Lunchtime with Ira

May 21, 2007

May 21st, 2007

Vince Neil

Vince Neil, the legendary front-man of Mötley Crue and tattoo aficionado, continues to tour with the legendary group, as well as his solo band during his off time from Mötley Crüe. He recently opened his first tattoo shop in Las Vegas, featuring four tattoo rooms, including one VIP room and one room that allows passerby to view tattoos in progress.


Clint Holmes

Clint Holmes, best known for his silky vocal stylings, has also honed his many other talents, which include dancing and a warm comedic touch. Holmes comes by his talent naturally. His father is an African-American jazz musician and his mother is a classically trained opera singer from Great Britain.” My mom taught me how to sing correctly, and my dad taught me how to enjoy it.”


Sonny West

Sonny West was Elvis Presley’s close friend, trusted confidant, and bodyguard for 16 years. He is semi-retired and routinely performs an hour-long show around the world called Elvis: Up Close and Personal by Sonny West. He resides in the middle Tennessee area with Judy West, his wife of 36 years.


Dixie Dooley

Dixie Dooley performs, consults, writes, and creates magic in Las Vegas. Even as a child, Dixie loved to perform, playing practical jokes and performing magic tricks at the age of six.

May 14, 2007

May 14th, 2007

Gary Mule Deer

Comedian and musician Gary Mule Deer has performed on nearly every major concert stage in the U.S. He has appeared on over 350 television shows including “The Tonight Show” and “David Letterman,” and has entertained everywhere from the Hollywood Bowl to the Grand Ole Opry to Royal Albert Hall in London.


Terry Jicinsky

Terry Jicinsky is senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). The LVCVA, with a current annual budget of just over $200 million, is notably the largest convention and visitors bureau in the world. The LVCVA helped organize Bon Appétit’s Culinary and Wine Focus.


Carlos Buscaglia

Carlos Buscaglia is executive chef of Fiamma Trattoria. Born in Canada and raised in Argentina, Carlos Buscaglia began his culinary career at his parent’s Italian deli in Buenos Aires where his grandmother and mother taught him traditional Italian recipes. He is a participating chef in Bon Appétit’s Culinary and Wine Focus.


Ron Keel

Veteran vocalist, musician, songwriter, entertainer Ron Keel’s amazing career has taken him around the world and across the borders that separate the styles of music that he has performed and recorded, including heavy metal & arena rock to country music and southern rock.


Karan Feder

Karan Feder is an award-winning costume designer who is currently knee deep in rhinestones and bugle beads as she continues her restoration and conservation efforts for the Liberace costume and image archives. She is co-author of “Joy of Liberace.”


Michael Feder

Michael Feder is a lifelong entrepreneur with a background in law and business, and leads the licensing efforts for the Liberace Foundation. He is co-author of “Joy of Liberace.”

May 7, 2007

May 7th, 2007

Marty Allen

Comedian Marty Allen is one of the most versatile performers in show business. He has worked solo as a comedy headliner in nightclubs and as a dramatic actor in TV roles. Marty’s “Hello Dere” greeting is known and imitated by fans throughout the world. He now works with singer, songwriter and straight woman Karon Kate.


Karon Kate Blackwell

Karon Kate Blackwell was born and raised near Ellisville, Mississippi. As a vocalist, she can glide effortlessly from country to rhythm and blues and gospel to a ballad by Irving


Stringfever

Four world class musicians- Giles, Ralph, Neal & Graham Broadbent- play the finest electric stringed instruments in a unique and original show. Original material includes “The History of Music in Five Minutes” - forty tunes packed into a frenetic five minutes- and “Name that Movie” as they play through a stomping finale of 20 of the best loved theme tunes.


Wally Eastwood

Wally Eastwood began charming audiences at the age of 7. Born into a six-generation family of acrobatic trapeze artists, it didn’t take long before Wally decided to keep his feet on the ground (since he was afraid of heights) and juggle. At the age of nineteen he was given the title of “The Fastest Hands on Earth”. Wally has juggled in more than 25 different countries.

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