Coming up in July Gary Lewis and the Playboys in concert!
Patriotic Productions is once again bringing a fun night to laugh, dance and hear the music of Gary Lewis and to remember and pay tribute to those that sacrificed all for our Country
Patriotic Productions is once again bringing a fun night to laugh, dance and hear the music of Gary Lewis and to remember and pay tribute to those that sacrificed all for our Country
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Heights, Lucy Chapman, and thanks so much for joining me
for another edition of Here's More. And Here's More means
Gary Lewis and the Playboys, but first we're going to
talk about that. First, I want to introduce Bill Williams
of Patriotic Productions. Bill, thank you so much for joining
me today.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Always a pleasure being with you. Lucy.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
We are looking at some great productions that Patriotic Productions
is going to be involved in over the next few months,
but we really want to talk about Gary Lewis and
the Playboys that are coming. Where will they be, why
will they be? What's going on?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Well, your friend and mine, Pat Stibbs is here and
we are partners in this concert on July fifth at
the Relevance Center in Elkorn, featuring Gary Lewis and the Playboys,
which we had about four years ago. We had Gary
Lewis here, followed the year later by Gary Puckett and
the Union Gap. But we both think a lot of
(00:56):
Gary Lewis and so Pat and I thought, let's do that.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
What the heck, We'll get together and do a concert.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Why not? Why not? Yes? Indeed?
Speaker 1 (01:04):
So okay, So that's how it started. So how is
it going to how's it going to end? I mean,
how's it going to end? Well, we know how's gonna end.
They're gonna be done playing, But how is this going to?
This is coming up on the day after the fourth
of July, and you are Patriotic Productions. What's the tie in?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Well, we like to do things that interest usually Vietnam veterans.
Because of our honor flight experience, we took guysh fifteen
hundred Vietnam guys to DC on honor flights. Obviously, they're
in that category of age group that would enjoy Gary
(01:44):
Lewis and the Playboy, So that's why we picked sixties groups.
And Gary Lewis is great to work with and we
both had experience with him, and so we thought, let's
just bring him back.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Yeah. He he does a lot for get veteran organizations.
Gary Lewis does. He's a big fan of people that
promote veterans, and of course that's what Bill's company does.
Patriarchic Productions is all about veterans, gold star families, honoring
folks that have served. And again Bill and I are
both big fans of Gary Lewis. In fact, both of
us We didn't know each other then, but we were
(02:16):
both when Gary Lewis was at the Club eighty nine,
getting back in the late eighties, I think it was
Yeah and Dick Dick Glassford's Club eighty nine, and that's
the first time so I saw Gary Lewis. I've actually
seen him three or four times since then, but was
able to sit down with him. My wife and I
were dating at the time, and she stuck around, and
(02:37):
she stuck around, yes, and so we actually got to
sit down with Gary Lewis at the bar and have
a drink and talk to him about not only his
music but of course his famous father, Jerry Lewis, who
was not the best father on the world. He's not
going to get Father of the Year, let's put it
that one. But what Jerry Lewis did do for his
son Gary was kind of set him up in the
(02:58):
music business and got him the best songwriters, the best producers,
and you know, so back in the mid sixties, Gary
had a string of hits, including this Diamond Ring which
was a number one hit, and but then just a
lot of hits. You know, everybody loves a clown. Su're
gonna miss her. Just Ton savior, heart for me, your
heart for me. So he puts on one heck of
(03:20):
a show. Still sounds great. So, yeah, we decided we're
gonna bring anybody back again. Uh, he's Gary Lewis and
the Playboys. Makes perfect sense. He did a great job
the first time around all those years ago, and now
he's back again.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
So the song sure going to S're Gonna miss Her
is featured in the Wrecking Crew documentary.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Great documentary.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Oh I've seen it? Yeah, how many times you've seen it?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
At least five?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, it's great. And so there's a part in there
about that because Tommy Todesco has this unique guitar riff
in that song from the session players. How how Blaine's
on the drums and anyway, Gary, he talks about we
couldn't emulate that in concerts and we just never tried.
(04:07):
But that's a great song. My favorite Gary Lewis story, though,
is when I asked him when he was we had
him here a few years ago, tell me about the
first time you appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, and
he said, I was nineteen years old. I'm behind the curtain, terrified, terrified,
I'm going to lip sync this Diamond Ring, but the
(04:31):
curtains open, the red lights on. Now, this is nineteen
sixty five, So on a Sunday night three Networks, how
many millions are watching the Ed Sullivan Show North, South,
East and West. And he said, I got through it,
but it was it was a terrifying experience. But that
(04:51):
was all live right, Yeah, it was a yeah, that
was live TV. So but he was He's always just
great to work with, and so we're thrilled we're going
to have him come on on toly fifth to the
Relevance Center, Yeah, which is a great facility.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
And you know, tickets are on sale now, so a
lot of people don't know how they get tickets, so
you can go to Patriotic Productions dot org. Tickets are
on sale and there's general admission tickets. They're twenty five
dollars apiece. And then we also have VIP tickets. It's
for seventy five, which gets you a chance to get
front and center seating, plus do a meet and greet
with Gary Lewis himself and which he's a fascinating guy
(05:27):
to meet, he really is. And so we're just very
very excited about again. Bill and I are both huge
fans of Gary Lewis and the Playboys. Their music is timeless.
And because and Bill mentioned the Wrecking Crew, the reason
those songs still sound so good today is because of
that backing band, the Wrecking Crew that they'd have, you know,
the Playboys, the actual Playboys in the band would perform live,
(05:51):
but in the studio it was Gary and the Wrecking Crew,
and they did all the instruments and they sound so
good today. And you know, Marry Lewis, God bless him.
Not a great dad, as I mentioned, but he did
hire the best session people, the best songwriters, the best producers,
and that's why those songs sound so good today.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Well, those entertainers of that era, they that's what they were.
They really were entertainers and they could take an audience
of a wide variety of ages and everybody's happy and
everybody's enjoying it.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah, yeah, you know he's speaking of the Wrecking Crew.
I saw where Carol Kay, the bass guitarist who does
the she came up with the opening for Wichita lineman
do don't don't do. That's that's Carol Kay. She's into
the They finally picked her for the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Yes, the rock and roll Hall.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Just happened to see it the other day.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
It's about damn it. And you know, she's one of
the few surviving members of the wrecking crew and she's
still playing.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
I don't know if she goes out in place, is
that right?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:53):
She still she still plays at home. She does.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, and uh, and she's an amazing human being. I'm
that they're on Facebook and oh are you really? Yeah,
she posts these amazing stories. But when she when Carol
Kay posts the story, you better have about fifteen minutes
to read it because they are long. Those are just
my remotes with you.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
But you know, she talks in that in the documentary
about how how the boys treated her and as one
of the boys, so astue and had a lot of
respect for I think that that part with her in
that documentary is really good.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
She also came up with the Sonny and share and
for the Beat Goes On, there was a different arrangement
and she came up with the doom Boom.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Doom doom boom.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
That was her that just on the fly came up
with it anyway, So yeah, Gary Lewisen to Playboys Once Again.
Tickets on sale now Saturday, July fifth at the Relevant Center.
Go to Patriotic Productions dot org twenty five dollars general
admission and seventy five dollars for reserve seating and the
meet and greet with mister Lewis himself. And by the way,
that seventy five dollars is worth every penny once you
(08:03):
meet this man. And the opening act is Oh, the
Grease Band is going to open for them. That's right,
Omaha's Grease Band, which have been around for a long time.
These guys are fantastic, the best of the fifties and
sixties music. Fantastic show. It's gonna be great.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, I will be well.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Bill, thanks so much for being here today. Can you
stick around because I want to talk about some of
the other projects you've got coming up. And Patrick, thanks
for you know, jumping in there and giving us some
more information. I love that you brought up The Wrecking
Crew because that is one of the best documentaries unpaid endorsement.
Go watch The Wrecking Crew. So thank you again, so much,
Bill Williams, Patrick Stibbs Patriotic Productions for joining me today.
Heights, Lucy Chapman, and thanks so much for joining me
for another edition of Here's More. And Here's More means
Gary Lewis and the Playboys, but first we're going to
talk about that. First, I want to introduce Bill Williams
of Patriotic Productions. Bill, thank you so much for joining
me today.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Always a pleasure being with you. Lucy.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
We are looking at some great productions that Patriotic Productions
is going to be involved in over the next few months,
but we really want to talk about Gary Lewis and
the Playboys that are coming. Where will they be, why
will they be? What's going on?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Well, your friend and mine, Pat Stibbs is here and
we are partners in this concert on July fifth at
the Relevance Center in Elkorn, featuring Gary Lewis and the Playboys,
which we had about four years ago. We had Gary
Lewis here, followed the year later by Gary Puckett and
the Union Gap. But we both think a lot of
(00:56):
Gary Lewis and so Pat and I thought, let's do that.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
What the heck, We'll get together and do a concert.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Why not? Why not? Yes? Indeed?
Speaker 1 (01:04):
So okay, So that's how it started. So how is
it going to how's it going to end? I mean,
how's it going to end? Well, we know how's gonna end.
They're gonna be done playing, But how is this going to?
This is coming up on the day after the fourth
of July, and you are Patriotic Productions. What's the tie in?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Well, we like to do things that interest usually Vietnam veterans.
Because of our honor flight experience, we took guysh fifteen
hundred Vietnam guys to DC on honor flights. Obviously, they're
in that category of age group that would enjoy Gary
(01:44):
Lewis and the Playboy, So that's why we picked sixties groups.
And Gary Lewis is great to work with and we
both had experience with him, and so we thought, let's
just bring him back.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Yeah. He he does a lot for get veteran organizations.
Gary Lewis does. He's a big fan of people that
promote veterans, and of course that's what Bill's company does.
Patriarchic Productions is all about veterans, gold star families, honoring
folks that have served. And again Bill and I are
both big fans of Gary Lewis. In fact, both of
us We didn't know each other then, but we were
(02:16):
both when Gary Lewis was at the Club eighty nine,
getting back in the late eighties, I think it was
Yeah and Dick Dick Glassford's Club eighty nine, and that's
the first time so I saw Gary Lewis. I've actually
seen him three or four times since then, but was
able to sit down with him. My wife and I
were dating at the time, and she stuck around, and
(02:37):
she stuck around, yes, and so we actually got to
sit down with Gary Lewis at the bar and have
a drink and talk to him about not only his
music but of course his famous father, Jerry Lewis, who
was not the best father on the world. He's not
going to get Father of the Year, let's put it
that one. But what Jerry Lewis did do for his
son Gary was kind of set him up in the
(02:58):
music business and got him the best songwriters, the best producers,
and you know, so back in the mid sixties, Gary
had a string of hits, including this Diamond Ring which
was a number one hit, and but then just a
lot of hits. You know, everybody loves a clown. Su're
gonna miss her. Just Ton savior, heart for me, your
heart for me. So he puts on one heck of
(03:20):
a show. Still sounds great. So, yeah, we decided we're
gonna bring anybody back again. Uh, he's Gary Lewis and
the Playboys. Makes perfect sense. He did a great job
the first time around all those years ago, and now
he's back again.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
So the song sure going to S're Gonna miss Her
is featured in the Wrecking Crew documentary.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Great documentary.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Oh I've seen it? Yeah, how many times you've seen it?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
At least five?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, it's great. And so there's a part in there
about that because Tommy Todesco has this unique guitar riff
in that song from the session players. How how Blaine's
on the drums and anyway, Gary, he talks about we
couldn't emulate that in concerts and we just never tried.
(04:07):
But that's a great song. My favorite Gary Lewis story, though,
is when I asked him when he was we had
him here a few years ago, tell me about the
first time you appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, and
he said, I was nineteen years old. I'm behind the curtain, terrified, terrified,
I'm going to lip sync this Diamond Ring, but the
(04:31):
curtains open, the red lights on. Now, this is nineteen
sixty five, So on a Sunday night three Networks, how
many millions are watching the Ed Sullivan Show North, South,
East and West. And he said, I got through it,
but it was it was a terrifying experience. But that
(04:51):
was all live right, Yeah, it was a yeah, that
was live TV. So but he was He's always just
great to work with, and so we're thrilled we're going
to have him come on on toly fifth to the
Relevance Center, Yeah, which is a great facility.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
And you know, tickets are on sale now, so a
lot of people don't know how they get tickets, so
you can go to Patriotic Productions dot org. Tickets are
on sale and there's general admission tickets. They're twenty five
dollars apiece. And then we also have VIP tickets. It's
for seventy five, which gets you a chance to get
front and center seating, plus do a meet and greet
with Gary Lewis himself and which he's a fascinating guy
(05:27):
to meet, he really is. And so we're just very
very excited about again. Bill and I are both huge
fans of Gary Lewis and the Playboys. Their music is timeless.
And because and Bill mentioned the Wrecking Crew, the reason
those songs still sound so good today is because of
that backing band, the Wrecking Crew that they'd have, you know,
the Playboys, the actual Playboys in the band would perform live,
(05:51):
but in the studio it was Gary and the Wrecking Crew,
and they did all the instruments and they sound so
good today. And you know, Marry Lewis, God bless him.
Not a great dad, as I mentioned, but he did
hire the best session people, the best songwriters, the best producers,
and that's why those songs sound so good today.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Well, those entertainers of that era, they that's what they were.
They really were entertainers and they could take an audience
of a wide variety of ages and everybody's happy and
everybody's enjoying it.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah, yeah, you know he's speaking of the Wrecking Crew.
I saw where Carol Kay, the bass guitarist who does
the she came up with the opening for Wichita lineman
do don't don't do. That's that's Carol Kay. She's into
the They finally picked her for the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Yes, the rock and roll Hall.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Just happened to see it the other day.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
It's about damn it. And you know, she's one of
the few surviving members of the wrecking crew and she's
still playing.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
I don't know if she goes out in place, is
that right?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:53):
She still she still plays at home. She does.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, and uh, and she's an amazing human being. I'm
that they're on Facebook and oh are you really? Yeah,
she posts these amazing stories. But when she when Carol
Kay posts the story, you better have about fifteen minutes
to read it because they are long. Those are just
my remotes with you.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
But you know, she talks in that in the documentary
about how how the boys treated her and as one
of the boys, so astue and had a lot of
respect for I think that that part with her in
that documentary is really good.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
She also came up with the Sonny and share and
for the Beat Goes On, there was a different arrangement
and she came up with the doom Boom.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Doom doom boom.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
That was her that just on the fly came up
with it anyway, So yeah, Gary Lewisen to Playboys Once Again.
Tickets on sale now Saturday, July fifth at the Relevant Center.
Go to Patriotic Productions dot org twenty five dollars general
admission and seventy five dollars for reserve seating and the
meet and greet with mister Lewis himself. And by the way,
that seventy five dollars is worth every penny once you
(08:03):
meet this man. And the opening act is Oh, the
Grease Band is going to open for them. That's right,
Omaha's Grease Band, which have been around for a long time.
These guys are fantastic, the best of the fifties and
sixties music. Fantastic show. It's gonna be great.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, I will be well.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Bill, thanks so much for being here today. Can you
stick around because I want to talk about some of
the other projects you've got coming up. And Patrick, thanks
for you know, jumping in there and giving us some
more information. I love that you brought up The Wrecking
Crew because that is one of the best documentaries unpaid endorsement.
Go watch The Wrecking Crew. So thank you again, so much,
Bill Williams, Patrick Stibbs Patriotic Productions for joining me today.
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