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saying some stuff about De Leopard. How
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did you get that gig? I mean, you're
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like an emergency call. You're still
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are, right? Uh for for De Leopard.
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>> Yeah. And and other bands as well, other
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people as well, other artists. But um I
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met Phil and and the De Leopard guys
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back on the on the Hysteria back in 1987
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888. Um and we became great Phil and I
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became great friends. You know, I've
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always said Phil is like my British
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older brother. And now all the guys in
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the band, you know, that's what I that's
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what I call them, you know, my my Brit
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British brothers, if you will.
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>> And um when Vivian got diagnosed with
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cancer in 2013, it was it was an easy
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call, you know, because Phil has been
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such a supporter like John Bonjovia, my
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music, and he was always pushing, you
0:52
know, and trying to help, you know, that
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him and Joe were big fans of uh PJ and
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I. We had a band in the early 2000s
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called 40foot Ringo. But um you know
1:02
when when Viv got diagnosed you know it
1:04
was an easy call because I'd been around
1:06
them so much and you know um we were
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like family if you will and Phil was the
1:12
one who basically said you know I got
1:14
the guy Steve and he sings great he
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plays great. He looks great. He was so
1:19
you know perfect. And and then, you
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know, a year later, uh, 2014, September
1:24
2014, I'm at Wimbley Stadium in the UK
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playing my first gig with De Leopard,
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uh, you know, in front of 90,000 people.
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>> I played over the last 10 years. I
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played like 16 shows, you know, some
1:38
private stuff and the public stuff. And
1:40
I, you know, and I filled in for both of
1:42
them. You know, I had done most of my
1:44
shows were filling in for Vivian, but I
1:45
did three shows in 2018 on the Journey
1:48
Deeper tour filling in for Phil, which
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was uh you know, in 24 hours notice, I
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went up and you know, saved the day to
