Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are running an encore episode in tribute, an episode we recorded almost a year ago. We talk to Amanda Aday, daughter of Marvin Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf. We are running this interview a second time as a tribute to Meat Loaf and all his fans but specifically to Amanda, who speaks so glowingly about her father. There is humor, love, affection and ultimately a real familial and genuine bond that Amanda shares with us that we think you might want to hear at this time.
Losing a parent is perhaps one of the most difficult things in life but to do it in public is something altogether different and unique. Sometimes it’s a comfort to know that others care and sometimes, it’s a heavy burden to be reminded of it constantly. We just wanted to make sure that Amanda (and her family) know how much her father meant to his fans and also to let her know we were thinking about her.
Thankfully, Amanda shared a lot about her father in this episode that might give some great insight to who he was behind the ‘rock star.’ There are some great, fun stories about touring the world as a family, how her father taught his kids sports and his need to be concerned dad rather than an absent one. We also hear about her father’s youth growing up in Dallas, his early years in Detroit in early groups Popcorn Blizzard as well as the Motown flavored Stoney and Meatloaf, how he stumbled into a production of Hair, his Joseph Papp Public Theater performance before his singing career took off, his work in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, his partnership and collaboration with Jim Steinman, his mega hits Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II, touring the world (and elsewhere), his acting roles in films like Roadie and Fight Club and about a million other things.
This is our encore episode of our conversation with Amanda Aday and it is a tribute to her father, the one and only Meat Loaf. As we like to say on the podcast, “Everyone has a story.” Today, we hear Amanda’s story about her father as well as the entertainer. It’s funny, enlightening, fascinating and honest. Thank you Amanda. We are thinking about you.
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