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Paul  Williams Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson

It’s been 9 yrs since Grammy, Golden Globe, Oscar Winner, and Hall of Famer, Paul Williams, graced my living room. That’s almost as long as it’s been since I  began campaigning to get him to do this. Worth the wait! And then some. 

Putting aside Paul’s decades of accomplishments, the dozens upon dozens of his songs that weave through the fabric of our lives, continue to move us, and break our hearts––for me, just today, crying in the shower singing along to, I Won’t Last a Day Without You… plus all of the film scores he’s composed, his TV and movie appearances, chairing and presidenting, over ASCAP, his efforts for MusicCares, and his unwavering and indefatigable devotion to his sobriety, recovery, and being of service to others. I have yet to meet anyone so adored by absolutely everyone, pretty much all with a story of how he’s impacted their lives with his art and his heart.

There are gorgeous tidbits here, not all pretty, some of poor behaviors as an artist, a father, a worker, a partner, a son, a human, and then fabulously stunning stories of redemption, most notably with his daughter and mother––get out your hanky… all thanks to sobriety, and the program which he credits as saving him, in all ways. And, which he continues to pay forward, every day in just about every way.  

Paul talked about Sinatra, Daft Punk, his writing partner Roger Nichols, The Carpenters, and The Big Amigo. This conversation is richer than the Kardashians, Zuckerberg and Musk’s joint checking account. Entertaining as all get out, with a great big heaping portion of truth, insight, honesty, humility, spirituality, wisdom, and just plain crazy fun. 

Paul’s been a gift to us in more ways than I count - arbitrarily mark this - a gazillion and one. 

Paul  Williams Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson

Wed, January 25, 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET

Streamed Live on The Facebook

Replay here:

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Today Live! Academy, Grammy, Golden Globe Award Winner and inductee in the American Songwriters Hall of Fame, Paul Williams, is perhaps best known for timeless classics, We've Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays, Evergreen, Just an Old Fashioned Love Song, and Rainbow Connection, to name but a handful, Paul’s the Winner of the 2014 album of the year Grammy as a collaborator on Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, is the President of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), is a major public force in the recovery movement, a graduate of UCLA’s Drug and Alcohol Counseling Certification Program, and has served as a member of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Board of Directors. He was a founding board member and counselor for the Musicians Assistance Program (MAP), now the treatment wing of MusiCares, and then there are his performance credits, starring in Phantom of The Paradise, appearing in Smokey and the Bandit, The Muppet Movie, The Doors, Baby Driver, loads of TV appearances from The Odd Couple, Fantasy Island, Picket Fences,  including regular appearances on The Bold and the Beautiful and most recently, Goliath. 

Extraordinary credits aside, Paul’s a stellar human being, a great friend, and crazy fun! It’s taken 9 years since he did my living room to get this to happen. Cannot wait! 

Paul  Williams Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson

Wed, January 25, 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET

Streaming Live on The Facebook

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