WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:02.879 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:06.240 It is at nine forty five and it's time for one on one with 3 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:10.439 a fabulous entertainer. Way Tower on the line with it is how you doing, 4 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:14.359 a young man, I'm good, young man, you're too kind. 5 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:19.920 Well, you know, I'm sixty three. Everybody's younger than me. Now 6 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:23.320 you have been setting the place on fire. People have seen you at a 7 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:29.920 few events other than the Constantine Theater. But you've got a dynamic show and 8 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.399 it spans a good swath of time. But my gosh, is it packed 9 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:39.520 with entertainment. Tell us a little bit about your show. It's just it's 10 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:42.719 a show that I created. Honestly, I came up with the concept about 11 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:47.240 ten years ago, and I'm so quick and efficient that I just got it 12 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:54.240 on stage this summer. But as I, as I have traveled the country 13 00:00:54.399 --> 00:01:00.520 performing to just doing shows at casinos and corporate events and private events, there 14 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.280 were two things that stood out to me as I sang all these groups. 15 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:10.799 There were two performers and essentially two categories of songs that were just unbelievably popular 16 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:14.879 with every crowd that I sang for. And it didn't matter demographic didn't matter, 17 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:18.319 what part of the country I was in, didn't matter age. And 18 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:23.359 those were the classic Frank Sinatra songs and all of the classic Elvis songs. 19 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.519 And so I thought, well, you know what, what if I had 20 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.599 a show, And that's what I did. The first half of the show 21 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:34.359 is essentially all Frank Sinatra music, and it's just all of his biggest hits, 22 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:38.159 although we certainly don't have time to hit all of them. And then 23 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:42.959 the second half of the show is all Elvis Wow, and so it's Elvis 24 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:48.640 hits. And so I had somebody reached out to me earlier this week and 25 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:51.400 they said, Okay, I'm trying to explain this to my friends because they 26 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:55.959 came to the show this past Saturday and they said, they're asking me if 27 00:01:55.959 --> 00:02:01.920 you're an impersonator, and I was like, no, not really. And 28 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:07.400 so the reason she was confused is because when I do the music, I've 29 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:12.280 got a nine piece band and we've got, you know, charts that I've 30 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:14.680 had written for the show. That they were charts that were written from the 31 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:21.800 original charts from Sinatra's band leaders and Elvis's folks. So the music itself, 32 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.719 whenever I sing and perform the songs. We sound very much like the original 33 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.560 entertainers, and that is on purpose because I want them to be able to 34 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:31.960 close their eyes and go, oh, oh, my gosh, this is 35 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:36.759 what it maybe felt like a little bit to see Sinatra or see Elvis in 36 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:42.199 person. But in between the songs, I'm very much myself. So I 37 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.400 dressed the part. I wear a tuxedo, and I've got an Elvis not 38 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:50.439 a jumpsuit, but an Elvis outfit that I wear that actually I had made 39 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.759 by the same costume company that made all of the Elvis costumes for the movie 40 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:59.039 that just came out not very long ago. So it looks the part, 41 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:02.039 it sounds the part, but the show is very much my personality. For 42 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:05.240 better or worse. Well, I tell you what, it sounds like. 43 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:08.879 You've got a trifecta going on there. Well, looks pretty good. It's 44 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:13.599 just it's just it's just fun music. You know. I tell people all 45 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:17.039 the time, I call I call it happy music. Yeah, because you 46 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:23.599 just cannot be sad listening to all those horns blaring, and listening to those 47 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:28.360 songs and all of those fantastic lyrics. And so you know, every time 48 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.199 I start singing those songs, whether it's in this show or doing some events 49 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:36.599 somewhere, you see people start to sway their shoulders and start to you know, 50 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:38.400 kind of thing along with me at their table or in their seat. 51 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:44.919 It's just great music. Now you're doing this at the Constant Constantine Theater, 52 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:49.280 and that's a beautiful place. I've had the honor of performing there myself a 53 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:53.560 couple of times. That is one sweet sounding building and it's nice and air 54 00:03:53.599 --> 00:04:00.800 condition especially this time of year. That's really cool. But no plan intended. 55 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:06.000 Yeah, yeah, no, Actually, they they've done a fantastic job 56 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:11.159 the last couple of years. Yea. They have spent a lot of time 57 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:15.759 and money. Um sort of. They put in a new sound system, 58 00:04:15.519 --> 00:04:19.399 they could actually in a new air conditioning system and actually a filtration system. 59 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:24.360 You know, a lot of historic theaters kind of have that musty smell, 60 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:27.120 which is just because it's been there for a hundred years. Oh yes, 61 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:31.240 I'm familiar. Yes, but it doesn't have that, and it's it's very 62 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:35.839 comfortable and it's you're right, it's a beautiful theater and it was originally built 63 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:42.759 as an opera house, so the acoustics are absolutely fantastic. So now when 64 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.800 are your shows playing? I know they're on Saturday. Better are they matinees 65 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:50.839 or are the prime time or are they are matinees? We felt like it 66 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:55.480 made more sense to do a matinee when folks were out in about and hustling 67 00:04:55.519 --> 00:05:00.120 and bustling around town. And so it's every Saturday three o'clock. We are 68 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:08.040 not there this weekend because they have our artisans show that was on the calendar 69 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:12.199 from a year ago, and I've actually got a charity event that it worked 70 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:17.199 out perfectly nice. So yeah, so every every Saturday starting on the twenty 71 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:23.519 fourth, will be back starting on June twenty fourth, and then literally every 72 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:27.360 Saturday for the rest of the year at three o'clock in the afternoon. That's 73 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:30.600 great because you know why, when you're walking around visiting with the Pioneer Woman 74 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:36.040 and all her different things going on there. And then of course with the 75 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:40.240 movie there, they've got some of the places we can kind of go visit 76 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:43.920 and kind of check out see where the movie was made. Killers with the 77 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:46.519 Flower Moon, that's gonna be a building once that thing gets fully developed. 78 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:49.839 And you know, so right there in the heat of the afternoon kind of 79 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:55.800 take a little break, cool your heels and really be entertained by Wayne Tower. 80 00:05:55.839 --> 00:06:01.040 I gotta you're from what does still want? Still Water America? Sir? 81 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:06.000 And you know this this is gonna be a fantastic show. I mean 82 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:11.360 right there, you've already told us you're covering the songs of Frank Sinatra, 83 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:15.920 Elvis Presley. So the only thing that's missing is that you took us in 84 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.040 the seats, folks, because this is a great show. Now. You 85 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:23.680 just played bartlesvilt at a special gala. What a couple of weeks ago. 86 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:29.079 Yeah, the Chamber of Commerce had their awards banquet and gala. Um. 87 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:33.079 I think last week actually left Tuesday Good Day and I got to sing at 88 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:35.839 that, which was which was always fun. It's always a good group of 89 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:40.000 folks. I had three hundred hundred, twenty thous people there, so it 90 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:43.879 was fun. And they're still talking about it, by the way, so 91 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:47.399 you had a good job of them. That got less them. It's just 92 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:53.920 it's just fun, you know, sharing the music that I'm sort of an 93 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:59.040 old soul, so whenever I grew up watching old movies and listening to this 94 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:00.920 music and just fella love with it, and the thing that I tell everyone 95 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:05.360 is that it's certainly not the music that everyone listens to every day. You 96 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:09.120 know, I'm one of the rare people that go to work out and have 97 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:16.879 Frank Sinatra and my headset. But it's the music that everybody knows. Everybody. 98 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:20.279 Yeah, it doesn't matter if I do an event. You know, 99 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:26.879 we've we've been blessed that we've gotten to do some pretty large, very h 100 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:30.759 bougie weddings, as they say, But you know that those are groups where 101 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:34.639 the bride and groom are twenty five, twenty six years old, and all 102 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:39.079 of those kids know all of the words to fly Me to the Moon, 103 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:44.079 and that's life. And so it's just it doesn't matter if you're eight or 104 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:49.920 eighty. It's just music that's familiar to everybody, and and we just absolutely 105 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:53.360 love doing it. I tell people at the beginning of the show, my 106 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:57.480 my only goal for the audience is I hope that they have as much fun 107 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:59.759 as we're going to have on stage. Well, I gotta tell you, 108 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:03.879 that's the music that was the heart of America that at the forties and the 109 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.680 fifties and into the sixties and seventies as well. And you cut across a 110 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:13.040 lot of generations just with those two artists to begin with. Everybody's familiar with 111 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:15.639 the songs, whether they've seen it in a movie, heard it on the 112 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.879 radio, or you know, just maybe somebody's a Spotify collection and playing off 113 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:26.279 field some of them, Yeah and whatever or where everything else. I mean, 114 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:33.639 that's the song that both both artists actually did with My Way. So 115 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:35.919 I have to ask you this question. I'm kind of building up to it. 116 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:43.200 Which version do you do um of which song My Way? Oh? 117 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:48.720 Oh, well, you know what your question is very afropos, so you 118 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.440 could get away with both, you know, oh no, no, absolutely, 119 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:58.159 And here's here's how we handle that. Actually, My Way is sort 120 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.799 of the encore song that some audiences don't ask for, but I come back 121 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:07.799 and sing it anyway. And so when I come back on stage to sing 122 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:13.360 My Way, I literally let the audience pick which version they want hot Dog. 123 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.960 Now, that's cool. It's the only song that I let them decide. 124 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:22.759 But both artists made it famous. Both artists have their own style, 125 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:28.039 and it was interesting on June three, when we opened, we sort of 126 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:30.600 had a half and half, so I kind of had to a mixture. 127 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:35.960 And then at the last show last Saturday. It was very Elvis heavy at 128 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.360 the end, and so they wanted the Elvis version, so that's what we 129 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:41.039 did. Well, there you go, folks. You get a little surprise 130 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.320 ending and this is all kinds of funny. Say, do you have a 131 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:50.039 social page or a maybe a website so folks can learn just a little bit 132 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:56.320 about you before they come see you. I'm glad you asked it is. 133 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:00.919 You can go to Wadetower dot com and that's Wade just like Wade in the 134 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:05.679 water and tower like a water tower. Wadetower dot com. You go to 135 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:09.399 Waytower dot com. I am on every social media platform you can think of. 136 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:16.879 You can find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Interests. More 137 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:18.720 importantly, probably if you if you want to sample and you want to hear 138 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:22.279 some of the music ahead of time and hear what I sound like, you 139 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:26.480 can find I've got two albums on iTunes, so you can sample me on 140 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:31.480 iTunes. You can listen to me on Pandora, on Spotify, on Amazon 141 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:35.519 Music, so just about any place online that you can listen to music, 142 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:37.679 you can find Wave Tower. Well, there you go, and of course, 143 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:41.919 folks, on Saturday, with a special deal, we've got a lot 144 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:45.840 of things going on over in Pahuska that are kind of annual, but after 145 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:50.480 that, it's virtually every Saturday at three o'clock throughout the entire year, Wave 146 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:58.360 Tower, the Chairman and the King, and that is at the Constantine. 147 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:01.879 How can I get that they've been so good to me? They have been 148 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:05.480 They really are. They treat you. They do treat you like a king, 149 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:09.720 don't they? No, they absolutely do. And I will throw in, 150 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.360 you know, there's some folks that come to the theater and they're not 151 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.639 sure what to expect because some folks, believe it or not, are not 152 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.200 huge Snatra or Elvis fans. But I will just tell you that we've got 153 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:24.399 some surprises thrown into the mix because we do a little Neil Diamond, we 154 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:28.399 do a little George Straight, we do a little Dean Martin, so we 155 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.159 kind of throw in some of their peers along the way just to kind of 156 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.200 mix it up. You're kind of like a one man Vegas All Star show. 157 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:39.080 That's that's really kind of cool. Well, I appreciate that. It 158 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:43.840 is a lot of fun, and I absolutely am super thankful to the Constantine 159 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.279 and for them having me and being willing to put this show on because it's 160 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.679 a big commitment on their part obviously to have me every week, and it 161 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.279 allows me to do exactly what I love to do. So I am super 162 00:11:56.440 --> 00:12:00.000 super grateful and super blessed. Well, this is wonderful. And again, 163 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:03.159 tell the folks where they can find you online, because right now some of 164 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:11.000 them we're kind of preoccupied because I know how. You can find me online 165 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:16.159 at wadetower dot com. Wadetower dot com, you can find me on Facebook. 166 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:22.000 It's all everything's under Wadetower, Facebook, Instagram, Interest, Twitter, 167 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:28.240 Pandora, Amazon, Music, Spotify, any place that there's music. And 168 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:31.679 then, of course, probably the most important thing for this conversation is if 169 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:37.720 you go to Constantine Theater dot com you can buy tickets or any of the 170 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:41.919 shows that are listed. You can buy them online. You're welcome to buy 171 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:43.799 them if you just want to walk up that day as long as there's tickets 172 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:46.960 available. You can buy tickets at the door, which seems to be a 173 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:52.440 pretty good plan for most folks at decide last minute. And then you know 174 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:54.480 the other thing that we don't. We're going to do the show all summer 175 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:58.519 long and off fall. But then in mid November, we're going to switch 176 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:03.159 the show over and it becomes a holiday show and a Christmas show, so 177 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.799 it'll be the same theme Chairman and the King. It'll be the Chairman and 178 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.919 the King Christmas and we'll see all of the classic Christmas hits for the rest 179 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:11.919 of the year. Well, son of a Gun, this is really good. 180 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:15.440 This is gonna be a lot of fun. And you know you hit 181 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:18.919 this right at the right time, Wade. I mean, the Pioneer Woman 182 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:22.919 is hotter than ever as far as viewership and people wanting to know a lot 183 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:26.200 about Ree and then of course there's a lot of interest with the movie that 184 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:31.320 was shot over there, and of course Bohuska has tons of visitors every Saturday 185 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:35.840 anyway. The streets are just full and the businesses are too. This is 186 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:39.039 really a nice little icing on the cake here. And folks, I want 187 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.639 to tell you, if you're looking to be entertained, you're going to be 188 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:48.799 entertained. And then something that's Saturday's three o'clock Constantine Theater and that is Wade 189 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:50.639 Teller. Wait, thank you for being our guest today, No, sir, 190 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.360 I appreciate you giving me the time. And it was a pleasure. 191 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:56.559 I look forward to doing it again sometime. All right, you'll be seeing 192 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:01.759 me in the audience. I'll be there with about seven. And you can't 193 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:03.879 miss that. You can't miss that thing coming at you.