A career roadie (B) sits down with creators, artists and other interesting people he has met along the way. (L) runs the socials.
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In this week’s episode we have the pleasure of chatting with the multi-talented Noelle Jordan! Noelle is a graduate of Howard University and works in the live music industry as a lightning designer, …
On today’s show I catch up with my old friend and fellow tech, Detrick Lowman. Detrick is the long-time stage manager & drum tech for the band, The Roots. He’s also the Senior Music Coordinator for L…
In today’s episode I sit down with my friends Jon “Sully” Sullivan & Adam Nañez of Sully Guitars. I visited Little Elm, TX where we met up at their shop. They walked me through what it was like at th…
This week we sit down with the multi-talented, Austin-based bassist, Ben Post! Ben plays bass guitar and keyboards for the band Mass Minor and bass guitar for the Dallas-based Duran Duran tribute ban…
In this week’s episode, I sit down with my good friend and Pat Green FOH engineer, Braxton Henry. We reminisce about Braxton’s early days of being an audio engineer, some of the bands he has toured w…
In this week’s episode I have lunch with none other than former WBC Hall of Fame boxing champion, Christy Salters Martin aka “The Coal Miners Daughter”! Christy's story is the subject of "Deal with t…
On this week’s show we sit down with Toby Lawhon. Toby is lead singer and founder of the band, Marquis of Vaudeville! MoV is known for their extravagant Vaudevillian-inspired shows like A Clockwork W…
This week we have the pleasure of sitting down with the multi-talented, bassist, author and producer, Dino Monoxelos! Dino, better known to most as the “Ampeg Guy”, talks about his time with Ampeg am…
In this week’s episode we’re talking to Kevin Bludso! Kevin is a sixth generation pit master from Compton, CA and is also the owner of Bludso Bar and Que. You may also know Kevin as a judge on the Ne…
In this week’s episode we sit down with Dennis Mollan, founder of Protone Pedals. He and I get into what it’s to run a boutique pedal company, what it’s like working with “famous” artists, and the st…
On today’s show I sit down with my good friend, Mike Warren, aka Metal Mike. Mike is a fellow guitar tech who is currently on the road with Breaking Benjamin. We talk about how we both got our start …
This week we talk to former tour caterer and current poker room chef, Rene Rodriguez! Rene talks about his time on the road with the likes of ZZ Top, Pantera, and most recently Garth Brooks! Rene wal…
On this week’s show we talk to Page Hamilton of the band Helmet! Page played with David Bowie on The Hours Tour in '99, and tells us why he credits that experience with saving his life. He also talks…
This week we’ve got comedian George Redd Speaks on the show. George is a former TV/Radio personality and he talks about finding his calling in stand-up comedy. His stories are inspiring, crazy, scary…
Today we catch up with Vaden Todd Lewis of The Toadies. The Toadies are kicking off a tour in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Rubberneck and they’ll be playing the entire album, front to back!…
This week we catch up with Nashville-based blues guitarist, Lance Lopez. We cover a lot of ground in this episode. Lance talks about being a sideman for Johnnie Taylor & Lucky Peterson, his solo care…
On today's episode we interview master guitar builder, Gabriel Currie. Gabe talks about working at G&L guitars alongside the legendary Leo Fender as well as the founding of Echopark Guitars. We cover…
In this week’s episode we’re talking to guitar whiz Neil Swanson. Neil explains how a guitar contest took him from playing local Dallas clubs to standing onstage at the Hollywood Bowl with Dave Stewa…
In this week’s episode, we go on location to The Kessler Theater in Dallas, TX to catch up with Jamie Lin Wilson! Jamie tells us about getting her first guitar, learning to write songs and being insp…
In episode 17 we sit down with guitarist Kevin Sciou, also known as “Frenchie”. Kevin grew up in Nimes, France and came to the US without speaking a lick of English. However, his talent and ability s…