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hello everyone this is Martin Willis

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welcome to the show and if you've

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listened to our past shows you remember

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the intro and that music is actually by

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our guest tonight mark Stanley and I'm

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going to play the whole song and it's

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called blue shadows by Mark Stanley and

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our guest is coming up right after that

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you find

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the blue shadows when the Sun has gone

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she dances

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watch you by the fire

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cool

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feel my design

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resin with a love

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lover thousand times before some big and

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blue shadow son is gone she dances with

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[Music]

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and of

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she used to rest

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so much I would give

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Oh

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blue shadows the Sun

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[Music]

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well that's a great tune and that's blue

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shadows by our guest this evening and he

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is joined by michael tweed how are you

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guys good thank you very angry so first

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of all Michael you are a documentarian I

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guess that's what you'd call someone

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like you someone that makes

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documentaries and and you're you're

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doing a actually a film coming up on

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mark but let's let's talk quickly about

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you and then we'll talk to mark and

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about his whole story sounds good

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um mark and I kind of grew up together

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so we've known each other quite a long

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time and I watched Mark's musical

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involvement for years and when he became

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he'll I thought what a perfect

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opportunity for me to segue from

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shooting stills for the Associated Press

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in the New York Times to becoming a

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filmmaker and we sat down and worked on

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putting together script and interviews

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and background and the whole the whole

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nine yards and that's basically where

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we're at right now we're ready to go as

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soon as we can make some money or get

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some money to start yeah always

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always been it's finished yes always the

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tough part

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funding now have you done anything like

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an IndieGoGo or anything like that um

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actually we have a foundation and so

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we've been trying to do it on our own

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groups meeting with another filmmaker

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from Marin County middle of the week

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next week and she's really behind the

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story and she has creative ways of

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funding so I think we're pretty well at

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the crossroads excellent

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that's excellent and I know we talked a

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little bit ahead of time and I know how

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how involved you know once you have all

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the footage shot then you go into the

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editing room and that's where all the

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magic happens and it's tedious and and

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very time-consuming

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would would you what would you expect

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how long that it would take something

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like this to for you to create it and

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get it ready for well we have a shooting

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schedule of approximately 45 days that

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can obviously change in a heartbeat the

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post is going to take quite a lot longer

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probably oh gosh four to six months

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possibly depending on how we do the

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sound you know if we want to do you know

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really I guess the surround type sound

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five one which would be nice because

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with all the music that we're dealing

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with in them we want to culminate it

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with a concert in the Bay Area here with

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Mark and all his friends and we want to

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film that as well and add that as a

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bonus I always very nice that's great so

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mark so let's talk about your story

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you started out really really young

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music was your passion and this is this

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is basically another story I've done one

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a similar show this is basically about

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survival and what you did to survive and

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and move on from from tragedy but your

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music is beautiful and you actually

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listen to another show that I have and

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you sent me that's how we we actually

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met you send me a clip you wrote about

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Roswell which is pretty it right so I

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want to know also besides your musical

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background how you get started what it

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was like growing up around music and

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music was everything but also at some

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point I want to ask you why you wrote

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the song about Roswell okay well you

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know the Bay Area back in 250 especially

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like with clubs like the hungry eye and

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the Purple Onion is becoming kind of a

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real great place for a musician to

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Kingston Trio and all these acts were

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coming into the into the Bay Area my

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parents went to Kingston Trio concert at

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the hungry eye and brought this record

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home of theirs and I went crazy over I

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mean literally that's all I did was

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listen to this record I learned every

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word I was three years old and so they

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had to buy the next album of course in

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the next one and there was a guitar

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laying around the house

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and I picked it up and just taught

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myself how to play and that's how I

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started to write songs actually as I

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couldn't read music so I couldn't play

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other people's songs so I started to

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write my own songs to have a song to

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play so that's how my songwriting

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started was so I could have something to

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play when I set her on the house and

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then you know I the neighbor down the

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street listen to music and he started to

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blow duo together and then that grew

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into a foursome and all through high

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school and a band we played all the

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colleges and high schools and clubs and

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so it was my passion since I can

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remember now whether it was there a time

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where you just said this is what I'm

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going to do like this is this is it yeah

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I was three that's the truth I mean I

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never thought even when I was in high

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school I found out later that the

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teachers would tell their assistants

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give mark a B on this test because he's

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you know he's not going to go anywhere

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other than to play music in fact my

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principal my high school called me into

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his office my senior year and said mark

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if you sing two songs if your graduation

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will make sure you get your diploma

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I said I'll even sing three if you want

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anything else so then my parents knew

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what they didn't even fight it so yeah I

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knew right away it was um you know I

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know how hard it is any any of the arts

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you can have a real strong passion but

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it's really hard to get by unless you

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get really lucky so did you have to do

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other things for like in-between or as

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as you're going along or was it just

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that he never stopped yeah no I

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I made my I never had another job I made

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all my living from from playing singing

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oh wow that's so I was worried you know

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I was playing three four five usually

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five nights a week

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I consider a really good area for that

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there's a lot of really good lot of

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really good music a lot of good places

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venues to play yes especially then you

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know back in the seventh I feel sorry

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for kids now that that play because it

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would be go to a advance or something at

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a high school it's all you know they're

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playing CDs or records or there's a DJ

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and we were lucky that all the high

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schools and junior high schools and

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colleges hired us as you know to play

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the dances it was a good way to get

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experience and you know you could be

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lousy you could be terrible for a while

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and learn your chops so to speak I don't

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know where kids do that nowadays you

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know so now you actually did you

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my first album came out night well no I

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did it I did a single back in 1980 so it

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was I got 12 24 25

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that was my first release I had my first

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album came out in 84 I did it now about

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every three years I think oh I think

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I've got what six or seven albums out so

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I started to write in my early early 20s

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now what do you think about music today

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all the free music available it does

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that make it really hard for a musician

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very very hard fact I've talked about

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two friends who say the same thing it's

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it's hard to make money anymore because

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you know people put stuff on YouTube

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they goes into for free or somebody buys

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a CD and they burn four copies of it for

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their friends you know we were kids you

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couldn't burn a record you had to go out

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and buy it if you wanted to own it so

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yeah it's really hard to make money

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anymore unless you're a really huge act

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is there another side of that coin in

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other words is there also better

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exposure as well at the same time right

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yeah and you yeah yeah there is there's

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more exposure just so much lost revenue

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that's why a lot of people have to go

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out on the road more they're making the

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money from the concerts not from their

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the selling of their music

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like I said unless you're a huge huge

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act it's almost like a lottery if you

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your music gets out there and

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gets picked up then you become the big

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star it's almost the opposite way of

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working now yeah it's a good point and

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what do as far as what are the big

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record labels doing this is I'm only

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asking these questions because I don't

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know the answers maybe a lot of other

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people do but what are the big labels

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doing to survive the changes play you

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got me I don't know it's a good very

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good question yeah good question I don't

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know Martin what what what they would be

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doing far as that goes

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I guess iTunes ah yep you know selling

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your music on iTunes cuz people have to

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buy it there yeah that's true

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you know I that's where they're making I

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know my friend Buffy who was John

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Stewart's wife you know she could sue

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you know checks because she know that

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he's died she gets you know all the

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revenue from his stuff and that's where

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she's getting her most of her bulk of

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her income is from from iTunes I know

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when I lived in Marin County that there

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was a lot of musicians in the area so

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let's just quickly go over the ones

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you're aware of that or like in Northern

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California I remember you know a lot of

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Jefferson Airplane the Grateful Dead and

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I know there's tons of them there's a

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some metal groups heavy metal I'm trying

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to remember a friend of mine used to be

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one of their people on the road so they

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were there's a lot of people up in the

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Northern California that are in the

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music interesting yeah they're always

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happen Santana

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right he said all Betty money came out

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of Burley Oh journey yeah I was in fact

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one of the guys from journey lived in

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Lafayette and I'd secret Eddie Money

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lived here for a while to actually I

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think he's still girls yeah I think he

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does yeah there's the Barry has always

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been a kind of a music I think people

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love to live here you know

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that's true it is that's uh sort of

275
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right right yeah it's a beautiful area

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and really nice for weather you know

277
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year-round and other still a lot of

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concerts going on where someone like

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young

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and coming up can actually participate

281
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in why not that I don't get out that

282
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much ID okay what say isn't Michael I

283
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said there do all the clubs that were

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around back in the 70s and 80s alcohol

285
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seem to disappear the Keystone and Long

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Branch and all the clubs were you could

287
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go see two or three bands local bands

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and get a beer

289
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and they just seemed of all vanish and I

290
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don't think they like I used to open up

291
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for names I opened up for Jerry Garcia

292
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Roger Lowen who else do it and I'm not

293
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even sure that they do that anymore they

294
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kind of have the main act that's why I

295
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was saying it's all I think it's so much

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harder for up-and-coming musicians to to

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find venues and in places to kind of

298
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learn how to how to get better you know

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dig that experience I just don't know

300
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what no it's out there anymore but now

301
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that I'm older I don't I don't you know

302
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I don't tend to go out to those places

303
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anyway to to look for them

304
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so where what would you say the pinnacle

305
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of your music musical career was

306
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basically was it like toured when the

307
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things changed for you did you feel like

308
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you had a lot a lot going on at that

309
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point yes I was kind of it it was funny

310
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because I was just started to you know I

311
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just had done a album in Austin Texas

312
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with Mark Coleman who was Carole King's

313
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producer and it was a Dan Fogelberg

314
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guitarist I got one of my favorite

315
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female singers Sara Hickman to come and

316
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do a couple duets with me came back and

317
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was telling I was starting to do more

318
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shows where I was just doing my

319
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originals you know not doing so I would

320
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do a lot of covers earlier and so things

321
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and I had just gone to LA to start the

322
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next album which I was really excited

323
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about with mark Bonilla who's my

324
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producer down there he's playing with

325
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who now he was with keith emerson played

326
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with chicago who else is the ethan

327
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Montrose Ronnie Montrose so we were

328
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working on this new album I just gone to

329
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LA we did two or three songs I came back

330
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I know it's kind of early in the show

331
00:17:20,569 --> 00:17:19,199
already to talk about that but so we

332
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more or less have already established

333
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that things were going great basically

334
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this is what you wanted to do and

335
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nothing else it was your total passion

336
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you can tell I personally think you're

337
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very talented and I'm sure a lot of

338
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people out there do so so let's talk

339
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about how that whole thing happened well

340
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with my daughter was in the fourth grade

341
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in I volunteered to go on this field

342
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trip for a couple days up to the Gold

343
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Country in Northern California and he

344
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left on a Wednesday and I didn't feel

345
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great had sort of a sore throat but I

346
00:18:02,180 --> 00:18:00,360
didn't want to back out because it was

347
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the last-minute night I was one of the

348
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chaperones and I didn't think they'd be

349
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able to get anybody and so I went it was

350
00:18:09,350 --> 00:18:07,680
really hot up there it was like 90

351
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degrees we had to do all these hikes and

352
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lived in these little barracks and stuff

353
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and I just was feeling worse and worse

354
00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:15,780
as the days when we came back on a

355
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Friday night and I woke up Saturday with

356
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just the worst sort that I've ever had

357
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my life and a fever of 105 and and I was

358
00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:27,510
supposed to do a show for this

359
00:18:31,850 --> 00:18:29,850
corporation that day and I thought oh

360
00:18:33,980 --> 00:18:31,860
god I'll just go get through that that

361
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concert don't play it not this come home

362
00:18:39,650 --> 00:18:37,590
and collapse into bed so by about three

363
00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:39,660
o'clock I thought I can't I can't make

364
00:18:45,710 --> 00:18:43,050
the show so I called them to tell them I

365
00:18:48,130 --> 00:18:45,720
couldn't do it and I was going to head

366
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to the couch to lay down and I I

367
00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:50,730
collapse I mean I split my head open on

368
00:18:56,930 --> 00:18:55,170
it a table and that saved my life action

369
00:18:58,520 --> 00:18:56,940
because if I had gone to the couch and

370
00:19:02,030 --> 00:18:58,530
lay down I would have fallen asleep and

371
00:19:07,190 --> 00:19:02,040
never woken up so the ambulance showed

372
00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:07,200
up and I got to the hospital and the

373
00:19:13,250 --> 00:19:11,130
doctor said this guy's on life support

374
00:19:16,460 --> 00:19:13,260
right now so he figured out something

375
00:19:22,790 --> 00:19:16,470
was going on that was Saturday so I woke

376
00:19:27,799 --> 00:19:22,800
up Thursday and my fingers were all

377
00:19:29,299 --> 00:19:27,809
black like I had frostbite and so he

378
00:19:31,159 --> 00:19:29,309
so well that's going to that's going to

379
00:19:32,539 --> 00:19:31,169
go away but another doctor kept telling

380
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me no it's not going to go away

381
00:19:36,979 --> 00:19:35,849
so finally they realized I wasn't going

382
00:19:39,950 --> 00:19:36,989
to happen and they came and said you

383
00:19:44,289 --> 00:19:39,960
know we got to amputate your fingers and

384
00:19:49,549 --> 00:19:47,659
so they sent me home for a couple of

385
00:19:54,709 --> 00:19:49,559
months because I couldn't get insurance

386
00:19:55,999 --> 00:19:54,719
to pay for it so finding the surgeon

387
00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:56,009
said he was going to do it for free if

388
00:20:00,049 --> 00:19:57,570
they wouldn't pay for it but a friend of

389
00:20:03,259 --> 00:20:00,059
mine is an attorney tells us I've got in

390
00:20:05,209 --> 00:20:03,269
true company did to pay for it so I was

391
00:20:05,989 --> 00:20:05,219
pretty depressed because I didn't know

392
00:20:07,609 --> 00:20:05,999
what I was going to do

393
00:20:09,289 --> 00:20:07,619
like I told you before I never had a job

394
00:20:12,430 --> 00:20:09,299
doing anything else right

395
00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:12,440
so first of all how does someone

396
00:20:21,709 --> 00:20:20,429
actually contract this disease they did

397
00:20:24,079 --> 00:20:21,719
they don't know they said I could have

398
00:20:25,729 --> 00:20:24,089
taken a sip off of somebody's glass that

399
00:20:28,659 --> 00:20:25,739
they hadn't had the battery was on the

400
00:20:31,579 --> 00:20:28,669
glass they never figured out how I

401
00:20:34,129 --> 00:20:31,589
contracted it so it's one of those you

402
00:20:35,989 --> 00:20:34,139
know it would had been going awry I'd

403
00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:35,999
seen a couple things in the paper about

404
00:20:41,180 --> 00:20:37,710
people who'd had it who had died in the

405
00:20:44,479 --> 00:20:41,190
Bay Area really and the funny thing is I

406
00:20:46,039 --> 00:20:44,489
thought I'm going to get that first in

407
00:20:48,709 --> 00:20:46,049
that weird that I would think that range

408
00:20:50,089 --> 00:20:48,719
well it was like I knew it I'm never

409
00:20:51,799 --> 00:20:50,099
thinking how many got me to get the X

410
00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:51,809
like there was about three or four cases

411
00:20:59,329 --> 00:20:56,369
and they all died so I they gave me a

412
00:21:01,579 --> 00:20:59,339
10% chance of surviving luckily somehow

413
00:21:03,859 --> 00:21:01,589
I did because I'm 2 million or something

414
00:21:08,209 --> 00:21:03,869
I would I mean they gave you that 10%

415
00:21:10,339 --> 00:21:08,219
chance was that early on yeah I didn't

416
00:21:11,930 --> 00:21:10,349
know that I was in a coma at that point

417
00:21:14,779 --> 00:21:11,940
so I hadn't heard that they were telling

418
00:21:16,219 --> 00:21:14,789
my my mom and my dad and my brother that

419
00:21:18,469 --> 00:21:16,229
you know you don't think he's going to

420
00:21:22,009 --> 00:21:18,479
survive this fact they called my dad he

421
00:21:23,839 --> 00:21:22,019
gonna come up from done your Paso Robles

422
00:21:25,609 --> 00:21:23,849
and come up because they didn't think I

423
00:21:29,719 --> 00:21:25,619
was going to survive by the third day I

424
00:21:33,079 --> 00:21:29,729
was in there Wow one of the interesting

425
00:21:34,849 --> 00:21:33,089
things about that disease is URI Martin

426
00:21:37,249 --> 00:21:34,859
could be a carrier and never get the

427
00:21:39,710 --> 00:21:37,259
disease that we could sneeze and it

428
00:21:41,420 --> 00:21:39,720
could land on somebody well such as Mark

429
00:21:44,630 --> 00:21:41,430
and they come down

430
00:21:47,180 --> 00:21:44,640
with a full-fledged case of it there's

431
00:21:50,570 --> 00:21:47,190
also not interesting ly enough right now

432
00:21:52,370 --> 00:21:50,580
Pfizer I believe makes a vaccine that

433
00:21:54,170 --> 00:21:52,380
you can take at the age of eighteen

434
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:54,180
which is about the right age because

435
00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:55,890
that's when you start become social and

436
00:22:01,430 --> 00:21:58,410
sharing glasses and beers and all that

437
00:22:03,110 --> 00:22:01,440
good stuff so yeah you know you and I

438
00:22:04,220 --> 00:22:03,120
could be the carrier that could give it

439
00:22:07,450 --> 00:22:04,230
to someone that ever you know how

440
00:22:10,850 --> 00:22:07,460
contagious are you as when you have it

441
00:22:13,610 --> 00:22:10,860
we do people have to like did they have

442
00:22:15,830 --> 00:22:13,620
to be real careful around you fact all

443
00:22:17,510 --> 00:22:15,840
the nurses had to wear masks they had me

444
00:22:20,330 --> 00:22:17,520
in a room of the sliding glass door and

445
00:22:21,830 --> 00:22:20,340
I was away from ready and all the kids

446
00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:21,840
that were on that there must have been

447
00:22:24,890 --> 00:22:23,520
200 kids on that because they were about

448
00:22:27,710 --> 00:22:24,900
three or four different schools all had

449
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:27,720
to come and get a shot they were all

450
00:22:32,060 --> 00:22:30,210
lined up down here at the school getting

451
00:22:33,950 --> 00:22:32,070
a vaccine for it so you you're pretty

452
00:22:35,570 --> 00:22:33,960
contagious I guess Michael knows more

453
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:35,580
about than I do yeah they must the kids

454
00:22:41,630 --> 00:22:39,330
kids muster really liked you then why

455
00:22:44,150 --> 00:22:41,640
wouldn't I when I started teaching at

456
00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:44,160
that school they might my the principal

457
00:22:48,110 --> 00:22:46,110
was Mike had been my sixth grade teacher

458
00:22:49,430 --> 00:22:48,120
he got me a job there one of the kids

459
00:22:51,970 --> 00:22:49,440
said do you know all the problems you

460
00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:51,980
call us when you got something less I

461
00:22:56,810 --> 00:22:55,350
bet no all right so Michael I guess I'll

462
00:23:00,020 --> 00:22:56,820
ask you this since you're a little bit

463
00:23:02,660 --> 00:23:00,030
more up on this up now is this up any

464
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:02,670
type of worldwide or nationwide I don't

465
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:05,250
want to say epidemic but it's not an

466
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:08,010
epidemic except in areas such as Africa

467
00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:11,730
which has the most cases of a bacterial

468
00:23:16,670 --> 00:23:14,430
meningitis India is pretty bad too

469
00:23:20,410 --> 00:23:16,680
usually I guess the worst cases or the

470
00:23:23,380 --> 00:23:20,420
worst areas hit are areas that have the

471
00:23:26,330 --> 00:23:23,390
least amount of money in funding and

472
00:23:27,410 --> 00:23:26,340
modern medicine I guess would be part of

473
00:23:32,930 --> 00:23:27,420
it

474
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:32,940
in California in recent I think we have

475
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:37,170
approximately well in the United States

476
00:23:41,990 --> 00:23:38,850
there is approximately a thousand to

477
00:23:45,770 --> 00:23:42,000
2,000 cases per year so that's how much

478
00:23:47,570 --> 00:23:45,780
we have it in control and hopefully can

479
00:23:52,730 --> 00:23:47,580
go down as I mentioned there's a vaccine

480
00:23:53,150 --> 00:23:52,740
and are you there oh yeah yeah I'm

481
00:23:54,670 --> 00:23:53,160
listening

482
00:23:57,340 --> 00:23:54,680
yeah okay

483
00:24:02,230 --> 00:23:57,350
the screen just went weird how that's

484
00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:02,240
the screen saver just one okay anyway

485
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:04,670
yeah that in the United States we pretty

486
00:24:10,690 --> 00:24:07,730
well have a handle on it as far as I

487
00:24:14,370 --> 00:24:10,700
mean one cases is when one too many but

488
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:14,380
it's not nearly as bad as worldwide so

489
00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:18,650
did they did they ask you like right

490
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:21,320
away mark have you traveled out of the

491
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:22,850
country and where the places you've been

492
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:26,450
or anything like that no no they didn't

493
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:30,890
ask me that at all actually um he when I

494
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:34,010
first got the there had sweat pants on

495
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:35,690
it pulled him down and he said where'd

496
00:24:38,620 --> 00:24:37,010
you get all these little red dots all

497
00:24:40,419 --> 00:24:38,630
over you and I didn't know that I had

498
00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:40,429
and what it was was all my blood vessels

499
00:24:47,260 --> 00:24:43,070
were breaking so it looks like you've

500
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:47,270
got measles kind of but like I said he

501
00:24:51,430 --> 00:24:49,010
had me on life support so fast that I

502
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:51,440
was pretty much out of it pretty quickly

503
00:24:58,390 --> 00:24:56,000
after I got to the hospital um Ben and I

504
00:25:00,520 --> 00:24:58,400
came to he never asked well he knew or

505
00:25:02,890 --> 00:25:00,530
by then he knew where I would have gone

506
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:02,900
to it was it was quite a thing on the

507
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:04,730
news here I was on all the newspapers

508
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:09,050
and all the different televisions were

509
00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:13,490
on it they're kind of camped outside my

510
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:16,370
house for a couple of months Wow

511
00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:21,530
so when something like this happens what

512
00:25:26,980 --> 00:25:23,990
I I don't really understand exactly what

513
00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:26,990
happens without it being too graphic can

514
00:25:35,290 --> 00:25:30,080
you explain exactly what this disease or

515
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:35,300
I guess infection it actually is well

516
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:36,890
you know when that all those blood

517
00:25:40,210 --> 00:25:38,690
vessels start to break then that's why

518
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:40,220
my fingers and toes got amputated

519
00:25:45,490 --> 00:25:42,530
because the blood flow stops so looks

520
00:25:47,799 --> 00:25:45,500
just like you've got frostbite because

521
00:25:50,020 --> 00:25:47,809
you know the Bloods not making it to the

522
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:50,030
claw people lose legs and arms I was

523
00:26:00,970 --> 00:25:56,980
we gonna say something like oh no oh

524
00:26:02,860 --> 00:26:00,980
okay so I I said I was lucky I didn't

525
00:26:06,070 --> 00:26:02,870
lose more really right

526
00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:06,080
does that does it affect your organs as

527
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:08,390
well or is it just like a

528
00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:11,690
yeah I can it can definitely yeah I

529
00:26:17,049 --> 00:26:13,790
think did a lot of tests on my liver and

530
00:26:19,510 --> 00:26:17,059
kidneys and heart and all that stuff so

531
00:26:21,820 --> 00:26:19,520
I was fat they thought I had some sort

532
00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:21,830
of a heart problem at first ninda heart

533
00:26:25,510 --> 00:26:23,870
surgeon or the specialist came in and

534
00:26:29,410 --> 00:26:25,520
said no your heart's fine I don't know

535
00:26:31,060 --> 00:26:29,420
what they saw it first but but it ended

536
00:26:35,049 --> 00:26:31,070
up being okay my god

537
00:26:36,610 --> 00:26:35,059
yeah and so what about long-term effects

538
00:26:38,350 --> 00:26:36,620
of course you know losing your

539
00:26:40,539 --> 00:26:38,360
fingertips we're going to talk more

540
00:26:45,130 --> 00:26:40,549
about that but what are some of the

541
00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:45,140
long-term effects of this there isn't

542
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:47,630
any really once you know once they saw

543
00:26:51,940 --> 00:26:49,730
that when everything was doesn't you

544
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:51,950
know my organs were okay once you're

545
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:52,850
healed you're healed

546
00:26:57,730 --> 00:26:55,970
oh I remember one guy came in the under

547
00:26:59,770 --> 00:26:57,740
the my hospital room listen to the

548
00:27:01,600 --> 00:26:59,780
doctor can you get this again and the

549
00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:01,610
doctor kind of got angry you know you

550
00:27:05,860 --> 00:27:03,049
candy but he didn't want to talk about

551
00:27:07,210 --> 00:27:05,870
the next time I was gonna get it cuz he

552
00:27:08,470 --> 00:27:07,220
kind of thought maybe like it was one of

553
00:27:10,180 --> 00:27:08,480
those diseases like the measles that

554
00:27:14,650 --> 00:27:10,190
once you got it wouldn't get it again

555
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:14,660
but you come exposed to it but I I guess

556
00:27:19,299 --> 00:27:16,490
that would be the final straw that when

557
00:27:22,030 --> 00:27:19,309
you wouldn't make the 10% on that one

558
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:22,040
no I don't think I didn't know well they

559
00:27:26,980 --> 00:27:24,770
one of the reasons I did survive is that

560
00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:26,990
I was young unless I was 45 I wasn't

561
00:27:33,220 --> 00:27:31,190
like I am now 61 so you know being

562
00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:33,230
younger was on my side as far as

563
00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:35,270
surviving in one thing all right now

564
00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:38,900
let's talk about what it was like inside

565
00:27:45,310 --> 00:27:42,320
your head you know I mean that's a that

566
00:27:47,110 --> 00:27:45,320
must have just been one struggle after

567
00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:47,120
another because all of a sudden your

568
00:27:56,169 --> 00:27:51,070
life has totally changed and a

569
00:27:58,900 --> 00:27:56,179
depression I can only imagine yeah well

570
00:28:00,640 --> 00:27:58,910
you know it's like changes so fast from

571
00:28:02,710 --> 00:28:00,650
one you know from one day to the next

572
00:28:07,210 --> 00:28:02,720
it's you your what your life your heads

573
00:28:08,740 --> 00:28:07,220
over essentially yeah so I came home and

574
00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:08,750
just really depressed really depressed

575
00:28:13,390 --> 00:28:11,840
obviously and and there's all you know

576
00:28:14,830 --> 00:28:13,400
you can go sing and you can go play

577
00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:14,840
again you figure out it and I think I

578
00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:16,130
don't want to be the guy that becomes

579
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:17,510
the see play because he doesn't got its

580
00:28:21,769 --> 00:28:19,970
fingers like you know I'm some sideshow

581
00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:21,779
from some circus or something

582
00:28:28,009 --> 00:28:25,080
me but you know the thing that I was

583
00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:28,019
lucky was that I had so much support

584
00:28:33,950 --> 00:28:31,619
from the community and friends and you

585
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:33,960
know from playing all these shows and

586
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:36,330
concerts for years and years and years

587
00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:39,450
in this in this in this area I just had

588
00:28:42,349 --> 00:28:40,979
a lot of support that probably a lot of

589
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:42,359
other people wouldn't have gotten and

590
00:28:47,389 --> 00:28:45,330
that's what really saved me I think was

591
00:28:49,820 --> 00:28:47,399
just people were you know coming by the

592
00:28:53,839 --> 00:28:49,830
house and sending me letters and emails

593
00:28:56,180 --> 00:28:53,849
and and just a lot of people helped me

594
00:28:59,119 --> 00:28:56,190
through this and it just was really

595
00:29:02,779 --> 00:28:59,129
really lucky that way I bet I mean I I

596
00:29:06,109 --> 00:29:02,789
can't imagine you know things turning

597
00:29:09,229 --> 00:29:06,119
upside down of any more than they

598
00:29:11,269 --> 00:29:09,239
possibly could for you basically because

599
00:29:14,180 --> 00:29:11,279
unless you maybe if you lost your voice

600
00:29:17,690 --> 00:29:14,190
I guess that might be you know but still

601
00:29:21,769 --> 00:29:17,700
probably secondary to your playing you

602
00:29:24,859 --> 00:29:21,779
know how do you fill the hole of of not

603
00:29:27,049 --> 00:29:24,869
playing anymore we'll see that's where

604
00:29:29,629 --> 00:29:27,059
my when I got back to that principal

605
00:29:31,639 --> 00:29:29,639
calling me up it was sort of you know he

606
00:29:33,409 --> 00:29:31,649
called me he said Mark one of the to the

607
00:29:35,479 --> 00:29:33,419
teachers need an aide in their first

608
00:29:36,979 --> 00:29:35,489
grade class and you want to do it and I

609
00:29:39,109 --> 00:29:36,989
remember thinking I don't know if I want

610
00:29:41,060 --> 00:29:39,119
to do that and I thought well I got to

611
00:29:42,499 --> 00:29:41,070
get off my rear end and do something so

612
00:29:46,099 --> 00:29:42,509
I said yeah I went down and interviewed

613
00:29:46,999 --> 00:29:46,109
with them and they said yeah we want you

614
00:29:51,469 --> 00:29:47,009
to be opra

615
00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:51,479
and that was I mean that's that it was

616
00:29:54,649 --> 00:29:53,279
the best thing that ever could have

617
00:29:57,079 --> 00:29:54,659
happened to me because I ended up

618
00:29:58,549 --> 00:29:57,089
working with these kids and kids are

619
00:30:02,359 --> 00:29:58,559
funny they don't care about your fingers

620
00:30:03,889 --> 00:30:02,369
and a lot of employers really cool well

621
00:30:05,269 --> 00:30:03,899
that I said well don't go home and cut

622
00:30:09,649 --> 00:30:05,279
your fingers off because you think that

623
00:30:11,060 --> 00:30:09,659
they cool but it it really helped me

624
00:30:12,739 --> 00:30:11,070
through my depression because you get

625
00:30:14,810 --> 00:30:12,749
out of your sight you know that it's all

626
00:30:16,339 --> 00:30:14,820
of them you're thinking about them and

627
00:30:17,839 --> 00:30:16,349
you're in you and then I thought you

628
00:30:20,149 --> 00:30:17,849
know you know even though I can't play

629
00:30:22,159 --> 00:30:20,159
the guitar I can show other people how

630
00:30:25,129 --> 00:30:22,169
to play you know everything's still in

631
00:30:28,940 --> 00:30:25,139
my head what I did so then I started to

632
00:30:31,519 --> 00:30:28,950
teach kids how to play guitar well which

633
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:31,529
was really really nice so I got to kind

634
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:33,210
of get back into music and then I sat

635
00:30:37,110 --> 00:30:35,290
for about a year with a guitar in my lap

636
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:37,120
thinking how can i play this thing again

637
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:38,770
I got a figure because that's all I ever

638
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:40,810
did I mean I played when I was hungry I

639
00:30:46,260 --> 00:30:43,210
played when I was happy I didn't didn't

640
00:30:48,210 --> 00:30:46,270
matter so I sat with the guitar in my

641
00:30:50,790 --> 00:30:48,220
lap and started to figure out how to do

642
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:50,800
little abbreviated versions of chords

643
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:53,890
and kind of started to play again I mean

644
00:30:59,430 --> 00:30:56,530
I can't play like I used to but enough

645
00:31:00,950 --> 00:30:59,440
that I could I'm doing shows only you

646
00:31:03,390 --> 00:31:00,960
know wow yeah

647
00:31:05,190 --> 00:31:03,400
pardon my ignorance for this but what

648
00:31:07,980 --> 00:31:05,200
about like a steel guitar is that

649
00:31:10,530 --> 00:31:07,990
something you can play chords on yeah

650
00:31:13,950 --> 00:31:10,540
it's it's funny people ask me this yeah

651
00:31:15,570 --> 00:31:13,960
yeah guitar yeah which I could do but I

652
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:15,580
just never had any interest I don't

653
00:31:25,290 --> 00:31:21,610
blame you I don't know Don Ho died is

654
00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:25,300
that all I wanted to play like I could

655
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:27,520
play before I I wasn't even interested

656
00:31:32,010 --> 00:31:29,650
in that one when I could play so but I

657
00:31:33,750 --> 00:31:32,020
like I said I've figured out enough now

658
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:33,760
that I can sort of get by you do get

659
00:31:37,290 --> 00:31:35,770
frustrated sometimes and I want to do

660
00:31:39,870 --> 00:31:37,300
something that I got in my head and I

661
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:39,880
can't physically do it alright what

662
00:31:45,090 --> 00:31:42,850
about like pardon me what about now

663
00:31:46,530 --> 00:31:45,100
there's a little strange delay on my

664
00:31:49,230 --> 00:31:46,540
side just to let you know I hate to say

665
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:49,240
this life but it's just the buffering

666
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:51,490
software so a lot of times I have to

667
00:31:57,030 --> 00:31:54,730
hesitate on my side you won't notice it

668
00:32:01,620 --> 00:31:57,040
on your side I don't think or you might

669
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:01,630
know so what is it like as far as now

670
00:32:08,250 --> 00:32:04,450
being a creative person you must have

671
00:32:11,310 --> 00:32:08,260
like songs come in your head still today

672
00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:11,320
do you actually write music now or have

673
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:13,200
you learned how to do that

674
00:32:18,150 --> 00:32:16,330
not really you know I've tried I've well

675
00:32:19,590 --> 00:32:18,160
I've written one song which is actually

676
00:32:21,450 --> 00:32:19,600
the title where Michael got the title

677
00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:21,460
for the snow called living in the light

678
00:32:27,710 --> 00:32:23,710
that I wrote for this these kids at the

679
00:32:30,660 --> 00:32:27,720
school in Oakland that I go and play for

680
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:30,670
the thing when I when I wrote like when

681
00:32:33,630 --> 00:32:32,290
you heard on blue shadows is a lot of

682
00:32:36,270 --> 00:32:33,640
the sort of the intricate guitar stuff

683
00:32:37,890 --> 00:32:36,280
that I can't do anymore so you know I

684
00:32:41,340 --> 00:32:37,900
you should be able to write a song with

685
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:41,350
three chords I mean they're million son

686
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:43,810
so that shouldn't really be a an

687
00:32:48,630 --> 00:32:45,970
obstacle for me but for some reason I've

688
00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:48,640
lost that desire to write

689
00:32:51,389 --> 00:32:49,990
I've got to get it back again though

690
00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:51,399
because I used to love to write songs

691
00:32:55,950 --> 00:32:53,710
okay so let's let's play

692
00:33:00,659 --> 00:32:55,960
can we play one of your songs how about

693
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:00,669
can you talk about next summer let's

694
00:33:05,820 --> 00:33:03,850
talk about that song next isn't my only

695
00:33:07,470 --> 00:33:05,830
instrumental I've ever written because

696
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:07,480
not mark Pinilla is an incredible

697
00:33:11,310 --> 00:33:09,490
instrumentalists and writes a lot of

698
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:11,320
instrumentals and so when he was going

699
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:12,970
to produce this album called breathing

700
00:33:15,450 --> 00:33:13,690
of the sky

701
00:33:16,889 --> 00:33:15,460
I wanted to write an instrumental for us

702
00:33:19,529 --> 00:33:16,899
to work on because I knew that was sort

703
00:33:20,940 --> 00:33:19,539
of his strong point and I wanted to

704
00:33:25,289 --> 00:33:20,950
write a song that sort of made you feel

705
00:33:27,509 --> 00:33:25,299
warm like summer does and this is one

706
00:33:29,460 --> 00:33:27,519
song I woke up one morning rolled over

707
00:33:31,799 --> 00:33:29,470
and been and turned the radio on and it

708
00:33:33,980 --> 00:33:31,809
came on the radio the second I turned

709
00:33:36,570 --> 00:33:33,990
the radio on it was really funny

710
00:33:38,430 --> 00:33:36,580
had no idea was going to be on it was

711
00:33:41,639 --> 00:33:38,440
like somebody tapped me on the shoulder

712
00:33:43,710 --> 00:33:41,649
to turn the radio on it got a lot of

713
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:43,720
radio played at the area so anyway

714
00:33:59,250 --> 00:33:45,370
that's the story behind case over here

715
00:34:22,730 --> 00:34:05,240
[Music]

716
00:35:25,730 --> 00:34:24,760
you

717
00:35:47,090 --> 00:35:38,750
[Music]

718
00:35:47,100 --> 00:36:06,779
ooh

719
00:36:06,789 --> 00:36:11,610
you

720
00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:25,200
[Music]

721
00:36:50,870 --> 00:36:47,569
another beautiful song thank you for

722
00:36:52,549 --> 00:36:50,880
that thank you thank you

723
00:36:59,210 --> 00:36:52,559
one of the things I was thinking while I

724
00:37:01,069 --> 00:36:59,220
was listening to the song is um what I

725
00:37:05,630 --> 00:37:01,079
have no idea where that's coming from

726
00:37:07,910 --> 00:37:05,640
I was asked to write a is this is this

727
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:07,920
your song by the wincle no it was it it

728
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:11,210
gets just be doing uh out of the skyline

729
00:37:20,370 --> 00:37:16,890
is that something you sent me no okay I

730
00:37:24,250 --> 00:37:20,380
have to find it it's not open

731
00:37:26,150 --> 00:37:24,260
[Music]

732
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:26,160
we're going to enjoy it while it's

733
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:30,210
playing though thank you

734
00:37:30,210 --> 00:37:35,609
[Music]

735
00:37:35,619 --> 00:37:39,610
when the Sun came up

736
00:37:50,299 --> 00:37:42,120
pieces of some machine

737
00:37:51,350 --> 00:37:50,309
[Music]

738
00:37:56,589 --> 00:37:51,360
come

739
00:38:01,270 --> 00:37:56,599
[Music]

740
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,330
scanning

741
00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:14,150
[Music]

742
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:36,060
this time

743
00:38:45,849 --> 00:38:42,530
[Music]

744
00:38:59,220 --> 00:38:47,450
we don't it

745
00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:11,400
[Music]

746
00:39:16,390 --> 00:39:14,000
okay it still has some more to go but I

747
00:39:19,059 --> 00:39:16,400
just wanted to yeah I just wanted to

748
00:39:22,450 --> 00:39:19,069
talk about that at the bottom of the

749
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:22,460
blink on the webpage that the other song

750
00:39:25,809 --> 00:39:24,410
is hosted on that's where that showed up

751
00:39:30,730 --> 00:39:25,819
and it just started playing down on the

752
00:39:32,799 --> 00:39:30,740
very bottom so but anyway here here we

753
00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:32,809
are back again and so that was a little

754
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:37,609
bonus song so again thank you for her

755
00:39:44,260 --> 00:39:40,490
that and what is it out of the sky it

756
00:39:47,220 --> 00:39:44,270
fell is that the name of that one yes

757
00:39:51,220 --> 00:39:47,230
so let's since that landed on that

758
00:39:53,650 --> 00:39:51,230
serendipitous I can't even talk let's

759
00:39:57,789 --> 00:39:53,660
let's talk about the genesis of that

760
00:39:59,710 --> 00:39:57,799
song well I'm just kind of how I met you

761
00:40:03,010 --> 00:39:59,720
one was I've always been interested in

762
00:40:06,430 --> 00:40:03,020
UFOs since I was a little kid and there

763
00:40:08,109 --> 00:40:06,440
was a festival down in in New Mexico

764
00:40:11,289 --> 00:40:08,119
they called me to ask me to write a song

765
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:11,299
for it I don't know how I got there they

766
00:40:15,220 --> 00:40:13,010
got in touch with me I don't remember it

767
00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:15,230
anymore so I said yeah I would be glad

768
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:17,390
to write a song about it so I wrote that

769
00:40:22,660 --> 00:40:20,450
and then Mark Bini and I would went down

770
00:40:25,420 --> 00:40:22,670
to him in LA would be recorded in fact

771
00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:25,430
that was him playing guitar with me on

772
00:40:31,359 --> 00:40:29,510
that live show and I'm not sure if they

773
00:40:34,569 --> 00:40:31,369
ever used it or not I can't remember

774
00:40:36,010 --> 00:40:34,579
it's been about 20 years now since I

775
00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:36,020
wrote that I forget what happened with

776
00:40:39,339 --> 00:40:38,089
it but that's how that happened was that

777
00:40:42,579 --> 00:40:39,349
they called and asked me to write

778
00:40:45,460 --> 00:40:42,589
something up not sure they used it but

779
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:45,470
yeah my interest in UFOs was where that

780
00:40:50,170 --> 00:40:46,010
came from

781
00:40:52,890 --> 00:40:50,180
yeah okay and so I guess what I was

782
00:40:55,750 --> 00:40:52,900
talking about was I was thinking about

783
00:40:58,240 --> 00:40:55,760
when someone goes through something like

784
00:41:02,289 --> 00:40:58,250
what you went through it can be

785
00:41:03,700 --> 00:41:02,299
all-consuming like and you said you got

786
00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:03,710
out of yourself which i think is

787
00:41:07,740 --> 00:41:05,630
something that could really help a lot

788
00:41:11,019 --> 00:41:07,750
of people because I've heard of

789
00:41:13,569 --> 00:41:11,029
situations where people just become so

790
00:41:15,279 --> 00:41:13,579
self-absorbed in some miserable horrible

791
00:41:17,170 --> 00:41:15,289
thing that they can't think of anything

792
00:41:20,289 --> 00:41:17,180
else and the only way they can get out

793
00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:20,299
of it is if they help someone or or you

794
00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:22,550
know do something

795
00:41:27,670 --> 00:41:25,250
that gets their mind out of that so what

796
00:41:31,450 --> 00:41:27,680
about the like eight hours at night when

797
00:41:33,340 --> 00:41:31,460
you're by yourself and yeah that's when

798
00:41:35,230 --> 00:41:33,350
it would hit memory I lay in bed and I'd

799
00:41:37,570 --> 00:41:35,240
wake up and I'd look at my fingers and

800
00:41:40,420 --> 00:41:37,580
it's a trick deal you know I mean it

801
00:41:41,740 --> 00:41:40,430
just look so for him cuz you know to see

802
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:41,750
your fingers look now I remember this

803
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:44,090
man used to come and see me play who is

804
00:41:50,410 --> 00:41:46,910
an ex motorcycle cop who had lost his

805
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:50,420
leg in an accident and he said mark you

806
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:52,010
know he goes you get used to how they

807
00:41:58,030 --> 00:41:54,650
look and I remember thinking I'll never

808
00:41:59,560 --> 00:41:58,040
and he was right and now look they look

809
00:42:03,760 --> 00:41:59,570
so normal to me that it would look weird

810
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:03,770
to have fingernails um but like he's

811
00:42:09,670 --> 00:42:06,730
like he like I was saying it to transfer

812
00:42:12,610 --> 00:42:09,680
your you know all your energy to

813
00:42:15,730 --> 00:42:12,620
something else really helps so you're

814
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:15,740
not just thinking about you know I had a

815
00:42:21,010 --> 00:42:17,450
daughter too and I thought I can't just

816
00:42:24,190 --> 00:42:21,020
fold up you note into a ball and in wall

817
00:42:27,430 --> 00:42:24,200
right in this you know I mean I wanted

818
00:42:28,930 --> 00:42:27,440
to be an example for her that you move

819
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:28,940
on and yet you do what you have to do

820
00:42:32,380 --> 00:42:32,090
and I just I wasn't gonna let it destroy

821
00:42:37,450 --> 00:42:32,390
me

822
00:42:39,340 --> 00:42:37,460
I think most people you know 99 people

823
00:42:40,570 --> 00:42:39,350
out of 100 would be do the same thing

824
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:40,580
because what's the alternative really

825
00:42:46,510 --> 00:42:45,050
yeah you know and I could I when I go

826
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:46,520
and I talked to a couple of the schools

827
00:42:52,390 --> 00:42:50,690
high schools they show the film and one

828
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:52,400
thing I learned is it's it's amazing how

829
00:42:58,750 --> 00:42:55,490
bad and hopeless you can feel one day

830
00:43:01,300 --> 00:42:58,760
and a week later how everything can flip

831
00:43:03,460 --> 00:43:01,310
on a diamond how wonderful you can feel

832
00:43:05,740 --> 00:43:03,470
something can happen you know obviously

833
00:43:07,210 --> 00:43:05,750
just wait you know just wait because you

834
00:43:10,380 --> 00:43:07,220
just never know what's going to happen

835
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:10,390
that can really make you feel great and

836
00:43:18,190 --> 00:43:13,850
get you out of a depression it's true

837
00:43:20,710 --> 00:43:18,200
right right so what about the first film

838
00:43:22,270 --> 00:43:20,720
how did that all happen and then of

839
00:43:24,870 --> 00:43:22,280
course Michael we want to talk about

840
00:43:27,820 --> 00:43:24,880
what you're up to with the second one

841
00:43:30,490 --> 00:43:27,830
well Jean Strauss who made the film Bree

842
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:30,500
she's an author she did a couple of

843
00:43:35,410 --> 00:43:32,570
books with Liesel from The Sound of

844
00:43:36,460 --> 00:43:35,420
Music and a couple others and she did oh

845
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:36,470
she was

846
00:43:40,750 --> 00:43:38,570
job T she did a book called beneath a

847
00:43:42,790 --> 00:43:40,760
tall tree she called me and said I want

848
00:43:44,770 --> 00:43:42,800
to write a book about what happened to

849
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:44,780
you and I said I don't want to do that I

850
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:47,450
kidding I just didn't want to do it so

851
00:43:51,430 --> 00:43:49,130
about six months later she calls so what

852
00:43:53,140 --> 00:43:51,440
if I do a documentary and I said you

853
00:43:56,410 --> 00:43:53,150
know I said yeah that would be okay if

854
00:44:00,730 --> 00:43:56,420
if we did that and I had known her since

855
00:44:02,170 --> 00:44:00,740
grammar school as well so she knew we

856
00:44:04,359 --> 00:44:02,180
weren't friends or anything but we knew

857
00:44:07,030 --> 00:44:04,369
of each other you know one of those kind

858
00:44:08,830 --> 00:44:07,040
of things so she would she was living in

859
00:44:11,230 --> 00:44:08,840
LA at the time so she'd come up about

860
00:44:14,950 --> 00:44:11,240
every couple weeks and just interview me

861
00:44:16,060 --> 00:44:14,960
and and we just and that was a nice way

862
00:44:17,950 --> 00:44:16,070
to kind of get rid of all that

863
00:44:21,220 --> 00:44:17,960
depression to to kind of talk and talk

864
00:44:25,540 --> 00:44:21,230
it out she did a really nice job on the

865
00:44:27,490 --> 00:44:25,550
UCS I think idea yes yeah um and she

866
00:44:31,270 --> 00:44:27,500
came to school I was at and filming with

867
00:44:33,910 --> 00:44:31,280
the kids and stuff now is there any type

868
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:33,920
of like public support in any type of

869
00:44:40,330 --> 00:44:37,130
way that someone can also get that is

870
00:44:42,570 --> 00:44:40,340
going through something like what you

871
00:44:45,849 --> 00:44:42,580
went through

872
00:44:47,620 --> 00:44:45,859
not that I know of I mean I thought

873
00:44:49,450 --> 00:44:47,630
about going to the psychologist at first

874
00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:49,460
you know and didn't a help me get out of

875
00:44:55,329 --> 00:44:52,700
the depression but like I said I had so

876
00:44:57,730 --> 00:44:55,339
much support from from I mean you know

877
00:45:00,849 --> 00:44:57,740
Pete Johnson from the who he and I email

878
00:45:01,839 --> 00:45:00,859
for a while because he had Curt his he

879
00:45:04,690 --> 00:45:01,849
thought he wasn't going to be able to

880
00:45:06,820 --> 00:45:04,700
play he had fallen off his motorcycle or

881
00:45:09,849 --> 00:45:06,830
his bicycle and really hurt his wrist

882
00:45:11,980 --> 00:45:09,859
and so he and I emailed back and forth

883
00:45:14,950 --> 00:45:11,990
he helped me you know talk me through it

884
00:45:18,940 --> 00:45:14,960
too which was really nice having another

885
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:18,950
musician guitar player so I was just

886
00:45:23,589 --> 00:45:20,930
really lucky that I didn't have to go

887
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:23,599
and get yeah but Michael Genova yeah

888
00:45:28,870 --> 00:45:25,730
there's there's some friends of

889
00:45:31,599 --> 00:45:28,880
meningitis and the angels which are

890
00:45:33,930 --> 00:45:31,609
nurses and they put together some sites

891
00:45:40,329 --> 00:45:33,940
that you can easily find on the web and

892
00:45:43,420 --> 00:45:40,339
Facebook has a server a surviving

893
00:45:45,490 --> 00:45:43,430
meningitis page so there's something

894
00:45:49,410 --> 00:45:45,500
there's a lot of people are reaching out

895
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:49,420
at this point I think it's becoming just

896
00:45:54,569 --> 00:45:51,490
like I said something that we can pretty

897
00:45:57,990 --> 00:45:54,579
much eradicate with the vaccine so now

898
00:46:00,780 --> 00:45:58,000
is there is there similarity to other

899
00:46:04,099 --> 00:46:00,790
types of meningitis like I've heard of

900
00:46:06,950 --> 00:46:04,109
spinal meningitis and so other other

901
00:46:12,089 --> 00:46:06,960
meningitis besides the bacterial and

902
00:46:15,770 --> 00:46:12,099
spinal not not that I know I think those

903
00:46:20,339 --> 00:46:15,780
are the two spinal isn't nearly as

904
00:46:21,450 --> 00:46:20,349
dangerous as bacterial Wow yeah yeah if

905
00:46:23,940 --> 00:46:21,460
you're going to get one of the two get

906
00:46:25,770 --> 00:46:23,950
to spinal one of the two that's only two

907
00:46:28,530 --> 00:46:25,780
I've ever heard of as well is this I

908
00:46:31,980 --> 00:46:28,540
know yeah yeah even neither one of them

909
00:46:34,109 --> 00:46:31,990
is good but I mean so Michael let's talk

910
00:46:36,990 --> 00:46:34,119
a little bit about what you're doing and

911
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:37,000
what the possible differences of the

912
00:46:44,339 --> 00:46:41,410
first film that well the difference

913
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:44,349
between what we're doing now is were the

914
00:46:58,920 --> 00:46:46,770
genes

915
00:47:01,650 --> 00:46:58,930
the trials and tribulations of dealing

916
00:47:04,380 --> 00:47:01,660
with his disease and the after effects

917
00:47:07,829 --> 00:47:04,390
mine is going to talk ours is going to

918
00:47:11,220 --> 00:47:07,839
talk about the beginning of Mark's life

919
00:47:12,990 --> 00:47:11,230
and how music is been a big part of it

920
00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:13,000
including Part II told you about from

921
00:47:18,870 --> 00:47:15,730
three years old on as long as I've known

922
00:47:20,390 --> 00:47:18,880
mark it's been music I mean that's the

923
00:47:23,490 --> 00:47:20,400
common thread that a lot of our friends

924
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:23,500
have is we've all played music and all

925
00:47:29,490 --> 00:47:26,650
played in bands and so on but anyway

926
00:47:31,940 --> 00:47:29,500
well this film deals with his marks

927
00:47:35,490 --> 00:47:31,950
growing up his musical influences

928
00:47:37,829 --> 00:47:35,500
including John Stewart Frank Sinatra

929
00:47:41,910 --> 00:47:37,839
we promote Beatles the Bo you have a

930
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:41,920
Beatles in 48 us yeah but then it's

931
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:44,970
going to go right into the the

932
00:47:51,510 --> 00:47:48,210
catastrophe of getting hit with the

933
00:47:54,990 --> 00:47:51,520
meningitis and how he came came through

934
00:47:57,210 --> 00:47:55,000
that but the big part is how he's doing

935
00:48:02,460 --> 00:47:57,220
today and what he's doing and performing

936
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:02,470
in fact next July in July he's playing

937
00:48:08,970 --> 00:48:05,770
a performance at Armando's with mark

938
00:48:10,830 --> 00:48:08,980
pnina and a lot of local musicians and

939
00:48:12,690 --> 00:48:10,840
that's the part that we're trying to

940
00:48:15,270 --> 00:48:12,700
celebrate that says you know you can get

941
00:48:18,030 --> 00:48:15,280
through this and mark has proven that

942
00:48:20,339 --> 00:48:18,040
there is life after meningitis you know

943
00:48:22,140 --> 00:48:20,349
he taught himself how to play read

944
00:48:25,589 --> 00:48:22,150
Murray taught himself how to play the

945
00:48:29,220 --> 00:48:25,599
guitar in a whole new way by putting it

946
00:48:32,609 --> 00:48:29,230
on his lap and using what pieces of his

947
00:48:35,580 --> 00:48:32,619
fingers there are and we deal with that

948
00:48:37,859 --> 00:48:35,590
in fact there is a about a six minute

949
00:48:39,780 --> 00:48:37,869
scene where Mark is just sitting with

950
00:48:44,730 --> 00:48:39,790
the guitar in my living room talking

951
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:44,740
about how he put his finger down on the

952
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:47,410
guitar and he goes out that would be I

953
00:48:51,810 --> 00:48:49,570
could I can make an A with this and he

954
00:48:54,270 --> 00:48:51,820
makes an a chord now if I just move my

955
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:54,280
thumb over here I'm actually doing you

956
00:48:59,790 --> 00:48:56,410
can't see it I'm actually fretting like

957
00:49:02,550 --> 00:48:59,800
Mark does I can make it a minor and I

958
00:49:05,270 --> 00:49:02,560
used my knuckle on my thumb but I think

959
00:49:09,660 --> 00:49:05,280
Michael also wants to concentrate on

960
00:49:12,359 --> 00:49:09,670
getting some vaccines promoted one of

961
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:12,369
the things I would like to do is after

962
00:49:17,220 --> 00:49:15,490
the movie is finished is to or college

963
00:49:20,820 --> 00:49:17,230
campuses mark and I would talked about

964
00:49:22,890 --> 00:49:20,830
this getting a Winnebago or something

965
00:49:24,950 --> 00:49:22,900
and just doing a road trip where we play

966
00:49:27,270 --> 00:49:24,960
the play the film and then talk about

967
00:49:30,270 --> 00:49:27,280
meningitis in ways that you can prevent

968
00:49:34,620 --> 00:49:30,280
it you know simply is not sharing a coke

969
00:49:37,099 --> 00:49:34,630
or beer and to get into the vaccine so

970
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:37,109
yeah one of my goals is to eliminate

971
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:40,570
bacterial meningitis in at least our

972
00:49:49,740 --> 00:49:44,530
country if not many many more well so

973
00:49:53,089 --> 00:49:49,750
not only is it a triumph over tragedy

974
00:49:57,900 --> 00:49:53,099
it's also an educational film - its

975
00:50:00,030 --> 00:49:57,910
spiritual and positive and transition

976
00:50:03,450 --> 00:50:00,040
yeah yeah exactly so that you know

977
00:50:05,310 --> 00:50:03,460
there's a lot to this movie and if

978
00:50:08,190 --> 00:50:05,320
anybody's interested you can always

979
00:50:10,290 --> 00:50:08,200
reach me at Michael at tweed photo calm

980
00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:10,300
especially if you have money we have a

981
00:50:16,309 --> 00:50:13,270
non-profit so we give you a nice big

982
00:50:22,620 --> 00:50:16,319
right off like

983
00:50:24,499 --> 00:50:22,630
you're welcome to plug yes yes so hi

984
00:50:27,299 --> 00:50:24,509
Michael you mentioned earlier that

985
00:50:27,839 --> 00:50:27,309
someone could be a carrier and not even

986
00:50:31,649 --> 00:50:27,849
know it

987
00:50:33,509 --> 00:50:31,659
do they have like statistically the

988
00:50:35,729 --> 00:50:33,519
amount of carriers that are out there

989
00:50:37,709 --> 00:50:35,739
you know I mean do people really have to

990
00:50:40,769 --> 00:50:37,719
watch about sharing a Coke and stuff

991
00:50:43,379 --> 00:50:40,779
like that I think when you're younger

992
00:50:47,579 --> 00:50:43,389
that's when you're more susceptible I

993
00:50:49,379 --> 00:50:47,589
from what I've read um as far as numbers

994
00:50:52,620 --> 00:50:49,389
go I don't know that you can ever count

995
00:50:55,199 --> 00:50:52,630
that because unless you were tested to

996
00:50:56,699 --> 00:50:55,209
see if you were a carrier like I said

997
00:50:58,559 --> 00:50:56,709
you might not ever know you could go

998
00:51:00,089 --> 00:50:58,569
your whole life and never get sick you

999
00:51:01,949 --> 00:51:00,099
know one thing they told me mark that I

1000
00:51:05,359 --> 00:51:01,959
remember now that it can live in your

1001
00:51:08,129 --> 00:51:05,369
nasal passages for five or six years and

1002
00:51:10,139 --> 00:51:08,139
you get run down and not feel well and

1003
00:51:12,539 --> 00:51:10,149
then that you can't fight it off where

1004
00:51:16,079 --> 00:51:12,549
you know if you're feeling good and

1005
00:51:17,609 --> 00:51:16,089
healthy and it can be there but it's not

1006
00:51:19,469 --> 00:51:17,619
taking over Wow

1007
00:51:21,509 --> 00:51:19,479
so it's almost like an immune type of

1008
00:51:23,399 --> 00:51:21,519
thing if your immune system if it's one

1009
00:51:25,879 --> 00:51:23,409
yeah right you know I didn't feel well I

1010
00:51:28,109 --> 00:51:25,889
went on that trip and I was tired and I

1011
00:51:29,579 --> 00:51:28,119
when I came back Friday I went out on a

1012
00:51:32,029 --> 00:51:29,589
date that night I didn't want to tell

1013
00:51:34,739 --> 00:51:32,039
the story which I should have done

1014
00:51:37,349 --> 00:51:34,749
instead I was a dick the brophy animals

1015
00:51:40,199 --> 00:51:37,359
back probably I think it was actually

1016
00:51:42,989 --> 00:51:40,209
yeah I really do I you hit the nail on

1017
00:51:44,909 --> 00:51:42,999
the head I think that was maybe if I had

1018
00:51:46,589 --> 00:51:44,919
come home and gone to bed maybe I would

1019
00:51:48,959 --> 00:51:46,599
have woken up and fought it off but I

1020
00:51:50,489 --> 00:51:48,969
just I did too much to where I just

1021
00:51:54,059 --> 00:51:50,499
couldn't fight it anymore but you're

1022
00:51:57,079 --> 00:51:54,069
saying this could be living like within

1023
00:52:00,749 --> 00:51:57,089
you somewhere for like five years so

1024
00:52:03,269 --> 00:52:00,759
that's another time you you know became

1025
00:52:05,669 --> 00:52:03,279
worn or fatigued that could have

1026
00:52:08,579 --> 00:52:05,679
happened just as easily right right

1027
00:52:10,829 --> 00:52:08,589
right that's how I took it when the

1028
00:52:14,009 --> 00:52:10,839
doctor told me that was that you know

1029
00:52:18,059 --> 00:52:14,019
you you get too warm down run down the

1030
00:52:19,499 --> 00:52:18,069
NIP you can't fight it off so not sure

1031
00:52:21,659 --> 00:52:19,509
that's the case but that's what he told

1032
00:52:26,729 --> 00:52:21,669
so the vaccine you talked about Michael

1033
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:26,739
um how how important would you say it is

1034
00:52:31,260 --> 00:52:29,530
that someone like College

1035
00:52:34,050 --> 00:52:31,270
or something that actually gets that

1036
00:52:34,770 --> 00:52:34,060
taken care of I think it's very

1037
00:52:38,490 --> 00:52:34,780
important

1038
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:38,500
my daughter's in her 30s now probably

1039
00:52:43,620 --> 00:52:40,650
pretty safe from it but obviously not

1040
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:43,630
but I would encourage all parents to

1041
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:45,130
talk to their doctors and then their

1042
00:52:50,820 --> 00:52:49,090
children mmm way you know I don't know

1043
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:50,830
that I've read anything negative about

1044
00:52:58,050 --> 00:52:55,410
the vaccine to Nimba is what it's called

1045
00:53:00,600 --> 00:52:58,060
but talk to your doctors I think you'd

1046
00:53:02,310 --> 00:53:00,610
find most doctors will be very

1047
00:53:03,810 --> 00:53:02,320
encouraging of it and I don't think it

1048
00:53:05,820 --> 00:53:03,820
costs all that much and I'm sure it's

1049
00:53:07,910 --> 00:53:05,830
covered by insurance and if it's not

1050
00:53:10,500 --> 00:53:07,920
marks got a good attorney that can go

1051
00:53:12,930 --> 00:53:10,510
well that's saying it's prisons it's

1052
00:53:17,030 --> 00:53:12,940
it's College camp you know dormitories

1053
00:53:19,860 --> 00:53:17,040
that and our you know the barracks or

1054
00:53:22,050 --> 00:53:19,870
the armed services that will afford

1055
00:53:25,140 --> 00:53:22,060
spread the most yeah that that totally

1056
00:53:29,490 --> 00:53:25,150
makes sense yeah yeah that confinement

1057
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:29,500
right right in close proximity to each

1058
00:53:33,300 --> 00:53:31,570
other and it doesn't up you mentioned

1059
00:53:37,110 --> 00:53:33,310
third-world countries places like that

1060
00:53:40,290 --> 00:53:37,120
but there's no type of incubating it in

1061
00:53:43,110 --> 00:53:40,300
any type of type of climate or any it

1062
00:53:45,090 --> 00:53:43,120
doesn't necessarily associate with like

1063
00:53:48,660 --> 00:53:45,100
dirtiness or anything like that does it

1064
00:53:52,890 --> 00:53:48,670
uh not not that I know of

1065
00:53:55,860 --> 00:53:52,900
it's an airborne type of transmission I

1066
00:53:58,950 --> 00:53:55,870
guess I don't know the temperature

1067
00:54:01,110 --> 00:53:58,960
climate or any of that please and I am

1068
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:01,120
NOT I've not looked into that but and

1069
00:54:05,340 --> 00:54:02,970
that's a good question actually

1070
00:54:06,930 --> 00:54:05,350
well like I said all the nurses had to

1071
00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:06,940
wear masks and they would come to my

1072
00:54:12,750 --> 00:54:09,570
room so they must be airborne to some

1073
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:12,760
degree I guess yeah I had to wear a mask

1074
00:54:19,340 --> 00:54:14,530
when I visited did you yeah how do you

1075
00:54:24,860 --> 00:54:19,350
are you still a carrier of this spark

1076
00:54:28,830 --> 00:54:24,870
no no uh no I'm not anymore

1077
00:54:33,300 --> 00:54:28,840
Edd's yeah so run sit in my cell gloves

1078
00:54:35,790 --> 00:54:33,310
it's coarse basically yeah I think it's

1079
00:54:36,990 --> 00:54:35,800
you're done with it it's out of here

1080
00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:37,000
once they put me on all those

1081
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:39,250
antibiotics they got rid of it it was it

1082
00:54:42,380 --> 00:54:40,890
was gone

1083
00:54:43,940 --> 00:54:42,390
because it wouldn't let you be around

1084
00:54:48,049 --> 00:54:43,950
people that was that they thought it was

1085
00:54:49,099 --> 00:54:48,059
still you know if you were a carrier

1086
00:54:57,559 --> 00:54:49,109
yeah

1087
00:55:00,289 --> 00:54:57,569
think we want to talk about your the

1088
00:55:04,519 --> 00:55:00,299
last song you wrote let's talk about how

1089
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:04,529
that all came about that is that the

1090
00:55:11,089 --> 00:55:06,930
what I said you are talking about yeah

1091
00:55:13,819 --> 00:55:11,099
that was some the last song I recorded I

1092
00:55:17,059 --> 00:55:13,829
was about to do a new album and I'd gone

1093
00:55:19,069 --> 00:55:17,069
down to LA and recorded a couple songs a

1094
00:55:21,259 --> 00:55:19,079
little side note least Claire is playing

1095
00:55:22,579 --> 00:55:21,269
bass I'm not sure for the music fans out

1096
00:55:25,609 --> 00:55:22,589
there Lisa Clark played bass on all

1097
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:25,619
Jackson Browne's albums James Taylor

1098
00:55:30,259 --> 00:55:27,930
he's touring with Phil Collins right now

1099
00:55:31,759 --> 00:55:30,269
but it was he came in as a kind of a

1100
00:55:32,930 --> 00:55:31,769
special guest and played the bass guitar

1101
00:55:35,359 --> 00:55:32,940
so it's just the three of us mark

1102
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:35,369
Padilla and me on the kusa guitar and

1103
00:55:39,140 --> 00:55:37,410
Lise flower on the bass and then I went

1104
00:55:41,959 --> 00:55:39,150
back home and left for that field trip

1105
00:55:44,449 --> 00:55:41,969
where I got sick so this is the last

1106
00:55:46,309 --> 00:55:44,459
thing I ever recorded for the before I

1107
00:55:47,900 --> 00:55:46,319
got to the miniature so we're going to

1108
00:55:52,130 --> 00:55:47,910
basically end the show with that but

1109
00:55:54,799 --> 00:55:52,140
what about the what about the album you

1110
00:55:57,140 --> 00:55:54,809
must have had this in your head you know

1111
00:55:58,880 --> 00:55:57,150
with your ideas and everything of it

1112
00:56:02,269 --> 00:55:58,890
whatever happened to the rest of the

1113
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:02,279
music yeah I had about two albums with

1114
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:03,930
the songs written really we were going

1115
00:56:10,459 --> 00:56:07,130
to pare it down to like twelve he got

1116
00:56:12,309 --> 00:56:10,469
three songs done this one you're gonna

1117
00:56:14,569 --> 00:56:12,319
play being the last one we've done

1118
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:14,579
they're just sitting around cassettes in

1119
00:56:20,599 --> 00:56:18,930
my my house unfinished as far as

1120
00:56:23,089 --> 00:56:20,609
recording the songs are all finished but

1121
00:56:25,489 --> 00:56:23,099
we may record some of them tactically

1122
00:56:28,430 --> 00:56:25,499
talked about digging some of them out

1123
00:56:31,039 --> 00:56:28,440
and finishing them up and doing another

1124
00:56:32,930 --> 00:56:31,049
I could see that and if you didn't feel

1125
00:56:36,099 --> 00:56:32,940
comfortable participating as far as

1126
00:56:38,859 --> 00:56:36,109
music musically you have the voice and

1127
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:38,869
you know at least you have that right

1128
00:56:43,309 --> 00:56:41,249
just like the other musicians play on

1129
00:56:45,559 --> 00:56:43,319
the on the CDs now now albums now and I

1130
00:56:47,689 --> 00:56:45,569
just go and sing sing but they you know

1131
00:56:50,539 --> 00:56:47,699
I they know what I want they I've got

1132
00:56:52,500 --> 00:56:50,549
the song recorded already for me when I

1133
00:56:54,780 --> 00:56:52,510
wrote them so they can hear them

1134
00:56:58,080 --> 00:56:54,790
what I want when he was talking about

1135
00:57:00,120 --> 00:56:58,090
mark Bonilla producing mark Vanina and

1136
00:57:01,710 --> 00:57:00,130
Mark Stanley had played together in a

1137
00:57:05,670 --> 00:57:01,720
band called Rock Island since high

1138
00:57:09,210 --> 00:57:05,680
school so they know each other me and

1139
00:57:11,310 --> 00:57:09,220
Lee inside now and Michael when do you

1140
00:57:14,340 --> 00:57:11,320
think do you have just kind of like a

1141
00:57:16,500 --> 00:57:14,350
guesstimate of when the the film and the

1142
00:57:20,310 --> 00:57:16,510
whole the concert and everything might

1143
00:57:22,830 --> 00:57:20,320
be wrapped up well I would like it to be

1144
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:22,840
done in a year from now I'm meeting with

1145
00:57:27,540 --> 00:57:25,810
a producer in Nevada

1146
00:57:29,190 --> 00:57:27,550
next week like I said and I'm hoping

1147
00:57:32,850 --> 00:57:29,200
that she can come up with some creative

1148
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:32,860
ways to get us started and continuing so

1149
00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:35,410
yeah we'd like if we can knock it out in

1150
00:57:40,530 --> 00:57:37,810
a year's time if we have yeah yeah well

1151
00:57:43,980 --> 00:57:40,540
I hope that happens and so I want to

1152
00:57:47,910 --> 00:57:43,990
thank you both so much and Mark you're

1153
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:47,920
an inspiration and you know you you knew

1154
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:49,690
how to carry on which i think is amazing

1155
00:57:53,850 --> 00:57:51,970
and so wonderful you had support that's

1156
00:57:57,150 --> 00:57:53,860
great and I also want to thank you very

1157
00:58:01,230 --> 00:57:57,160
much for kindly offering your music for

1158
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:01,240
my shows oh my pleasure - I'm so happy

1159
00:58:04,620 --> 00:58:03,010
you could use them I love your shows I

1160
00:58:07,650 --> 00:58:04,630
listen every one of them I'm they're

1161
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:07,660
always great so thanks all right so

1162
00:58:12,270 --> 00:58:08,890
we're going to play this music on the

1163
00:58:15,180 --> 00:58:12,280
outro so thanks so much everyone and so

1164
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:15,190
we'll be back next week and with another

1165
00:58:21,300 --> 00:58:18,730
show and I am going to pull up the

1166
00:58:25,710 --> 00:58:21,310
guests I think it's going to be an

1167
00:58:31,620 --> 00:58:25,720
interesting show with hang on just a

1168
00:58:34,410 --> 00:58:31,630
second and it's not coming up ha all

1169
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:34,420
right okay you got the other one as an

1170
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:36,730
extra already all right yeah okay so

1171
00:58:42,930 --> 00:58:39,970
we'll be back next week and all right so

1172
00:58:55,989 --> 00:58:42,940
thanks so much everyone for listening

1173
00:59:00,190 --> 00:58:55,999
[Music]

1174
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:00,200
she's so cool and calm and steady

1175
00:59:11,259 --> 00:59:06,450
but Jesus clothes as a nearest star but

1176
00:59:13,220 --> 00:59:11,269
I got time until she's ready I got time

1177
00:59:17,390 --> 00:59:13,230
there you are

1178
00:59:22,490 --> 00:59:17,400
[Music]

1179
00:59:27,079 --> 00:59:22,500
when I see you my heart beats faster

1180
00:59:32,579 --> 00:59:27,089
starts beating like a big bass drum

1181
00:59:37,260 --> 00:59:32,589
every time I walk past it everything

1182
00:59:43,190 --> 00:59:37,270
about us is she's the one everything

1183
00:59:50,670 --> 00:59:43,200
about us is she's the one

1184
00:59:55,559 --> 00:59:50,680
[Music]

1185
01:00:04,410 --> 00:59:58,089
she's like the first time that I fell in

1186
01:00:10,890 --> 01:00:04,420
love I can't wait to say that I've got

1187
01:00:17,529 --> 01:00:13,069
she

1188
01:00:22,730 --> 01:00:17,539
when I see you my heart beats faster

1189
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:22,740
starts beating like a big bass drum

1190
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:24,530
every time

1191
01:00:41,150 --> 01:00:28,850
I wore pastor David

1192
01:00:50,300 --> 01:00:45,549
she's the one makes me forget what I see

1193
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:52,599
she is the more

1194
01:01:03,349 --> 01:00:56,610
no regrets with time

1195
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:08,940
I'll see my heart beats fast start

1196
01:01:19,910 --> 01:01:16,100
I

1197
01:01:23,450 --> 01:01:21,620
she's the one

1198
01:01:26,650 --> 01:01:23,460
here is

1199
01:01:28,359 --> 01:01:26,660
buzzes Shifu

1200
01:01:36,490 --> 01:01:28,369
everything on

1201
01:01:39,580 --> 01:01:37,240
Oh

1202
01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:39,590
[Music]

1203
01:01:59,590 --> 01:01:57,960
is she

1204
01:02:01,450 --> 01:01:59,600
everything about

1205
01:02:05,300 --> 01:02:01,460
silly