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Hello friends! Singer-songwriter and bass player Ruby Dice returns to the show for episode 1596! Ruby has a new album about Austin called Take Me Back coming out this Friday, August 28th and featuring some of the town's brightest stars like Shinyribs, Suzanna Choffel, Nakia, and more. She's celebrating the release with release shows on Friday, 8/28 at The Continental Club in Houston and Saturday, 8/29 at The 04 Center here in Austin. Go to rubydice.com for music, show info, videos and more. We have a great conversation about writing, recording, and producing Take Me Back, why she made a record about Austin and it's music scene, using the City of Austin music grant to make the album, gathering Austin musicians to guest on the album, what Austin means to her, the Boone Carter documentary, "Making Life Out Of Art" made about her premiering at her release show on 8/29 at The 04 Center, and much more. I had a great time catching up with Ruby. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Hello friends! Singer-songwriter and mandolin player Lincoln Mick from Nashville based Americana pop band, The Arcadian Wild returns to the show for episode 1595! Their new album, Make It Out Alive came out last Friday and is available now. They'll be Touring for the rest of the year and might be in Austin in January. Go to thearcadianwild.com for tour dates, music, videos, and more. We have a great conversation about writing and recording Make It Out Alive, how the band has changed since they got started, why we make music, touring, songwriting, life, and more. I had a great time catching up with Lincoln. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Hello friends! Flickerstick frontman Brandin Lea is my guest for episode 1594! After a decade hiatus, Dallas based, alternative-rock band, Flickerstick is back with a gorgeous new album, Superluminal, available on vinyl, CD, and wherever you stream. They've been touring and they have a new documentary coming out soon called, "Flickerstick: Band on the Brink". Go to flickersticlofficial.com for music, tour dates, and more. Brandin and I have a great conversation about the new band line-up, making Superluminal, starring in and winning VH1's "Bands on the Run" in 2001 and the insanity of having your life exposed to the world, getting signed to Epic Records and having their big "coming out" party on 9/11 2001, being in Manhattan on 9/11, working with YouTube sensation Rick Beato, the demise and resurrection of Flickerstick, where the rest of the band is now, the show we played together at the legendary Troubador in Los Angeles together, and much more. I had a great time catching up with Brandin. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Hello friends! Houston based singer-songwriter, activist, writer, producer, orator, actress, model, and lead singer of The Suffers, Kam Franklin is my guest for episode 1593! Her Debut solo album, Land of the Neon Sun, co-produced by Margo Price drops on August, 28th on Homegirl Island Records/Missing Piece Records. Go to kamfranklin.com for music, tour dates, and more. We have a great conversation about writing and recording Land of the Neon Sun in Nashville and Houston, "clearing the deck" to focus on making and releasing the album, her love of Houston and D.I.Y. culture, making music on her own terms, her work as a Grammy Governor, working with singer-songwriter Kevin Morby on the song "Didn't I" (available now), her community work, bringing people together with the Bayou City Comeback Chorus, The Suffers and what's next for them, and more. I had a great time getting to know Kam. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Hello friends! Saxophonist, composer, and band leader Elias Haslanger returns to the show for episode 1592! His latest album, Legacy is out now on all streaming platforms, CD, and vinyl. Go to elijazz.com for music, show dates, lessons, and more. You can see Elias' Church on Monday shows every Monday at 8:30 at The Continental Club Gallery. I highly recommend it. We have a great conversation about making Legacy with his Church on Monday band and 3X Grammy nominated engineer/producer Charlie Kramsky, how composes his music, doing Church on Monday for almost 15 years, touring with Maynard Ferguson, his 4 years in NYC, putting family first, becoming an empty nester, old Austin, and much more. I had a great time catching up with my old friend, Elias. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Hello friends! Bass player Monty Colvin and guitar player Dane Sonnier from Houston hard rock band, Galactic Cowboys are my guests for episode 1591! Galactic Cowboys 9th album, What Planet Are You From?, their first since 2017, is set to release later this month. I'll play a preview of their new song, "Out of the Darkness" on this episode. Go to galacticcowboys.com for album info, show dates, and more. We have a great conversation about making What Planet Are You From? with drummer Johnny Simmons who sadly passed away after finishing the album, the history of the band, getting signed to DGC by legendary A&R man and label president Gary Gersh, their experiences in the movie "Airheads" with Adam Sandler, Bendan Fraser, and Steve Buscemi, Monty's art and podcast Monty's Rockcast, the changing social and political landscape in the U.S., songwriting and more. I had a great time catching up with Dane and Monty. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Hello friends! Lawrence Gowan, keyboard player, singer, and songwriter from legendary rock band Styx is my guest for episode 1590! Styx is currently on the "Styx & Chicago: The Windy Cities Tour - All The Hits...Your Kind of Tour" and they're hitting Austin on Wednesday, August 19th at The Moody Center. Go to styxworld.com for tour dates and show info, music, videos, merch, and more. Lawrence and I have a great conversation about his 27 years in Styx, their 18th studio album Circling From Above released last year, staying creative and writing new music, touring with Chicago, the healing and magical power of music, songwriting, staying healthy, the powerful bond between the members of Styx, his solo career and Gowan, and much more. i had a great time getting to know Lawrence. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Hello friends! Wisconsin based singer-songwriter Ruby James is my guest for episode 1589! Ruby's new album, Call It Rock & Roll on Mule Kick Records drops on August 7th and she is celebrating the release with a show at The Five Spot in Nashville on Friday, August 14th. Go to rubyjamesmusic.com for show info, music and more. Ruby and I have a great conversation about making Call It Rock & Roll with producer Kyle Crusham and a host of great Austin musicians like Rosie Flores, Harmoni Kelley, David Jimenez and more, turning a Supersuckers song into a duet with Eddie Spaghetti, adventures on the Little Steven's Garage Cruise, getting over Lyme Disease, and much more. Let's get down!
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Hello friends! We have a great big show for you today. Multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Scotty Blanco from Scotty Bee and the Hive joins me for episode 1588! Their new single, "Heart" is available on all the streamers and their new EP, "Bell Heather" drops next week. They're celebrating the release of "Bell Heather" with a release show Saturday, August 8th at Regal Rooms here in Austin. Go to scottybeeandthehive.com for show info, music, lessons, and more. We have a great conversation about transitioning from sideman to frontman, leading an all-female band, working with Sisi, Brian Wolff, and more, cover band shows, coming up as a classically trained viola player, the Austin music scene, and more. Plus, Andrew Leeper, co-writer, editor, animator and co-producer of "You Can Color Outside The Lines: The Story Of The Big Boys" a documentary directed by Joe Salinas about legendary Austin punk band, Big Boys currently making the festival rounds. Go to youcancoloroutsidethelines.com for more info on the doc. You can see it on Saturday August 8th at 9:15 pm at the 6th annual Sound Unseen Festival. The Sound Unseen Festival takes place August 6th-9th at The AFS Cinema on Middle Fiskville Rd. and opens with a 20th anniversary screening of “Shut Up & Sing,” a documentary on The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks).  The lineup also includes films featuring national artists like Sara Bareilles, Eddie Cochran and local acts like The Black Angels, Big Boys, Tele Novella and Mama Duke. Go to soundunseenaustin.com for tickets and info.
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Hello friends! Texas singer-songwriter Jack Barksdale is my guest for episode 1587! Jack's latest EP "Battleground" comes out on October 16th and he's just released the first single and video, "The Scam Song" available now wherever you get your music. He'll be playing The 04 Center here in Austin on Wednesday, August 26th. Go to jackbarksdale.com for tour dates, music, videos and more. Jack played his performed his first original song at 9 years old. At 19, he's opened for the likes of Wynonna Judd, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and more. It's amazing to meet someone who is so young with such a deep view of life. We have a great conversation about making "Battleground", the story behind "The Scam Song", growing up listening to his parents' record collection, songwriting, Jack Barksdale's Roots Revival Podcast, what inspires him, and much more. I had a great time getting to know Jack. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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