TALKING with Tony Trombo

www.TonyTrombo.com My guests are Pete and Pat Luboff. We are songwriters, music publishers and songwriting educators. For many years we were music business photojournalists and arts administrators. In 40 years of working as a team, we have built a broad base of knowledge of the music business with particular emphasis in all aspects of songwriting and have developed extensive contacts with hundreds of songwriters, producers, music publishers and record label executives. As songwriters, we have had success with "Trust Me," the first single on Snoop Dogg's "Topp Dogg" album, "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much," a No. 2 chart recording by Bobby Womack, "Body Language" cut by Patti LaBelle (gold album) and the featured song in the John Travolta movie, "The Experts," "The Son My Daddy Never Had," a charting Country single with Miko Marks, and recordings by Michael Peterson, Glenn Jones, among others. We have been teaching songwriting workshops since 1979 and currently conduct workshops in Nashville.  We also travel to teach workshops.  Recent cities we’ve done workshops in are New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Seattle, Indianapolis and Denver.  Click here to find out more about hosting a Luboff workshop in your town.  And here to read what songwriters have said about us. For almost 20 years, Pete conducted the Monday night workshops at the National Academy of Songwriters. Pete also taught advanced songwriting at UCLA for 13 years.  We’ve both taught workshops at the Taxi Road Rally and screened extensively for Taxi.  We also have judged for various songwriting contests, including the Just Plain Folks, John Lennon, and Great American Song contests.  

www.TonyTrombo.com Dan Shinder is the CEO andExecutive Producer of Drum Talk TV™ This interview is for everyone, not only musicians!

www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is Amanda MacDonald with the FROZEN DEAD GUY DAYS festival in Colorado! Frozen Dead Guy Days (started 2002) is an annual celebration held in the town of Nederland, Colorado, to loosely celebrate, through a theme of frozen/ice/blue/winter, the 1994 discovery of the cryonic state corpse of Bredo Morstel. Frozen Dead Guy Days is celebrated from Friday through Sunday on the first full weekend of March. Coffin races, a slow-motion parade, and "Frozen Dead Guy" lookalike contests are held. A documentary on "Grandpa Bredo", called Grandpa's in the Tuff Shed, is shown. A newer version of the film, Grandpa's Still in the Tuff Shed, was premiered in Nederland on March 7, 2003. Other events include a tour of the Tuff Shed where Grandpa is still frozen; a "polar plunge" for those brave enough to go swimming in Colorado in early March (which generally requires breaking through the ice); a dance, called "Grandpa's Blue Ball"; pancake breakfasts; a market showcasing local artists; snowshoe races, and snow sculpture contests. Glacier Ice Cream, headquartered in the nearby city of Boulder, makes a flavor specifically for the festival (named, appropriately enough, Frozen Dead Guy), consisting of fruit-flavored blue ice cream mixed with crushed Oreo cookies and sour gummy worms. Tours of the Tuff Shed where Grandpa is still frozen were suspended after 2005, after Grandpa's family "became frustrated with Frozen Dead Guy Days", but they resumed with the 2010 celebration. Although Trygve and Aud filed a complaint against Nederland involving money and naming rights in 2005, Frozen Dead Guy Days is still alive; the most recent celebration was held March 7–9, 2014 and the next is scheduled for March 6th-8th 2015.

www.TonyTrombo.com Originally from "chateau country" in the north-eastern part of the US, Victoria was deemed by the media in 2006 "Hollywood's Hottest Scream Queen". In 2008, she was dubbed a "Terror Titan" in the horror/sci-fi film world & in 2010 starred in the #10 Best Independent Film of the year, Killjoy 3 aka Killjoy's Revenge. In 2011, she made the #13 spot on the Top 100 Most Beautiful Actresses working in Hollywood not making a 7 figure salary, yet. And, in 2012 Victoria starred in Killjoy Goes To Hell -one of the Top 10 Rentals of the year on Redbox nationwide. She is a graduate from New York University with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Broadcast Journalism. And, she danced professionally with the Wilmington Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and St. Croix Ballet Companies, as well as the Hart Pulse Dance Company upon relocating to Los Angeles, CA. Victoria is also a professional lead, back-up and harmony vocalist on soundtrack label BSX Records. She is a former member of the all-girl punk rock group Black Room Doom produced by legendary, Grammy-nominated platinum-selling songwriter and producer Kim Fowley. Her first solo debut pop/rock album is now available as a Limited Edition CD on her website. Victoria is also a published lifestyle, parts, & glamor model in dozens of national and international magazines including Femme Fatales, Sirens Of Cinema, Scars, Girls & Corpses, Shots, & Dance Magazine. For two years, Victoria also hosted and produced the live morning talk show 'The Chat Cafe with Victoria' on the SKY Channel distributed in the UK & Europe. In addition to being a performing artist, Victoria is also an ASCAP songwriter/composer and publisher, as well as a producer of short and feature films, live episodic television, music, & music videos, and a published poet.

www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is the author Caseen Gains!  Author of Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse, A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic, and the upcoming We Don't Need Roads.

Show information: www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is the fantastic singer / songwriter Barth Beasley! Barth has been performing around the world for decades, and was in the Tom Hank's film 'That thing you do"! After several years out of the spotlight, Barth is set for a huge return! GET BARTH'S SONGS and a copy of the film THAT THING YOU DO just by clicking "HERE"

www,TonyTrombo.com My guest is Jason Brubaker with his series "FIMMAKING STUFF: Make, Market and Sell your movie without the Middleman" Very interesting for anyone who wants to make a film! www.filmmakingstuff.com

www.TonyTrombo.com Today my guest is the great comic LIZ MIELE! You know her from TV and you can hear her work on several XM radio channels! Liz is fantastic, and (as always) I learned a lot about her business! This is a fun and interesting interview! I think you'll like it! LizMiele.com Liz on Facebook

www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is KEVIN SPORT from the National televison show THE RIGHT PLACE WITH KEVIN SPORT that can be seen on RFD-TV! "Am I in the right place?" We all have asked that question more than once in our lives and not just when we are trying to go somewhere unfamiliar for vacation. Whenever we have ventured somewhere new in our lives and that place was not quite what we expected, we have experienced the doubt that causes us to ask the question: "Am I in the right place?" But who has the answer? Someone who has been there before. Kevin Sport has been there before. From a young age, Sport knew music was at the core of his life. He dreamed of singing and songwriting his way into people's hearts through their radios. He packed up his guitar, left his hometown of Greenville, Alabama and headed to the country music capital of the world, Nashville, Tennessee. But after some time there, Sport's dream did not materialize as he expected. He began to doubt he was in the right place and even if he had the right dream. Defeated, he came back home to southern Alabama and threw his guitar under the bed. Sport explains, "I felt that I had missed my chance because of the direction my personal life and the harsh realities of the business side of music. I should move on to something else." But the dream did not die, even though Sport may have denied it. While he pushed music away, music remained a part of him and his family and friends knew it. Consequently, those who knew and loved Sport, began to encourage him to fish out the guitar from under the bed and begin once again to share his music, not just with them, but also with anyone who finds enjoyment and meaning in music. Sport remembers, "People always asked me, ‘Are you still singing? Are you still pursuing music, and if not, then why?'"

www.TonyTrombo.com Today my guest is Wolfram Klug from Geneva, Switzerland! His album called BURT, THE NERD [ www.Burt-the-nerd.com ] features some fantastic FZ players including IKE WILLIS, ED MANN, ROBERT MARTIN, ARTHUR BARROW and ALBERT WING! This was no easy feat to get all these guys together and record! This is a very interesting interview that I think you'll like! This is the INTERVIEW ONLY version. I'm going to do a second version that includes some of the tunes from Wolfram's CD!   .

www.TonyTrombo.com My guest for this show is Peter Dasent from Sydney Australia. He does a show called ONE SIZE FITS ALL on 89.7 Eastside FM in Sydney! He's also the composer for over 20 film and television shows INCLUDING some of our favorites from Peter Jackson! FACEBOOK

This show is all about my huge UPGRADE TO TELEVISION project DONTATE $50+ to this project and get a CUSTOM LOGO T-SHIRT!  Just go to www.TonyTrombo.com !  

SHOW INFORMATION: www.tonytrombo.com My guest for this very special 97 MINUTE SHOW is the cast of the great "MANOS The Hands of Felt", recorded LIVE from Rachel Jackson's Vox Fabuli Puppet Studios in Seattle! ******* Get your copy of "MANOS The Hands of Felt" on DVD! Click here: MANOS ******   More cool links to explore: PuppetManos.com FeltUpByPaulie.org VoxFabuli.com   .

www.TonyTrombocom My guests are Joseph Russitano and Mike Urtaza Jr. They're planning a REMAKE of "MANOS"! We'll find out more about it here!

Show info: www.TonyTrombo.com Nigey is back with a new album in the works! CONTRIBUTE TO HER ALBUM BY CLICIKING HERE: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nigey-lennon-s-ship-in-a-bottle    

www.TonyTrombo.com My guests today is the duo from Italy, INVENTIONIS MATER! Two amazing players who cover some of Frank's music! https://www.facebook.com/InventionisMater https://www.youtube.com/user/inventionismater

www.TonyTrombo.com My guest for this show is DAVID ROY, the creator of the film "MANOS: The Rise of Torgo" Follow David by clicking here: David Roy

www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is Connie Emmons, the owner of Connies Kitchen! We'll talk about her restaurant and food!! This is very interesting actually talking to the OWNER of a shop, and the ins and outs of the business. We'll do another show just on cooking and preperation!

Show information: www.TonyTrombo.com My special guest is the actor ED GALE! Ed left his hometown two years after graduating from Plainwell High School (Plainwell, Michigan) at the age of 20 with $41 in his pocket and hitched a ride California to pursue his dream of being not a "star", but a steady working Hollywood "actor". His very first experience in the "biz" was auditioning for and subsequently winning the lead role of Howard The Duck. Initially he was told "you are too tall" (he keeps that letter readily available in his living-room and often refers to it with a humble smile). Early in his career, Ed had performed many of his own stunts such as being run over by a big rig, flying on wires, fight scenes, being tossed, thrown & dropped great distances, and crashing through the windshield of a moving vehicle. However, his most impressive stunts just might be his Full Body Burns in the first Child's Play movie and his Full Body Burn while "flying" on wires in Leprechaun 3. Ed Gale has appeared in over 130 Television Shows, Films, and Commercials to date; playing some of Hollywood's most famous (and infamous) characters such as "Howard" in the movie Howard The Duck; "Chucky" in Child's Play, Child's Play 2, and the Bride of Chucky; "Birdie the Early Bird" in one of the very few McDonland's commercials in which "Birdie" actually flew; "Tasha" (the baby dinosaur in the ABC Saturday morning kids show The New Land of the Lost; and the "The Mole" in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Other popular films to Ed Gale's credit include; Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Mom & Dad Save the World, and the Christmas Holiday Hit: the Polar Express.

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com My guest for this show is Matthew Buchholz. He's the creator of "Alternate Histories Classics of Filmdom" featuring MANOS!

Jay Dittamo (born May 30, 1959) is a drummer, percussionist, music composer and producer. He has played with acts such as Junoon, Band From Utopia, Willie Colón, Jimmy Webb, Chuck Berry, The Duprees, The Crests, The Marvellets, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Gloria Lynne. He has performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the United Nations and for the 2010 New Jersey Hall of Fame as well as played on TV and movie soundtracks. Dittamo also owns The Cave Studio. A Waldwick, New Jersey resident, Dittamo finished composing playing and producing the music for the classic 1931 Frankenstein movie.

www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is Howie (Zowie) Kittelson and sCreamGrrrl from the show Conceptual Continuity! Listen to THEIR show at: https://weru.org/program/conceptual-continuity-howie-zowie

www.TonyTrombo.com Here's the first episode of my new show: "RANTS with Tony Trombo" "HOW TO ACT IN A RESTAURANT (pt 1)" Some people are just total IDIOTS, and then they go out to eat! I WILL let you know who you are!

My special guest for this show is MISTAH EDISON with the show ZAPPATHON 2014!

Show information: www.TonyTrombo.com My special guest for this show is Adam from www.AdamTheWoo.com ! Adam goes all over the country, searching out abandoned things and places!

Yep - it's IKE WILLIS! You know the rest...

My guest is again John Tabacco!

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com My guest for this show is Mike Keneally! Mike Keneally is a guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Allmusic says: "With his wide-ranging talents and ability to be creative in almost any musical situation, Keneally is the leading progressive rock genius of the post-Zappa era." He started playing at the age of 7 when he had received an electric organ for his birthday. He had also received a guitar on his eleventh birthday, and also plays bass and drums. His early childhood musical influences included The Beatles, and theme music from cartoon and television shows such as, "The Wallace and Ladmo Show" and "2001: A Space Odyssey".

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com My guest for this show is author and TV peresonality CAROL RITCHIE! Carol Ritchie, Traveling Cooking Instructor for 24 years and Host of cable TV cooking show Cookin’ with Carol—a 2001 James Beard Award Nominee for “Best Local Television Cooking Show.” Notable guests include Julia Child, Martin Yan and Jacques Pepin. Carol is also a recipe developer, culinary consultant, and spokesperson, appearing on national television including CBS Chef on a Shoestring, PBS Healthweek, QVC Shopping Network, and Cooking Live! (Food Network). Carol is one of the recipe developers and volunteer spokesperson for the American Heart Association cookbooks. She specializes in classic technique, strategies for the quick-cook, Australian cuisine, and heart-healthy fundamentals.

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM PART 2 of my interview with Nigey! In this show we talk about her time with FZ, living in Don Preston's basement and her connection with Captain Beefheart!

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM My guest for this show is Ed Palermo!

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM Pauline Butcher Bird (Part 2) Pauline tells me about THE ORIGINAL Mothers... and what happened!

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My special guest for this show is Muffin Record's Reinhard Preuss! Based in the "Music Capital Of The World", Austin,Texas, Muffin Records Productions has brought you many well known and new uprising Bands & Artists from all over the world in the past and continues it's long and adventurous journey. We have been involved in many fields of the music industry, producing, recording, organizing concerts and tours, televised events, radio broadcasts, worldwide distribution and management. First of all we are a record label for superior outstanding and professional artists who find "open ears and minds" at our label and we deliver music beyond of what's being produced by the music scene in general. Unlike many other record labels, Muffin Records Productions is a "out of the box" label where one can find many different styles and genres of music including jazz, fusion, R&B, rock, blues, pop, world beat, avantgarde and much more. Muffin Records Productions was founded originally in Stuttgart, Germany in 1991 by owner Reinhard Preuss who has been around the music business on and off since 1971. Since the birth of the record label, we have produced, recorded and/or otherwise worked with many former members of Frank Zappa /The Mothers Of Invention - for instance, Ike Willis, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Barrow, Bruce Fowler, Tom Fowler and The Band From Utopia /Banned From Utopia. 

SHOW INFORMATION: www/TonyTrombo.com NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My special guest for this show is ESSRA MOHAWK! Her first record, The Boy With The Way, credited to Jamie Carter, was issued on Liberty Records in 1964. As Sandy Hurvitz, she was then discovered by Shadow Morton, who placed her songs with both the Shangri-Las ("I'll Never Learn") and the Vanilla Fudge ("The Spell That Comes After"). While living in New York City in 1967 she met Frank Zappa, who persuaded her to perform for a short time with The Mothers of Invention and then signed her to his production company Bizarre. Her first album Sandy's Album Is Here At Last was released on Verve/Bizarre in December 1968. 1969 she was signed by Reprise Records after executive Mo Ostin discovered her singing at a club in New York. The resulting album, Primordial Lovers, was later stated as being "one of the best 25 albums ever made" in Rolling Stone magazine. The album featured contributions from CSN&Y drummer Dallas Taylor and former Rhinoceros members Doug Hastings and Jerry Penrod. Her third, self-titled, album came out on Asylum Records in 1974. The next album, Essra, was released on yet another label, Private Stock, in 1976. During that period, she also worked as a session and background singer, for John Mellencamp, Carole King and later she performed with the Jerry Garcia Band, and recorded and arranged background vocals for Kool & the Gang. In 1982 after recording another album in L.A., she worked with McFadden and Whitehead in Philadelphia, penning "Not With Me" for their Capitol album, Movin' On. She released another solo album, E-Turn, before Cyndi Lauper had a big hit with her song "Change of Heart" in 1986.

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My guest is John Livzey. He was FZ's photographer!

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My guest is Composer, Songwriter, Producer, Engineer & Recording Artist John Tabacco.

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . It's THE BEST OF TALKING ZAPPA (Part 3) Featuring PAULINE BUTCHER BIRD, TOM BROWN, BILLY JAMES, NIGEY LENNON and SANDRO OLIVA. On the go? Get my new Android APP: www.TalkingZappa.info

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My guest for the show is NIGEY LENNON!

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM My guest for this show is the author CONNIE ALLEN. She wrote the book "The Casino through a Dealer's Eyes- Strategies for Success" Get a copy today ON SALE by clicking here: TONY'S FAVORITES !

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My guest is Pauline Butcher Bird from England. She's the author of the book "Freak Out! My life with Frank Zappa" We're talking about her book in this show. In part 2 we'll talk about the original Mothers band. Click HERE  for part 2.

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My guest is SANDRO OLIVA from Italy, the guitarist with The Grandmothers!

SHOW INFORMATION: WWW.TONYTROMBO.COM It's THE BEST OF TALKING ZAPPA (Part 2) featuring clips from CANDY ZAPPA, ROBERT (BOBBY) MARTIN , CAL SCHENKEL, AND DON PRESTON! Don't forget about THE BEST OF TALKING ZAPPA (Part 1)! Click HERE. and THE BEST OF TALKING ZAPPA (Part 3)! Click HERE You can hear the ENTIRE interviews and ALL THE REST by clicking: TALKING ZAPPA Get our NEW Android APP here: TONY TROMBO APP

SHOW INFORMATION : www.TonyTrombo.com NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My special guest is SCOTT PARKER! he's published many books and is the host of the ZAPPACAST show!

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My guest for this show is the fantastic DON PRESTON! 

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . My guest for this show is the great artist Cal Schenkel. He provided artwork, graphics, and/or design for Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, Uncle Meat, Hot Rats, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Chunga's Revenge, Fillmore East - June 1971, 200 Motels, Just Another Band from L.A., Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe ('), Roxy & Elsewhere, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury, Zoot Allures, Tinseltown Rebellion, the Does Humor Belong in Music?, The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, Playground Psychotics, Ahead of Their Time, Cheap Thrills, Mystery Disc, Son of Cheep Thrills, Threesome No. 1 slipcase art, and Threesome No. 2 slipcase art. The artwork for Burnt Weeny Sandwich was originally done for an Eric Dolphy album.

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is Robert (Bobby) Martin! Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, The Man from Utopia, Baby Snakes, Them or Us, Thing-Fish, Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention, Does Humor Belong in Music?, Jazz from Hell, Guitar, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1, Broadway the Hard Way, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3, The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4, Make a Jazz Noise Here, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6, Have I Offended Someone?, Trance-Fusion, The Dub Room Special, One Shot Deal

SHOW INFORMATION: www;TonyTrombo.com NEW!: Talking Zappa APP for Android! Click here: www.TalkingZappa.info . That's right, you heard right... it's FZ's sister CANDY ZAPPA!

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com My special guest is Billy Hulting. He a percussionist who's worked with lots of great acts, including "Zappa Plays Zappa"

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is The Clonemeister - Arthur Barrow! Arthur has performed with FZ on Bass, Organ, Keyboards, Guitar, Synth and Vocals - on the albums: Joe's Garage, Tinseltown Rebellion, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, You Are What You Is, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, The Man from Utopia, Them or Us, Thing-Fish, We're Only in It for the Money (1985 Remix), Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1985 Remix), Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention, Guitar, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6, The Lost Episodes, Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute, Have I Offended Someone?, Halloween, Trance-Fusion, Buffalo, One Shot Deal!

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com My guest is author TOM BROWN. His book, Confessions Of A ZAPPA Fanatic is out and available now at Amazon.com by clicking on this link: http://astore.amazon.com/tt07dd-20  .

SHOW INFORMATION: www.TonyTrombo.com It's THE BEST OF TALKING MANOS (Part 1) This show features Jackey Raye Neyman Jones (Debbie), Bryan Jenning (the son of The Sheriff), Rachel Jackson (MANOS: The Hands of Felt) and Steven Attanasie and Andy Grigg (MANOS: The Rock Opera of Fate)