The Musician's Guide To Everything

Nov 14 2024 42 ep. 79 mins 7

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Whether you're a young musician trying to figure out how it all works, a touring band looking for some tour bus entertainment or a fan of music and musicians craving some inside info on what happens up there on that stage, grab your backstage pass and come on in for a hearty dose of truth from the people who live out there in that endless wilderness. Or something like that.....

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Episode 42: Singer Songwriter Gene Moran (Mean Gene)

Nov 14 2024 99 mins

With a smile a mile wide, Mean Gene has transcended his physical limitations and proved that a fired-up soul is the main requirement for making great music. He's been writing and performing his grungy desert alt country songs for years now as a solo artist, as Mean Gene and the Soul Scorchers, Rockin' Chair, The Blinding Suns, and Mean Gene and the Green Sardines. And he's just get

Episode 41: Donnie Wade

Sep 25 2024 172 mins

From poor farmer to guitar shop owner to Chief Luthier at Gretsch, to setting up guitar factories in Asia, Donnie Wade has had a very, very interesting life. His passion for music started at a very young age where he risked severe punishment to sneak out and get just a glimpse of the happenings at the strictly forbidden local underground (black) music hall where Freddie King was dr

Episode 40: Max Crawford

Jun 21 2024 81 mins

When you're good, and you're cool, everybody wants you. Max Crawford has been charming his way into playing with loads of great bands with his warmth, ripping sense of humor and adventurous attitude. He came by and shared generously a few of his adventures in this realm of music. Not only is he a founder of an in-demand horn section called Total Pro Horns, he's played with Wilco, P

Episode 39: Johnny Dixon a.k.a. Johnny D.

May 20 2024 136 mins

Here's a treat! Arizona's preeminent music historian, archivist and scholar came up for a rollicking, laugh-filled, wildly informative discussion about Arizona music history, becoming a DJ as a kid, his wide ranging career in the music business and his tireless efforts to preserve and document the music of Arizona. His Audio Ranch podcast is absolutely filled with interesting, well

Episode 38: Meliza Jackson

Mar 21 2024 57 mins

Head slammin. Feet shakin. That's how you do it. Meliza Jackson plays guitar for the Darts (US) and is having a blast doing it. Their new album is on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label and is on the verge of release into the wild. Come on in for a lively discussion about life on the road and making shit happen in the music biz.

Episode 37: Jason Patrick Woodbury

Jan 22 2024 125 mins

The more you look, the more you love. There is a mountain to discover where this man is involved. An influential writer, creative director of Hello Merch, overseer of the world of WASTOIDS, neck deep in Aquarium Drunkard and Transmissions, and pushing great music on Range and Basin. Look them all up. You'll like them. He's also a musician under the moniker JPW with a recent solo re

Episode 36: Luthier Stephen Stratton

Nov 09 2023 84 mins

Instruments to drool over. Fantasize about. Lust after. Stephen Stratton has been building stringed instruments since graduating from the Roberto-Venn School of Lutherie in Phoenix in 1998. He now creates playable works of art from his shop in the Sacremento Mountains of New Mexico. Stephen stopped by the Goldwater Building to chat about, you guessed it, guitars, as well as the lif

Episode 35: The Boxmasters are back

Oct 07 2023 42 mins

Billy Bob Thornton and J.D. Andrew came through town again with their band The Boxmasters. And being the generous chaps that they are, gave us an invite to come hang out on their tour bus for a bit and get the lowdown on their current adventures.

Episode 34: Jim Bachmann

Aug 02 2023 81 mins

He's a busy man, but we finally got him! Jim Bachmann is a wizard of words and an Americana master with his signature "good timing Stonerbilly" sound and a presence of wisdom and authenticity. He's been making music solo and and along with his band The Day Drinkers for over a decade now and is still making the rounds. From playing "professional busker" gigs on a sidewalk downtown t

Episode 33: Rhett Miller of The Old 97's

Jul 14 2023 34 mins

He’s a prolific songwriter, an alt-country pioneer, a damn good talker and a fountain of thoughtful insight about music, touring, and keeping a band together for over 30 years. He’s the primary songwriter for the Old 97’s with 12 studio albums and a long list of song placements in movies and TV shows. He has also released 7 solo albums in his spare time. On top of all that, h