Ivan 'Funkboy' Bodley! This is one cool cat, Ivan's brand of funk gets down and dirty with a flare. Before his music career as a bassist, he was a publicist with multi-platinum records to show for it.
Today we're talking with Ivan Bodley aka Funkboy! If you like funk music, you will love this episode! This is one cool cat! Ivan has a book, available on Amazon entitled, "Am I Famous Yet?: Memoir of a Working-Class Rock Star". We will be talking about the book along with his musical roots. Before his career as a working-class rock star, Ivan worked for major record labels as a publicist and has eight platinum and multi-platinum records he has contributed too, but who's counting! These include projects with Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, Michael Jackson and Bad, Luther Vandross, even Weird Al Yankovic and his platinum Fat project that was a parody of Michael Jackson's big hit. As a performer he's played on two grammy nominated records, with Pete Seger and Raphael Cruz. We'll hear four of his original funk tunes and get the back story for each. Let's bring in Ivan!
\nWebsite: www.funkboy.net
\nHis book on Amazon: Am I Famous Yet?: Memoir of a Working-Class Rock Star: Bodley, Ivan "Funkboy", Clarke, Stanley: 9798711152200: Amazon.com: Books
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