WEBVTT 00:00:01.550 --> 00:00:05.990 And now here they are, Nick and Sue on Chatterbox. 00:00:06.129 --> 00:00:09.470 When the stars talk, they talk to Nick and Sue. 00:00:31.149 --> 00:00:33.570 Welcome back to the Chatterbox Redux podcast 00:00:33.570 --> 00:00:36.250 with Nick and Sue. In this edition, our special 00:00:36.250 --> 00:01:06.859 guest is Dean Friedman. This is Nick and Sue 00:01:06.859 --> 00:01:09.780 with Chatterbox giving you all you need to know 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:18.900 about musical entertainment Chatterbox the best 00:01:18.900 --> 00:01:31.900 interviews with Nick and Sue the best news Now 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:34.159 in Shatterbox UK, we're just lucky enough to 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:36.439 welcome back Dean Friedman for a third time. 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:38.599 Dean, welcome. How are you, sir? Hello, Dean. 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:40.640 I'm very well. Nick and Sue, nice to see you 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.200 folks. I'm doing fine. You're looking well. No, 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:44.920 I'm just saying I'm furiously packing to get 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:47.900 ready for this upcoming tour, which I leave for 00:01:47.900 --> 00:01:52.000 in about a week from today. Well, I was just 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:53.599 looking at some of the dates here. Well, I mean, 00:01:53.659 --> 00:01:56.579 basically, you've been on twice. Once, you very 00:01:56.579 --> 00:01:59.659 kindly donated so much of your time to tell us 00:01:59.659 --> 00:02:02.019 your entire story. And if anybody would like 00:02:02.019 --> 00:02:04.719 that interview, and it is amazing, just email 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:07.959 me, nickprinstudio .gmail .com, and I will send 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.840 you the interview. And last time we spoke to 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:13.080 Dean was around about Christmas time. There was 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:16.229 another release coming off his album. Well, that 00:02:16.229 --> 00:02:19.509 brings us to the present day. And we spoke briefly 00:02:19.509 --> 00:02:24.569 before, both times, about a tour of the UK and 00:02:24.569 --> 00:02:27.050 Ireland. Now, you've got some great news for 00:02:27.050 --> 00:02:30.110 the fans here, haven't you? Well, it's actually 00:02:30.110 --> 00:02:36.050 happening after a two year unintended hiatus. 00:02:37.030 --> 00:02:41.050 And in fact, I fly over to the UK across the 00:02:41.050 --> 00:02:44.639 pond from New York about a week from today. and 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:48.680 I'll be touring from April through August where 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.800 I wind up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We've 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.419 been making plenty of stops along the way. And 00:02:53.419 --> 00:02:55.840 of course, people can, Costine, look at your 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:59.919 website, which is absolutely incredible. Yes, 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:01.780 and you've got links to basically everything. 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:04.659 I can see Twitter, Facebook. And when we click 00:03:04.659 --> 00:03:09.479 on gigs, it has every gig and also a link to 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:13.050 buying tickets. Exactly. It's all there. It's 00:03:13.050 --> 00:03:16.569 all there. Perfect website. What I've got you 00:03:16.569 --> 00:03:20.169 doing, most important, is your most recent album, 00:03:20.310 --> 00:03:22.330 American Lullaby. I know it's still available. 00:03:23.229 --> 00:03:27.490 Now, while you're busy touring UK and Ireland, 00:03:29.389 --> 00:03:32.789 is there any more singles to come off that? Perhaps, 00:03:33.009 --> 00:03:38.069 as specifically as a single? Well, not per se. 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.080 always working on new videos, but while I'm on 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:47.120 the road, I put a pause on that, but there'll 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:50.280 be more videos and singles coming out throughout 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:53.300 the rest of the year. And there's a lot of material 00:03:53.300 --> 00:03:56.000 on the new album, which I'm real proud of, and 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.039 I hope folks get a chance to listen to. Wow. 00:03:58.659 --> 00:04:01.419 And, well, you know, you've become a very good 00:04:01.419 --> 00:04:03.280 music and radio friend of ours, and we're proud 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.620 to have you amongst our friends, and come on 00:04:05.620 --> 00:04:08.479 and tell us about that when it happens. Sure. 00:04:08.900 --> 00:04:13.740 Brilliant. Now, this tour, I mean, it says gigs 00:04:13.740 --> 00:04:17.660 here, but some of the, some of the, maybe the 00:04:17.660 --> 00:04:20.199 UK wording of the gigs are a bit different. I 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.519 mean, these venues that you're going to, some 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:25.740 of these are like proper full -on concerts. You 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:28.360 know, you've got some great venues here and, 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:30.740 you know, you're going to Brighton, you know, 00:04:30.819 --> 00:04:34.860 things like that. Shrewsbury's, Birmingham, places 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:38.500 like that. So you're Nottingham, Liverpool. So 00:04:38.500 --> 00:04:42.180 pretty big cities there I'll be performing pretty 00:04:42.180 --> 00:04:45.800 much if you're listening to this cast I'll be 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:48.839 performing Somewhere not too far from your backyard. 00:04:49.019 --> 00:04:53.379 So and as Nick says all the dates are on my website 00:04:53.379 --> 00:04:57.379 There's even a UK map if you scroll down That 00:04:57.379 --> 00:05:00.199 shows where all those gigs are and you can figure 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.800 out exactly how many miles it is from Your driveway 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:07.519 to get to the next gig Wow That's clever. That 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:09.379 is really clever, and I can see how near it is 00:05:09.379 --> 00:05:11.500 too. There you go. There you are. Brilliant. 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.100 We will make sure we say hello to you as well. 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:17.019 We'll let you know which one we're coming to 00:05:17.019 --> 00:05:19.199 as well. I look forward to it. Yeah, please do. 00:05:19.660 --> 00:05:21.800 And I know, Dean, you're very busy packing, so 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:23.600 I was very pleased that you could give us something 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:26.439 like 15 -ish minutes or so tonight. But it's 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:28.439 really exciting, and I'm just glad that we can 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:31.389 share. the fact that you are coming now with 00:05:31.389 --> 00:05:33.050 all of our listeners because you as you know 00:05:33.050 --> 00:05:36.889 we heard on 120 stations of different sizes all 00:05:36.889 --> 00:05:39.490 over the place so you know it's glad to be able 00:05:39.490 --> 00:05:42.350 to share it with them at last. Well I appreciate 00:05:42.350 --> 00:05:45.649 your helping to spread the word because you know 00:05:45.649 --> 00:05:49.110 like I say this this two -year unintentional 00:05:49.110 --> 00:05:53.230 hiatus was pretty traumatic for everybody on 00:05:53.230 --> 00:05:58.759 the planet but you know I share that that sense 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:05.620 of missing the road that all my fellow musicians 00:06:05.620 --> 00:06:08.819 have and it'll be nice to finally get back on 00:06:08.819 --> 00:06:10.620 the road to be able to get on stage and share 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:13.500 these songs with what's always a very enthusiastic 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:16.699 audience on your side of the pond. Well, I know 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:19.079 I said before to you, Dean, and we were looking 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:22.740 at the positions and the number of hits that 00:06:22.740 --> 00:06:25.389 you've had in the UK. compared to the US. I know 00:06:25.389 --> 00:06:28.589 you've hit the charts there, but the positions 00:06:28.589 --> 00:06:33.829 over this side, I mean, I think a British fan 00:06:33.829 --> 00:06:36.610 base for Dean Friedman is bigger than it is in 00:06:36.610 --> 00:06:39.230 the USA. Those figures speak volumes and I can 00:06:39.230 --> 00:06:41.529 tell you, Dean, now I make, when someone comes 00:06:41.529 --> 00:06:45.069 back to Chatterbox for a second time, I always 00:06:45.069 --> 00:06:48.730 make the original interview available when they 00:06:48.730 --> 00:06:53.029 tell us their life story. Well, I can tell you, 00:06:53.029 --> 00:06:55.949 Dean, that some people don't get any. You actually 00:06:55.949 --> 00:06:58.990 got seven requests, which the people actually 00:06:58.990 --> 00:07:02.430 go down and they, you know, actually bother emailing 00:07:02.430 --> 00:07:06.329 to ask. That's that's pretty good. And I'm pleased 00:07:06.329 --> 00:07:09.170 to hear it. There you go. So that wasn't in vain. 00:07:09.509 --> 00:07:11.829 This is Nick and Sue with Chatterbox giving you 00:07:11.829 --> 00:07:14.269 all you need to know about musical entertainment. 00:07:16.910 --> 00:07:21.420 Chatterbox, Chatterbox. Now, website is Dean 00:07:21.420 --> 00:07:32.459 Friedman's is www .deanfriedman .com click on 00:07:32.459 --> 00:07:36.000 that and you've got everything you need including 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:40.000 a little little place where you can get an order 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.240 a copy of American Lullaby to bring an album 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:46.980 as well. Well thanks for saying so. It was the 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:54.949 one plus side of this two -year lockdown hiatus 00:07:54.949 --> 00:07:57.509 was that I got to spend a lot of time in the 00:07:57.509 --> 00:08:01.810 studio working on the new album and really more 00:08:01.810 --> 00:08:04.250 time than I ever have. This is my ninth studio 00:08:04.250 --> 00:08:06.149 album and so it was a real pleasure to be able 00:08:06.149 --> 00:08:10.009 to engage with the songs and the recording process 00:08:10.009 --> 00:08:12.829 more than I've ever had an opportunity to and 00:08:12.829 --> 00:08:15.970 I'm really proud of the results. Yes, and you 00:08:15.970 --> 00:08:17.990 should be proud. And of course, there's a lot 00:08:17.990 --> 00:08:21.910 of meaning behind the songs on American Lullaby. 00:08:22.350 --> 00:08:24.329 There's a lot of Dean Friedman style humor, which 00:08:24.329 --> 00:08:27.529 I do approve of because your humor's not a million 00:08:27.529 --> 00:08:30.370 miles removed from mine and very similar, but 00:08:30.370 --> 00:08:33.110 the message gets across exactly what you're saying. 00:08:34.429 --> 00:08:35.809 Absolutely. Well, I'm pleased to hear that. Well, 00:08:35.850 --> 00:08:38.929 I've always seen a sense of humor as a crucial 00:08:38.929 --> 00:08:43.460 tool in your survival kit. Well, when you get 00:08:43.460 --> 00:08:48.519 requests on a British national radio station 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:50.960 and they're asking for that stupid town thing, 00:08:51.019 --> 00:08:57.159 that's good. You know you're getting there. Before 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.220 Dean flies off, have you got any questions? Dean, 00:08:59.299 --> 00:09:04.820 how are you feeling about your first gig? Well, 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:08.379 I admit to being a little bit anxious, but also 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:15.110 excited because I've always enjoyed that act 00:09:15.110 --> 00:09:18.570 of getting up on stage and sharing my music with 00:09:18.570 --> 00:09:21.769 a live audience. You get really positive feedback 00:09:21.769 --> 00:09:25.070 from all the different facets of being a singer 00:09:25.070 --> 00:09:27.750 -songwriter. It's satisfying when you finish 00:09:27.750 --> 00:09:31.309 writing a song that you feel good about. It's 00:09:31.309 --> 00:09:36.710 great when you finish mixing a record that you 00:09:36.710 --> 00:09:39.570 aspire to make sound just right. But there's 00:09:39.570 --> 00:09:42.009 nothing like the instant feedback that you get 00:09:42.009 --> 00:09:47.090 being live on stage sharing room with people 00:09:47.090 --> 00:09:51.850 who are listening and attentive and getting that 00:09:51.850 --> 00:09:54.289 two -way direct communication that's instantaneous, 00:09:55.070 --> 00:09:58.549 that's unique to a live gig. So I'm looking forward 00:09:58.549 --> 00:10:02.330 to it. And I just need to get there in one piece. 00:10:02.509 --> 00:10:07.490 I know, obviously, they call this a pond, but 00:10:07.490 --> 00:10:09.830 that's one big pond. And I've never got to the 00:10:09.830 --> 00:10:12.149 States or back without being jet lagged. So I 00:10:12.149 --> 00:10:14.889 wish you every success with your journey here 00:10:14.889 --> 00:10:17.029 and back as well. And we're looking forward to 00:10:17.029 --> 00:10:20.309 seeing you, Dean, most definitely. Thank you, 00:10:20.370 --> 00:10:22.529 Nick and Sue. And thanks for having me again. 00:10:23.429 --> 00:10:26.210 And give me a shout when you think there's a 00:10:26.210 --> 00:10:30.919 gig near you. uh uh make sure to say hi and and 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:33.679 visit you folks so you'd be well and uh i'll 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:37.220 catch you down the line absolutely dean absolutely 00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:39.820 bring it on one last time you get your tickets 00:10:39.820 --> 00:10:43.440 out or you can uh order dean's latest album American 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:53.159 Lullaby by going to www .deanfriedman .com there's 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:55.000 links there for all of Dean's social media as 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:57.139 well Dean take care sir it's been a pleasure 00:10:57.309 --> 00:10:59.750 Looking forward to next time already. Thank you 00:10:59.750 --> 00:11:02.450 folks, be well. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 00:12:33.450 --> 00:12:36.289 This edition of the Chatterbox Redux podcast 00:12:36.289 --> 00:12:39.690 was presented by Nick and Sue We thank our special 00:12:39.690 --> 00:12:44.450 guest who was Dean Friedman Our email address 00:12:44.450 --> 00:12:48.730 is nickelbum at myyahoo .com alternatively we've 00:12:48.730 --> 00:12:52.730 got a mailing address which is P .O. Box 26 the 00:12:52.730 --> 00:12:56.049 old Observer Building Telford Road St. Leonard's 00:12:56.049 --> 00:13:02.230 -on -Sea East Sussex England TN389LZ. We thank 00:13:02.230 --> 00:13:04.090 you very much for your company and look forward 00:13:04.090 --> 00:13:07.210 to welcoming you again next time for another 00:13:07.210 --> 00:13:11.350 Chatterbox Redux podcast which will be with Marty 00:13:11.350 --> 00:13:11.789 Wild.