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speakers and thought "this is the next singer I want to work with." I was in communication with Serafino Perugino of Frontiers Records, who wanted to put a super group together with maybe an established singer. It could've even been Kevin Chalfant or Derek St. Holmes or one of the tried and trues, but then I came across Toby, did a demo, sent it to Serafino, he actually flew out to meet Toby and I in a Nashville studio and signed us. I had the name Pride Of Lions in my back pocket for many years, which is such a Peterik name, and our first album was simply called Pride Of Lions. With the record industry now, if you sell 15,000 copies, that's like platinum back in the '80s and the record sold 25,000 copies! We went overseas and we played as Pride Of Lions in France, Germany, album, which is coming out in January on Capitol and the same team has a song called "Sail Away." He played me the master and it's fantastic! I'm a huge Beach Boys fan. I mean it's like writing with Paul McCartney or writing with John Lennon. That's how big Brian Wilson loomed in my past and present and it's just a dream come true! IE: How do you feel like this book is going to rel ]H