Tom Dreesen’s life is equal parts comedy and philanthropy. He excels at both and has created an extraordinary legacy in both arenas.
Dreesen has made over 500 appearances on national television as a stand-up comedian, including more than 60 appearances on The Tonight Show. He was a favorite guest of David Letterman, and frequently hosted the show in Letterman’s absence. For 14 years he toured cross country and opened for Frank Sinatra, and has appeared countless times in Las Vegas, Tahoe, Reno and Atlantic City with artists like Smokey Robinson, Liza Minnelli, Natalie Cole and Sammy Davis, Jr. Tom has acted in numerous television shows – from Columbo to Murder She Wrote – and appeared in motion pictures including Man on the Moon and Spaceballs. He has recorded comedy albums, starred in his own TV comedy special, Dreesen Street, and hosted a late-night talk show in Chicago, Night Time Starring Tom Dreesen.
He appeared to rave reviews around the country in his one-man show “An Evening of Laughter and Memories of Sinatra.”
TIM REID & TOM DREESEN
Dreesen’s comic style is down-to-earth, warm and unpretentious. Daily Variety called him “a thorough pro… one of the most respected family comedians of our time.” Frank Sinatra, who called himself a “saloon singer,” characterized Dreesen as a “saloon comedian.” “We’re a couple of neighborhood kind of guys,” said Sinatra.
Tom Dreesen’s hometown of Harvey, Illinois named a street after him. He was also a 2005 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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For over 50 years, John Mayall has served as a pioneer
of blues music, rightly earning him the title, "The Godfather of British
Blues". In 2013, John signed with producer Eric Corne's label, Forty Below
Records, and has since been experiencing a true artistic and career
renaissance, including a Blues Hall of Fame induction in 2015.
On February 22nd Forty Below
Records will release Nobody Told Me, the new studio album from
The Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall. As with his last handful of
albums, Mayall again shares production duties with Forty Below Founder Eric
Corne who also handles engineering and mixing duties.
The album boasts an impressive
and diverse list of guest guitarists, all personal favorites of Mayall’s
including Todd Rundgren, Little Steven Van Zandt of The E Street Band, Alex
Lifeson from Rush, Joe Bonamassa, Larry McCray and Carolyn
Wonderland who will be joining the band on tour. Also, on hand
are Mayall’s dynamic Chicago rhythm section of Greg Rzab on bass guitar
and Jay Davenport on drums, along with Billy Watts (Lucinda Williams) on
rhythm guitar and Mayall’s regular horn section, moonlighting from their day
job in The Late Show with Conan O’Brien’s house band.
Eric Burdon from
The Animals-Stu Leathwood
from The Koobas
Keith Ellis from
The Koobas-Roy Wood from Woods and The o'jays-Jimi Hendrix
from The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Noel Redding
from The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Carl Wayne-John Mayall-Steve Winwood
from Traffic-Trevor Burton
from Steve Gibbons Band-Roy Morris The
Koobas
The album was recorded at The Foo
Fighters’ Studio 606 on the same legendary Sound City Neve console his
one-time protégés from Fleetwood Mac used to record parts of the
best-selling Rumors album.
“This project has been a true labor of love for me
and I can’t wait for people to hear the fireworks that took place,” beams
Mayall. Nobody Told Me is an apt title for the blues icon who
suffered a recent unexpected health scare shortly after recording the album.
But, the seemingly ageless road dog, who famously takes no days off and carries
his own gear on tour, has been given a clean bill of health and plans to return
to his usual grueling touring schedule to support the release.
QUOTES
John Mayall has actually run an incredibly great school for
musicians. …Eric Clapton
John Mayall, he was the Master of It. If it wasn't for the British
musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the
hell that we caught long before. So, thanks to all you guys, thank you very
much! …BB King
I had this friend in London, John Mayall of the Bluesbreakers, who
used to play me a lot of records late at night. He was a kind of DJ-type guy.
You'd go back to his place, and he'd sit you down, give you a drink, and say
"Just check this out." He'd go over to his deck, and for hours he'd
blast you with B.B. King, Eric Clapton - he was sort of showing me where all of
Eric's stuff was from, you know. He gave me a little evening's education in
that. I was turned on after that, and I went and bought an Epiphone. So, then I
could wind up with the Vox amp and get some nice feedback. …Paul McCartney
PurchaseNobody Told Me, the
new studio album from Blues Hall of Fame member, John Mayall boasts
an impressive and diverse list of guest guitarists, all personal favorites of
Mayall’s including Todd Rundgren, Little Steven Van Zandt of The E Street Band,
Alex Lifeson from Rush, Joe Bonamassa, Larry
McCray and Carolyn Wonderland who will be joining the band on
tour.
Nobody
Told Mewill be available Feb 22nd atamazon.com
JOHN MAYALL
"NOBODY TOLD ME"
TRACKS
01 What Have I Done Wrong
(featuring Joe Bonamassa)
02 The Moon Is Full
(featuring Larry McCray)
03 Evil And Here To Stay
(featuring Alex Lifeson)
04 That’s What Love Will
Make You Do (featuring Todd Rundgren)
Tue 12 Mar 2019Die
Fabrik in AltonaHamburg, Germany
Wed 13 Mar 2019Columbia
TheaterBerlin, Germany
Thu 14 Mar 2019Georg-Friedrich-Händel-HalleHalle, Germany
Fri 15 Mar 2019Forum
KarlínPrague, Czech Republic
Sun 17 Mar 2019Klub
StodołaWarsaw, Poland
Mon 18 Mar 2019Klub
StudioKrakow, Poland
Tue 19 Mar 2019Akvárium
KlubBudapest, Hungary
Wed 20 Mar 2019Porgy
& BessVienna, Austria
Thu 21 Mar 2019Dom
Im BergGraz, Austria
Fri 22 Mar 2019Teatro
Nuovo Giovanni da UdineUdine, Italy
Sun 24 Mar 2019Teatro
Delle MuseAncona, Italy
Mon 25 Mar 2019Teatro
ObihallFlorence, Italy
Tue 26 Mar 2019Auditorium
Parco della MusicaRome, Italy
Wed 27 Mar 2019Teatro
Politeama GenovaGenoa, Italy
Thu 28 Mar 2019Auditorium
Santa ChiaraTrento, Italy
Fri 29 Mar 2019Campus
Industry Music 43123Parma, Italy
Sat 30 Mar 2019Pala
PhenomenonFontaneto d'Agogna, Italy
Sun 31 Mar 2019Les
DocksLausanne, Switzerland
Tue 02 Apr 2019La
LaiterieStrasbourg, France
Wed 03 Apr 2019Le
SplendidLille, France
Thu 04 Apr 2019ZecheBochum, Germany
Fri 05 Apr 2019HirschNuremberg, Germany
Sun 07 Apr 2019Im
WizemannStuttgart, Germany
Mon 08 Apr 2019MuffathalleMunich, Germany
Tue 09 Apr 2019VolkshausZürich, Switzerland
Thu 11 Apr 2019Le
BataclanParis, France
Fri 12 Apr 2019De
RomaBorgerhout, Belgium
Sat 13 Apr 2019PatronaatHaarlem, Netherlands
Sun 14 Apr 2019De
OosterpoortGroningen, Netherlands
Tue 16 Apr 2019Ronnie
Scott'sLondon, UK
Tue 16 Apr 2019Ronnie
Scott'sLondon, UK
Wed 17 Apr 2019Ronnie
Scott'sLondon, UK
Wed 17 Apr 2019Ronnie
Scott'sLondon, UK
Thu 18 Apr 2019Ronnie
Scott'sLondon, UK
Thu 18 Apr 2019Ronnie
Scott'sLondon, UK
Sat 18 May 2019Doheny
Blues Festival 2019Dana Point, CA, US
Tue 18 Jun 2019Aladdin
TheaterPortland, OR, US
Thu 20 Jun 2019Tower
TheatreBend, OR, US
Sat 22 Jun 2019Rio
TheatreSanta Cruz, CA, US
Tue 25 Jun 2019Crest
TheatreSacramento, CA, US
Wed 26 Jun 2019The
SirenMorro Bay, CA, US
Thu 08 Aug 2019IridiumNew York, NY, US
Fri 09 Aug 2019IridiumNew York, NY, US
Sat 10 Aug 2019IridiumNew York, NY, US
J O H N
M A Y A L L
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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Neil
Ratner quit college in the late sixties and traversed the Hollywood celebrity
world as a successful road manager for names like Edgar Winters White Trash and
tour manager for Emerson Lake and Palmer. He established a full-service
production company (a pioneering approach at this stage) to support the artists
on tour and worked with T-Rex, Genesis, Pink Floyd and many others. Later in
his career he managed the successful songwriter Denise Rich and built Dream
Factory studios in NYC. Denise was the wife of Marc Rich, (one of the world’s
most successful commodities traders, indicted in the largest case of tax
evasion ever brought against an individual in the US at that time) After his
successful career in the music industry he decided it was time to follow his
heart and pursue his other childhood dream of becoming an MD. Even though not a
single American school wanted to take him, he didn’t give up and moved to
Mexico to get his medical degree. He made it back into the American system and
after many years of residency Neil became an anesthesiologist.
Traditionally anesthesiologists worked in hospitals, but Neil had other ideas.
He was the first to take the practice of anesthesia out of the hospital and
into doctors’ offices in NYC. When Propofol became available in the U.S. in the
late 1980 s Neil was one of the first to become expert in its usage as it was a
perfect drug for office use. His relationship with the top plastic and
reconstructive surgeons in New York allowed him to treat a number of high-profile
patients. That is how Neil met Michael Jackson. He became his personal doctor
and a close friend. They had a lot in common. Neil accompanied the star from
late 1997 until his last performance in 2001. Neil became a trusted friend of
Michael's from 1994 to 2002, periodically going on tour and spending time with
Michael at Neverland.
Rock
Doc is Neil’s remarkable journey about Rock & Roll and Michael Jackson,
Nelson Mandela, a prison sentence with very unexpected results and how helping
the poorest of the poor became a key part of his life.
Purchase "Rock Doc" the
brand-new book by Neil Ratner MD
at amazon.com
ROCK DOC will take you
from backstage at a Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon concert in the early
seventies, where Neil's production company, Circus Talents, Ltd. was providing
production services, to the office operating rooms of elite New York surgeons
where Neil Ratner MD was Director of Anesthesia. Neil was an aspiring rock n
roll drummer but ended up on the other side of the business working as both a
tour manager for Emerson, Lake, & Palmer and providing production for the
Pink Floyd. After a bad attack of kidney stones and a stint in the hospital, Neil
had an epiphany and decided to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a doctor.
Dr. Ratner became an expert in the use of the new drug,
Propofol, a drug that would play a significant role in Neil's future. Although
Dr. Ratner encountered many celebrities in his anesthesia practice, one would
change his life... Michael Jackson.
“ROCK DOC” CHRONICLES
NEIL RATNER MD’S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE JOURNEY FROM
THE MUSIC BUSINESS TO
MEDICINE,
BACK TO MUSIC AND EVERYWHERE
IN BETWEEN
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If
you miss rock music and those iconic alternative rock & grunge bands of the
90’s which have lost its most influential band members to drugs and suicide …
don’t worry because Empty Trail is HERE! Rick
Lambert is a cross between Chris Cornell & Layne Staley!My
new favorite band!
Austin, Texas has spawned a variety of world-renowned
bands over the years that covered a wide variety of styles - Stevie Ray Vaughan
and Double Trouble, the Sword, Scratch Acid, Dangerous Toys- and a band that
one day may very well be mentioned in the same breath is the fast-rising/hard
rocking Empty Trail. Comprised of members Rick Lambert (vocals/guitar), Shane
Wallin (bass), and Rom Gov (drums), the band was started elsewhere. “The band
essentially formed here in Austin,” recalls Lambert. “However, it has been a
personal project of mine since the spring of 2013 while I was living in Los
Angeles. I thought it would be better to start a band in Austin because of the
highly saturated market in Los Angeles. I went through a couple of members, but
eventually found the full live band in the summer of 2016. I decided to keep it
as a 3-piece. It seemed a bit less expected.”
Empty Trail’s most recent single, “My World,” Lambert and
company have already solidified their sound. Lambert states … “I think Empty Trail’s sound
takes bits and pieces of the most iconic hard rock/metal bands while
maintaining authenticity. I’ve always wanted things to be relatable and
believable. I don’t really want to be limited to a box. I’m sure every artist
says this, but it’s true! I think the music fits the mold of catchy and even
pop-y at times, which seems to be what’s going around, but it comes from a real
place. I’m in music because this keeps me going. I have something I need to
say, something that I need to let out, because if I bottle it up it is
destructive. Yes, it’s rock, and it’s exciting and I want everyone to have a
great time, but if you are listening, I hope it makes you feel understood.
Somewhere where you can be free and not judged for who you are.”
Download the new single by
Empty Trail entitled My World at https://emptytrail.lnk.to/z925TID
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