John Katsilometes on an idea whose time (maybe) has come: John Tesh headlining a gospel brunch at Wynn Las Vegas

Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 | 7:01 a.m.

Coming soon: Gospel Brunch with John Tesh at Wynn Las Vegas.

Far-fetched? The pairing of gospel music and soul food with the person once known as the Whitest Man in America might seem as such. But Tesh provides a persuasive account as to how this could, in fact, happen.

"I have talked to Steve Wynn about doing a deal once a month," Tesh said Monday during a phone interview from his office in Sherman Oaks, Calif. "I know it sounds weird - I'm 6-6 and white and I'm kind of a sleepy piano guy. But I could get people like (gospel artists) Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin and Shirley Caesar involved and it would be great."

To further enhance this proposition, Tesh has been brought in by Wynn to perform at private VIP parties at Wynn Las Vegas, and Tesh's wife, Connie Selleca, is a friend of Elaine Wynn.

"Who knows?" he said. "But we have been in contact, yes."

Tesh has remained prominent in Las Vegas with "The John Tesh Radio Show" (aka "Intelligence for Your Life"), which last week landed at KJUL 104.7-FM after moving from KSTJ 102.7-FM (which has moved Kelly Hawkins into the nighttime spot formerly occupied by Tesh). The standard format at KJUL should be more friendly to Tesh's rapid-fire, random advice-driven program than the '80s format, where listeners tune in primarily to wax nostalgic over the Romantics and Soft Cell. "Some formats just don't work," Tesh said. "Listeners tell me that the music is just a palate cleanser to get to the next news item."

Tesh is astonishingly popular across the country, being carried by about 240 affiliates nationwide. We'll close with a couple of classic tidbits assembled by his crack 10-person research team: Always wear blue to important meetings (it is a subversively powerful color), throw dishwashing sponges (a haven for germ breeding) into the dishwasher or microwave oven for sanitizing every other day, and the amount of time one should spend brushing his (own) teeth is the same duration of the song, "Yellow Submarine."

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