Feb 28th-Largest Penguin, Donnie Iris, B-52's, Train, Jason Aldean, Gilbert Gottfried, Jennie Angel, Tooth Fairy

0:01 Talk about prosperity. It's amazinal possibility. The little say in my phone okay, by my pel for my grave and the social Church, the Gumment's home, Broughton Me when I'm sixty five, I won't get a time that where is one of pepon? I got my little. Well, Hi everyone, I am Jeff and welcome to History and Factor. It's about today. Now you've heard my coast today Neith. That's sir song Grindstone. Now, not only is she just an awesome songwriter and a great singer, she's also a really good person, kind of almost angelic. Herdish's so Jenny, I wouldn't go that far.

0:52 Hi, guys, I'm Jenny until Thank you very much. That was a very nice introduction, Oh, Jenny. She is considered a country what alternative country? I think so, yeah, alternative country singer, songwriter from Hudson Valley, New York. So when you're writing nowadays, it's been a couple years, as I talked to you, and so in the last couple of years, have you kind of matured or do you think it's still kind of the same but you're just going to refining it better. I have I have a feeling like that. The second is more accurate as to how I feel like I've just been developing. I feel like it's it's like more refined, you know, finding more tactics, looking in a more strategies, working with more professionals, and then finding different avenues for the music to go. After that point, you know, I'm just being able to do more of it, makes more time for it. Absolutely cool.

1:50 Hey, do you know what February twenty eighth is nationally? Oh my gosh, I don't know what tells. Me, I'm sure than what. Beautiful waitings and neat teeth. It is National Tooth Fairy Day. Now, unlike Santa Claus or Easter Bunny, no one knows what the tooth fairy looks like. I think she's kind of hot. Now we know that she's really busy. How many teeth do you think she trades out every night? Every night? It's probably billions. Man, everyone's losing their three.

2:30 Hundred thousand, so you're Berkeley pretty close. But get this, you can tell about our deflation. I guess it would be two years ago she was giving out six bucks a tooth today is down to five. When I was a kid, I think we got fifty cents unless she couldn't make change. Now, it is a fact though the tooth Fairy she gives out more money when dad's home than when you're dancing out there. So today's actually yeah, oh I'm sorry, sorry, Oh no, today it's pretty much. It was designed just to show the importance for kids taking care of their teeth, which is very important. So all your parents out there, make sure you instill the importance of dental hygiene to your kids today. All right, let's go back to your childhood. When did you know that you wanted to be a singer?

3:16 Or is it you come wow, I don't really know. I feel like I've always just like to do. Acting. I always like to do theater and behind stage things. And then I started to go out on stage and doing background work, and then in movies, and then I realized I could make money singing, and I was like, oh, and then I added singer on my sad card. See you've always been a little entertainer. Huh yeah, yeah, well entertainment today. In twenty seventeen, the number one album was decided by Big Sean Ed Sharon had the numb one song with Shape of You, the shape of you, push.

4:02 And pull like a magnetic to my heart's falling into I'm in love with your body. Yes night you were in my room, my bed. She smelled like you. If you discover me something grin, I'm in love with your body. Dustin Lynch had the number once on with Seeing Red. I'm talking Rip, we kiss and falling off Ordians. I talking Rid, just hanging on Ullians. I hop gim back and see heart read pounding him. Not just stop seeing Rich. I'm seeing Rich.

4:42 Can't get you out of my head. Girl, can't get you out of my head. The number one book was Echoes and Death by JD. Rob. You ever see the movie Logan, I'm not, I haven't even heard of it. But in the future moods they are extinct, They're almost extinct. But Logan, he is in good old loop, mutant who just lives out in alone, just quiet and nice and everything. Well, it finds out that there's a young girl who's a muton and scientists are going to go ahead and do some experiments on her. So he has to go save her. Stars Hugh Jabman, Patrick Stewart, Daphne Key. So entertainments, is there any who influenced you in your music growing up. Oh my gosh. I was just saying the other day my friends that I had a ASA Base tape and I had a Tumble Bumba CD, and I had a Godsmack CD, and I had Nirvana. I would listen to the radio station and I would record the alternative stations.

5:42 I record the K one of four Top nine at nine, and I would listen to just like pops and rock and country and pretty much everything. But Hanson was one of my main influences as well as ASA Base. Celene I was one of my first tapes my uncle got me for my birthday and so yeah, and then the songwriting, I just I'm always like writing rhymes and rounds and stuff my friends just about random things like landscapes or vegetables. Well, that's pretty cool. Now, that's cool. You're able to take everybody and I'll put it into your own kind of style. That's pretty cool.

6:25 Yeah, that's fun. Okay, we're not going to ask who you're singing about in your song Shortleash so cool, sound on your clothes on. Council dreams all dream. That I'm sure is that okay? Not to ask you who it is. Yeah, you don't have to do it all. Actually, okay, let's see what happened on February the twenty eighth, sixteen forty six, and Lynn, Massachusetts, Roger Smith, he was tried for sleeping in church. See the Puritans back then they had these men they were called tithemen, and they would walk around it. See the churches back then they were like hours and hours long. I mean they were really long. So these tith and they would carry these big long sticks and on one end they had a really hard knob and that was to wake up the guys.

7:23 They'd wop them with the knob and all that to get him awake. But on the other end they had a tail, you know, kind of like a squirrel's tail, and if a woman fell asleep, they would tickle her to wake her up. They see, they were they had a little bit of a They took pity on the women, didn't they. Well that's true. Well anyway, one of the guys he whacked Roger pretty hard and it really ticked Roger off. He got up and he punched the guy. Well they've ended up. They let the punch go, but they ended up taking him to jail into court, and they actually did convict him for sleeping in church. He ended up getting he fought guilty. Yeah, you got a public weapon. In eighteen forty four, the newest United States Navy warship, the USS Princeton. It was being showed off to all the Washington big dignitaries. Then when they fired off one of the twelve inch guns, it exploded, killed the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Navy, and four other big wigs. Now, the real panic happened when they couldn't find the United States President John Tyler. He was supposed to be there. Well, on the way to the Cereal President Tyler stopped off in a tavern for some drinks. Yeah, he lost track of time. So basically drinking saved Tyler's life.

8:33 That is hilarious. In nineteen fifty three, Francis Creek and Jason Watson, they discovered the double helix that makes up the DNA. Nineteen ninety three, outside of Waco, Texas, the FBI they tried to execute a search warrant on the Branch Davidian Colton compound. Yeah, gunfire broke out for FBI agents and six Davidians were all killed. Started a fifty one day standoff. You ever fled through Denver International? I have yushed in the past, not recently recently. I've just been NonStop Nashville. Well in nineteen ninety five, DIA Open is one of the It still has one of the largest airports in the world. It's actually the sixth busiest airport in the world.

9:18 Do you think penguins are cute? Heck yeah, heck YEA, Well tell me if you think tell me do you think this will be creepy? In New Zealand And twenty twelve, scientists they found the skeleton of a prehistoric penguin. It was the tallest penguin they've ever found so far. Penguins did five feet tall. I think of five foot penguin's. Creepy A little yeah, because that'd be my height. I don't know how I had handled that. So what big shows do you have coming up? So we are actually going to be singing Montage Mountain this Saturday, Friday, actually six pm for a couple couple songs, a couple originals out there by the fire pit, and there's gonna be fireworks. A couple of other bands are gonna be there. Are better, better than Ezra and Tonic.

10:11 They'll be on the main stage. I'm just playing the cool, funky like fireplace setting kind of stuff. And then we're going to be in. The Ballanty Hotel in May third, New York City, and then hard Rock Cafe in Nashville on April fifteenth to eight pm. Okay, we'll put that down and how you can link to her so you'll know where she's going to be at. Let's here a song Heartbroke. Then I'm. A two song Pokus song, everything the golong.

10:53 There, come on, cow man, cow Man, just tell him. So when you perform, it's a lot harder for a guy, obviously, guy he just wears jeans and a shirts. How do how do you, ladies? How do you pick what you're gonna wear for each show? Oh? My gosh. For me, I think about it sometimes days in advance, and I'll like plant it out. I'll think usually I'll think of a color, and then I will send some options to my friends, and my friends will always tell me one thing and I'll always take the opposite. And I've never not done that, so they've learned now to tell me what to lie about what they want me to do. Because they know I'm going to pick the op.

11:43 You gave me. That's pretty funny. Yeah, I'll usually plan out at least two or three options and then i'll run it by that and then I'll go from there. All right, let's see. He was born on Fabruary the twenty eighth actor Charles Dirning. He was born in Highland Falls, New York. In nineteen twenty three, World War Two, he was wounded in Invasion of D Day. He was in one of those first ways that went on beach on Oman Beach. So after six months in the hospital, he went back and joined the fight again. He fight in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he came back and started doing Shakespeare. He was in one hundred and forty movies. So I'm overre Dog Day Afternoon, The Final Countdown, PITSI was nominated for Oscars for the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and to Be or Not to Be You're too young for the Best Little Horhouse in Texas.

12:27 So I'm not too young. I mean I am, but I love watching old movies. But I have not seen it yet, but I do know Dolly's in it. And Bert Burt Reynolds was in Burt Reynolds. Of course, I haven't seen it. So Charles. He went with burtany they were both find Evening Shade together. He married his second wife for thirty five years when they divorced. He died from natural causes in twenty twelve, at eighty nine years old. Flock would be making actor Gavin McLeod. He was born in Kisco, New York, in nineteen thirty one. Do you have any idea where that is?

13:20 I know where a Mountisto is. It's probably a pretty small town. Huh. On TV, Gavin, he started out on Michale's Navy, Then he was Murray on Mary Tyler Moore, then he was Captain Stubing on the Love Boat. You ever do any shows on Cruisis? I have not? No, there's something you'd like to do? Or no? I don't know. I don't know if I would like to do that or not. I don't think about it now. He had two sons and two daughters when his first wife married his second wife in nineteen seventy four, and they divorced in nineteen eighty two. Then what the hell? They got married again in nineteen eighty five. I guess it stuck. They were together until he died in twenty twenty one at nine years old. From now causes.

14:01 He's a sight Joe Bad and everybody has a right two, don't you know? Same with the We Can't Stop This band. Not quite Nirvana, but you like Donnie Iris. I don't know who that is. He's eighty two. He was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, in nineteen forty three. Started out in the band The Jaggers, and then he played guitar and sing backup for Wild Cherry. They had that song play that funky music, White Boy, then Hey Yeah. Then he went solo in nineteen eighty.

14:46 That song A Leah Love is Like a Rock and Mi Girrel. Those are some of his hits. That was backup band. They were the Cruisers. They've been with him the entire time since nineteen eighty. Now they don't really tour anymore, but they do go out and play some shows. We're going on you Wall were Bernadette Peters. She was born in Queens, New York. She's seventy seven years old today. You said you kind of like Broadway and shows and stuff, right. I absolutely love Bernadette Peters, especially for her role in Annie.

15:31 Yeah, she got a lot of rewards for that. I think her best movie was The Jerk though. Yeah, that was really good too. Yeah. She's seventy seven. She started performing on she has ten She's been on Broadway since nineteen sixty seven, still doing it. It's been nominated for seven Tony's won twice. Tell of her other movie is not so good Silent Movie and Pennies from Heaven. But like you said, Annie, that was that was a star? Is Anny your favorite Bernadette show? What's that? Is that? Your favorite Bernadette Peters show was Annie? Definitely Annie Yees for sure. She was married ten years when her husband got killed in the helicopter crash in two thousand and five. Actress Mercedes Rule. She's seventy seven also. She was born in Queens, New York. Also, and she started acting in the Denver Theater Company. She outgrew that and then went to Broadway.

16:23 She's won one Tony. She went an oscar for the movie Fisher King. She was also in Married to the Mob lost in Yonkers, The Last Action Hero on TV. She had a recurring show on the show Fraser for a couple of years. She had a son and she got married twenty years later in nineteen ninety nine, and had another son her husband. He died in twenty twenty. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried. He was born in Coney Island, New York, in nineteen fifty five. Now, his close friends say that his normal voice was really like just a normal talking voice. It wasn't really grating or annoying, like I think, so can you stand here and that guy talking? I can't listen to him. He had a little monsters, but that totally. Annoying, great voice. It made him a lot of money doing voice work over the years. He actually started doing Yeah, he started doing stand up at fifteen. He was on Saturday nightly for one year. Some of his movies that he actually acted in were The Adventures of Fort Fairlane, The Problem Child Movies, Never on Tuesday. He got married in two thousand and seven. They had a son and a daughter. He died from heart problems in twenty twenty two at sixty seven years old. Now that was really early bet fifty twos. That was nineteen eighty. Well they were alternative, You much like them?

17:57 Yeah, I yeh, But he definitely weren't. That was Cindy Wilson she was singing lead. She's sixty eight. She's born in Athens, Georgia. She had one of the B fifty twos in nineteen seventy six. Now B fifty two. It's actually Southern slang and it means exaggerated bufont hairdoo. Now that's why Cindy and Kate they would wear their hair up in those big boufont with hairdos. You wouldn't know, but they and if you look at old videos, trust me, they had big blue font hairdows. Oh yeah. Now Cindy she was the blonde one, Kate was the redhead. Sidney she'd played the drums on the Round on tour. She got married nineteen eighty five, took a couple of years off in the nineties fifteen dollars. But when I went back to the band. Now they finally had their last farewell tour last year, but they're coming back and they're going to a residency at the Venetian in Las Vegas yes year. So they had more farewell tours than Ausy.

18:44 Actress ray Don Chong. She's sixty four. She's born in Edmonton, Canada. You ever go playing Canada, You're pretty close. I have, but I want to really badly now. Her famous dad is Tommy Chong from Teaching Chong. She was in her dad's movie Teaching Chong, the Corsican Brothers. Some of the movie is with Outer Dad or Commando The Color Purple Soul Man Tales from the dark Side. On TV, she was on Saint Elsewhere. She had a son from a boyfriend. Then her second husband. He was actor c. Thomas Howell. They were married for one year. She married another guy for three years. There is no place safe and no safe place to put my when you been feeding the world. Shame that sad. You ever listened to Train, My Gosh?

19:40 I love Trey. I just listening to their album on repeat all. The time, sing You're a big Patrick Manahan from Monahan Fan Then, uh yes, sir. He is the lead singer for Training. He's fifty six. He's born Arie, Pennsylvania. Co founded Train in nineteen ninety three. Drops the Jupiter Hey Soul Sister Drive by Colin aul Ain't some of their biggest hits. They're going out on a world tour on me first. If you want to go check out Train now, Patrick, I think it's they might be starting up there in your area up in the New England area. I think that's here kicking it off. Actually, Patrick, he is saying the national anthem at ten different sporting events. Is that something you have done or inspired to do?

20:21 Yes, sir, I have and that will do it again. Is it to do it? Is fun? It's not as nerve wracking as the scenes. Not for me now, I'm just an honor. It's a privilege, and you know, being asked to do it and being able to, you know, in our country in that way, the beautiful and beautiful, beautiful thing. Glad to do it at any time. We cool deal. We'll look forward to hearing you do it. We'll have to bring out to Colorado. We'll have to bring out to Colorado and do another before the Rock of Rockies game or something. Oh, that would be amazing, Patrick. Yeah, two children from his first wife. He married a second wife in two thousand and four and they have two children. We can go to the shoe, we can stare here.

21:04 Take you ride on a big green tractor. We can go slow, big can go faster down through the woods down to the pastor the longest time with you really know overin Ma Lamb and try if you want to. Country singer Jason Odean is forty eight. You are Jason Finn. Oh my gosh. I saw him three times last summer, one just to see him, and then I was securious. That's pretty cool. Now he has twenty seven songs that have gone to number one. Some of the number of songs are She's Country, the Truth, Burn it down and try that in a small town. Big Green Tractor. I think it's the best song, is the Truth. What's your favorite Jason Norden song?

21:51 Oh, it's Big Green Tractor. Sorry, that's pretty hard to beat. Now he's going out onto her May twenty third, Jason, he had two on the first wie. I think married a second wife in twenty fifteen and they have a son and ed daughter. Okay, we already talked about on some of your big shows you're getting ready to perform on. What else we like to talk about? I guess we will put on the show notes where people can come check out your music and download some of your songs. Yes, please, you know, Yeah, I mean that's pretty much it. Make sure that you guys are checking out some music. We've got some new songs that we've been writing with the label out in Pennsylvania and also some other songwriters we've been collaborating with through Nashville Songwriters International. We were just down there for a contest a couple of weeks ago, and you know, we're super excited to go back to Nashville in April and reconnect with those people. So if you guys can, especially the people appearing around the Hudson Valley or even if you can plan out, I think the next time we do a songwriter around will be around May. I started doing those around here, which are a really fun show. It's just like if you've ever been to a national songwriter around, we've been doing that up here, so check it out.

23:08 Well, that sounds still really awesome. Sure, thank you for being here today though it's been fun. Oh my gosh, he thinks for having me. Radio legend Paul Harvey. He died it in two thousand and nine. He was ninety years old, Paul said, And times like these it's hard to remember, but there have always been times like these. Now you know the rest of the story fall He was way eight of your time. He was. Basically up and from the fifties until like the nineties, every radio station across the country at about noon, they would take time at Paul Harvey would talk and give the news. Ah, okay, so guys, make sure you check out Jenny's songs, man, and if you can see her in concert, and you guys have an awesome day, and we're gonna end with her song. Connecticut Cowboy.

24:00 Looked up and saw watched my surprise or stood a handsome boy dreaming two hours I try not survive, But then it happened. I said, I'm sorry, but you got a funny accent. You must be hanging my chain. A Yankee country fan. City's sleeping on them and reds I's up in van No, England's best try. I've read neck wants to buy on no big horned bitches? How bad? Or you looking real cute and brand new area boots, But the am being flannel gives a bay y'all rooms wants.

24:40 To give him up. This rind or for a poor boy who can Find him is what I enjoy, my connectict Cowboy