The Paul Leslie Hour

Henry Butler has been called the "pride of New Orleans" by Dr. John. A jazz and blues pianist, Butler is a composer, arranger, performing and recording artist. His eclectic music is a variety of styles ranging from jazz, pop, classical, blues, R&B and Caribbean. This interview from 2010 is being made available for the first time since the original radio debut. It is presented here raw and uncut, only on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Steve Dorff is a songwriter, composer and recent inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He's also an author, his book I Wrote That One, Too: A Life in Songwriting from Willie to Whitney was published in 2017.

Some of the most legendary artists of all time have recorded Steve Dorff's songs: Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, George Strait, Kenny Rogers, Ray Charles, Anne Murray, Garth Brooks, Mel Tillis, Merle Haggard, Melissa Manchester, Smokey Robinson, Vanessa Williams, Whitney Houston and Willie Nelson just to name a few. Honored with more than 40 BMI Awards, 14 Billboard No. 1s and over 20 Top 10 hits for country and pop artists.

This is my second interview with Steve Dorff and I couldn't be more honored.

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John Poveromo is a comedian born in Brooklyn, but raised in Jersey. He's been featured in the New York Times and the Asbury Park Press and has performed his standup at the Jersey City Comedy Festival, The New York Underground Comedy Festival. He's also the author of the book Drawings from a Nobody.

Meet John Poveromo, right here on The Paul Leslie Hour.

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Ralph MacDonald was a percussionist, producer, songwriter, performer and Grammy-award winner who lived from 1944-2011. He had roots in the Caribbean, but was born in New York. His songs were recorded by artists like Bill Withers, Grover Washington Jr, Roberta Flack, Harry Belafonte, Jimmy Buffett and others. The son of Calypsonian MacBeth the Great, Ralph MacDonald was a member of Harry Belafonte's band at the age of 17. For over 20 years he was the percussionist in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. His music included elements of many styles of music from Jazz, African Rhythms, Calypso, Samba and others.

This interview with Ralph MacDonald was taped using a cassette recorder in 2006 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. It was broadcast on the radio, never to be heard again until now.

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Michael Bonfiglio is a very accomplished and innovative filmmaker, an Emmy-nominated director, producer, writer and camera operator. He has directed or co-directed a number of documentaries and television specials, in the world of music May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers and Nine Days and Nights of Ed Sheeran. In sports there's Doc & Darryl about baseball players Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry and You Don't Know: The Legend of Bo Jackson. He also directed Jerry Before Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld's first comedy special in more than a decade. Most recently, Michael Bonfiglio was director of one iconic late night television host's return to the screen, the streaming Netflix Original My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman.

It's an in-depth and inspired conversation with Michael Bonfiglio, a man who has captured some incredible moments, places and conversations. It's all here on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Ben de la Cour has been called a "master storyteller," a "true troubadour," "an enigma," and a "revitalizing force." A singer-songwriter, guitarist and recording artist, his album The High Cost of Living Strange is out now.

The artist is interviewed here on The Paul Leslie Hour, and performs a few acoustic songs for you.

Gene Wilder was born June 11, 1933. He was an iconic actor and director, but also a writer and painter. He passed away on August 29, 2016 and today would have been his birthday. Known for such films as Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, in his later years he wrote several books starting with the autobiographical Kiss Me Like a Stranger. He wrote such works of fiction as My French Whore, The Woman Who Wouldn’t and Something To Remember You By.

We hope you enjoy this interview from the past on this episode of The Paul Leslie Hour.

Todd Snider is one of the most insightful, humorous and clever singer-songwriters in American music. The first radio station to air one of my interviews was Jimmy Buffett's Radio Margaritaville, which may explain some of the context for things Snider said. The interview was recorded at the old Georgia Theatre, before it burned down. This short backstage conversation took place on November 25, 2006.

It's a short, but entertaining ride with the incomparable Todd Snider, only on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Jerry Jeff Walker is a legend in country and folk music and is known as a songwriter and also interpreter of other artists' songs. He is well known as the writer of the song "Mr. Bojangles."

This interview was recorded back in 2006 for an early incarnation of this talk show. A small digital recorder was used right on the ocean in Key West, Florida. It was a good interview and I hope you enjoy.