The Victor Brooks Show

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By: Victor Brooks ll, Singer, Songwriter, Producer

The Victor Brooks Show will focus on the lives, views and concerns of both celebrities and everyday people. The Victor Brooks Show will certainly present the reality that famous or not, we all have a story to tell.Victor Brooks and his guests will share an intimate and heart to heart conversation of life and the issues that connect and concern us all.

The Victor Brooks Show Episode / TL Cross
#61
05/22/2021

TL Cross comes from a musical background that spans back to when his grandfather hosted his own radio show and further extends to his father, aunts and uncles, most of whom were major-label gospel artists and musicians. Nowadays, the 25-year-old singer/songwriter/producer has successes of his own. His writing credits include "I'll Make It Right" (Usher), "Whereareyougoing" (Musiq Soulchild), "I'll Be Right There" (112) and "Get It On Tonite" (Montell Jordan), which hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 2000. He's produced for such artists as Ghostface Killah ("Never B the Same Again," featuring Carl Thomas) and...


The Victor Brooks Show / Mopreme Shakur
#60
05/22/2021

Maurice Harding (born 1967), better known by his stage name Mopreme Shakur or simply Mopreme, is an American rapper. He is the older step brother of Tupac Shakur, and was a member of Tupac's hip hop groups Thug Life and Outlawz. Thug Life was disassembled when Shakur ran into legal problems, and Mopreme left Outlawz due to a financial disagreement with Death Row Records. Mopreme's first recorded appearance, under the alias Mocedes, was on Tony Toni Toné's hit single "Feels Good" in the year 1990. His first collaboration with his brother was on the single and video "Papaz Song", from the 1993 a...


The Victor Brooks Show / Patti Henley
#59
05/22/2021

Patti is diverse and delicious..... from being featured with the Tuscany Symphony to singing the national anthem at the Bill Pickens annual Rodeo, to performing as vocal accompaniment, for Roberta Flack, Micheal Bolton, Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Tower Of Power, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Laura Branigan, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Kenny G, and more. Her global travels have taken her on many World Tours as live backup, with Motown icon Smokey Robinson. Over 25 years she recorded several albums with him. including albums, “Smokey’s Family Robinson”, “Quiet Storm”, and paired with him in on stage duets. Patti is o...


The Victor Brooks Show Episode / Tribute Show to Shirley Jones Of The Jones Girls with Special Guest Cam Jones
#58
05/20/2021

We are so happy and proud to welcome back Ms. Shirley Jones Of The Jones Girls and her Multi Talented son Cam Jones, Producer, Songwriter, Performer, Businessman. We were able to pay tribute to Ms. Jones, shout out The Jones Girls upcoming UNSUNG feature and surprise performances from Singer - Songwriter Jeffery Mpondo (France), Bassist- Songwriter Fernando Rosa (Brazil) and Bassist Alex Hancox (London)


The Victor Brooks Show Episode / Celso Fonseca
#58
05/14/2021

As a songwriter,he has written many songs recorded by Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Marcos Valle, Carlinhos Brown,Maria Bethania,Vinicius Cantuaria, Nana Caymmi, Luiz Melodia, Daniela Mercury, Clara Moreno, Ney Matogrosso, Bossacucanova, Antonio Chainho, Ana Carolina, Samantha James, among others. Celso has fourteen critically acclaimed solo albums: "Minha cara"( 1986 ), "O som do sim" ( 1993 ),"Sorte" ( 1994), "Paradiso" ( 1997 ) and "Juventude/Slow motion Bossa Nova" (which has 3 times Latin Grammy nomination in 2002), "Natural"( 2002 - released by Ziriguiboom / Crammed discs ) , "Rive Gauche Rio", ( 2005 - Nominated by The Sunday Times as one of the best 10 albuns of the year ), "Polaroides" ( 2006 ) ,"...


The Victor Brooks Show Episode 57 / Javier Vargas
#57
05/11/2021

Javier Vargas, Spain’s biggest blues star, has released 27 albums since putting together the Vargas Blues Band in 1990. Eight of those records have sold platinum.

Javier has performed and/or recorded with so many artists…  Prince, Carlos Santana, Alvin Lee, Roy Buchanan, Canned Heat, Larry Graham, Glenn Hughes, Jack Bruce, Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert and Devon Allman, to name a few amongst a looong list of major stars.

Carlos Santana plays Javier Vargas

Some of these stars appear as guest artists on Vargas Blues Band albums, while others have recorded versions of Javier’s music o...


The Victor Brooks Show Episode Episode 56 / Mental Health Episode with Dr. H. Jean Wright ll, Dave and Marla Thomas
#56
05/11/2021

We are very proud of this Mental Health Episode with Dr. H. Jean Wright ll, featuring special guests Dave and Marla Thomas. Dave and Marla have been major advocates within the mental illness community for many years. Through their campaign of erasing the stigmas that surround mental illness and partnering with the NAMI organization, Dave and Marla are truly soldiers in this arena.


The Victor Brooks Show Episode 55 / Christopher Mann
#55
05/11/2021

Christopher Mann (born June 17, 1964) is an American actor who has appeared in various films written and/or directed by filmmaker Tony Gilroy. He has appeared in other films such as Ocean's 11, Emmett's Mark, The Mighty Macs, Cost of a Soul, Lebanon, Pa., The Big Year, Backwards, Deer Crossing, 1982, Myra's Angel, Jersey Justice, The North Star, and A Place in Hell.

He has had recurring roles on shows such as The Wire, The Underground Kings, and House of Cards in addition to portraying various characters on the Law & Order spin-offs Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent. In addition...


The Victor Brooks Show Episode 54 / Brenda Lee Eager
#54
05/11/2021

From the farm county of Lower Peachtree, North of Mobile Alabama, you might not expect a chart-topping musical powerhouse to emerge, and yet Brenda Lee Eager did just that. Beyond her original songs recorded by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Prince, Brenda has a heart and voice as big as the world - having performed with the most important artists in American music history: Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, Graham Nash and the inimitable Ray Charles.

Brenda started her singing career like so many other greats: in church. Having established a secure partnership between...


The Victor Brooks Show Episode 53 / Crystal Cheatham
#53
05/11/2021

CRYSTAL CHEATHAM, FOUNDER & CEO

Crystal Cheatham (she/hers) received her MFA from Antioch University. She is an LGBTQ rights activist with a focus on religious liberty. Since 2011 Crystal has worked simultaneously as a ghostwriter and queer rights activist with groups such as Soulforce and the Attic Youth Center. As an entrepreneur Crystal is the founder of two projects: Our Bible App and The IDentity Kit, both of which provided resources for marginalized communities of faith.  As an outspoken activist she has written for The Huffington Post on the intersections of faith and sexual identity, a faith and s...