Thursday, November 28, 2019

REX PICKETT CHATS ABOUT 'SIDEWAYS' THE MOVIE ...THE PLAY...THE WINE... ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS W/RAY SHASHO ON BBS RADIO

R   E   X
P   I   C   K   E   T   T
screenwriter, novelist, playwright 
and film producer 

AUTHOR OF 
THE 'SIDEWAYS' TRILOGY

made into a motion picture
 starring 

PAUL GIAMATTI & 
THOMAS HAYDEN CHURCH

Awards: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2005) · Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – 
Musical or Comedy (2005)

NEW NOVEL THE ARCHIVIST COMING 2020!
REX PICKETT is the author of the novel Sideways, the multiple award-winning Alexander Payne film of the same title.  Sideways captured over 350 critics and awards organization plaudits, including 2 Golden Globes, an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the prestigious Writers Guild Award, 6 Indie Spirit Awards … and the list goes on.

Rex has written and directed two independent feature films, California Without End and From Hollywood to Deadwood (Island Pictures).  He wrote the 2000 Academy Award-winning Best Live Action Short My Mother Dreams the Satan’s Disciples in New York. 
His Sideways sequel Vertical won the Gold Medal for Fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2012.  His Sideways 3 Chile forms the final leg of the trilogy.
In 2012, Rex adapted his novel into Sideways: the Play.  He staged four record-breaking runs, first at Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica where it ran for 6 months, then the La Jolla Playhouse, where it broke all attendance records for a non-musical in their 35-year history, with 3-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff directing. 

In 2017, in collaboration with composer Anthony Adams, Rex turned his attention to the musical version of Sideways.  Two years later the Book for the musical is finished, half the songs are composed and recorded, and a 3-time Tony Award-winning musical theater director (to be announced soon) has come on board.  There is every likelihood that the “workshop” (or premiere) production will happen in the latter part of 2020.
Rex grew up in southern California, matriculated from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD).  He was a Special Projects major, specializing in literary and film criticism, and creative writing. 

A member of the Writers Guild of America, the Dramatists Guild, and now ASCAP, Rex has enjoyed success in long-form fiction, screenwriting, independent film, and now stage. 

The Rex Pickett Papers are now enshrined at his alma mater UCSD in Geisel Library’s Special Collections & Archives. 





Rex’s new novel 
The Archivist 
will be published
in 2020 
by Blackstone Publishing.







THE SIDEWAYS 


TRILOGY






























 AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM




For more information about Rex Pickett
visit …
www.rexpickett.com


novelist-screenwriter-playwright
R  E  X
P  I  C  K  E  T  T
CHATS ABOUT 'SIDEWAYS' MOVIE -
PLAY-WINE AND A NEW NOVEL
on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
with RAY SHASHO
BBS Radio
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Thursday, November 21, 2019

JACK RUSSELL 'GREAT WHITE' LEGENDARY FRONTMAN UP CLOSE & PERSONAL ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS W/RAY SHASHO BBS RADIO

J   A   C   K
R   U   S   S   E   L   L
vocalist, songwriter and founding member 
of early '80s hard rock radio staples 

G   R   E   A   T     W   H   I   T   E   

ON TOUR NOW/NEW ALBUM in 2020

UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL 
California native Jack Russell is a rock vocalist and songwriter, and a founding member of early-'80s hard rock radio staples Great White. Citing influences like Robert Plant and Steven Tyler, Russell spent his formative years fronting high-school bands. In 1977 he co-founded the band Danté Fox alongside guitarist Mark Kendall. In 1981 the band changed its name to Great White, and in 1984 the group issued its eponymous debut album via EMI.
 Great White hit it big in 1987 with their third LP, Once Bitten..., which featured the hit single "Rock Me," and again in 1989 with ...Twice Shy, which included their chart-topping cover of Ian Hunter's "Once Bitten Twice Shy." Russell left the group in 1996 to pursue a solo career, and released Shelter Me in 1999 via MVP Records. That same year saw Russell rejoin the band, but by 2001 Great White had called it quits, holding a farewell show on New Year's Eve at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California.

The following year saw Russell begin touring under the name Jack Russell's Great White. The outfit gained international attention in 2003 after a massive pyrotechnics failure at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island set fire to the venue's ceiling, resulting in the deaths of 100 concertgoers. 
By 2005, the stress from lawsuits, inner band turmoil, and 
 Russell's substance abuse problems had taken its toll, and Jack Russell's Great White ceased operations.



The original lineup of Great White re-formed for a tour and released their tenth studio album, Back to the Rhythm, in 2007. Another studio LP, Rising, followed in 2009, but it would be Russell's last outing with the group. In 2011, after a period of recuperation following multiple back surgeries stemming from a fall in 2009, a newly sober Russell began operating once again under the Jack Russell's Great White moniker. In 2017 the band released its debut studio album, He Saw It Comin', via Frontiers Records.  

JACK RUSSELL'S

G R E A T   W H I T E


He Saw it Comin'







available now at amazon.com



GREAT WHITE IS:
Jack Russell (Vocals)
Tony Cardenas-Montana (Guitar)
Robby Lochner (Guitar)
Dan McNay (Bass)
Dicki Fliszar (Drums) 

J  A  C  K
R  U  S  S  E  L  L
FOUNDER & FRONTMAN
for 'G R E A T  W H I T E'
UP CLOSE & PERSONAL
on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS 
with RAY SHASHO
BBS RADIO
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 Jack Russell and Great White






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Thursday, November 14, 2019

DAVID MARKS 'THE ORIGINAL BEACH BOY' EXCLUSIVE ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS W/RAY SHASHO BBS RADIO


D   A   V   I   D

M   A   R   K   S

One of the founding members of

T   H   E 

B   E   A   C   H    B   O   Y   S

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
on 

INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

 with RAY SHASHO

David Lee Marks is best known for his work as a member of The Beach Boys. Growing up across the street from the Wilson family, Marks spent his formative years singing and playing with Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson. 
​Thirteen-year-old Marks officially joined The Beach Boys in February 1962 and became one of the five signatories on the band’s recording contract with Capitol Records. He remained a member through October 1963, performing in over 100 concerts across the United States, appearing on national television, and playing rhythm guitar and singing on the band’s first four albums, and on hits like “Surfin’ Safari,” “409,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “Shut Down,” “Surfer Girl,” “In My Room,” and “Be True to Your School.” While David's time in the band may be considered short, there's no denying the impact of the early years of the Beach Boys on their enduring and iconic legacy. 
​In 2007, David co-wrote his autobiography, The Lost Beach Boy, with Beach Boys historian Jon Stebbins. The book is a frank account of his career with and without the Beach Boys, his health problems, his musical development, and his recovery and acceptance within the Beach Boys community.
​The Beach Boys celebrated their 50th Anniversary in 2012 when David Marks joined Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston on a 73-date World Tour. The highly anticipated reunion kicked-off at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards where they performed two classic hits: Surfer Girl (with Foster the People) and Good Vibrations 
(with Maroon 5).
​David Marks toured as a part time member of Mike Love's Beach Boys from 2014 - 2016 and continues to perform with the Surf City All Stars and Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean.  David's also returned to his roots as a session guitarist, playing on several albums by artists such as the Smithereens, the Surf City All Stars, Mod Hippie, Jez Graham, and 
Miami Dan.


The Lost 

Beach Boy


The true story of Beach Boy David Marks, the previously unknown founding member





available
at
amazon.com







D  A  V  I  D    M  A  R  K  S
The original Beach Boy
Exclusive Interview
on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
with RAY SHASHO
BBS RADIO
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For more information about David Marks 
and the Beach Boys 
www.facebook.com/DavidMarksOfficial
www.thebeachboys.com

With The Beach Boys
Surfin' Safari (1962)
Surfin' U.S.A. (1963)
Surfer Girl (1963)
Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
That's Why God Made the Radio (2012)

Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour (2013)






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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

FRANKIE BANALI DRUMMER WITH HEAVY METAL GIANTS 'QUIET RIOT' EXCLUSIVE ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS W/RAY SHASHO BBS RADIO

F R A N K I E
B A N A L I
DRUMMER 
for LEGENDARY METAL BAND
Q U I E T   R I O T
NEW ALBUM 
HOLLYWOOD COWBOYS
RELEASE DATE NOV 8TH!
QUIET RIOT is a rock & roll phenomenon. Widely known as the first heavy metal band to top the US pop charts, the Los Angeles quartet became a global sensation thanks to their monstrous smash hit 1983 album, “Metal Health”. That album topped the Billboard album charts for several months and the follow up album, “Condition Critical” went double platinum. The band has continued to record (a total of 11 studio albums) and tour throughout their 30 + year history.

QUIET RIOT continues their historic journey with founding member and drummer Frankie Banali, who is joined by veteran bassist Chuck Wright (who has been in and out of the band since 1982) and guitarist Alex Grossi (who has been in the band since 2004). With their latest release “Road Rage” Quiet Riot introduced to the fans powerhouse vocalist James Durbin, who stepped in the eleventh hour to give his imprint to the new songs.
Musically, the new album offers exactly what you would expect from QUIET RIOT. Arena ready hard rock with strong hooks and infectious riffs, along with a maturity in the songwriting that only a band with such a history and pedigree can offer.
QUIET RIOT have come back stronger than ever, in perfect METAL HEALTH with the new album: “Hollywood Cowboys” with a release date of November 8th.
QUIET

RIOT




HOLLYWOOD COWBOYS



Available 
November 8th
At Amazon.com



HOLLYWOOD COWBOYS
Tracklist:
1.  Don’t Call It Love
2.  In The Blood 
3.  Heartbreak City 
4.  The Devil That You Know 
5.  Change Or Die 
6.  Roll On 
7.  Insanity 
8.  Hellbender 
9.  Wild Horses 
10.Holding On 
11.Last Outcast 
12.Arrows And Angels 

For more information about Frankie Banali
 and Quiet Riot
visit …
www.quietriot.band
www.facebook.com/quietriot

https://twitter.com/quietriot


F R A N K I E 
B A N A L I 
DRUMMER with
Q U I E T  R I O T 
EXCLUSIVE on
INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS 
with RAY SHASHO
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