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Hitman Talks to Vicki Peterson from The Bangles · Classic Hitz with Hitman

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  Speaker 1: Corpus Christi's classic hits, Big 93.9. How are you? It's
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  Speaker 1: Hip Man with you. And I've got on the phone
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  Speaker 1: right now, Vicki Peterson. Yes, Vicki Peterson, who's part of
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  Speaker 1: the Bangles. And of course, Vicki Peterson and John Castle,
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  Speaker 1: who's got a new album out called Long After the Fire.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to be part of Brooke Graham's 10th annual
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  Speaker 1: Beach Bash happening at the Sip Yard over in Port Aransas. Vicki,
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  Speaker 1: I know you're at the airport right now. What's going on?
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  Speaker 2: We are at the airport getting ready to board a flight. To,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, Texas.
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  Speaker 1: Well, like I said, at least you're not in the
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  Speaker 1: hurricane's path. So that's one thing I'm kind of happy about.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Lucky, lucky this time.
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  Speaker 1: So, of course, everybody knows you as the founding members
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  Speaker 1: of the Bangles, one of the most successful bands of
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  Speaker 1: the decade with over six million gold and platinum sold.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, I know you've probably heard this
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  Speaker 1: a lot. I had a huge crush on Susannah Hoff.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Really? Yes. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Really?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Of course it happens. Why not? You're
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  Speaker 2: a smart man.
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  Speaker 1: But now, you and your husband, John, John Castle, who's
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  Speaker 1: also part of the Smithereens and the Beach Boys, you
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  Speaker 1: guys have an album out right now called Long After
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  Speaker 1: the Fire. Tell me about the album.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Rick, yes. It's kind of a, it's a love project.
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  Speaker 2: And we talked about doing this years and years ago
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  Speaker 2: and finally got our, in the studio and got it done.
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  Speaker 2: But it's really a love letter to two of John's brothers,
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  Speaker 2: Barry and Bill, who are, both have left the planet.
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  Speaker 2: way too early, and were incredible songwriters and artists in
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  Speaker 2: their own right, as well as being a part of
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  Speaker 2: the Castle family band for years. And Bill was Willie
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  Speaker 2: John Paulson, their Brian Wilson. He was really the musical
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  Speaker 2: director and the guy who guided the ship in a
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  Speaker 2: lot of ways. So... But he and Barry were great songwriters,
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  Speaker 2: and so this was just a chance for us to,
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  Speaker 2: number one, work on a project together, which we hadn't
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  Speaker 2: done in over 20 years of marriage. And number two,
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  Speaker 2: you know, really kind of shine a light on these
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  Speaker 2: songs and give people a chance to hear things we
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't necessarily hear.
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  Speaker 1: Now, will you guys be performing some of these songs
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  Speaker 1: at the Beach Bash?
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  Speaker 2: We will indeed. Absolutely. Cool.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're talking with Vicki Peterson, with John Castle, who's,
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  Speaker 1: they're at the airport right now, but they're heading over
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  Speaker 1: here to Port Aransas for the 10th annual Beach Bash. Now,
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  Speaker 1: this is all benefiting the ARC, of course, it's for
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  Speaker 1: a great cause and stuff like that. Some of it
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  Speaker 1: starts a little bit tonight. The concert is tomorrow. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of other great bands are going to be there,
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  Speaker 1: including Brooke Graham and the Beach Street Boys that are
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  Speaker 1: going to be performing there also. One of the things
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  Speaker 1: I read on the bio of you guys, which really
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  Speaker 1: impressed me, was John actually was with Tommy Two-Tone when
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  Speaker 1: he was producing the hit Jenny, 8-6-7-5-3-0-9.
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  Speaker 2: He was in the studio. Yeah, he was in the
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  Speaker 2: studio when they were working on it. And he became
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  Speaker 2: good friends with Jim Keller, who was the other partner
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  Speaker 2: in Tommy T. Jones. So, of course, because he was there,
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  Speaker 2: he ended up playing on the record.
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  Speaker 1: That's crazy. And then I see that he's also helped
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  Speaker 1: out and recorded some work with Maroon 5 and the
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  Speaker 1: Herman's Hermits and even Chuck Berry and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: And I know you've done also a lot of great
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  Speaker 1: stuff recently. You also were part with the acclaimed New
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  Speaker 1: Orleans songwriters collective, the Continental Drifters.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me a little bit about the Drifters.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh. The Drifters, I ran into them. Some
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  Speaker 2: of them were already my friends, but Susan Kausel and
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  Speaker 2: I were performing as the Psycho Sisters and writing songs
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  Speaker 2: together in the early 90s. And we kind of fell
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  Speaker 2: in love with the Continental Drifters and then sort of
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  Speaker 2: were absorbed into Like an amoeba. I had the sense
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  Speaker 2: of like we were just sort of surrounded and absorbed
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  Speaker 2: into this beautiful collective of writers and singers. And it's just,
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  Speaker 2: it's how I spent the 90s in New Orleans. And
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  Speaker 2: it's still to this day, you know, one of my
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  Speaker 2: favorite projects that I've ever been involved in. These people
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  Speaker 2: are like family to me. And it doesn't matter how
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  Speaker 2: old we get, we're never going to stop. playing together
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  Speaker 2: and making music together. Wow. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: I really love that. So, um, when was the last
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  Speaker 1: time you guys came through Texas, by the way?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't, it's been a while. I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: Drifter used to come, we used to go to Austin
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  Speaker 2: for South by Southwest all the time. And, uh, So
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  Speaker 2: John and I also will be playing in Austin this
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  Speaker 2: weekend on Sunday. So that's going to be a nice return.
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  Speaker 2: But it's been a while. It's been a while since
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  Speaker 2: we've come through. John says he's played in Corpus Christi
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  Speaker 2: a number of times with the Beach Boys.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: So it's one of his favorite places, and with the
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  Speaker 2: Cowsels when he was a kid. Oh, well, you're.
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  Speaker 1: Going to be in Port Aransas, which the seafood is
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  Speaker 1: phenomenal there. If you love seafood, you're going to get
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  Speaker 1: plenty of it there. I can tell you that much.
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  Speaker 2: Love it, love it.
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  Speaker 1: So, of course, it's happening today and tomorrow over in
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  Speaker 1: Port Aransas over at the Sipyard. Of course, proceeds are
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  Speaker 1: going to benefit the ARC and so much more. It's
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  Speaker 1: the 10th annual Brooke Graham annual beach bash that's going on.
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  Speaker 1: Will you be playing some of your songs from also
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  Speaker 1: the Bangles? And will John be playing some of the
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  Speaker 1: songs from when he was with the Smithereens and the
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  Speaker 1: Beach Boys and stuff?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?
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  Speaker 2: We'll just have to come out to the beach bash
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  Speaker 2: and check it out yourself. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I really greatly appreciate you taking the time. I
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  Speaker 1: know you've got to grab a flight, but I appreciate
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  Speaker 1: you taking the time to talk to us. Remember now,
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  Speaker 1: if you're looking for some great music, go look for
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  Speaker 1: their new album, Long After the Fire. In fact, I
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  Speaker 1: saw an ad that you guys put up on Facebook
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  Speaker 1: that I guess is going to be part of Amazon
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  Speaker 1: Prime Day.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we were thrilled. They chose us as a special
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  Speaker 2: sale event, so we will be a part of Prime Day.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so looking forward to it. One last thing,
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  Speaker 1: one last thing. I ask this to all bands. I
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  Speaker 1: ask this to all bands. This is a great place
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  Speaker 1: for music and stuff like that. What advice could you
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  Speaker 1: tell musicians to take it to the next level?
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  Speaker 2: I do, and I know how difficult it is on
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  Speaker 2: so many levels for new bands to be happy. above
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  Speaker 2: the noise, all the noises out there. And it's sort
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  Speaker 2: of a, it's a double-edged sword because we have tools
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  Speaker 2: today that did not exist when I was putting the
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  Speaker 2: bangles together, you know, at all. So you have tools
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  Speaker 2: at your disposal that you can use to get yourself
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  Speaker 2: heard and seen. But the bottom line is to be
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  Speaker 2: stubborn and persistent about And make sure it's something you really,
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  Speaker 2: really want in your life because it will take over.
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  Speaker 2: So make sure that you're doing it for the right reasons.
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  Speaker 2: And if you are, then just don't stop doing it. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate you again. Thank you for taking the
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  Speaker 1: time to talk to us today before you catch your flight.
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  Speaker 1: Looking forward to seeing you here in town very soon.
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  Speaker 1: And maybe we'll get together and we'll break some crab
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  Speaker 1: together over there, okay?
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  Speaker 2: I love it. Okay. It'll have to be vegetarian crab
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  Speaker 2: for me. But other than that, yeah, we got it.