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In the Recording Studio Where Golf & Rock’n’Roll Collide with 5 time Grammy Winner Val Garay

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

675: Val Garay is the Grammy-winning music producer behind hits like, “Bette Davis Eyes” with Kim Carnes and “Handy Man,” with James Taylor. Val’s 100 gold and platinum records, nine Grammy nominations with five Grammy wins is only part of his equation. He's also a golf nut like us. In this conversation with host Fred Greene, Val talks about how he started his passion for the game back in 1981 while laying on a beach in Kona, Hawaii, and his many championships at Riviera Country Club, including the 2016 players championship. He also talks about his playing partners from the music industry like John Baruck (Journey), Kenny G, Huey Lewis and others, as well as being a 5-time player as an amateur in the PGA/ATT Golf Classic. This episode is brought to you by AutoSlash.com the best place to get the lowest prices for car rentals. Once you find the car you want, enter it into their system and they will search the web everyday to help you secure the best rate for the car you want to drive on your next trip. They’re also partnering with us to give away three $100 Amazon Gift Cards to three lucky listeners. Go to GolfSmarter.com/Autoslash to register and learn more about AutoSlash.comFor exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Golf Smarter. Number 675 is brought to you by AutoSlasch.com. Need the best price for a car rental?

0:09.7

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Then they track your reservation for price drops so you can rebook and save even more.

0:22.2

Visit autoslash.com and you'll never overpay for a car rental again.

0:27.2

And stay tuned to hear how you can win a $100 Amazon gift card from Golf Smarter and

0:34.6

AutoSlash.com.

0:36.6

In the recording studio where golf and rock and roll collide with Grammy-winning producer

0:42.0

and club champion Val Gray.

0:44.0

This is Golf Smarter.

0:46.8

Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score

0:52.0

and raise your golf IQ.

0:54.6

Here's your host, Fred Green.

0:57.0

Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Val.

1:00.0

Hi, Fred.

1:01.0

How are you?

1:02.6

Well, great.

1:03.9

Sort of.

1:04.7

All right, that's a loaded question.

1:05.9

You and I've been having a conversation for a minute.

1:08.4

You're not in great shape right now.

1:10.2

You had a terrible ski accident

1:11.7

that was like not really a ski accident. Yeah, right. You're stupid. I hate it. Give me a quick

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