The Josie Show with Elijah Golden and The Swansons

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Broadcasting live from the Josey Network Studios in downtown Madonna, Tennessee.

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It's that time of week again. It's time for the Josie.

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Josie Show. We
have a great show for you all today. I have
been looking forward to sharing these two great interviews.

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That's right.

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We have a couple interviews back to back that we're
going to be sharing with you all.

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So we have.

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Elijah Golden and then we have the Swansons.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
So we got a lot of.

Speaker 6 (01:28):
Talent here on The Josie Show today, So make sure
you tune into the whole show. You will not want
to miss a second of it. So let's just get going.
I'm not even going to delay, So here we go.
Starting out first is Elijah Golden, Hello everybody, Hi, thank
you so much for joining me, Thank you for having me.

(01:48):
Oh my pleasure. So I want to kind of start
from the beginning because if you know, of course people
all know you. You know, growing up in a family
deeply rooted in music, How did that influence your style
and your passion growing up around music?

Speaker 3 (02:06):
Yeah, of course, growing up, I always was kind of
on and off the stage. Before I was singing, I
was dancing, And before I was dancing, I was walking
out on stage at you know, nine and ten years
old with the Yoaks when they did thank God for Kids.
Grandpa would always add the line thank God for grandkids too,
and I'd kind of smiling away with at the crowd.

(02:26):
So I'm used to that aspect of performance through my family,
but recently it's been nice to to take more of
a singing role and instrumentation and try and experiment.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
With that for sure.

Speaker 6 (02:42):
And you have a brand new album titled It's About
Time Now. This is your debut solo album.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Is that correct? This is so exciting?

Speaker 1 (02:48):
That is correct?

Speaker 3 (02:49):
That's correct?

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Oh, I love it.

Speaker 6 (02:51):
So this is an album with great mix of originals
and covers. So what can new listeners expect to find
on this album tell us about.

Speaker 3 (02:59):
It, so they'll find some covers that are from different
styles of music than country and Americana that we've kind
of been reimagined. There's a Billy Joel song on there
called Moving Out that's given you some.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
Mandolin and guitars.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
It's more of an acoustic feel to it. It's a
little bit faster than the original. There's a Green Day
song on there called Time of Your Life that I'm
very familiar with from the Seinfeld out Ugly. It was
written for for the final episode and we did a
more country version of that one. Grandpa's on that one
as well. We got some kind of family harmony building
on that one with Liz and Dad and Grandpa and everybody.

(03:36):
And that's more on the cover side, and on the
original side there's some singer songwriter and Americana stuff. There's
some songs from a lot of different parts of my
life on there. The first one in the title cut,
it's about Time, was actually written when I was fifteen
years old in Hendersonville High School. There's a great teacher
there who's long been a mentor to me and my

(03:58):
songwriting journey. Names Gilbert that you was actually are efficient
at the wedding twelve days ago. I wrote that song
with another student in his class sophomore year, just in
the gym hallway. We had a skinny block class for
songwriting at my high school and it was a great
opportunity to do co writs and you know, sort of

(04:20):
hone my songwriting voice before you know, embarking on that journey.

Speaker 6 (04:25):
Sure, sure, that's amazing, And of course, congratulations on the wedding.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
Exciting good, You're very welcome. I hope everyone checks this
album out. Where can listeners go and purchase this album
right now?

Speaker 3 (04:38):
So, right now, we have physical CD sales available on
my website, Elijah goldenmusic dot com and merch not Elijah
goldenmusic dot com is where you'll find those physical CDs.
We packed those all in house and there's an iTunes
release coming out soon. On the seventeenth of November is
the day at Sleigh to hit the digital sales channels. Wonderful,

(05:03):
but it'll be on iTunes on the seventeenth of this month.
And for now, we've got some physical CDs that I'd
love you to check out.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
And yeah, yes, check it out.

Speaker 6 (05:12):
I saw a really cool picture of you when you
say in house, it really is you had a stock.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
Of your your CDs going out.

Speaker 6 (05:19):
It's really cool that you are able to do it
on your own. And then of course it's going to
hit digital platforms here soon. But make sure. I've always
been I've always been a lover of physical CDs, Miselle,
So everyone, please make sure you go and purchase that album.
It's right at your website, right.

Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yes it is. It's Elijah goldmusic dot com.

Speaker 6 (05:35):
Perfec's perfect. Please make sure you check it out, everybody.
And you touched a little bit about your songwriting, So
can you tell us a little bit about your songwriting process,
because I know everyone has their different ways in doing it.
So when you're ready to put pennant to paper, what
does that look like for you?

Speaker 3 (05:49):
It takes a few different forms. I've been in a
songwriting seminar through my undergraduate experience from sophomore to junior year.
I was in a in a workshop there and so
it kind of looks a little bit like writing an
essay whenever you're doing that where you're like, I have
a song due, you.

Speaker 1 (06:06):
Know, but.

Speaker 3 (06:08):
I would just go down to the water or find
a nice spot that's you know, quiet, peaceful, reflective, sometimes
people passing by, sometimes alone, sometimes co writing. But I
mean a lot of people will say either lyrics first
or chords first, or something like that. There's a good
mix of both of those on the album. Sure. There's

(06:30):
a song called now Slash Never that I wrote the
lyrics first that it was just sort of a meditation on,
you know, growing up and being around nature and different
things like that and then moving to the city. And
then there was another one called Riverhouse Blues that I
actually ended up writing in about two hours, just sitting
by the water, and I had a chord progression first,

(06:51):
and I was trying to put some music to it
and put some lyrics to it rather And there was
a building called the river House down there and uh
in Providence that sort of inspired that scenery that's in
that one song. Yeah, yeah, it just it comes from
a lot of different places. I try and pick stuff

(07:11):
up and be as much of a sponge as I
can whenever I'm just living and walking around and listening
to people.

Speaker 6 (07:17):
But that's the best I love that, you know, and
those are usually the best songs, you know, it when
it's coming from something and people are able to relate
to as well. And I wanted to also talk about
your lead single which released before the album, Dark End
of the Street, and your dad, if I read this correctly,
your dad Chris Golden for everybody, he produced this one.

Speaker 1 (07:41):
He did, he produced the entire album. Actually was wow.

Speaker 3 (07:45):
We did it all in the in the home studio
and a good friend of ours and musical friend of ours,
Larry Mahers, was mastering engineer for it. He's our bass
player whenever we go out with with the family band
and everybody night.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
Yeah, that's awesome. I love that. That is so cool.

Speaker 6 (08:04):
And there's of course a music video for that. What
was it like filming the music video?

Speaker 3 (08:08):
It was great, It was great. It was actually during
Thanksgiving break. I had about a three or four day
turnaround for a weekend off from school, and we go
down to Gallatin Square. It's this beautiful location and the
song kind of yields itself to that imagery of you know,
being in the dark at a town square. It's kind
of a secretive song, and so there was nobody out

(08:29):
at the time. It was around nine ten pm when
we started. It was a little later when we ended,
and I think the only car that passed us by
was an officer, and of course he rolls down the window.
He's like, hey, Chris, how you doing. You know something
about him, He can't go anywhere without meeting somebody.

Speaker 1 (08:48):
He knows.

Speaker 3 (08:48):
He's a that's very community oriented guy. And so it
was it was funny to, you know, interact with them
whenever we were out there. But we had Dad on camera,
my good friend Riley was on lights, and then Shelby
was helping with camera and lights and stuff, and so
the four of us were just out there and making

(09:08):
different scenes. Shelby was in a couple of the scenes
as well, my wife.

Speaker 2 (09:12):
I love that. I love that the whole family gets involved.

Speaker 6 (09:15):
That's why I love so much about your family is
you all are so family orients, and you guys help
each other out, you guys perform with each other. It's
just such a wonderful thing to see. And then of
course you guys put God first. It's just such a
beautiful thing that you all do. And so I just
really do hope everyone checks out your music.

Speaker 2 (09:34):
Check out the music video. I love that everybody was.

Speaker 6 (09:37):
So hands on on it, So please everyone check that out.
That's on YouTube and also on your website, so please
everyone do so check it out. And I wanted to ask,
do you have any upcoming shows that you could share
with us?

Speaker 2 (09:49):
Anything coming up.

Speaker 3 (09:51):
At this time?

Speaker 1 (09:51):
I don't.

Speaker 3 (09:52):
I'm looking forward to twenty twenty six for some live shows,
but perfect right now, I'm trying to settle into grad school, married, live,
home ownership, you know, all of those sorts of things,
and I'm optimistic that we'll have some more opportunities in
twenty twenty six as well.

Speaker 2 (10:09):
Sounds good, Well, we can't wait till twenty twenty six.

Speaker 6 (10:12):
And you know, of course, you know, I'm sure you'll
have the fullest of your schedule on the website, so
make sure you go first and foremost to that website.
And I remember I saw y'all live, well actually a
few times, but I remember in twenty twenty four you
all had your Grand Ole Opry debut, which was incredible.

Speaker 2 (10:29):
I couldn't miss it.

Speaker 6 (10:30):
I had to be there for it, and you all
did incredible, incredible job. What was that experience like performing
on the Opry for the first time is William Ley
Golden and the Goldens.

Speaker 3 (10:42):
It was Thank you so much for coming to that.

Speaker 2 (10:44):
By the way, of course it was.

Speaker 3 (10:46):
It was a surreal experience, you know, as you well know,
the Opry is one of those stages that sort of
its reputation precedes it in a lot of different ways.
It's been around for so long, it's been so central
to country music, and it was amazing to be in
the circle and be on that stage and to sing.
You know, it was just an incredible experience. It almost

(11:09):
felt like a full circle thing. We were honoring Rusty
at the time, and it felt really good to be
among family, to have my great aunt Lynette on stage there.
It was just an amazing, amazing experience that I'll take
with me for a long long time.

Speaker 6 (11:25):
Yeah, so we're rooting for you to go back onto
the Grand Ole Opry as yourself, singing your original music.
I think that would be amazing. I'm hoping for that.
That would be so cool. It would Yes, let's do it,
Let's do it. I want to petition it. Let's who
can we call? That would be amazing. But I have
some fun questions for you if you don't mind. Of course,

(11:46):
of course, perfect perfect, So as you perform, you are
performing artists, have you ever had any on stage embarrassing
moments that you recall or something that just didn't go
as planned live and in person.

Speaker 3 (11:58):
Well, I've also done a lot of theater in my time,
and mishaps have followed my theater career some, especially when
I was younger. There's a story that my brother in law, Euston,
my sister's husband, always tells when we were in a
production of Tom Sawyer and he was playing Tom Sawyer

(12:20):
and I was a character named Ben Rogers and I
was supposed to come on stage at this one scene
and you know, pop an apple off my arm and
he would convince me to trade in the apple for
whitewashing of fence for him, the cunning little guy. And
I didn't go on stage, and he found me practicing
popping an apple off my arm out in the Backstaye hallway.

(12:42):
He improved and just covered for me for about you know,
forty seconds to a minute, maybe a minute and a half,
which when you're on stage with you know, as a
kid with no lines to fill the space, that's an
impressive feed of improv for sure, And then ended up
wrangling me and getting me back on stage and back

(13:03):
on track. But that was That's one of the funnier
mishaps that I remember from my theatrical sort.

Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yes, that is too funny. That is too funny.

Speaker 6 (13:12):
Well, you can't say that you're not professionally, you were practicing.
You were really wanting to nail it, you know what
I mean?

Speaker 3 (13:19):
I was. I was always focused on the on the
physics of that apple pop exactly.

Speaker 2 (13:24):
You really were? You really were?

Speaker 6 (13:26):
I love that, and I wanted to ask you, is
there an artist out there today that you would love
to collaborate with right with, or perform with, or do
a duet with.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
Definitely, there's a lot of artists in and around the
nationally I would love to h to collaborate with and
perform with. Some that come to mind are well. I
did collaborate with Talent Martin of Rockland Road on Dark
End of the Street. Here's the other voice in the duet,
and that's that's a sort of a collaboration that meant

(13:56):
a lot to our family, both being grandchildren of Oakridge
Boys members and and sort of growing up in music
and finding that blend was very nice. I think it was,
you know, of course, Chris Stapleton is another one of
those names that is there's an amazing singer and amazing
writer and just a great guy, sort of a family
oriented man, much like myself. Or you know, yeah, I

(14:18):
think those two are one I have done and what
I'd very much.

Speaker 7 (14:22):
Like to do.

Speaker 6 (14:23):
Good answers, Yes, oh yes, oh yes, I can see
it happening. I can't wait to see what is next
for you. And we're just we're new, we're big fans.
We just can't wait to see what is next. And
we are so so so thrilled about this album. It's
about time, and I hope everyone checks it out right now.
Please make sure you go and get the album, and

(14:43):
can you please give out any social networking sites or
give your website again for everybody to check you out.

Speaker 3 (14:48):
Of course, of course, my website is alajahgoldenmusic dot com
and my social media handle on Instagram is Elijah Golden Music.
We're at Olaijah Golden Music, I should say, and then
my Facebook pages Elijah Golden Music as.

Speaker 6 (15:03):
Well perfeked perfect. Check him out, everybody. Thank you so
much Elijah for joining me. It's been it's been a
pleasure to get to know you and and I'm so
excited to, you know, promote what is next for you
in your career twenty twenty six. I believe it's going
to be a big one. So I can't wait to
see what is next. And please come back okay anytime.

Speaker 3 (15:21):
Thank you so much for having me. I'd love to
be back.

Speaker 6 (15:23):
Perfect, perfect, my pleasure. Elijah Golden. Everyone please make sure
you check him out and check out. It's about time
right now. Please welcome to the Josie Show. My guest,
the Swanson's, Angie and Joe Finley. Hello, Hey, hey Will,
thanks for having us much my pleasure. Thank you so
much for joining me. I've been looking forward to this.

(15:43):
All we have as well all wonderful. So first off,
bad time, congratulations, I'm big nominees again this year and
for your big win last year as well at the
Josie Music Wars.

Speaker 2 (15:54):
Congratulations.

Speaker 1 (15:55):
Well, thank you, thank you so much for that. We
are just overwhelmed still to this point right now. That's
a dream come true, so thank you for that.

Speaker 2 (16:02):
I want people to get to know you guys a
little bit better.

Speaker 6 (16:04):
So how did the Swanson's, How did the duo come together?

Speaker 2 (16:08):
What inspired the name? Let's start from the beginning beginning.

Speaker 1 (16:11):
Okay, well, go ahead and good you like to talk
about the Swanson's name.

Speaker 7 (16:15):
Yes, well, the Swanson's name when we were first dating,
when we first got together, we were just going out
to eat at the restaurants and we put our name in.

Speaker 2 (16:24):
We put in.

Speaker 7 (16:27):
The Swanson's instead of the Finleys, and we just thought
it was so funny.

Speaker 8 (16:33):
It's very childish.

Speaker 1 (16:34):
Actually, we couldn't wait to hear the name called out
Swanson's party too, and then we would giggle like two
little teenagers, you know.

Speaker 8 (16:42):
Yes, so that's where the name really came from.

Speaker 7 (16:45):
But yeah, I mean when we were thinking of what
to call ourselves, that little joke that we were already
doing was like, well, why don't we.

Speaker 8 (16:54):
Just call ourselves the Swanson's because.

Speaker 7 (16:55):
When we're already joking around at the restaurants and stuff,
and then you know, it is a great name because
of marketing and brand recognition.

Speaker 8 (17:04):
So it just stuck with us. There's many reasons why
we kept it.

Speaker 1 (17:08):
Yeah. Actually, Joseph became official at a Bob Segers concert
in Los Angeles. We're a journalist or somebody from the
Orange County Register covering the show asked if we would
like to speak and comment, and they had a big
camera and so, you know, got a hold of Angie
and Andy started playing along and she said that her

(17:28):
name was Tina Swanson and then so I jumped in
on the joke and I was Bob Swanson. And then
the next thing, we were the Swansons from Chicago coming
out like yeah. They printed it on the front page
of the Entertainment section of the Orange County Register with
our photograph and it says Bob and Tina Swanson flew

(17:49):
in from Chicago to see Bob Seger at the Staples Centers.
So that sort us solidified the name.

Speaker 2 (17:54):
That was sofy. That was well, that's so funny. It
came about.

Speaker 6 (17:57):
Now that's what people know, you guys, you know, as
it's such a great it's.

Speaker 2 (18:00):
Such a great name.

Speaker 6 (18:02):
Came up with the Swansons, like so to do that
day to like to do like it works perfectly.

Speaker 2 (18:09):
It's a perfect name. So you you're welcome. You're welcome.
And for those who have not heard your music yet,
how would you define your sound and how has it
kind of evolved over time?

Speaker 8 (18:18):
Would you say it absolutely has.

Speaker 7 (18:21):
I would describe ourselves really first of all, Number one,
we're all original. So when we perform, we perform all
original music. But we you know, originally when we first
started the Swansons, we were pop rock, you know, a
rock influence influence, and then Joe's a little rock, I'm
a little country. Uh So we started going to Nashville

(18:42):
a couple.

Speaker 1 (18:42):
Of years after our third album. We did two pop
rock albums and then we came to Nashville to do
our third album and now we're working on our eighth album.

Speaker 8 (18:50):
Here's the thing went to Nashville. We did not go
and with the.

Speaker 7 (18:55):
Intention of trying to be like everybody else, are mention
was to keep Joe is the writer. He writes all
our music and I help inspire that writing and then he,
you know, he has his own style of writing and
it's not really so we're really really we really are

(19:16):
multi genre because it's alternative country, pop, rock, and even
a little Christian now because our newest album is actually
all Christians.

Speaker 8 (19:26):
Our very first I guess you could describe it.

Speaker 7 (19:28):
Full Christian album is coming out November seventh, So we've a.

Speaker 8 (19:33):
Vote from you know, rock to country to Christian.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
Really have wow, it's been a rot. I love that.

Speaker 6 (19:40):
So November seventh, full Christian album coming out? Well, can
you tell us about that yet, Is there anything you
could tell us?

Speaker 1 (19:46):
Well, the album's title seven, it's a spiritual number as
well as it's our seventh album, so there's some significance
there as well. But the album itself, it wasn't intended
to be a Christian the album. It was just something
that I started working in a different way as far
as my writing is concerned, and where I would put

(20:07):
together a musical track with my partner in Riverside, and
then I would study that track for a week and
eventually be inspired by it and then begin writing something
to it. And I would stand in an empty space
with a pen in my hand and a blank piece
of paper and wait for something to come. And then
something would finally come and I'd write it down and
and and then it worked out and the song was nice.

(20:28):
And then another song came and originally we're going to
do seven songs for our album seven. And the next
thing I was on our thirteenth or fourteen song, and
the things, the thing was just going wild. It took
on a right.

Speaker 7 (20:39):
Mind you, Josie, let me let you know too. We
hadn't even released our sixth album yet.

Speaker 2 (20:45):
That's hilarious.

Speaker 8 (20:46):
Joe is always ahead of time. He is there.

Speaker 2 (20:52):
Need a brain like that.

Speaker 6 (20:54):
Yes, you need a brain like that. So you guys
are always working. I mean when it comes to Joe,
I mean you're writing. You are constantly your brain is
open to the idea. So at this point, are you
carrying around like a pen paper are we to?

Speaker 1 (21:08):
Yes? I am you have always, ever since Dagi and
I met, I travel with pen and paper at all times.

Speaker 2 (21:13):
Always. I would because.

Speaker 1 (21:14):
Drive the cars so I can write in the passenger seat.

Speaker 6 (21:17):
I would because at this point, ideas can come to
you anywhere.

Speaker 2 (21:20):
So you need to be able to remember that. I
love that. I love that.

Speaker 6 (21:23):
And all of your music so far that's out is
available now and all of the places you can buy
music stream music, so I hope everyone does check that out. So,
but I want to also talk about You released an
album in August of twenty twenty four titled wake Up,
and you've had releases as well this year, So can

(21:44):
you tell us a little bit about the fan interaction
when it comes to the music. Have you been receiving
positive reviews so far from that album along with your
other singles?

Speaker 1 (21:53):
Yes, we have. In fact, we do. We have an
interactive show online this Friday night at six o'clock Secific
Standard time. That Angie and I have been doing that
since twenty twenty, so we're in our six year of productions.
So we're engaging with our audience on a consistent basis,
on a weekly basis, and then we let them know
anything else that's going on and what we call Swansonville,

(22:13):
you know. So that's our little little make pretend talent
that we and then.

Speaker 7 (22:18):
Our latest release, wake Up is it has been out
for about a year.

Speaker 8 (22:24):
It's nominated for Album of the Year. We're so excited.

Speaker 2 (22:29):
And yeah, we.

Speaker 7 (22:30):
Play those songs. We're putting out music videos. We're still
continuing to get more music videos done for wake Up.
So if you guys, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If
you just search the Swanson's music on YouTube, subscribe to
our channel. We're constantly making new music videos to every.

Speaker 8 (22:47):
Song that's on that album.

Speaker 7 (22:50):
So, like I said on the first track on wake Up,
is Anybody Better? And as a really cool music video,
and we have a music video for almost half of
those songs.

Speaker 8 (23:01):
But we're going to keep making them.

Speaker 7 (23:03):
But you can see those music videos on our Friday
show on YouTube. Rumble and Facebook Live every Friday at
six pm Pacific, that's eight pm Central online every Friday.

Speaker 8 (23:14):
We hope everyone joins in.

Speaker 1 (23:15):
That's another thing to mention on that in that regard
is that the music video is an integral part of
our performance of our live stage show, whereby we sync
our music to the video and so you're you're able
to watch the video while we're performing on stage in sync,
so our lips are moving. It's very very interesting interest.

Speaker 2 (23:38):
That is very interesting.

Speaker 6 (23:40):
I love that and I'm such a visual person, so
music videos alone just win me over every single time.
So I love that you're doing them for each of
the songs. So I do hope everyone goes check you
out on YouTube, but also every Friday night six pm
Pacific time. Make sure you that Facebook Live all the
places that that in you mentioned, so.

Speaker 2 (24:00):
Please make sure you do that. And I want to
also talk.

Speaker 6 (24:03):
About live performances, because I know you guys do quite
a bit of live performances.

Speaker 2 (24:08):
What's been your most memorable live performance.

Speaker 6 (24:10):
To date, anything that kind of sticks out in your
head like that was a really really good one, that
was a good vibe.

Speaker 1 (24:16):
You know, we've had, We've had so many different kinds
of thrills like that where you know, at one time
we got a phone call to open up for Wayne
Newton at a at a big theater in Beverly Hills,
and it was just a twenty four hour notice, and
we went and did that show and met Wayne Newton
backstage and he hugged and kissed Angie and shook my

(24:36):
hand and put his arm around me, and it was
so kind and it was just such an amazing experience
to be with somebody of that stature, with that kind
of experience and then our music. Fortunately for us, we've
been able to open up for a lot of different
kinds of national acts, from Mallow to Berlin to Missing
Persons to Tommy two Tone, you know, Third Eye Blind.

Speaker 8 (24:57):
I mean that the range is huge.

Speaker 7 (24:59):
Yeah, So we've had a lot of different exciting opportunities
through all of those different shows. And we also had
some where we were headlining or we were you know,
the there wasn't a national act on it and uh,
and we've done it, and we've had.

Speaker 8 (25:13):
A couple of really really great experiences with the crowd.

Speaker 2 (25:16):
We have sold out a conga line going so cool.

Speaker 1 (25:21):
So we were headline in the Whiskey of Go go
and sold out and uh, and it was unbelievable. It
was just absolutely I can't even it was euphoric. It was.

Speaker 7 (25:32):
And then there was another time where when we were
opening for Missing Persons. I don't know if you're familiar
with her, she's more popular in LA, but she is
a national global starry that's from the eighties eighties. Well,
we were opening up for her, and what five minutes
before we were about to go on, we were the
opener all this and we didn't even know. All of
a sudden we hear over the entercom that Missing Persons

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is not going to be there tonight and that they
were going.

Speaker 8 (25:59):
To have to re fun to everybody, but they're still open.

Speaker 7 (26:04):
Ye.

Speaker 1 (26:05):
We assumed there would be a mass ACTI this at
that pointstage just going oh no, this is not happening, right,
was such a great opportunity. It was a crowded at venue,
a nice theater that was called the Canyon Club and anyways,
that we went on and nobody left and so were
the crowd.

Speaker 8 (26:23):
Yeah, so that was that was one of the best experience.

Speaker 1 (26:26):
That was beautiful.

Speaker 2 (26:27):
Yeah, that's a good feeling. Yes, that's a good feeling.
I'm telling you the music business.

Speaker 6 (26:32):
Anything could happen like in such a quick quick change
of time and quick change of pace.

Speaker 2 (26:37):
Oh yes, it's so nerve wracking. You got to be
on your toes twenty four to seven always.

Speaker 7 (26:42):
Yeah, And one of the we have to we had
to face tons of adversity. I mean that that's the
number one thing in the music industry, constantly adversity, whether
it's a technical issue or this amp's not turning on,
whatever it is. So through the years we've had to
become able to adapt.

Speaker 1 (27:01):
Or one of the players is not a soundcheck yet
and we're going to be.

Speaker 6 (27:04):
One man has experienced this as well with with prior
band members, and he's just like, you know what, this
is gonna happen. Whether we like it or not, we'll
say what happens.

Speaker 2 (27:19):
But yeah, that is so crazy.

Speaker 6 (27:20):
How how you guys have to just really kind of
work through a lot of things to get to where
you are. And so I also wanted to ask you,
you know, of course you've been able to open up
for all of these incredible acts. Is there still one
that you would love to open up for that you
haven't had the opportunity yet?

Speaker 1 (27:35):
Oh, my goodness.

Speaker 2 (27:36):
The hard one.

Speaker 8 (27:38):
I know that's a tough one anybody and everyone.

Speaker 7 (27:41):
I mean, we're not opposed. Ye, I'm not so sure
we would really say No.

Speaker 2 (27:47):
I love perfect So it's open to like. And since you.

Speaker 6 (27:50):
Guys are all you know genre, you guys do multi
multi genre, it opens it up, you know what I mean,
You're able to.

Speaker 1 (27:56):
Do more our studio drummers Jim Riley from Rascal Flats,
So we could open up for Rascal flasks and that
would be a thrill.

Speaker 2 (28:02):
That would be a thrill.

Speaker 1 (28:03):
So maybe we'll talk to Jim about that and see
if you can put us on the bill.

Speaker 2 (28:06):
Yes, what are we going to do?

Speaker 6 (28:08):
We'll put a petition now, Yes, that's amazing.

Speaker 2 (28:12):
That would be fun. That would be a fun one too.
I love that. I love that.

Speaker 6 (28:15):
And I wanted to also ask you guys, because I
heard that there is a book that would recently published.

Speaker 2 (28:22):
Can you tell us a little bit about this book
for me?

Speaker 3 (28:25):
Please?

Speaker 1 (28:25):
Yes? Actually, the book, the book is. This is going
to be a little bit of a downer, but this
is how Angie and I actually met. So our relationship
was born of tragedy and I had lost my wife.
She was actually murdered and so Angie had had met
me sort of in the midst of that or so

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we were neighbors. So she started coming to our home
to offer her condolences and then help us out with
things and brought us food and whatnot. She was just
being a perfect angel, in a kind, kind neighbor. And
and anyways, in that darkness, she was she was the
light that drew me back to reality, into this life

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and to the to the music that I had to abandon,
you know, I mean pretty much, I was writing some
pretty dark stuff and sad things and it was therapeutic.

Speaker 7 (29:15):
But the book really is is another therapeutic thing that
he released. It's called A False Sense of Security. It
is available on Amazon. And basically, uh, so Joe went
through this horrible treasury. Not only did he have to
experience the loss of it of his high school sweetheart.
They've been married for over twenty years. Imagine a whole

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life and children and everything. And he was just going
to try out for America's Got Talent and he really
didn't really even really want to be there. So it happened,
and then his life was completely turned upside down. And
so our love was birthed from that sadness and it

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turns those basically who knows if he would have survived it.

Speaker 8 (30:02):
It was it.

Speaker 1 (30:03):
Was very horrific that the theme of the book is
not only I was able to solve my wife's murder
and without the assistants of the Los Angeles Police Department,
who are a corrupt organization and who have have have
have held held justice that day for for myself and
my family and for my deceased wife, Laura. And it's

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quite intentional. So I wanted to explain sort of how
that corruption has played out and the lengths of which
I have had to go to to try to procure
justice in this case, and we're still not there. So
that was the reason for the book, to hopefully facilitate
justice through the public's plea having read the book and saying, oh, this,
this cannot stand. This is this, this is injustice that

(30:48):
must be corrected, you know, right, So that's kind of
where we're at. But I felt that it was it
was a necessity that I put that book out there.
And and besides the fact that all that happened, Andrew
and I coming up in music, we're doing more and
more interviews, you know, those paths begin to cross, you know,
So rather than just kind of have it be a
blind spot, I'd rather just put it right on the table,

(31:10):
you know.

Speaker 7 (31:10):
And then also since he's not getting the arrests made
with the LAPD, that he still has an open boomb right,
So how you need closure, you need closure? How are
you going to close it if the LAPD isn't cooperating
or doing their job doing their part right, right, And
so so that's why he put the book together and
he's self published. It is on Amazon basically saying what

(31:35):
he just said. He said, this is what took place,
this crime took place. It's taking me this many years
to figure out who did it because guess what, the
people who are in charge of figuring out who did
it are number one incompetence.

Speaker 1 (31:49):
And we had a simple action Josie that that that
proved the case irrefutably. So it's an opening shutcase. We
went through three and a half years on a civil
action that was supposed to transpire once that was settled,
and the judge said, I don't want a murder case
in my courtroom. It was supposed to go to Major

(32:10):
Crimes at l A p D and being prosecuted as
a criminal case and instead that never happened. So this
is supposed to be kind of handed off like a baton,
and it never did. So that's what with what prompted
me to write the books.

Speaker 2 (32:23):
Unbelievable.

Speaker 6 (32:24):
So at this point is it's still an ongoing investigation.

Speaker 2 (32:27):
Did they close how?

Speaker 3 (32:28):
What?

Speaker 2 (32:28):
Where does it stand right now? Today?

Speaker 1 (32:31):
The Los Angeles Police Department actually closed this case cold
calling my wife's murder and accident, blaming her in essence
for her own death, and and and in doing so,
it ended up in the cold case unit, and that's
where I went at it and persisted with finding out
who was investigating, and I got involved with the District
Attorney's office, reopened the case.

Speaker 7 (32:53):
It's still open, but are they actually doing it death investigation?

Speaker 1 (32:58):
They still will not.

Speaker 2 (32:59):
Call it him or right right, That's that's the problem. Wow.
And so you wrote this book to really kind of put.

Speaker 6 (33:07):
Really a name to the face, you know, face the
name to and also to show your side and get
her the name out there. And I'm so glad that
you did because and I definitely hope that people read
this book because there's a lot of families out there
that I'm sure are in the same position as you
lost the loved one tragedy, tragic circumstances and still are

(33:30):
not getting.

Speaker 2 (33:30):
The justice that they deserve.

Speaker 6 (33:32):
Yes, yes, so I feel like this book really is
a great way to open up that communication, you know
what I mean, I believe.

Speaker 1 (33:39):
So, Yes, yes, I would like to. I would like
to engage with more people. I'm trying to make that
happen on different groups to online, to to you know,
engage with people who have lost loved lines, who have
been delta handled in justice, and you know, it's helpful
to have sort of a support group for that. You know.

Speaker 2 (33:55):
Yes, I definitely agree.

Speaker 6 (33:57):
So, I mean, this would be a wonderful thing to
be able to kind of connec act you know, people
who have have lost you know, loved ones as well
through the same circumstances that you have and kind of
get you all together. I hope that in one at
one point or another that could happen because I think
this could be a huge You're welcome, that could be
a huge, huge thing and help a lot of people,
heal a lot of people.

Speaker 2 (34:16):
In the process.

Speaker 1 (34:17):
You're with the music, that's sort of where I'm headed,
That's sort of where God has led me through my
tragedy and being able to to, uh, with the help
of God and and and the support of Angie, to
get through this thing, and then and then now to
be able to help other people who have had, you know,
found it difficult to get through such a tragedy and
maybe offer them some advice that could potentially help them.

Speaker 2 (34:38):
That's what it's about. That's what it's about.

Speaker 6 (34:39):
And I'm so glad though that you had Angie, you know,
by your side during this time, because you know, navigating life.

Speaker 2 (34:45):
Alone is hard enough, you know what I mean.

Speaker 6 (34:47):
Yes, So I think it's so wonderful how you two
found each other through such a tragedy and are now
strong because of it and are putting are putting your
story out there. You're not afraid to discuss it, You're
not afraid to, you know, bring it forward.

Speaker 2 (35:00):
And I just I think that's a wonderful, wonderful thing.
It really is.

Speaker 1 (35:04):
Well appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (35:05):
Sincerely, You're very welcome.

Speaker 6 (35:06):
You're very welcome, and so I hope everyone checks out
this book, And like you said, it is available now
on Amazon.

Speaker 2 (35:12):
Correct Perfect, Perfect, and I look forward to reading it
as well.

Speaker 6 (35:16):
Uh, I'm I'm I'm really looking forward to that as well,
And I wanted to talk to you guys about some
some more fun kind of fun, fun fun things.

Speaker 2 (35:26):
Let's you know, it's a cutting right, Yes, absolutely, I know.
We're going all over the place, guys.

Speaker 6 (35:31):
I'm sorry, No, that's fine, We're going We're going all
over the place. But I just there's so much I
could talk to you guys about. I'm I'm a fan,
so I'm really looking forward to kind of hearing what
is next for you all? So what are you all
looking forward to doing next? I mean, is it just
purely doing music shows? What is next on the agenda
for the Swansons.

Speaker 1 (35:54):
Our main goal right now so much so.

Speaker 7 (35:57):
Yes, we have a date it's eleven, seven November even
that it will be out, But we have an idea
and a plan.

Speaker 1 (36:04):
For we're writing a show for seven so we're gonna
go on tour with this. What with the show that's
sort of in corporation. We're writing a little film that
goes along with the with the with the concert, so
that there will be video screens so that so as
this as each song ends and it goes back to
the video and back to the movie, and then you'll
see you here a little dialogue and it'll lead you

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into the next scene and then the next song begins, and.

Speaker 7 (36:27):
We're playing the whole album from front to end. Yes, well,
that's the journey, that's the show. And you're gonna be happy,
You're gonna cry, You're gonna cry tears of joy, you're
gonna feel you know, all.

Speaker 8 (36:39):
The feels, all the emotions.

Speaker 7 (36:42):
Yeah, all the emotions are gonna be through the journey.
There'll be one message that will be God and Jesus,
that's number one. But through the journey of just like
Joe said, and in between the songs instead of it
just being quiet or changing lights or whatever it is
we'll be doing, of course, but the entertainment, everyone will

(37:03):
take their eyes to the screen and there'll be a
cinematic movie of just a few minutes in between each song.

Speaker 8 (37:09):
But it will all come together in one big show.

Speaker 1 (37:11):
And we're also working hand in hand with with community churches.
So it's called Giving God the Glory Tour, and I
love that as a self promoted tour, but we're again
we're working with the churches communities so that we can
work hand in hand and do the show at theaters
in their communities and also promote the church that we're
working with. And then and then part of the proceeds

(37:33):
will obviously go to that church community. And we would
like to do that all the way across the United States.
And so that we're helping to build faith and to bring.

Speaker 6 (37:41):
People to church and bring people to church. That's wonderful.
Oh we need more of that, trust me, I understand. Yes,
I'm so glad that you're doing that. That's wonderful. And
I love that you all do something so unique together.
You know, it's not your typical you know you you guys,
I mean, really go all out when it homes to
the music, but also use your platform for good. I

(38:04):
just love that you all do do that kind of
that kind of stuff.

Speaker 2 (38:07):
That's that's you don't.

Speaker 6 (38:08):
You don't hear so much about it about that kind
of thing anymore, you know what I mean?

Speaker 1 (38:12):
So, yeah, thank you. We appreciate that. We want to
do good and that's really our intention. We want to
have a positive influence through our music and sort of
had that platform to lead people to Jesus, feer and simple.
That's kind of where we're at now.

Speaker 7 (38:26):
I love that.

Speaker 2 (38:27):
I love that and I'm so glad.

Speaker 6 (38:29):
That's wonderful, and I hope everyone after the show checks
out everything that you have out there today. Please make
sure you do check out the Swans and check out
the music.

Speaker 2 (38:39):
Please read the book. That's very important as well. And
I wanted to talk to you.

Speaker 6 (38:42):
I wanted to thank you both so so much from
the bottom of my heart for talking to me today.

Speaker 2 (38:47):
And I hope you guys come back anytime.

Speaker 1 (38:49):
Congratulations to you to your mother, and what a wonderful
job that you have done for the independent music industry.
You should just be so so proud of yourself. Well,
we're so proud of you and so proud to be
a part of this organization and the things that you're doing.
Thank you, Thank you for considering.

Speaker 7 (39:09):
Hey everybody, I'm Jo and I'm Anjie and we are
the Josie Music.

Speaker 4 (39:13):
Awards Multi Genre two of the Year, the Swansons. We
invite you to watch our broadcast.

Speaker 7 (39:18):
Live worldwide with The Swansons every Friday night at eight
pm Central on EI.

Speaker 4 (39:23):
Throw YouTube or Rumble channels. Hey, did you know that
our new album titled seven will be out November seventh,
and our current release, wake Up, can be downloaded at.

Speaker 1 (39:33):
The Swanson's Music dot Com.

Speaker 4 (39:35):
That's right, there's Swanson's Music dot Com. Hi.

Speaker 9 (39:39):
I'm John Michael Ferrari, singer, songwriter and storyteller. Music has
always been my way of bringing people together, and I'm
truly honored to be a part of the Josie Music
Awards again this year. Thank you for including me on
this wonderful celebration of independent music. My latest single is
when Love Is Love. I'd love for you to listen,

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share it, and let the music speak to your heart.

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Speaker 6 (40:19):
From the Streets of Memphis to Sell two eight, Dylan
Jarvis walked through darkness and found redemption through faith. Facing
a thirty year sentence, he picked up a guitar and
began writing raw, honest songs about pain, survival, and hope.
After losing his best friend to addiction, Dylan stepped in
to raise his friend's two babies, while raising three of
his own children, and built a new life dedicated to

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helping others heal. His music is real, soulful, and deeply personal.