Troubled Men Podcast
René Coman sits down with the original Troubled Man, Manny Chevrolet, over cocktails at the Ring Room, in the heart of an old-school New Orleans social haunt.
Manny is an L.A. native who had been through the Hollywood wringer by his late 20s. He then moved to New Orleans to become a perennial candidate for mayor and make a feature film about it.
René is a New Orleans native who's been in the music biz wringer since he was a child. They are the Troubled Men for Troubled Times.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 76 minutes
- Episodes
- 348
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
TMP 88 Jerry Giddens Preaches to the Choir
The singer/songwriter began as a child preacher and revival soloist in the Baptist church of Ringgold, Louisiana. Jerry’s love of music outlasted his faith and led to his tenure in Los Angeles with t…
01:17:13 |
Thu 02 Jan 2020
TMP87 Spider Stacy Spins A Tale
The Pogues cofounding tin whistle player discusses the legendary Anglo-Irish folk punk band’s formation and long career as well as his residence in New Orleans and collaborations with the Lost Bayou …
01:17:49 |
Thu 26 Dec 2019
TMP86 Hannah Kreiger-Benson Comes In Swinging
The Asylum Chorus singer and Pat O’s dueling pianist is also a public policy maven steering the Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans in their advocacy work. One of the 2015 City Business Women …
00:55:45 |
Thu 19 Dec 2019
TMP85 Yegor Romantsov Gets Debauched
The singer from Russian Mafia band Debauche started as a punk rocker in Soviet-era Ukraine. He plays traditional songs of the GULAG and street criminal anthems with a spirit and energy transcending t…
01:12:56 |
Thu 12 Dec 2019
TMP 84 Reggie Scanlan Runs Hot
The Radiators bassist’s long career began with piano prince James Booker, followed by the great Professor Longhair, with some Bay-area blues giants in between. After 40 years together the Rads contin…
01:10:49 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
TMP 83 Kimberly Kaye Is Chronically Chill
The Loose Cattle singer, actor, multiple organ failure survivor, health coach, nutritionist, writer, Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, and Hottest Hell Tours operator has a lot on her plate. After spending clo…
01:12:39 |
Fri 29 Nov 2019
TMP 82 Blake Amos Comes Full Circle
The singer, guitarist, and Fulbright Fellow has had an affinity for Brazilian music and culture since his early days as an anthropology student. He spent years studying in Brazil before returning to …
01:14:17 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
TMP 81 Johnny Vidacovich: the Master Speaks
The drummer and teacher is a paragon of groove, melodicism, and taste. He speaks the language of the heart and plays from the same place. Johnny’s played with everyone from Chet Baker to Professor Lo…
01:11:45 |
Thu 14 Nov 2019
TMP 80 Damien Youth On the Record
The reclusive singer has maintained a mystery about him in spite of his prolific recorded output of over fifty albums of original material. He enters the Ring Room as we pull back the veil to reveal …
01:12:31 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
TMP 79 John McCusker's Moment of Exposure
The N.O. native has spent his career documenting life and street culture of the city. As a newspaper photographer and author he has an intimate understanding of local traditions and where they inters…
01:12:00 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
TMP 78 Ben Glover Goes Bipolaroid
The High Holidays are over and the book is closed for another year as the singer and guitar player from the neo-psychedelic band Bipolaroid steps into the Ring Room. Glover talks about their new reco…
00:59:55 |
Thu 17 Oct 2019
TMP 77 Paul Bongé's Beautiful Line
The new book, [Dusti Bongé: Art and Life](http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/oct/02/dusti-bonge-art-and-life-remembering-mississippis-/), and recent Ogden Museum retrospective, [Piercing the I…
01:02:02 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
TMP #76 Finding the Lost Bayou Ramblers
The roots of the Grammy-winning Cajun band Lost Bayou Ramblers go back to brothers André and Louis Michot playing in their father’s group as teenagers. They’re celebrating their 20th anniversary as a…
01:19:17 |
Thu 03 Oct 2019
TMP #75 Chris Lee Rocks Hard
The Supagroup frontman has shared a stage with everyone from Alice Cooper and the Foo Fighters to Supersuckers and Whitesnake. Now he’s releasing his first solo record, “Protest Songs and Party Anthe…
01:02:46 |
Thu 26 Sep 2019
TMP #74 Sidney Smith On the Whipping Post
The rock’n’roll photographer, actor, and Haunted History Tours operator has a new book of photos from his time with the Allman Brothers Band. He’s led a charmed life, including being Paul McCartney’s…
01:03:44 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
TMP #73 Ray Lopez Goes Toe to Toe
The fighter and instructor from [NOLA MMA](http://www.nolamma.com) has been a martial artist since childhood. From Greco-Roman wrestling to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to Muay Thai and kickboxing, close comb…
01:03:13 |
Thu 29 Aug 2019
TMP #72 Carlo Ditta Takes Center Stage
* Throughout a career that includes producing a hit record on Willy DeVille backed by a who’s who of New Orleans r ’n’ b legends, a Grammy nominated LP on Guitar Slim Jr., as well as numerous other r…
01:09:18 |
Thu 22 Aug 2019
TMP #71 Dave Turgeon/Dee Slut: Alligator Punk
He was a towheaded teen banned from Valencia, the New Orleans underage, upper crust social haunt. He was a punk rock madman leading the infamous Sluts on a rampage from L.A. to the Lower East Side, a…
01:11:37 |
Thu 15 Aug 2019
TMP #70 David Leonard: A Very Memphian Story
The Memphis photographer and filmmaker has been documenting Southern music and culture for years with films including *Respect Yourself*: *The Stax Records Story*, *Johnny Cash's America*, and the Mi…
01:06:52 |
Thu 08 Aug 2019
TMP #69 Lily Keber Under the Lens
The award-winning documentary filmmaker’s Bayou Maharajah chronicled the life and music of piano genius James Booker. Lily’s next film, Buckjumping, explored dance as a cultural touchstone in New Orl…
01:20:55 |
Thu 01 Aug 2019
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