020 - Paul Williams joins us for a very personal and spiritual conversation about not only music, ghosts, gratitude & trust, but the Pandemic and Black Lives Matter!

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This is a very exciting show. We are talking with Paul Williams. Paul is known for his music writing for such groups as the Carpenters, Three Dog Night, David Bowie, Helen Reddy, The Muppets and so many more.. Paul is also president of ASCAP, which is a membership association comprised of over 750,000 songwriters, composers & music publishers.

We get into a very in depth conversation about the Covid 19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter, Mother earth, Phantom of the Paradise, and so much more. Paul get’s very REAL talking about his days as an alcoholic and becoming sober.

Paul just celebrated his 30th Anniversary of sobriety on March 15. We wish him a HUGE congratulations!

Show Notes:

Find Paul (Paulilama) at the following social media locations:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/impaulwilliams?lang=en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulielama2/

The official website: http://www.paulwilliamsofficial.com/

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Order Paul’s book: Gratitude & Trust: http://www.gratitudeandtrust.com/book/

The official ASCAP website: https://www.ascap.com/

Learn about publishers rights at: https://yourmusicyourfuture.com/

Hakeem Jeffries website: https://jeffries.house.gov/

Paul Williams Still Alive documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkD1Tr4b2vg The entire film can be found on Amazon Prime

Jon Vezner songwriter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Vezner

 Cool Videos:

Paul in concert with friend and co-writer Jon Vezner.

The Carpenters – Rainbow Connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYuE2roIkH0

The Muppets – Rainbow Connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3Lkc6Gzlk

Debbie Harry – Rainbow Connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Hd3uWKFKY

Serenty Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can,

And wisdom to know the difference.

 Bonus Round Notes:

Paul’s first Concert featured Sophie Tucker. See this brief clip about Sophie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyUlZm4O4yE

Paul mentions that one of his favorite concerts was the “Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends” read up on them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Original_Delaney_%26_Bonnie_%26_Friends

See the Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends playing with Eric Clapton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir2eAEhtXvE