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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Sam chats about UK roundabouts, growing up on a ranch in Itasca, Texas, Lightnin’ Hopkins, the day Willie Nelson drove through town, Bob Harris, his first European tour, overcoming stage fright, surviving a terrorist bombing in Peru, etc.
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Jimmy tells us about Roller Derby, seeing Johnny Cash play live in the 1960s, Woody Guthrie Fest, Red Dirt Music, Oklahoma music history, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Music Road Records, etc.
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Richard tells us about growing marijuana in Switzerland, fishing the Rhine, living with Rodney Crowell, Townes Van Zandt’s funeral, filming Heartworn Highways, Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, Blaze Foley, etc.
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Slaid talks about being a human guinea pig in pharmaceutical studies, old Dodge vans, driving ice cream trucks, busking in Ireland, the Pavarotti of the Plains, Wimberly, Texas, etc.
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Hayes talks about bingo parlors, crayon autographs, competing in drag shows, Croatian handball, Wrecks Bell, lion tamers, writing with Guy Clark, etc.
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Mary talks about resisting technology, industry pitfalls, Chet Atkins quotes, Boy George recording her song, folk rehab, Hobo Kings, Norwegian prison gigs, etc.
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Chuck talks about guitar shaped swimming pools, his first baseball game, meeting Tom Waits in a Kansas grocery, seeing Naked Lunch with William S. Burroughs and David Cronenberg, early East Nashville, vintage scooters etc.
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Ian talks about sneaking into Graceland to meet Elvis, seeing Buddy Holly live, refusing to meet Jerry Lee Lewis, getting arrested in Indianapolis, swimming with Mick Ronson, seeing Pelé make two banana kicks etc.
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Kim chats with Otis about tap dancing for Todd Snider, Swiss cowboy gigs, rehabbing raptors and convicts, vinyl records etc.
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Jon Dee chats with Otis about scar parties, attending cock fights and Lucha Libre in Mexico, opening for The Clash etc.
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Phil chats with Otis about producing Charles Manson’s album, working for Frank Zappa, escaping from a Swedish prison, etc.
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The legendary road manager chats with Otis about working for The Rolling Stones and goes into detail about stealing and burning the body of Gram Parsons.
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Gretchen chats with Otis about Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday, growing up in New York and Boulder, seeing the Grateful Dead as a kid, moving to Nashville, Chinook winds etc.
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Ray Wylie Hubbard chats with Otis about hanging out with pro wrestling royalty in the 1970’s, seeing Lightnin’ Hopkins, vintage guitars, circus graveyards, etc.
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