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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Amy talks about moving around at a young age, studying performing arts, The National Shakespeare Conservatory, actors vs musicians, early gigs, road stories, Judy Collins stories, Ian Hunter stories, moving to East Nashville, hosting weekly song swaps, etc.
Grant talks about meeting Billy Bragg, The Frank Chickens, Billy Bragg opening for the Smiths, early road stories with Billy, Weddings Parties Australia, “going nude” at a party with Billy Bragg, producing Mermaid Avenue, Wilco stories, tensions during the Mermaid… Continue Reading
Grant talks about working with The Smiths, meeting The Smiths at their fifth gig, Johnny Marr stories, Morrissey stories, The Smiths breaking up in his studio, the London squat scene, Frestonia, working with Gong, touring with Here & Now, playing… Continue Reading
Jason and the Scorchers’ guitarist talks about growing up on an Army base in Germany, his musical parents, seeing Merle Haggard as a kid, moving to Nashville in 1973, playing in his parent’s band, seeing The Ramones and The Police… Continue Reading
Otis talks about playing a biker gang’s clubhouse in Illinois, growing up in Wanamaker, the art of avoiding time share meetings, meeting Ernie Ladd, being banned from local wrestling matches at a diesel garage, living on $300 a month, living… Continue Reading
Delbert talks about being attacked by teenage girls in England, meeting the Beatles at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, John Lennon taking him to beatnik clubs in London, teaching John Lennon some harmonica licks, touring in a WW2 British ambulance,… Continue Reading
Delbert talks about seeing Bob Wills in a Lubbock dance hall, Buddy Holly, his first guitar, winning a local talent show as a kid, opening for Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957 at the Dallas Sportatorium, seeing Gorgeous George wrestle, the… Continue Reading