TMP 336 AARON WILKINSON: UP FROM THE SWAMP

The Honey Island Swamp Band singer, guitar and mandolin player, songwriter, and frontman spent years touring and recording with blue-eyed soul man Eric Lindell, appearing on the Conan O'Brien show along the way. His latest project, the RiverBenders with Jake Eckert, Myles Weeks, and Russ Broussard, takes a more acoustic, back-porch approach. Tonight Aaron, a former newspaper reporter, has the tables turned as he gets a good grilling from the Troubled Men. Topics include skateboarding, a water main break, Mardi Gras parades, a snowstorm, a Sonny Landreth and the Iguanas tour, Robert Duvall RIP, Jesse Jackson RIP, Robert Carradine RIP, the Winter Olympics, snow skiing, Washington and Lee University, a Camaro, Pensacola, guitar lessons, poetry, print journalism, moving to New Orleans, teaching English, interviewing Galactic, Theryl DeClouet, Theresa Andersson, playing bass, Robert Maché, Amanda Shaw, Irene Sage, Chris Mulé, a San Francisco exile, the Boom Boom Room, Sam Price, Garland Paul, the Record Plant, Susan Cowsill, the pandemic, and much more. Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break Music: "Gone" from "Custom Deluxe" by the Honey Island Swamp Band Outro Music: "Rollercoaster" by the RiverBenders Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Honey Island Swamp Band Facebook Honey Island Swamp Band Homepage The RiverBenders Facebook The RiverBenders Homepage Chapters (00:00:16) - Troubled Men Podcast(00:03:00) - Mardi Gras 2017(00:07:09) - Mardi Gras 2014(00:10:12) - Aaron on The Snowstorm(00:11:39) - Robert Duvall In The Elevator(00:13:41) - Robert Duvall in The Story(00:14:07) - Jesse Jackson: Meeting the Great Jesse Jackson(00:16:00) - John Carradine in Revenge of the Nerds(00:18:59) - Ice skating and skiing(00:20:00) - Are You An Athlete?(00:22:18) - Interview with Aaron Wilkinson(00:23:30) - Ronaldo on Being Called A Ron(00:27:15) - Kidnapped in Pensacola, Florida(00:29:31) - Jimmy Kimmel on Starting To Play Music As A Teen(00:32:35) - Florida Panthers player on the culture of Pensacola(00:35:11) - Writing as a way to pay the rent(00:35:40) - Washington and Lee's Poems(00:37:58) - Teaching English in New Orleans(00:41:12) - Tom Cruise on His Haulle(00:44:17) - The Nation(00:46:51) - Aaron Wilkinson(00:50:17) - The Bass Lessons of Robert Mantle(00:53:42) - Robert Mache On His Friendship With The Cramps(00:55:35) - Eric Lindell on Playing With Irene Sage(00:57:10) - Eric Clapton on Working With Drummers(01:00:48) - Are You Doing It Right?(01:01:42) - Eric Lindell on Playing With Conan O'Brien(01:04:22) - Honey Island Swamp Band(01:07:44) - The Honey Island Small Band's Cinderella Story(01:10:46) - Honey Island Swamp Band(01:11:47) - The River Benders(01:14:37) - The build up to the letdown(01:14:45) - Troublemen Podcast: Aaron Gets Real(01:15:19) - Sing It Like They Sweet Ladies