FRIENDS AND LEGENDS WITH SKIP MARTIN

Friends & Legends with Skip MartinHost: Skip Martin Summary:Part 2 of Skip Martin's sit down with Dazz Band founder Bobby Harris picks up as Skip joins the band and they head to Motown in 1980. Bobby breaks down the monster musicians in the lineup: the Wiley brothers, who couldn't read music but could play anything they heard, and Kenny Pettus, whose falsetto Bobby says even The Weeknd never matched. He tells how Motown's head of A&R Lee Young, brother of jazz great Lester Young, sent them producer Reggie Andrews, how the band tested him and how he won them over, and how Bobby first heard Let It Whip over breakfast in Reggie's hotel room. Skip owns up to the Gilligan's Island joke that went viral, Bobby relives Skip's 3am vocal on What a Night, and the pair talk about the musicians who make you feel them and the Cleveland fans who made them. Main Topics:Skip joins and the move to Motown in 1980Invitation to Love, the first album togetherThe Wiley brothers, playing anything by earKenny Pettus and a falsetto nobody has matchedLee Young, Lester Young's brother, running A&R at MotownProducer Reggie Andrews wins over the bandThe DMX drum machine they called DamienHow Let It Whip was born in a hotel roomThe Gilligan's Island joke that went viralSkip's 3am vocal on What a NightThe Cleveland fans and radio that made them Intriguing Quotes:"Their ears were big as elephant ears. They heard it, they could play it." - Bobby Harris"Deal with a sternness, but with a soft hand." - Bobby Harris"When Clevelanders get behind you, they hold you up and they don't forget." - Bobby Harris"I just wanted to do something to be remembered." - Skip Martin"What's easy to do is not always rewarding." - Bobby Harris"They let you feel them, not their education." - Bobby Harris Key Moments:[00:00] Part 2 with Bobby Harris[00:32] Skip joins, Motown in 1980[01:08] The Wiley brothers play it all by ear[02:20] Kenny Pettus and that falsetto[04:31] Motown sends Reggie Andrews[06:03] The band tests the new producer[09:31] The drum machine called Damien[10:19] Let It Whip in a hotel room[11:31] The Gilligan's Island joke[15:07] Musicians are the messengers[17:31] The Cleveland fans and radio[21:30] Skip the balladeer[22:05] The 3am vocal on What a Night[24:41] Feel them, not their education[27:59] Don't play no games Notable Resources:Invitation to Love, the first Dazz Band album with SkipKeep It Live, featuring "Let It Whip"The People Get Ready Project, Skip's COVID era collaboration Connect with Bobby Harris and the Dazz Band:Website: https://www.thedazzband.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoneandonlydazzbandInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedazzbandYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtN1sSbm7vOMHVwuSKJRyA Connect with Skip Martin:Website: https://www.skipmartinmusic.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skipmartinmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipmartinmusic/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skipmartinmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/skipmartinmusic Watch Every Episode of Friends & Legends with Skip Martin:YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1sm5Ou1dv5BtxzWFV3Wq8jxDi17jNhJ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Friends & Legends with Skip MartinHost: Skip Martin Summary:Skip Martin sits down with his longtime bandmate Bobby Harris, founder and leader of the Grammy winning Dazz Band, to go back to where it all started. Bobby tells how a Cleveland jazz fusion band called Telefunk became Kinsman Dazz, named after the street he grew up on, and how a packed audition landed them a record deal in 1976. Then came the shot of a lifetime: Marvin Gaye was set to produce their first album, until illness forced him out. With ten hotel rooms, three rental cars and the clock ticking on their own money, Bobby refused to go home to Cleveland empty handed, and a name he spotted on the label president's desk changed everything. Then, recording in California, their engineer dragged them next door to see a 19 year old who played every instrument himself: Prince. Skip and Bobby also relive how Skip joined the band out of Youngstown, the Dazzmobile, and the Cleveland winters that toughened them up. Main Topics:Telefunk and the birth of Kinsman DazzNaming the band after Kinsman Avenue in ClevelandThe audition that landed a record deal in 1976Rehearsing with Marvin Gaye, then losing him to illnessTalking the label president into one more shotHow Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire came to produce the debutWatching a 19 year old Prince in the next studioWhy Cleveland prepared them for the worldHow Skip joined the band from Youngstown, OhioThe Dazzmobile, frozen car doors and the Lake Erie hawkSeven albums in six years Intriguing Quotes:"You can never tell where your blessings come from." - Bobby Harris"Lose the keyboard player." - Tony Camillo, as Bobby remembers it"I am going to have a ball working with you guys." - Marvin Gaye, as Bobby remembers it"Cleveland is another kind of place, man. You can't go back there without what you said you were going to come with." - Bobby Harris"In order to be successful at anything, you have to have the courage to go to an environment that's uncomfortable and less convenient to make your way." - Skip Martin"It's not what you know, it's who you know." - Bobby Harris Key Moments:[00:00] Skip welcomes Bobby Harris[01:23] Telefunk, the band before Kinsman Dazz[02:34] Naming the band after Kinsman Avenue[05:01] The audition that packed the club[05:54] Lose the keyboard player[06:25] Signed in 1976, 50 years on[07:05] In the studio with Marvin Gaye[08:09] Marvin Gaye falls ill[09:01] The label president jumps on his desk[09:42] We can't go back without a record[10:12] Philip Bailey's name on the desk[11:23] The kid next door was Prince[12:27] How Cleveland trained them[13:37] Finding Skip in Youngstown[17:47] The Dazzmobile[19:05] Meeting the hawk off Lake Erie[20:53] Seven albums in six years[22:12] To be continued in Part 2 Notable Resources:Kinsman Dazz (1978), produced by Philip Bailey, featuring "I Might as Well Forget About Loving You"Electric Shop Recording Studio, Las Vegas Connect with Bobby Harris and the Dazz Band:Website: https://www.thedazzband.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoneandonlydazzbandInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedazzbandYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtN1sSbm7vOMHVwuSKJRyA Connect with Skip Martin:Website: https://www.skipmartinmusic.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skipmartinmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipmartinmusic/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skipmartinmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/skipmartinmusic Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Friends & Legends with Skip MartinHost: Skip MartinSummary:Skip Martin sits down with his old friend Denella Ri'chard, the award winning host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated series Traveling with Denella Ri'chard. She grew up in Baton Rouge, caught the travel bug following her mum's bowling tournaments, and found her calling studying abroad in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1994, the year Nelson Mandela became president. A career at Hilton and then as a cruise industry executive ended on 13 March 2020, when she laid off her team of more than 40 and then lost her own job. What started as a one year lockdown project is now filming its ninth season. She takes Skip from a hot air balloon over the Serengeti to a Maasai classroom with no electricity and no running water, Skip shares what he saw in Kenya, and he closes with his C words for success and the goat in the well.Main Topics:Growing up in Baton Rouge and travelling with her bowler mumStudying abroad in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1994A school project on Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko and apartheidHilton, the Hampton launch and the cruise industryInviting Oprah Winfrey aboard as a ship's godmotherMarch 2020: laying off 40 people, then losing her own jobWhy 9-11 taught her travel always comes backA lockdown prime time slot and the birth of the showFrom poolside pina coladas to sharks, stingrays and monkeysA hot air balloon over the SerengetiThe Maasai children who would match any US kindergartenSkip in Kenya: the water truck comes ThursdaySkip's C words for successIntriguing Quotes:"I realized I was sipping more than I was painting." - Denella Ri'chard"When borders open, we're going to travel the world again." - Denella Ri'chard"I would put them against any kindergarten class in the United States." - Denella Ri'chard"Where are the kids? Take me to the kids." - Denella Ri'chard"The water truck will be here Thursday." - Skip Martin"One completed idea is more valuable than a thousand dreams." - Skip Martin"Success is a double-edged sword." - Skip Martin"Just shake it off." - Skip MartinKey Moments:[00:00] Skip welcomes Denella Ri'chard[01:22] Baton Rouge and a mum who bowled tournaments[02:28] Southern University and a semester in Zimbabwe[03:45] 1994, the year Mandela became president[05:03] Hilton, Beverly Hills and the cruise industry[06:07] 13 March 2020 and the ships shut down[07:18] A friend offers a prime time TV slot[08:08] What 9-11 taught her about travel[09:14] Naming Traveling with Denella[10:11] Monkeys, sharks and stingrays[10:52] One year becomes season nine[11:21] Ballooning over the Serengeti[12:37] Take me to the kids[14:58] Skip in Kenya and the water truck[16:45] Soccer on a garbage dump and the Xbox lesson[19:48] Skip's C words for success[22:43] The goat in the well[24:10] Where to watch Denella's showNotable Resources:Traveling with Denella Ri'chard, streaming on YouTube, Tubi and Apple TV+, and on local broadcast TVConnect with Denella Ri'chard:Website: https://www.travelingwithdenella.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelingwithdenella/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travelingwithdenellarichardYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@travelingwithdenellaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denella/Connect with Skip Martin:Website: https://www.skipmartinmusic.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skipmartinmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipmartinmusic/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skipmartinmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/skipmartinmusic Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Friends & Legends with Skip MartinHost: Skip MartinSummary:Part 2 of Skip Martin's conversation with Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon turns to the part nobody puts on a highlight reel: what a career on the road costs a family. Warren talks about meeting his wife in high school in Los Angeles, marrying at twenty three, raising four kids, and a marriage of twenty seven years that ended without either of them falling out of love. They are still good friends, eleven grandkids later, and still together at Christmas, birthdays and graduations. He is honest about the games and the dance recitals he missed, and Skip matches it with eight months a year on the road and the alienation that can follow a father home. It finishes on Warren's message to young people about phones, noise and keeping your circle small, and Skip's story about a goat in a well.Main Topics:Meeting his wife at Hamilton High and marrying at twenty threeTwenty seven years, four kids and eleven grandkidsWhy a marriage can end without either person falling out of loveStaying friends, and still showing up at ChristmasSkip on eight months a year with the Dazz Band and Kool and the GangThe appearances, the TV show, the radio show and the foundationThe games and the dance recitals Warren missedThe alienation of daddy, and only one side of the story getting toldTaking his two daughters to the Kentucky Derby for the first timeAll four kids going to Canton for his twentieth Hall of Fame anniversaryFifty years of the Dazz Band and a street dedication in ClevelandWhat Warren would tell young people about social mediaIntriguing Quotes:"We never stopped loving each other. We just kinda outgrew each other." - Warren Moon"It's a tremendous sacrifice." - Warren Moon"I missed some of their games and I missed some of their dance recitals." - Warren Moon"That is the alienation of daddy." - Skip Martin"You never get to tell your side of the story." - Skip Martin"Make that group that you have very small around you." - Warren Moon"Set your goals high, dream big and believe in yourself." - Warren Moon"The goat would just shake it off." - Skip Martin"Use that phone for what it was supposed to be for." - Warren MoonKey Moments:[00:00] Skip welcomes Warren Moon back for part two[02:07] High school sweethearts, San Jose State and the University of Washington[02:35] Twenty seven years, four kids, and why they parted[03:11] Still good friends, still together at Christmas[04:56] Skip on the grind, and what it does to a partner[05:34] Daddy's home, guess where we're going[06:09] Warren on the tremendous sacrifice[07:03] The games and dance recitals he missed[07:31] Skip on the alienation of daddy[08:35] Two daughters at the Kentucky Derby[08:59] Taking all four kids to Canton[12:14] A hundred and thirty legends back in Canton every year[13:12] Fifty years of the Dazz Band in Cleveland[16:16] Warren's message on social media and bullying[17:25] Keep your circle small and set your goals high[18:31] The goat in the well, and how to shake it off[20:40] Skip closes out, don't play no gamesNotable Resources:Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio, where Warren Moon is enshrinedConnect with Warren Moon:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warrenmoon1/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HWarrenMoon1/X: https://x.com/WMoon1LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrenmoon1/Connect with Skip Martin:Website: https://www.skipmartinmusic.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skipmartinmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipmartinmusic/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skipmartinmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/skipmartinmusic Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Friends & Legends with Skip MartinHost: Skip MartinSummary:Skip Martin sits down with Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon, a friendship that started at a Kentucky Derby buffet over a plate of pancakes and grits. Warren takes it back to Pop Warner football in Los Angeles, losing his dad at seven and becoming the man of a house with six sisters, and a mother who made it all work and is still here at ninety-nine. He talks about the long road to the NFL: junior college, the University of Washington, and a detour through the Canadian Football League when nobody at home would give him the chance to play quarterback. Skip matches it with his own fight to play the lead bugle line, the real origin of the word "cats", and the reveal Warren says he has never shared in any interview. Part 1 of a two-part conversation.Main Topics:• Pop Warner at nine, and switching to quarterback at ten• Losing his dad at seven and being the man of the house with six sisters• Why the responsibility of quarterback came naturally• Greatness doesn't come in a comfort zone• Playing for his mother, who is still going strong at ninety-nine• Being accepted, not being good enough, as the real challenge• Why he went to Canada for the chance to play quarterback• Skip playing the lead bugle line when he was told he couldn't• Where musicians' word "cats" really comes from• Jazz on the headset before every game• Warren joining Skip's song Win• The instrument Warren never mentions in interviewsIntriguing Quotes:• "I never wanted to finish a day on a negative note." - Warren Moon• "All I was really looking for, Skip, was an opportunity." - Warren Moon• "Greatness doesn't come in a comfort zone." - Skip Martin• "Three buttons, brother. I said, give me that one. Sign me up." - Warren Moon• "Everything happens for a reason." - Warren Moon• "I never really felt like I was poor even though I was." - Warren Moon• "My biggest challenge was having people accept me to play." - Warren Moon• "We always had food, we always had clean clothes." - Warren Moon• "Had you not put that trumpet together incorrectly, who knows?" - Warren MoonKey Moments:[00:00] Skip welcomes NFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon[01:38] Pop Warner in Los Angeles and the switch to quarterback[02:37] Junior college, Washington, then the CFL[03:15] The Houston Oilers and a long pro career[04:17] Losing his dad at seven, six sisters at home[04:59] Six sisters and one bathroom[05:50] Greatness doesn't come in a comfort zone[06:42] Sports as the only way out[08:08] His mother, still here at ninety-nine[09:24] The biggest challenge was being accepted[11:03] Skip and the lead bugle line[12:41] Another country gave him the chance[14:01] Where the word "cats" came from[15:15] Jazz before game day[15:50] Warren joins Skip's song Win[17:42] The instrument his mother made him play[19:05] Three buttons, sign me up[21:00] Skip's trumpet that sounded like a kazoo[22:13] Everything happens for a reasonNotable Resources:• Pro Football Hall of Fame, where Warren Moon was enshrined as a quarterback• Win, Skip Martin's upcoming song featuring Warren Moon and other guestsConnect with Warren Moon:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warrenmoon1/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HWarrenMoon1/X: https://x.com/WMoon1LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrenmoon1/Connect with Skip Martin:Website: https://www.skipmartinmusic.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skipmartinmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipmartinmusic/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skipmartinmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/skipmartinmusic Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.