For my full interview with Barry Manilow see below or click here. In our conversation, he talked about being a guest coach on “American Idol”: “Most young people sing to their eyelids,” he said. “The yclose their eyes and show their voice off. I’ve never been able to do that. I’ve always needed a theatrical [...]
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Posted by Chad Jones on 14 Feb 08 - 0 Comments
Barry Manilow: He came and he gave without taking
Posted by Chad Jones on 14 Feb 08 - 2 Comments
It’s a miracle that even now, Barry Manilow is writing the songs that make, if not the whole world, at least a fair portion of it sing. Could it be magic? Magic had nothing to do with it. Try hard work, dogged persistence and thousands of “Fanilows’ who can’t smile without him. Yes, Barry Manilow [...]
Boitano & Manilow on ice
Posted by Chad Jones on 06 Dec 07 - 0 Comments
San Francisco’s AT&T Park has seen its share of Barrys: Bonds, Zito and now…Manilow. Yes, Barry Manilow was on hand Wednesday night for what has to be a Bay Area first: an ice “spectacular” in a ball park. The event’s official (and cumbersome) title was Aflac Presents Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular Starring Barry Manilow, but, [...]
