INFO & STATS: Singer-Songwriter Five For Fighting / Grammy Nominated Artist / Platinum Selling Artist / New CD: “CD For The Troops” / Part of the Monday Night Football opening.
TOPICS: New CD for the troops, how it came about / “Gitmo” story, spotted by soldiers / Playing for the troops at “Gitmo” / Moral amongst the troops / Artists involvement with the CD, some said no, not a political statement / Thinking behind getting involved with support for the troops / Support from Kraig T. Kitchin and Premiere Radio Networks / Watching Brian Setzer jam / Playing at the Naval Base in Guam / Inspired call memory / Thoughts behind playing for the troops during USO tours / Thanks from war veteran callers / Getting the biggest copyrighted songs for free for the troops / Thanks for Jim Rome allowing John to play on the show, big fan of the Jungle since the S.D. days / Record industry challenges, the need for the return of the singer-songwriter, problems with the pop side of the industry / So Cal sports thoughts with John, Kings & UCLA / BCS “a joke” thoughts / Huge fan of John Wooden, a coach who represented class. / 12-3-2007