All episodes
Willie J Laws Jr Interview - RACISM in the MUSIC BUSINESS & why HE RAN OUT OF OXYGEN
Greg Loiacono Interview, Mother Hips, Green Leaf Rustlers, solo - Early MISTAKES MADE with THE HIPS
Hershel Yatovitz Interview - How the Chris Isaak gig ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN!
SugaRay Rayford Interview - "MAYBE I CAN…???"
Frank Marino, Mahogany Rush - DEEP CONVO, How LSD CHANGED HIS LIFE
Nick DiSalvo Interview, Elder - "DON'T WORRY about WHAT OTHERS WANT you to do..."
Andy Powell, Wishbone Ash - "It was the HAPPIEST MOMENT in MY LIFE…"
Chris Spedding Interview - Produced Sex Pistols first demo - LOADS of COOL STORIES:
Daryl Stuermer Interview - Genesis, Phil Collins - DEALING with CANCER
Alex Garcia Interview - Guitarist for BAD BUNNY & top LATIN ARTISTS - DEALING w IMPOSTER SYNDROME
Chris Masterson - Steve Earle, The Mastersons "WE all JUST WANT TO CONNECT..."
Robert Jon Burrison - Robert Jon & The Wreck "ENJOY what you're DOING & have a GOOD TIME DOING IT!"
Billy Morrison, The Cult, Billy Idol: FROM LIVING ON THE STREETS to SOBRIETY & SUCCESS
Jeff Berlin - Overcoming CHILDHOOD TRAUMA & WHY he DIDN'T JOIN VAN HALEN
Earl Slick - David Bowie, John Lennon: GETTING SOBER & 40 YEARS with DAVID BOWIE
Eric Bazilian, The Hooters- "I Peaked at 16 but had to SPEND THE NEXT 20 YEARS GROWING A SOUL"
Tommy Castro is LOVING LIFE "I'm NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT any more…"
Joe Hoare, Orange Goblin "I'm not worrying about FITTING IN SO MUCH..."
John "Segs" Jennings, The Ruts - LOSING his DAD, the UNIVERSE & LOVE:
Von Kopfman, "He was about to COMMIT SUICIDE and then he HEARD THIS PODCAST…"
John McCurry - Co-wrote & played Alice Cooper's "Poison" - Sobriety & The Price he Paid For Success
Sean Hurwitz, Smash Mouth - GROWING UP in a LITERAL WAR ZONE: Heavy Stuff
Jake Shimabukuro, "I AM WHAT I AM… because of YOU"
Paul Gilbert, Mr. Big, Racer X - LOSING his HEARING & how this CHANGES things
Robbie Fulks - ENVIRONMENT has a STRONG EFFECT
Keith Jenkins, James Brown's Guitarist and MD - AMAZING JB Stories including how to interpret JB
Jim "Kimo" West - Weird Al Yankovic, Slack Key Grammy Winner - "The ALOHA Spirit CHANGED ME..."
Richard Bennett - Mark Knopfler, Neil Diamond - One of THE MOST SUCCESSFUL Session Guitarists, EVER
Vinny Appice - On READING THE BIBLE & Getting MICROSOFT CERTIFIED
Will Kimbrough - On growing up in Mobile, Alabama and its IMPACT on him
Josh Hoyer, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal - Managing DEPRESSION & ANXIETY on the ROAD
Wayne Krantz - How Wayne Krantz Developed his Particular Style of Improvisational Playing
Stevie Salas - From HOMELESS to TOURING THE WORLD, then QUITTING...
Zach Amster, Abrams "I'm GOOD at COMPLAINING, BUT…"
Barry Richman - Dad said "CUT SCHOOL today TO CHECK OUT this guy, JIMI HENDRIX"
Matt Bissonette - "JOY & PEACE shouldn't COME & GO..."
Al Schnier, moe. WHY moe. has STUCK TOGETHER for SOOO LONG
Kenny Aronoff: WHY he's played on OVER 300 MILLION ALBUMS
Marco Pirroni, Adam Ant, Siouxsie: His BIGGEST SURPRISE in the MUSIC BIZ
Billy Howerdel, A Perfect Circle: WE SURVIVE what we CAN'T CHANGE… and why "THIS KID'S SPECIAL…"
Shane Gaalaas: B'z, Cosmosquad - Overcoming a BROKEN Childhood & RE-WRITING his DESTINY
Craig Garber - Most EMBARRASSING Mistake I Made on Everyone Loves Guitar!
Prashant Aswani - HEADS I go to MEDICAL SCHOOL, TAILS I go to BERKLEE
Von Kopfman "I was MOLESTED when I was 10 YEARS OLD. But you have to FIND YOUR WAY PAST THIS…"
Jeff Watson, Night Ranger - How Night Ranger STARTED
Jeff Pilson - Dokken, Dio, Foreigner Music Business "TRAPS" to AVOID!
Vaden Todd Lewis - Toadies "I have NO CLUE how I SURVIVED the 90's…"
Chan Kinchla, Blues Traveler: "We played EVERY CRAPPY DIVE BAR on the LOWER EAST SIDE..."
Matt Stevens, The Fierce and The Dead - BEST ATTITUDE EVER about the NEW MUSIC Business
Murray Pulver - Crash Test Dummies, Doc Walker, TOP Producer: The LOWEST POINT in His LIFE
Mark "Muddy" Dutton, Chris Robinson Brotherhood - SOBRIETY & what's IMPORTANT in LIFE
Misha Mansoor Interview, Periphery: There are NO BREAKS in the MUSIC BUSINESS
Dan Dorninger, Witchrider - "EVERYTHING was LOSING it's meaning…"
Joan Armatrading - "THAT is WHY I AM HERE..." Wonderfully positive woman
Lenny Castro - TOTO, MOST Recorded Percussionist - Overcoming a DEVASTATING PERSONAL TRAGEDY
Casey Aylward, Astronoid: WHAT YOU DO isn't ALWAYS WHO YOU ARE…
Cory Churko - Shania Twain, Kelly Clarkson: From CUBICLE to TIMES SQUARE, literally OVERNIGHT!
Teddy Kumpel - Joe Jackson, Nome Sane - Overcoming CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
Kenny Neal, "I BURIED 3 FAMILY MEMBERS & SURVIVED STAGE 4 Cancer…"
Eddie Martinez, Stanley Clarke, Robert Palmer, Steve Winwood - NYC ACE Sessions from the SOUTH BRONX to WORLD TOURS
James LoMenzo, Megadeth, White Lion - Learning to GET OUT OF his OWN WAY
Michael Bradford "It's THE BIGGEST MISTAKE people make in the STUDIO…"
Brian Quinn - Candlebox, Fosterchild - TOUGHEST DECISION he ever HAD TO MAKE
Tim Godwin, Taylor Guitars, WHY he LEFT MUSIC as a FULL-TIME PLAYER
Michelle Malone - 'I'm NOT JOAN JETT"
Bill Champlin, Sons of Champlin, Chicago - Why he LEFT CHICAGO (the band) AFTER 30 YEARS
Larry Mitchell - From NEW YORK CITY to NEW... Mexico?
Jace Everett "I love DEEPLY & PASSIONATELY & IRRITATINGLY…"
Eli Wulfmeier - Leroy From The North, on DEVELOPING MENTAL ENDURANCE
"I wanted to be as good as I could..." Steve Hunter - Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, "You're dodging bullets from the time you're born…"
Niko Bolas "I'll get SOBER AGAIN, later…" - I learned by MIXING PORN & CHURCH Music
Jeff Kollman - Cosmosquad, Bombastic Meatbats, A PERSONAL TRAGEDY that REMAINS UNSOLVED
Kelly LeMieux - Buckcherry "I needed a SOUL ENEMA..." BEATING CANCER, Getting SOBER & SURVIVING a personal TRAGEDY
Nick Lee - Moon Tooth & RIOT: THE SECRET to Moon Tooth's SUCCESS
John Ferraro - Larry Carlton, Rod Stewart "You've got to SEPARATE your EGO from your ATTITUDE..."
Eugene Edwards - Dwight Yoakam "It's OK to NOT KNOW everything..."
Steve Lukather "Miles calls me and says, "I want you to join my band..."
Robin Trower - REAL REASON he switched FROM GIBSON to FENDER
Craig Garber - HOW YOU FEEL is a lot more UP TO YOU, than you think…"
Beth Hart "I Got TIRED of being in PSYCH WARDS…"
Jeff Schroeder - Smashing Pumpkins, "Focus on the MUSIC during the DARK TIMES..."
Ross Hogarth "I'd be DEAD if I DIDN'T GET OUT" Prod/Eng Van Halen, Motley Crue, Dio, REM, Doobies
Oz Noy "I still LOVE to present MUSIC..."
"I'm ALWAYS a practicing OPTIMIST…" Scott Matthews
"You fucking guitar players, with your E and your A..." Troy VanLeeuwen - Queens of The Stone Age, Gone Is Gone
"You CAN'T LET things like THIS RUIN YOUR LIFE…" Riley Couzzourt, The Georgia Thunderbolts
"Make your OWN MISTAKES" Gus G - Ozzy Osbourne, Firewind
"You can't get on stage with BILLY IDOL and WEAR SWEAT PANTS..." Steve Stevens
"I SMOKED CRACK with MY DAD at 15…" Mike Squires: Duff McKagan's Loaded "I went to Seattle & BECAME A GRAVE DIGGER…"
Why it DIDN'T WORK OUT with Paul McCARTNEY - Kevin Armstrong: David Bowie, Iggy Pop
"Who would believe THIS was GEORGE HARRISON'S GUITAR?" "The FINAL STRAW was…" "If you're ABLE to do something, WHY wouldn't you DO IT?..." Norm Harris, Norman's Rare Guitars
TOUGHEST DECISION he's had to make: Todd Kerns - Slash, Age of Electric, Toque
"It was the TOUGHEST DECISION I ever had to MAKE…" Greg Martin, Kentucky Headhunters
It was a TRAGIC EVENT, Many Years Ago: Nels Cline
"Pick yourself up, It AIN'T OVER…" Eric Gales WORST GIG EVER, TOP 3 Music Experiences
"Steven Tyler looks at me and says, 'Who the hell are you?'..." Jared James Nichols: TOUGHEST Decision He's Ever Made
"Sean, you dig TOO MANY HOLES and you never STRIKE OIL!" "I HAD to PUSH as much as I could…" Sean Beavan - Producer/Engineer Nine Inch Nails, Manson, A Perfect Circle
"When you STOP DRINKING, everything is going to get 10x WORSE but then it's going to get 100x BETTER..." Joey Landreth, The Bros. Landreth
"It was a LEAP of FAITH, but it WORKED OUT…" Browan Lollar, St. Paul & The Broken Bones
"The OLDER he got, the YOUNGER he got..." Phil Collen, Def Leppard