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FRIENDS AND LEGENDS WITH SKIP MARTIN

FRIENDS AND LEGENDS WITH SKIP MARTIN

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Skip Martin, a Grammy Award winner, has dedicated his life to the rooms where music history unfolds. As former lead vocalist for Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band, he has shared stages with the greatest artists of his generation — and built friendships that have lasted decades. Friends and Legends is the platform where these friendships are brought to life. This is not a standard interview show. Skip does not sit across from his guests — he sits beside them. These are real talks with people who were there, built something, and have stories to tell. From platinum records to personal breakthroughs. From the road to the recording studio, the journey was transformative. From the highs to the moments that tested everything. New episodes drop regularly. "Music is the sound of a soul singing." Don't play no games. Musik Ökonomie
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  • Episode 023 - 26 Years With Earth, Wind & Fire - And They Won't Even Make His Resume (Pt 1)

    Episode 023 - 26 Years With Earth, Wind & Fire - And They Won't Even Make His Resume (Pt 1)
    Oct 20 2026
    Friends & Legends with Skip MartinHost: Skip Martin Summary:Skip Martin sits down with his old friend Andre O'Neal, the roadie who says bands make it rock and roadies make it roll. Andre takes us back to the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, where he worked the stage crew on rock night and jazz night and first watched Kinsman Dazz open for Spyro Gyra and Weather Report. He tells how he quit his job as Blondie's guitar tech at the height of "Call Me" to work for a Cleveland band nobody outside Ohio knew, and how he talked his way onto the crew at a red light. Skip relives the racist hotel clerk in Seaside, California and the one line from Andre that snapped him out of it. Andre reveals he was the man who put in the word that got Skip the Kool & the Gang gig in 1987, and he doesn't hold back on his 26 years with Earth, Wind & Fire. Skip recalls the Statue of Liberty review from Madison Square Garden, the two friends talk about facing cancer with the right frame of mind, and Andre admits the night Midnight Star was so good it made him cry. He signs off with why Debbie Harry and Whitney Houston both greeted him the same way: "You're that guy from Cleveland." And there's plenty more to come, from Prince to INXS. Main Topics:Bands make it rock, roadies make it rollRock night and jazz night at the Agora Ballroom in ClevelandQuitting Blondie at the height of "Call Me" for Kinsman DazzTalking his way onto the crew at a red lightPlatinum rock and roll knowledge in an R&B worldThe racist hotel clerk in Seaside, California26 years with Earth, Wind & Fire, and the meeting with Verdine WhiteHow Andre helped Skip land the Kool & the Gang jobOpening for Kool & the Gang with Let It Whip"More poses than the Statue of Liberty"Facing cancer with the right frame of mindThe night Midnight Star made Andre cryBabyface, the producer behind Midnight Star's soundWhy Debbie Harry and Whitney Houston both knew "that guy from Cleveland" Intriguing Quotes:"Bands make it rock, roadies make it roll." - Andre O'Neal"You act like you never saw a racist before?" - Andre O'Neal, as Skip remembers it"Handsome, tall, he can play the horn, he can dance and sing. What is there to know?" - Andre O'Neal"Success is all about access." - Skip Martin"Just because you get a diagnosis doesn't mean that's a destination. Destination is where your head is at." - Skip Martin"Midnight Star was so good, I cried." - Andre O'Neal Key Moments:[00:00] Skip welcomes Andre O'Neal[01:29] The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland[05:44] Guitar tech for Blondie[06:42] The red light that got him the job[08:06] Platinum knowledge[09:23] The racist hotel in Seaside[12:30] 26 years with Earth, Wind & Fire[14:09] Andre helps Skip land Kool & the Gang[15:10] Success is all about access[16:31] Let It Whip versus Kool & the Gang[18:53] More poses than the Statue of Liberty[20:21] Facing cancer[25:42] The night Midnight Star made him cry[26:43] Babyface and the Midnight Star sound[28:47] "You're that guy from Cleveland"[29:21] Don't play no games Notable Resources:The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OhioBlondie, Eat to the Beat eraThe Dazz Band (formerly Kinsman Dazz), "Let It Whip"Kool & the GangMidnight Star Connect with Skip Martin:Website: https://www.skipmartinmusic.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skipmartinmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipmartinmusic/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skipmartinmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/skipmartinmusic Watch Every Episode of Friends & Legends with Skip Martin:YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1sm5Ou1dv5BtxzWFV3Wq8jxDi17jNhJ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    30 Min.
  • Episode 022 - Bobby Harris Says The Weeknd Still Can't Touch This Dazz Band Falsetto (Pt 2)

    Episode 022 - Bobby Harris Says The Weeknd Still Can't Touch This Dazz Band Falsetto (Pt 2)
    Oct 12 2026
    Friends & Legends with Skip MartinHost: Skip Martin Summary:Part 2 of Skip Martin's sit down with Dazz Band founder Bobby Harris picks up as Skip joins the band and they head to Motown in 1980. Bobby breaks down the monster musicians in the lineup: the Wiley brothers, who couldn't read music but could play anything they heard, and Kenny Pettus, whose falsetto Bobby says even The Weeknd never matched. He tells how Motown's head of A&R Lee Young, brother of jazz great Lester Young, sent them producer Reggie Andrews, how the band tested him and how he won them over, and how Bobby first heard Let It Whip over breakfast in Reggie's hotel room. Skip owns up to the Gilligan's Island joke that went viral, Bobby relives Skip's 3am vocal on What a Night, and the pair talk about the musicians who make you feel them and the Cleveland fans who made them. Main Topics:Skip joins and the move to Motown in 1980Invitation to Love, the first album togetherThe Wiley brothers, playing anything by earKenny Pettus and a falsetto nobody has matchedLee Young, Lester Young's brother, running A&R at MotownProducer Reggie Andrews wins over the bandThe DMX drum machine they called DamienHow Let It Whip was born in a hotel roomThe Gilligan's Island joke that went viralSkip's 3am vocal on What a NightThe Cleveland fans and radio that made them Intriguing Quotes:"Their ears were big as elephant ears. They heard it, they could play it." - Bobby Harris"Deal with a sternness, but with a soft hand." - Bobby Harris"When Clevelanders get behind you, they hold you up and they don't forget." - Bobby Harris"I just wanted to do something to be remembered." - Skip Martin"What's easy to do is not always rewarding." - Bobby Harris"They let you feel them, not their education." - Bobby Harris Key Moments:[00:00] Part 2 with Bobby Harris[00:32] Skip joins, Motown in 1980[01:08] The Wiley brothers play it all by ear[02:20] Kenny Pettus and that falsetto[04:31] Motown sends Reggie Andrews[06:03] The band tests the new producer[09:31] The drum machine called Damien[10:19] Let It Whip in a hotel room[11:31] The Gilligan's Island joke[15:07] Musicians are the messengers[17:31] The Cleveland fans and radio[21:30] Skip the balladeer[22:05] The 3am vocal on What a Night[24:41] Feel them, not their education[27:59] Don't play no games Notable Resources:Invitation to Love, the first Dazz Band album with SkipKeep It Live, featuring "Let It Whip"The People Get Ready Project, Skip's COVID era collaboration Connect with Bobby Harris and the Dazz Band:Website: https://www.thedazzband.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoneandonlydazzbandInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedazzbandYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtN1sSbm7vOMHVwuSKJRyA Connect with Skip Martin:Website: https://www.skipmartinmusic.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skipmartinmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipmartinmusic/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skipmartinmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/skipmartinmusic Watch Every Episode of Friends & Legends with Skip Martin:YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1sm5Ou1dv5BtxzWFV3Wq8jxDi17jNhJ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    29 Min.
  • Episode 022: The Kid in the Next Studio Was a 19-Year-Old Prince (Pt 1)

    Episode 022: The Kid in the Next Studio Was a 19-Year-Old Prince (Pt 1)
    Oct 6 2026
    Friends & Legends with Skip MartinHost: Skip Martin Summary:Skip Martin sits down with his longtime bandmate Bobby Harris, founder and leader of the Grammy winning Dazz Band, to go back to where it all started. Bobby tells how a Cleveland jazz fusion band called Telefunk became Kinsman Dazz, named after the street he grew up on, and how a packed audition landed them a record deal in 1976. Then came the shot of a lifetime: Marvin Gaye was set to produce their first album, until illness forced him out. With ten hotel rooms, three rental cars and the clock ticking on their own money, Bobby refused to go home to Cleveland empty handed, and a name he spotted on the label president's desk changed everything. Then, recording in California, their engineer dragged them next door to see a 19 year old who played every instrument himself: Prince. Skip and Bobby also relive how Skip joined the band out of Youngstown, the Dazzmobile, and the Cleveland winters that toughened them up. Main Topics:Telefunk and the birth of Kinsman DazzNaming the band after Kinsman Avenue in ClevelandThe audition that landed a record deal in 1976Rehearsing with Marvin Gaye, then losing him to illnessTalking the label president into one more shotHow Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire came to produce the debutWatching a 19 year old Prince in the next studioWhy Cleveland prepared them for the worldHow Skip joined the band from Youngstown, OhioThe Dazzmobile, frozen car doors and the Lake Erie hawkSeven albums in six years Intriguing Quotes:"You can never tell where your blessings come from." - Bobby Harris"Lose the keyboard player." - Tony Camillo, as Bobby remembers it"I am going to have a ball working with you guys." - Marvin Gaye, as Bobby remembers it"Cleveland is another kind of place, man. You can't go back there without what you said you were going to come with." - Bobby Harris"In order to be successful at anything, you have to have the courage to go to an environment that's uncomfortable and less convenient to make your way." - Skip Martin"It's not what you know, it's who you know." - Bobby Harris Key Moments:[00:00] Skip welcomes Bobby Harris[01:23] Telefunk, the band before Kinsman Dazz[02:34] Naming the band after Kinsman Avenue[05:01] The audition that packed the club[05:54] Lose the keyboard player[06:25] Signed in 1976, 50 years on[07:05] In the studio with Marvin Gaye[08:09] Marvin Gaye falls ill[09:01] The label president jumps on his desk[09:42] We can't go back without a record[10:12] Philip Bailey's name on the desk[11:23] The kid next door was Prince[12:27] How Cleveland trained them[13:37] Finding Skip in Youngstown[17:47] The Dazzmobile[19:05] Meeting the hawk off Lake Erie[20:53] Seven albums in six years[22:12] To be continued in Part 2 Notable Resources:Kinsman Dazz (1978), produced by Philip Bailey, featuring "I Might as Well Forget About Loving You"Electric Shop Recording Studio, Las Vegas Connect with Bobby Harris and the Dazz Band:Website: https://www.thedazzband.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoneandonlydazzbandInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedazzbandYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtN1sSbm7vOMHVwuSKJRyA Connect with Skip Martin:Website: https://www.skipmartinmusic.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skipmartinmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipmartinmusic/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skipmartinmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/skipmartinmusic Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    23 Min.
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