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Chris Bagnato Nancy’s Fried Dough

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They are a family owned business based out of Rochester, New York. With their mobile food concessionary stand they travel select seasonal events. They brought the original Pennsylvania Dutch recipe for Funnel Cakes to the Central New York area over 30 years ago. With their motto “You haven’t had fried dough until you try Nancy’s!” You just know they’re serving something special. Chris Bagnato spoke to us about his business. Q – Chris, I guess the obvious question is, who is Nancy? Why is the business called Nancy’s fried dough?…

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David Libert Tour Manager For Alice Cooper

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He was one of the founding members of “The Happenings” who enjoyed “hit” records with “See You In September” and “I Got Rhythm”. He’s been a Tour Manager, a Road Manager, a Personal Manager, a Musician, a Songwriter, a Producer, and Agent and he can now add Author to his resume. He put together a book of his memoirs titled “Rock ‘n Roll Warrior: My Misadventures with Alice Cooper, Prince, George Clinton, Living Color, The Runaways And More” (Sunset Boulevard Books, 8033 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90046) The gentleman…

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Bert Holman Manager of The Allman Bros. Band

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He’s managed the Allman Brothers Band since 1992. Before that he co-managed them from 1981 to 1984. He promoted a show with them in 1970 at the college he was attending and was present at the March 1971 recording and the June 25, 1971 closing public shows at the Fillmore East. He saw the group a dozen times with Duane Allman. In fact, he’s been part of every show The Allman Brothers band has played since June 1990 with the exception of two shows he missed due to his father’s…

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Darrell Dwarf Millar Killer Dwarfs

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There is a group out of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada that has at times been compared to Iron Maiden and Saxon. Formed in 1981, their debut album released in 1983 was nominated for a Juno Award. Radio stations across the United States took notice of the band especially in Texas. MTV’s “Headbangers Ball” put their videos in regular rotation. The group we are talking about is “Killer Dwarfs”. Darrell dwarf Millar talked with us about “Killer Dwarfs” Q – Darrell, in the year 2022, where is there a marketplace for a…

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Steve Luongo Interview

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Steve Luongo has worked with a lot of musicians in his life; Ann Wilson of Heart, Richie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow, Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad, Joe Walsh of the Eagles, Billy Squier and John Entwistle of The Who. For 15 years Steve Luongo was part of John Entwistle’s band. Steve in partnership with Deko entertainment has put together “Rarities Oxhumed – Volume 1”, the first in a series of posthumous releases coming from John Entwistle. Steve also has a documentary film out called “An Ox’s Tale”…

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Steve Dorff Songwritter

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In 2018 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He’s been nominated for three Grammy awards and five Emmy awards. He’s written songs for Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers and a host of others. He’s racked up over 40 BMI awards and his songs have charted in five successive decades with number one records in four of those decades. He wrote the song “Through The Years” which was a hit for Kenny Rogers, “I Just Fall In Love Again” which was a hit…

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Allen Kieny Director of sales Roto Flex Oven Company

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Roto Flex Oven

It is truly revolutionary what the Roto Flex Oven has done for the Pizza business. Just consider: you can cook 24 18 inch pizzas at one time in the Roto Flex Oven; the interior is lit and with the glass doors you can watch your pizzas without opening the doors!! The Roto Flex Ovens allow the heat to stay inside. Simply put, there is nothing like the Roto Flex Oven in today’s marketplace. With that in mind we spoke with the Director of Sales for the Roto Flex Oven Company-Mr.…

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Jack Starr Jack Starr’s Burning Starr

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You may remember him and his band from the early 1980s. At that time he was part of “Virgin Steele”. These days his band is “Burning Starr”. On July 15, 2022 their album “Souls Of The Innocent” was released on Global Records. Jack Starr spoke with us about that record, his background, and the state of Rock music in today’s world. Q – Jack, your album “Souls Of The Innocent” was released on July 15, 2022. In another time, in another place these songs would be all over the radio.…

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Patty Phillips Founder / President of Patty’s Pizza

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She opened her first take and bake pizza restaurant in Beverly Hills in 1988. Her dedication to pizza was such that she was nominated for the U.S. Small Business Administration Person Of The Year. These days she’s no longer in the store or restaurant end of the pizza business. She’s now a wholesale manufacturer. The person we are talking about is Patty Phillips, the Founder and President of Patty’s Pizza. Patty spoke with us about her background and how she got involved into the pizza business. Q – Patty, if…

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Jay Jay French Twisted Sister

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He was one of the founding members of Twisted Sister. Along the way he’s also been a manager and a record producer. He authored a book titled Twisted Business: We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore. He is a contributing editor to Goldmine Magazine where he writes a column titled “Now We’re Sixty Four”! He writes a music column called “Twisted Systems” for an online music publication called “Copper”. And, he’s also a motivational speaker. Is this guy busy or what? Jay Jay French, Twisted Sister’s guitarist took some time off…

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