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**The Paul Leslie Hour**

For 22 years, The Paul Leslie Hour has been about one thing: helping people tell their stories. From legends of arts and entertainment to today’s cultural voices, Paul Leslie brings conversations you won’t hear anywhere else. New episodes every week.

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#883 - Maya Beiser May 29, 2023

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#883 - Maya Beiser

The Maya Beiser Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? It’s not because I’m being nosy that I ask, “Are you here?,” but rather its about manners. I want to first welcome you and secondly thank you for being here? Okay? Okay. Good. Welcome.

What we have for you today is our interview with Maya Beiser.

Maya Beiser is one of the most renowned concert cellists, who has released several albums including one in particular entitled “Uncovered,” featuring songs by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Nirvana and more.

In this interview from our vast archives, Maya Beiser talks with Paul Edward Leslie about her roots growing up in Israel as the daughter of an Argentinian man and a French woman, plus her musical side. They get into the album “Uncovered,” a bit.

Hey, would you consider…kindly consider subscribing to Paul Leslie’s YouTube channel? That would be super. Thank you in advance if you can do it.

And with that I see no reason to delay our interview with the lovely Maya Beiser.

#882 - Sam Arlen May 26, 2023

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#882 - Sam Arlen

The Sam Arlen Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? Everyone who is here, continue to be…. here. Listening to The Paul Leslie Hour. Stay right here!

If you’re wondering what I’ve got for you, have no fear my friends. I’m going to tell you. This interview with Sam Arlen was recorded for the radio back in 2005. Sam Arlen is a saxophonist and the son of the late American composer Harold Arlen. Our featured guest Sam Arlen joined Paul to talk about the legacy of his father’s songs like "Over the Rainbow" “Stormy Weather” and “Paper Moon.” My goodness Harold Arlen composed some of the greatest songs ever.

Side note: This was a somewhat short phoner, also known as a telephone interview, and one of Paul’s early interviews. You may notice he seemed a bit green and it’s got that telephone sound.

It’s still a fascinating look at Harold Arlen. 2005 was the centennial…100 years since the great composer’s birth. Harold Arlen passed away in 1986, but tunes like “One for My Baby, and One More for the Road,” and “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” will be around forever.

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Okay ladies and gentlemen, let’s hear that interview with Sam Arlen. Right here. Right now.

#881 - Robert Greenidge / Michael Utley of Club Trini May 24, 2023

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#881 - Robert Greenidge / Michael Utley of Club Trini

The Robert Greenidge / Michael Utley of Club Trini Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? Interogative… If you put that question backwards, as “here you are,” it’s declarative. Welcome to The Paul Leslie Hour, folks.

Now, we know that Mr. Jimmy Buffett recently went into the hospital. It happens to us all, that’s for sure. I think we can be certain that all of the listeners, your announcer who is speaking as well as Paul are sending him prayers and well wishes. Jimmy means a lot to the world of music and we look forward to him getting back to his old self.

We are about to listen to an in-depth interview with Michael Utley and Robert Greenidge of Club Trini! That’s exclamatory. Greenidge & Utley are longtime members in Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band in addition to their Club Trini project.

This interview was recorded in old Key West, Florida. Yes, it goes back a number of years when Paul was just a wide-eyed pup getting started in the world of radio. Michael and Robert being the great gentlemen that they are stopped in to a backyard and gave Paul as much time as he wanted. Nice guys, aren’t they?

Michael Utley recently mentioned this interview and we thought it was worth bringing it out to to all of our listeners on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, et cetera. It has been digitally remastered for your listening enjoyment.

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So let’s hear Michael Utley and Robert Greenidge down in Key West, sitting down with Paul Leslie to talk about Club Trini, Jimmy Buffett and the many artists they recorded with.

Let’s listen together.

#880 - Count M'Butu May 22, 2023

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#880 - Count M'Butu

The Count M'Butu Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here?

Please be here. Oh, I’d love it if you were only here, listening to The Paul Leslie Hour. So what do we have for you today? This is an interview from our archives.

Recorded backstage in Athens, Georgia, this is an interview with Count M’Butu we’re about to hear. This was conducted around 2006 when the Count was playing with the Derek Trucks Band.

Born Harold L. Jones in 1945, he passed away in 2021. Count M’Butu was known as a consummate percussionist and played with the Aquarium Rescue Unit, John Popper of Blues Traveler, Colonel Bruce Hampton and many other bands and musicians. He also made a solo album and composed.

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Well, ladies and gentlemen, we won’t keep you waiting. Here is our interview with the late Count M’Butu!

#879 - Steve Kimock May 19, 2023

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#879 - Steve Kimock

The Steve Kimcock Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? Sure, you’re here….listening to The Paul Leslie Hour. Paul Leslie, hmmm kind of a blue collar Larry King, huh?

As a lot of you know, The Paul Leslie Hour, has quite an extensive archive of radio interviews. Some of them are what they call phoners. That is, telephone interviews.

This is an interview today with guitar virtuoso Steve Kimock. He’s been heavily compared to Jerry Garcia, but he really is his own deal. Your host Paul Edward Leslie had the chance to see him in concert. It blew his mind.

In this very short, casual phone interview, guitar legend Steve Kimock talks about his influences and some of the great artists he’s worked with from Bernie Worrell to Bruce Hornsby. This interview has been digitally remastered for your listening enjoyment.

So I think it’s important to let you know that we do take contributions to keep the show going. Things like the digital remastering and the hosting do cost money. Just go right here.

And now ladies and gents, it’s time to bring out the Steve Kimock interview. I feel like we owe it to you.

Let’s let the show begin. We want to hear that phoner.

The Paul Leslie Hour is a talk show dedicated to “Helping People Tell Their Stories.” Some of the most iconic people of all time drop in to chat. Frequent topics include Arts, Entertainment and Culture.

#878 - Leon Mobley May 17, 2023

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#878 - Leon Mobley

The Leon Mobley Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? I ask that question because I want to. I have to. You could say from an instinctual standpoint, I need to. You got me?

This interview is from the radio archives and it goes back quite a bit. So just imagine a much younger Paul Edward Leslie with a small sound recorder backstage in Athens, Georgia. He was sitting down with the percussionist and drummer Leon Mobley. He was playing with Ben Harper. It was a huge, sold-out concert of Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. We think this was probably 2006.

As you’re about to hear this is quite a listening artifact. Leon Mobley is an excellent speaker, full of passion and interesting too. He’s made some great albums on his own and collaborations. This interview in and of itself is just the thing to get you going down a Leon Mobley journey.

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Let’s get Leon Mobley going. This tape is ready to have a new life!

#877 - Tom Freund May 15, 2023

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#877 - Tom Freund

The Tom Freund Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? If you’re here, it’s kind of a miracle. That’s what we think anyway. This show has been bringing people together for a long time. Going on 20 years.

The interview you’re about to hear with singer-songwriter Tom Freund is from our radio archives. Paul was just a pup. This Tom Freund interview was recorded the evening of August 1, 2005 backstage at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia. Tom was kind enough to allow us to play a live recording of "Copper Moon” from that very night, for your listening enjoyment. This is what the audience including Paul heard that night, and then after the show the interview you’re about to her took place.

We want to note that the song “Cooper Moon” included in this episode is the intellectual property and copyright of Tom Freund and is included here by permission of Tom Freund. Please support him go to tomfreund.com You got that? Seriously, if you haven’t check out his excellent work.

Also, please subscribe to The Paul Leslie Hour on YouTube. We’re trying to push the show as we roll into 20 years. Plus you get to stay updated with awesome content just like this. Thank you.

Let’s hear the Tom Freund interview. It’s time enough.

#876 - Leslie Uggams May 12, 2023

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#876 - Leslie Uggams

The Leslie Uggams Interview on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here?

When you’re here, and we’re here we have both parts of the equation that make up The Paul Leslie Hour.

We’ve got quite an archive of interviews here, getting closer and closer to one thousand of them. We’ve got one of them, recorded for the radio with a bona fide show business legend: Leslie Uggams.

Film, Television and Broadway Actress and sublime Singer, the legendary Leslie Uggams was interviewed by the host Paul Edward Leslie. Leslie Uggams is known playing the role of Kizzie Reynolds in the acclaimed television miniseries “Roots,” and also appearances in the musical Hallelujah, Baby! In recent years she appeared in the Deadpool movies.

When Paul had the chance to speak with Leslie Uggams, she had just released her album “Uptown Downtown.” Have you heard it? Leslie Uggams is a phenomenal singer, but if you want to listen to “Uptown Downtown,” you’ve got to get the CD… that way you can listen to “Uptown Downtown,” morning or night.

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And now, let’s delve into that chat Paul Leslie had with the legendary Leslie Uggams.

#875 - Vanessa Racci May 10, 2023

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#875 - Vanessa Racci

The Vanessa Racci Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? If you’re here, would you let me know? Look, I like knowing that it’s you and that you’re here! This is The Paul Leslie Hour, whether you know that or not.

Okay, we’ve got an interview from our audio and radio archives. This was when Jazz Singer & Recording artist Vanessa Racci joined Paul Edward Leslie to talk about her debut album "Italiana Fresca.” If you look at the song titles on that album you’ll notice words that…well, aren’t English. You see, Vanessa Racci’s album “Italiana Fresca” features her interpretations of songs from the Italian-American Songbook.

We’d like to remind you that The Paul Leslie Hour will be hitting 20 years of interviews this October. We can’t do this without you, the listeners. Please go right here and we thank you.

Okay, let’s hear from Vanessa Racci. It sounds like a good idea to me.

#874 - Jessica Molaskey Returns May 08, 2023

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#874 - Jessica Molaskey Returns

The Jessica Molaskey Returns Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? Here’s hoping you are. You’re being here is really everything to us.

Like so many of you, we were very sad to hear about the passing of Gordon Lightfoot. One thing’s for certain, there have been some great Canadian songwriters. From Lightfoot to Leonard Cohen, and inevitably we think of Joni Mitchell.

What we have for you is an interview with Jessica Molaskey from our archives. This was Paul Edward Leslie’s second appearance on The Paul Leslie Hour. In this interview Jessica Molaskey talks about her studio album, “Portraits of Joni,” on Ghostlight Records, featuring her interpretations of Joni Mitchell songs. In fact, the official Joni Mitchell website even publicized this interview when it originally broadcast on the radio.

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And now it’s time we listened to this second interview of Jessica Molaskey, right here on The Paul Leslie Hour.