137 - Chris Ballew (the Presidents of the United States of America)

137 - Chris Ballew (the Presidents of the United States of America) In episode 137 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, Host, James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/bassist/guitarist Chris Ballew from the Presidents of the United States of America and he also performs as Caspar Babypants. In their conversation he covers: Growing up in Seattle with his mom’s classical influences and his father’s country influences… and his mom going in to the “pit” at his early shows. Chris takes us through his musical journey: high school in Seattle college in New York and busking in Boston and then back to Seattle to start the Presidents. Chris takes through his gear Harmony’s Silvertone’s all set up untraditionally with between 2 and 4 strings. Chris also tells us about his Presidents rig which was an Epiphone SG style with just two strings tuned to C# and G#. Chris tells us a bit about his musical contemporaries in the Seattle area as well as New York and Boston. Chris takes us through his other musical projects, the music he created for music libraries, Caspar Babypants and his solo space pop albums. . To find out all you want to know about Chris you check out his website: chrisballew.org And the website for Caspar Babypants: babypantsmusic.com . Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! . #VintageGuitarMagazine #ChrisBallew #thePresidentsoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica #CasparBabypants #Epiphone #Bass #TPOTUSOA #GuitarHero #theDeadlies #HomeStudio #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #guitarcollector #Travelwithguitars #hgwt #HGWT . . Please like, comment, and share this podcast! Download Link