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Ep. 223 Today's Peep Reconnects with My Son Eric After Several Years, Hilarious Protest Songs, NFL Free Agency News and a Lost Instrumental from '77
Grief and joy often walk hand in hand on life's most unexpected journeys. This episode captures a profoundly moving moment as I share my reconnection with my son Eric after years apart—a silver lining emerging from the dark clouds of losing my other son Timothy.
Our conversation spanning an hour and forty minutes bridged years of silence, revealing misunderstandings and rebuilding a relationship I feared was permanently lost. The emotional pinnacle came when Eric surprised me by playing Lynyrd Skynyrd's deep cut "All I Can Do Is Write It In A Song" on guitar—a musical thread that had remained unbroken between us despite years of separation. Music proves once again to be the universal language of healing and connection.
Between these deeply personal reflections, I offer a lighthearted take on the wave of liberal protest songs sweeping the nation, imagining them packaged as a late-night TV special collection. The episode shifts to sports as I provide updates on NFL free agency movements, including Josh Allen's massive contract, notable trades, and speculation about quarterback situations across the league.
The episode wraps with a dive into my record collection, featuring the disco-influenced James Bond theme "Bond 77" from "The Spy Who Loved Me" soundtrack—a fascinating piece of film and music history that lost its Academy Award bid to Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life."
Whether you're navigating loss, celebrating reconnection, or simply enjoying our musical and sports commentary, this episode reminds us that even in our darkest moments, unexpected light can find its way through. Visit patspeeps.com to support our podcast sponsors and keep this conversation going.
Welcome friends. Hey, here we are. It's a Monday again, 10th day of March 2025. How are you? It's Pat's Peeps 223. Take a look out my studio window into the beautiful foothills of Northern California. It is a beautiful day, it's nice and warm, but I think the sun will be disappearing after today. That's what I understand, but I was out there today in the sun doing a little workout. Sun will be disappearing after today, that's what I understand, but I was out there today in the sun doing a little workout, which we'll get to. But, hey, happy Monday.
Speaker 1:Thank you so much for being a part of my Pat's Peeps podcast. By the way, I'm Pat Walsh. I'm also the host of the Pat Walsh Show, heard on KFPK in Sacramento, 93.1 FM, 1530 AM, and streaming live everywhere on your free iHeart app, just like my Pat's Peeps podcast. As a reminder, I just started posting online about all the deals we have for the podcast. Please, patspeepscom, you will make my day and yours, by the way, and the business's day, because you get a deal we all win if you go to patspeepscom and look at the businesses that we're just starting with adding more. I've heard from like four or five businesses this morning are going yep, I want to be part of the business as well. On your Pats Peeps page, thank you. Thank you Also. We have I'm adding a couple of other elements this week that I'm super excited about. Maybe I'll just wait for a minute to share that with you, but boy it's happening and our audience is growing all the time. Thank you so much for being a part of it. So a few things to get to here today, including your favorite protest songs, but I just wanted to sort of update you, if I might, here on 223.
Speaker 1:Some of my previous podcasts have been about my son, timothy, passing away. Last week it was a week ago today, hard to believe A week ago and since then, if I may pardon me, due to his wishes, he was cremated, and I just want to get into a positive thing. How could there be a possibly a positive thing here? Well, I'm going to say this without getting into a deep, deep, deep level of discussion on all of this. I have another son, eric. I mentioned that before and Eric and I, for whatever reason, and which I now know and understand, which I did not know because it was never explained to me before, but anyhow, it's been a number of years since we've spoken.
Speaker 1:I saw him in 2012, went to his house, you know, and we had a great time with Leah and Eric Leah's his girlfriend. We had the best time with my sons, with my brother Steve, with my nephew Daniel. We rode motorcycles. We were out there on his property just having the best time. After that, I couldn't get a call back and I didn't know what was going on and it really hurt and so for several years I would try to find out where he is, because he's a good kid you know, my kids are anyhow. He's a good kid, never been in trouble or anything like that, and just an all-American boy really. And for one reason or the other, never heard back from him and I was really hurt by that.
Speaker 1:Well, we, for the first time, had a conversation two days ago, saturday. I'm sure both of us were thinking, maybe, okay, how's this going to go? We have no animosity between us, none, only love. But it's just been so long. I am here to tell you. We spoke for an hour and 40 minutes.
Speaker 1:We covered every topic, including things I learned about my son Timothy that were well, that explained, I guess, number one why my son Eric and his mother moved to Arkansas. It's not good. I don't really want to reveal too much of that just yet until I feel comfortable but it was very sad, very dark and just terrible and awful and just a shame from a young man, my son Tim, who was really a good soul. He wanted to do well but he had troubles. He was troubled, which caused trouble for other people, hence my other son and his mother and his stepfather and they all moved to Arkansas. Now he doesn't live with his mother and stepfather. Obviously, he's a full-grown man with his own business and just sold his business, as a matter of fact, very successful.
Speaker 1:But it needed to happen. But here's all I'm saying. Oh my gosh, my son Eric and I stayed on the phone an hour and 40 minutes. We would have probably stayed on for two hours If I didn't have something to do. I had to be somewhere. And during this conversation it was not just conversation about his brother, my son, but it was about life, what he was interested in, what he was up to, all about everything, about my son and me telling him I love you, son. Let's keep this, let's make this happen. Never, ever lose contact again. Leah was great. They sent a bunch of pictures while on the phone. We're on the phone, which was just. It was so great I just can't tell you and it really helped to ease my pain and I'm pretty sure it helped to ease Eric's pain. So I look at it as just a beautiful, beautiful thing in my life. So, while I am sad, on one hand, I have this relationship now to look forward to with my son, eric.
Speaker 1:At one point it meant the world to me when Eric tells me dad, you know I, I know how much you love music, I know you're a big music guy. I remember all that about you and you love your love of music. And he goes well, I've been playing guitar, I've been practicing guitar. I said what really? And he says, yeah, and I never do this, but I want to play a song for you. I couldn't believe it. He's sitting in Arkansas with Leah and he wants to play me a song for me. I couldn't believe it. Now, when he picks up the guitar, he tells me Dad, this is a song that also reminds me of you. And it blew me away Because this is a song that I could see might remind him of me, but this is such a deep cut from an album by this band that I was so impressed that he played it. He says Dad, I'm going to play a song for you called. All I Can Do Is Write it In A Song and I went whoa whoa, whoa, whoa.
Speaker 1:You mean Lynyrd Skynyrd, deep cut from Give Me Back my Bullets, 1976? He goes, I know he goes. I knew you would know it. He goes and I know it because of you. Oh my God, really, really. You see, I remember all the songs you used to sing to us, dead Skunk In the Middle of the Road, american Pie, and he said you used to play this record all the time and I still have memories of this and I'm going to play it for you. That's a great record.
Speaker 1:Ed King had left the band. They were down to six members of Lynyrd Skynyrd Billy Powell, leon Wilkinson, artemis Pyle, gary Rossington, alan Collins and Ronnie Van Zandt. And so this was the first record without Ed King, without seven guys in the band. They had only six and it is, I mean, the only real hit song off of it is Give Me Back my Bullets. That's the name of the album, the title track, but it's one of my favorites. Same old blues Cry For the Bad man, double Trouble it, searchin' Roll, gypsy Roll, trust Every Mother's Son. I haven't memorized the whole thing and this song that again my son Eric sang for me and just it touched my heart, I'll tell you, and my soul. Here he is in Arkansas and he's singing this with his guitar.
Speaker 3:Well, this life that I lived has took me everywhere. There ain't no place. I ain't never gone, but it's kind of like the saying that you heard so many times but there just ain't no place like home.
Speaker 1:Pat's Pete 223. And this was really a special moment for me.
Speaker 3:Do you ever see a she-gator who protects her young'uns? Are fish, and wherever, swimming free. Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina or the sweetness of the grass of Tennessee? And Lord, I can't make any changes. All I can do is write them in a song.
Speaker 1:I can see the concrete slowly creeping.
Speaker 3:Lord, take me in mind before that comes Leonard Skinner.
Speaker 1:Anyhow, it was a beautiful thing to have my son play that for me. Wow, just, really, really, really, really made my day. Of course, I don't own the music. I always feel obligated to say that to you. I don't want anyone shutting down my podcast. Oh yeah, so that's the latest there and I will certainly update you on other things once I feel comfortable with that. But thank you for caring. All right, I do appreciate that.
Speaker 1:Speaking of music, hey, speaking of music, you know I'm always going to get to music. I'm loving all of the protest songs Now the anti-Trump, the sort of woke liberal protest. They are. Hey, look if anything prolific and entertaining. You know what I'm saying, you know what I mean and I'm thinking gosh, you know. It would be a great idea, really, if you know. Like on Ronco, remember, you could buy the collection of records, ronco's greatest hits Summer Explosion. They need to do this now. The best hits this week from the liberals Liberal Protest Songs 2025. You're going to get this guy right here singing dreamers. Well, this is a song for all of those dreamers who are looking for answers to come our way scientists, doctors, students all seekers we share, sharing the hopes for a much brighter day.
Speaker 1:But, that's not all. Send before midnight $9.99 to Boulder, colorado, and you'll also get more famous liberal protest songs. Here's this Little Light of Mine, sang by these ladies, this little light of mine.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna let it shine Sing along.
Speaker 1:You'll know all the words. All by the original artists.
Speaker 2:I'm going to let it shine this little light of mine.
Speaker 1:All your favorite liberal protest tunes all in one package.
Speaker 2:Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Speaker 1:Science lights the way. Send before midnight tonight, 995. Pull the Colorado, you'll also get this famous hit. Here is I'm a Shame to be an American, sing along. I'm a shame to be an.
Speaker 4:American, where not all folks are free, and I won't forget the enslaved who died and built this place for free. So I proudly lift up all the folks who are still oppressed today, because there ain't no doubt this ain't our land. F*** Trump and f*** the USA.
Speaker 1:Those stirring words will bring up other great protest songs, like which Side Are you On?
Speaker 5:Which side are you on?
Speaker 2:Which side are you on side are you on trump's coming for our unions? He wants us all to fail. He wants us to to bow to him, but we want him in jail oh, your original hits again.
Speaker 1:Just 999 boulder, colorado, sent before midnight tonight, you'll also get this fabulous Trust Black Women. This is Trust Black Women. This is exclusive first time, please. These are white women singing. Trust Black Women, here we go. Trust Black.
Speaker 2:Women, they lead the way. Trust Black Women. They lead the way. White women, stop abandoning your sisters.
Speaker 1:You'll also get the side B of that famous hit.
Speaker 2:Oh we're mad as hell, can't you tell we dissent, you, fucking basher. Oh, we're mad as hell, can't you tell.
Speaker 1:If that doesn't get you inspired, maybe this well, you'll never forget this famous protest song Standing up for the rights of LGBTQ, lesbian singles.
Speaker 2:I came back to the jailhouse, oh this is jailhouse.
Speaker 1:I'm sorry, you'll get jailhouse I came back to the jailhouse. How dare I?
Speaker 2:Took back my dignity Clap along, here we go. I took back my humanity.
Speaker 1:That's right, took back, came back Then.
Speaker 5:Eddie Bobby wore me here is lesbian.
Speaker 1:single liberal protestor songs Come with me lesbian seagull.
Speaker 3:Settle down and rest with me, Fly high. Lesbian seagull.
Speaker 1:Oh no, Very unfortunate.
Speaker 4:He's a teacher, yeah.
Speaker 1:D-I-D-I coming in and breaking up that little protest for a show. How about this one? I hate the capitalist system. Sing along if you know the words $9.95. Bold to Colorado before midnight tonight. Four easy payments, hey, four easy payments. Hey, four easy payments. Four easy payments.
Speaker 5:I hate the capitalist system and I'll tell you the reason why. I'll tell you the reason why it has caused me so much suffering and my dearest friend, All of your favorite protest song in one record. Well, I know you all are wondering One Supreme Collection.
Speaker 1:What it has done to me Just $9.99. Heard all over the world.
Speaker 5:Well, I am going to tell you that my husband has TB.
Speaker 1:Meanwhile, in other news, let's go out to the beautiful Sunny Park where Pat Walsh is standing by with NFL news. Pat, yes, pat news. Let's go out to the beautiful sunny park where pat walsh is standing by with nfl news. Pat, yes, pat, beautiful day. Yes, thank you, pat. Thank you, pat. Now I'm out here at the park. It is just a beautiful day, uh, just an incredibly nice day here at the baseball field, and there's a little track running around the baseball field that I've been running this track.
Speaker 1:Someone called my show the other day Well, it's been a couple of weeks ago and they said Pat, I love your Pat's Peeps podcast, I love it. And he says I like them a little bit better when you're not out running because you're out of breath. Now, listen, I definitely listen to your feedback and I know sometimes I'm like gosh, I'm out of breath, I'm too out of breath to talk. So I've been out here running and jogging and walking, trying to keep up with my New Year's resolution. Yes, we're in March right now, so hopefully you're doing the same thing, but I thought I would sit down for this, so I'm not panting. So I'm sitting here, sitting on a park bench. I swear to God I am, and I can't wait for baseball. Sitting out here looking at this ballpark, just I miss being a little kid being in Little League. I'd love to just bring. Hey, anyone want to come out and play some ball? Man, some over the line three flies up some 500, you know, play some catch. Let me know, would you? I would love to do that. Have a ball game. How fun would that be. We got a basketball court over to my left here, so it's just a beautiful day and this particular place where I'm at this particular field is surrounded by huge pine trees. It's just gorgeous. So I've sent some out here.
Speaker 1:A little NFL news We'll go from baseball to NFL, because free agency officially begins, gosh, I think, in a couple of days. What day is today? Today's the 10th, right, so I think it actually begins on the 12th. You know all that stuff. It's the illegal tampering period. I don't get it. I don't read too much into that. All I do is follow the moves, whether it's in baseball or football. And right now, with a lot of movement, there's a lot of movement going on in the NFL. Josh Allen of the Bills he just got paid a huge contract. Then you have Josh Sweat going to the Cardinals from Philly. Some other notables DK Metcalf I've never been a big fan, talented, but he's got a hot head going to Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1:Who's going to throw to him Russell Wilson, what it won't be Justin Fields. Justin Fields just got a new gig with the Jets replacing Aaron Rodgers. We still don't know where 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers is going to go, not sure. Then you have, oh, the Rams. Of course. The big news for me is the fact that the Rams signed Devontae Adams. Now the downside to that as a Ram fan anyhow is we're going to lose Cooper Kupp, and I hate to see him go because I just think he's just such a great guy, so intelligent, so smart, so talented. Personally, I don't believe that he has lost that much of his ability. The only problem is he might be hampered a little bit because he's had a couple of injuries, but I love the guy. I mean, he is always going to be known as one of the most valued Rams and I'm going to miss him, but that'll probably happen. Sam Darnold's going to be the new. He gets like $100 million to go to the Seattle Seahawks because Geno Smith goes from the Seahawks to join Pete Carroll with the Raiders and we are just starting this area of free agency.
Speaker 1:So a lot of things are changing. You know the 49ers they made a couple of minor moves, a couple of really underwhelming moves. We don't know what they're doing. What's going to happen with Brock Purdy? I don't believe there's been any news on that front as of yet. Oh, then Miles Garrett gets that huge contract. He's now the highest paid non-quarterback in the NFL. Max Crosby, his highest paid non-quarterback position in the NFL. That position held for what a couple of days. Well, miles Garrett threatened to hold out.
Speaker 1:You know I love when they say this stuff like, well, hey, it ain't all about the money, not about the money. Well, if you look at Miles Garrett, for instance, he wanted out of Cleveland. You know why. Here's why Because they're Cleveland, because they are the Browns. He wanted out. He made it known I want out of here. You know he goes. I think it was on Rich Eisen's show and I think he was talking about, I think it was. He wouldn't even look at the Super Bowl trophy that was in front of him. This was during the Super Bowl. He wanted out of Cleveland. He didn't want to be a Brownie anymore and he said it ain't about the money, it's about winning. Well, okay, I'm pretty sure no one has the Cleveland Browns slated to do much next year. However, he signs the highest contract non-quarterback contract in the history of the league.
Speaker 1:So when they say, you know, it ain't all about the money, I sometimes, a lot of times, actually take that with a grain of salt. So I do believe Now, maybe I'm wrong Maybe they come back this year with let's see who's their quarterback? Hmm, who's their quarterback? See what I'm saying. Same thing with Pittsburgh. All right, you're going to sign DK Metcalf along with Pickett.
Speaker 1:Both of those dudes have hot heads, and if you think they're going to be any happier when they don't get the ball, who's going to throw to them? You just got rid of Justin Fields. Are you telling me Russell Wilson's going to be the guy? I don't think so. Now, maybe, maybe they go with Aaron Rodgers, why not? I mean, the Steelers just seem like a team that's sort of desperate right now. I hate to say that about that storied franchise, but it really does seem like they're in desperation mode. Every now and then we do get desperate, to quote Jay Giles, peter Wolfe. So, yeah, I think they're in desperation mode. The Jets are always going to be a mystery. You know, watch Justin Fields flourish in New York. I mean, why not? I don't know, when you're not out running because you're out of breath? Wow.
Speaker 4:Like a team that's.
Speaker 1:There we go, there we go. I mean, why not? I don't know, man, sorry to interrupt you, so I just wanted to. What else in sports, anything?
Speaker 5:else in sports? No, there's nothing else. Don't get too bogged down.
Speaker 1:So, with that in mind, I think I'm going to take a few more laps around this ballpark here, around the old trail. Feel like I got something done today, and as for now, we'll go back to you in the studio there, Pat. Thank you very much, Patrick, Appreciate that very much. Nice studio there, Pat. Thank you very much, Patrick, Appreciate that very much. Nice update. Nice knowledge there. By the way, in the NFL, I must compliment you there. Let's see. Well, I'll tell you what. Let's get to.
Speaker 1:The record of the day that I've plucked from my record shelves here, this one. There's two of the records in this sleeve this is the generic green sleeve that most of these records come in from the radio station and these two records are in absolute mint condition and they have never, ever been played. I guarantee you they're from 1977. Yellow label, United Artists Records, stereo promo, not for sale. This side, one side of each record is yellow and the other side is white, which is mono, Mono promo, not for sale. Mono, Mono promo, not for sale. So two records, and each record has a mono side and a stereo side. Let's see.
Speaker 1:So this one is a soundtrack, it's a theme song. It's from, like I say, 1977. It is a theme song. It's from, like I say, 1977. It is from a movie, A movie. You know a lot of people love these movies. You know I never really. It wasn't. It's not that I dislike it, it was just, I guess, not really my thing. For whatever reason, it's one of only two of the soundtracks for these movies to be nominated for the academy award for best original score at the 50th academy awards. The other score nominated was skyfall, in 2012, at the 85th academy awards. Um, well, I'll tell you what. Okay, well, from the film. This is from the film the Spy who Loved Me. So it's a James Bond film.
Speaker 1:The theme song Nobody Does it Better, Nobody does it better. Remember that song composed by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Carol Baer Sager, Performed by Carly Simon. I remember that song very well, Nominated for Academy Award Best Original Song at, like I say, the 50th Academy Awards. But you know what it lost out to? It lost out to the best-selling single of the 1970s. Most people would never even believe that this was the best-selling single of the 1970s era, but the song I'm going to play lost out to Debbie Boone's you Light Up my Life. That's right, Pat Boone's daughter, Debbie you Light Up my Life is the biggest-selling single of the 70s. Not the Eagles, not the Bee Gees, Debbie Boone.
Speaker 1:It's one of six Bond-themed songs to be nominated for the award, alongside Paul McCartney and Wings Live and Let Die, which I love. That song From the film with the same name back in 73. Sheena Easton's For your Eyes Only from the film with the same name back in 73. Sheena Easton's For your Eyes Only from the film with the same name in 81. Adele Skyfall from the film with the same name, out in 2012. Sam Smith Writings on the Wall from Spectre in 2015. Billie Eilish no Time to Die same name, 2021.
Speaker 1:Anyhow, this one is also performed by Marvin Hamlisch. He filled in for usual Bond composer John Barry. Barry was unavailable for work in the UK due to tax reasons. The thing I don't like about this song sorry, it's just me, and it's particularly in comparison, I guess, to the other Bond films of the time is I do not like disco. I cannot believe that there would be a disco-oriented Bond theme, but this was a new disco rendition of the James Bond theme. This is titled Bond 77, which Marvin Hamlin said was influenced by. You should be dancing by the Bee Gees and you have an element of Barry's style remaining in the film sequence in which James Bond, Roger Moore and Barbara Bach try to track down Jaws.
Speaker 1:Richard Kiel, that dude was cool man. I remember seeing that guy. You want to see something creepy. To me it was Watch the black and white footage on YouTube of Richard Kiel playing like what is he playing? Like a lumberjack or something? At KHSL Studios in Chico where I used to work way before my time. But it's really weird and creepy. Not that Richard was, but just the whole thing is. Anyhow, without further ado, I'm going to play it. I can just keep going on and on about it. Marvin Hamlisch, Bond 77, the James Bond theme disco-y, Disco-y 007, 007, come in, come in.
Speaker 1:Some of the Bee Gees in that.
Speaker 2:You should be dancing.
Speaker 1:See. This song could even be used for any 70s TV cop drama Swat, the Rookies Streets of San Francisco starring Carl Malden, michael Douglas I'm thinking dittos and angel flights, platform shoes. I like that guitar though. Thank you for listening to Pat's Peeps 223. Have a fabulous Monday wherever you are. Hey, please do us a favor, please. I hate to keep asking you Would you please consider at least looking at patspeepscom, our homepage, and looking at our businesses. If you go into the businesses and you say, all right, I heard you on Pats Peeps, I swear it would do everyone so much good. You, the business, us, please check it out, patspeepscom. See you on the radio. Everyone so much good. You, the business, us, please check it out. Patspeepscom. See you on the radio.
