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The Brighter Side

On The Road Again

The Brighter Side

The Last Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Last Podcast Network, Ed Larson, Leisure, Amber Nelson, Comedy

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week Amber & Ed are joined by P-Funk keyboardist Danny Bedrosian to talk about what it's like to be on The Road most of the year, and some stories from the madness that ensues. Also check out Danny's new book The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference: Official Canon of Parliament Funkadelic, 1956 - 2023. Available now!

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0:00.0

Got to be on the right side.

0:07.0

All of the right side.

0:10.0

I spend my paycheck on the front of my books.

0:14.0

That's okay and now I'm not for me to be.

0:19.0

All along the right side, you got to be all on the road

0:21.3

being on the ride inside,

0:22.2

got to be on the bright side.

0:23.8

Being on the road has been written about for centuries.

0:30.4

On the road again?

0:31.5

The road?

0:32.4

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.

0:34.8

The road isn't just leisure travel,

0:36.9

but something to do with work that takes you

0:39.2

places. Much like my dating life, it's fun, dirty, and a little dangerous. So, join us as we

0:46.2

talk about The Road on today's episode of The Brighter Side. Yeah, baby. Yeah, The Road, part two. Part two. And the road is different than being like, I'm just going to go to Florida and then do a show and come back. It's like, I'm going to Florida. I got Tampa. I got Tallahassee. I got like five or six spots. Yeah. And then I'm going over to Mississippi and then I'm coming back. Yeah, exactly. It's a long process. You know, these aren't just weekend gigs and stuff like that. And it takes a lot out of you. And a little bit later, we're going to talk to our buddy Danny Bedrosian from Parliament Funkadelic. The last time we did this episode, Danny talked to us. But that was like almost a decade ago. And we had more experience. That's right. That's right.

1:28.7

And, you know, I personally, you know, I'm real hit and miss on the road. I'd say like I love it, but also it just fucking wears you down sometimes. Yes. I did the road. The road is only meant to be done when you have money or you're going with somebody that's very famous. Because doing the road poor and unknown, I'm sleeping in people's basements.

1:44.9

Yeah. or you're going with somebody that's very famous because doing the road poor and unknown,

1:42.3

I'm sleeping in people's basements. Yeah. You know, I'm like, I remember sharing a hotel room with like a bunch of different dudes. Like, how scary is that? Yeah. Because I couldn't afford to get my own hotel room. No, of course. You got to put yourself in all kinds of crazy situations. All kind of crazy stuff. Yeah. You know, usually like you're staying at the Booker's house.

2:01.3

You know, like one of the staying at the Booker's house.

2:01.7

Yeah. Like one of the guys from the, for that, you know, like they'll send like a bus boy to pick you up from the train station. You don't know if these people are. That's why a lot of women aren't in stand-up comedy. It's not like we're not funny. it's because those first few years

1:58.6

no one knows you're you're not making any money

2:00.8

do you want to go sleep in a room full of men?

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