Billy Hayes, Brian Anderson - From Midnight Express to Spinal Tap!

Billy Hayes is a writer, actor, & film director. He is best known as the author of Midnight Express. Since that book was published, he has written Riding the Midnight Express, the Midnight Express Letters, & Midnight Return. He currently performs a one man show about his life. A little background: The film Midnight Express was written by Oliver Stone. It won a ton of awards including 2 Oscars. A bit of fun… after the initial success of the movie Billy drove band equipment. He’s worked for Heart, Avril Lavigne, Nickelback, Sum41, Bare Naked Ladies, Train, & Good Charlotte.

My second guest is Brian Anderson. He is a front of house engineer and tour manager. He has worked for KISS, Julio Iglesias Jr., Blues Traveler, Hoobastank, Harry Shearer, Natasha Bedingfield, & the Heavy. He is also the CEO of Band Production Services. Not so much fun in my experience Brian has quite simply moved more band crap than anyone I’ve ever met.

00:00 Intro
3:40 Driving Trucks
4:12 Buddy Holly
6:30 Spinal Tap / Harry Shearer
6:50 Ron Jeremy & “Big Bottom”
7:25 Blues Traveler
8:43 Porn Star Karaoke
9:34 the Name
10:33 Don Chastain
11:06 Heart
11:50 Amsterdam
14:15 Jack London
15:54 Bill Hoffer
16:10 Writing Midnight Express
19:16 Peter Goober / Julian Bach
20:40 Caanes Film Festival Premiere
22:10 Courtroom Scene
23:12 Oliver Stone/ Alan Parker
26:22 Island Escape
31:30 Howard Marks
31:45 Rifki
35:50 Randy Quaid
39:00 DJ Shadow
40:10 KISS
42:50 Rona Barrett
43:28 Brad Davis
45:06 Best Actor - 1978
45:40 Ice Cube & the Westside Connection
47:16 Barenaked Ladies @ Alcatraz
49:30 Giorgio Moroder / Chris Bennett
52:25 One Man Show
54:30 Barbara Ligeti
1:00:27 Britney Griner / Dennis Rodman
1:02:57 Bill Richardson
1:05:34 Kardashians
1:06:02 ABC - "Shoot that Poison Arrow"
1:07:47 Chris Isaak
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