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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, this is Vinny.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hey, how's it going? I'm sure from TSO?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Yes, Joel, how are you my men?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Doing great? Man? How are you.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Welcome back to the show. I appreciate you coming on TSO.
You know, I want to talk a little bit more
than just TSO too. You know I'm a huge fan
and returning to Mohegan Sun It's always a great time Sunday,
November thirty. But before we get into that, there's a
couple of different things I'd love to touch on with you.
First of all, I mean one of my favorite guitarists.
(00:30):
You must have been very proud of your boy Nuno
the other night. That was quite a solo for I mean,
he did Randy Rhodes, he did oz he Proud the
other night.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah, absolutely, man. You know, Nuno and I have known
each other for quite some time. We usually see each
other at the very least on the Monsters of Rock
Crews were on there annually, so I've even had the
opportunity to play with him in a very bizarre setting
where he ended up playing I believe it was Jemba
for the for the show I did with an artist
(01:02):
that he's producing, where he asked me to play guitar.
So I was honored to have him asked me to
fill in that role for that gig and get a
chance to work with them. And we also used to
have little basketball tournaments on their little basketball games, and
so we've been able to hoop together. And he's a
great guy.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Well, and you were also you were on the big
screen together in Rock of Ages. Yeah, correct, And that's
where I was heading, because if I'm not mistaken, you
know Broadways Rock of Ages Band is playing at the
Ridgefield Playhouse Saturday, October fourth. That's you too, right, I
mean you you've been playing with them for years.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
It is. Yeah, it's kind of amazing. I think the
show itself, Rock of Ages ran two thousand and eight
through twenty fourteen, and we started this where somebody licensed
the logo and call it Broadway's Rock of Ages Band,
and we go out and just sort of do the
full length versions of the songs and the fun at
a concert. And suddenly I thought the other day, man,
(02:04):
we've been doing that longer than the show ran. I mean,
the show ran for six seven years and now we're
going on like about ten eleven years of doing this,
So incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Yeah, and you get to do the songs. I mean,
the Trans Siberian Orchestra stuff is just phenomenal. As you know,
I always think back to my man Paul, who we
lost far too too soon, and him telling me about
how the whole thing came to be. But you know,
you're you're with the Rock of Ages band. You get
to do the White Snake songs, you get to do
(02:35):
you know, songs you've been playing for years. It's got
to be. It's two different worlds to inhabit, you know,
they're but they're both very theatrical.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Well, i'd say that the show itself excuse me, a
little little frog in the road here, Yeah, I'd say
Rock of Age is the show obviously was the theater piece,
and a little bit more about the storyline the Broadways
Rock of Ages band caused. It's are a little bit
more about us just getting together the band from Broadway
(03:04):
and playing the songs of their full length version and
being presented as such that hey, we are part of
other bands and do other things. One of those things
I'm usually introduced for is Trans Siberian Orchestra. So yeah,
they're great song and it's a great opportunity to get
out Transciberian Orchestra. There's an intensity level that's way beyond those,
(03:25):
way beyond those. Those feel very informal and spun and
kind of casual, and they're on the smaller side to get,
you know, very easy to go on and just be like, hey,
how you doing good, thanks for coming kind of thing
and totally mean Transseburian Orchestra we do the same. We
do have a signing line after evening, after every evening show,
and that's coming back this year. But you know you're
(03:47):
looking at quite the line for that. So you've got
you've got a gig. That's I guess the stakes are
are are higher with the TSO Show.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Well, the TSO Show this is how to put this
gives you chills. I mean that's not to say a
smoking solo from you on a White Snake song kit,
but it's a different kind of chills. I mean when
my man, you and I always talk about it, when
he steps to that microphone, the narrator and on that
night when a boy was you know, it gives you
(04:20):
it's so dramatic, man, and it just gives you chills.
And it's magic. It's the magic of Christmas too. On
top of it. You know, well, thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I think obviously you mentioned Paul O'Neil, our late great
founder creator, and ye love that guy. I mean, one
of a kind. Right, So, Paul was a mad scientist,
and I'm sure when he put this on paper and
said this is what I want to do, there are
a lot of people rolling their eyes and scratching their heads.
But Paul knew right from the get go. He said,
(04:50):
this is going to be a Christmas tradition. People are
going to come to see this, and it's really a
thrill to watch it come to fruition and obviously be
one of the most streamed holiday artists of all time.
I mean we're all over Christmas radio and all over
the television in the background on commercials, and obviously now
(05:12):
touring for so many years. It's selling out arenas twice
a day. It's amazing to watch us become ingrained in
North American Christmas culture.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Joel I apologize for I should know this right off
the top of my head. And again wrong with Joel Hoakstraw.
He's Connecticut's lucky to get you several times a year,
it feels like every year, and I think it's because,
like I said, I apologize for not knowing this, but
is Connecticut home to you?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I feel like it is or was Well cluss, I'm
in New York City. I grew up in the Chicago
suburbs and came to New York City in two thousand
and one. So I've been here long enough to be
in New Yorker.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Well, you play the playoffs, you play the Ridgefield Playoffs often, right,
and in a lot of different outside of the Rock
of Ages band you did your duo played there at
one point, I believe, right.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I mean I love all the venues.
We're talking about Broudbrook offfer Houses coming up for that
later later this year. Yeah, just before TSO SO, I mean,
I sort of feel like Connecticut councils New York in
a lot of ways. I mean, yeah, so it feels
(06:24):
very similar. And it's great to get an opportunity to
head on to all of these venues. And obviously, you know,
the TSO thing is just on such a large scale,
getting out and playing Mohegan two shows that day and
that place in general. I just love that venue and
playing there.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, it's been a tradition, it's been a part and
I've been taking my kids to the TSO the holiday
show there since they were so small. At one point,
Paul hooked us up so much, uh that we felt
the heat. You know. It was pir man. It's an
ambitious show, and I remember my kids were little and
(07:04):
they felt the heat off those explosions. Man, that's how
close we were to the stage.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Yeah, it's pretty incredible the level that Paul dedicated himself
to putting on a spectacle. It wasn't just enough to go, hey,
this is going to be great musically and unique in
that sense, but he really put his money where his
mouth was with getting behind giving you like a visual
presentation that was second to none. We have a video
(07:32):
wall with the arena, the performers are out on hydraulic
lifts out over the audience, and in the back of
the arena we're off running through the crowd, playing directly
four people. The laser light show is on par with
Pink Floyd. I mean, it's incredible. It's got to be
one of the best laser light shows that there is
(07:52):
in any type of live presentation. So just phenomenal to
be a part of as a musician. I mean joke
that I could probably sit up there in a rocking
chair and still clicking a rock star though. Yeah, yeah,
it's a fantastic thing to be a part of and
obviously play music that I love with my friends. We've
got a great bond as a band and a great
(08:13):
bond with our fan base, so many of them are
more accurately described as friends for us these days. And yeah, so, yeah,
great experience across the board.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Yeah yeah, I mean I looked at the rock for both,
from TSO to the Rock of Ages band. I mean
just the talent on both. I mean Rock of Ages Band.
I was kind of surprised how many you know you had.
I just had Willie Nile on my show. I didn't
realize the drummer for Willie Nile was part of it.
I realized my kids just binge watched the entire series Glee.
(08:46):
I didn't know you had someone from Glee in it.
So you got a lot of interesting talent with the
Rock of Ages Band. But the scene could be said
for TSO. These are guys who played on some of
my favorite records, you know, from the eighties. Ozzie Kurds,
who again I'll circle back around, you know who we
just lost. I mean you're alongside It runs the gamut
(09:08):
as far as notoriety and talent.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah. Absolutely, there's an incredible pool of talent there with TSO.
It's an honor to be there rehearsals and be a
part of that. It's catering as remarkable. You can look
at Rondy You're just like, oh gosh, there's so much talent, man,
It's incredible. Yeah, a great learning experience and a great
opportunity to form friendships of people in the music business
(09:35):
as well.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Yeah. And the one last thing I wanted to mention
to you, Joel, and again it's Joel Hochstra and we're
talking about TSO coming to returning to Mohegan Sun Arena,
two shows at three pm and eight pm Sunday, November thirty.
I did want to give a plug too though, because
I love it and I love the Ridgefield Playoffs. If
you want to see Broadways Rock of Ages band joelby
(09:56):
there to Saturday, October fourth. But I also wanted to
bring up to you, Joel before we let you go,
that when you played alongside Share for her Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame Induction, who I'm a huge fan
of and everybody was talking about the guitar and that,
and it's like, yeah, because everybody underestimates, you know, her
(10:17):
rock records, because here's a legend.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Man.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Yes, there was going to be some smoking solos in
the eighties and nineties more than the eighties. But I
mean you're playing Richie Sambora parts on some songs. I mean,
I mean, she's a rock legend. That must have been
great to be up there with her during the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
It was I mean, I was honored to be asked
to do that as an honor absolutely. I mean, looking
out and talk about a bizarre audience. To lookout here,
there's just every person sitting out there basically is an
immensely famous person. You're looking at all these suckers and
phenomenal musicians. Thanky Sandy Hagar was front and the center.
(11:01):
He's like Fred Brow and he pointed at me because
we know each other from some past events. And that
was a lot of fun to see Sammy out there,
and you know, he's always having a great time. Every
time I had a free hand, I'd strung a chord.
I pointed. I'm like, right on, man, it's so great
to be out here playing and see you up front. Yeah,
he's such a fun loving guy and a great inspiration
(11:24):
for me, so that that was a huge part of
the puma. See and Sammy out there.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Well, one thing Sammy and Cheer have in common is
that voice. The voices have not gone anywhere. I thought
Chare killed it that night too. She's just she's one
of a kind. She killed it, but they both they
held on to those voices. Sammy's voice sounds better than
ever nowadays.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Yeah, it's really unbelievable. Man's especially as much as he's
pushed his range, especially in some of that Van Halen material.
Oh my goodness, it's amazing to hear him doing what
he's doing.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Yeah, well it's Joel Holkstra and there's all sorts of ways.
I'm glad you brought up to the duo to what's
the name of the duo again.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Brandon Gibs, So hoakster a Gibbs.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
I've never seen you guys do your thing, and I've
seen you play so many times, but I see rave
reviews on Facebook every time you're at Broadbrook, I see
every time.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Well, it's a great venue. We love the people there,
so yeah, come on out. That's a really nice and
formal opportunity to say hello and super cash. Very fun.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Yeah you're gonna see me. Well, I'm doing all these shows.
One of them, though, I am going to be a past.
I don't know how much more time we have with you, Joel.
I do have one quick funny story I would want
to share. Paul O'Neill one day one of our interviews.
The next day, I just got all this stuff in
the mail, you know the way he rolled, He sent
(12:48):
a gold record. He was just very generous in that way.
And he sent this great denim jacket for my son.
This is obviously years ago. We lost Paul years ago,
and my son never wore the jacket. I'm like, why
are you not rocking this tremendous denim jacket with a
you know, it's got a tiger on the back playing
an electric guitar. And he would never wear it. And
(13:12):
this past summer he broke up with his girlfriend, and
you know, all the heartbreak of teenage breakup, and the
day came he's like, I got to go and get
my stuff from her, and I'm like, what stuff? And
when he returned, she had confiscated the TSO jacket. I'm like, oh,
so she found it cool to wear all this time?
Huh she had absconded with the TSO denim jacket. I
(13:35):
couldn't even believe he took it back. I'm like, dude,
you got to be the kind of guy who's like,
keep that, keep that and remember me. But he took
it back.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
Well, I would take it back myself.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
While we learned a little something about Joel Hoasher right there.
I guess maybe he'll be glad to hear that, my man,
and hopefully you'll get to meet him at one of
these shows. It could just well, b Saturday, October fourth,
there could be that one, because, like I said, they
love that show and we get to hear the White
Snake music. But we're doing the TSO show too, so
(14:11):
I'm going to pester you for one of them.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Hey, you're more than welcome. I mean, reach out any.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Time, Joel, thanks very much. Again. It's Joel hoakstra guitarist
for Trans Siberian Orchestra, who's coming through the state playing
Mohegan Sun on Sunday, November thirtieth, and again, who's playing
the Playhouse, going to be at The Ridgefield playhoffs Saturday,
October fourth as part of Broadway's Rock of Ages band,
(14:36):
which is a great show.
Hey, this is Vinny.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hey, how's it going? I'm sure from TSO?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Yes, Joel, how are you my men?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Doing great? Man? How are you.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Welcome back to the show. I appreciate you coming on TSO.
You know, I want to talk a little bit more
than just TSO too. You know I'm a huge fan
and returning to Mohegan Sun It's always a great time Sunday,
November thirty. But before we get into that, there's a
couple of different things I'd love to touch on with you.
First of all, I mean one of my favorite guitarists.
(00:30):
You must have been very proud of your boy Nuno
the other night. That was quite a solo for I mean,
he did Randy Rhodes, he did oz he Proud the
other night.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah, absolutely, man. You know, Nuno and I have known
each other for quite some time. We usually see each
other at the very least on the Monsters of Rock
Crews were on there annually, so I've even had the
opportunity to play with him in a very bizarre setting
where he ended up playing I believe it was Jemba
for the for the show I did with an artist
(01:02):
that he's producing, where he asked me to play guitar.
So I was honored to have him asked me to
fill in that role for that gig and get a
chance to work with them. And we also used to
have little basketball tournaments on their little basketball games, and
so we've been able to hoop together. And he's a
great guy.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Well, and you were also you were on the big
screen together in Rock of Ages. Yeah, correct, And that's
where I was heading, because if I'm not mistaken, you
know Broadways Rock of Ages Band is playing at the
Ridgefield Playhouse Saturday, October fourth. That's you too, right, I
mean you you've been playing with them for years.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
It is. Yeah, it's kind of amazing. I think the
show itself, Rock of Ages ran two thousand and eight
through twenty fourteen, and we started this where somebody licensed
the logo and call it Broadway's Rock of Ages Band,
and we go out and just sort of do the
full length versions of the songs and the fun at
a concert. And suddenly I thought the other day, man,
(02:04):
we've been doing that longer than the show ran. I mean,
the show ran for six seven years and now we're
going on like about ten eleven years of doing this,
So incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Yeah, and you get to do the songs. I mean,
the Trans Siberian Orchestra stuff is just phenomenal. As you know,
I always think back to my man Paul, who we
lost far too too soon, and him telling me about
how the whole thing came to be. But you know,
you're you're with the Rock of Ages band. You get
to do the White Snake songs, you get to do
(02:35):
you know, songs you've been playing for years. It's got
to be. It's two different worlds to inhabit, you know,
they're but they're both very theatrical.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Well, i'd say that the show itself excuse me, a
little little frog in the road here, Yeah, I'd say
Rock of Age is the show obviously was the theater piece,
and a little bit more about the storyline the Broadways
Rock of Ages band caused. It's are a little bit
more about us just getting together the band from Broadway
(03:04):
and playing the songs of their full length version and
being presented as such that hey, we are part of
other bands and do other things. One of those things
I'm usually introduced for is Trans Siberian Orchestra. So yeah,
they're great song and it's a great opportunity to get
out Transciberian Orchestra. There's an intensity level that's way beyond those,
(03:25):
way beyond those. Those feel very informal and spun and
kind of casual, and they're on the smaller side to get,
you know, very easy to go on and just be like, hey,
how you doing good, thanks for coming kind of thing
and totally mean Transseburian Orchestra we do the same. We
do have a signing line after evening, after every evening show,
and that's coming back this year. But you know you're
(03:47):
looking at quite the line for that. So you've got
you've got a gig. That's I guess the stakes are
are are higher with the TSO Show.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Well, the TSO Show this is how to put this
gives you chills. I mean that's not to say a
smoking solo from you on a White Snake song kit,
but it's a different kind of chills. I mean when
my man, you and I always talk about it, when
he steps to that microphone, the narrator and on that
night when a boy was you know, it gives you
(04:20):
it's so dramatic, man, and it just gives you chills.
And it's magic. It's the magic of Christmas too. On
top of it. You know, well, thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I think obviously you mentioned Paul O'Neil, our late great
founder creator, and ye love that guy. I mean, one
of a kind. Right, So, Paul was a mad scientist,
and I'm sure when he put this on paper and
said this is what I want to do, there are
a lot of people rolling their eyes and scratching their heads.
But Paul knew right from the get go. He said,
(04:50):
this is going to be a Christmas tradition. People are
going to come to see this, and it's really a
thrill to watch it come to fruition and obviously be
one of the most streamed holiday artists of all time.
I mean we're all over Christmas radio and all over
the television in the background on commercials, and obviously now
(05:12):
touring for so many years. It's selling out arenas twice
a day. It's amazing to watch us become ingrained in
North American Christmas culture.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Joel I apologize for I should know this right off
the top of my head. And again wrong with Joel Hoakstraw.
He's Connecticut's lucky to get you several times a year,
it feels like every year, and I think it's because,
like I said, I apologize for not knowing this, but
is Connecticut home to you?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I feel like it is or was Well cluss, I'm
in New York City. I grew up in the Chicago
suburbs and came to New York City in two thousand
and one. So I've been here long enough to be
in New Yorker.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Well, you play the playoffs, you play the Ridgefield Playoffs often, right,
and in a lot of different outside of the Rock
of Ages band you did your duo played there at
one point, I believe, right.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I mean I love all the venues.
We're talking about Broudbrook offfer Houses coming up for that
later later this year. Yeah, just before TSO SO, I mean,
I sort of feel like Connecticut councils New York in
a lot of ways. I mean, yeah, so it feels
(06:24):
very similar. And it's great to get an opportunity to
head on to all of these venues. And obviously, you know,
the TSO thing is just on such a large scale,
getting out and playing Mohegan two shows that day and
that place in general. I just love that venue and
playing there.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, it's been a tradition, it's been a part and
I've been taking my kids to the TSO the holiday
show there since they were so small. At one point,
Paul hooked us up so much, uh that we felt
the heat. You know. It was pir man. It's an
ambitious show, and I remember my kids were little and
(07:04):
they felt the heat off those explosions. Man, that's how
close we were to the stage.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Yeah, it's pretty incredible the level that Paul dedicated himself
to putting on a spectacle. It wasn't just enough to go, hey,
this is going to be great musically and unique in
that sense, but he really put his money where his
mouth was with getting behind giving you like a visual
presentation that was second to none. We have a video
(07:32):
wall with the arena, the performers are out on hydraulic
lifts out over the audience, and in the back of
the arena we're off running through the crowd, playing directly
four people. The laser light show is on par with
Pink Floyd. I mean, it's incredible. It's got to be
one of the best laser light shows that there is
(07:52):
in any type of live presentation. So just phenomenal to
be a part of as a musician. I mean joke
that I could probably sit up there in a rocking
chair and still clicking a rock star though. Yeah, yeah,
it's a fantastic thing to be a part of and
obviously play music that I love with my friends. We've
got a great bond as a band and a great
(08:13):
bond with our fan base, so many of them are
more accurately described as friends for us these days. And yeah, so, yeah,
great experience across the board.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Yeah yeah, I mean I looked at the rock for both,
from TSO to the Rock of Ages band. I mean
just the talent on both. I mean Rock of Ages Band.
I was kind of surprised how many you know you had.
I just had Willie Nile on my show. I didn't
realize the drummer for Willie Nile was part of it.
I realized my kids just binge watched the entire series Glee.
(08:46):
I didn't know you had someone from Glee in it.
So you got a lot of interesting talent with the
Rock of Ages Band. But the scene could be said
for TSO. These are guys who played on some of
my favorite records, you know, from the eighties. Ozzie Kurds,
who again I'll circle back around, you know who we
just lost. I mean you're alongside It runs the gamut
(09:08):
as far as notoriety and talent.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah. Absolutely, there's an incredible pool of talent there with TSO.
It's an honor to be there rehearsals and be a
part of that. It's catering as remarkable. You can look
at Rondy You're just like, oh gosh, there's so much talent, man,
It's incredible. Yeah, a great learning experience and a great
opportunity to form friendships of people in the music business
(09:35):
as well.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Yeah. And the one last thing I wanted to mention
to you, Joel, and again it's Joel Hochstra and we're
talking about TSO coming to returning to Mohegan Sun Arena,
two shows at three pm and eight pm Sunday, November thirty.
I did want to give a plug too though, because
I love it and I love the Ridgefield Playoffs. If
you want to see Broadways Rock of Ages band joelby
(09:56):
there to Saturday, October fourth. But I also wanted to
bring up to you, Joel before we let you go,
that when you played alongside Share for her Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame Induction, who I'm a huge fan
of and everybody was talking about the guitar and that,
and it's like, yeah, because everybody underestimates, you know, her
(10:17):
rock records, because here's a legend.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Man.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Yes, there was going to be some smoking solos in
the eighties and nineties more than the eighties. But I
mean you're playing Richie Sambora parts on some songs. I mean,
I mean, she's a rock legend. That must have been
great to be up there with her during the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
It was I mean, I was honored to be asked
to do that as an honor absolutely. I mean, looking
out and talk about a bizarre audience. To lookout here,
there's just every person sitting out there basically is an
immensely famous person. You're looking at all these suckers and
phenomenal musicians. Thanky Sandy Hagar was front and the center.
(11:01):
He's like Fred Brow and he pointed at me because
we know each other from some past events. And that
was a lot of fun to see Sammy out there,
and you know, he's always having a great time. Every
time I had a free hand, I'd strung a chord.
I pointed. I'm like, right on, man, it's so great
to be out here playing and see you up front. Yeah,
he's such a fun loving guy and a great inspiration
(11:24):
for me, so that that was a huge part of
the puma. See and Sammy out there.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Well, one thing Sammy and Cheer have in common is
that voice. The voices have not gone anywhere. I thought
Chare killed it that night too. She's just she's one
of a kind. She killed it, but they both they
held on to those voices. Sammy's voice sounds better than
ever nowadays.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Yeah, it's really unbelievable. Man's especially as much as he's
pushed his range, especially in some of that Van Halen material.
Oh my goodness, it's amazing to hear him doing what
he's doing.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Yeah, well it's Joel Holkstra and there's all sorts of ways.
I'm glad you brought up to the duo to what's
the name of the duo again.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Brandon Gibs, So hoakster a Gibbs.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
I've never seen you guys do your thing, and I've
seen you play so many times, but I see rave
reviews on Facebook every time you're at Broadbrook, I see
every time.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Well, it's a great venue. We love the people there,
so yeah, come on out. That's a really nice and
formal opportunity to say hello and super cash. Very fun.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Yeah you're gonna see me. Well, I'm doing all these shows.
One of them, though, I am going to be a past.
I don't know how much more time we have with you, Joel.
I do have one quick funny story I would want
to share. Paul O'Neill one day one of our interviews.
The next day, I just got all this stuff in
the mail, you know the way he rolled, He sent
(12:48):
a gold record. He was just very generous in that way.
And he sent this great denim jacket for my son.
This is obviously years ago. We lost Paul years ago,
and my son never wore the jacket. I'm like, why
are you not rocking this tremendous denim jacket with a
you know, it's got a tiger on the back playing
an electric guitar. And he would never wear it. And
(13:12):
this past summer he broke up with his girlfriend, and
you know, all the heartbreak of teenage breakup, and the
day came he's like, I got to go and get
my stuff from her, and I'm like, what stuff? And
when he returned, she had confiscated the TSO jacket. I'm like, oh,
so she found it cool to wear all this time?
Huh she had absconded with the TSO denim jacket. I
(13:35):
couldn't even believe he took it back. I'm like, dude,
you got to be the kind of guy who's like,
keep that, keep that and remember me. But he took
it back.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
Well, I would take it back myself.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
While we learned a little something about Joel Hoasher right there.
I guess maybe he'll be glad to hear that, my man,
and hopefully you'll get to meet him at one of
these shows. It could just well, b Saturday, October fourth,
there could be that one, because, like I said, they
love that show and we get to hear the White
Snake music. But we're doing the TSO show too, so
(14:11):
I'm going to pester you for one of them.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Hey, you're more than welcome. I mean, reach out any.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Time, Joel, thanks very much. Again. It's Joel hoakstra guitarist
for Trans Siberian Orchestra, who's coming through the state playing
Mohegan Sun on Sunday, November thirtieth, and again, who's playing
the Playhouse, going to be at The Ridgefield playhoffs Saturday,
October fourth as part of Broadway's Rock of Ages band,
(14:36):
which is a great show.
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