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OCCUPATION: CONCERT PROMOTER

THE NEW BOOK BY DANNY ZELISKO

The long-awaited stories of legendary concert promoter Danny Zelisko have arrived!  Four years in the making, he quipped, “this baby was screaming to come out after all this time!”

 

After five decades of concert promoting while being part of some 12,000 events in nearly every state in the country, Danny puts into words some of his favorite memories involving some of the world’s top names in entertainment and sports.  Included are Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, as well as Chicago sports legends Brian Piccolo (the subject of the movie Brian’s Song) and Ernie Banks.  The book chronicles Danny’s childhood passion for collecting sports memorabilia and autographs, all the way through his rise to becoming Arizona’s premiere concert promoter.

Fasten your seatbelt as Danny navigates you through this musical journey of producing concerts while making a living out of it.  Go behind the scenes as he tells you about some of the friends he’s made over the years along with the wild and crazy stuff that really happened.

350 pages bursting with stories and never before seen photos of Danny’s personal collection from over the years, giving you a glimpse from “behind the curtain!”  The Foreword was written by former Diamondbacks manager and baseball legend Kirk Gibson.

Pre-order your copy now for a special first edition printing at dzplive.com.  A part of the proceeds will be given to #SaveOurStages, to support people in the music business that have been affected by Covid-19.  For a special donation, Danny will even deliver your copy to you personally (Phoenix area only).

The magnanimous Brad Perry interviews my favorite concert promoter!

 

For more information or to schedule an interview with Danny Zelisko contact: 

Kathy “Koz” Perschke  480-659-5556  koz@dannyzeliskopresents.com 

Video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7AuyW2Si8&feature=emb_title

Songs We All Can (or Should) Understand

I gave myself the nickname "Phoenix," after a comforting industry man from Phoenix talked with me late night on the phone. He helped me instill the me in my dreams.  

With that, here are Themes of Empowerment--the Phoenix Rising From the Ashes, and that we can comfort one another.

BACKBONE Emily Hurd 

Turning one's weakness into a strength as she recovers from an abusive situation. Americana similar to Alison Krauss' music.

WEEPING WILLOW Rebecca Loebe
Waltz tempo with acoustic guitar and other gentle instruments supporting comforting voice supporting a friend suffering from abuse by her man.

WORRIED MAN BLUES Elliott Murphy

It takes a worried man to sing a worried blues. Sounds like Tom Waits, Sylvester the Cat, and a howling dog.

CHECKING OUT  by Allan Holdsworth Scatty vocal jazz with guitar, bass, drums.  

The collapse one feels from wearing his heart on his sleeve. Relaxed and loose vocals from a British tenor named Paul Williams who sounds like Jack Bruce.1982 release from Allan’s 5-star I.O.U. album.

BORN BEAUTIFUL Jon Mullane  Upbeat pop song like something by Maroon 5, with an important message for anyone with low esteem. The song is partnered with a variety of Mental Health associations, and has won a number of video awards including the Music California Video Awards and International Music and Entertainment Award (IMEA). 

Listen to our playlist: spotify:user:leightonmedia:playlist:2hAbN2ecZ6Jtq9uCfc4rND

BRITISH ROCKERS ASIA ANNOUNCE GRAND PRIZE WINNER

New Mexico Fan’s Video for “An Extraordinary Life”
Selected by ASIA as Song’s Official Online Music Video


In what may be an exciting new case of “life imitating art,” the acclaimed British rock super-group, ASIA has announced Doug Purdy of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the grand prizewinner of the band’s QuickTime music video contest for “An Extraordinary Life.” The video contest was launched by the band, its label, and strategic partners as a new initiative between ASIA and its fans. For the contest, (which was hosted by www.asiavideocontest.com), ASIA fans were invited by the band, in partnership with QuickTime, to create their own music videos for “Extraordinary Life,” a track from ASIA’s new EMI America Records album, PHOENIX.

The song was designed to celebrate the positive aspects and memories in everyone’s life, and encourages the listener to “Carp Diem;” living every day to the fullest. The song was written by ASIA members John Wetton and Geoff Downes in direct response to Wetton’s recent successful recovery from open heart surgery. Purdy’s video, like many others entered into the contest, contains personal home video footage and photos interspersed with footage of ASIA performing the song, for unique interactive experience.

“This was a unique way of connecting with our fans, via the web,” says Carl Palmer, drummer. “It was interesting to see the type of images our fans thought could fit the song, itself.”

As the contest’s top prizewinner, Purdy has also won an Apple MacBook AIR laptop, custom etched with ASIA’s logo. In addition, his creative video has been selected as the song’s official online music video by ASIA’s Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton. The video is featured at ASIA’s official websites, www.myspace.com/asia and www.originalasia.com.

PHOENIX, ASIA’s first studio album since 1983 with all four original members, was released in North America on April 15, 2008 by EMI America Records. Since 1982, ASIA has sold more than 15 million albums, and the band recently completed its latest 52-city world tour (the third since the band re-formed in 2006) to support the global release of PHOENIX.

Media Contact: Bruce Pilato - brucetune@aol.com
585-454-2756
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