Matador man: former entertainment executive Joe Escalante gives legal advice on the radio but that's only one of his many talents.(People)(Interview)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: March 27, 2006| Author: York, Emily Bryson | Copyright information

JOE Escalante may not be a textbook Renaissance man, but as a 43-year-old who's already made three successful career transitions he may be close. The half-Mexican, half-Irish Los Alamitos native is a former CBS Television lawyer who left to tour with his punk band the Vandals and start an independent record label. His Kung Fu Records features some of the biggest punk acts of the last decade; Escalante produced the first album of "Blink 182," the commercially successful alternative ...

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