1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: A podcast play down. If you're new to the Taking 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: a Walk podcast, welcome to our sampler. It's a way 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: to get a flavor of some of the guests. Buzz 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Takes a Walk with a Musician Sampler. Peter Himmelman. That's 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: what I like most about being on stage. It's this 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: guy that the inner guy in me, that comes out 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: of his cage for an hour and a half. You know, 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: even now he's out of his cage slightly because you know, 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: don't tell anybody is I'm aware that it's a performance 10 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: of some sort, but he's not quite out of the 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: cage like on stage. Got to be very transparent on 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: these days. Henry Dilts, Was there any extracurricular stimulants that 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: were part of that? Well, we all smoke God's Herb, 14 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: you know, I mean in the sixteen seventies, and as 15 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: I often say, how do you think all that music 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: came out of Laurel Canyons? You know, I mean it 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: wasn't you know. It's it's not a drug, as ray 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: Man Taric from the Door said, It's not a drug, 19 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: it's a sacrament. Race Gosta. I was riding in the 20 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: car with my dad and I heard just Dance for 21 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: the first time by Lady Godda sort of you know. 22 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: This was in that same time period where I Kissed 23 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: a Girl by Katy Perry came out, and I was 24 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: just getting exposure to like these big pop sounds, these 25 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: big pop musicians, and I just remember hearing that song 26 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: and I listened to it four hundred more times and 27 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: I announced in my parents that that's what I was 28 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: going to do. One day. I was like, Mom, Dad, 29 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a pop star and they were like, okay, 30 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: you know yourma calcan. I remember Paul said, did you 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: ever think about teaching? And that went no, what would 32 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: I teach? And he said, how about what you know? 33 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: And I thought, you know, that's not a bad idea. 34 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: So he got me into this little music store and 35 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: I started teaching, and I taught well into the first 36 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: year of the airplane was together, and you really took 37 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: to it. I really enjoyed the process, yes, But was 38 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: it really like seeing the glow in somebody's eyes when 39 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: they really connected with something? Sharing? Absolutely? You know, yeah, 40 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 1: seeing people get it. It's still exciting. Billy Payne. The 41 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: audience every place we've played has just been they've been 42 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: a static When they hear it from the opening salvos 43 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: of the concert, they're like they kind of relax and 44 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: they just it's just pure joy, and I feel so 45 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: proud to be a part of that. It's the anniversary 46 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: waiting for Columbus Tour kind of sort of right, Yeah, 47 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: it's forty five years. Usually wait till fifty years, but 48 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: I think I think choosing forty five years is a 49 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: good thing. I just turned seventy three in March. I 50 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: play like I'm a twenty year old, but facts of facts. 51 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: I love it.