259: Rick Beato—In Another Time He Could Have Been a Star

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Rick Beato drops by to talk Everything Music; his dinner with Joni Mitchell, his interview with Sting, and the TWO weddings where he sat next to Mike at a time when Mike was couch surfing.

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0:00.0	The podcast is the way I heard it.
0:05.9	The episode is number 259, and this one is called, In Another Time, He Could Have Been a Star.
0:14.6	That's a quote from Joni Mitchell, who related it to our guest today.
0:19.2	If I'm stumbling over my words and if I sound a little bit,
0:22.3	not quite myself, it's because I just went through one of the most shocking conversations of
0:28.5	my life, Chuck. And it's not because Rick Biotto said anything that I found shocking.
0:34.7	Right. It's that I've been a fan of this guy for five years.
0:40.9	Rick Biotto is a musical genius who created a YouTube channel called Everything Music.
0:49.5	And on that channel, he's been doing a show now for years called What Makes This Song Great. I love this show.
0:59.6	Yes, you do. I've watched every episode. Right. I introduced you to this.
1:03.8	Yes, you did. Yeah. Two years ago. Yep. It's so good. And if you haven't heard of it and you're a music lover, well, you're welcome
1:12.8	because you're going to love Rick Beato as much as I do.
1:18.0	I stumbled across this guy in the middle of the night, one time going down this endless
1:23.3	YouTube rabbit hole, found this series, and ever since I saw it, I've wanted to interview him.
1:29.8	Now, here's what makes it so weird. I was actually a little nervous because I'm really a fan
1:39.0	of this guy, and I was really looking forward to meeting him. And seconds before we started talking, he told me something stunning.
1:49.2	Yes, yes, he did.
1:50.8	Something shocking, Chuck.
1:53.1	Yes.
1:54.0	You articulated, because I'm not sure I can.
1:56.6	It was that breathtaking.
1:59.2	He said, Mike, we've met twice before at two different weddings.
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