Actress, Singer,
Dancer, Broadway star, Producer, and
Daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Lucie Arnaz has had an extremely diversified career spanning over
50 years in show business. She has starred on the New York stage
in They’re Playing Our Song (Theatre World, LA Drama Critics and
Outer Critic’s Circle Awards), Lost in Yonkers, Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels, Pippin and Grace and Glorie; in the London premiere
of The Witches Of Eastwick; in the Coconut Grove Playhouse premieres
of Once Removed and A Picasso; in national tours of Pippin,
Seesaw, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Social Security and My
One And Only (Sarah Siddons Award); and in regional theatre productions
of Wonderful Town, Master Class, Cabaret, The
Guardsman, Annie Get Your Gun, I Do! I Do!, Educating
Rita, Vanities, and Mack And Mabel, to name just a few.
Lucie has appeared on television in The Lucie
Arnaz Show, Sons And Daughters, The Black Dahlia,The Mating Season, Who Gets The
Friends?, Washington Mistress, Death Scream and six seasons
of Here’s Lucy; on the big screen with Neil Diamond and Sir Laurence
Oliver in The Jazz Singer(Golden Globe Nomination), Down To
You, Second Thoughts, Billy Jack Goes To Washington, The
Pack, Wild Seven and has lent her voice to theanimated fantasy about the NY
Yankees, Henry And Me.
Lucie has performed the opening number on the
Academy Awards (1981) and at The White House several times. She was Executive Producer
of the I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special (Emmy nomination),
and Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie (Emmy winner 1993). She produced
two CD ROMS. She recorded her first album for Concord Jazz, "Just In
Time," and her newest CD, "Latin Roots," is a celebration of
just what the title says. Lucie has been traveling the country and the world
with her various concerts for over 20 years.
With her brother, Desi, she manages Desilu, too,
LLC. With her husband, actor Laurence Luckinbill, she manages five grown children.
Lucie invites you to visit her online at luciearnaz.com.
RAY SHASHO INTERVIEWS MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST-SINGER-SONGWRITER
J A N E T R O B B I N S
Our Very Special Guest Today Is Singer/Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist/Composer ... JANET ROBBINS
Janet Robbins was born in Nashville, Tennessee into
a musical family. At five she began playing piano, rocking her Dr.
Seuss songbook, and soon began to tour the neighborhood with a friend
performing their own songs and commercials. She gained critical acclaim for her
role as a piece of Oscar Mayer bacon in a frying pan, which may have led to her
becoming a vegetarian. Janet's childhood love of bugs (and consequent building
of much needed bug hospitals) was a foreshadowing of her later love and nurturing
of animals, particularly the multitude of rescued Siberian Huskies she lives
with.
Janet eventually made her way to Los Angeles, playing and composing in bands.
She then discovered a different compositional voice in the creation of
atmospheric soundscapes that incorporate her vocal and instrumental talents as
well as diverse cultural influences absorbed from her travels. This new musical
direction led to her three CD series, Carrying
the Bag of Hearts Interpreting the Birth of Stars, and was followed by the
critically-acclaimed Song of the Gypsy
Tree. She is also the featured vocalist on Chris Armstrong's second CD in
the Spaceage Furniture Music series.
Her compositions "intoxicate and enliven En Live In the heart and
mind." Janet Robbins draws on her rich heritage to weave sonic and visual
tales of "magic and mysticism." She is like a musical spirit guide.
Follow her and she will lead you on an enriching and captivating journey:
"excellent and fair."
Janet Robbins grew up in a Nashville household
that included legendary dad, Marty Robbins. Robbins was an illustrious country &
western music entertainer with numerous hits including several that reached the
pop charts. One of Robbins most memorable tunes was “El Paso,” a #1 chart
topper on both the country and pop charts. Marty Robbins was respected and
emulated by legendary artists such as Elvis Presley, Frankie Laine, Johnny
Cash, The Grateful Dead and The Who. Marty Robbins was also a multi-instrumentalist
performer.
She was told not to follow in her famous
father’s footsteps by her dad. According to Janet, Marty Robbins kept his
personal life private, not wanting to expose his family to all the glitz of
show business. And she admits that she rarely got to see him perform. Janet
stayed away from music for the first half of her life and was not a fan of
country music. Instead at an early age embraced, The Doors hypnotic single,
“Riders on the Storm.”
Janet would soon be captivated by artists such
as Yes, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin and ambient music pioneer Brian
Eno. Janet was also influenced by classical greats Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart
and Dmitry Kabalevsky. Kabaleski Robbins music is categorized somewhere between
progressive/ambient/ and experimental. But she has an indefinite talent that
could easily embellish any existing genre.
Janet Robbins latest release is entitled … I Hear Crow -Solo Piano Improvisation &
Composition.
To purchaseI Hear Crow -Solo Piano Improvisation & Composition or find out more
information about Janet Robbins and her music visit ... janetrobbinsmusic.com
Visit Janet’s facebook page at www.facebook.com/Janet-Robbins-Music-331119009310/
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JANET ROBBINS
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Our very special guest today is
the legendary frontman for
The Tubes … Fee Waybill.
Born John Waldo Waybill in Omaha,
Nebraska, the name Fee came by way of a bass player who thought Waybill looked
like the King of Fiji, pictured on the cover of a National Geographic magazine,
and began calling him “Fiji” which eventually was shortened to Fee.
Fee was raised in Scottsdale, Arizona where he sang and acted in elementary
school assemblies which led to musical comedies in high school and then on to
Arizona State University as a drama major.
After moving to the mountains of northern Arizona to find his muse and living
on brown rice and imagination he was enticed, without much difficulty, into
being a roadie for the “Red White and Blues Band” on their way to San Francisco
to make it big in the music business. Fee started singing background vocals and
eventually the band combined with another Arizona band to become “The Tubes” in
1973 with Fee as frontman and lead singer.
The Tubes recorded ten LPs for A&M and Capitol Records from 1974 to 1985
and were headliners on their first tour, with 8 dancers, 7 band members, 6 onstage
TV monitors, wild acts and an entourage of 35 including a pyrotechnic advisor,
a video supervisor and two costume mistresses.
In 1984, Fee recorded his first solo album “Read My Lips” and collaborated for
the first time with Richard Marx. The pair has gone on to co-write over thirty
songs for their own projects as well as for other artists.
Fee left The Tubes after the 1985-86 tour to write and act and take a break
from 14 years of touring. Moving to Los Angeles in 1986, Fee has since written
lyrics for movie soundtracks as well as musical artists such as The Tubes,
Richard Marx, Kenny Loggins, Toto, Steve Lukather, Pat Leonard, Vixen, Emerson
Drive and others. Since 1991, Fee has won six BMI Performance Popularity Awards
in recognition of his outstanding songwriting.
His acting credits include Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventures, Ladies and
Gentleman the Fabulous Stains, Private Eye, Bouncers, SCTV, MTV guest VJ
appearances, along with three books on tape and various voice-overs on commercials.
1994 brought The Tubes back together with Fee for a long tour of Europe and a
welcome reunion. The band has continued to play their unique brand of rock and
roll, adding new songs to the mix of the already popular.
Photo by Stuart Westwood
“Don’t be Scared by These Hands” was released in 1996, Fee’s second solo CD,
followed in 1997 by the eleventh Tubes release, “Genius of America”, the
twelfth, Tubes World Tour 2001 and latest CD and DVD release in 2004, The Tubes
Wild West Show.
Fee continues to live in Los Angeles. He enjoys scuba diving, water skiing and
hiking with his dog. He is also an avid polo player and owns four horses. He
supports animal rights causes and participates in a number of celebrity charity
events each year including Richard Marxs’ CF charity show, Alice Coopers’ Solid
Rock Foundation Golf Tournament and ESPNs’ annual charity golf tournament. His
interests also include Mayan ruins, history and art of the American West.
Fee is also a member (aka
“Barnie”) of The Barn Theatre in Augusta MI, the oldest for profit summer stock
theatre in the US, and has reprised his role as Frank N Furter in The Rocky
Horror Show six times.
Since Fee’s first tenure at the Barn Theatre in 1999 he has revived the
theatrical presentation of The Tubes show including props and more than ten
costume and character changes in the current show. After a busy summer schedule
Fee is thrilled to take a break and reprise his role, for the 6th time, as
Frank Furter at the Barn. Fee says, “It’s like a vacation for me to come back to
The Barn to do Rocky again, it’s so much fun and I feel so welcome. I guess old
“Barnies” never die they just start stumbling over their lines, and high
heels”.
In July 2015, The Tubes started a
40th anniversary European tour, including dates in Germany, Sweden and the UK.
Dates in the U.S. followed.
Some of The Tubes biggest hits
include …"Don't Touch Me There" "White Punks on Dope" "Prime
Time" "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" "Talk to Ya Later"
"Gonna Get It Next Time" "She's a Beauty" "Tip of My
Tongue" "The Monkey Time" and "Piece by Piece."
The Tubes continue touring the
U.S and Europe in 2016.
FEE WAYBILL OF 'THE TUBES'
INTERVIEWED ON
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For information on Fee Waybill and The Tubes and
latest tour dates visit their official website at: www.thetubes.com
RAY SHASHO WELCOMES BLUES GUITARIST-SINGER & SONGWRITER
A L B E R T C A S T I G L I A
Our
Very Special Guest Today is blues guitarist, singer and
songwriter
Albert Castiglia.
Castiglia arrived on the International radar after Buddy Guy's iconic
harp-blower, Junior Wells, heard the young bluesman sing and invited him into
his solo band for several world tours. The gig was a shop-window, and though
Wells sadly died in 1998, Albert stayed busy, joining the great Atlanta
vocalist, Sandra Hall, for national tours in the late-'90s, while he held his
own in onstage jams with artists ranging from Pinetop Perkins to John Primer.
He has been named "Best Blues Guitarist" by Miami New Times, the respected
alternative music magazine and honored by Roots Music Report with a Top Blues
Album of 2011 and 2012. Castiglia was Born in New York and raised in Miami to
an Italian father and Cuban mother, Albert Castiglia combines all influences to
create his unique style of modern day blues with a traditional core.
After
five acclaimed albums and decades of blazing blues-rock shows, you might argue
that you've already made Albert’s acquaintance. But by the Florida bandleader's
own admission, Big Dog is the first release to truly get under his skin.
"I just wanted to make a record that best represented who I am, as a
musician, singer, guitarist and live artist," explains Albert. "With
every release, I've come close, but this time, producer Mike Zito helped me
nail it. He and label boss Thomas Ruf wanted me to make a raw, rocking blues
record. That's what I'm about. That's who I am..."
Released in 2016 on Ruf Records, Big Dog confirms that Albert is a different
breed to the lightweights who dominate the modern music scene. At 46, he's
slugged his way into contention the old-fashioned way: writing from his heart,
bleeding into his performances, eating up the road. "I have no illusions
about what kind of guitar player and singer I am," he states. "My
style is raw, unadulterated, crude and heavy. I don't have the technical
proficiency of other players, but I play what's in my heart and what I feel at
that moment. When I write songs, they have to mean something."
In 2014, Ruf debut Solid Ground was declared "smouldering and
intense" by The Blues Magazine. Now, Big Dog ups the ante, offering eleven
new songs to get your teeth into, and supported by a full international tour
that promises bark and bite. If you thought you knew Albert Castiglia, you
don't know the half of it. "I think this album is a major game-changer for
me," he says. "No matter what happens after Big Dog's release, I'll
always be proud of it. When we tour this album, you can expect a balls to the
wall, rockin' blues show. Expect to get what I've always given you - my
100%..."
It is my great pleasure to welcome blues great and
perhaps a legend in the making … Albert Castigliato
the Ray Shasho Show.
RAY SHASHO INTERVIEWS
ALBERT CASTIGLIA
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You
can order Albert Castiglia’slatest release BIG DOG at amazon.com or on his
official website at http://albertcastiglia.net/
Also be sure to visit Albert Castiglia’sWebsite
for current tour information.
MUSIC EXECUTIVE-MANAGER OF THE POLICE-STING-ANDERSONPONTY BAND
One of the music
industry's most influential figures, Miles Copeland's career in management
stretches back 44 years to 1969 in London where he represented progressive rock
bands such as Wishbone Ash, Al Stewart, Climax Blues Band, Renaissance, Curved
Air, and Caravan until he jumped ship, landed in the turbulent ocean of punk,
and worked with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Blondie, and many many more. In
1978, he became manager of his Brother Stewart's band, The Police and
shepherded them to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s.
The success of
The Police and the novel methods used to break them enabled Miles to found
I.R.S. Records. In the next few years, the company had hits with The Buzzcocks,
The English Beat, The Cramps, Fine Young Cannibals, Wall of Voodoo, Timbuk 3,
R.E.M. and a number one album with the all-girl group, The Go-Gos. He continued
to manage Sting (solo) through seven blockbuster albums and introduced Sting to
Algerian singer, Cheb Mami. Their collaboration bloomed with "Desert
Rose" whose worldwide success was attributed to Miles' innovative
corporate deal with Jaguar. In all, Miles can rightfully claim to have been
involved in the sale of over 150 million albums. Miles currently owns and
operates CIA - Copeland International Arts.
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In support of their
critically acclaimed CD/DVD release “Better Late Than Never”, the AndersonPonty
Band, featuring music icons Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty, will be touring
North America in Spring 2016! The band played a series of successful US dates
in the Fall of 2015 and are excited to bring their music to the fans once
again.
One of the most eagerly
awaited releases of 2015, the AndersonPonty Band’s “Better Late Than Never”
features outstanding performances by the group from September 2014 at the
Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado, as well as some innovative production.
Along with some
breathtaking new musical compositions, “Better Late Than Never” also showcases rearrangements
of classic YES hits like “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”, “Roundabout” and “Wonderous
Stories”. The album also includes some of Jean Luc Ponty’s beloved
compositions, with Jon’s lyrical vocals and melodies enhancing the music and
creating a very special and unique sound such as “Infinite Mirage” a new song
incorporating Jean Luc’s classic tune “Mirage”.
YES’s original
singer/songwriter for 35 years, Jon Anderson has had a successful solo career,
which includes working with such notable music artists as Vangelis, Kitaro, and
Milton Nascimento. International violin superstar Jean Luc Ponty is a pioneer
and undisputed master of his instrument in the arena of jazz and rock. He is
widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that
has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Together these two music legends
have formed a musical synergy that is unparalleled!
The AndersonPonty Band
also includes Jamie Glaser on guitars
(Jean Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Bryan Adams and Lenny White); Wally Minko on keyboards (Pink, Toni
Braxton, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Jones, Gregg Rolie and Barry Manilow); Keith Jones on bass (Airto, Santana,
Kenny Loggins and Jean Luc Ponty); and Rayford
Griffin on drums and percussion (Stanley Clarke Band, George Duke, Jean Luc
Ponty and Michael Jackson.
Jean Luc Ponty was
originally approached by Jon Anderson with the idea of working together as far
back as the 1980’s. Now 30 years later the dream has become a reality!
Jamie Glaser is
best known as the guitarist for Grammy award winning musical acts, Jean-Luc
Ponty, Chick Corea, Bryan Adams, Gloria Trevi, Manhattan Transfer and more. His
guitar can be heard on over 170 albums as well as on the biggest sitcoms of all
time, Seinfeld and Married With Children. Jamie’s compositions can be heard
weekly on CBS sports, ABC, Animal Planet, History channel, Discovery, and ESPN.
His solo albums have been successful worldwide. Jamie is presently the
guitarist for Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty. The AndersonPonty Band recently
completed a US tour on the heels of their recent CD/DVD release "Better
Late Than Never".
JON ANDERSON AND JAMIE GLASER INTERVIEWED ON BBS RADIO 1
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To purchase the latest
release from the AndersonPonty Band
entitled“Better Late Than Never” visit
… amazon.com or www.andersonpontyband.com
The
album received rave reviews!!!!
For more information and tour
dates visit the official AndersonPonty Band website: www.andersonpontyband.com
