Billy Bragg talks about having the chance to meet Bob Dylan and watching football instead, hanging with Chrissie Hynde, the genius of Jay Bennett, Wilco meeting Cheap Trick, the Basement Tapes, Mermaid Avenue, Otis’ first taste of Marmite, fulfilling Abbie Hoffman’s last prank, eating Joe Hill’s ashes, etc.
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The Foo Fighters guitarist talks about seeing Kiss without their makeup as a kid, playing his high school talent show, working at Fat Wreck Chords, auditioning for the Foo Fighters, eating curry with Brian May, playing with Kris Kristofferson, backing up Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live, Rick Springfield, learning Lindsey Buckingham guitar parts, visiting prisons with Billy Bragg, Wayne Kramer and Mick Jones, etc.
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Susan talks about sitting on Johnny Cash’s knee, appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show, singing a duet with Dean Martin, shoplifting with Marcia Brady, hanging with Charles Nelson Reilly and Michael Landon, doing milk commercials, Carl Reiner and Hair, life after Hurricane Katrina, etc.
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Gurf talks about borrowing blues records from a 12 year old Peter Case, Bobo Brazil, Larry McMurty’s bookstore, staying in a haunted hotel with Sam Baker, working with Lucinda Williams, his cabin in the Canadian wilderness, prison chain gang records and Ray Wylie Hubbard, seeing Blaze Foley play a gig in a disco, Blaze’s funeral, Townes Van Zandt singing in cajun gibberish, Townes wailing on a pawn shop saxophone, etc.
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The Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds co-founder talks about Ryan Adams’ collection of vintage pinball machines, backstage wrestling matches and kick wars, visiting the White House, Bill Clinton’s frog bong, playing Bluegrass festivals as a kid, meeting Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, being encouraged by Emmylou Harris, touring in a pink R.V. and dodging tornadoes, her love of Austin, learning to run sound onstage, etc.
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Mojo talks about Haystacks Calhoun, Foghorn Leghorn figurines, being too high to watch pro wrestling, the secret wisdom of Jim Dickinson, Memphis, touring with The Pogues, Jello Biafra and art school chord changes, jumping on stage with Bruce Springsteen, meeting Joe Strummer, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel on mushrooms, Don Henley getting Replacements level drunk, working for MTV, The Pleasure Barons, his career in radio, etc.
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Lydia talks about broken tire chains on Wolf Creek Pass, being stranded at Denver airport, aerophobia, smuggling bacon paste, Sweden’s amazing gas station food, mooning the hometown crowd, van life, White Galloway cattle, teenage punk rock gigs, broke down in Texas, facing anxiety, etc.
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Kevin talks about fuel tank roulette, a stolen Chevy Suburban, Clarence Gatemouth Brown’s love of buttermilk, attending the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, playing with Bo Ramsey, old school bandleaders, East Nashville in 1995, Keith Richards recording one of his songs, his collection of Contemporary Folk Art/Outsider Art/Art Brut, etc.
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John talks about seeing the Zero Boys as a kid, opening an all ages venue, joining The Lemonheads, Evan Dando stealing a bull’s head, Blake Babies, becoming an entertainment attorney, representing Bon Iver, Alabama Shakes, The Civil Wars, artists being accessible to fans, seeing George Jones just outside of Gnaw Bone, etc.
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Marshall talks about growing up in Detroit, seeing MC5 and Jimi Hendrix at Cobo Hall, joining Bealemania, hanging with Keith Richards, drinking ginger beer with Rick Danko, Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble, acting in La Bamba and Peggy Sue Got Married, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, getting a guitar lesson from Paul Burlison, etc.
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Dan talks about rock cruises, Ian McLagan, Steve Marriott’s 1957 Fender Esquire, Swiss border nightmares, blue lightning, Goody’s Headache Powder, when Alison Prestwood met Carol Kaye, the 435th best guitar player in Nashville, etc.
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The Bottle Rockets’ singer talks about his first guitar, meeting Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar as kids, Chicken Truck, being an Uncle Tupelo roadie, recording A.M., the first time Wilco heard Trace, the Coug, touring with John Fogerty, disaster gig with Todd Snider, meeting Chuck Berry, Festus Chainsaw Massacre, etc.
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Adam talks about touring with Robert Earle Keen, cedar choppers and hilljacks, electronic cigarettes, goosing, growing up in Tyler Texas, his grandpa playing with Gene Krupa, John Prine, etc.
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Motown’s head engineer talks about Marvin Gaye and recording “What’s Going On,” Stevie Wonder’s unrivaled work ethic, Benny Benjamin, James Jamerson, a very young Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, David Ruffin, the wisdom of Berry Gordy, working on Martin Luther King’s albums, Smokey Robinson playing house concerts at a young age, etc.
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The Truth And Salvage Company singer tells us about playing Harry Dean Stanton’s 85th birthday party, fishing in Levon Helm’s lake, getting cussed at by Garth Hudson, Hotel Cafe history, meeting Otis for the first time, Rodney Dangerfield, Ron Jeremy’s harmonica skills, etc.
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