Joey Salvia

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Joey Salvia
Residence New York
Nationality American
Employers ESPN, FOX
Title Producer
Website
http://www.joeysalvia.com/

Born in Brooklyn, NY,[1] Joey Salvia is a singer, songwriter, and radio personality in New York City for ESPN's WEPN. Salvia can be heard the popular radio show, The Michael Kay Show, broadcast weekdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on WEPN (1050 ESPN Radio).

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[edit] Radio

[edit] Background

Salvia began his radio career as a disk jockey and sound engineer for the Long Island, NY radio station, WLIR-FM.[2][unreliable source?]Salvia also worked as a board engineer for WABC (AM), working on various shows including Curtis & Kuby, John Gambling, and Sean Hannity.[citation needed]

Currently, Salvia is associated with both The Michael Kay Show (TMKS) and the FOX News Talk show Brian and the Judge. Salvia is also the narrator on several FOX Radio "Moments in History" including segments on Mickey Mantle and Harry Truman.

[edit] The Michael Kay Show

Salvia is one of the regular voices heard on the ESPN radio sports talk show, The Michael Kay Show, also known by its initials—TMKS.[3] "The heart and soul of the show," Salvia is the show's sound engineer, assists in production, works the board, provides music and commentary, and banters back and forth with the host, Michael Kay.[3] Besides sports-related parodies of many popular songs, Salvia also wrote the show's theme song.[4] His light-hearted parodies relating to New York Jet coach Eric Mangini and pitcher Pedro Martinez have had positive reviews in the Long Island Press.[5]

[edit] Brian and the Judge

On Brian and the Judge, Salvia's official position is that of Technical Producer, however, he also pens and performs musical parody and satire.[1]

[edit] Music

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Born in October, 1964, Salvia's love for music began at the age of eight when he held a guitar for the first time. As a teenager, Salvia would hang out with his friends in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bensonhurst and Coney Island. When Salvia was 16, his family moved to Baltimore, where he participated in his first music contest at age 17. In Maryland, Salvia took part in local community theatre and began playing the local bar band circuit. In 1987, he joined the popular college rock band,The Bash, and a few years later he moved back to his native New York.

In the 1990s, he formed the cult rock group, “The Montgomery Cliffs”. The Cliffs have been favorably compared with the Smithereens and the Jam.[6] The Cliff's debut album "Andiamo" was recognized by a national magazine Performing Songwriter as one of the best DIY albums of the year,[citation needed] and the Best Indie Album at the 1997 Long Island Music Awards.[citation needed] The group released four CDs. The group toured the U.S. for several years as an opening act for bands such as Love Nut, Splitsville, Abc, The Tubes, and 80's one-hit wonder Modern English.[citation needed]

Salvia also writes and records as a solo artist.

Joey Salvia has won awards for both his songwriting and concert/album performances. He plays a variety of instruments, such as piano/keyboard, bass, harp, and mandolin, with the guitar being his first love. In addition to his song writing and performances, Joey mixes his sound and is accomplished as a studio producer.

Salvia has recently relaunched his solo career using the popular internet web page service, MySpace, giving him the chance to promote his songwriting and to communicate with the listeners of both radio shows.

[edit] Entertainment

Salvia is the owner of JoeyJam Entertainment, a company providing professional DJ's and MC's for events.[7]

[edit] Bands

The Bash
The Third Rail
The Montgomery Cliffs

Albums
If It Ain't Brooklyn Don't Fix It
Andiamo
Christmas Stocking Stuffer
Millennium/A Pop Opera
The Montgomery Cliffs

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Meet the Team. Brian and the Judge. FOX News (November 15, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  2. ^ Salvia, Joey. Joey Salvia. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  3. ^ a b Joey Salvia. Air Staff. ESPN (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  4. ^ Buro, John J.. "The SportsFan Magazine Interview: Michael Kay", SportsFan Magazine, January 18, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-08-17. "While Kay and his sidekick, radio veteran Don LaGreca, represent the talent, Joey Salvia, the Studio Engineer, is the show’s heartbeat. He is credited with the parody tunes and, in fact, created the show’s opening theme, which pays homage to Kay." 
  5. ^ "Lovely Lyrics, A Legend And A Couple Of Loons", Long Island Press, 2006-1-26. Retrieved on 2007-08-17. "When Kay moved to the 4-7 p.m. slot to compete with WFAN's Mike & the Mad Dog, he tried to match M&M's acerbic nature, and the results have often been disappointing. Thank heavens he has music man Salvia to maintain some of the lightheartedness the show used to have when it was on from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Salvia's spoofs, including the Pedro Martinez "Mango Tree Song," have been comedy gold. But his best might have come last week after Eric Mangini was tabbed to lead the Jets. The "Mangini Song" sounds like an Arabian wedding procession (after the musicians were plied with uppers), and lines like, "He's not a genie, he's a man" will have you gripping the steering wheel a little tighter to guarantee you don't drive off the road in laughter." 
  6. ^ Holmes, Bill (September 15, 1997). CONCERT REVIEW: The Montgomery Cliffs, Fletcher's, Baltimore, MD. Consumable Online. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  7. ^ About Jam. JoeyJam.com (2005). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.