com

twitter and instagram: Michaelvaccaro

youtube: Child of the 70’s

What can I say about Sean Casey? He is the man that has done everything.  He has the perfect broadcasting voice but wait – he was a broadcaster! His first job in radio, under the name of Ray Gilmore, was at a classical music station. Sean talks about how his name was changed from Ray to Sean, his years in radio, and gives advice about a radio career. His advice? Go into television – it keeps your options open and you make more money.  He retired from radio in 2008 after being on the air at various number 1 radio stations in Philadelphia, New York and Boston.

Sean is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and arranger, who was signed with Decca, RCA, United Artists, Columbia and EMI. In the 1960’s, Sean’s band, the Spokesmen, wrote “The Dawn of Correction” as an answer to Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction.” It made the Billboard charts. As a singer/songwriter, the Spokesmen were on ShinDig, Lloyd Thaxton, Gene Wolf and the Mike Douglas shows. This was the mid 1960’s.

Sean talks about “Sadie The Cleaning Lady”, the song that launched the career of Australian singer Johnny Farnham

Sean Is retired, however, he really isn’t. He continues to manage his commercial real estate properties, write and produce songs and still does voiceovers.

I’ve linked On the Other Side of Corona,  Sadie the Cleaning Lady and Dawn of Correction below.

His website with his music is www.seancaseyexperiment.com

https://youtu.be/0aSIyY03_aE

https://youtu.be/r0c55lXRAeg

https://youtu.be/UF7BS1BqG_Y

Jeremy and I chatted again.  This is episode 4 and its more like a talk show.  Jeremy talks about his life during Covid.  He's writing his second musical and gave us a hint of what its about.  We also talk about walking around his neighborhood, and dogs, lots of dogs!   He's a fun guy and ladies - he's single !!!

Grab a cup of coffee, sit down for half an hour and listen.  You'll like what you hear! 

We have another episode with singer/songwriter/actor and my friend, Jeremy Ebenstein.  During this episode, Jeremy does one original song, and a cover by Laurence Jones Band.  We talk about his influences, how he's been spending quarantine, and of course, Elvis Presley.   We also talk about walking - During the short time Los Angeles was open, I would go walking with Jeremy.  He's a fun guy and ladies - he's single !!!!!    He's been sign spinning during quarantine, and enjoys being outside.  

Jeremy is writing his second musical and can't wait for the finished project.

He can be found on YouTube and is starting a TikTok channel in the near future.