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Actor’s bowling shoes immortalized on Michigan-made website

davemaddensbowlingshoes.com

Remember "The Partridge Family", the iconic 1970s singing TV family? Their manager, Reuben Kincaid, saw their potential and his guidance allowed them to travel around in a converted bus, making music. Well, that manager, Reuben Kincaid, was played by actor Dave Madden. Today we’ll hear from a West Michigan man who saw the potential in a pair of shoes that once belonged to Dave Madden.Current State talks with Tom Pickel. He lives and works in the Grand Rapids area and is the creator and curator of the website, Dave Madden's Bowling Shoes.

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