WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:06.360 Hey, this is Michael Brustin, a keyboardist and fearner, and 2 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:09.800 you are listening to a Doctor Sky Experience on Talk 3 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:11.400 Radio seventy seven. 4 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:35.479 WABC, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the Doctor Sky Experience, 5 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:39.719 heard exclusively here on Talk Radio seventy seven dule ABC, 6 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:42.640 as we like to say, the crown jewel of radio, 7 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:47.399 the iconic seventy seven talk radio station, eaming out of the 8 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:49.719 New York around the nation, around the world, and I'm 9 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:53.280 sure out into the cosmos. If you're a newcomer to 10 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:58.039 the Doctor Sky Experience. Great interviews from the realms of astronomy, space, aviation, 11 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:01.560 and weather and celebrity gain to the mix and ladies 12 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:04.920 and gentlemen. Today, without further ado, we are going to 13 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.040 introduce one of the great band members of one of 14 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:11.159 the most iconic rock bands in history, Foreigner, and just 15 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.920 a few moments we'll be introducing the keyboardist, Michael Bluestein, 16 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:16.879 who's going to tell us a little bit more not 17 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:20.319 only about the band, but more importantly about the farewell 18 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:24.120 tour twenty twenty three that he's involved in with this 19 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:28.400 iconic band, a real classic here in America, but a 20 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:31.799 little background on Our Special Guests Byba Bluestein began piano 21 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.719 studies at age nine. Growing up, he was exposed to 22 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:39.560 a wide range of artists, including Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Boston, Mozart, 23 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:42.359 The Who, and jazz pianist. 24 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:43.239 The Onliest Moment. 25 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:46.680 After studying at Berkeley College of Music, Michael made his 26 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.480 way up to Los Angeles, where he played with Stevie Nicks, b. 27 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:54.200 K Anglethias an Astussian, and with the house band of 28 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:58.560 Jimmy Kimmel Live. Michael describes the experiences playing Oh the 29 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:02.840 classic Parigner songs as quote, truly surreal. I grew up 30 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:05.319 hearing and loving all these songs. I've ever dreamed that 31 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:07.040 I would have the chance to be in the band 32 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.400 playing with them. The energy on stage is amazing and 33 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:13.759 I love looking out and seeing everyone singing along with 34 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:18.319 every word. End quote. With that, let's welcome the keyboards 35 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:21.479 from this iconic band, follow the Michael blue Seen Welcome 36 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:24.240 to the show. Thank you, Hey, hey Dad, great to 37 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:27.400 be here. Hey, thank you so much, my friend. You 38 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:30.039 know the tour, let's talk about it, historic farewell tour. 39 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:33.680 It's twenty twenty three and beyond. Sorry to to report 40 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:37.039 those words. But this band is what about fifty watch 41 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:42.280 fifty years old? Is that correct? In my recollection? Well, 42 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:43.240 I formed it. 43 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:45.759 You know, kind of towards the end of seventy six, 44 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.960 and the first single feels like the first time came 45 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.039 out in seventy seven and the rest of history as 46 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:56.599 they say. But so yeah, not quite fifty, but kind 47 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:59.759 of approaching rapidly approaching that fifty year mark. 48 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.360 Totally incredible, Nick Jones, Ian McDonald of King Crimson lou 49 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.960 Graham Foreigner And you know, it's interesting the namesake. I'm 50 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.080 reading this, I need little bit of help from you, Michael, 51 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:14.520 that the name foreigner is simply the fact that they 52 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.960 had a bunch of foreign guys playing in the band. 53 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:19.360 And is that simply how the name foreigner came about? 54 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.080 I mean it seems pretty obvious. 55 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.639 Well yeah, I mean that that is for one, one 56 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:27.159 angle on it. I mean, it was kind of half 57 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:33.240 and half English guys and American guys, and they came 58 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:37.199 up with this that that this concept that no matter 59 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.680 anywhere wherever they were going in the world, one of 60 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:45.039 them would be a foreigners based on the different the 61 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:48.439 different book, you know, not nationality. 62 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:52.400 Is there, just to remind everybody listening to the Doctor 63 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:55.840 Sky experience. Here, I'm the powerful talk radio seventy Southern 64 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.759 w ABC, beaming out of the United States, the nation, 65 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:02.400 the world, and Michael, I'm sure even out into the cosmos. 66 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:06.360 Today we're talking with the keyboardist, Michael Lustein, one of 67 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.520 the members of this iconic band as we keep talking 68 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.840 about here, and rightfully so, they've earned their right, ladies 69 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.479 and gentlemen, to play music, playing at loud and crowd. 70 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:18.560 Over what eighty million records sold worldwide and over thirty 71 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:22.079 seven million records sold in the United States, that is 72 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:24.720 no easy thing to do. Talk a little bit more 73 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:27.120 about the great history of this band and what does 74 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:28.639 it mean to you to be part of it. It's 75 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:29.399 such a high honor. 76 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:33.120 Well, I mean, I think that you know, it's sort 77 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:37.040 of the whole thing was born at a real classic 78 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:41.879 time in rock and roll late seventies or just so 79 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:46.000 many American, so many great artists, you know, American British 80 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:50.199 that were exploding on the scene. And you know, that 81 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:55.040 sort of era of music is just such a big 82 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:57.040 part of the culture. And you know, whether you're talking 83 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:01.839 about you know, Boston or Journey or Foreign Rio or Styx, 84 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:07.079 all these great anthemic songs everyone remembers from, you know, 85 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:09.199 their high school years, college years. 86 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:09.720 You know. 87 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:13.680 In my case, I was eight years old and feels 88 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:15.319 like the first time came out. I was born in 89 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.079 sixteen years old, so you know, I was a kid 90 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:21.319 hearing these songs and just loved them. And you know, 91 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:26.879 Lou Graham's voice was just always this powerful, spine tangling, 92 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:33.079 goosebump inducing, you know, vocal performances on these tunes. So 93 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:36.920 it definitely made an impression on me. And I have 94 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.000 lots of memories as a kid listening to all these 95 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:42.639 all the tunes, Double Vision, Head Games, cold As, I 96 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.279 feel like the first time jud Bucks, Hero Urgent, you know, 97 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:47.720 waiting for a girl like you. You know, all these 98 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:52.000 tunes just really everybody knows them, you know, especially if 99 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:54.079 you grew up around that time, but not not only 100 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:56.319 if you grew up around that time. I mean, you know, 101 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.920 we're seeing the kids and the grandkids of these people 102 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.360 out there that now you know, they grew up then 103 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.800 that we're in high school then, and it's pretty awesome 104 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:10.879 how it's survived, and you know through the generations. Here 105 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.879 you know, and people are still loving these tunes and 106 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:18.040 they're still relevant. They're still part of the fabric of 107 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:21.319 the American experience, the European experience, you know, when of course, 108 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:22.639 you know, I want to know what love is that 109 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:25.160 I didn't even mention which was the biggest hit of 110 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.600 all amazing that was a worldwide hit. So you know 111 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:30.759 that no matter where you go, everyone knows that prom 112 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:33.399 So yeah, it's pretty incredible to be a part of 113 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:37.519 this legacy, this repertoire of songs. You know, it's a 114 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:40.879 pretty insane catalog. That's just you know, I think it's 115 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:42.720 it's classic in every sense. 116 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:46.519 Well, Michael, in case people out there listening have never 117 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.000 been to a live concert as foreigner, you have some 118 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:52.560 make great opportunities here as you talk about the historics 119 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:55.519 farewell to or twenty twenty three, twenty twenty four, those 120 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:57.399 at the home here in Arizona. You're coming to the 121 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:00.680 auctionen pavilion here. This is coming someday to the August 122 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.759 at twenty at seven pm. It's your tickets, of course, 123 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.360 where the tickets are sold all over the place, and 124 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.360 that should be an outstanding concert when also on stage 125 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:11.839 as what we have Loverboys, Is that correct. 126 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:16.639 That's right, Lover Boys. It's been really a great, a 127 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:20.040 fitting double bill. We love those guys. They of course 128 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:25.319 have some really memorable, huge smash hit songs as well, 129 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:29.680 and we've just really enjoyed getting to hear their set 130 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:33.399 and getting to hang with them backstage, and it's just 131 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:36.680 it's just had a really great vibe all around musically 132 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.959 and personally. So I think you'll be fine that it 133 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:44.160 just the pairing of those two bands of Lover Blayne Foreigner, 134 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.959 we just feel is really working. And wow, it just 135 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:50.000 gets it gets fans really pumped up by the time 136 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:51.680 we get on stage. 137 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:54.480 Sure it does, you know. I remember, going back, Michael, 138 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:56.480 a few years ago, we were listening to the band 139 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:59.199 play live, of course, out in the most amazing epitheater 140 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.519 Talking Stick here in Arizona, and boy, there wasn't an 141 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:05.639 empty seat in the crowd. I mean, people were jumping up, 142 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.319 moving to the music, you know, going with lip syncing 143 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:10.519 and singing the songs. Even more than lip syncing, they 144 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:11.600 were doing the own things. 145 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:15.240 Three. 146 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.920 For more than four decades, our next guests have been 147 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:20.360 singing the soundtrack of our lives. They first wore up 148 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.759 onto the scene, and the seventies were chart topping hits 149 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.360 like Feels Like the First Time and Cold as Ice. 150 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.800 There currently on their global farewell tour and joining us 151 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:32.039 with a very special performance, Please welcome one of the 152 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:38.639 most popular rock bands in all time, Warner. Yes, what 153 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.559 a trick for us treating I mean, you guys have 154 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:45.720 decided this is your last final tour. What's it like 155 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:46.799 saying goodbye? 156 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:51.279 It's it's it's mixed, you know if this is going 157 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.519 to go into twenty twenty four because we can't get 158 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:57.440 everywhere in a year, but we're experiencing it on the fly, 159 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:59.360 real time. How it feels to be in front of 160 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:01.519 a crowd that you think you might not see again. 161 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:03.240 So bittersweet? 162 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:05.720 Really, No, what are you doing for school programs? I 163 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:07.720 know you've given so much to fans, but you're also 164 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:08.879 giving back to the community. 165 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.720 We've been working with a Grammy Foundation for a long time, 166 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:14.720 more than a decade, and helping bring attention to the 167 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:18.679 lack of funding for school choirs, and on this tour, 168 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.519 we're having choir competitions. The winner of the competition gets 169 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:25.360 a Bose l one system with our partners nice there, 170 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:28.200 and we donate money to the choirs, and it's all 171 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:31.639 about giving them the experience and also helping fund music 172 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:32.159 in the arts. 173 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:35.120 That's so cool because the music is so important. Kelly, 174 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.879 you joined the band in two thousand and five, correct, 175 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:40.840 What was it like stepping into such an iconic group. 176 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:44.679 Well, I have had a little conversation with myself and said, 177 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:47.279 do you think you can do this? And sometimes you 178 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:49.759 just have to have belief in yourself and take a leap, 179 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:51.159 and it seemed to have worked out. 180 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:53.039 So it did work out. And look at what I'm holding. 181 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:54.759 This is such a treat right here. What do you 182 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:56.879 think it is about your music that has resonated with 183 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:58.919 so many people over the past what four decades? 184 00:09:58.960 --> 00:09:59.159 Now? 185 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.639 It's the catalog, It's it's a wonderful catalog of songs 186 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:08.039 with its sixteen top thirties and over eighty million records sold. 187 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:11.840 And I think the quality of the material is really 188 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:12.559 what's important. 189 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:13.159 Nice. 190 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:15.960 So you guys have as many hits as Fleet with 191 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:19.080 Mac they're in the Hall of Fame. You guys have 192 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:21.639 been eligible to be in the rock and roll Hall 193 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:23.559 of Fame for a long time for a while, but 194 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:27.240 continue to be overlooked. What do you think it's going 195 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:29.120 to take I don't. 196 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:32.759 Think that that's really what's important. I think what's important 197 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:34.960 to us is that our fans show us that they 198 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:38.919 love us. And I don't know rock and roll hall 199 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:42.559 of fame a set standard of what they think is important. 200 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:46.759 I mean influence. How many people have been influenced to 201 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.679 pick up a guitar or sing because of this band. 202 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:51.759 I consider that influence. 203 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.799 It is all right, thank you very much. And now 204 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:57.039 here is Farder with one of their songs, of course 205 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:57.519 that I love. 206 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:00.440 I want to know what love is. I want that song. 207 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:02.759 I've been waiting for this song. Please give it to us, 208 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:16.360 all right, get a. 209 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:29.679 Take a little time, little time to thinkings over, better 210 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:32.480 read between the lines. 211 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.600 In case I need and win a moulder. 212 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:53.840 This mountain, mounts Clive. 213 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:03.039 Feels like a world upon my shoulder. Through the clouds, 214 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:09.799 I see the shine. Excuse me, warms like gross colder. 215 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:13.399 In my last. 216 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:16.480 There's been punicking. 217 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:23.320 I don't now you fucking sa sit. 218 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:28.519 Down now, I'm Chael, so. 219 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:31.279 You change this. 220 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:39.480 I want to know nothing. 221 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.360 I want you shine. 222 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:50.720 I want to see nothing. 223 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.639 Well that was amazing. I want to know what love is. 224 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:57.559 Was really outstanding. They actually brought on stages you know better, 225 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:01.519 I'm local, you know, chorus, young children they had singing 226 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:04.480 in the chorus that was just so amazing, which I 227 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:07.200 find fascinating. But we haven't forgotten our friends back at 228 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.639 WABC in New York because according to the great schedule here, 229 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.320 as you folks know best, September second, Syracuse, New York, 230 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.799 September third, the pnd Bank Arts Center in Home Down, 231 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:19.279 New Jersey, and all the way going into the latter 232 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:23.080 part of twenty twenty three, November the seventeenth, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 233 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:25.600 How do you guys do it? It must be amazing talk 234 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:28.159 about being on the road. I mean, you know people 235 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:30.960 who see these concerts. I mean obviously myself, I don't 236 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:33.039 know all the back of the details, but you love 237 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:35.080 what you do. But boy, that drains a lot of 238 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.679 your battery energy every day to beyond as much as 239 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:41.480 you guys are, so that must be pretty challenging to 240 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.399 be on sport. Describe that for them don't understand what 241 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:45.159 we're talking. 242 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:48.399 About, Well, it definitely does, you know. I think that 243 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:54.000 there's though there is some drainage, as you said, you know, 244 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:56.559 to I like that drain to the battery, you know, 245 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:00.240 to the body. There's a lot of travel. I mean, 246 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:03.080 we all feel like the travel is the hardest part. 247 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:05.240 I mean, you know, get the getting of the stage, 248 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:08.519 you know, not not that running around in one hundred 249 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:11.559 and three degree heat is easy on stage, especially you know, 250 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:12.960 the time of the year. We just did three shows 251 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:14.440 and Texas that will take its toll on. 252 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:19.600 You know, Arizona someday, right, Oh god, I know, uh. 253 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:21.919 Well I did hear. I have heard that they did 254 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:24.159 blow some cold air on a Sunner stage. They're driving 255 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:28.879 this Americans on stage from whatever well there, but yeah, 256 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:33.080 so yeah, there is certainly a draining component to it, 257 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:37.240 but it's also energizing. You know, we get our batteries 258 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:40.480 recharged by the crowds that we get, you know, in 259 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:44.480 the enthusiasm that that's coming back to us. So yeah, 260 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:46.480 there's you know, the travel is the hardest part, and 261 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:48.720 you know, getting on buses, getting on planes, you know, 262 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:52.559 but sort of drudgery of that can can take its toll. 263 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:56.320 But we all try to eat well and take care 264 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:59.039 of ourselves out here and do what we need to 265 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:02.240 do to stay fresh. And obviously sleep is a huge 266 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.799 part of that for everyone. So we do our best 267 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:08.840 to get that done. But at the end of the day, 268 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:12.440 we love what we're doing. And you know, you just 269 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:16.120 like practicing an instrument and getting better at that or 270 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:18.480 whatever your craft is. I mean, there's a there's some 271 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.519 travel chops that get developed, if you know what I mean. 272 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:23.399 You know, if after you're doing it, you sort of 273 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.200 get it, it becomes a well illed machine in the 274 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:27.799 sense of you know, you know, you know what your 275 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:30.840 rituals are, packing and unpacking. You know, you know what 276 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.840 you have to do to get to get up and 277 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:34.759 ready in time, and to do the things you need 278 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:36.759 to do during the day before you lead the hotel 279 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:38.799 and get to the venue, and you just sort of 280 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.799 that part of it, you know, it almost gets to 281 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:47.720 be second nature too. So yeah, that's uh, it's a challenge. 282 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:49.960 But one no, I don't know how I could do it. 283 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.519 That's amazing. But God bless you guys, because again on 284 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:55.679 the very positive side of the Sohole interview, you're as 285 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:58.559 energized as you can be one and ten percent, and 286 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:02.600 that's exactly the gie that audience loves, and that energy 287 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:06.399 is definitely two directional. I want to also mention to 288 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.440 you right now. Of course, we're going to be hearing 289 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:10.879 a little excerpt from an interview that was done with 290 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:14.519 the band and Good Morning America just recently talking about 291 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:18.679 this historic farewell tour twenty twenty three, twenty twenty four, 292 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.480 and I think that really says it well, Michael. You know, 293 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:25.720 obviously you're out there in the public eye for so long, 294 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.720 this great band, part of American culture in the rock 295 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:31.000 and the old world. But I want to just transition 296 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:32.759 to something here and see if you can help us out. 297 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.759 We have a lot of big fans of Vinyl out there. 298 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.240 I mean, it's not amazing the resurgence of vinyl. Everywhere 299 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:41.720 I go bookstores and other big music stores. Vinyl has 300 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:44.000 really shocked at the top, bigger than what STD is. 301 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:46.559 But is it true that you have a gold Vinyl 302 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:49.679 commemorative album that people can get to and also a 303 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:52.480 black version of that talked about that that's amazing for 304 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:54.240 big fans of vinyl. 305 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:56.840 Yes, that's true. We've been selling them in all the 306 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.519 shows and actually really a lot of we're selling find 307 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:05.640 edition of the black vinyl. That's every day we get 308 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:07.359 to the venue and we're just they've got them lined 309 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:10.519 up for us to sign. They've been selling quite well 310 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:15.119 at the shows. People can also get them at Foreigner 311 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:24.400 online dot com. Yes, that's right, that's the one. I think, 312 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:28.079 all the all the merchants available there, all the different 313 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.880 kinds of vinyl that you said, the golden and the 314 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.559 black versions. So yes, it's wonderful. I mean that's kind 315 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.759 of you know, full circle, right. I mean it comes 316 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:38.839 back to when the band first came out, you know, 317 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:42.279 and all those iconic albums on on vinyl, Double Vision, 318 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:45.519 head Games, you know, the first album just entitled Foreigner 319 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:49.359 and you know Foreigner for Agent Provocateur, all those classics 320 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:51.440 that were people were used to hearing on vinyl. 321 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:52.359 Uh. 322 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.279 Yeah, this is a sort of of kind of bringing 323 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:57.039 it all back home. 324 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.039 Well as this that wasn't enough, Let's talk about something 325 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:02.599 else here that I have in my hand that I 326 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:07.200 couldn't put it down. It's the audio CD and the 327 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:11.720 DVD with the twenty first century Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Now, 328 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.319 this one, folks, knocks it out of the park because 329 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:18.400 I can't think of a more better blending of the 330 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.240 different genres of music and incorporating what a classical orchestra 331 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:27.200 an amazing chorus in with the sound and music of foreigners. 332 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:31.119 Talk about that because that is that's something for everyone. 333 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:33.000 In other words, you have somebody out there that would 334 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.519 say terribly and I would never agree with them. Oh, 335 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:38.319 I'm not in the rocket roll. They like the audio 336 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:42.400 files for classic music or such. For Wow, isn't this incredible? 337 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:46.000 I mean this set that audio CD and DVD's it 338 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:49.279 must have describe that whole process of where it was 339 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:51.519 done and a little bit of the backstory that we 340 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.519 may not have been able to capture from watching it 341 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.119 on the DVD. 342 00:18:56.039 --> 00:19:00.200 It was a pretty special event. We were performing at 343 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:04.039 a festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. We've done that festival twice now, 344 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:10.279 with both times with this orchestra made of Swiss musicians 345 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:15.000 from that region. Lake Lucerne is this beautiful lake in 346 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:17.880 Switzerland with you know, views of the Alps in the background, 347 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:21.599 and it's just a really gorgeous, scenic, fairy tale kind 348 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:26.079 of city, really beautiful city and amazing hotel right there 349 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:29.400 on the lake that we were staying, a hotel Schweizer. 350 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:34.160 It's called Schwizhoff, that's it. And yeah, we did this 351 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:38.920 performance and recording with the orchestra of the twenty first 352 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:42.839 century Orchestra that you described, and it was a blast. 353 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:44.759 You know. It's part of this festival, so all kinds 354 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:48.880 of other bands playing throughout the weekend, throughout the week 355 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.599 you know. I think at one point where I just 356 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:54.279 went in, Fire was there and a lot of classic 357 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:56.799 band Howard Jones kind of, you know, a lot of 358 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.839 a lot of classic bands at a classic artists they 359 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:02.279 call it Retrofest and yeah, which we've been there twice 360 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:04.359 now and one of them was recorded, and it was 361 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:06.880 just a really great opportunity. And like you said, I 362 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:09.640 chanced to hear all the songs and all the music 363 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:12.200 in a different context in the classical more of the 364 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.960 classical contest text of course. Still there's you know, the 365 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:20.720 full rock band combined with the classical instrumentation, which is 366 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:22.400 just seems to work really well. 367 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:25.640 Most beautiful And if you're a big fan of Foreigner, 368 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:28.880 who isn't if you're missing something in your audio collection 369 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:32.200 and now DVD collection, you got to get a copy 370 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:34.279 of this. It's just beautiful. Just a few more minutes 371 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:36.240 with you as time permits here and I do appreciate 372 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:39.680 your time, and say hi to Kelly Hanson. Kelly was awesome, 373 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:42.160 like yourself and talking to us about a year or 374 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:44.559 so ago, and I got to ask this, and now 375 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:46.839 we're positive. He always want to be positive. But it 376 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:50.359 was tough during COVID, right, I mean, God bless all. 377 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:51.200 The bands in the world. 378 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:53.519 All everything was just kind of like coming to a 379 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:58.039 grinding hole. But describe that period because it was something 380 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:01.400 that maybe a lot of music acts and bands couldn't survive. 381 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:04.559 Warner came out well, but that was a tough time. 382 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:10.640 Obviously, it was a tough time and we were really sidelined. 383 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:13.640 It was a lot of false starts. You know, there 384 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:16.119 was a thought of Okay, we're not going to cancel 385 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:17.920 these shows yet, I think we're going to be good. 386 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:20.720 Then get closer and closer, and the promoters would pull 387 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:23.319 the plug because we just weren't there yet, and there 388 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:28.200 were still, you know, resurgences of the virus happening in 389 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:30.160 different areas depending on where we were going. You know, 390 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:33.599 we had to just cancel postpone, a lot of a 391 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:36.000 lot of trips, a lot of tours, and we got 392 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:38.279 going again. I think our first shows back were in 393 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:41.279 May of twenty twenty one, so compared to a lot 394 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.880 of artists, a lot of bands that we got out 395 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:46.279 there probably as soon as it was possible, you know, 396 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.960 and of course there was still a lot of protocols 397 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:50.079 in place at that point, a lot of masking, still 398 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:53.759 a lot of the distancing and everything. But yeah, it's 399 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:56.640 sort of here we are, I mean over two years 400 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:01.319 later and on and going wrong end, but yeah, we did. 401 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:06.079