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Founder & CEO, Joe Malik 3d. I play in the
band Benny and the Jets. We
recorded 3 LPs in the 70s, toured the U.S. and Canada in the
80s, got invited to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the 90s
and when the United States Government needed a band to perform
at the unveiling of the Bill Haley Rock and Roll Stamp they
hired us.
Anyway, we had been doing a series of
summer concerts for Harley-Davidson, and opened for Eddie Money,
Confederate Railroad, Mitch Ryder, Mountain, Foghat, Humble Pie,
and the Kentucky Headhunters. It was at the Kentucky Headhunters
show where we met Joe 3d and the G1NBC crew who were filming
that performance.
Here we all were on a hot August day at a
huge Harley-Davidson event with hundreds of motor cycles,
thousands of people and a giant rock and roll party being
captured on film by G1NBC for their IP Network Broadcast.
The guys and girls from the network crew
worked effortlessly, seemingly knowing each others' moves; and
without speaking a word, they never missing a shot.
Simultaneously, Joe was out there directing traffic, helping the
bands, working with the sound and security guys, and generally
making order out of the chaos that normally that goes hand and
hand with producing outdoor music festivals.
 He
walked through the crowd with no one suspecting that he was the
CEO of G1NBC. He walks a little faster them most, with more of a
sense of purpose in his step. Whit a walkie-talkie in one hand
and cell phone in the other, at all times, Joe 3d seemed to be
followed by a small army of colleagues. His calm and confident
demeanor left everyone feeling something extraordinary was about
to take place.
The
scene reminded me of the time I met Ted Turner in Las Vegas: We
were playing at the Las Vegas Convention Center with 1960s
recording stars, Freddy Boom Boom Cannon and rock legend Bo
Diddley when the sea of people parted as the young, unproven
executive quickly may his way through the crowd, explaining how
his new cable network was going to change TV forever. Joe 3d had
that same exact effect on the crowd at the Kentucky Headhunters
show.
Since
we first met, I've had the pleasure of working with Joe 3d and
his G1NBC TV Network on numerous occasions, and together we've
planned special events in places that include Boston, Atlanta,
Jacksonville, Miami, and in my hometown of Detroit. Every
chance I get, I tell Joe 3d the Ted Turner story. I guess I
should tell him life has been very good to me. Rock and Roll has
been very good to me as well and since I am sitting in their
air-conditioned remote studio bus on this hot August day, using
one of their computers to type this story, I'd have to say that
G1NBC and particularly its Founder & CEO have likewise been very
good to me. I also believe that the future of G1NBC will be
very good for everyone connected to the IP Network Broadcast for
generations to come, especially knowing that Joe 3d with be
passing the baton to the next generation of Maliks. |
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