Contributors

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Host

Randy Hulsey - Backstage Pass Radio

Playing approximately 130 shows per year, Randy Hulsey is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in multiple genres and is also the host of Backstage Pass Radio podcast.. Top artist in these genres includes Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jimmy Buffett, George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Elton John, Eagles, Rolling Stones, Duran Duran, Aaron Lewis, Led Zeppelin, and many more.


Randy grew up playing classical piano at an early age but it didn’t take him long to fall in love with the electric and the bass guitar and start following such guitarists as Randy Rhodes (Ozzy, Quiet Riot), Mark Houston, Randy Jackson (Zebra, China Rain), and James Taylor. After playing in several local bands…he discovered the acoustic guitar and never looked back.



For booking inquiries, please contact randy@randyhulsey.com

http://www.randyhulsey.com
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Dayna Steele

 Dayna is the creator of The Seven Stages of Caregiver Recovery from her personal experience as a caregiver.You can find a free resource sheet here and follow Dayna on social media or sign up for her daily facts to be one of the first to know when her next book comes out and where The Woman in the Mirror will be performed.

DAYNA STEELE is a legendary Texas rock radio Hall of Famer who gained a loyal legion of fans over the years known as Steeleworkers. She’s now an author, created and stars in the award-winning dark comedy play The Woman in the Mirror, hosts podcasts, and is a popular speaker on success, brain health, and caregiving

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https://www.daynasteele.com
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Guy Gelso (Zebra)

Guy Gelso is a founding member of the band, ZEBRA, formed in 1975, which in three short years became the most successful club act in Louisiana. In 1983, after years of playing up and down the East Coast, ZEBRA released their debut album, becoming the fastest selling debut in Atlantic Record history. They went on to tour with major artists such as Sammy Hager, Journey, ZZ Top, Loverboy and REO Speedwagon, eventually releasing six albums with combined sales of over 2 million copies worldwide.


Recently, ZEBRA was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and the New York Long Island Music Hall of Fame.




http://www.guygelso.com
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Vern Vennard

Vern Vennard is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Houston Texas, by way of New Jersey. Vern is the 30+ year guitarist with singer-songwriter Zak Perry of Zak Perry and the Beautiful Things.


When Vern is not touring with Zak, you can find him playing shows in South Texas with musician / podcast host, Randy Hulsey of Backstage Pass Radio
 

https://www.zakperrymusic.com

Guests

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Carmine Appice - (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Ozbourne)

As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band‘s 1967 psychedelic debut, inadvertently inventing Stoner Rock in the process. The Fudge had no precedent. The band was totally unique. No rock group, up until that point, had ever so lugubriously s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out well-known pop tunes like the Beatles “Eleanor Rigby” and “Ticket To Ride,” Curtis Mayfield‘s “People Get Ready,” Sonny & Cher‘s “Bang Bang” Rod Argent‘s “She‘s Not There” and, most famously, The Supremes‘ Motown classic “You Keep Me Hangin‘ On” to such hippie heights. With Mark Stein‘s mysterioso wash of Grand Guignol keyboard theatrics, Tim Bogert‘s amazing and trippy bass runs, and guitarist Vince Martell‘s era-happy soloing, Appice boomed like no other drummer in rock history. Their debut album still stands today as a Hard Rock classic. Vanilla Fudge went on to tour with Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and even had Led Zeppelin as an opening act.

http://www.carmineappice.net