# Beverly Ann: From Liverpool’s Stages to the Magic of “Daystar”

An episode of [Tony Mantor's : Almost Live..... Nashville](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1751194045), 3 Nov 2026, 27 min.

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Show Notes What happens when a holiday singalong becomes the beginning of a new musical chapter? Tony Mantor welcomes Liverpool singer and performer Beverly Ann to Almost Live Nashville for a conversation about a lifetime in music and the unexpected connection that led to her single “Daystar.” Beverly shares her beginnings in a musical family, the lasting influence of mentor Hilda Fallon, and the lessons she learned performing with comedy legend Ken Dodd. She also recalls appearing at Liverpool’s Capital of Culture celebration alongside Ringo Starr and explains why connecting with an audience remains her greatest motivation. A chance encounter on holiday in Crete eventually introduced her to a Belgian composer whose melody inspired “Daystar.” Blending pop, jazz, and cinematic influences, the song reflects her love of classic Hollywood and music that tells a story. In this episode: • Growing up surrounded by Liverpool’s musical talent. • Hilda Fallon’s lessons in kindness and giving back. • Performing with Ken Dodd as a child. • A memorable encounter with Ringo Starr. • The holiday connection that sparked “Daystar.” • Finding inspiration through melody and imagination. • Balancing motherhood, touring, and songwriting. • Pursuing creative dreams at every stage of life. Beverly’s message is simple: keep creating, take chances, and never assume your most exciting chapter has already happened. Follow Almost Live Nashville for more conversations about music, entertainment, and the people behind the performances. Contact: media@plateaumusic.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

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[1:15] Speaker 1: great conversation and guests coming your way. Joining us today
[1:21] Speaker 1: is Beverly Ann, a performer whose career has spanned music, television,
[1:26] Speaker 1: and the stage. From her beginnings in Liverpool, Performing at
[1:30] Speaker 1: the legendary Philharmonic Hall, to touring with comedy icon Ken Dodd,
[1:35] Speaker 1: appearing in hit television dramas, and sharing the stage with
[1:38] Speaker 1: Ringo Starr, Beverly Ann has built an extraordinary career. Now
[1:42] Speaker 1: she's joining forces with international composer Yvonne Gallini on their
[1:47] Speaker 1: powerful new single Daystar, blending cinematic music with soulful vocals
[1:52] Speaker 1: in a truly unforgettable collaboration. She joins us today to
[1:57] Speaker 1: tell us the story behind that incredible collaboration and how
[2:00] Speaker 1: it all came together. Her journey is one of talent,
[2:03] Speaker 1: determination and passion. Thanks for joining us today.
[2:07] Speaker 2: No, I thank you for inviting me, Tony. It's very
[2:10] Speaker 2: much appreciated.
[2:12] Speaker 1: OK, so let's start off in your early years. You
[2:15] Speaker 1: was young age in Liverpool.
[2:17] Speaker 3: Yes.
[2:18] Speaker 1: When did you first realize music was something more than
[2:21] Speaker 1: just a hobby?
[2:22] Speaker 3: I was brought up in a very musical family, Tony.
[2:27] Speaker 3: My grandparents always had Mario Lanza, you know, Al Johnson
[2:32] Speaker 3: on the TV. And I just used to get lost, basically,
[2:36] Speaker 3: with music. I suppose it was a healing for me.
[2:39] Speaker 1: Okay.
[2:40] Speaker 2: You know, escapism for me. I loved the magic of it,
[2:44] Speaker 2: the glamour. I don't know.
[2:46] Speaker 3: I think it's been a joke that the family always
[2:49] Speaker 3: said that I really did sing before I talked.
[2:51] Speaker 2: I just love music.
[2:53] Speaker 1: Sure.
[2:54] Speaker 3: So yeah, I just sing along with these people. And
[2:57] Speaker 3: then the family noticed they were like, she can, I
[3:01] Speaker 3: think from a young age, they said I was really good.
[3:04] Speaker 1: Okay.
[3:04] Speaker 2: Not just like, you know, I could really sing for
[3:07] Speaker 2: such a young person.
[3:09] Speaker 3: Right. So they just started obviously standing me up in
[3:12] Speaker 3: family parties.
[3:14] Speaker 2: Okay.
[3:14] Speaker 3: Different places we'd go. And this is basically where it started, basically,
[3:19] Speaker 3: you know? Okay. All right.
[3:20] Speaker 1: So you was mentored by Liverpool legend Hilda Fallon.
[3:25] Speaker 2: Yes.
[3:26] Speaker 1: What was one of the biggest lessons you learned that
[3:29] Speaker 1: she taught you?
[3:30] Speaker 3: Basically, to be a decent human being was first and foremost.
[3:36] Speaker 2: She was a beautiful lady. She only ever gave. She
[3:39] Speaker 2: never took.
[3:40] Speaker 1: Okay.
[3:41] Speaker 2: So her life, you know, she.
[3:44] Speaker 3: I mean, I could write a book on Hilda, I'd
[3:46] Speaker 3: be here all day with you, Tony. She used to
[3:49] Speaker 3: look after the children of Liverpool, basically, that never had
[3:53] Speaker 3: money to go to big schools, never had, you know,
[3:57] Speaker 3: maybe rich parents to be able to put them in
[4:01] Speaker 3: places that, you know, she dedicated her life to going
[4:06] Speaker 3: round old people's homes. Yeah. Anywhere where, you know, God,
[4:12] Speaker 3: there's nowhere that she didn't go. She just obviously always
[4:15] Speaker 3: wanted to give. She never wanted to take. She didn't
[4:18] Speaker 3: get paid. And as you know, I suppose you've got
[4:23] Speaker 3: notes there. So she founded Ken Dodd. She founded Freddie Starr.
[4:27] Speaker 3: She founded a lot of big artists in Liverpool. And
[4:31] Speaker 3: she never, ever wanted any spotlight.
[4:33] Speaker 1: So.
[4:34] Speaker 2: I could say a lot.
[4:35] Speaker 3: Of things, but she learned me what a decent human is,
[4:39] Speaker 3: which is so important, you know?
[4:41] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[4:41] Speaker 2: That's the main thing that she learned me.
[4:43] Speaker 1: Okay. Now, in your early years, you did some competitions.
[4:48] Speaker 3: Yes.
[4:49] Speaker 1: So you won some of them. You did well in them.
[4:52] Speaker 1: So how did that help you with your confidence and
[4:56] Speaker 1: pursuing your dreams of music?
[4:58] Speaker 2: Being honest, Tony, it didn't really, because I was always
[5:02] Speaker 2: very shy.
[5:02] Speaker 1: I still am.
[5:03] Speaker 2: To be honest.
[5:04] Speaker 3: People see me doing these things and they're like, but
[5:08] Speaker 3: really people who really know me, I'm quite a shy person.
[5:12] Speaker 3: It's just when it comes to the singing side of things,
[5:16] Speaker 3: it's because it's all I know. That's basically when I
[5:19] Speaker 3: can come alive. I suppose it helped push me because
[5:24] Speaker 3: I was always pushed basically. I was always pushed because
[5:27] Speaker 3: it's all I knew from a child. So It wasn't
[5:30] Speaker 3: maybe things I ever chose, if I'm being honest with you, Tony.
[5:33] Speaker 2: Sure.
[5:34] Speaker 3: It was just something that I was put into because
[5:36] Speaker 3: I was good and I was taken to. But a
[5:40] Speaker 3: lot of the times, I don't suppose that I really
[5:44] Speaker 3: wanted to be going to TV shows.
[5:46] Speaker 2: Yeah. I just wanted to sing, you know? I didn't
[5:49] Speaker 2: possibly look at it from that perspective.
[5:52] Speaker 1: Right.
[5:53] Speaker 2: If I'm being really honest as an adult now, you know?
[5:56] Speaker 1: You toured with Ken Dodd and became part of the
[5:58] Speaker 1: Diddy Men. Yeah. What did you learn about entertaining audiences
[6:04] Speaker 1: by being part of that experience?
[6:06] Speaker 2: Well, Ken kindly gave me my own slot.
[6:09] Speaker 3: So people always say this, because obviously he was famously
[6:12] Speaker 3: known for the Diddy Men.
[6:14] Speaker 2: But I used to go on and sing two songs
[6:17] Speaker 2: on his show.
[6:18] Speaker 3: And one was the Deflate a Mouse, you know, the
[6:20] Speaker 3: laughing song, which is an opera song. Obviously, he wanted
[6:24] Speaker 3: this because of the context of the song. It's about
[6:27] Speaker 3: a funny man. So I learned that, and then I
[6:30] Speaker 3: learned I Feel Pretty, which was from West Side Story.
[6:34] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[6:35] Speaker 3: Ken learned me a lot, and I always tell this
[6:39] Speaker 3: story because Ken was great to me, and obviously he
[6:42] Speaker 3: gave me my first chance of theatre, and I played
[6:46] Speaker 3: some amazing theatres with Ken. I always remember being a
[6:51] Speaker 3: Scouse child and the way we speak at times, because
[6:55] Speaker 3: as you know, Ken was born.
[6:56] Speaker 2: And bred in Liverpool.
[6:57] Speaker 3: Right. I always remember after I finished the first time
[7:01] Speaker 3: I went on stage and we say something which is tar,
[7:05] Speaker 3: which is thank you, but it's a Scouse term. And
[7:09] Speaker 3: I always remember Ken was waiting for me in the
[7:11] Speaker 3: wings and I often laugh at this.
[7:14] Speaker 2: So when I walked out, I must have only been, what, 10?
[7:18] Speaker 2: 10 or 11 at the time.
[7:20] Speaker 3: And when I walked out, he said to me, what
[7:23] Speaker 3: have you just said on the stage? So I was like, well, tar.
[7:29] Speaker 3: And he said, Beverly, you don't say that. You've just
[7:31] Speaker 3: spoiled all the magic you've just created on that stage.
[7:37] Speaker 3: You've just spoiled, you know, what you've just done. He said,
[7:40] Speaker 3: don't ever speak like that on a stage. He said, because,
[7:45] Speaker 3: you know, people won't take you seriously. And as an
[7:49] Speaker 3: adult now, I understand what he was saying to me
[7:52] Speaker 3: because it was a place of love.
[7:54] Speaker 2: Because sometimes in Liverpool... sadly, the way we speak, we
[7:59] Speaker 2: are looked at in a certain way.
[8:01] Speaker 3: And he was just trying to instill me that maybe,
[8:06] Speaker 3: you know, think of the way you speak.
[8:08] Speaker 1: Sure.
[8:09] Speaker 2: You know, and that, and so that was a big
[8:12] Speaker 2: lesson that Ken taught me.
[8:14] Speaker 1: Okay.
[8:14] Speaker 3: To be very, very aware of the way I spoke,
[8:17] Speaker 3: not just on my performance, but obviously everything that goes around.
[8:21] Speaker 2: That, you know.
[8:22] Speaker 1: Now you've worked in theatre, you just mentioned.
[8:24] Speaker 2: Yes.
[8:25] Speaker 1: TV, of course, music. Yes. Which one has challenged you
[8:30] Speaker 1: the most?
[8:32] Speaker 3: Well, I think with TV, you have a chance to
[8:35] Speaker 3: maybe correct some things, Tony, if you understand what I'm saying.
[8:40] Speaker 1: Okay.
[8:40] Speaker 3: When you're at theatre, you are there and you are
[8:44] Speaker 3: in front of the audience.
[8:46] Speaker 1: Sure.
[8:47] Speaker 3: And, you know, if anything goes wrong or you are there,
[8:51] Speaker 3: you're in the moment.
[8:53] Speaker 2: And I always treat.
[8:55] Speaker 3: I always say this when I go out to theater now,
[8:58] Speaker 3: even with the shows I'm doing now, I always treat
[9:01] Speaker 3: it as church. Like music is a religion to me.
[9:05] Speaker 3: So I always first and foremost want to spread love
[9:09] Speaker 3: and try and reach as many people in that audience
[9:13] Speaker 3: as I can.
[9:14] Speaker 2: You know? Right.
[9:15] Speaker 3: So theater, I would say, um, I think it's more personal,
[9:21] Speaker 3: you know, you're, you're one-to-one with, with, with your audience.
[9:24] Speaker 2: So yeah, I would say theater.
[9:26] Speaker 1: Now Liverpool has produced some of the world's greatest musical talent.
[9:30] Speaker 3: Yes.
[9:30] Speaker 1: So how has growing up there helped you with your
[9:34] Speaker 1: identity as becoming an artist?
[9:37] Speaker 3: Well, I don't think we, being from Liverpool and it's
[9:41] Speaker 3: only as I got older, because obviously the Beatles are,
[9:45] Speaker 3: I need to say no more about the Beatles. And I've,
[9:48] Speaker 3: I've met Paul McCartney, obviously, and I met Ringo. And
[9:52] Speaker 3: I didn't understand the importance. I think it's because we've
[9:55] Speaker 3: just always known that the Beatles were from here. And
[10:00] Speaker 3: it's only as I got older and obviously branched out
[10:05] Speaker 3: into the musical world that I realised how lucky we
[10:09] Speaker 3: were to have, how lucky we are to have the Beatles.
[10:16] Speaker 2: And yeah, we've got so much talent here.
[10:19] Speaker 3: So I was always brought up with even, you go
[10:23] Speaker 3: into a bar in Liverpool and someone will walk in
[10:26] Speaker 3: off the street and the talent is just.
[10:29] Speaker 2: Amazing, you know?
[10:31] Speaker 3: So we're quite lucky in the city. We have a
[10:34] Speaker 3: lot of talent, you know? So I suppose we've been spoiled, Tony,
[10:39] Speaker 3: in a way. We've been spoiled.
[10:42] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[10:44] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[10:45] Speaker 1: Now you mentioned Ringo.
[10:46] Speaker 3: Ringo.
[10:46] Speaker 1: And you had a chance to perform during Liverpool's Capital
[10:49] Speaker 1: of Culture celebration.
[10:51] Speaker 2: I did.
[10:52] Speaker 1: And he was there. So what was that like to
[10:55] Speaker 1: be beside Ringo in that particular arena?
[10:58] Speaker 2: Amazing. Amazing.
[11:00] Speaker 3: And again, I just think at that age I was,
[11:03] Speaker 3: and obviously I was very thankful, I didn't realise the importance.
[11:09] Speaker 2: I mean, the story is there was a.
[11:10] Speaker 3: Gentleman who had performed with us guys on the Capital
[11:13] Speaker 3: of Culture and he had a bright gold suit on.
[11:16] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[11:16] Speaker 3: And I remember hearing knock, knock, knock, knock on the
[11:19] Speaker 3: door and I opened the door and it was Ringo
[11:23] Speaker 3: Studd in front of me.
[11:24] Speaker 2: And I just looked and I was like, hello.
[11:27] Speaker 3: And he said, could you get this gentleman out, you know,
[11:30] Speaker 3: who's got the gold suit on? He fell in love
[11:32] Speaker 3: with this gold suit that he was wearing on the
[11:34] Speaker 3: stage and with the flamboyancy. And yeah, and I just
[11:39] Speaker 3: walked in and I was like, oh, it's Ringo. I
[11:41] Speaker 3: didn't even ask him for a photograph. And now I think,
[11:45] Speaker 3: why didn't I say, Ringo, could I have a photo
[11:47] Speaker 3: before you go? Or, you know, I just think I
[11:52] Speaker 3: treat everyone normal. Tony, I see everyone as a person,
[11:55] Speaker 3: you know, we're all human.
[11:57] Speaker 1: Sure.
[11:58] Speaker 2: But yeah, it was an amazing experience. It really, really was.
[12:03] Speaker 2: And I was very, very blessed to be a part
[12:05] Speaker 2: of that, you know.
[12:06] Speaker 1: Now, after being in music for as long as you've
[12:09] Speaker 1: been in it, what still gives you the drive to,
[12:14] Speaker 1: and the butterflies, so to speak, when you get ready
[12:16] Speaker 1: to go on stage?
[12:18] Speaker 3: The thought of how many people that I'm going to
[12:20] Speaker 3: reach in that audience that could need that little bit
[12:23] Speaker 3: of love, that little bit of something in their lives
[12:26] Speaker 3: that they've paid to come to a performance, to be touched.
[12:31] Speaker 3: That's so important to me, as I believe music is
[12:35] Speaker 3: the biggest healing on the earth that was given to
[12:38] Speaker 3: us naturally, and we You know, we don't use it
[12:42] Speaker 3: as much as we should for things like this. You know,
[12:45] Speaker 3: I always say if music was religion, there would be
[12:48] Speaker 3: no fighting.
[12:51] Speaker 2: So yeah, that, Tony, genuinely is my main thing.
[12:55] Speaker 3: I believe that when you're given a gift from God,
[12:58] Speaker 3: that you're given.
[12:59] Speaker 2: Something to do.
[13:01] Speaker 3: And I try and utilize it as much as I can,
[13:04] Speaker 3: you know, to reach as many people as I can.
[13:06] Speaker 2: Okay.
[13:07] Speaker 1: Now, you've got a new collaboration that you're working on.
[13:10] Speaker 1: Can you tell us a little bit about that?
[13:12] Speaker 3: Well, it's a funny story because I went on holiday
[13:16] Speaker 3: in 2014 to Alunda in Crete. And we went to
[13:21] Speaker 3: a beautiful hotel, the Alunda Residence Waterparks. And there was
[13:27] Speaker 3: a gentleman singing in the evening. And my husband said
[13:31] Speaker 3: to me, Beverly, can we have a holiday where I
[13:35] Speaker 3: can have your time? you're not singing where we can
[13:38] Speaker 3: just enjoy the scenery.
[13:39] Speaker 2: And I was like, okay.
[13:42] Speaker 3: Anyway, a few wines later, there was a gang of
[13:46] Speaker 3: musicians that come on to the stage and they were
[13:50] Speaker 3: jamming and they were singing and there was a lovely
[13:52] Speaker 3: gentleman and I was singing along.
[13:55] Speaker 2: It was a Tina Turner number actually.
[13:58] Speaker 3: And this gentleman obviously had overheard me singing just to
[14:02] Speaker 3: myself sat and he.
[14:03] Speaker 2: Come over and he said, you can sing.
[14:05] Speaker 3: Okay.
[14:06] Speaker 2: So he passed me.
[14:07] Speaker 3: The mic and this is where the journey of Daystar started.
[14:12] Speaker 3: So his name is Christy Brackley. He's a beautiful, beautiful gentleman.
[14:17] Speaker 3: He's very well respected in Belgium. He was a drummer
[14:21] Speaker 3: and he still is a drummer, but he's a beautiful,
[14:24] Speaker 3: another beautiful soul. So the contact with this is he
[14:28] Speaker 3: kept saying to me, Beverly, I have a great friend
[14:31] Speaker 3: called Yvonne Galaney.
[14:34] Speaker 2: Who is a famous pianist from Belgium. I need him
[14:36] Speaker 2: to hear you sing.
[14:38] Speaker 3: Sure.
[14:39] Speaker 2: So this went on for a few years and I
[14:42] Speaker 2: just kept saying, yes, you know.
[14:43] Speaker 3: Right.
[14:45] Speaker 2: You let me know when you want to introduce.
[14:47] Speaker 3: And I believe Yvonne had stopped, not stopped, but he
[14:52] Speaker 3: wasn't doing as much of the music as them. And
[14:56] Speaker 3: Chris was saying, you know, you need to meet Beverly.
[14:59] Speaker 2: I'd love to introduce you.
[15:01] Speaker 3: Okay. It all happened from a holiday in Crete, basically.
[15:07] Speaker 3: And then this is where the journey started, was with
[15:10] Speaker 3: a friend of Yvonne's. And eventually Yvonne did ring and
[15:16] Speaker 3: he said, Beverly, I have a piece of music.
[15:18] Speaker 2: Would you be interested in writing?
[15:21] Speaker 3: So, of course, you know, when I heard the music, Tony,
[15:25] Speaker 3: I was like, of course, I'll try my best. Okay.
[15:29] Speaker 2: This is where Day Store came and this is the journey.
[15:32] Speaker 1: Now, you know? You just mentioned that you heard the
[15:35] Speaker 1: melody and because of that, that's what developed your interest
[15:40] Speaker 1: in it.
[15:41] Speaker 3: Yes.
[15:41] Speaker 1: So what happened past that? Once you heard the melody,
[15:47] Speaker 1: what did you start doing as far as collaborating with
[15:50] Speaker 1: him on bringing this to life?
[15:52] Speaker 3: Well, I'm quite a person when I write because I
[15:55] Speaker 3: know every writer has. I know you write, Tony, so
[15:58] Speaker 3: you'll understand this. Everyone has different ways of writing. I
[16:01] Speaker 3: like to be alone. I need to listen to the song.
[16:05] Speaker 1: Okay.
[16:06] Speaker 2: And feel what that music's telling me.
[16:09] Speaker 3: And I'm a bit of a dreamer, as you can
[16:12] Speaker 3: possibly tell by talking to me. I love to, I love,
[16:15] Speaker 3: I believe in magic, you know. I believe in magic.
[16:18] Speaker 3: I believe that things are sent to you for a reason.
[16:20] Speaker 1: Uh-huh.
[16:21] Speaker 2: But from a young girl, I always spoke to the stars.
[16:24] Speaker 2: I still do. Okay. And when I sat there with.
[16:28] Speaker 3: That music, they're the lyrics that came to me, you know?
[16:32] Speaker 1: Sure.
[16:33] Speaker 3: I felt that that's what I needed to write about was...
[16:38] Speaker 3: And then obviously I created, because I love love and
[16:42] Speaker 3: nice things and, you know, things like that.
[16:44] Speaker 2: Right. So Daystar just came from listening to.
[16:49] Speaker 3: I mean, Yvonne is the melody maker, as we call him.
[16:52] Speaker 2: He's great at melody.
[16:54] Speaker 3: And yeah, the lyrics just flow.
[16:59] Speaker 2: They flow when I listen to that.
[17:01] Speaker 1: Okay.
[17:02] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[17:03] Speaker 1: It's got a pretty good blend to it. It's kind
[17:05] Speaker 1: of got a pop feel, jazz feel, even I would
[17:08] Speaker 1: say a cinematic influence to it. Yes. So how did
[17:12] Speaker 1: that all evolve? Was it thought out or did it
[17:15] Speaker 1: just naturally evolve by itself?
[17:17] Speaker 2: It just naturally evolved.
[17:18] Speaker 3: Okay. Sometimes these things happen, Tony, and I believe that
[17:22] Speaker 3: they do. So yes, it just, it just created, and
[17:27] Speaker 3: this is what excited me so much because obviously, you know,
[17:31] Speaker 3: and you do about my start off, it was all
[17:34] Speaker 3: the old school Hollywood, you know, I loved that era.
[17:38] Speaker 3: So when I heard this music, I was like, of
[17:41] Speaker 3: course I will write to this because you don't get
[17:44] Speaker 3: the chance to hear music like this anymore.
[17:46] Speaker 2: Right. You know? So yeah, it just, it was just meant,
[17:51] Speaker 2: I believe it was meant, you know?
[17:53] Speaker 1: Now you've got it done. It's out there. What do
[17:57] Speaker 1: you hope that people take away from it once they
[18:00] Speaker 1: hear it and listen?
[18:02] Speaker 2: I hope it brings a smile.
[18:05] Speaker 3: I hope it, in a world full of madness at
[18:07] Speaker 3: the moment, lets them escape to a bit.
[18:11] Speaker 2: Of a beautiful place, you know?
[18:13] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[18:14] Speaker 3: My main thing is touching people with music. So if
[18:17] Speaker 3: I can do that... If it can touch one person,
[18:21] Speaker 3: then I've done my job, you know?
[18:23] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[18:24] Speaker 2: So I just think we've had so much great feedback.
[18:29] Speaker 3: Good.
[18:30] Speaker 2: Obviously, it's in an.
[18:31] Speaker 3: Era now that you don't hear this type of music.
[18:33] Speaker 3: And we understood this. We understood it was going to
[18:36] Speaker 3: be quite hard to market.
[18:38] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[18:39] Speaker 3: But it wasn't about that. It was just about the journey.
[18:41] Speaker 3: It was just something that came. So, yeah, I believe that.
[18:47] Speaker 3: You know, it's a little bit of magic. It's a
[18:49] Speaker 3: little bit of.
[18:50] Speaker 1: Sure.
[18:51] Speaker 2: Of magic. So if it can touch people, we've done
[18:55] Speaker 2: our job, you know?
[18:56] Speaker 1: If someone listening today has never heard your music, what
[19:00] Speaker 1: do you hope they discover about you, not just as
[19:03] Speaker 1: a singer, but from an entertainer when they see all
[19:07] Speaker 1: the things you've done and then, of course, when they
[19:09] Speaker 1: hear Daystar?
[19:10] Speaker 2: Never give up.
[19:11] Speaker 1: Okay.
[19:12] Speaker 2: Never, ever give up, you know? Never give up on
[19:15] Speaker 2: your dreams.
[19:15] Speaker 3: Yes. Age is nothing but a number. I say this
[19:19] Speaker 3: to Yvonne. We laugh about this constantly. Just keep being
[19:24] Speaker 3: a good person in life. Do the best things that
[19:26] Speaker 3: you can, you know, and I do believe that the
[19:29] Speaker 3: universe puts things in front of you that will help
[19:32] Speaker 3: you on your path of life. So, yes, you know,
[19:37] Speaker 3: just as long as I can make people smile, that's
[19:40] Speaker 3: my main thing, what I'm here for at the moment.
[19:43] Speaker 1: Yeah. Now, You've had a good career. You've had success
[19:47] Speaker 1: with different things that you've tried.
[19:49] Speaker 3: Yes.
[19:50] Speaker 1: Is there still a dream project or a role that
[19:53] Speaker 1: remains in your bucket list?
[19:55] Speaker 3: Do you know, I just think I'm really enjoying the
[19:58] Speaker 3: songwriting as well. I'm really enjoying the songwriting. And obviously Sam,
[20:03] Speaker 3: who works alongside me and Yvonne, who does the production,
[20:06] Speaker 3: who's a great guy.
[20:07] Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
[20:08] Speaker 3: We have another few songs. I've just finished another great
[20:12] Speaker 3: song called The Last Cowboy.
[20:14] Speaker 2: And I've just got to finish the chorus. We're just
[20:17] Speaker 2: tweaking that.
[20:18] Speaker 3: And they've sent me so many more. Yvonne's just wrote
[20:21] Speaker 3: me another amazing melody, which is so beautiful. So I'm really,
[20:28] Speaker 3: really enjoying this part now of my life where I
[20:31] Speaker 3: can concentrate, you know.
[20:33] Speaker 2: And first and foremost, I'm a mum.
[20:35] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[20:36] Speaker 2: And I love being a mum.
[20:38] Speaker 3: You know, that's my best job role in the world
[20:42] Speaker 3: at the minute.
[20:42] Speaker 2: Is my son.
[20:43] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[20:43] Speaker 2: You know, and to show him the right way and
[20:47] Speaker 2: to make him proud, basically, you know.
[20:49] Speaker 3: Sure.
[20:50] Speaker 2: So, yeah, I'm just going with the flow, Tony.
[20:53] Speaker 3: Meeting lovely people like yourself, talking to, you know, yourself
[20:57] Speaker 3: in Nashville now while I'm in Liverpool.
[20:59] Speaker 2: What a great experience, you know. I'm just, I so
[21:02] Speaker 2: can all listen.
[21:02] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[21:03] Speaker 2: So, yes.
[21:04] Speaker 1: Now, that's great. That's a good thing, what you just said,
[21:08] Speaker 1: what you're trying to do. Let's take this one step farther.
[21:11] Speaker 1: Let's say a young person, boy or girl, either one,
[21:15] Speaker 1: listen to this podcast and they want to do music.
[21:21] Speaker 1: That's their goal. That's their dream. And of course, like
[21:25] Speaker 1: everyone else out there that doesn't do it, they look
[21:28] Speaker 1: at it as a pipe dream or a hobby. What
[21:31] Speaker 1: would you tell that young person that says, I want
[21:34] Speaker 1: to do this? Do it.
[21:36] Speaker 3: Do what your soul tells you to do. Follow what
[21:38] Speaker 3: your heart tells you to do. Don't listen to anybody
[21:42] Speaker 3: else but yourself.
[21:44] Speaker 2: Keep going.
[21:46] Speaker 3: And I do believe that life is mapped out as well.
[21:50] Speaker 3: But obviously you have to take chances that are put
[21:53] Speaker 3: in front of you. I always believe there's a crossroads
[21:56] Speaker 3: so you can take one or the other. And I've
[21:58] Speaker 3: always had these things happen.
[22:00] Speaker 2: To me in life.
[22:01] Speaker 3: But just even if you fear something, even if you
[22:06] Speaker 3: fear it, we only live once, Tony. So my motto
[22:09] Speaker 3: is just go for it. Just do what makes you
[22:12] Speaker 3: happy and go for it, you know? Right.
[22:15] Speaker 1: Now, how do people find you? How do they follow
[22:17] Speaker 1: you and keep up with what you're doing?
[22:19] Speaker 3: Well, I'm a bit slow on my social media at
[22:23] Speaker 3: the moment. I mean, I'm very active on Facebook.
[22:25] Speaker 1: Okay.
[22:26] Speaker 3: So these are things that I'm building at the moment.
[22:29] Speaker 3: And when you have a child, you don't have much
[22:31] Speaker 3: time to sit in front.
[22:34] Speaker 2: But it's very important.
[22:36] Speaker 3: So I'm in the middle of working, you know, obviously
[22:40] Speaker 3: with my social media things at the moment. And yes,
[22:45] Speaker 3: I'm sure through things that we're doing now, this is
[22:48] Speaker 3: going to be more active as well. So I do
[22:51] Speaker 3: do a lot of tours at the moment with an
[22:53] Speaker 3: 80s band, The 80s Show. Okay.
[22:56] Speaker 2: In the UK. Uh-huh. And we've done some across Europe.
[23:00] Speaker 3: The Smooth Rock Show, which there's a lot on social
[23:03] Speaker 3: media to do with this.
[23:04] Speaker 2: And I am the lead female singer on these shows.
[23:07] Speaker 1: Okay.
[23:08] Speaker 3: And we've just started a brand new female show as well,
[23:10] Speaker 3: Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
[23:12] Speaker 1: Okay.
[23:13] Speaker 2: So, you know, there's a lot on social media with this.
[23:18] Speaker 3: You know, people would like to watch the journey, obviously,
[23:20] Speaker 3: from the UK perspective that I'm up to. Okay.
[23:23] Speaker 2: So that would be lovely as well.
[23:26] Speaker 1: Now you've been through the years of doing what you
[23:29] Speaker 1: have done. Yes. If you could go back and tell
[23:32] Speaker 1: your younger self one thing, what would it be?
[23:36] Speaker 3: Just maybe in all them times when it seemed really hard,
[23:40] Speaker 3: you know, that you wouldn't have dreamt at my age
[23:43] Speaker 3: now with.
[23:44] Speaker 2: A young boy.
[23:45] Speaker 3: Yeah. That possibly I've maybe got some of the most
[23:48] Speaker 3: exciting parts of.
[23:49] Speaker 2: My life that are happening now.
[23:53] Speaker 3: You know, where there's always things, you know, you're growing up, Tony,
[23:56] Speaker 3: and people say to you, you know, you better hurry up.
[23:59] Speaker 3: You're getting old now. You're too old for the music industry,
[24:02] Speaker 3: you know. But there's other avenues you can do.
[24:05] Speaker 2: Music is art. Music is music.
[24:08] Speaker 1: Right.
[24:09] Speaker 3: You know, there's the writing side. So don't listen to
[24:14] Speaker 3: the negativity, you know. It just fought, again, what I've said.
[24:18] Speaker 2: Right.
[24:19] Speaker 3: Listen to your inner self because your inner self will
[24:22] Speaker 3: always tell you what's right.
[24:24] Speaker 2: Always listen to that.
[24:25] Speaker 1: Okay, so in closing, what would you like to tell
[24:28] Speaker 1: the audience that you think is important that they need
[24:32] Speaker 1: to know about either what you've done, what you're doing now,
[24:37] Speaker 1: or what's ahead for the future, or all of it?
[24:41] Speaker 2: Well, I suppose there's what's important.
[24:46] Speaker 3: I think, again, the importance is just spreading the message of,
[24:51] Speaker 3: of love and escapism and, and music. And maybe I
[24:56] Speaker 3: think through this, especially Daystar is giving people back a
[25:01] Speaker 3: little bit of realism, a little bit of what we've
[25:04] Speaker 3: lost along. I appreciate all music, Tony, and I never
[25:09] Speaker 3: speak bad about any artists because art music is art, but.
[25:14] Speaker 2: I just think we've lost ourselves a little bit now.
[25:17] Speaker 3: Um, with a lot of, you know, things happening the
[25:21] Speaker 3: way people are looking and, you know, the sounds of things.
[25:25] Speaker 3: So if we can maybe just give that little bit
[25:29] Speaker 3: of realism back, video killed the radio star, basically.
[25:32] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[25:33] Speaker 3: Just maybe try and reach that part of where we
[25:36] Speaker 3: sing and we create stories with music again. Okay.
[25:39] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[25:40] Speaker 3: You know, I think that's what I'd love to maybe
[25:45] Speaker 3: make important again is to, find this real old school
[25:49] Speaker 3: vibe and messages most importantly.
[25:53] Speaker 1: That sounds great. Well, this has been really interesting. I
[25:56] Speaker 1: appreciate you taking your time to join us today.
[25:58] Speaker 3: Tony, I thank you so much for allowing me to
[26:01] Speaker 3: be on your show. It means the world to me.
[26:03] Speaker 3: So thank you so much.
[26:04] Speaker 2: Thank you.
[26:05] Speaker 1: Oh, it's been my pleasure. Thanks again. A sincere thank
[26:08] Speaker 1: you to our guests for sharing their journey with us today.
[26:12] Speaker 1: And thanks for spending part of your day with us.
[26:14] Speaker 1: We hope today's conversation gave you something to take with you.
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