Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast - EP 179: Andy's Parents

Episode Date: July 5, 2022

Have you ever wondered what happened to Andy Frasco to make him the way he is? Well, wonder no further cuz we got his parents on the Interview Hour to review the events that led him to become the maniac he is today. Plus! The man, the myth, the giant with a heart of gold: GONZO. Follow us on Instagram @worldsavingpodcast For more information on Andy Frasco, the band and/or the blog, go to: AndyFrasco.com Check out Andy's new song, "Puff Break (Believe That)" on iTunes, Spotify  Produced by Andy Frasco Joe Angelhow Chris Lorentz Audio mix by Chris Lorentz Featuring: Shawn Eckels Andee Avila Ernie Chang Arno Bakker

Hi, I'm trying to reach Andy Fresco. My name is Sarah Weissman and I'm calling from Bay Tamuna in Los Angeles. We are a Messianic synagogue. You might have heard another name is Jews for Jesus. And we were just really interested in connecting because we are throwing an event for our congregation. We've caught word of some of your performances, and we got to see them. We love how you incorporate Judaism into it, but that you also, you know, you're not the typical Jew, which is kind of how we identify as well. And if you are interested, the only thing we would ask is maybe tone down some of the

profanities because we love your positive message. So maybe just like up the, you know, positive message for the people with faith and that Judaism is great. And so is Christianity and we can be one together, which is kind of how we identify as well. We are Jewish, but we're also Christian. Now, a message from the UN. I come rain Buckets of coal When I come, I complain And we're live, Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast. I'm Andy Frasco, and this is my band. And we are live at an airport bar.

We just finished Peach Fest. We're on the way to High Sierra. How is everyone doing today? Living the life, man. I'm loving it. So we have Shawn Eccles, Andy Avila, and Ernie Chang. Floyd went home. Why isn't Floyd here?

Well, he's married now, you know. He's got to choose his mom. Oh, yeah. He's got to choose his mom. So he decided to fuck off High Sierra Fest. He's such a rock star. He, like, chooses his battles in this crazy way. It's crazy.

We got Andy Alva. How you doing? Both boys wearing sunglasses in a 3 p.m. flight. Well, you know I got camera. Listen, we had to go to meet and greet, so in order to say hi to the people, we had to have a few drinks. What's wrong with that? Are we going to go to Reno? We're going to go gambling. We're going to go to Reno, and we we had to have a few drinks. What's wrong with that?

Are we going to go to Reno? We're going to go gambling. We're going to go to Reno, and we're going to put it all on black. We're using the band card. Let's go. Let's go. I'll take it, too. There we go.

Editing. We're back. And we're back. You ever feel like your parents aren't proud of what you do? All the time. You always want to do more, you know? Guilty. We've got to figure that out. We're some crass you know loud obnoxious guys so sometimes you wonder if mom's okay with it right you're right so here we go um repsy.com thank you for letting me have my

parents on the show and uh dialed in gummies thanks for um taking care of us when we're at these airports we let we We eat the gummies. All right, guys. We're going to have fun. Hi, Sierra. We're going to see Vince Herman. We're going to see Steve Pultz. We're going to see pigeons playing ping pong and Sam Fish and our boys Twiddle.

Okay. I just want to say I love you. Great set. We had a possum on stage at Peach Fest. Let's fucking go. I loved it. I love you, boys. Cheers to say I love you. Great set. We had a possum on stage at Peach Fest. Let's fucking go. Eggplants and peaches and possums. I loved it. I love you, boys.

Cheers to being at the bar. And we love all you guys. We love you. He's single. And our tour manager is single. Hold on. Better than that. All right.

We're done with that. And we're back. Andy Frasca's World Save Podcast. And Andy's nervous. I am nervous. I've never seen you this nervous in my life. I'm very nervous. This is a podcast that might go down in history.

It might. That's the worst podcast of all time. I have my parents in town. Woo! Bruce and Marlene. Bruce and Marlene. And my old tour manager. They all are in town.

And we want to get each one of them up here and we're going to talk to them. We're going to talk to them. I think we should first start with my mom. Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for the woman who put me out of her vagina. Oh my God. Marlene Frasco. Marlene.

Marlene. Hey, mom. Oh yeah. Wow, she's the shy one too. Put that mic close to you so you can hear you. Let's talk about Andy's childhood. Hey mom. Hey, mom and.

You're on the show. I can't believe it. Thanks for coming to Red Rocks. I love it here. Denver's nice, right? I love Denver. Oh my God. I'm so, I was, you know, we did that set and people said you were crying.

I was. I was crying the whole evening. And you were dancing and having, I never saw you crying. That's weird. Well, it's just tears. It comes and goes, huh? Oh man. You was crying?

Were you proud of me? I was so proud of you. You worked hard. You've done it. Of all the times you've cried about Andy, how many times have them have been out of pride? You could be honest. done it of all the times you've cried about Andy how many times of them have been out of pride only once I can remember when he was missing at 3 a.m. in high school oh yeah I had that one time I had a threesome with the two girls oh gosh and my parents were what you didn't have any cells in your phone and I was a wreck. That's the only time you didn't come home in high school?

Yeah. I thought that'd be like a three times a week thing with you. No, I was good about coming home for Christmas. You're not like a big rule follower though. I am. Yeah. I'm a rule follower. Yeah, he would always call if he's going to be late.

But that one time, oh my God, I had to wake up his friends and had Steph on the internet. And my friend ran me out For having a threesome. What? What was it? Carl's Jr. I was in the Carl's Jr. parking lot. Oh wait, is this the time they came and found you in the parking lot? No.

They found me at home. We were coming out again at 3 AM and he's just driving up. Oh, you were coming home as they were going to look for you. We went home and back. See, that's a different impression than I had of you in high school. I thought you were just kind of wild kid, no rules for me. No, I was all business. He was all business working since he was 13.

Oh, I know that part too. What was the first job I did where you're like, what are you doing? When I had an entrepreneur, not like, is there any that you were like- No, you're at 13 with your bar mitzvah money, you bought a, what is that? Karaoke. Oh, a DJ. A DJ. And he was doing bar mitzvahs at 13.

I was booking bands. You know where? And now he makes bar mitzvahs all day. Then he was booking bands. Oh, that was another one too. Which one? What was that? When you were booking bands at the Cobalt.

Yeah. And then he didn't come home. And my daughter said he had a whole load of money in a paper bag. So then- What is this, the 60s? I was a promoter. It was like James Brown's promoter or something. Yeah, she thought I was going to get mugged in Calabasas, California.

Has anyone ever been mugged there? No. It was a crime right there, negative three. Yeah, you're like, oh my God, he got mugged. Some staff got me over all that. Yeah, you're like, oh my God, he got mugged. Steph got me all riled up. Yeah, Steph, my sister, gets my mom all riled up. Said that to one guy who gave him the finger or something.

That's only two times. That's pretty good. He was a good guy. See, I learned something today. I thought you were much more of a rule breaker than that. No, he really wasn't. Interesting. Well, he really wasn't. Interesting. What about-

Well, he didn't tell me about it. What about that time I got suspended because I punched him? The day before your bar mitzvah. The day before my bar mitzvah. Is that a thing that you're like, my bar mitzvah is coming up, I get a free one? Maybe I'll get away with this one. I remember that. I punched him because they're making fun of you.

Because of me. Oh, that's fair. You can punch someone if they're making fun of your mom. I still have that paper. I was so nervous to come home. I'm more scared of my mom than my dad. No offense, dad. We'll talk to you in a second.

My mom will just give me the eyes. No, I know about that. My grandma's the nicest person on earth. I'm also more scared of her than anyone else. You just want to please her. Yeah, exactly. I got to ask you this. Okay.

Did you, were you worried when I said I wanted to be a musician? No, I wasn't worried because I knew it was your passion since young. Yeah? God. She's like, I already had two successful kids, so like one can- The third one. You know what I mean? I proved I can do it, know remember you yeah that used to make

me crazy what being on the road in the van driving worry she worries I'm a real worrier yeah she uh remember okay I went on tour for 16 when I was 16 you're 15 or something dad let's go you. Yeah, my dad. We'll talk about that. But my dad said yes, but he said, you can't go unless your mom says. And she knows.

He knew. That's the classic dad response when they don't want to say yes. He wants to be the friend. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I knew she wanted to. I thought she was going to say no. And you said yes.

And that changed my life forever. If I didn't go on that tour when I was 16 I guarantee I would have been a musician you don't think so no so I just knew it was your passion but you're so young I know we did some wild shit too but it's okay I'm out of it I feel like I work hard very Very proud of you. You have your dad's work ethic. I got your heart though, in my heart because I'm lazy. Good stuff for both of you. Huh? Well, thank God. Mom, I just want to say thank you for just creating me. Thanks. I heard it was a I heard I was a nooner. No, no, no. Oh, yeah. That's what

he told me that he told me that in San Diego showed up because my sisters are eight years older than me so dad showed up early on a lunch break and made love to you he told me that backstage in San Diego the first time I ever met he was a nooner it was about the fourth sentence he ever said to me hi how are you doing was I an accident. Was I an accident? No. Or were you planning? Well, you were... It's okay. A delightful... A delightful surprise?

No, it was a great thing for me, yeah. Well, I appreciate you because you taught me how to be sensitive. And I think if you had me younger in your life, you would have been so worried about the other kids and stuff that you wouldn't have had time to teach me about being sensitive. I want to say I love you. I love you. And thank you for always being there for me. You're the best and I'm always here trying to make you feel proud. I feel so proud. Sorry about me getting into

mushrooms. Sorry about my 20s. Sorry about me getting into mushrooms. Sorry about my 20s. Sorry about my 20s. Sorry about finding my cum drawer. You found that too. We told that story on the podcast. Hey, was that gross? Was that gross?

I'm so sorry. But you found it like six years later. It's even worse. It is so gross. It's like the lost land of Atlantis. Did you almost throw up? No, I had a hanger like this. Is that the grossest thing you've ever found in your house?

In your house? I think so. I'm a clean person. My mom taught me about it. That's why my house is so clean. Daughters are just not as disgusting as... He does say that. He gets that from you. They used to make you disgusted.

The girls, the things they'd leave around. Oh, yeah. Remember when the girls in high school, they put a bag of shit on your doorstep? Oh, on fire? Oh, I meant your sister. We were pranking, remember? We put forks on the girls.

Our girls? No, the girls in the neighborhood. And it was like boys versus girls. So we would put forks, like I thought that was harmless. And then the girls put a shit on my parents' doorstep. Gagging, thinking about it. Sickening. But I think the common drawer might be-

Girls are harder than boys. A little grosser because- Girls are harder to raise than boys? Why? I just think they are. They're more vulnerable in society. So that makes it- As they get older too. You have to worry about them more, right?

Yeah. I love you. It's. As they get older, too. You have to worry about them more, right? Yeah. I love you. It's all been good. I love you. I'm so happy you come out to my shows and let me be myself. I love that. I'm so proud. Are you kidding?

You're the best. Ladies and gentlemen, I thought that... Give it up for Marlene. Well, unbelievable. Mom, that was fantastic. Well, these are all going to go great. Okay, bring up your dad. Okay.

I love you, Mom. I love you so much. She's so nice. That segment was sponsored by Dowd and Gummies. Grab your gummies. My mom never smoked weed. You never smoked? Yeah, she never.

She's never done anything. I believe it. She's a Swedish. She doesn't need it. She's already a sweetheart. And then where I get all my genes from. She kind of reminds me of my mom a little bit. Our moms are similar. need it she's already a sweetheart and then where I get all my genes from our moms are similar yeah next up on that is my dad Bruce Frasco Bruce Frasco let's

go the wild card here I am hey buddy hi Andy Frasco how are you are you proud of me I was always worried you were you proud of me? I am absolutely proud of you. I was always worried you were not proud of me because being a musician. Well, no, the only time I ever worried about you being a musician is when you left in that Econoline van with five of your friends and a girl. Knowing that that was not gonna work with the girl.

That was gonna last maybe a day. Because I'm sure she was whining before she left. But you made it. And once you made it, and the only thing that I wished I would have done is taught you geography better. Because I remember you didn't know how far Atlanta was from Tallahassee Florida and you thought you could make it there in six hours yeah I did it and at that time you weren't flying around in Lear jets oh yeah we changed it's a

big change dad you were driving that car waiting for the spark plugs to blow out of it yeah you remember when we first bought that van oh yeah the day before we went on tour and I was crying my dad would not gonna go on tour he's i got you handled and you took care of it yeah yeah i know but you took care of yourself that's a hard thing to do to head out and not know where you're going and and that was a long time ago now it was probably 14 years ago you've been doing this i was 18 i'm 34 16 16 years ago yeah and the uh and and i was still coming down off the anger from you leaving college. Oh, yeah.

I left college. Oh, what was that conversation like? That was an interesting one. I saw a concert, and I was like, I smoked weed with Jeff Krasnow. Remember Jeff Krasnow, Mom? He was my roommate, and he showed me weed. 18, it changed my life.

You didn't smoke weed in high school? No. Whoa. No, no, no. Wow. I was against it. I did not see that coming. My parents would be pissed.

Hey, this is all crazy to me. You thought I was crazy? I thought you were just drunk all the time in high school. No way. Smoking weed. Girls, though. Girls. The girls were.

That was your drug. I loved women. Yeah, okay, okay. Yes, and fast forwarding to his event on his 16th birthday, The girls were. That was your drug. I loved women. Yeah, okay, okay. Yes. All right. And fast forwarding to his event on his 16th birthday, let me elaborate a little bit on that. Go for it.

Because we could not drive in California after midnight with a driver's license for the first year. All right, yeah. So when young son Andy disappeared, and of course we thought he got molested robbed mugged or killed from one of these families california calabasas california and yet he disappeared and i was fine at midnight i was fine at one o'clock but when at 1 30 when your mom hit the roof that was when we had to go out and look for your young ass wherever it was and you found him we didn't really find him he kind of came home at the same time as we did like a stray

cat like a stray cat and and i said to him i said andy but at least he wasn't i said we are so pissed he goes i know i know i said you know the rules on the car. You're grounded for 30. I know, here's the keys. I'm paying for it. Okay. Yeah. And where were you, Andy? Must have been worth it. So he tells me in my ear, oh, I was with a couple of girls in the back of the Pathfinder.

And of course, his mother thought that was disgusting. So as a dad, though. And of course, I had to play the route that I was disgusted with that. Exactly. But I really wasn't. That was almost like a badge of honor. Let's make it go. Let's go.

Thanks, man. Thank you. Thank you, Bob. See? Oh, I knew it. I've always, yeah, he's like, I remember you saying this. He's like, man, your mom, and he's like, I don't want to ground you, but your mom is so pissed. I'm like, yeah. I didn't tell your dad you were dropping out like i don't want to ground you but your mom is so pissed

i'm like i didn't tell your dad you're dropping out of college i want to get back what's that i said i want to follow my dreams you said that's your mom first i said to my mom smart you're so smart he didn't want to tell me why just talk yeah i talked to my mom about sensitive subjects before i approach the pops my dad is just like me. I just say what the fuck you want. He's like, no, that's a dumb idea. You're staying in school. And I probably would have left. I probably would have stayed in school if I asked him first.

But my mom knows that I am passionate about it. And she, yeah, so what was that like? I don't know your side of that story. I mean, again, I kind of pushed you towards business school and you did not want to do that. And when you came out and you told me, Dad, you taught me how to fall off. If I fall off the horse, how to get back on.

And those were almost magic words. And as you headed off into the sunset, I figured you were going to be fine. And all these years later, you've been fine, and you're very capable on your own and and you handle a lot of responsibility today and i'm very proud of your accomplishments let's go thank you wow but how mad were you at him in that moment when he said i'm dropping out to be a jam band organist and that was about the same time that he really needed the geography lesson because I didn't know where the hell he was going they don't

teach that as liberal schools anyway no no they don't and that was really a liberal school yeah gender studies what he says because they had a music program okay music business program but you're the first one who got me my first studies what he says because they had a music program okay business music business program but you're the first one who got me my first internship at Drive Thru Records ooh I think I was trying to make to make a deal for those guys and my location or something my dad's a commercial real estate broker and he and I our nation's here life is I was obsessed with Drive Thru Records he didn't know that we were having steaks one day mom made

steaks oh it's very cool if like I got this record label drive-thru records or something I almost shit myself and I made you call them oh yeah the next day to get an internship right and I did you got it that's awesome you worked it and he worked his thing so but going back to the college, yes, I got it. Let's go back to the college. I got over the college thing. Well, let's think. He probably saved you a lot of money in the long run.

I said, I hold that carrot over their head. But I'm sure that came back around. Oh, no, I can embellish that statement, too, after sending two older daughters to very prestigious out of state Michigan and Indiana and when I checked Andy into San Francisco State and they go okay Mr. Frasco the tuition is going to be eighteen hundred dollars and I said per month and they looked at me they go no per year plus 6969 for technology fee yes great I'm gonna kill your sisters I just spent 60 grand pre-tax checkers I was helping you here

I was pointing out I got into Indiana I know you told me you told me yeah I got the Wisconsin Indiana right listen I'm on your side in this part of it yeah but on that okay that I knew I was on your side in this part of it. I'm rebuttaling that. Okay. That I knew I was going to quit. Yeah, you knew in your mind. That I was going to quit. Yeah. And so it'd be harder for me to quit if my parents had to pay $20,000, $30,000 a year for school.

Yeah, by the way, we don't owe you any extra money either. Oh, no, no. I'm in place. What about weddings? Weddings? You'd probably pay for their weddings. Yeah, we'll pay for the bar. That's what the groom's dad does.

I'm not getting married. I don't know. Your mom was getting ready to throw a diamond at you the other night. I got one last question for you. Did you always want me to be a commercial real estate broker and follow your path? I don't think so. I mean, it would have been nice to follow the path, but I don't think any three of it would have been nice you know to follow the path but I don't think any three of you

ever wanted to do that and I'm very much about finding your own path in life and letting you do what you want within a reason so you know going off if you ain't paying for it it's basically my exact speech

for the Patreon first week is have dreams but be reasonable about it. Exactly. Yeah. And you know, as long as there were some lines on there to cross and being a musician with no visible means of income was one of those.

I wasn't even playing music. No, you weren't. You could argue you're not still. But you were a good bullshitter, so you could get your way through it. Let's go. Let's go. See average, baby. See average. We got through it. Let's go. Let's go. C average, baby. C average.

We got through it. C average. You had to have better than a C average in school if you got into Wisconsin. Yeah. Oh, there is an old story. C average students

hire A average people to work for them. Okay. Also, C's get degrees. I like that algorithm. I like that. And C's get degrees. Okay.

I got one last question. When I had that alter I like that. ANC's get degrees. Okay, I got one last question. When I had that altercation with the teacher in high school, senior year, you guys found out about that? Yes. I was 18. What was first going on in your head about that? Do I have to be honest about that?

Yeah, yeah. I don't know that altercation is the proper word for that. I was gonna say that. the proper word for that. I believe it was more of a relationship issue than an altercation issue. And I was, of course, as a parent, upset that a teacher could take advantage of a high school student in that method. But on the other hand, my gender comes screaming through, and it's like, wow, we never had that opportunity when I was a senior in high school.

Oh, my God. Wow. Well. Bruno always wanted to have a seat. I'm telling you, this Freudian shit is real. Yes, it is. Freudian, I am my mom and my dad no matter what the seed doesn't fall far from the tree okay one last question while we're at it are you

my dad oh my god I am I believe I am no other altercation no no no but you were a nooner okay ladies and gentlemen noon are you broader dad I just want to say I love you. I love you too, Andy. Thanks. You're doing a fantastic job, and it's always an honor to come here and share in your success. Like I said before, I know I haven't said it to you personally, because I always say it to all my fans, but you're the reason why I work so hard, and you're the reason why I am passionate about that stuff. Keep up the good work, and the rewards will come forward let's go

bruce frasco everyone thank you for being on the show dad thanks andy frasco can't wait we didn't even talk about any of the republican stuff no no no we can do that next time we can do that next time because we can find out why you're becoming a republican oh i know exactly why i'm not a republican i know well you are when it comes to the IRS, but who isn't? Yes, everybody is. That's the changing grade. Give me a little... How are you going to show people

of my podcast world how they're going to have a good day? Give them a little bit of a motivational speech to prep them for the week, to keep going whatever they're doing. Oh, let's see. This one's a good one. So I guess in any motivation speech, you start with a plan. So if you follow your plan and your plan is for success

and your plan is for not having a lot of downtime, then your pursuits will come to fruition. Is that motivational? Let's fucking go. Oh, no, that's the wrong one. Let's go. Thank you, Dad. This is why I came out of this man's dick. My inspiration came out in that ball set noon and noon so fresh somewhere after dinner bullshit still do a paternity test yeah I did it 20 okay

I'll tell you this I thought I I really, I was convinced me, Stephen Miller convinced that I wasn't who, oh, your sister's that, that I wasn't that I was to someone else. So I took a 23 and me test. And did it come out that you had some Italian in there? You're my dad. So let's go. I can tell you as your mom didn't look nervous at all when you're talking about I was looking at her reaction he's your dad all right dad I love you thank you Andy Gordon me I fly home safe best thing is I don't support you anymore you support yourself I know what out-of-state tuition to iu is i grew up in indiana it's a lot four years bargain when they started okay then they got then they got into the program with the rest of the big ten schools okay we're not talking

about budgeting no no no i think we should talk about budgeting college tuition in the 90s okay right at big ten schools i remember michigan i remember michigan being so expensive in the 90s. Isn't one of them a doctor? Yeah, it was. PhD, yeah. It was then with scholarships and everything else, $40,000 or $45,000 a year. Holy fuck. In 1998. 1998, yeah.

Then staff in 2000. Yeah, so Indiana, like I say, was a bargain. That was $12,000 including room and board. Oh, yeah. Then they got into the program and tripled their tuition for her junior and senior business yeah we're just talking about just that's a good being just a good old you know no bullshit they're honest people and I think they they're better with their alumni than Michigan Michigan. I'm sure the Michigan 11. You're shot fired. You hear that, Ann Arbor?

You're fired on the Michigan 11. Are you listening, Ann Arbor? Are you listening? You're overpriced school indoctrinating our children with liberal propaganda. That's all schools. Okay, okay, we're done. All right, thank you. All right, thank you, dad. You're done. Wait, is it time? Do I have the hook now? Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, the hook now? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bruce Blasco, Bruce Blasco, Bruce Blasco.

Wow. Just a legend. Unbelievable. Yes. What a great podcast this is becoming. Fuck yeah. We got one last guy. Hell yeah. Our first tour manager that ever went on tour with us. Gonzo Gonzalez. Ladies ladies and gentlemen give it

up for gonzo our first tour manager this is a star-studded event this one's dedicated this one's this one's for repsy um yeah this one's sponsored tour manager tour tour manager book your tour repsy because you'll get guys like this okay gonzo Hello. I'm not used to being in the front. I know you're always driving us around. Oh, this one, he drove the whole time. Yeah. These guys drove, these guys drove like shit. So I had to drive 99% of the time. There's Frasco driving. Oh yeah. You can, you're getting better about that. I will in your defense. In your defense. I'm not texting and driving.

You did not. On the whole fall tour, that was not an issue. No. Can I tell you the first time we got pulled over by the cops? Yes. Okay. Topeka, Kansas. I'm going speed limit.

The cops get behind us because we were in a van. This afro in front. They see him while we get pulled over. We're all sitting in a curve and Francis goes, what did I do? What did I do? He sometimes whispers to me while the cops are watching us, what did I do?

I said, always say no. Always say no, man. And the cop goes, can we search? Yeah. Yeah. I'm too honest. I know man. Yeah, we never met anything and and the car goes can research. Yeah Yeah But he took the ticket I took the ticket Yeah, we had a bunch of Dutch guys in our band if they would have took the ticket They go home. They would have to go how to go home. Yeah. What was it for weed weed?

We didn't Kansas with your hair in Kansas is your base? worn out for my rest because we went to that lawyer, and then we hired him. But I don't know what happened after that because I lost contact with the lawyer. You said you took care of it. I paid seven grand. And you said you took care of it. For half a gram of weed. Kansas, man.

In Kansas, Topeka. It's legal here. In Idaho, we got pulled over once and as a guys, wherever we got, let's got it. Let's eat it. Between all of us. We ate about quarter and a half a week. And when a cops, uh, they're searching a van, he was pissing. He said, I smell it, but I don't know where it is. I smell it. We ate it all, but he said i smell it but i don't know where it is i smell it we ate it all but he could still smell it oh yeah you ate the actual flower oh yeah we we we took all the way between all of us super trooper that we never yeah we always rode clean because we

always had a black guy in our room we always rode dirty always rode dirty they searched us we got all the time for it you know my favorite story of story of you was when it was after our drive to Lafayette, Louisiana, and you drove all day and you're just like, kind of like delusional and you're tired and you ate a bunch of these chocolates and then you didn't know that there are mushroom chocolates. So we ate like nine grams of mushroom chocolates. And he was like, I think I'm having a heart attack. I mean, that's a lot. What happened? Did you see God?

I saw things in my head I've never seen since. And at the same time, I'm going, what the hell is going on with me? And they finally tell me, oh, yeah, you eat all those chocolates. They're all. I didn't know. And he had the Dutchies did it to me he told it you know these guys talking the dutchies into sabotaging me no no no no no no this is a lie this is a lie are the dutchies your holland people okay yeah no this is a lie gonzo you were

hungry and didn't say anything nah and Nah. And you started eating chocolates. And Brands goes, here's the chocolates. Never eat chocolates. And I'm going, brr, brr, brr. They didn't taste weird? No. He was hungry. You must have been starving, bro.

I was high. Hungry. Gonzo. Then we spent the night in a warmer parking lot one night. Yeah. What was that? I don't know. We spent a lot of time.

What happened? Just didn't like us sleeping in the parking lot and knocking on the door. I goes, dude, we got nowhere else to stay. Can't we stay? I gave a guy a five. He goes, thanks. I can buy breakfast. I said, good.

Leave us alone. Oh, my God. So we got to sleep longer but uh Don's used to beat off in the van he used to put all the windows in a van hold up oh well that doesn't count for sleeping in it he's not beating up all these hold on hold on make you have you told me you've been off once. Hold on. Well, I've never been caught. Were you sleeping in the van? Was that your place of sleeping?

Because these guys, okay. If you're staying in a van, it doesn't count. I'm going to rat him out because daddy's here and we Airbnb'd a house at Salt Lake's and in Park City, Utah at Sundance Film Festival. And we stayed over our allotted time. And I refused to stay illegally in the condo. And these guys are, we'll stay and we're staying.

I said, I'll refuse because I don't want Bruno to be chewing my ass, you know? Daddy Frasco, because his buddy's Airbnb. Oh yeah, that was when we were friends, Airbnb. So we stayed there an extra day. And Frasco goess I'll handle dad later but we got to stay somewhere say I'm staying in his van it was 10 degrees yeah Park City you know and and I stayed ever and I made a one curtain for one

row I stayed warm and in us three nights I slept there that doesn't count that's not drinking oh yeah no but they thought they caught me but never I'd never did now if he's in there doing like why he thinks you're sound checking that's weird yeah like real quick that's different pizza steve was beating off while we're doing sound check that's on that's weird yeah if it's like where you're sleeping for the night that makes it way less weird right actually exactly the night that makes it way less weird right exactly exactly yeah but these guys these guys i had to run in there to grab like a bag and you still called him pizza steve after that yeah you got to get a new nickname after that i got to get to know i got to know

mom and daddy frasco you know and yeah and uh do the travels and everything and uh one time i got them pretty well i know still know really well and mama brusco one day i spent thanksgiving with them one i taught them how to fry a turkey and uh yeah you were there for the turkey fry and uh and she goes i'm glad you're on the road with them because i know they're safe yeah and i'm like oh you know mom's made me cry okay so why'd you stop working for him though what happened i thought you're doing i want to talk about that yeah can i can i introduce that yeah yeah i didn't know it was a thing so can we talk about this now that's gone okay so gonzo knew he was gonna go to jail in three years for a statue of libertation for weed they got he got caught doing weed or get having weed with him a bunch of it and got out of it so

we had three years of before i got indicted before he got indicted and had to go to jail by the feds because they were waiting to indict you for some reason they were waiting to do an investigation because i wouldn't talk okay okay he doesn't talk he doesn't rat that's you just made it last as long as my god that's my god never rats you just made it last as long as you could basically yeah but during those three years that's when he went on tour with us yeah and so he knew ahead of time i told him the truth i told him he told me the truth like bruno and mom and dad didn't know until i remember i was with my dad for his uh we were we were in germany when he when we found out gonz was in jail because we were going to that porsche And I knew the day was coming, but it was so sad because it was,

he was such a father figure, important part of my life. Oh, dad. So when you went to jail, was that kind of a surprise still a little bit? It was. We never thought it was actually going to happen. Right. So it wasn't like driving with us and we were getting pulled over. And if they saw Gonzo's license, they would have, but.

Nothing ever happened. Nothing ever happened for three years. Whoa. So it finally happened when we weren't on the road. You were going to Hangout Fest or something. Hangout Fest, so yeah. And he just didn't show up that day because he got, okay. Yeah.

How hard was that to leave us after building this bond? I cried in jail. Yeah. You know, because I found out late in life what my passion was mentoring the 20 year olds I came across like Sean and you guys and I really enjoyed the road life

not just touring with 20, 30 year olds it's just helping you guys chase your dream you know how many people in this country gets to chase their dream percentage wise let's think about that. Less than 1%. Right.

Something like that. And I tell you what, man, be able to help somebody, youngsters, to chase their dreams. I have no kids. It's a winner for me. So, you know, help out. And I feel like a proud uncle after Red Rocks Saturday night. Yeah, you were there.

That's so crazy. I didn't, I was just, I thought you were just going to be like, yeah, I just got another job and I had to quit. No, I was forced. I was forced to leave. I'm crying right now thinking about it because think about that shit. So you just like, he just couldn't show up one day and you just like found out that was the day he went to jail? No, we were like two weeks. Me and dad went on some a bonding trip I think it was for your 60th no no it was right before Steph's wedding we went a week

before my sister's wedding to Germany to Germany and I found out we were on a train to like Stuttgart or train to somewhere okay and okay and then Sean's like Gonza got arrested. Yep. So. It just took him that long to get the charges up. Yeah. Now I see why.

And then they, you know, they still tried tightening up the screws on me, and I still wouldn't talk. Yeah, nice. I still, I did 30 months and did my thing. And after that, I was on paper for three years, and now I'm off. I'm doing good, and I'm enjoying Denver. Let's fucking go.

Our boy. If I can fall, get back up, you can too. Gonzo, you're the best. I'm very proud of you too, by the way. What a story. You helped me grow, bro. You helped me grow through those years of confusion when you always had to pick me up at different girls houses and

stuff in the morning and you're there for me through all that shit Google Maps people ask me how was back in a day I said imagine trying trying to haul five six cats and a wheelbarrow down a road try keep a man that's how it felt like Sean by this now time nowadays nowadays these guys have before shows after shows like this how you doing sweetie I miss you too before the girlfriends and wives are going, hmm. Bleak that out. Bleak that. Bleak that.

Bleak. You know me. No filter. Yeah, you got no filter. The opinions expressed by the guests of the Andy Fresco podcast do not necessarily reflect those of Andy and Nick. But, really, I'm very, very proud of how hard you worked to get to this point. It's such a heartfelt. And every time I see him, I'm just like, proud uncle.

I love you, buddy. I love you too, man. I think about you all the time, and I'm so thankful you're in my hometown now. And don't leave. And hopefully next year I'll be able to go to Europe with you. Yeah, and maybe this year you will help me. With? With Barefoot rentals. Yes. Let's go. Let's go. You want to rent the van? Talk to me. We're keeping God's own the family we need to keep them we needed need you. And yeah, I am very strict but fair.

Yes, very strict but fair. No, you need to be strict. This is our vehicle. I know. You know how I am with the vehicles. I know. But fair. Only time we broke down is when a spark plugs

fell on the head. Yeah. We never lost a tire. Never broke down. We never broke down. We have lucky, we were lucky. That never happened on a fall tour either. Nothing ever happened with the van.

Yeah, nothing. Don't go back to listen to old pods. Our first tour with Beau, he had to deal with every single thing. The turbo breaking, everything. He's this poor guy. It was like four tires. To be fair, the day-

St. Louis had to fix your turbo real quick to get by the next 500 miles. I used the guitar strings. The hose on the turbo came off, blew off, because I think one of the flaps was partially blocked. And we had to get to St. Luke's as a paid gig. I used Sean strings and Chris Lorenz's strings on his bass to tighten up.

They had no hose clamps, so I had to use that with a pair of pliers and make it work so those guys can make another 500 miles before they can get it fixed. Yeah. So we get to St. Louis. Cause I was like, we were making a thousand bucks at a Broadway or a store. You know what sucks? You get more successful and you're not going to have any more cool stories like that. Yeah. I got more. The failures, the failures are better stories than successes.

Success is like, yeah, it was good good gig catering was good hotel we did all this it was hard work to get here but we fucking did they're maturing well there's long way they have matured a long come a long way since I mean Bruno talking about frasco you think you got two more years? I hope so. Two more years of what? Whoa! Two more years of the industry? That's it. In the early years. Back in 2012. Two more years of what?

What do you mean by, that's when I wasn't a good musician too. Yeah, we're going, well, Preston, Bruno. I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything. I didn't say anything. You know, hey. That was good. There always could be plan B, you know?

I mean, yeah. But. Okay, Gonzo 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 I thought I was just asking some innocuous question. And we stayed loyal to him. Yeah. They visited me. They visited me too. A lot of guys would have fucking fired their driver for having a felony out for them. We stayed loyal to him because we fucking love you and your family. Stayed loyal. I know I don't call you that much these last couple of years. I just want you to know I fucking love you and I'm always here for you. I know you do.

And you guys stood by me the whole time I was in. You guys visited me. We visited you in jail. And you guys are the real you. I know you do. And you guys stood by me the whole time I was in. You guys visited me. We visited you in jail. And you guys are the real deal. Hold it, Phil. You're hanging on the glass. I'm like, do the whole thing. He didn't even let him have a glass.

He was- He just did a phone call. We had a phone call and it was like a TV. Oh, wow. It sucked. It's a federal pen. Well, you did have a marijuana. He was in a federal pen for weed.

Yeah. Bullshit. What a violent criminal. Yeah. I am so violent. He was selling a plant. Gonzo, any inspiration for people who go through the ups and downs of life?

I'll tell you what, my grandpa's still... When people ask my grandpa how he's doing, he's 99 years old, still kicking. People ask him, how you doing? He goes, I'm always going to be better. Always going to be worse. I'm just okay. And if I can get

knocked down, felt like I got my teeth knocked down, knocked out, and arms broken when I went to feds. If I can get back up and start working again and get a new life, you can too. You're never alone. Always there's somebody that cares about you.

You guys just look around and ask for help. You know? Thanks, you guys. I got no words for that. I got one more before I leave. I got no words for that. I got one more before I leave. You can use this for free, no extra charge.

Okay. Always till next time, but never goodbye. I love you. Gonzo fucking Gonzalez. Thank you. Wow. Andy Frasco, a heartfelt man loved by many. I love it.

That's what I learned today. You're a better person than I thought you are. Why? I didn't know you were such a rule follower as a kid. Yeah, I was. I like that. Yeah. All right, right guys this might be its own episode we were I was that was power it was a little fire damn it what a day I'm learning that we're more alike than I thought no I was I'm a known rule follower too that's why I respect you

yeah I like to follow rules. I do too. Yeah. I didn't know that. Okay. Okay. Have a great day. Be safe. You know a little bit more about me.

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