David Bryan

" He has been rocking sold out concerts for more than 25 years with the most popular bands in the world. Even Bryant is a keyboardist for Bon Jovi but he's also composer who wrote music for the Broadway smash Memphis. Meant this just took home the Tony for best musical so how does this may or rocks are connected to world's. We got up -- David backstage at the meadowlands to find out."

" Is David Bryan how you doing I'm here at the new meadowlands stadium here my keyboards with my other job. On just these days. From Memphis to Bon Jovi. I'm going on 41 years of playing. And since I'm sixteen play with John so we're playing in bands and in front -- the star 1983. For -- was 84. So we got in a tour after torn learning how to be come a stating that my other job I write what they sing and play. So while they work eight times a week. I should be staying home but I'm working five times a week here."

" You might say getting in the musical theater was -- this Tony award winner."

" It's a good story I think my you know might musical theater history -- I was a rare several who could -- a summer camp I was a -- I -- for westside story. Remember that and and then my rite of passage for bar -- was I went to New York it's a Fiddler on the Roof. And then that was it. And I would write songs then with my publisher -- actually. And I was writing songs and I was trying to get caught reversal. So other artists to sing my songs from write songs -- write him I said first let me put me for your great songwriters let me hold my craft. So at home the craft and I got ten really good ones -- but what about musicals went what are today. And he said I need to twenty sauce covered eight times a week on what I'm interested."

" But of course it's incredibly hard work it takes a lot of commitment. David says there some big differences between rocking Le Bon Jovi and rocking with Memphis."

" It's kind a little power less. This is powerful because you drive the ship. And they are you sit back and it's almost like focus from what you write it and then what you get your previews and start to see if people laugh at a joke funny. No laugh not funny. If there off the back of their seats and they're really in your story during your story if they're gone. Times and they start the programmer start to read ago they lost so it's really about observed observation. And seeing how the whole mix works."

" In being in the -- gives this rock star a lot of insight into what it takes on the musical stage."

" I think -- and theater for writing Memphis hello also to I can not fifty composer. But also be a performer so I can tell those actors and I could sing my heart on and I know what you gotta do that intensively so I'm not gonna I don't kill you. So I know what it takes on the other right."

" Taylor looks so easy on stayed -- it's always bad time that screw up in front of people like try to not to. I'm an account for and -- gonna play like a record. There has not been a sound check we haven't played an instrument. Keep that camera rolling and I promise you with the first song that I walk up through sound like them. Because they're that. Focused they they wanna be great -- and and I can count on I can count."

" The nice thing and here they -- a kid. Hey -- how you doing good everybody eighty. You know and in this world world guys so eventually it's gonna you will get too low for this -- that but this is fun I love to play. You know I'd love to play music -- I love my band I'm on my guys you know we've playing for so long now it's the it's the one -- this marriage will last forever."

" Without a doubt so will David brand's relationship with the theater. Fun -- circles tour has been playing to sellout crowds around the world. And audiences are packing and to see Memphis at the Shubert Theater. David is busy working on new musical. Not bad at all this kid from Jersey."