May 18, 2026

The Sound of Gold with guest Dave Blitstein, owner of Swampgrass Willy's

The Sound of Gold with guest Dave Blitstein, owner of Swampgrass Willy's
iHeartRadio podcast player iconApple Podcasts podcast player iconAmazon Music podcast player iconSpotify podcast player iconPandora podcast player iconDeezer podcast player iconPodchaser podcast player iconAudible podcast player iconSpreaker podcast player iconPodcast Addict podcast player iconCastbox podcast player iconCastamatic podcast player iconOvercast podcast player iconPocketCasts podcast player iconGoodpods podcast player iconPodurama podcast player iconPodverse podcast player iconRSS Feed podcast player iconYouTube podcast player icon
iHeartRadio podcast player iconApple Podcasts podcast player iconAmazon Music podcast player iconSpotify podcast player iconPandora podcast player iconDeezer podcast player iconPodchaser podcast player iconAudible podcast player iconSpreaker podcast player iconPodcast Addict podcast player iconCastbox podcast player iconCastamatic podcast player iconOvercast podcast player iconPocketCasts podcast player iconGoodpods podcast player iconPodurama podcast player iconPodverse podcast player iconRSS Feed podcast player iconYouTube podcast player icon
Season 2

A famous South Florida popular gathering place for locals and up and coming music talent. Tune in to learn how you can join in on being in the audience or even getting an opportunity to play live!

The Sound of Gold is broadcast live Mondays at 4PM ET / 1PM PT on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). The Sound of Gold TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).

The Sound of Gold Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-sound-of-gold--6696013/support.

WEBVTT

1
00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:04.639
This program is designed to provide general information with regards

2
00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:07.639
to the subject matters covered. This information is given with

3
00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:12.039
the understanding that neither the hosts, guests, sponsors, or station

4
00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:17.440
are engaged in rendering any specific and personal medical, financial,

5
00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:22.760
legal counseling, professional service, or any advice. You should seek

6
00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:26.879
the services of competent professionals before applying or trying any

7
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:47.960
suggested ideas.

8
00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:54.679
Hi there, welcome back to the Sound of Gold. It's

9
00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:57.679
good to be back this week, and I'm so excited

10
00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:01.399
to be here. I absolutely loved doing this show. This

11
00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:05.359
show is for our music. It's all about music, musicians,

12
00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:11.000
music venues, music teachers, and music studios, anything pertaining to music.

13
00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:16.200
And I have this passion to not only be here

14
00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:21.000
to represent the Sound of Gold and to represent myself

15
00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.120
and my home studio by my piano, but more so

16
00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:29.599
it's to shine the light on all the musicians out there.

17
00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:32.920
There's so much talent out there. There's so much talent

18
00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.120
that we hear when we go to venues. There's so

19
00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.799
much talent, you know, all around us. There's always sound,

20
00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.640
there's always I don't think there's a day that passes

21
00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:45.319
where if I'm out and about there's not music playing

22
00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:49.159
in the background somewhere, and especially the venues where we

23
00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:54.159
have live music. It's just such a treat. And I

24
00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:57.280
mean there are the big concerts that I grew up

25
00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:01.480
with and that they still have. However there are smaller

26
00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:04.040
venues and so you don't have to pay several hundred

27
00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.760
dollars to go to a venue to watch a show

28
00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:12.560
from a local band. And I have one specific place

29
00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.680
in mind that I absolutely love and it's almost like

30
00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:22.639
a special treasure in our town in South Florida, because

31
00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.360
there is this place called swamp Grass Willies. And if

32
00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:29.879
you've been, you know, and if you haven't, stay tuned

33
00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:33.879
in to listen more because Swanphress Willies. I remember my

34
00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.000
daughter growing up and a lot of her friends performs

35
00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:41.120
and played there, and that was my introduction to Swanpgress Willies.

36
00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:44.680
And it's just it's like I keep coming back to

37
00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:48.919
place for music and also to be in the audience.

38
00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:56.039
I'm so, so so excited to invite today my friend Dave,

39
00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.360
who owns swamp Grass Willies and who has owned I

40
00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:03.800
think now for over thirty years. So Dave, please join me,

41
00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:04.719
Please join me.

42
00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:07.120
Thanks for having me.

43
00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.520
I am doing well. Thank you for being here, and

44
00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:14.400
I'm so excited to share so much more about swanp

45
00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.759
for Us Willies. I feel like I've been living in

46
00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:20.319
Florida for over thirty years, but I feel like in

47
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:22.800
some ways I know nothing about Swamp for Us Willies,

48
00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.759
even though I've been there. There is so much that

49
00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:29.360
you do, Dave. There's so much that you that your

50
00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:35.919
facility provides and makes possible to the music community, local

51
00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:40.000
and whoever else is coming in. You just have this

52
00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:45.759
beautiful soul that is open to welcome music to be

53
00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:50.479
happening all the time. Please share book, Please share those Dave.

54
00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:55.360
We are live on television and we are also on radio.

55
00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:59.719
So for those that are listening, how could people find

56
00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.159
you you or find Swamp Coursse Villies.

57
00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:05.400
But see, we are in Palm Beach Gardens in the

58
00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:10.120
Promenade Plaza. There's a large public's in there between Lighthouse

59
00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:14.560
and Burns Road, huge plaza, a lot of parking which works.

60
00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:17.720
Out well for us. Yes, and yeah, it's very easy

61
00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:18.079
to get to.

62
00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:21.720
If you're coming from the south, take ninety five to

63
00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:24.040
North Lake. If you're coming from the north, I would

64
00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.399
take it to PGI and we're right right in the middle.

65
00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:30.079
There's so much I want to ask you, and swamp

66
00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:34.000
course villies. I'm starting there because it's just such a

67
00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:37.160
jewel and gosh, there's so much I can say about it,

68
00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:38.879
and I know there's so much more you can tell

69
00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.920
about it or tell us about it. However, for my

70
00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:45.199
music friends out there that are listening and that haven't

71
00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:47.879
been there or are wanting to come and see you,

72
00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:54.160
before I get into asking you questions specifically, please hear

73
00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:56.480
with our audience a little bit about your journey and

74
00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.319
how music is such like at the heart of your

75
00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.600
of your drive, and why you do what you do.

76
00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.120
I mean, that's like a loaded question. I think.

77
00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:07.040
You have some time.

78
00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:13.800
I grew up with a sister that was an actress

79
00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:16.160
and a singer and songwriter, and I used to I

80
00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:18.079
grew up in New York City, and I used to

81
00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:20.519
watch her play on Bleaker Street at a lot of

82
00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:23.199
the bars down there, the Bitter Rent and the Red Lion,

83
00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:28.399
and I just I loved watching her. She was I

84
00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:32.800
don't have any music talent whatsoever, yet she has everything

85
00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:36.120
and to watch her perform is incredible. But I also

86
00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:38.079
watched her get taken advantage of a lot of owners,

87
00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:42.759
the bar owners, and they asked her to work sometimes

88
00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.959
and not such fun circumstances. And I always thought, if

89
00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:47.920
I had the opportunity, I'd try to make things better.

90
00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.160
And when Swarm Crass presented itself to where we could

91
00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:53.360
do the live music, and we have a great sound

92
00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.279
system and great sound people that have worked with us

93
00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.079
throughout the years, we provide a good service.

94
00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:00.079
We really want to get every.

95
00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:03.160
Local band to play because the best thing they could

96
00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:06.079
do is get real experience. You know, bands that maybe

97
00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.199
are starting out, many have done their first gig with

98
00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:10.600
us and have gotten too big for us, and they

99
00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:12.439
move on. And that's the greatest thing that we can hear.

100
00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:14.279
When a band says to me, he listened, We've just

101
00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:16.600
kind of outgrown you. That's that's really the best thing

102
00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.000
that I can hear. And we've had quite a few

103
00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:23.680
of those. So it's been been fun to watch. Yeah,

104
00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:25.879
it's it's been a fun it's been a fun time

105
00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:28.519
we started doing something. And I'll tell you an interesting story.

106
00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:30.839
We had a band play two weeks ago called five

107
00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:34.120
cent with and it was a reunion of a band

108
00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:36.120
that played there twenty years ago when they were I

109
00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.319
think fifteen years old, okay, And so we do a

110
00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.720
lot of these all aide shows on Saturdays to give

111
00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:45.879
these kids some opportunities to get experienced, and many of

112
00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.439
them have gone on to be become some of our

113
00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.560
busier over twenty one bands that play on you later

114
00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:51.959
night Saturday nights and Friday.

115
00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.360
It's been like a farm system for us, and it's

116
00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:55.079
worked out well.

117
00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.920
And to see just what happens after in the amount

118
00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.759
of bands that worm from some of these bands, it's

119
00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:05.000
it's it's it's wild to see how it all comes together.

120
00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:07.759
That is so wonderful. And I love that you're so

121
00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:12.639
open to to help. It's almost like you are. You

122
00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:16.480
are the first step. You create, a first step to like,

123
00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:19.839
let's see you shine, Let's get you, let's get you

124
00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:22.360
propelling in that direction.

125
00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.000
They gotta they gotta work the kings out, you know.

126
00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:27.800
And uh, for what it's worth, we have a we

127
00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:31.680
have a fun stage and uh it allows some kings

128
00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:34.120
to be hidden and some flaws to be hidden and

129
00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.480
so people can notice it in the band and then

130
00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:38.759
correct what they want to and then when they perform

131
00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:40.839
at a bigger at a bigger venue, they they know.

132
00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:41.639
Exactly what to do.

133
00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:47.600
I'm sorry, it's been wild to see just the progression

134
00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:49.199
of some of these bands now.

135
00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:51.279
I don't know if this is new or maybe because

136
00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:55.040
it's uh. It was my visit to your place after

137
00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:58.519
a long period of time not visiting. My husband and

138
00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:02.199
I had gone and my goes, oh, they have food

139
00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:07.839
here because it's a bar like restaurant area. But I

140
00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:10.839
think from what I knew back like ten fifteen years

141
00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:14.120
ago when I had gone, I don't know. And it's

142
00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:17.040
not smoking. I think back then it was smoking. It's

143
00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:22.040
nonmo and and we were just surprised that there's food there.

144
00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:26.360
So for those of you that want to check it out, right, you.

145
00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.480
Guys have Oh yeah, our food and our food is

146
00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:32.039
our food is fantastic. We you know, I I everything's

147
00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:34.759
made in the house fresh. Our blue cheese is made

148
00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:37.679
fresh power. You know, all of our sauces are made fresh.

149
00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:42.720
We bake our wings. It's great, bar feet and I

150
00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:46.600
stand behind all of it. We actually sometimes we've indoor

151
00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.080
dash it to our house late when we want something.

152
00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:51.919
It's funny, you know, we'll have to we'll have to

153
00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:58.039
try out the menu. How should people contact you directly

154
00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:02.159
if our listeners out there, our viewers, if they would

155
00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:06.480
like to step it up and perform.

156
00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.840
Well, they could either call my cell number, which I

157
00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.559
will give out freely five six one six zero two

158
00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:16.000
nine five zero nine, where they can email me at

159
00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:20.559
w I L L Y S MK at aol dot com.

160
00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.799
Either way, I'm very reachable and I love to get

161
00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:26.600
new bands, and all the time I try to rotate

162
00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:29.360
at least one of two new bands each month, and

163
00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:32.559
I try to run with that, and we do a

164
00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.159
lot of events where I'll pair up bands together. Sometimes

165
00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:38.759
we'll be four or five bands. And if somebody comes

166
00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:41.600
with an idea of something that may be different, I'm

167
00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.120
open to all ideas.

168
00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:47.279
Now, let's say for those musicians out there that are

169
00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:50.039
listening that are thinking about contacting you, and I don't

170
00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:51.679
mean to put you on the spot, but I kind

171
00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:54.960
of am because this is like one of the biggest questions.

172
00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:58.399
If somebody's been out there performing and they're wanting to

173
00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:02.600
add to their genre of places and want to include

174
00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:06.799
swamp where us willies. Do you pay your musicians or

175
00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:08.519
is it just like a donation?

176
00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:14.879
No, we do pay. We Through the years, our our

177
00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:16.320
pace structure has changed.

178
00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:19.080
I liked what they did in New York City when

179
00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:22.200
they used to charge a cover and the cover goes

180
00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:25.200
to the band. It allows the band to promote hard,

181
00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:27.159
and if they're successful with their promotion and bring in

182
00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:29.120
a good crowd, they make quite a bit of money.

183
00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:30.480
And I'm a big believer in that.

184
00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.720
I think that it's important that bands understand that, yes,

185
00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:35.879
well we want you to come into play. We also

186
00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:37.320
we have to keep the lights on a little bit

187
00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:39.320
and we have to have some people in there eating

188
00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:42.360
and drinking. But there are certain bands that I know

189
00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.000
exactly what they will bring to the table, and those

190
00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:48.240
bands I do guarantee money too. Sometimes I do a

191
00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:51.279
mixture of a door plus a guarantee. It really depends

192
00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:54.600
on the situation because it's got to be a win

193
00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:57.279
win for everybody. And you don't want a band to

194
00:10:57.320 --> 00:10:59.559
walk away and feel, hey, you know, I didn't get

195
00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.240
what I do. And you see, if they bring quite

196
00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.399
a few people, you wanted to get what they deserve

197
00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.600
and we offer you know, we'll certainly offer bar tabs

198
00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:09.759
where they can eat and drink as well. And there's

199
00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.080
a lot of incentives that could be added to this,

200
00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:15.320
so the bands really can do very well. We've had

201
00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:17.759
bands come in there and sell merchandise and make money

202
00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:19.000
from the door and leave with, you know, a couple

203
00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:19.720
of thousand dollars.

204
00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:24.279
Nice. What from the time, from all the years that

205
00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:28.559
you've been open, do you remember any specific band that

206
00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.960
is like a very big deal today?

207
00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.559
You know, again, that's a loaded question, because what's a

208
00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.240
big deal? You know? I could tell you there's a

209
00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.480
band called Box Elder that is a is a Jupiter

210
00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.440
favorite that's been around, you know, for years and years.

211
00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:47.039
I believe they just played an acoustics set recently, and

212
00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:51.720
they're phenomenal musicians. They have a great vibe to them,

213
00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:53.440
and they are one of my favorites.

214
00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:55.399
But I mean, I could name right off the top

215
00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:55.840
of my head.

216
00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:58.519
I could tell you Mike Sanchez from the Curve was

217
00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.360
one of my favorites of all time, the guys from

218
00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:06.240
Darmada and one of my first bands ever, Blindside Southside

219
00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.120
Dub was an all age band that then went on

220
00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.080
to become an over twenty one band, and these kids

221
00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:14.120
were phenomenal. I would say the best name for a

222
00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:17.840
band that we ever had was probably Jigglo Big and

223
00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:20.879
the Barflies, which they were a SKA band.

224
00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:21.759
They were a lot of fun.

225
00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:25.799
There was another band actually years ago named Black River

226
00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:30.200
Circus that they they unfortunately.

227
00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:30.799
Didn't last too long.

228
00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:33.879
They had a death, unfortunately, but they were lights out

229
00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:34.799
phenomenal grade.

230
00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:37.480
They would have gone on too huge things, huge things.

231
00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:38.200
But we've had a.

232
00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:39.879
Couple of bands that were all age bands that went

233
00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.679
on to become Disney bands. I believe it was a

234
00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:47.080
band called the Ready Set. But you know, interestingly enough,

235
00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:49.320
another band that came to mind called Junkie Rush. They

236
00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:51.000
were a band out of Orlando and they were all

237
00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:54.840
music teachers and when I tell you, they were music

238
00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.159
teachers with an edge, and they were a.

239
00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:57.679
Lot of fun.

240
00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.559
That's awesome. Do you have a specific genre that is

241
00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:07.320
played at your at your place? Is there like a

242
00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:09.440
you keep it in range?

243
00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:13.960
So yes, I guess we do. I don't, really, I don't.

244
00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:16.000
I wouldn't want to say that I censor it that way,

245
00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:19.759
but I don't. This place is too small to really

246
00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:23.519
have some of these louder scream o bands. I guess

247
00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:26.440
not that I don't like that because I appreciate that music.

248
00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:28.600
It just is a little too tight for that in here.

249
00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:32.879
So I would say that that's probably the only style

250
00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.440
that I wouldn't say plays too often. But we do

251
00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:39.879
a lot of alternative. We had reggae, you know, classic rock.

252
00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:42.519
We pretty much do it all. We've had country. There's

253
00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:45.600
a great new artist out there named Briant Thomas actually

254
00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:49.440
who who's really good, and he's he's country rock.

255
00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:52.600
You know, we we do it all here, we do

256
00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:52.919
it all.

257
00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:55.600
That's awesome. That's awesome, And I love how you say.

258
00:13:55.679 --> 00:14:02.279
You know, I've had another venue. The owner, Charlie was

259
00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:06.639
his name on here, and he pretty much said, kind

260
00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:08.360
of what you're saying, like it's a give and take,

261
00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:10.879
Like you know, if you want to show up and

262
00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.799
I'm here to support you as a band, but you

263
00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.080
kind of ofto have to support me because also because

264
00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:20.600
like you said, there's the lights, there's you know, you're

265
00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:25.080
you're supplying the ac the place, the space. So it's

266
00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:26.639
like it has to be a give and take.

267
00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.320
You you know, if the band, If the band plays

268
00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:33.879
and and they don't really draw too well, I don't

269
00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:36.200
get too turned off by it because I think that

270
00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:38.679
you can build. It's how I see them promoting any

271
00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:41.080
effort that they give. Not only not only that, but

272
00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:43.759
the show itself if they're if they're playing and they're

273
00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.919
playing to an empty room, it's harder than playing to

274
00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.159
a you know, a full room. So the band themselves

275
00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.519
have have to be able to put on the act

276
00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:54.360
of hey, I'm playing for a full room all the time.

277
00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:56.919
And if they can pull that off and then they

278
00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:59.559
promote hard and they I'm going to give them an

279
00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.639
awful lot leeway to do much better and we can

280
00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.200
grow together.

281
00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:06.159
That's awesome. That's awesome, and what I love about what

282
00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:10.279
you provide for the community. And I will have I

283
00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:13.360
think in August I mentioned earlier. I will have Rick

284
00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.639
Rothschild School of Rock on my on my show here,

285
00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.080
and I'm really what's that.

286
00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.639
He's one of my favorites.

287
00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:25.240
Yes, and and he brings so much to the community. However,

288
00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:29.840
you know him very well and you support the kids

289
00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:32.600
coming in so like you don't have I've been there

290
00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:34.960
with the younger crowd, and I've been there with an

291
00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:39.639
older crowd. You don't have a specific like age bracket.

292
00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:43.360
And that's what that's what's wonderful about Swamp Forrest Bullies

293
00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:46.360
Like it's it goes from one range to the other,

294
00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:51.440
and sometimes it's just intertwined, you know, like we're all equal.

295
00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:53.240
It doesn't matter what our age is. We just all

296
00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:56.240
love the music and we're here for that absolutely.

297
00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:59.440
And so what I mean everybody that comes in here.

298
00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.159
Sometimes you're seeing a seven year old kid playing and

299
00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:04.919
people go crazy. Sometimes you see a sixty seven year

300
00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.759
old guy playing and the crowd goes crazy.

301
00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:08.039
It's fun.

302
00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:13.159
And what inspired you to kind of start with? Not start,

303
00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.120
but where did you begin with? Like, hey, let me

304
00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:20.919
give this younger kids at school, music school, let me

305
00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:25.480
give them a chance. What triggered your inspiration to help them?

306
00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:29.279
I kind of remember exactly what it was. I remember

307
00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:30.039
the that time.

308
00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:33.120
We had been doing music for a couple of years

309
00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:36.519
and one of the band members asked if they could

310
00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.919
bring their kids in. And we have to be careful,

311
00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:42.720
we have to be but we but we had a

312
00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.840
couple of kids in and I happened to talk to

313
00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:47.919
the kids and one kid was playing like pretendently the

314
00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:50.440
drums on the table and another one was playing their guitar,

315
00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:52.840
and I said, you guys play and they said yeah.

316
00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:55.440
I think one tie was like thirteen, almost fifteen, and

317
00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.480
they just formed a band.

318
00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.960
And they said, they said, know we we kind of

319
00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:02.600
played in the garage. I said, well, let's fool. I said,

320
00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:04.480
have you ever thought about playing in a place like this?

321
00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:06.519
And they said, what do you mean? I said, I'll

322
00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.920
tell you what. I said, why don't you put together?

323
00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:11.079
You know, your band get about an hour of music together?

324
00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.839
Do you have any other friends that have bands? And

325
00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:14.680
they're like, well, yeah, we have, we have a couple

326
00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:16.599
of friends that have bands. And so the first time

327
00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:19.400
we did we did a three band showcase, I guess,

328
00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.759
and it was great and it was packed. And I'll

329
00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:24.359
tell you it went on to the to the point

330
00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:27.160
where I had a gentleman named Alex Checkman who used

331
00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:28.839
to book for me, and he was fifteen years old.

332
00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.680
And this kid used to do shows for me two

333
00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.279
to three times a month. He had seven and nine

334
00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:36.119
bands playing. And this kid went on too, I mean,

335
00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:37.880
he made a lot of money for himself. But he

336
00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:40.799
went on to work for Sony and make websites and

337
00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:43.279
become one of the larger companies for bands to buy

338
00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.119
merchandise from.

339
00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:50.039
And I mean quite the entrepreneur. Entrepreneur. Yeah, And that's

340
00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:52.640
kind of how it started. You know, these these kids

341
00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:54.559
wanted this, they were hungry.

342
00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.079
For all I did was give them a place to

343
00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.559
play in a little bit of structure and how.

344
00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:57.839
To do it.

345
00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:02.640
Now, you you yourself off. When you were younger and

346
00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:05.960
growing up in school, did you take any instruments or

347
00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.680
did you have music friends.

348
00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.400
I did.

349
00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:14.200
I held miserably at drums, piano, and guitar. I gave

350
00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:17.440
it my best, but I don't have that talent my

351
00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:20.079
sister does. But I did have a lot of friends

352
00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:23.359
that played guitar, that played drums. I did have some

353
00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:25.279
friends that were bands when I was younger, and I

354
00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:27.799
grew up in the city, so you know, it wasn't.

355
00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:30.839
Uncommon to go somewhere and go to a warehouse.

356
00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:35.319
And listen to some music, and it was an interesting upbringing.

357
00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:38.519
I saw a lot of music that that maybe others

358
00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.319
weren't pretty too.

359
00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:42.960
Okay, Now, I love the fact that you mentioned there's

360
00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:45.079
a cover charge, and usually I think I think the

361
00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.599
last time we were there, it was like a ten

362
00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:51.640
dollars cover charge, which is more than reasonable. We were

363
00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:54.000
looking at I'm not going to say names, because everybody

364
00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:57.119
makes you know, needs to make a living, and they

365
00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:01.759
we all earned what we've kind of put out. Some

366
00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:07.880
concerts are so overly priced, even for the like the

367
00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:10.759
common man that's working the nine to five job five

368
00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.759
days a week or sometimes six days a week. You know,

369
00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:16.720
we all want to have good time, we all want

370
00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:18.319
to get out, we all want to be a part

371
00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.799
of a social scene at you know, not every day,

372
00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:24.200
but sometimes specifically on the weekends when we have downtime.

373
00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:26.359
We want to be in a social crowd. We want

374
00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:29.960
to hear music, we want you know, we want to

375
00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:33.599
have a good time, and so you make it possible.

376
00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.480
Yeah, if you don't feel like spending twenty five dollars

377
00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:39.799
for a beer and you know, forty dollars for a

378
00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:42.599
mixed drink, we could certainly, we could certainly show you

379
00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:45.559
a good time. By the way, the ten dollars cover

380
00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:47.759
is only for under twenty.

381
00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:50.240
One during the all age shows. Otherwise I do five

382
00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.039
dollars all the time.

383
00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:53.599
I really try not to charge more than five, which

384
00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:55.279
I which you know, one hundred percent of it goes

385
00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.759
to the band.

386
00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.359
We try to make it reasonable.

387
00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:00.839
It's it's more like a tip guests for the band,

388
00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:03.359
and and we appreciate that people do pay it when

389
00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:05.880
they come in, but you know, we try to we

390
00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:07.279
try to show them the good time and the bands

391
00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.559
we have are all entertaining. At our drink prices are

392
00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:15.039
pretty comfortable, or people can overlook the five hopefully.

393
00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.559
Yeah, and it's not a big deal. I brought it

394
00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:19.759
up because the last time we went, that's what it was.

395
00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:23.319
But like you said, it's not the same every time.

396
00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:28.319
My point is is that even like I don't it's

397
00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:32.799
not called let me see the West Palm Beach Venue,

398
00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:38.680
it's not called Chris's anymore. The place it's it's where

399
00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:40.799
they have concerts for some reason. I'm driving.

400
00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.480
Epic.

401
00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:45.680
Yes, so the last the last time I went, and

402
00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:47.880
I don't mean to get off track too much. I

403
00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:51.680
was so surprised. Now they're charging an additional You don't

404
00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:53.720
know this when you buy your tickets. You know, you

405
00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.960
buy your tickets, you pay your tax, you buy a chair,

406
00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:59.039
or you don't buy a chair. And now they're charging

407
00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:00.640
twenty five dollars for you to park.

408
00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:02.000
Well, that's nice for them.

409
00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:08.240
It's just it's crazy to go to go out now

410
00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:12.720
is expensive and we're just a neighborhood place where you

411
00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:15.160
can come in and always feel safe and you'll always

412
00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:17.240
have a good time and you won't spend that much.

413
00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:19.440
You know, you come out and really enjoy yourself and

414
00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:21.839
not break the bank. And that's why we're lucky. A

415
00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:24.319
lot of the people that you know frequent this place

416
00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:26.799
come in a couple of times a week, and uh,

417
00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:29.839
very loyal to us, very loyal to our staff and

418
00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.559
and and a lot of it is our staff the

419
00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:34.960
reason these people come back. So I'm very fortunate people

420
00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:36.200
are very very loyal to us.

421
00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:39.279
Well, I always say, what you give out, you get back.

422
00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:42.839
It's it's all I believe in karma. So so you've

423
00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:46.759
you've earned earned it back, Dave, and and thank you

424
00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:50.599
for for having this place. Mok Forsbillies. And it is

425
00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:53.240
you know, you walk in and a lot of people

426
00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:55.359
I think have that idea of oh it's a bar,

427
00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:58.079
like no, I'm not going to hang out there. That's not,

428
00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:01.960
you know, my thing. How Ever, it's it's not that

429
00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:05.799
it's the community just everybody welcoming you and wanting to

430
00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:08.759
have a good time. It's it's harmful.

431
00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.640
And that's something also that music embraces.

432
00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:13.640
Music creates that, you know, the vibe that that good

433
00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:20.000
music creates is family and loyalty and camaraderie and you know,

434
00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:22.400
being comfortable and relaxing.

435
00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:27.839
Yes, and from what I remember, you do have a

436
00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:31.440
pool table. We have three three pools, sorry, my bad,

437
00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:35.920
three pool tables. So yeah, that makes it even more fun.

438
00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:39.839
Oh yeah, I mean when I when I made this place,

439
00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:41.680
I try to create it to where if I'm a

440
00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:43.359
bar guy and if I went out, what.

441
00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:45.319
Would I like to do? And I like to play pool.

442
00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:47.640
I like to play some of these video games we have,

443
00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:49.759
you know, golf and and things like. I like to

444
00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:52.880
good jukebox, I like darts, I like a good you know,

445
00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:55.920
all of our beers on ice because the first the

446
00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:57.960
first step of a beer is the most important. If

447
00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.559
you get a warm ship when you crack it open,

448
00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:01.359
you're not gonn I want to drink through it. So

449
00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:04.279
are it all stored on ice and ice cold? And

450
00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:07.960
you know, this place is what I would want to

451
00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.160
go do if I.

452
00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:13.079
Absolutely And you've been going strong. You've been in business

453
00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:15.200
how long? Over thirty years.

454
00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:19.440
Since nineteen ninety six? Nice, very nice.

455
00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:22.960
So for my listeners out there and my viewers, I'm

456
00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.400
kind of laughing underneath my breath. I have dave, I

457
00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:29.240
have cats, and I have one. She's the grandma of

458
00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:31.920
my group. And she usually sits here, but right now

459
00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:34.960
she has a toy, so there is I'm sure for

460
00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:39.519
those listeners you're hearing some cat going, it's because she's

461
00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:43.599
walking around with a toy. So it's just I just

462
00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:46.960
sometimes have to laugh. So this is my my comedy crew.

463
00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:51.640
Here are my cats. But they make it interesting.

464
00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:56.920
When I have a show, so built built an audience, Yes.

465
00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:59.880
Build an audience. Or they're they're vocal they're vocalists.

466
00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:03.720
I guess that's it. That's it. You're they're the laugh

467
00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:05.319
track on the back of the sitcom.

468
00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:10.400
Yes it so. Dave is your sister local and she's

469
00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.680
still she is.

470
00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:15.440
She lives here in North Palm and she she stopped

471
00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:18.799
doing she stopped singing for a while, but she's recently

472
00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:21.200
got back at it. She's looking to do a little

473
00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:24.799
acoustic duo with a friend of hers. So I'm looking

474
00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:27.160
forward to see how that that project pans out for

475
00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.119
I think we.

476
00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:32.240
Can tell her a good place to try and perform.

477
00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.319
She'll get a shot.

478
00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:37.240
Yeah awesome. And again for my listeners out there, Dave,

479
00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:39.799
please share with us how to get in touch with you.

480
00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:42.119
You can reach me by phone at five six one

481
00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:46.519
six zero two. Nine five zero nine whereby email.

482
00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:50.359
At w I L L Y S M K at

483
00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.559
aol dot com.

484
00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:54.000
Okay, it's as easy as that. And Dave, you're still

485
00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:57.279
you're so welcoming and so embracing and so easy to

486
00:24:57.359 --> 00:25:00.759
talk with. For my music friends out there, listeners out

487
00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.960
there that are wanting to like step it up and

488
00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:06.880
you know, take the step, even if it's the first time.

489
00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.680
You know, Dave, we spoke a few times, and I'm

490
00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:13.440
just letting my audience know that you're just you know,

491
00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:20.279
you're very open to accept people and conversation and I

492
00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:22.880
appreciate you, and I appreciate your time, and I know

493
00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:26.519
that all my listeners out there will appreciate connecting with

494
00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:29.400
you because you know, it's you have that pay it

495
00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:34.279
forward attitude. And it's not about how much money you're

496
00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:36.480
making at the bar or how much money you know

497
00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:39.559
you're taking in. It's about how can we support each other,

498
00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:43.359
make it fun for everyone involved, and so everybody gets

499
00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:45.359
a little something in return.

500
00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:48.440
And I'll sell you there's a lot of great musicians

501
00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:51.119
out there that not only play music, but organize a

502
00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:54.000
lot of you know, charity events, benefits, things like that,

503
00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:56.319
and you know, a food drives.

504
00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.799
You know, a lot of.

505
00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:02.240
These musicians locally really the terrific people. You know, it's

506
00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:05.720
more than just music sometimes with these guys and girls.

507
00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.359
I don't want to just not just guys.

508
00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:10.480
It's it's the community is pretty amazing. Lake Worth has

509
00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:14.000
a really great music community that the Jupiter North Palm

510
00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:17.440
Gardens area does as well. And there's some good venues

511
00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:19.000
around here. There's some good place to play.

512
00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:23.240
Now, do you does your I don't know how this works,

513
00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:26.680
but you know, like there are lots of different fairs

514
00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:29.599
I've lived in Florida, like every few months, I mean

515
00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:32.519
the summer, we kind of tape it down, but does

516
00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:37.519
slap restabilities get out there to have like vendor space

517
00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:40.759
to help advertise what you offered.

518
00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.920
We have in the past.

519
00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:46.200
We we used to work closely with the Buzz years ago.

520
00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:50.880
We've worked with the Gator, We've worked with the kV

521
00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.839
J Show, you know, and done things with them throughout

522
00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.240
the years.

523
00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.039
We we did a U.

524
00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:59.359
I had another another business and with that we did

525
00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.519
something during Christmas called Rocking Christmas and we had a

526
00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.519
bunch of bands on stage for that and it was

527
00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:07.079
a toy drive and it was great. We do a

528
00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:10.160
really great event here in November. It'll be November seventh.

529
00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:13.720
This year, we do a big tribute to the veterans

530
00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:16.599
and really tribute to to all the people that have

531
00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:19.119
allowed us to do what we're able to do right now.

532
00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:22.960
If it wasn't for these people that risked their lives,

533
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:26.319
we wouldn't have the freedom to talk as candidly as

534
00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.680
we are right now. And so we we we're going

535
00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:31.519
to do something this year even bigger and better, and

536
00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:34.559
we do have music for that as well. It's something

537
00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:38.160
really special. But we do do some some some advertising

538
00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:41.559
and some sponsorship and work with the local terrestrial stations

539
00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:46.000
as well. And I'll tell you it's a shame that

540
00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:48.000
the Buzz went under because that was a fun station.

541
00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.480
They did a lot of everything. But there's a new

542
00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:52.599
station called Jack right now that's pretty fun too.

543
00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.200
Jack.

544
00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.200
Thank you for.

545
00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.960
I believe that's what it is.

546
00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:02.759
I've never heard some of the rotations that I've heard.

547
00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:06.000
I mean, they went from Carly Simon, you know, to Metallica.

548
00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:09.599
It was wild. I've I've never heard rotation like that before.

549
00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.920
And I think they went to the Red Hot flee

550
00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:13.599
Peppers after that, and then it might have even been

551
00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:16.400
like Nat King Cole, so it was it was all over.

552
00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:18.839
Well.

553
00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:21.160
I have a couple of questions, what other events do

554
00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:23.319
you have happening this year that you can share with

555
00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:27.319
our audience? Big events or is it just.

556
00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:30.599
The month of September. The month of September, it should

557
00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.240
be a lot of fun.

558
00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:34.759
We're celebrating our thirty year anniversary in September, so I

559
00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:38.119
think every weekend in September is going to be filled

560
00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:40.279
with a lot of fun music and some good times.

561
00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.440
And some mini events.

562
00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:43.440
We will be doing an outdoor event, as I said

563
00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:46.160
on that Veterans Day we used to do something here

564
00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:50.720
called Swampfest outside where we had a multitude of bands

565
00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:53.880
playing outside and we raised money from Little Smiles Charity.

566
00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:56.880
Yes, the charity we're working.

567
00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:01.000
With in Veterans Day is CBSC, and we really try

568
00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:05.440
to link up with Cancer Alliance, Saint Jute's. We work

569
00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:08.200
closely with a lot of the nonprofits, but we do

570
00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:11.599
like to do one or two outdoor events a year.

571
00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:13.720
The last couple of years, especially with COVID, made it

572
00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:15.839
a little bit more difficult, but we're getting back into it.

573
00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:18.720
I love it and smackbers bullies for those that are

574
00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:21.480
listening or just tuning in. Is in Palm Beach Gardens

575
00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:24.759
and is in the Promenade shopping center. Is that? Am

576
00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.119
I right?

577
00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.559
Yes? It is yep.

578
00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.319
And what are your.

579
00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:33.039
Eleven in the morning till three am every day?

580
00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:37.279
Okay, so seven days a week you're open? And how

581
00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.519
often do you have music?

582
00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:41.039
So right now we have music two days a week

583
00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.440
on Fridays and Saturdays.

584
00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:44.000
We used to have it as much as five days

585
00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.240
a week.

586
00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.680
Okay.

587
00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:49.319
But again, you know, this COVID thing that happened kind

588
00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:51.480
of changed the dynamic a little bit of how people

589
00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:57.359
went out here. Almost six years later, I think people

590
00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:59.599
are still trying to find themselves and hey, how do

591
00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:02.200
I go out post COVID? You know, I still think

592
00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:04.599
it's it's a little bit of a thing in the works.

593
00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:07.119
But we used to do it five days a week.

594
00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.759
We did it so much so I had a state

595
00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:11.880
of the art recording studio on art In swap grass tools,

596
00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:15.279
the equipment, better microphones than you can imagine.

597
00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:17.960
It was pretty It was pretty neat. It was pretty neat.

598
00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:21.319
That's awesome. That's awesome. And do you think you'll get

599
00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:26.480
back to doing for offering live music? Maybe? A third

600
00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.680
night I do.

601
00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:33.279
I could see us possibly going towards maybe an open jam.

602
00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:36.039
I like to rotate and open jam in there every year,

603
00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:37.519
maybe for six months.

604
00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:39.000
Yeah, yeah, I do that.

605
00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:42.759
But I could see us doing another day we didn't

606
00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:46.119
do some of music sometimes on Sunday afternoons. You know,

607
00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:48.839
I'd say at least twelve to fifteen times a year

608
00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.680
right now?

609
00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:53.599
Do you also still have the karaoke on Thursday nights?

610
00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:58.039
So we're doing karaoke now on Friday and Sunday. Friday

611
00:30:58.160 --> 00:31:00.480
and Friday and Sunday. So Friday is kind of a

612
00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.359
fun night because Friday we have a we have music

613
00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.960
from six to nine and then we go right into karaoke.

614
00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:09.440
So it's it's a really fun stepping stone to get

615
00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:14.279
into karaoke. And Sunday night's been our staple for thirty years.

616
00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.039
Nice.

617
00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:18.039
Nice, No, I got up last night and embarrassed myself

618
00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.440
up there.

619
00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:24.960
So the Dave, you have kids who do any of

620
00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:27.920
them play instruments? And do they play at your venue?

621
00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:32.359
I'm sorry my children, yes?

622
00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:36.440
And then you know what no is? It's an okay answer.

623
00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:39.440
I have music is my life. I've been playing since

624
00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:42.640
I was five. I've been teaching for over twenty years.

625
00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:46.039
My daughter wants nothing to do with music, so saying

626
00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.720
no is okay.

627
00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:53.000
Yeah, they they do not play any instruments. We've tried

628
00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.960
a little bit here and there. There have been some lessons,

629
00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:58.680
but I will tell you they are karaoke queens. They

630
00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:01.000
will absolutely get up there and will rock that stage

631
00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.680
for karaoke and.

632
00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:05.400
And we have a good time with that. Yeah, they

633
00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.480
do do a nice job with that.

634
00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:10.759
I will say, that's awesome. That's awesome. Karaoke is a

635
00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:12.759
lot of fun and it's it's easy. You don't need

636
00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:17.240
an instrument. Well, your voice is your instrument. And it's

637
00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:20.559
very supportive, carries fun.

638
00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:23.759
I mean, you can really hide hide your flaws very well.

639
00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:26.960
I had a lot of flaws last night, so hopefully

640
00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:30.039
they were hidden pretty well. But it is a lot

641
00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.839
of fun and some of the I'll tell you, some

642
00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:34.799
of the these singers that we get in are lights out.

643
00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:36.599
I mean the songs they sing and the way they

644
00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:39.759
sing them, I'm blown away by it. I mean, these

645
00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:42.359
people should should truly be doing this in a band.

646
00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:47.079
Well, maybe you're giving them the opportunity to step it up.

647
00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:49.920
Maybe this is just a stepping stone for them.

648
00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.240
We've we've had a couple.

649
00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:53.119
I mean, there's a buddy of min named Jim Brogan

650
00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:57.440
who great karaoke singer and had a number of really

651
00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:01.200
fun bands too, and he's he's one of my favorite

652
00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.359
people in the music industry.

653
00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.960
I'm urging him to get back into it.

654
00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:07.359
He took a little break from it, and hopefully he'll, uh,

655
00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.960
he'll get back in because he is fun.

656
00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:12.519
He is entertaining nice now for our music listeners out

657
00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:15.559
there that want to connect with you and want to

658
00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:19.880
perhaps set something up to play your venue, how far

659
00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:22.599
in advance are you booking or are you just booking

660
00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:26.119
like months or like six months or three months.

661
00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:28.319
I have some bookings through the rest of the year

662
00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:30.680
right now. I do.

663
00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:35.519
I do book generally about between two.

664
00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:37.839
And three months out. I try, but.

665
00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:39.559
I you know, every now and again you get a cancelation,

666
00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.920
and every now and again you want to you know,

667
00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:43.319
you have a band that wants an opener, you know,

668
00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:46.519
so you know, we can work work bands under the

669
00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.160
schedule pretty quickly sometimes.

670
00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:53.200
And let's say let's say I contact you and say, Dave, okay,

671
00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:55.759
I want to play your venue. Do you say, okay,

672
00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:58.319
leave me a demo. Let me hear what you've got.

673
00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:00.319
Let me do you have some YouTube liks? How do

674
00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.279
you go about saying yes or no?

675
00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.839
It used to be, you know, you used to get

676
00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:07.640
a demo disc, but that's kind of you know, I

677
00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.480
guess that's showing my.

678
00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:12.000
Age a little bit. But now they'll send me some

679
00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:14.519
some videos or a digital press kit.

680
00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.559
So you know, a lot of times it's it's either

681
00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.679
emailed to me or just texted to me, and I

682
00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:23.440
get to listen, and it's a lot easier now than

683
00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.880
it used to be.

684
00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.480
I'll tell you that.

685
00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:29.159
Sure, sure it is, definitely is with technology. Well that's

686
00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:32.280
good to know. So I have a big audience out

687
00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:36.159
there that they they call me the instant composer. I

688
00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:39.000
play in the moment. I pick up energy from you.

689
00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:42.039
I pick up energy for my audiences out there as

690
00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:43.920
well as I'm here in my music studio and my

691
00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:47.719
home music studio. I don't have any seat music. I

692
00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:51.960
don't have anything memorized. I just kind of feel channel

693
00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:55.440
in and feel what I play. So I would like

694
00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:58.599
to it's a Monday. It's a Monday, late afternoon right

695
00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:02.239
now on the coast, and midday in the west. Coast

696
00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:05.800
and wherever they you are tuning in from around the world,

697
00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:10.239
it's still Monday. Unless you're in Australia, it could be Tuesday,

698
00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:14.599
and so I would just like to take a couple

699
00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:16.880
of minutes out just to play something. It's the end

700
00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:20.360
of our Monday here and it's been a busy Monday.

701
00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:24.000
If you're driving, enjoy if you are at a space

702
00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:26.280
and a place where you can sit back and close

703
00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:28.960
your eyes for just a couple of minutes. May this

704
00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:34.119
bring you some peace in your Monday day evening. And

705
00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:39.039
this is I get to play for you.

706
00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:43.559
A m.

707
00:36:32.079 --> 00:37:00.199
Yeah, just.

708
00:37:09.559 --> 00:38:27.519
Acicula sounds terrific.

709
00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:31.679
Thank you, thank you. That was just a brief Monday Medley.

710
00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:35.519
I mentioned this thank you on my last show. I

711
00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:38.039
used to for several years. I used to have online

712
00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:41.880
performances for several hours once a week, every week, and

713
00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.920
now my schedule is a little bit more demanding, so

714
00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.639
I don't do that as much as I would love to.

715
00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:49.920
I just I love playing. So thank you for for

716
00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:52.840
being my my live audience, and for those out there,

717
00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:57.000
thank you for tuning in and listening back to you. Dave,

718
00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:02.119
Dave and swamp Grass, Willie's and Palm Beach Gardens. I

719
00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:05.199
know we've mentioned it a few times, and just for

720
00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:07.519
the sake of those that are just tuning in, please

721
00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:09.559
share with us again how we find.

722
00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:14.800
You and five six one six zero two nine five

723
00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:18.800
zero nine or at w I L L.

724
00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:22.280
Y S MK at aol dot com.

725
00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:25.559
Nice and you're open seven days a week, and you

726
00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:28.599
have food and you have drinks there and is your

727
00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:32.800
food available like all the time or specific times.

728
00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:35.440
It's it's available till two thirty in the morning, Okay, And.

729
00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:37.719
Then I was talking over you. Please share with us

730
00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:39.599
again the time that you open.

731
00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:43.039
We open eleven am and we close it three.

732
00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:46.000
Three eight every jay. That's that's so great. That's like,

733
00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:49.199
it's such a great like go to place.

734
00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.599
You know.

735
00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.000
One of the one of the cool things that we're

736
00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:55.840
on the hospital electrical grid here, so whenever the storms come,

737
00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:59.119
we've been fortunate enough to get up and running quickly

738
00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:02.480
if we ever went down at all. And one of

739
00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:04.840
the not that it's a good thing, but one of

740
00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:08.559
the nice things that we've been able to do throughout

741
00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:11.159
the years is that because we are open and we

742
00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:14.039
have our ice machine working, we're able to help out

743
00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:16.719
people that just don't have that ability. You know, we

744
00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:18.800
can put things in our refrigerators, or we can cook

745
00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:21.199
their food that you know that they're going to put

746
00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:24.960
in coolers, and we're a type of place where people

747
00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:27.199
feel comfortable doing that and they could come in and

748
00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:30.360
we could really help out. And it's again, there are

749
00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:32.800
so many days throughout the year that I am humbled

750
00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:38.159
and overwhelmed by the loyalty and the relationship we have

751
00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:39.360
with the local community here.

752
00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.280
I mean, we're fortunate.

753
00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:43.360
Places don't last for thirty years if it wasn't for

754
00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:46.000
the fact that people are kind and loyaltized.

755
00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:49.719
Right well, as I mentioned earlier, and I truly believe this,

756
00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:52.880
everything is karmic. What you put out you get back.

757
00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:56.199
And you've done so many wonderful things for the community,

758
00:40:56.679 --> 00:41:00.880
you may be it possible, especially for the younger generations,

759
00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:04.440
to have the opportunity to perform. Not a lot of

760
00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:08.280
places do that, and you make it possible, you know,

761
00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:10.320
like you're like, yeah, show me what you got, and

762
00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:14.159
that's so great. And really, I mean I've thought about

763
00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:17.719
this myself and I'm like, well, you know, how could

764
00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:19.800
I do this? How could I do that? Well, give

765
00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:22.400
me the opportunity and let me step into it. And

766
00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:24.719
that's what you do. You open the door to say,

767
00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:28.679
here's an opportunity, let's see what you got and let's see,

768
00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:31.000
you know, how we can work together and we can

769
00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:35.079
support each other. So it's it's selfless, it's it's priceless

770
00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:39.239
and it's selfless. It's just I'm so glad that you're

771
00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:41.079
in my community.

772
00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:44.159
Thank you. And I can't stress this enough. I you know,

773
00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:45.360
I have a staff that.

774
00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:48.199
Has been with me a long time. A lot of

775
00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:49.960
the people that work with me have been around me

776
00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:53.880
for years and years and years, and they are the

777
00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:57.320
biggest reason that we are as consistent as we are.

778
00:41:57.840 --> 00:42:00.480
And they make it happen. You know. I I am

779
00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:02.239
much more behind the scenes.

780
00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:04.400
Now than I ever have been, and these guys are

781
00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:06.199
still still doing what they need to do and they

782
00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.880
know how to do it.

783
00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.920
So I want to give my.

784
00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:10.639
Staff a couple of props here because they really they

785
00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:12.719
make it happen so nice.

786
00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.400
And they are super nice because I remember being over

787
00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:19.280
there recently and yeah, easy to talk to, like what

788
00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:21.880
do you need and they just make you feel very comfortable.

789
00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:24.840
It's not awkward at all.

790
00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:27.920
Again, they get it. The people that work here. They

791
00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.840
like to go to bars.

792
00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:30.280
They know what it's like to go to a bar,

793
00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:34.119
and they know what their expectations are, so their expectations

794
00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:35.239
are what they're going to live up to.

795
00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.920
They do a nice job.

796
00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:40.000
So tell me, Dave this weekend, what's going on at

797
00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.079
swamp Where's Willies?

798
00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:43.920
If I tell you that, I have to look at

799
00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:46.480
my calendar for that because they can't remember.

800
00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:48.440
It's been a very crazy day for me.

801
00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:54.119
Well, you have karaoke Friday and Sunday six to nine.

802
00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:56.599
We were doing something interesting on Wednesdays. It has nothing

803
00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.360
to do with music. By the way.

804
00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:01.079
We're doing a ping pong tournament here, which is a

805
00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:03.880
little different, and we're starting out about nine o'clock. And

806
00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:08.599
then we've got Diamond Tooth Little playing on Friday at

807
00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:11.159
six pm till nine pm and then followed by karaoke,

808
00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:14.639
and then we have a band named Finesse that is

809
00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:19.519
playing on Saturday. And Finesse is the band that anything

810
00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:22.880
that they make goes directly to the charity that they

811
00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:24.599
choose for that particular gig.

812
00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:27.000
They never take any of the money, They.

813
00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:29.679
Apply it directly to it to whatever nonprofit they want.

814
00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:34.639
They're phenomenal people. I mean, they're really terrific people. Again,

815
00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:37.880
it's kind of who you surround yourself with and you're

816
00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:41.719
better for it, you know, and you know special people.

817
00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:46.679
Nancy gets too off the subject of being the bar owner.

818
00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:51.159
You provide a place for music. And I have friends

819
00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:54.840
that are musicians and you know they've been out, but

820
00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:58.480
they have this concept, maybe from the eighties, like oh,

821
00:43:58.559 --> 00:44:02.360
I want to be really popular, and maybe maybe all musicians,

822
00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:04.400
including myself, are a little bit like this. We want

823
00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:08.039
to get popular and make lots of money. However, the

824
00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:11.079
more I don't want to say older, but the more

825
00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:14.599
I grow and the more I learn, it's not about

826
00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:17.719
the money. Yeah, it's not about the money. It's what

827
00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:20.519
you can what you can do with what you know

828
00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:25.400
to help other people grow, and that is priceless. I mean,

829
00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:27.519
I mean, we need to make money, We need to

830
00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:29.679
pay the bills, we need, you know, to live. We

831
00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:33.079
need money for food, for gas. We're all human, we

832
00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:38.119
all have this survival these survival skills and these needs. However,

833
00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:42.320
when we really sit down and think about it, it's again,

834
00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:47.360
it's not about the money. It's about what are you providing?

835
00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:51.000
What are you what are you providing? To earn what

836
00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:55.639
you what you kind of need or want. But also

837
00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:57.039
it's a give and take.

838
00:44:57.440 --> 00:45:00.199
Is it going to take any there's different me, there's

839
00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:02.840
different you know, there's different bands that that are doing this,

840
00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:05.960
as you said, for different reasons. You know, everybody, you know,

841
00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:08.800
everybody wants to be famous, I guess, and everybody wants

842
00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:11.000
to be a you know, a celebrity and a superstar,

843
00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:12.519
you know, especially.

844
00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:13.480
If you're in this business.

845
00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:17.079
But I'll tell you some of the best bands that

846
00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:20.599
I've seen play here are the bands that one hundred

847
00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:22.039
percent are not in it for the money.

848
00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:24.519
They are in it to host the best party that

849
00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:25.320
they could host.

850
00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:28.880
And they want to party with their friends, and they

851
00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:30.599
want to have fun, and they want to get up

852
00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:33.960
there and just everything that they can be. And those

853
00:45:33.960 --> 00:45:36.239
are the most fun bands to me. You know, they're

854
00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:38.960
just they're they're hosting their their own private party and

855
00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.360
that's all.

856
00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:39.920
I love that.

857
00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:43.760
It's awesome because then there's no there's no expectation, it's

858
00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:45.519
just I'm giving you all I got. I love that

859
00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:48.000
we're just about at a time. Dave, thank you so

860
00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:50.360
much for making the time today to be on the show.

861
00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:54.239
Swamp Grossivillis, Palm Beach Gardens. Come on out, check them

862
00:45:54.239 --> 00:45:59.159
out and and yeah, you will not be disappointed. And

863
00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:02.079
they are open seven days a week, and so pick

864
00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:03.320
a day and just go.

865
00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:06.519
Come on, Bode. Thank you very much, Pa, thanks for

866
00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:07.000
having me on.

867
00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:09.360
Yes you bet, you bet. Thank you so much, and

868
00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:12.559
tune in for my audiences out there. Tune in next

869
00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:15.440
week to find out who my guest is. Every guest

870
00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:18.320
I have is very special, very unique. I'm not going

871
00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:20.960
to say who it is next week, so tune in

872
00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:24.039
and you'll find out. Thank you so much and