155: Lullaby for a Crackhead

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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He only had the one hit...but boy, was it a wonder!

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0:00.0	This is the way I heard it.
0:01.4	Except for the bling around his collar and a net worth of $300 million, this former crack
0:13.3	head doesn't have much in common with your average record mogul.
0:18.2	In fact, if you ask him to explain the secret of his success, the man behind the music won't
0:24.0	credit the song that made him famous.
0:26.8	He prefers to talk instead about the dream that inspired his turnaround and the people
0:32.8	who helped him along the way.
0:34.9	People like Don Eimes.
0:37.1	Back in 2011, Don Eimes had a very popular radio show.
0:41.9	He wasn't impressed with the former crack head's music, but Eimes was also a recovering drug addict
0:48.6	and admired those who confronted and overcame their demons.
0:52.5	Don Eimes agreed to play the crack head song on the air and, to his surprise, the audience
1:00.1	responded enthusiastically.
1:03.1	After Eimes, Joe Piscopo followed suit.
1:06.7	Like Eimes, Piscopo had a radio program with many devoted listeners and they too responded
1:13.0	amazingly well to the crack head song.
1:16.8	One of those listeners was Alec Baldwin's brother, Stephen, who was so inspired by what
1:21.9	he heard that he befriended the former crack head.
1:26.1	Another was Donald Trump, who went so far as to invite the man behind the music to his
1:30.7	inauguration where this former crack head was welcomed with great enthusiasm.
1:37.5	But never mind all the celebrity endorsements.
1:40.1	Like most successful people, this junkies rise to fame and fortune was made possible by
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