Guest Scales Pro Audio

MERCH IS AVAILABLE:⁠https://shop.spreadshirt.com/musipolitix⁠FACEBOOK GROUP:⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/MUSiPOLiTiX⁠LIKE AND FOLLOW:⁠https://www.facebook.com/MUSiPOLiTiX/⁠⁠#MUSiPOLiTiX⁠ EPiSODE #22 10/27/20 7PM CSTCo-host Dan Spiffy Neuman is a guitarist, organist, minister, and musical director from Madison WI. Dan was raised and mentored by activists and civil rights leaders, and does not know how to shut up about the issues he cares about.Co-host Michael Bland was Prince's drummer from 1989 on (perhaps best known for the iconic Diamonds and Pearls drum solo) and has been a member of Soul Asylum for 15 years. He toured or did session work with Chaka Khan, Maxwell, the Jonas Brothers/Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore, Demi Lovato, George Benson, and many many others. He is also a loud voice for social and political issues in Minneapolis.Dan Spiffy NeumanDan Spiffy NeumanMichael Bland⁠#Minneapolis⁠⁠#GeorgeFloyd⁠⁠#BlackLivesMatter⁠⁠#Covid19⁠⁠#Prince⁠⁠#SoulAsylum

Guest Audrey Martinovich

MERCH IS AVAILABLE:⁠https://shop.spreadshirt.com/musipolitix⁠FACEBOOK GROUP:⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/MUSiPOLiTiX⁠LIKE AND FOLLOW:⁠https://www.facebook.com/MUSiPOLiTiX/⁠⁠#MUSiPOLiTiX⁠ EPiSODE #22 10/27/20 7PM CSTCo-host Dan Spiffy Neuman is a guitarist, organist, minister, and musical director from Madison WI. Dan was raised and mentored by activists and civil rights leaders, and does not know how to shut up about the issues he cares about.Co-host Michael Bland was Prince's drummer from 1989 on (perhaps best known for the iconic Diamonds and Pearls drum solo) and has been a member of Soul Asylum for 15 years. He toured or did session work with Chaka Khan, Maxwell, the Jonas Brothers/Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore, Demi Lovato, George Benson, and many many others. He is also a loud voice for social and political issues in Minneapolis.Dan Spiffy NeumanDan Spiffy NeumanMichael Bland⁠#Minneapolis⁠⁠#GeorgeFloyd⁠⁠#BlackLivesMatter⁠⁠#Covid19⁠⁠#Prince⁠⁠#SoulAsylum

Guest John Fields

MERCH IS AVAILABLE:https://shop.spreadshirt.com/musipolitixFACEBOOK GROUP:https://www.facebook.com/groups/MUSiPOLiTiXLIKE AND FOLLOW:https://www.facebook.com/MUSiPOLiTiX/#MUSiPOLiTiX EPiSODE #22 10/27/20 7PM CSTCo-host Dan Spiffy Neuman is a guitarist, organist, minister, and musical director from Madison WI. Dan was raised and mentored by activists and civil rights leaders, and does not know how to shut up about the issues he cares about.Co-host Michael Bland was Prince's drummer from 1989 on (perhaps best known for the iconic Diamonds and Pearls drum solo) and has been a member of Soul Asylum for 15 years. He toured or did session work with Chaka Khan, Maxwell, the Jonas Brothers/Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore, Demi Lovato, George Benson, and many many others. He is also a loud voice for social and political issues in Minneapolis.Dan Spiffy NeumanDan Spiffy NeumanMichael Bland#Minneapolis#GeorgeFloyd#BlackLivesMatter#Covid19#Prince#SoulAsylum

TONIGHT 11/2/21 7PM CST 

If you enjoyed our tribute to Clyde Stubblefield do we have a show for you! An equally funky drum legend is still with us and we want to pay tribute to him while we can.  Join us November 2nd at 7pm CST as we honor Tower of Power's original drummer, and another founding father of funk drumming David Garibaldi. 

Also joining us will be: 

Dennis Chambers Lil John Roberts Brian Frasier-Moore Robert "Sput" Searight (Snarky Puppy, Ghost-Note) Jack Stratton (Vulfpeck) Greg Errico (Sly & The Family Stone) Michael Shrieve (Santana) Adam Deitch (Lettuce) Lenny White (Return To Forever) Mike Clark (Headhunters) Tower Of Power members: Roger Smith Marc "VW" van Wageningen and of course MUSiPOLiTiX cohost Michael Bland (Prince, Soul Asylum) 

There may be a few other surprise guests and Trevor may stop by to update us on the Clyde documentary.  You wont want to miss this!

THE TRIBUTE IS 11/2/21 7PM CST  

If you enjoyed our tribute to Clyde Stubblefield do we have a show for you! An equally funky drum legend is still with us and we want to pay tribute to him while we can.  Join us November 2nd at 7pm CST as we honor Tower of Power's original drummer, and another founding father of funk drumming David Garibaldi. 

Also joining us will be: Dennis Chambers Lil John Roberts Brian Frasier-Moore Robert "Sput" Searight (Snarky Puppy, Ghost-Note) Jack Stratton (Vulfpeck) Greg Errico (Sly & The Family Stone) Michael Shrieve (Santana) Adam Deitch (Lettuce) Lenny White (Return To Forever) Mike Clark (Headhunters) Tower Of Power members: Roger Smith Marc "VW" van Wageningen and of course MUSiPOLiTiX cohost Michael Bland (Prince, Soul Asylum) There may be a few other surprise guests and Trevor may stop by to update us on the Clyde documentary.  You wont want to miss this!

Christone "KINGFISH" Ingram is one of the brightest stars of old school music today. You may have seen videos of him gone viral as a barely teenage guitar prodigy. You may have seen him on the cover of Rolling Stone dubbed as the future of the blues. You may have seen him in the Marvel series Luke Cage. And on July 27th 2021 you'll see him on MUSiPOLiTiX!   

Dan & Michael are fans of Kingfish and Kingfish is a fan of Michael and Sonny, so we'll have a lot of music to talk about, as well as the experiences of being a young musician charged with and inspired to carry on one of the oldest Black American art forms. Expect to hear a lot of great stories!   

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Co-host Dan Spiffy Neuman is a guitarist, organist, minister, and musical director from Madison WI. Dan was raised and mentored by activists and civil rights leaders, and does not know how to shut up about the issues he cares about.   

Co-host Michael Bland was Prince's drummer from 1989 on (perhaps best known for the iconic Diamonds and Pearls drum solo) and has been a member of Soul Asylum for 15 years. He toured or did session work with Chaka Khan, Maxwell, the Jonas Brothers/Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore, Demi Lovato, George Benson, and many many others. He is also a loud voice for social and political issues in Minneapolis.   

#Minneapolis #BlackLivesMatter #Covid19 #Prince #SoulAsylum

#MUSiPOLiTiX EPiSODE #29 hosts Dan Spiffy Neuman & Michael Bland, guest John Altman  

Emmy, Golden Globe, ASCAP and BAFTA award-winning musician, composer, arranger, and conductor John Altman has worked with the following musicians, artists, and entertainers:  Judy Garland, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Little Richard, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Nick Drake, Jimmy Page, Rick Astley, The Comets, Spencer Davis, Rod Stewart, George Michael, Tina Turner,Barry White, Diana Ross, Björk, Goldie, Sting, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Donovan, Chet Baker, Plas Johnson, Ernie Watts, Red Holloway, Conte Candoli, Slim Gaillard, Barbara Morrison, Herb Geller, Wild Bill Davison, Bud Freeman, Les McCann, Percy Heath, Bela Fleck, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pharrell Williams, Lionel Richie, Macy Gray, Will Smith, Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, Najee, Wyclef Jean, Shaquille O'Neill, Jah Rule, the Roots, The Neptunes, Mario, Roy Ayers, Omar, Chaka Khan, Chris Tucker, the Backstreet Boys, John Legend, Katie Melua, Gabriella Cilmi, Amy Winehouse, Quincy Jones, and Prince.  

He has composed, arranged, rearranged, produced, and/or conducted film and television scores and soundtracks including Monty Python, Titanic, The Italian Job, The Sheltering Sky, Miss Marple, The Reagans, Shall We Dance, as well as over 4,000 television commercials including promotional film for Prada.  

Soooooooooooooooooooooo . . . that's why we want to talk to him. Can you blame us?

A MUSiPOLiTiX JUNETEETH:

On June 15th, 2021, we will be talking with, or more accurately listening to, Joe McClain.  You're probably not familiar with his name.  Here's a very very abbreviated version of why he should be in history books.

Joe McClain was born in Mississippi in the 1920s and grew up picking cotton and attending a 2 room schoolhouse.  He lived a colorful life on both sides of the law, including a career as a professional boxer, eventually landing in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

It was there, during the 1960s, he joined a black paramilitary organization known as the Black Commandos (similar to the Black Panthers) and, under the guidance of Father James Groppi, ultimately became the leader.  It was that leadership that brought him to the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Dr. King co-oped him as his organizer for the midwest.

After the original civil rights movement, Joe went on to work for the state of Wisconsin, creating the state's first affirmative action program.  In the 1990s, he created a community organization called "Arts Are Prevention" teaching kids music, drama, dance, etc.  In the 2000s, Joe was instrumental in bringing the "First Tee" program to Wisconsin, teaching young and particularly non white kids to play golf.

Joe has 95 years of stories to tell, 60 of them about civil rights and mentoring youth, all of them interesting.  Our goal is to document as many of them as possible on #MUSiPOLiTiX while he is here to tell them.  Special guest cohost Fred Wells