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this album	''Fishscale''(2006)
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''FishScale'' is the fifth studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, released March 28, 2006 on Def Jam in the United States. The album features guest appearances from every member of the Wu-Tang Clan, as well as Ghostface Killah's Theodore Unit. It also features production from several acclaimed producers, such as MF Doom, Pete Rock, J Dilla, and Just Blaze, among others. The album follows an organized crime theme, and is named after a term for uncut cocaine, fishscale.

''Fishscale'' sold nearly 110,000 units in its first week of release, and debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200, and number two on the Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it the highest charting Ghostface Killah album since his 1996 debut, ''Ironman''. The singles "Back Like That," and "Be Easy" entered the U.S. Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs chart, with the former peaking at the 14th position. Upon its release, ''Fishscale'' received positive reviews from most music critics, with many applauding the album's cohesiveness, lyricism, and production.

Background

In January 2006, a sampler was released containing full versions of "Be Easy," "Back Like That," and "Kilo," as well as shortened versions of "Big Girl" and "Charlie Brown". It also included an alternate version of "The Champ". "Charlie Brown," which was produced by MF DOOM, contained a sample from Caetano Veloso's "Alfomega" that did not ultimately receive clearance, and the song did not appear on the final album. Similarly, "The Champ" was not cleared and an altered version found its way on to the album.

J Dilla created his two productions for Ghostface, but also used them on his instrumental album ''Donuts''; MF DOOM's productions are taken from his ''Special Herbs'' series of albums.

As of November 2009, the album had sold 332,000 copies.

Reception

Critical response

Upon its release, ''Fishscale'' received favorable reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 32 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim". Robert Christgau from ''The Village Voice'' was especially favorable, awarding an A+ rating and likening the album to Public Enemy's universally hailed ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back''. Writing for ''Entertainment Weekly'', Raymond Fiore graded the album an A- and commented "He may not be reinventing himself with ''Fishscale'', but as a must-hear street storyteller, Ghostface Killah's still at the top of his game." Matt Barone from ''XXL'' gave ''Fishscale'' an XL rating and stated "Possessing a unique pedigree of prose, and unbridled lyrical passion, he is the reigning king of consistency. With a few forced collaborations being its only flaw, ''Fishscale'' is Ghost’s most addictive dosage post ''Supreme Clientele''. Packed with vivid street tales, comic relief and straight spittin’, the album continues his standard of excellence." Giving the album a 4/4 star rating, Steve Jones from ''USA Today'' wrote "Few rappers are as consistently compelling as this Wu-Tang Clan member. With his fifth solo album, Ghostface takes a timeworn hip-hop theme — dealing cocaine, and creates a riveting listening experience. He doesn't so much deliver rhymes as narrate graphically detailed scenes, rife with violence, passion and a little humor." Allmusic writer Andy Kellman wrote in his review "...Ghost responds by pouring all that he has, both lyrically and vocally, into every track on the album. The scenarios he recounts are as detailed and off-the-wall as ever, elaborate screenplays laid out with a vocal style that's ceaselessly fluid and never abrasive." In his review for ''The A.V. Club'', Nathan Rabin wrote:

Accolades

''Fishscale'' was ranked as one of the best albums of the year by many famous publishers. It also appeared on several lists for best albums of the decade, with Stylus Magazine ranking it number eleven. ''Uncut'' ranked it number 62 on their 150 Best Albums of the 2000s, while Pitchfork Media ranked it number 75 on their Top 200 Albums of the 2000s, stating "History will remember ''Fishscale'' as Ghostface's ''Magical Mystery Tour'': an artist convinced of his own genius empties every chamber on a batshit, pseudo-conceptual headtrip." In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album at number nine on its "Hip-Hop’s Best Albums of the Decade" list.

Track listing

!#	!Title	!Producer(s)	!Samples	!Time
1	"The Return of Clyde Smith" (Intro)			*"Ju Ju" by Jack McDuff	1:04
2	"Shakey Dog"			I Can Sing a Rainbow/L'amour est bleu>Love is Blue" by The Dells	3:44
3	"Kilo" (feat. Raekwon)	MoSS		* "Ten is the number - kilos" by George Greer & Jimmy Vann	4:00
4	"The Champ"	Just Blaze		* "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss	* "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" by Wu-Tang Clan	4:09
5	"Major Operation" (Skit)			0:06
6	"9 Milli Bros." (feat. Wu-Tang Clan)	MF DOOM		* "Fenugreek" by MF Doom	* "Fast Cars" by RZA	4:14
7	"Beauty Jackson"	J Dilla		* "Maybe" by The Three Degrees	* "Hi." by J Dilla	1:32
8	"Heart Street Directions" (Skit)			0:54
9	"Columbus Exchange" (Skit) / "Crack Spot"	Crack Val		*"Feed Me Your Love" by Freda Payne	2:21
10	"R.A.G.U." (feat. Raekwon)	Pete Rock		The Look of Love (1967 song)>The Look of Love" by The Delfonics	2:39
11	"Bad Mouth Kid" (Skit)			1:10
12	"Whip You With a Strap"	J Dilla		*"To the Other Man" by Luther Ingram	*"One for Ghost" by J Dilla	2:51
13		Xtreme		*"Baby Come Home" by Willie Hutch	*"Song Cry" by Jay-Z	4:02
14	"Be Easy (Ghostface Killah song)	Pete Rock		*"Stay Away From Me" by [[The Sylvers	*"Mighty Healthy" by Ghostface Killah	3:19
15		MF DOOM		*"Apaloosa" by Gino Vanelli	*Instrumental from "Four Theives Vinegar" by MF DOOM from Special Herbs, Vol. 4	3:09
16	"Jellyfish" (feat. Cappadonna, Shawn Wigs, & Trife)	MF DOOM		*"Never Can Say Goodbye" by Dennis Coffey	*"Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye (interpolation)	*"Special Lady" by Ray, Goodman & Brown (interpolation)	*"Sumac Berries" by MF DOOM	3:50
17	"Dogs of War" (feat. Raekwon, Cappadonna, & Sun God)	Pete Rock		Family Affair (Sly & the Family Stone song)>Family Affair" by Sly & the Family Stone	4:04
18	"Barbershop"	Studio Steve		*"You’d Better Believe It" by The Manhattans	1:56
19	"Ms. Sweetwater" (Skit)			0:14
20	"Big Girl"	Ghostface Killah		*"You’re A Big Girl Now" by The Stylistics	*"Strung Out" by William Bell	3:35
21	"Underwater"	MF DOOM		*Paul Horn Song	*"Orange Blossoms" by MF DOOM	2:03
22	"The Ironman Takeover" (Skit)			0:05
23	"Momma" (feat. Megan Rochell)			David Axelrod (musician)>David Axelrod	4:49
24*	"Three Bricks" (feat. The Notorious B.I.G., & Raekwon)	Cool & Dre co-produced by Sean "Diddy" Combs		*"Niggas Bleed" by The Notorious B.I.G.	4:58

* Signifies bonus material

Personnel

Ghostface Killah - performer, producer, executive producer

Raekwon - performer

Trife - performer

Sun God - performer

Cappadonna - performer

Shawn Wigs - performer

RZA - performer

GZA - performer

Method Man - performer

Inspectah Deck - performer

U-God - performer

Masta Killa - performer

Ol' Dirty Bastard - performer

Notorious B.I.G. - performer

Ne-Yo - vocals

Megan Rochell - vocals

Candice Wilson - vocals

Jonathan Doyle - vocals

Rob Mathes - bass, guitar, horn arrangements

Tom Timko - alto sax

Jeff Kievit - trumpet

Birch Johnson - trombone

Ken Lewis - multi instruments, producer

MF Doom - producer

Pete Rock - producer

J Dilla - producer

Just Blaze - producer, engineer

MoSS - producer

Sean Cane & LV - producer

Cool & Dre - producer

Sean Combs - producer

Lewis Parker - producer

Crack Val - producer

Xtreme - producer

Studio Steve - producer

Mario "Big O" Caruso - producer, executive producer, management

Scutch Robinson - executive producer

Christos Tsantilis - engineer, editing

David Brown - engineer, mixing assistant

Morgan Garcia - engineer

Stephen Glicken - engineer

Mike Tocci - engineer

Andrew Wright - engineer

Jason Goldstein - mixing

Gimel Keaton - mixing

Nikos Teneketzis - mixing

Ryan West - engineer, mixing

Tony Dawsey - mastering

Terese Joseph - A&R;

Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds - A&R;

Ashaunna Ayars - marketing

Tai Linzie - photography, art coordinator

F. Scott Schafer - photography

Alli Truch - creative director

Dawud West - design, logo

Lyani Powers - set design

Charts

!Chart	!Position
Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums

References

External links

''Fishscale'' Reviews at Metacritic

XXL article

Accolades at acclaimedmusic.net

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name	David Grisman
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
alias	Dawg
born	March 23, 1945Hackensack, New Jersey U.S.
instrument	Mandolin, mandola, mandocello, banjo, piano, saxophone, keyboards
genre	Bluegrass music, newgrass, folk, jazz, Americana
occupation	Musician, Composer, Record producer
label	Electra, Sugar Hill, Pastel Records, A&M;, Warner Bros., Acoustic Disc
associated acts	Even Dozen Jug Band, Old and in the Way, David Grisman Quintet, Jerry Garcia, Earth Opera, Peter Rowan, Muleskinner, Andy Statman, Martin Taylor, DGBX
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David Grisman (born March 23, 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.

Biography

Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey. He started his musical career in 1963 as a member of Even Dozen Jug Band. His nickname "Dawg" was affectionately assigned by his close friend Jerry Garcia in 1973 (the two met in 1964 at a Bill Monroe show at Sunset Park in West Grove, Pennsylvania). "Dawg Music" is what he calls his mixture of bluegrass and Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli-influenced jazz, as highlighted on his album ''Hot Dawg'' (recorded Oct. 1978, released 1979). Stephane Grappelli played on a couple of tracks on ''Hot Dawg'' and then the 1981 recording ''Stephane Grappelli and David Grisman Live''. It was Grisman's combination of Reinhardt-era Jazz, bluegrass, folk, Old World Mediterranean string band music, as well as modern Jazz fusion that came to embody "Dawg" music.

Grisman's father had been a professional trombonist at one time and had young David begin piano lessons at the age of seven. In the early 1950s, Grisman heard the beginnings of rock 'n' roll and was influenced by pop music and everything he heard. Following his father's death, when David was 10, he drifted away from the piano. He took it up again when he was about 13 or 14, soon discovering folk music through the Kingston Trio, a group that became popular during the American folk music revival.

David and three friends from his school then met folklorist and musician Ralph Rinzler in Passaic, New Jersey, and became greatly influenced by Rinzler's vast knowledge about traditional music. During this period, Greenwich Village in New York City was already bustling with folk musicians, and David realized what he wanted to do with his life. In 1963, Grisman played in the Even Dozen Jug Band, who recorded an album that year on Elektra Records.

Grisman did a Red Allen and Frank Wakefield session for Folkways Records in 1963 but didn't perform with Red Allen and the Kentuckians until 1966. Also in 1966, Grisman recorded ''Early Dawg'', a live recording from a show in New York that featured the talents of Del McCoury on guitar and vocals, and Jerry McCoury on bass. The album was not released until 1980. Grisman then played mandocello on Tom Paxton's album ''Morning Again'' (Elektra, 1967).

In 1967, Grisman was in a psychedelic rock group called Earth Opera with Peter Rowan. In 1973, Grisman joined Rowan, Vassar Clements, Jerry Garcia and John Kahn to form the bluegrass group Old and in the Way. It was while with this group, that Garcia gave him his nickname, after a dog he saw behind Grisman while they were driving in Stinson Beach. In 1974, Grisman, Rowan, Kahn, and Richard Greene joined Bill Keith, Clarence White, and John Guerin in the group Muleskinner. In 1974, Grisman was also in The Great American Music Band. Then in 1975 he started his own band, the David Grisman Quintet (DGQ), which released its first album in 1977.

Grisman also played mandocello on Bonnie Raitt's album ''Sweet Forgiveness'' (1977). In addition to performing with the Quintet, Grisman also performs with his bluegrass group, the DGBX (David Grisman Bluegrass Experience). Other members of the DGBX are Keith Little on banjo, Chad Manning on fiddle, Jim Nunally on guitar and Samson Grisman on upright bass. He has also recorded an album and toured as a duo with John Sebastian.

Accompanists

David Grisman has played with musicians including: Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan, Rob Wasserman, Denny Zeitlin, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Dan Fogelberg, John Carlini, Mark O'Connor, Béla Fleck, Clarence White, Bob Brozman, Mike Auldridge, Mike Seeger, David Bromberg, Stephane Grappelli, Martin Taylor, Del McCoury, Jerry McCoury, Ralph Stanley, Jon Sholle, Earl Scruggs, John Hartford, Jethro Burns, Tiny Moore, Beppe Gambetta, Richard Greene, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger (Turtle Island String Quartet), Andy Statman, Sam Bush, Pat Barnick, Joe Craven, Bill Amatneek, Todd Phillips, Jim Kerwin, Enrique Coria, Frank Vignola, George Marsh, Matt Eakle, Grant Gordy and the Kronos Quartet.

Notable

Grisman, along with New Grass Revival, are generally considered the modern day interpreters of the new bluegrass-influenced fusion sound, sometimes called newgrass.

The documentary ''Grateful Dawg'' (2000) chronicles the deep friendship between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman.

David Grisman appeared on the Grateful Dead's album ''American Beauty'' (1970). To this day, Grisman complains (jokingly) of how Jerry Garcia vetoed the length of the mandolin part featured on the studio version of "Ripple".

"Dawggy Mountain Breakdown" is NPR's Car Talk's theme music.

David Grisman sued YouTube in May 2007, complaining in federal court that YouTube should be required to prevent individuals from posting recordings of Grisman's music. Grisman's attorneys requested voluntary dismissal of the suit. Grisman was a judge for the 6th and 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.

Discography

References

External links

Acoustic Disc official website

David Grisman at The Music Box Collection of reviews

Illustrated discography of the Even Dozen Jug Band

Internet radio interview with David Grisman

Digital Interviews: David Grisman

2008 State of Mind Music Conversation with David Grisman

[ Credits on allmusic.com] [ Discography on allmusic.com] [ Charts and awards] [ Biography on allmusic.com]

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birthname	Harvey Lee Yeary
birth date	April 23, 1939
birth place	Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S.
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1964–present
spouse	Kathy Robinson (1961-1964)Farrah Fawcett (1973-1982)Karen Velez (1988-1994)Faith Noelle Cross (2002-present)
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Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an American actor who has worked in television and movies and first became a star in his role as Victoria Barkley's husband's illegitimate son, Heath Barkley, in ''The Big Valley'' (1965–1969). Majors is also well known as Owen Marshall's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon, in ''Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law'' (1971–1974), as Colonel Steve Austin, in ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' (1974–1978) and ''The Bionic Woman'' (1976-1978), and as Colt Seavers in ''The Fall Guy'' (1981–1986).

Early life

Majors was born Harvey Lee Yeary in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte, Michigan. Parents Carl & Alice Yeary were both killed in separate car accidents (prior to his birth and when he was one year old respectively) and at age two, Majors was adopted by an uncle and aunt, Harvey and Mildred Yeary, and moved with them, and their biological son, Bill, to Middlesboro, Kentucky.

Since his adoptive older brother had been a football star in school, Majors tirelessly committed himself to the sport. While a student at Middlesboro High School, he participated in many sports from track to football. He graduated in 1957, and earned a scholarship to Indiana University, where he again competed in sports. Majors transferred to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1959. He played in his first game the following year, but suffered a severe back injury which left him paralyzed for two weeks, and ended his college football career. Following his injury, he turned his attention to acting and performed in plays at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. Majors graduated from Eastern in 1962 with a degree in History and Physical Education.

After college, he received an offer to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals football team. Instead, he moved to Los Angeles and found work at the Los Angeles Park and Recreation Department as the Recreation Director for North Hollywood Park. This was after a brief stint playing for the new football franchise Boston Patriots as a safety. In LA, Majors met many actors and industry professionals, including Dick Clayton, who had been James Dean's agent, and Clayton suggested he attend his acting school. After one year of acting school, Clayton felt that Majors was ready to start his career. At this time, he picked up the stage name ''Lee Majors'' as a tribute to childhood Johnny Majors who was a player and future coach for the University of Tennessee. Majors also studied at Estelle Harmon's acting school at MGM.

Television and film roles

At age 25, Majors landed his first, although uncredited, role in ''Strait-Jacket'' (1964), which starred Joan Crawford. After appearing in a 1965 episode of ''Gunsmoke'', he starred as Howard White in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “The Monkey’s Paw - A Retelling,” based on the short story by W. W. Jacobs later the same year.

''The Big Valley''

Majors got his big break when he beat out over 400 young actors, including Burt Reynolds, for the co-starring role of Heath Barkley in a new ABC western series, ''The Big Valley'', which starred Barbara Stanwyck. Also starring on the show was another newcomer, Linda Evans, who played Heath's younger sister, Audra. Richard Long and Peter Breck played his brothers Jarrod and Nick, respectively. One of Heath's frequently used expressions during the series was "Boy howdy!" ''Big Valley'' was an immediate hit. During the series, Majors landed the lead role in “The Ballad of Andy Crocker” (1969), a made-for-television film which was first broadcast by ABC. The film is notable as being one of the very first films to deal with the subject matter of Vietnam veterans "coming home". That same year, he was offered the chance to star in ''Midnight Cowboy'' (1969), but ''The Big Valley'' was renewed for another season and he was forced to decline the role (which later went to Jon Voight). When ''The Big Valley'' was cancelled in 1969, he signed a long-term contract with Universal Studios. In 1970, Majors joined the cast of ''The Virginian'' for its last season.

''Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law''

In 1971, he landed the role of Arthur Hill's partner, Jess Brandon, on ''Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law'', which garnered critical acclaim during its three seasons on ABC. In one episode, his then girlfriend, Farrah Fawcett, guest-starred.

''The Six Million Dollar Man''

Majors' co-starring role on Owen Marshall led him to a starring role as Colonel Steve Austin, an ex-astronaut with bionic implants in ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', a 1973 television movie broadcast on ABC.

In 1974, the network decided to turn it into a weekly series. The series became a huge international success, being screened in over 70 countries, and made Majors a leading pop icon of the 1970s. Co-starring on the show was Richard Anderson as Austin's boss, Oscar Goldman, and Martin E. Brooks as the doctor incharge of the bionics lab, Rudy Wells (also played by at various times during the show by Alan Oppenheimer). Lee also invited his then wife, Farrah Fawcett, to guest-star in four episodes. By this time, Majors and Fawcett were a high-profile Hollywood couple and were on the cover of magazines everywhere. Majors also made his directorial debut in 1975, on an episode called "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing," which co-starred pro football players such as Larry Csonka and Dick Butkus.

During the show's second season, the producers gave Austin a love interest on the show, Jaime Sommers (played by actress Lindsay Wagner). Steve and Jaime rekindle their school-age relationship and get engaged before she is injured in a skydiving accident and is given similar bionic implants to Austin, but with a bionic right ear instead of a bionic left eye. At the end of the two-part episode, Jaime dies. However, ABC received a flood of letters from upset fans who wanted Wagner's character brought back from the dead. This was done and the character was eventually given her own spin-off show, ''The Bionic Woman''.

In 1977, with ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' still a hit series, Majors tried to renegotiate his contract with Universal Television. The studio in turn filed a lawsuit to force him to report to work due to stipulations within his existing contract that had not yet expired. When he did not report to work that June, studio executives relented and offered Majors a raise. However, ratings began to decline and ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' was canceled in March 1978 (as was ''The Bionic Woman''). In November 2010, Time Life released a 40 DVD set featuring every episode and bonus features from the show.

Feature film career

Majors first major foray into feature films was a co-starring role in the 1968 Charlton Heston film ''Will Penny'', where he received an "Introducing" credit. After his role as Steve Austin, Majors starred in several movies: ''The Norseman'' (1978), ''Steel'' (1979), ''Killer Fish'' (1979), ''Agency'' (1980), ''The Last Chase'' (1981), and also made cameo appearances in ''Scrooged'' (1988) ''Out Cold'' (2001) ''Big Fat Liar'' (2002) and ''The Brothers Solomon'' (2007) ''The Story of Bonnie and Clyde'' (2010)

''The Fall Guy''

In 1981, Majors returned in another long-running television series. Producer Glen A. Larson (who had first worked with Majors on ''Alias Smith and Jones'', where Majors had a one episode part, and later on ''The Six Million Dollar Man'') asked him to star in the pilot of ''The Fall Guy''. Majors played Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman and part-time bounty hunter. ''The Fall Guy'' allowed Majors an opportunity to show off his comedic abilities, something audiences hadn’t yet seen. Majors was also a producer and a director on the show, and even sang its theme song, the self-effacing "Unknown Stuntman." Majors also invited several longtime friends, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, to guest-star in various episodes. The series ran for five seasons until 1986. According to an interview on Sirius/XM's Opie & Anthony Show in November 2010, the studio wanted to do another season of ''The Fall Guy'' but Majors was getting burnt out on Hollywood and felt the audience might have been getting burnt out on him.

After ''The Fall Guy'', Majors' career became more low-key, and he made a series of made-for-TV movies and several pilots for unsuccessful TV shows. Between 1987 and 1994, he and Lindsay Wagner reunited in three ''The Six Million Dollar Man''/''The Bionic Woman'' TV movies. In 1990, he had a recurring role in ''Tour of Duty'', and a recurring role in the short-lived 1992 series, ''Raven''.

Personal life

Majors has been married to:

Kathy Robinson (married 1961, divorced 1964); one child, actor Lee Majors II (born circa 1962). Majors II appeared as an OSI agent in the three ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' / ''The Bionic Woman'' reunion movies with his father.

Farrah Fawcett, actress, (married July 28, 1973, separated 1979, divorced February 16, 1982). During the first six years of their marriage, she was billed as ''Farrah Fawcett-Majors''. In 1976, the couple made TV history by being a husband and wife who simultaneously starred in separate top-rated shows (''The Six Million Dollar Man'' and ''Charlie's Angels''). After they split, Fawcett famously said, "If he's the six-million-dollar man, I'm the ten-billion-dollar woman." When Fawcett died on June 25, 2009, after her three-year-long battle with anal cancer, Majors issued a statement which read, "She fought a tremendous battle against a terrible disease. She was an angel on earth and now an angel forever." Besides attending her funeral, several reports indicated that Majors reconnected with Fawcett before her death. Karen Velez, ''Playboy'' Playmate, (married 1988, divorced 1994); one daughter, Nikki Loren, and twin sons, Dane Luke and Trey Kulley.

Faith Majors, actress and model, (married on November 1, 2002).

In the middle of 2003, Majors had heart bypass surgery.

Trivia

He starred in a German TV car commercial with his wife Faith Majors parodying the beginning of ''The Fall Guy'', always refusing the challenges presented in the original.

Majors played Jaret Reddick's disconnected father in Bowling For Soup's video, "When We Die."

The football field on North 15th Street in his hometown of Middlesboro, Kentucky, was renamed in his honor.

Majors voiced the character of "Big" Mitch Baker in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''.

In ''The Simpsons'' episode "Burns' Heir", Marge has a fantasy about Lee Majors, in which she runs away with him after Bart graduates from Harvard in the future.

In 2007 he voiced a character on the APTN stop motion animated children's program Wapos Bay: The Series parodying Steve Austin named "Steve from Austin".

In 2007, he played a minor role in Stephen King's The Mist.

In 2007, he played Grandpa Max in Ben 10: Race Against Time.

On January 1, 2008, Majors appeared in the role of "God" on the 7th season premiere and series finale of ''According to Jim''.

Also in 2008, Majors played a member of the Minutemen (dedicated to preventing illegal border crossings) in Season Four of the Showtime series ''Weeds'', where he recruits Kevin Nealon’s character.

Majors also played Coach Ross on the CW Network's television series "The Game", which ran from October 1, 2006 to May 20, 2009.

Endorses Lee Major's Rechargeable Bionic Hearing Aid

Lee Majors also appeared on ITVs The British Comedy Awards 2009 on the 12th December 2009 alongside Claudia Winkleman.

He played in Human Target (Season 1, Episode 12) as the mentor of Christopher Chance.

Majors played the crusty sailing instructor on the ''Community'' episode "Beginner Pottery".

He provides the voice of General Abernathy in G.I. Joe: Renegades.

Majors made a brief appearance as Don Reger in the episode "Well Suitored" of CBS series ''$#*! My Dad Says'' (2011).

Cast in the big screen remake of ''The Big Valley'' (2011). Majors is playing Tom Barkley, the father of the character he originally played on the television series, Heath Barkley.

References

External links

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