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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Todd Rundgren Little Steven Van Zandt of The E Street Band, Alex
Lifeson from Rush
Joe Bonamassa Larry McCray
and Carolyn Wonderland
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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.
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 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.
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
For
more information about John Mayall and the latest tour information visit www.johnmayall.com
Nobody 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 Me will be available Feb 22nd atamazon.com
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JOHN MAYALL ON TOUR 2019
Date Venue City
Tue 26 Feb 2019 Pakkahuone Tampere, Finland
Wed 27 Feb 2019 Cirkus Helsinki, Finland
Fri 01 Mar 2019 Nalen
Stora Salen Stockholm, Sweden
Sat 02 Mar 2019 Slagthuset Malmö, Sweden
Sun 03 Mar 2019 Rockefeller Oslo, Norway
Mon 04 Mar 2019 Pustervik Gothenburg, Sweden
Tue 05 Mar 2019 Kulturhuset
Viften Rødovre, Denmark
Wed 06 Mar 2019 Train Aarhus, Denmark
Fri 08 Mar 2019 Rosenhof Osnabrück, Germany
Sat 09 Mar 2019 Die
Kantine Cologne, Germany
Sun 10 Mar 2019 Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg, Germany
Tue 12 Mar 2019 Die
Fabrik in Altona Hamburg, Germany
Wed 13 Mar 2019 Columbia
Theater Berlin, Germany
Thu 14 Mar 2019 Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle Halle, Germany
Fri 15 Mar 2019 Forum
Karlín Prague, Czech Republic
Sun 17 Mar 2019 Klub
Stodoła Warsaw, Poland
Mon 18 Mar 2019 Klub
Studio Krakow, Poland
Tue 19 Mar 2019 Akvárium
Klub Budapest, Hungary
Wed 20 Mar 2019 Porgy
& Bess Vienna, Austria
Thu 21 Mar 2019 Dom
Im Berg Graz, Austria
Fri 22 Mar 2019 Teatro
Nuovo Giovanni da Udine Udine, Italy
Sun 24 Mar 2019 Teatro
Delle Muse Ancona, Italy
Mon 25 Mar 2019 Teatro
Obihall Florence, Italy
Tue 26 Mar 2019 Auditorium
Parco della Musica Rome, Italy
Wed 27 Mar 2019 Teatro
Politeama Genova Genoa, Italy
Thu 28 Mar 2019 Auditorium
Santa Chiara Trento, Italy
Fri 29 Mar 2019 Campus
Industry Music 43123 Parma, Italy
Sat 30 Mar 2019 Pala
Phenomenon Fontaneto d'Agogna, Italy
Sun 31 Mar 2019 Les
Docks Lausanne, Switzerland
Tue 02 Apr 2019 La
Laiterie Strasbourg, France
Wed 03 Apr 2019 Le
Splendid Lille, France
Thu 04 Apr 2019 Zeche Bochum, Germany
Fri 05 Apr 2019 Hirsch Nuremberg, Germany
Sun 07 Apr 2019 Im
Wizemann Stuttgart, Germany
Mon 08 Apr 2019 Muffathalle Munich, Germany
Tue 09 Apr 2019 Volkshaus Zürich, Switzerland
Thu 11 Apr 2019 Le
Bataclan Paris, France
Fri 12 Apr 2019 De
Roma Borgerhout, Belgium
Sat 13 Apr 2019 Patronaat Haarlem, Netherlands
Sun 14 Apr 2019 De
Oosterpoort Groningen, Netherlands
Tue 16 Apr 2019 Ronnie
Scott's London, UK
Tue 16 Apr 2019 Ronnie
Scott's London, UK
Wed 17 Apr 2019 Ronnie
Scott's London, UK
Wed 17 Apr 2019 Ronnie
Scott's London, UK
Thu 18 Apr 2019 Ronnie
Scott's London, UK
Thu 18 Apr 2019 Ronnie
Scott's London, UK
Sat 18 May 2019 Doheny
Blues Festival 2019 Dana Point, CA, US
Tue 18 Jun 2019 Aladdin
Theater Portland, OR, US
Thu 20 Jun 2019 Tower
Theatre Bend, OR, US
Sat 22 Jun 2019 Rio
Theatre Santa Cruz, CA, US
Tue 25 Jun 2019 Crest
Theatre Sacramento, CA, US
Wed 26 Jun 2019 The
Siren Morro Bay, CA, US
Thu 08 Aug 2019 Iridium New York, NY, US
Fri 09 Aug 2019 Iridium New York, NY, US
Sat 10 Aug 2019 Iridium New York, NY, US
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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.
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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.”
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