Jason And The Scorchers’ frontman talks about growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, castrating hogs, George “Scrap Iron” Gadaski, Jerry Lee Lewis’ hatred for The Crusher, moving to Nashville, Cantrell’s, Jack Emerson stories, the birth of Jason And The Scorchers, opening for Carl Perkins, REM stories, meeting Johnny Cash, Replacements stories, Richard Hell and Lou Reed showing up at gigs, etc.
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Mando talks about growing up in a military family, the Houston Astrodome, Dome Foam, Otis’ disdain for the Cubs, Hayes Carll stories, Robert Earl Keen stories, dipping Copenhagen, Kim Richey stories, Stoney LaRue stories, co-writing in Nashville, Black Sabbath’s new country record, bad gig stories, etc.
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Robbie talks about growing up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, going to Bluegrass festivals as a kid, Bill Monroe vs Bobby Knight, Chicago’s Country music history, WLS National Barn Dance, Old Town School Of Folk Music, Nashville in the 1990’s, Tim Carroll, BR5-49, Buck Owens, George Jones, Lloyd Green stories, JP Morgan stories, thoughts on money, his Hideout residency, etc.
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Amy talks about growing up in Russellville, Indiana, being painfully shy as a kid, playing sports, her first concert, singing in bands in college, meeting Otis at a Bob Dylan concert, attending her first wrestling match, road stories, Colorado migraines, being mistaken for junkies in Kansas, making records, writing children’s books, etc.
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Jon talks about growing up in near Harper Lee, Johnny Shines and Bear Bryant in rural Alabama, moving to Nashville, not quite meeting Albert Lee, Hank Williams stories, Jerry Reed stories, Harlan Howard’s house, hanging with Tom T. Hall, selling a drum set to John Prine, thoughts on Texans, Buck Jones stories, etc.
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Brian talks about making demos with Uncle Tupelo and how those demos lead to a record deal, how the Bottle Rockets were formed, signing a major label deal, meeting Eric Ambel, recording The Brooklyn Side, recording while drunk, being temporarily treated like a rock star, playing The Conan O’Brien Show, getting makeup done with Max Weinberg, hearing Radar Gun on the radio for the first time, having the most requested song on Dallas’ biggest rock station, the night Anthrax, Dimebag Darrell and Ugly Kid Joe opened for the Bottle Rockets, etc.
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Brian talks about seeing Sir Douglas Quintet with Jay Farrar and Mark Ortman, meeting Doug Sahm, Doug Sahm stories, the history of Coffee Creek, Uncle Tupelo’s final gig, Jeff Tweedy/Jay Farrar stories, Cheap Trick reaching out to The Bottle Rockets, befriending Bun E. Carlos, The Alt-Country Cruise ™, etc.
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Jon talks about growing up in Wales, Joe Strummer working as a gravedigger in Newport, opening for The Clash in Leicester, Joe Strummer stories, The Mekons, the miners’ strike, Billy Bragg stories, his paintings, meeting Johnny Cash four times, Johnny Cash stories, etc.
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Ray Wylie Hubbard, Gretchen Peters, Jon Dee Graham, Kim Richey, Chuck Mead and Phil Kaufman share their favorite Christmas memories. Otis tells a few Christmas stories of his own and plays a recording he made ten years earlier of him driving two drunk friends home from the bar on Christmas Eve. It’s a Christmas miracle!
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David talks about growing up in a musical family, Christian Thrash Metal, Damien Jurado stories, Vic Chesnutt stories, Will Johnson, Mark Eitzel, road stories, cooking meals in the van, getting hit by a drunk driver in Chicago, hitting a deer and totaling the van, playing gigs in living rooms, etc.
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Paul talks about growing up in Adelaide, Australia, Louis Armstrong, discovering The Stanley Brothers, trading cassettes and mix tapes, road stories, bad gigs, Kasey Chambers stories, Tim O’Brien, touring with Crowded House, Neil Finn stories, Steve Earle stories, his first trip to Nashville, thoughts on songwriting, etc.
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Joe talks about studying playwriting in college, his favorite teacher, Fugazi, succeeding on your own terms, moving to Chicago, Steve Earle stories, Rhett Miller, Josh Ritter stories, searching for grapefruit juice in Cleveland, bad gig stories, drinking whiskey with Hayes Carll on a ranch in Colorado, getting punched in the face by a cowgirl, etc.
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David talks about Killer Kowalski’s claw hold, opening for Townes Van Zandt in 1973, his friendship with Townes, watching Guy Clark play pool, Guy Clark stories, forming The X-Rays, stepping in dog shit on stage, playing Austin City Limits, meeting Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Emmylou Harris stories, Linda Ronstadt, Daniel Lanois, Wrecking Ball, Sergio Webb, bad gig stories, touring with Melissa Etheridge, life outside of the mainstream, audience honesty, etc.
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The Centro-matic frontman talks about growing up in a military town, playing in people’s living rooms, hitting a deer and totaling the van, David Bazan, Quiet Riot vs Peter Gabriel, Jason Molina Stories, Vic Chesnutt stories, Bridge School Benefit, having dinner at Neil Young’s house, having Sheryl Crow as a babysitter, his love of baseball, his paintings, Slurpee tantrums, etc.
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Carol and Kym talk about Bluegrass in Australia, Vince Gill stories, Sam Bush stories, Rodney Crowell stories, Benny Hill, a lesson in Australian slang, playing an outdoor gig in a sand storm, Bob Dylan stories, Willie Nelson stories, living in Austin and Nashville, etc.
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