"Filming guest panelists in a 'talk show' setting is just one segment of the concept," says Paul Dexter, who founded Road Cases along with partner Larry McNeny. "We have invited a diverse group of road guys with a tremendous amount of experience and personality that range from serious and sophisticated to cynical and witty."
Road Cases will be directed by Ted Nicolaou and guests will be Willie Fyffe (Deep Purple, DIO's Personal) and Jeff Pilson (Bass Player for Dokken and Steel Dragon, the fictitious band in the movie, "Rock Star"), among other surprise visitors.
Paul Dexter will host the show between 11:30am and 1:00pm in a setting they are referring to as the 'Stage Lounge'. He predicts that the unscripted exchanges could be anywhere from historical to outrageous. "A lot of true stories that were previously heard only in the backs of tour buses are getting the chance to be documented on film with potential to air on cable TV. There's even more. On Friday and Saturday (22 and 23 October), The 'Stage Lounge' will open its doors to all former and present touring attendees to film one-on-one interviews with intent to gather winning road stories. When asked why, McNeny said: "There are thousands of people out there that have toured and each one of them has at least two or three stories that they've told several times over the years, and they are really good at it. We want to capture that on film, because very few out there ever wrote their experiences down."
(Lee Baldock)