Behind The Curtain with Chris Allen

Introducing Phoenix, AZ DJ Chris "Big Nasty" Allen! Today's interview brings us a cautionary and inspirational story about overcoming major ongoing medical issues! Chris tells us about how he broke several vertebrae in his neck, was temporarily a quadriplegic, and the many setbacks in his ongoing recovery process from spinal reconstruction surgery (Vertebraes, C3-C7), all through the COVID Pandemic till this very day! We also discuss how being a musician often leads to becoming a strip club DJ! And how being a one-man band singing and playing "porno blues" (a genre Chris created) led to an offer to DJ at his first strip club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. How did preaching influence Chris's style on the mic? His first club had a Juke Box for music selections and he learned how to Emcee by listening to the owner, Al (a former Pentecostal minister) 'preach' to the crowd. "The Sunday congregation at the first church of what's shakin' now!" The Naked Sermon! Can I get an AMEN?! Lol From there he DJ'd off of a 5-disc changer/CD player with a cassette deck attached to it (Google it youngsters! LOL), to professional CD players, to today's DJ programs while working in San Francisco, and ultimately settling in the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, AZ! He overcame a meth addiction 17 years ago too! Special shout out to the P.A.N.D.A.s who have helped him with his addiction (Daniel Montoya), and mentored him on the craft of being a Strip Club DJ! Chris then reveals how he broke his neck and wrist (and all these years we've been told that masturbation makes you go blind!), and the many complications in his recovery due to poor treatment by medical personnel, health insurance intricacies, and just the sheer physical pain involved with such catastrophic injuries. "Big Nasty" shares invaluable information with all of us on how to be your own ADVOCATE while dealing with insurance and treatment centers. He gives us 2 KEY terminologies that will empower anyone going through similar major long-term medical recovery! KNOW your insurance coverage!!! KNOW who your 'charge nurse" is! Chris has had to relearn how to walk, use his hands, and really, every basic function we do on a day-to-day basis that we all take for granted! From bathing, and feeding himself to playing his beloved guitar! Truly a remarkable journey! All of this, and of course, we put Chris on the HOT SEAT by asking the 10 questions made famous by Bernard Pivot and then James Lipton on Inside The Actors Studio with a twist!:) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices