1 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: My goal. How are you. I'm hanging in How are you, 2 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: my friend? I'm hanging into lots going on traveling in 3 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: the world. I thought it was going to be easier, 4 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: but it's Um, it takes its toll on you. But 5 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: there's a lot of exciting, important things happening. Yeah, traveling 6 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: doesn't get easier. I've discovered when I go to Africa 7 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I don't remember it being this difficult, 8 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: even last year. What is happening here? Yeah, you're not alone, 9 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: we're just um, we're getting older by um a little bit, 10 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: a little bit, not much, but I love it. I 11 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: love what I do. And then you know, what happens 12 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: once you get to your destination is really great and 13 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: a lot to be thankful for. And um, I never 14 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: thought i'd be touring the world. You know when fifty 15 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: years ago, when I was signed to EPICUM, I was 16 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: just happy, too happy to make music. And what amazing 17 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: music you make? Well, thank you, thank you so much, 18 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: and look at you. I can't remember when it was 19 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: we talked about your um leap of faith into the 20 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: next evolution of your experience at radio and now you 21 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: basically dominate radio. Well I told you I was going 22 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: to take over the world with your sappy love songs 23 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: and and I think we did that together. You weren't kidding? Yeah, No, 24 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: God is good. I I still love being on the 25 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: air today as much as I ever have. But the travel, Yeah, 26 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: the travel is tough. Yeah, that's what i'd said. I said, 27 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: once we get there, when it's showed time, it's all 28 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: worth it, you know. And the audience is I'm so 29 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: grateful for. But it's the two and from. It's the 30 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: two and from. Don't you wish that, you know, we 31 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: could do what they did in Star Trek, you know, 32 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: and just topping that machine and de materialized and bet 33 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: miss up study. Yeah, that would be maybe in our lifetime. 34 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: We'll see it. But you know, I'm not knocking it. 35 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: I'm right now. I'm focused on Detroit in the studio, 36 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: building next album. I'm getting ready to tour Australia for 37 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: a month. And something that I started five years ago 38 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: is the Detroit comeback story. So that's what we're going 39 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: to talk about today. You've produced a movie, yes, in 40 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: the process of touring and recording and my day job, 41 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: your day job, very good day job. Um, we found 42 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: in Detroit you know, besides the great music that has 43 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: been coming out of Detroit since since at least my childhood. 44 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: Um that finally people are investing large amounts of money 45 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: and resources to bring back Detroit, to rebuild and bring 46 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: it back. And it's the film is not about just 47 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: the wealthy people who love Detroit and are you know, 48 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: giving people the tools and buildings and space and all 49 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: of that. It's we've also filmed a lot of the 50 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: individuals who make Detroit a great place to be and 51 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: going back there every time in the last five years, 52 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: every time we went back to film, there were new restaurants, 53 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: new stores, more people in the offices. Until the last 54 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: time we were there there was like nine full occupancy 55 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: in all the buildings. That one very generous and and 56 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: smart investor decided to go ahead and dive all the 57 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: way in as that's Dan Gilbert from Quick and Lawrence 58 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,839 Speaker 1: and then the Illetts family who are on the Red 59 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: Wings and Tigers and one of the most beautiful theaters 60 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: in the world, the Fox Theater. Uh just happened to 61 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: you know, have his family scrapes some money together and 62 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: buy a pizza place that they would name Little Caesar's 63 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: Pizza Little Caesars Pizza, which allowed them to buy the 64 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 1: Tigers and the Red Wings UM and they're now building 65 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: fifty city blocks of living space, working space, play space, 66 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: fifty blocks of redevelopment. So that's really exciting. It's exciting 67 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: for me to see. It's it's a great American dream 68 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: comeback story and will be one of the biggest conducts 69 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: in history for a city in America. So we love 70 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: being a part of it, and we fell in love 71 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: with so many of the people there that it's an 72 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: emotional thing to watch the movie five years later, the 73 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: edited final form, and it's going to be released on 74 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: the fifteenth of May, one day only, in about five 75 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: hundred theaters across America. And people can find out we're 76 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 1: by going onto my UM website m Bolton dot com 77 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: and they can also go on Stathom Events dot com. 78 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: And it's exciting. It's a lot of work and finally 79 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 1: come to fruition And now, what if what if somebody 80 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: is you know, my daughter Sheyla, who you met many 81 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: years ago, is expecting a baby any day. What if 82 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: we're in the delivery room and we missed the fathom 83 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: of it, Michael, what do we do how can I 84 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: see the Detroit story or what if I'm you know, 85 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: on the air doing this little radio show. I have 86 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: a feeling, you know, people in high places if you 87 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: can get you that film, I know. But how about 88 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: my listeners who who don't know Craig getson or somebody like, 89 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,119 Speaker 1: is there a way to see it if they missed 90 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: the Fathom event or is this just like a get 91 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: there if they don't see it on the ft where 92 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: it is in theater, They're going to have to wait 93 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: until we decide who we're going with for the release 94 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: of it for worldwide distribution. So we have some offers 95 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: and we're negotiating, and we're going to choose the best 96 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: partner who's going to give it the longest, healthiest life 97 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: possible so that everyone can see it. And we're not 98 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: going to drop it off were it will air one 99 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: time only. This is a limited release in theaters, but 100 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: it's a big splash. To get into theaters for a documentary, 101 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: it's unusual. So tell me about some of the artists 102 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: you've got and some of the music that we're going 103 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: to hear when we go see it. Well, some of 104 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: the artists who are mind blowing ore. Aretha Franklin first 105 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: of all, who still lives in Detroit and loves it, 106 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: and she talks about her childhood through her becoming years 107 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: and developing years and her friendship with Smokey Robinson. How 108 00:06:54,960 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: coolbox together? How cool must it be for some who 109 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: was there in the heyday and then saw the demise 110 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: to be able to witness the phoenix rising from the ashes, 111 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: that's just got to be the best. Just gave me chills. 112 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: That is really amazing. And we talked about it, and 113 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: they all are weird because in the last five years 114 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: everyone has seen the growth. You can you can't miss 115 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: it really. Um. But yeah, I'll tell you this. I 116 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: noticed even the very first request we put in for 117 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: artists and and icons to step forward and you know 118 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: and basically talk about Detroit, they all were all in, 119 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: when can we do this? Where do you want us? 120 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: You know? Um? Smokey Robinson is mesmerizing and his stories 121 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: and his memory of you know, the Mega Studio of Motown, 122 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: which is in a little house basically where hundreds of 123 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: number one records came out of. Um it's Smokey talks 124 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: about his childhood and says, um, he didn't realize he 125 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: was poor until he wasn't. Everybody had the same thing 126 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: growing up, and everybody loved music, and he was surrounded 127 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: by great talent to people. But he's one of the 128 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: ones who you know, has this infinite career, and he 129 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: speaks with such youth and great energy and again so highly. 130 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: His memories of Detroit ors are so deeply embedded. And 131 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: then you've got people like Francis Ford Coppola, one of 132 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: my favorite directors in my lifetime. And I never thought, 133 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: why is Francis Ford's name? Why is Ford his middle name? 134 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: Because that's the hospital where he was born. Um. Gary Bruckheimer, 135 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: one of the most successful producers of TV and film. 136 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: Um is just raving about Detroit and his family and upbringing. 137 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: Alice Cooper, did you know he was from Detroit? I 138 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: did not know that. One of the nicest people you 139 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: will ever meet. By the way, um uh and my 140 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: golf buddy, um and he was really happy to talk 141 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: about all the sports that they used to go to 142 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: and and how you know one block down is an 143 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: Italian family of Italian neighborhood. Block from them is our Greeks, 144 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: and from that Polish and they all got together and 145 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: played baseball every day. That was their common connection. Um. 146 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: Everybody basically created this love fest. So we've we call 147 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: this movie a love letter to Detroit, not just from 148 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: me um and enjoying and being attached to so many 149 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: great people, but from all of these iconic legends, artists, producers, directors, 150 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: moguls who are coming and giving back to Detroit. It's 151 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: a love letter. And a lot of the negative and 152 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: the darkest parts of Detroit's history have been covered, but 153 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: no one has come in and said, wait a second, 154 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: take a look at what's going on here. And this 155 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: is the city that used to be the fourth largest 156 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: city in America. And we have our chival footage that 157 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: comes from the twenties, thirties, and forties, and you see 158 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: Detroit looking like New York at its peak hour, people 159 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: filling the sidewalks and over branding basically with energy and 160 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: life and culture and now all that's coming back. But 161 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: they're also it's also a city where during World War Two, 162 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: the auto manufacturers turned their factories into um an arsenal 163 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: for democracy, basically building armored vehicles that went over for 164 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: our troops during the war. A lot of people don't 165 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: know that either Detroit has given us a lot, and 166 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: I think there's plenty of good reason to take a 167 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: look at how did how great Detroit has been for us, 168 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: but also how the few tour is looking really right there. 169 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: And so if you're an artist, or if you're into 170 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: a tech company or any type of business at all, 171 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: there are opportunities in Detroit, and so we cover that 172 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: and we recommend it. But as an amazing woman of 173 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: Veronica Scott, whom her place is called the Empowerment Plan, 174 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: she hires only women who are homeless. Um takes them 175 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: from shelters, gives them jobs and skills, and they wind 176 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: up getting homes, being reunited with their families, and um, 177 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: she's one of our champion heroes. We have a lot 178 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: of great people individuals. Um it's not just companies giving back, 179 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: but it is still really important that the big three 180 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: automakers continue doing well because they employ a lot of 181 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,239 Speaker 1: people and they give a lot back to their communities. 182 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: There's there's so many great stories inside this one big story. 183 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: But it's um, I'm American Dream Detroit and it's May fifteen. 184 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: All across the country and our websites, um My Michael 185 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: Bolton dot com will will lead you to where you 186 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: can get tickets and where it's playing. And then after that, 187 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: as you said, um, it will air. It will air 188 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: as soon as we decide where our partner is going 189 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,479 Speaker 1: to be around the world, whether it's going to be television, 190 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: cable or streaming. We'll soon find out soon. Now, how 191 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: exciting I can tell you are in love with Detroit, 192 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: Like like when you fall in love and give your 193 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: heart completely you are just smitten or you just just 194 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: made it sound like poetry, but it is poetry. It 195 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: is poetry. And and when you were just talking about 196 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: what's the woman's name who has the empowerment project Veronica 197 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: Veronica Scott. When you impact lives and build families or 198 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: rebuild family LEAs or reconnect families, you're changing the world. 199 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: You're changing the world for good. You're changing You're not 200 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: just impacting that family, because it has a ripple effect 201 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: and it impacts the whole community. So, you know, people 202 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 1: like going and seeing movies about superheroes and people with 203 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: magical powers, but these are the real superheroes because their 204 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: magical power is rebuilding lives. That's so exactly what this 205 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: one courageous inspired woman does in Detroit day in, day out, 206 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: and John Varvados during I was interviewing these people, if 207 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 1: you can imagine me on the other side of the interview, UM, 208 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: John Varvados went and checked out her place, UM and 209 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: said that he would love to be in business with her. 210 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: Everybody's amazed by by her work and her energy and 211 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: what she's doing for individuals and families. And you're right, 212 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: as it changes the world. It changes the world one 213 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: family at a time. So if a woman has I 214 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: know you're you're acutely keenly aware of domestic abuse. If 215 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: a woman is homeless because she has suffered domestic abuse, 216 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: or because she suffers from alcoholism or drug addiction or 217 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: mental illness, chances are her kids are in foster care 218 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: or farmed out to a family or a friend. So 219 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: when her life is restored, their lives are restored. That 220 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: impacts the whole community. Yeah, that's all right. You know 221 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: all about this, This is UM. You know the patterns 222 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: that are cyclical. You know you break those cycles by 223 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: creating self esteem and individuals And I mean it's all good. 224 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: It's very heavy subject matter that's very necessary to address, 225 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: and I appreciate you talking about it. It kind of 226 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: sounds Detroit was a homeless woman. For a while. Detroit 227 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: was a beautiful, beautiful gem, a gorgeous, musically talented, shining, 228 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: you know star, and then, through a series of misfortunes, 229 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: became that homeless woman, and now is being restored to 230 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: not only her former glory, but something far better. Another 231 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: amazing metaphor. I'm writing it down, if you don't mind, 232 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: I'm going to use it and use it. Use it, Michael, 233 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: and keep changing the world for good. I'm so proud 234 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: to know you, my class, so proud to know you. Well. 235 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: Good luck. I haven't seen you in a long time. 236 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: We need to get together and catch up. Last time, 237 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: I tell our story, Michael, when I do my public 238 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: speaking and and I tell people the truth that I 239 00:15:54,720 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: had a major, major, major crush on you, and you 240 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: invited me to come and spend some time with you, 241 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: and I didn't know that showing up with eight of 242 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: my kids was a bad idea. That was not a 243 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: bad idea at all. That was fun. That was a 244 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: fun day. Yeah. Remember you climbing your waterfall with a 245 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: broken thumb um vaguely, yeah, fractured thumb you had fractured 246 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: your thumb, and my son climbed to the top of 247 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: your waterfall, and you heroically went and saved him. I 248 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: remember these things, Michael, all in the day's work. Now, 249 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: that was fun, and it was We had a beautiful 250 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: day there too. But I was hoping it's a very 251 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: positive memory because I was trying to explain to people. 252 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: But we had some important guests coming up to Connecticut. 253 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: So I don't know how you do it. I have 254 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: no idea. I know three, my three daughters were more 255 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: than enough to raise, especially the years, and and I'm 256 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: adopting a two year old and you're you're saint. I'm crazy, 257 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: is what. You're a crazy thing? All right? The Detroit Project, 258 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: what's the what's the official title? American Dream Detroit. American 259 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: Dream Detroit. But it's really a love letter to Detroit. 260 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: I will be there, I will find my way. I 261 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: will figure out a way to to make that happen 262 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: and uh and we can all fall in love with 263 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: the beautiful woman Detroit is. Now. That sounds perfect to me. 264 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: It's music to my ears. Thank you, Michael, thanks for 265 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: being here the same. Give me some new music to 266 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: play too, Dude, going to promise you're working on it. 267 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: Not right now in Los Angeles. I can't talk much 268 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: about it, but it's it's going to be very, very lush, 269 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: powerful record. We need you, My sappy love Songs show 270 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: needs you. And if you get hook up with Smokey 271 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: and have him do something new with you, that'd be great. 272 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: Smoky idea. I love him. He's he's an inspiring guys. 273 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: He's still things beautifully in tours and gives us inspiration 274 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: about what the future is like if you take care 275 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: of your voice. Um, a lot of great guests. There's 276 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: an Eminem appearance in the film as well, in the 277 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: commercial he did, and he doesn't do very much like that, 278 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: so it was very impactful. But he did something for 279 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: Detroit that's really powerful statement. But you know, smoking and 280 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: we'll show up again somewhere together. Okay. Michael Bolton, thank 281 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: you for being on the Delilah Show. I love you. 282 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: I love you too. I hope to see you soon, 283 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: do I