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John Billings - Micky Dolenz & The Monkees: Longtime touring bassist. On September 4,5, and 6th - he will be appearing at M60 The Monkees Convention in Stanford CT in North Haven Connecticut learn more at https://monkeesfanconvention.com/ Major Artists: Shared the stage and toured extensively with icons including Donna Summer, Rick Springfield, and Wynonna Judd, Tanya Tucker, Felix Calvaliere of The Rascals, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Atomic Punks and The Wooten Brothers and Friends Audio, Video & Production FunkyTymz Productions (1997–2014): Founded and operated the production ho...

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TeaFlix Interview with Henry Diltz

Born Henry Stanford Diltz on September 6, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri, he began his creative career not as a photographer but as a musician. Diltz was a member of the influential folk group The Modern Folk Quartet, commonly known as the MFQ. His transition into photography happened almost by accident when he bought a secondhand camera and began photographing his musician friends around Southern California. Living and working amid the flourishing Laurel Canyon music scene, Diltz found himself surrounded by artists who would become some of the...

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John Ferraro is a highly respected Los Angeles-based drummer, percussionist and recording musician whose versatile career has encompassed pop, rock, jazz, R&B, country, big band, film, television and live theatrical performance.

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Ferraro began playing drums at the age of five. Music was part of his upbringing, with a trumpet-playing father and a pianist mother. After his family relocated to Southern California, he developed his skills through school ensembles, marching bands, talent competitions and his own traditional jazz group. He later attended Orange Coast College and California...

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Martin Nethercutt is a German-American entrepreneur, musician, and multimedia producer known for his diverse contributions to music, digital media, and creative branding. Early Life and Education Born in 1961 in Kassel, Germany, Martin grew up in a bilingual household with an American father and German mother. He graduated from Albert Schweitzer Schule in 1981, majoring in English and Political Science, and later completed studies in Business English and Social Economics in 1983. After completing his mandatory military service in 1986, he worked as a forwarding agent and customs broker in Munich, Germany. Music Career Martin’s passion fo...

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TeaFlix Interview with Chef James T Canter
Chef James T. Canter is an internationally experienced chef, culinary consultant, educator, and storyteller whose career has taken him from California kitchens to the vibrant culinary landscape of South Korea. After several years immersed in Korean food culture, where he worked alongside local chefs while studying traditional techniques, fermentation, butchery, and regional cuisine, James has recently returned to the USA, bringing with him a unique East-meets-West culinary perspective.

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Rikki has enjoyed an extraordinary career as a trial attorney, bestselling author, television anchor, legal analyst, professor, and actress. She has brought her sharp legal insight to millions of viewers through CBS News, Court TV, NBC's Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and many other major networks, helping audiences understand some of the nation's most important legal stories.

Named by TIME magazine as one of the five most outstanding women trial lawyers in America, Rikki also founded her own successful Boston law firm, taught at Columbia and Boston University law schools, and...

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Sandro Monetti is a British-born entertainment journalist, author, broadcaster, producer, playwright, and media personality who has built a distinguished career covering Hollywood from Los Angeles. Originally from Blackpool, England, he studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire before beginning his career in British newspapers and magazines. Early positions included reporting for the Blackpool Evening Gazette, writing for Smash Hits magazine, and serving as an entertainment correspondent for the Daily Star and a television correspondent for the News of the World. 

After relocating to Los Angeles in the late 1990s, Monetti b...

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Simon Napier-Bell who is one of the most influential and unconventional figures in modern music history, with a career spanning more than six decades as a musician, songwriter, producer, manager, author, filmmaker, and entrepreneur.

Born in London in 1939, he first pursued music as a jazz trumpeter before returning to England in the early 1960s to work in film editing and music production. He helped write the English lyrics for Dusty Springfield’s hit “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” then moved into artist management during the explosion of British...

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TeaFlix Interview with Liberty DeVitto

Liberty DeVitto (born Liberatori) grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in an Italian-American family. His father served as a New York City police officer, and his upbringing was rooted in a working-class environment.

He developed an early interest in music, first learning the snare drum in school. A turning point came around age 11 when he received a used drum kit from a cousin. However, his true inspiration arrived in 1964 after watching The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, which convinced him to pursue...

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Mr. Andrew Solt who started his career in 1970 as a producer at David L. Wolper’s production company. He continued to expand his role as producer working on 9 Emmy nominated shows including The Mississippi – Reluctant Ally shared the win with Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his son, Jean-Michel Cousteau. In 1979, he produced his first music show Heroes of Rock and Roll. From there he continued with 25×5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones, Elvis: The Great Performances, This is Elvis, Imagine: John Lennon and The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll. In 2001, he won a Grammy for Best...

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Join Dr. Angie McCartney (aka The World's Oldest Podcaster®) and daughter Ruth for #Teaflix Tuesday at 11:30am Pacific time on https://fb.com/drangiemccartney 4/28/26 as they are joined by old friend Tony® and Grammy® nominated musical maestro Michael Cavanaugh who is a charismatic performer and musician made famous for his piano and lead vocals in the Broadway musical Movin’ Out. Handpicked by Billy Joel, Cavanaugh evokes a style rivaling the Piano Man himself. His interpretation of modern pop and rock classics led Billboard to call him “The New Voice of the American Rock and Rol...

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Miles Axe Copeland III who is an articulate and charismatic businessman, entrepreneur and influencer, with a track record of being at the forefront of innovation in the music and entertainment industries. His constant focus on evolution and revolution is dominant throughout his varied and successful career, which spans five decades and is littered with household names.

From being at the centre of the British ‘progressive rock’ and ‘punk rock’ scenes in the late sixties and seventies, to launching record labels and managing hugely successful bands and musicians such as The Police, Sting, S...

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Today's guest is Mr. Jim Windolf - an American journalist and author known for his work in magazines, and his writing about major cultural figures like The Beatles and Bob Dylan. He is currently a features editor at The New York Times. He has published articles, reviews, essays, and humor pieces in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, New York magazine, Rolling Stone and other publications. 

Additionally, his short fiction has appeared in Ontario Review, 3:AM Magazine, Puerto del Sol and other literary journals. 

His writing is known for being in...

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Born in Lawton, Oklahoma into a military family, Bill Lynch grew up everywhere from Tokyo to London and across the continental United States. While living in England, at a time when the Beatles were still playing Hamburg and Liverpool, Bill picked up the guitar at age 11 and never put it down.

He played in bands throughout high school and college before leaving the Department of Visual Art at the University of Kansas to pursue music full time. His first serious band, Together, opened for Vanilla Fudge and Johnny Winter, and played...

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Jude Southerland Kessler is an American author and widely recognized authority on John Lennon’s life and The Beatles. She is best known for her ambitious John Lennon Series, a planned nine-volume historical narrative biography chronicling Lennon’s life in detail.

She was born in Alexandria, Louisiana. She completed two college degrees in English and History at Northwestern State University in just three years and went on to earn a Master’s degree in English from The University of Maryland in 1976. Early in her career, she taught English at junior high, high s...

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TeaFlix Interview with The Zombies

The Zombies are an influential English rock band, often mistakenly described as a duo due to the prominence of their two principal members, vocalist Colin Blunstone and keyboardist/songwriter Rod Argent. Formed in 1961 in St Albans, the group became one of the most distinctive and sophisticated voices of the British Invasion.

Blending jazz-inflected chord structures, baroque pop textures, and ethereal vocals, they achieved early international success with hits like She's Not There and later the timeless classic Time of the Season.

Their 1968...

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John Beland is an American songwriter, musician, and producer whose career bridges the worlds of country, rock, and Americana. Known for his literate songwriting and studio craft, Beland has worked with a wide circle of influential artists, including Kris Kristofferson, Linda Ronstadt, and other key figures from the California country-rock and Nashville songwriting scenes.

As a writer and collaborator, Beland developed a reputation for songs rooted in strong narrative, emotional realism, and melodic clarity, qualities that made his work a natural fit for artists who value storytelling as much as sound...

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Teaflix Interview with Sylvia Massy

Hosted by Dr. Angie McCartney & Ruth McCartney

Tuesday January 13th, 2026 as they host legendary music producers and METAlliance members Sylvia Massy and Niko Bolas. February will see them, and 5 of their friends and multi-Grammy®-winning producers making their Off-Broadway debut in their "spilling the studio tea" and dare we say "off the record" show "STUDIO-CONFIDENTIAL" at The Sheen Center on Bleeker St in the heart of NYC.

ABOUT SYLVIA:

Sylvia Massy is an award-winning music producer and recording engineer with a...

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TeaFlix Interview with Ana Christina Cash

Born in Miami to Cuban parents and now based in Nashville, Ana Cristina Cash bridges cultures and genres with ease. Her music blends country, pop, Latin influences, jazz and soul, all powered by a remarkable vocal range that moves from warm contralto tones to an ethereal “whistle register.” Over the course of her career, Ana has: Launched her professional life in music as a child on the iconic Spanish-language show “Sábado Gigante” Released albums in both Spanish and English, showcasing her versatility as a bilingual...

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TeaFlix Interview with Simon Weitzman (Film Director)

UK film director Simon Weitzman, who has recently joined the roster of talented film and culinary professionals represented by McCartneyStudios.com

Simon Weitzman is a highly experienced and versatile network television director, producer, author, and artist whose career spans more than 35 years. Born in London and trained at the Bournemouth School of Film and Television, he has built a distinctive body of work across broadcast TV, feature documentaries, publishing, and visual art, with directing credits for BBC, HBO, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky...

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Mark Chait, who is a world-renowned Film Composer and Concert Pianist, winner of the prestigious Emmy® Award, three-time Telly Award winner, (the NYC premier award honoring the finest Film and TV productions) and IFMCA Nominated (International Film Music Critics Association Awards). Mark also composed for an Academy Award nominated film that starred Brad Pitt and Elias Koteas. His expressive music along with being a virtuoso pianist have won him many distinguished audiences, including a command performance for the US Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton, the late King of Swaziland, the Picasso Foundation in Paris a...

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Hate Ticket Scalpers? Then this show is for you! Ritesh Patel is the co-founder and co-CEO of Ticket Fairy, an advanced AI-native vertical SaaS platform built specifically for the live entertainment industry. Ticket Fairy combines ticketing, fintech, AI (artificial intelligence), marketing automation, and real-time analytics to help event and festival producers across music, gaming/esports, and food & beverage increase revenue, reduce operational costs, and lower financial risk — all while tackling some of the industry’s toughest consumer challenges, including ticket scalping and resale fraud. Since launch, Ticket Fairy has powered tens of thousands of e...

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John Carter Cash is a Grammy®-winning record and film producer, writer/director, singer-songwriter, and author whose creative work extends far beyond the studio. The grandson of Maybelle Carter and only child of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame just last week,) he actively preserves and advances his family’s musical legacy. He began producing with June’s Grammy®-winning Press On (1999), then worked with Rick Rubin as associate producer on Johnny Cash’s American III and American IV (the latter earning three CMA awar...

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Andrew Cook is a historian, researcher and author whose 15 books have been published in 7 languages.

He is the author of the international best-selling books ‘Ace of Spies’, the authorised biography of former MI6 master spy Sidney Reilly, ‘To Kill Rasputin’ and ‘Murder of the Romanovs’. All of his books have either been the subject of TV documentaries or motion pictures. 

About Andrew's latest book "Capitol Gains - Exposing the conflict between The Beatles and the label that made them":

A chance remark on the stairs at Peter Morris Music...

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A Multifaceted Legacy in Music and Photography

During the period known as "The Lost Weekend" John Lennon experienced one of the most artistically and commercially productive phases of his post-Beatles career. With Pang’s encouragement and support, he produced the albums Mind Games, Walls and Bridges, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, achieving his first solo #1 hit, “Whatever Gets You Through the Night.” Pang’s influence extended to creative collaborations with legends like Elton John, David Bowie, Harry Nilsson, Mick Jagger, and Ringo Starr. Notably, Pang’s whispered voice is heard on “#9 Dream,” and Lennon wrote “...

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Born and raised in Pasadena, California, Chris Pierce is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose soulful voice and powerful lyrics bridge folk, blues, and Americana. Over a 25-year career, Pierce has shared stages with legends including Neil Young, B.B. King, Seal, Al Green, and Jill Scott, and his songs have appeared in major TV and film productions.

He co-wrote “We Can Always Come Back to This”, featured on NBC’s This Is Us hit #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart and #12 on the iTunes Top 100, propelling him to national attention.

Pierce...

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Mike Paul is CEO at Reputation Doctor® LLC and now Chairman at Reputation Doctor® Foundation. Mr. Paul is an award-winning, global, public relations and marketing executive. He is considered one of the top crisis management, risk management, reputation management, corporate affairs, expert witness and litigation communications and corporate board governance experts in the world. His phone number is in speed-dial with leaders worldwide. 

He has provided high-stakes advisory and governance services to CEOs and directors on corporate boards for over 30 years. 

Mike is an independent director on a private corp...

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Billy Amendola is one of the most respected musicians and industry leaders in the music business. 

Billy, a New York-based studio drummer, songwriter/producer, podcast host, celebrity interviewer, mentor, and music industry advisor, is a founding member of the late-seventies band Mantus. The band released two albums, charted three top-ten Billboard dance singles, and achieved worldwide fame, touring the U.S., Canada, and Europe. 

Amendola, associated with Modern Drummer magazine for 25 years, left in 2022, shortly after the publication was sold. Immediately after his exit from MD, he hosted an au...

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Anthony DiMaria is an American actor, producer, author, and director. He is also known for preserving the legacy of his uncle, Jay Sebring, a pioneering stylist who was killed by members of the Manson Family in August 1969, during what is now known as the "Tate Murders."

Jay Sebring Novel 2025 "Cutting To The Truth"

In summer 2025 Anthony DiMaria and co-author Marshall Terrill released the 576-page novel Jay Sebring: Cutting to the Truth through Steven W. Booth's "Genius Books" with many restored facts, images, and interviews regarding Jay Sebring's life history...

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Martin Orkin, who is a writer on the subject of The Beatles and 1960s music. He is a big fan of The Beatles, whom he was privileged to see live in concert in December 1964 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. 

Martin began listening to pop music at the age of 12 in 1962, when the charts were ruled by the likes of Elvis Presley, Neil Sedaka and Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Then The Beatles arrived at the start of 1963 and turned everything upside down! It was an amazing time for music! 

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Phil Solem is best known as one half of the pop-rock duo The Rembrandts, whose hit single “I’ll Be There for You” became an iconic anthem of the 1990s as the theme song to the smash TV series Friends. A multi-talented musician, singer, and songwriter, Solem co-founded The Rembrandts with Danny Wilde in the early 1990s after the two had collaborated in the short-lived power pop band Great Buildings in the 1980s.

Originally from Duluth, Minnesota, was influenced by the British Invasion, classic rock, and power pop, with a guitar-driven sensib...

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Roger McGough CBE, FRSL is one of Britain’s most beloved and enduring poets, known for his wit, wordplay, and deep emotional resonance. Born in Litherland, Liverpool, McGough rose to prominence in the 1960s as a leading voice in the Liverpool poets movement alongside Adrian Henri and Brian Patten. Their influential anthology, The Mersey Sound (1967), brought poetry to new, younger audiences and became one of the best-selling poetry collections of all time in the UK. He was also a member of the famous trio known as SCAFFOLD with members John Gorman and Mike Mc...

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Today, they are joined by old friend David Bedford who is a Beatles author/ historian/podcaster/ filmmaker who grew up in The Dingle, Liverpool. He started to write for the British Beatles Fan Club magazine in 2000. His first book, now on its third Edition: Liddypool: Birthplace of The Beatles. His second book, The Fab one hundred and Four: The Evolution of The Beatles, was published in 2013. In 2016, he was a co-author with Hunter Davies on The Beatles Book, with Keith Badman and Spencer Leigh. Published in 2018, his fourth book was Finding the Fourth...

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After some thirty plus years Herman Matthews has accomplished quite an impressive resume and has created a strong foundation for some of the industries finest.

Dubbed “The Groove Guy” and often called “The Hermanator” Matthews moved to Los Angeles from Houston, Texas with one thing in mind… to work! He has had the great fortune of working with such artists as Kenny Loggins, Richard Marx, Tower Of Power, The Isley Bros., Kirk Whalum, George Duke, Bob James, Timothy B. Schmit, Tom Jones, Hugh Laurie, Greg Adams & East Bay Soul, Patty Austin, Chris Bott...

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TeaFlix Interview with Spencer Leigh

Spencer Leigh is a BBC Radio presenter and author, with particular expertise in the development of pop and rock music and culture in Britain.

Career

Leigh started broadcasting on BBC Radio Merseyside in the early 1970s. His first series, No Holds Bard, was based around the Mersey poets. His music programme On the Beat ran continuously from 1985 to 2020 on BBC Radio Merseyside. Over the years, Leigh interviewed thousands of musicians on the show. The entire collection of 2,027 programmes has been given to...

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The future of Jazz is safe in the hands of vocal force Antonia Bennett. The daughter of legendary singer Tony Bennett and a proud Berklee alumni, Antonia carries forward the rich legacy of jazz, while adding her modern touch. An adept performer and songwriter, Antonia’s music honors the classics while showcasing original compositions that feel right at home alongside the timeless standards of The Great American Songbook.

With her unique style, she’s forging a remarkable career that adds new depth to the legacy of American jazz. Her voice is sult...

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The ladies are excited to welcome CMG co-founder David Resnik who has created music signatures and campaigns for a number of major networks, including ABC, CBS, UPN, BRAVO, SKY SPORTS, as well as composing for TV shows, feature films, and award winning movie trailers.

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At the same time, Dave was performing, recording, and composing for SONIA DADA, MAVIS STAPLES, ANNE MURRAY, ROBI DRACO ROSA, RICKY MARTIN, TONE LOC, DONNA SUMMER, and JANN ARDEN among others. 

Resnik also spent time as an A&R executive in the 1990's, sig...

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Brendan is an award-winning Northern Irish Writer-Exec Producer, with international co-pro experience in TV, features and bestselling books world-wide. Past work with The CW, WB Discovery, Lionsgate, Sony, BBC, CBC, NBC, AMC, Viaplay, Acorn, Universal, Elisa, SBS. Most recently: 2025 Sherlock & Daughter starring David Thewlis; two seasons of hit series The Man Who Died for Elisa, AMC/Acorn; Cold Courage for Viaplay, AMC+, Britbox and Lionsgate.

His latest creation is the CW hit show "Sherlock & Daughter". The series was announced in February 2024, along with the casting of David Thewlis, Blu Hunt and...

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Katie Kapurch, Ph.D., is Professor of English at Texas State University. Katie's scholarship focuses on icons and the iconic, from pop musicians to mermaids, from Twilight vampires to Disney princesses. 

Dr. Katie is the author of Victorian Melodrama in the Twenty-First Century (2016) and the co-author of Blackbird: How Black Musicians Sang the Beatles Into Being— and Sang Back to Them Ever After (2023; with Jon Marc Smith), which was supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Katie is also co-editor of the books New Critical Perspectives on...

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Newly welcomed into the family/roster at McCartneyStudios.com, Director - Producer - Screenwriter Christina Capra carries forward a remarkable cinematic legacy as the granddaughter of legendary director Frank #Capra and daughter of acclaimed producer Frank Capra Jr. Her family's contributions helped shape the #goldenage of #Hollywood, with Frank Capra Sr. creating enduring classics like It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It Happened One Night. Frank Capra Jr. continued that tradition, producing celebrated films and leading EUE/ #ScreenGems Studios into a new era. Building on this rich foundation, Ch...