Sandy Jacobson, Producer

BackStage:Los Angeles

"L.A.'s REAL Music Interview T.V. Show!"
http://www.backstagelosangeles.net/

Guests have included Peter Tork (Peter Tork & Shoe Suede Blues), James Lee Stanley, John McCuen (Founding Member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), John Batdorf, David Philp (The Automatics), Batdorf & Rodney, Keith England (toured with The Allman Brothers for two years, and most recently collaborated on a CD with Michael Melvoin.), Mike Handcock (Musician & Wealth Coach), We Five, Brian Ray (band leader for Etta James, currently with Paul McCartney's band), along with up-and-coming talents such as Chelsea Williams (folk singer/songwriter), Scott Gates (mandolin/Bluegrass), Ainjel Emme, and Ted & Pablo (Brazilian-infused Jazz/Blues), John Parkinson (well-known pianist from the ballet world), The Teen Project (promoting the "Give Me Shelter" Benefit @ The Knitting Factory in Hollywood - lineup included Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, Billy Morrison, Chris Chaney, Linda Perry, The Section Quartet, and Mark McGrath.), Russ & Julie's House Concerts, Fertitta & McClintock, and "All Wood & Stones" I & II (James Lee Stanley & John Batdorf's all-acoustic versions of Rolling Stones songs.), Pat Burns, John Batdorf (NEW Batdorf & Rodney CD-Release), and Mike Handcock (Rock Your Life!) & Ngahihi Bidois (Maori Tribal Leader & Consultant) from New Zealand, Florence Hartigan, and Bob Stane (founder of The Ice House in L.A. in 1960), Nathan McEuen, Joel Rafael, and Laurence Juber (previously of "Paul McCartney & Wings"), Clay Eals (author of "Steve Goodman:Facing The Music"--Steve wrote "The City of New Orleans), John McEuen Segment II (update on his career), John McEuen Segment III (The Music Bill of Rights), Evan Marshall, and Matt Cartsonis (who recently appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Show with Glen Campbell), and Matt Pless from Maryland, who has opened for some national acts, including performing on The Vans Warped Tour. Upcoming scheduled guests Denny Tedesco (Director of "The Wrecking Crew" and son of Tommy Tedesco, one of the original members of "The Wrecking Crew" - Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound."), and Renee Bodie (Bodie House Concerts). We are currently in negotiations to take the show to the international market...and our a live concert / Show Screening series launches on October 6th, 2008 on Melrose in Hollywood.

Chelsea Williams was our guest on May 2, 2007, and since that time has opened for John McEuen, and Stephen Bishop respectively, recorded a second CD, been our Guest Host for the Peter Tork interview, sold over 38,000 copies of her first CD, and just had one of her songs selected for a short film "First Nights" starring James Garner. Chelsea takes her career seriously, and is out there performing EVERY weekend, and is very pro-active in getting her music and concert clips out there.www.myspace.com/ChelseaWilliams

Also, David Philp & The Automatics www.myspace.com/davphilpandthesemiautomatics have just had one of their tracks selected for a new movie "Christmas Cottage" to be released from Lions Gate Films in 2008!

The show is not bound by genres, just excellence in musicianship.

For guest consideration, contact us at:
BackStageLA@hotmail.com

Sandy Jacobson is co-author of The Monkees Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Petition...which has hit the 24,559 collective signature mark! As of 7:00 AM, October 11, 2008, her grass-roots petition leads the largest and oldest Southen Calfornia "Oldies" radio station (including Los Angeles) by 6,969 signatures, with a subtotal of 15,764 Signatures (15,640 online + 124 collected at Peter Tork & Shoe Suede Blues concerts.)...
and combined WITH them, have collected 24,559 Signatures toward the goal of 100,000 signatures.
To sign the petition, simply click on the link on the homepage of our show's website ("BackStage:Los Angeles") listed above.

Sandy Jacobson's life story was published in the October 2007 issue of XL-Extraorinary Lives Magazine for inspiring entrepreneurs internationally. The magazine is read by some of the world's most influential people including Depak Chokra, Bill Gates, Mark Victor Hansen, James Cameron, Brad Pitt, etc. Her life story first appeared in Backstage.com in January 2006. She gave a live interview on December 11th, 2007 on "Women in Business" hosted by Dr. Gayle Carson, which reaches over 1.5 million listeners. Sandy Jacobson is also featured in the December issue of her college Alumni magazine. She is also a member of Folk Alliance...and will be a panel speaker at the FAR-West Conference in October.

Friday, July 11th, she had a meeting with Caroline Boyce,
(widow of Tommy Boyce, of "Boyce & Hart" who wrote "Last Train to Clarksville."), on Sunset Boulevard, in Hollywood, during Caroline's recent visit to Los Angeles.

When she's not producing, she works as an actress. Her credits include 8 feature films with "Pirates of The Caribbean II", and most recently "Semi Pro" with Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson. Last month she was THE featured girl in an MTV music video project for The Cave Singers. She recently attended the DVD-Release of another project she worked in..."Awaken The Dead"...a campy/scary/funny horror flick in the vein of "Shawn of the Dead."
www.awakenthedeadthemovie.com