John Tesh

So how did you come up with this song in the first place that just nails what the sport of basketball is all about?

So how did you come up with this song in the first place that just nails what the sport of basketball is all about?

Well, the first thing to know is that I had grown up as a musician on Long Island. And then I was playing music, recording music in the 1980s while I was still working on news and things like that. And I got a job at CBS Sports doing sporting events that nobody else wanted to do. You know, ski flying and Mr. Universe. And I mean, figure skating was fantastic.

Well, the first thing to know is that I had grown up as a musician on Long Island. And then I was playing music, recording music in the 1980s while I was still working on news and things like that. And I got a job at CBS Sports doing sporting events that nobody else wanted to do. You know, ski flying and Mr. Universe. And I mean, figure skating was fantastic.

Well, the first thing to know is that I had grown up as a musician on Long Island. And then I was playing music, recording music in the 1980s while I was still working on news and things like that. And I got a job at CBS Sports doing sporting events that nobody else wanted to do. You know, ski flying and Mr. Universe. And I mean, figure skating was fantastic.

And I landed on the Tour de France with a guy named David Michaels, Al Michaels' brother, who's this tremendous producer. And I'd never met him before. He goes, hey, John, I know you're a musician and a writer. Let's do this MTV style. Let's do the Tour de France. And we'll use music and stuff. I said, well, I've got some... I've got a bar and I've got a piano. I've got some synthesizers.

And I landed on the Tour de France with a guy named David Michaels, Al Michaels' brother, who's this tremendous producer. And I'd never met him before. He goes, hey, John, I know you're a musician and a writer. Let's do this MTV style. Let's do the Tour de France. And we'll use music and stuff. I said, well, I've got some... I've got a bar and I've got a piano. I've got some synthesizers.

And I landed on the Tour de France with a guy named David Michaels, Al Michaels' brother, who's this tremendous producer. And I'd never met him before. He goes, hey, John, I know you're a musician and a writer. Let's do this MTV style. Let's do the Tour de France. And we'll use music and stuff. I said, well, I've got some... I've got a bar and I've got a piano. I've got some synthesizers.

I'm geeking out. That was me all day doing that stuff, right? And then since I'm in the sports world, knowing producers and stuff like that, I heard through the sports grapevine that... that NBC had gotten the coverage, right? And this is 1989, 1990, and that they were looking for a theme. And this story is online, you know, in a bunch of different places.

I'm geeking out. That was me all day doing that stuff, right? And then since I'm in the sports world, knowing producers and stuff like that, I heard through the sports grapevine that... that NBC had gotten the coverage, right? And this is 1989, 1990, and that they were looking for a theme. And this story is online, you know, in a bunch of different places.

I'm geeking out. That was me all day doing that stuff, right? And then since I'm in the sports world, knowing producers and stuff like that, I heard through the sports grapevine that... that NBC had gotten the coverage, right? And this is 1989, 1990, and that they were looking for a theme. And this story is online, you know, in a bunch of different places.

And so I was just in the middle of the night in Magève, France, still covering the Tour de France. I'm thinking, what would it sound like? What would a sports team sound like? First of all, I'm up against everybody, John Williams and Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, all those guys.

And so I was just in the middle of the night in Magève, France, still covering the Tour de France. I'm thinking, what would it sound like? What would a sports team sound like? First of all, I'm up against everybody, John Williams and Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, all those guys.

And so I was just in the middle of the night in Magève, France, still covering the Tour de France. I'm thinking, what would it sound like? What would a sports team sound like? First of all, I'm up against everybody, John Williams and Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, all those guys.

But what Eversol wanted to do and Terry O'Neill is they just wanted to put it out to people and say, hey, we'll consider anything. And so I got this theme idea in the middle of night, two o'clock in the morning, and I called my answering machine, which was in New York at the time, and I left a message for myself at 2 a.m.

But what Eversol wanted to do and Terry O'Neill is they just wanted to put it out to people and say, hey, we'll consider anything. And so I got this theme idea in the middle of night, two o'clock in the morning, and I called my answering machine, which was in New York at the time, and I left a message for myself at 2 a.m.

But what Eversol wanted to do and Terry O'Neill is they just wanted to put it out to people and say, hey, we'll consider anything. And so I got this theme idea in the middle of night, two o'clock in the morning, and I called my answering machine, which was in New York at the time, and I left a message for myself at 2 a.m.

And when I tell this story on stage, people are like, you know, I tell a story about how I call my answering machine and left a message for myself. And they all laugh because they've all done that. They've all said, I'm going to pick up a quart of milk and all the rest of that stuff. And so I still have... This is actually the answering... I have the answering machine. You have it?

And when I tell this story on stage, people are like, you know, I tell a story about how I call my answering machine and left a message for myself. And they all laugh because they've all done that. They've all said, I'm going to pick up a quart of milk and all the rest of that stuff. And so I still have... This is actually the answering... I have the answering machine. You have it?

And when I tell this story on stage, people are like, you know, I tell a story about how I call my answering machine and left a message for myself. And they all laugh because they've all done that. They've all said, I'm going to pick up a quart of milk and all the rest of that stuff. And so I still have... This is actually the answering... I have the answering machine. You have it?