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Welcome back to the Chatterbox Redux podcast
with Nick and Sue. In this edition, our special
guest is Dean Friedman. This is Nick and Sue
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welcome back Dean Friedman for a third time.
Dean, welcome. How are you, sir? Hello, Dean.
I'm very well. Nick and Sue, nice to see you
folks. I'm doing fine. You're looking well. No,
I'm just saying I'm furiously packing to get
ready for this upcoming tour, which I leave for
in about a week from today. Well, I was just
looking at some of the dates here. Well, I mean,
basically, you've been on twice. Once, you very
kindly donated so much of your time to tell us
your entire story. And if anybody would like
that interview, and it is amazing, just email
me, nickprinstudio .gmail .com, and I will send
you the interview. And last time we spoke to
Dean was around about Christmas time. There was
another release coming off his album. Well, that
brings us to the present day. And we spoke briefly
before, both times, about a tour of the UK and
Ireland. Now, you've got some great news for
the fans here, haven't you? Well, it's actually
happening after a two year unintended hiatus.
And in fact, I fly over to the UK across the
pond from New York about a week from today. and
I'll be touring from April through August where
I wind up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We've
been making plenty of stops along the way. And
of course, people can, Costine, look at your
website, which is absolutely incredible. Yes,
and you've got links to basically everything.
I can see Twitter, Facebook. And when we click
on gigs, it has every gig and also a link to
buying tickets. Exactly. It's all there. It's
all there. Perfect website. What I've got you
doing, most important, is your most recent album,
American Lullaby. I know it's still available.
Now, while you're busy touring UK and Ireland,
is there any more singles to come off that? Perhaps,
as specifically as a single? Well, not per se.
always working on new videos, but while I'm on
the road, I put a pause on that, but there'll
be more videos and singles coming out throughout
the rest of the year. And there's a lot of material
on the new album, which I'm real proud of, and
I hope folks get a chance to listen to. Wow.
And, well, you know, you've become a very good
music and radio friend of ours, and we're proud
to have you amongst our friends, and come on
and tell us about that when it happens. Sure.
Brilliant. Now, this tour, I mean, it says gigs
here, but some of the, some of the, maybe the
UK wording of the gigs are a bit different. I
mean, these venues that you're going to, some
of these are like proper full -on concerts. You
know, you've got some great venues here and,
you know, you're going to Brighton, you know,
things like that. Shrewsbury's, Birmingham, places
like that. So you're Nottingham, Liverpool. So
pretty big cities there I'll be performing pretty
much if you're listening to this cast I'll be
performing Somewhere not too far from your backyard.
So and as Nick says all the dates are on my website
There's even a UK map if you scroll down That
shows where all those gigs are and you can figure
out exactly how many miles it is from Your driveway
to get to the next gig Wow That's clever. That
is really clever, and I can see how near it is
too. There you go. There you are. Brilliant.
We will make sure we say hello to you as well.
We'll let you know which one we're coming to
as well. I look forward to it. Yeah, please do.
And I know, Dean, you're very busy packing, so
I was very pleased that you could give us something
like 15 -ish minutes or so tonight. But it's
really exciting, and I'm just glad that we can
share. the fact that you are coming now with
all of our listeners because you as you know
we heard on 120 stations of different sizes all
over the place so you know it's glad to be able
to share it with them at last. Well I appreciate
your helping to spread the word because you know
like I say this this two -year unintentional
hiatus was pretty traumatic for everybody on
the planet but you know I share that that sense
of missing the road that all my fellow musicians
have and it'll be nice to finally get back on
the road to be able to get on stage and share
these songs with what's always a very enthusiastic
audience on your side of the pond. Well, I know
I said before to you, Dean, and we were looking
at the positions and the number of hits that
you've had in the UK. compared to the US. I know
you've hit the charts there, but the positions
over this side, I mean, I think a British fan
base for Dean Friedman is bigger than it is in
the USA. Those figures speak volumes and I can
tell you, Dean, now I make, when someone comes
back to Chatterbox for a second time, I always
make the original interview available when they
tell us their life story. Well, I can tell you,
Dean, that some people don't get any. You actually
got seven requests, which the people actually
go down and they, you know, actually bother emailing
to ask. That's that's pretty good. And I'm pleased
to hear it. There you go. So that wasn't in vain.
This is Nick and Sue with Chatterbox giving you
all you need to know about musical entertainment.
Chatterbox, Chatterbox. Now, website is Dean
Friedman's is www .deanfriedman .com click on
that and you've got everything you need including
a little little place where you can get an order
a copy of American Lullaby to bring an album
as well. Well thanks for saying so. It was the
one plus side of this two -year lockdown hiatus
was that I got to spend a lot of time in the
studio working on the new album and really more
time than I ever have. This is my ninth studio
album and so it was a real pleasure to be able
to engage with the songs and the recording process
more than I've ever had an opportunity to and
I'm really proud of the results. Yes, and you
should be proud. And of course, there's a lot
of meaning behind the songs on American Lullaby.
There's a lot of Dean Friedman style humor, which
I do approve of because your humor's not a million
miles removed from mine and very similar, but
the message gets across exactly what you're saying.
Absolutely. Well, I'm pleased to hear that. Well,
I've always seen a sense of humor as a crucial
tool in your survival kit. Well, when you get
requests on a British national radio station
and they're asking for that stupid town thing,
that's good. You know you're getting there. Before
Dean flies off, have you got any questions? Dean,
how are you feeling about your first gig? Well,
I admit to being a little bit anxious, but also
excited because I've always enjoyed that act
of getting up on stage and sharing my music with
a live audience. You get really positive feedback
from all the different facets of being a singer
-songwriter. It's satisfying when you finish
writing a song that you feel good about. It's
great when you finish mixing a record that you
aspire to make sound just right. But there's
nothing like the instant feedback that you get
being live on stage sharing room with people
who are listening and attentive and getting that
two -way direct communication that's instantaneous,
that's unique to a live gig. So I'm looking forward
to it. And I just need to get there in one piece.
I know, obviously, they call this a pond, but
that's one big pond. And I've never got to the
States or back without being jet lagged. So I
wish you every success with your journey here
and back as well. And we're looking forward to
seeing you, Dean, most definitely. Thank you,
Nick and Sue. And thanks for having me again.
And give me a shout when you think there's a
gig near you. uh uh make sure to say hi and and
visit you folks so you'd be well and uh i'll
catch you down the line absolutely dean absolutely
bring it on one last time you get your tickets
out or you can uh order dean's latest album American
Lullaby by going to www .deanfriedman .com there's
links there for all of Dean's social media as
well Dean take care sir it's been a pleasure
Looking forward to next time already. Thank you
folks, be well. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This edition of the Chatterbox Redux podcast
was presented by Nick and Sue We thank our special
guest who was Dean Friedman Our email address
is nickelbum at myyahoo .com alternatively we've
got a mailing address which is P .O. Box 26 the
old Observer Building Telford Road St. Leonard's
-on -Sea East Sussex England TN389LZ. We thank
you very much for your company and look forward
to welcoming you again next time for another
Chatterbox Redux podcast which will be with Marty
Wild.