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Music Path

by John Reitzammer

Music Path is a podcast about places in the U.S. where your favorite music was conceived, your favorite artist lived or died, whether blues, bluegrass, country, or rock. It's also about finding your path to writing, performing and getting your music heard. You'll hear from musicians about life on the road and in the studio.

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Episodes

  1. WS Holland

    World Class drummer, WS Holland provided a steady beat and a sober hand for Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, on stage and off. A bear of a man with love in his heart, he tells us about his life on the road, from Jackson, TN.

  2. BBQ Saves Music's Heritage

    America's roots music preservation begins with a screen door slam, a beer and a plate of BBQ. Aubrey Preston's one-man mission to save America's music culture, its historic buildings, shacks and stories is an international movement to provide an accurate guide for visitors from foreign lands. .....

  3. Deborah Allen - Memphis Girl

    Deborah Allen is a Memphis Girl who woke up one morning in Elvis's bed with a dream to perform and then lived that dream. With major record deals she wrote and recorded in Nashville, New York and Los Angeles. She lives in Nashville, surrounded by friends, writers and performers. She's married to...

  4. Muscian's Rights

    Dave Pomeroy, AFM Leader, named in 1991 Studio Musician of the Year, is a muscian's rights advocate. He's played electric and acoustic base on more than 500 albums in his more than 33 years in Nashville. Dave has established himself as a world class bassist, performer, wrtiter and producer.

  5. Puckett's Grocery

    Andy Marshall built a business from Tennessee's most precious natural resource. It's a story of a grocery that became a restaurant that became an important music venue. His affinity for songwriters and performers and their opportunity to engage and connect with their audience, at Puckett's…

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  6. Waylon Jennings - Never Say Die

    Richie Albright tells us about meeting, playing and sharing a musical ride with Waylon Jennings. As Waylon's drummer from the first Chet Atkins produced album, to the last one, "Never Say Die", Live from the Ryman Auditorium.Along the way we hear about the Dukes of Hazard, Daisy and a musical...

  7. Ricky Ray - A Tree Becomes a Guitar

    If you listened to Episode 6 you already heard how Ricky Ray came to music and Nashville from the Muscle Shoals area of Alabama. He tells us what he knows about the trees that become guitars and the guitars that become priceless classics of sound reproduction, and a guitar he bought for a friend...

  8. Ricky Ray -Granny's Angels

    Ricky Ray is an accomplished musician, living, writing, producing, and thriving in the music industry in Nashville, Tennessee. His first fuzzy memory is a guitar on his granny's lap, being played slide with a butter knife. Forty years ago he drove his red 1966 pickup truck from Alabama to...

  9. Carl Perkins

    The Perkins Brothers Band, was formed when Carl Perkins asked his brothers Jay and Clayton, to form a band with him in Jackson Tennessee. In this Episode Carl shares his childhood dream of success in music and his first meeting with Sam Phillips at Sun Records. When Carl met Elvis they discovered...

  10. Sonny Throckmorton

    James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton is an American country music singer songwriter who grew up in Texas. When he came to Nashville and signed with Tree Publishing (Sony ATV), he was fired after none of his songs became hits. He returned to Texas, leaving his catalog of songs and demos behind, but...

  11. Sonny Boy Williamson

    John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson grew up in Jackson, TN. He introduced the harmonica as a solo instrument for blues performers and electrified its sound with a $200 public address amplifier. Billy Boy Arnold met Sonny Boy and asked him to teach him to play the harmonica. Before Sonny Boy…

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  12. Bruce Channel

    In 1962 it was unusual to have an international hit record. It was the early stirrings of rock music, and a record named "Hey Baby" rolled out the red carpet for Bruce Channel and Delbert McClinton as the concert headliners in London. Bruce and Delbert shared a dressing room with their warm up…

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  13. Rolling Stones' Sax Man

    Bobby started performing with the Rolling Stones in 1970. Between tour dates he returned to Nashville, TN over a 10 year period to compose and perform on an album, produced by his friend Ricky Ray. In this first episode of Music Path you hear about the process of writing and recording this album...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Music Path is a podcast about places in the U.S. where your favorite music was conceived, your favorite artist lived or died, whether blues, bluegrass, country, or rock. It's also about finding your path to writing, performing and getting your music heard. You'll hear from musicians about life on the road and in the studio.

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John Reitzammer

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How many episodes does Music Path have?

Music Path currently has 13 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Music Path about?

Music Path is a podcast about places in the U.S. where your favorite music was conceived, your favorite artist lived or died, whether blues, bluegrass, country, or rock. It's also about finding your path to writing, performing and getting your music heard. You'll hear from musicians about life on...

How often does Music Path release new episodes?

Music Path has 13 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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Who hosts Music Path?

Music Path is created and hosted by John Reitzammer.
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