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Dan Spiffy Neuman

7pm CST Tuesdays Michael Bland and Dan Spiffy Neuman will be going live on Facebook and YouTube to discuss music, Minneapolis, and issues that matter to us. #MUSiPOLiTiX is where we use our platform as musicians to talk about issues in addition to music.  Our guests range from Grammy winning musicians to world renowned scientists to well respected social and political leaders.  We are definitely nobodies by comparison, but we hold our own! #Minneapolis #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #Covid19 #Prince #SoulAsylum

  1. #MUSiPOLiTiX EPiSODE #30 hosts Dan Spiffy Neuman & Michael Bland, guest Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

    07/28/2021

    #MUSiPOLiTiX EPiSODE #30 hosts Dan Spiffy Neuman & Michael Bland, guest Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

    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!    MERCH IS AVAILABLE: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/musipolitix    FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MUSiPOLiTiX    LIKE AND FOLLOW: https://www.facebook.com/MUSiPOLiTiX/    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

    2h 9m
  2. #MUSiPOLiTiX EPiSODE #29 hosts Dan Spiffy Neuman & Michael Bland, guest John Altman

    06/23/2021

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

    #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?

    2h 24m
  3. A MUSiPOLiTiX JUNETEETH: The Autobiography of Civil Rights Leader Joe McClain

    06/16/2021

    A MUSiPOLiTiX JUNETEETH: The Autobiography of Civil Rights Leader Joe McClain

    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

    2h 24m

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7pm CST Tuesdays Michael Bland and Dan Spiffy Neuman will be going live on Facebook and YouTube to discuss music, Minneapolis, and issues that matter to us. #MUSiPOLiTiX is where we use our platform as musicians to talk about issues in addition to music.  Our guests range from Grammy winning musicians to world renowned scientists to well respected social and political leaders.  We are definitely nobodies by comparison, but we hold our own! #Minneapolis #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #Covid19 #Prince #SoulAsylum