Wally’s All Access Wally Safford

In this episode with our special co-host Dave Hampton, we speak with McGoo, a gentleman who worked with Prince from 1991-1997. He has worked with many artists at the top of their game including Lizzo, Beyonce, Ricky Martin, Maxwell, and a host of others. He also had the distinct pleasure of having a song named after him "Poor Goo". We learn the story behind the song and so much more.

Dave Hampton and Susan Rogers, two highly successful and well-respected recording engineers, sit down with Wally’s All Access to talk about the state of the recording industry and how artist are responding, the importance of women and the role they played in Prince’s creativity and what it takes to “unlearn” Prince. Hear about the song that Susan would love to re-mix and how Dave was able to introduce new technologies to Prince and make it seamless. This is a show you don’t want to miss.

Two ladies that kept PRN Productions running during a very creative and explosive time were Karen Krattinger and Stacia Fiedler.  They discuss the myriad of challenges and opportunities they faced daily and sometimes hourly, actually making the impossible possible for someone who did not understand the word no.

LeRoy Bennett joins us backstage to discuss production and lighting design for Prince, the Sign O' The Times tour, seeing colors in music, and his role in some emerging technology. We also learn about the origins of the Detroit Crawl.

Jerome Benton joins Wally Safford and Audrey Johnson on this first episode. Jerome talks about the infamous night after the 1985 American Music Awards, touring the Versailles with Martin Scorcese, sharing the name of the perfume Prince wore and he graces us with a song.

A backstage look at what happens in the world of entertainment.