how did i get here?

From The Vault - Chuck Prophet From ep. 1448 (11/26/2024)

Welcome to another episode of How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today, we go back to episode 1448 on November 26, 2024 with legendary singer-songwriter, musician, producer Chuck Prophet talking about overcoming cancer, his obsession with Cumbia music, working with Cumbia band ¿Qiensave? on Wake The Dead, Green On Red, touring, songwriting, connections to Austin, and much more.  Below are my original notes from the show.
Legendary singer-songwriter, musician, producer Chuck Prophet is my guest for episode 1448! His latest album, Wake The Dead, an incredible collaboration with California cumbia group, ¿Qiensave? is available now. He's just wrapping up a tour in Europe and will be hitting the Southeast and East coast in January. Go to chuckprophet.com for tour dates, music and more. We have a great conversation about overcoming cancer, his obsession with cumbia music, working with ¿Qiensave? On "Wake The Dead", Green On Red, touring, songwriting, and much more. I had a great time getting to know Chuck. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
 
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From The Vault - Mary Gauthier From ep. 1135 (2/4/2022)

Welcome to another episode of How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today, we go back to episode 1135 on February 4, 2022 with Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and author Mary Gauthier when was promoting her amazing book, "Saved By A Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting".  Below are my original notes from the show.
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, author and all-around badass, Mary Gauthier is my guest for episode 1135! Her phenomenal new book, "Saved By A Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting" is available now wherever you get your books or audiobooks. Go to marygauthier.com for book info, music, show dates and more. Mary and I have a great conversation about writing "Saved By A Song" and working on a new book, searching for truth in her writing, finding her voice as songwriter, staying sober, being an orphan and finding her tribe and much more! I had a great time getting to know this amazing woman. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Almost Heaven

Hello friends! Stefan Barraza and Jaelyn Valero from Austin based, indie dance, post-punk, electro-pop duo Almost Heaven are my guests for episode 1543! Their infectious new EP, "Raw Cranium" is out today on all streaming platforms, CD, and vinyl. Go to rawcranium.com for more info. They're celebrating the release of "Raw Cranium" with a show tonight, Friday, Jan. 30 at Brushy Street Commons in Austin. Get tickets HERE. We have a great conversation about how the duo came together last year and made "Raw Cranium" with producer Ernesto Grey, Stefan's time growing up in El Paso and how his curious mind and restlessness lead him to music, Jaelyn's native Austinite upbringing seeing local bands on a regular basis, creating a scene, their zine Locket Magazine, starting their own label, dealing with today's political climate as artists and human beings, and much more. I had a great time getting to know Stefan and Jaelyn. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Mikky & The Doom

Hello friends! Marijke Boers, A.K.A. Mikky from Sonic Guild grant winning rockers, Mikky & The Doom is my guest for episode 1542! Their debut album, Dame Doom is available now wherever you listen. Go to mikkyandthedoom.com for music, videos, show dates, and more. We have a great conversation about writing and recording Dame Doom over two weekends with co-writer and producer Jacob Bunton (Mariah Carey, Steven Tyler, Smokey Robinson, and more), her early days as a tennis protogé, her time as a musical stand-up comic and blowing up on TikTok, working in animation, winning a Sonic Guild grant, her success with OnlyFans, and much more. I had a great time getting to know Marijke. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
 
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From The Vault - Cotton Mather's ”Kontiki” With Magnet Classics Podcast From Ep. 1268 (4/20/2023)

Welcome to another episode of How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today, we go back to episode 1268 on April 20, 2023 for a special collaboration with Magnet Classics Podcast. Magnet Classics Podcast host Hobart Rowland and I talk to Cotton Mather songwriter and frontman Robert Harrison about their classic album Kontiki. I hope you enjoy our conversation with Robert about this amazing album. I sure did. Below are my original notes from the show.
Hello and welcome to a special How Did I Get Here? and Magnet Classics Podcast collaboration episode where we talk all things Kontiki with Cotton Mather frontman, Robert Harrison! Over SXSW, Magnet Classics Podcast host, Hobart Rowland and I sat down with Cotton Mather's Robert Harrison to talk about their 25 year old classic album, Kontiki, from where the band was when he started writing, to recording it to touring with Oasis in the U.K. in support of it. Listen to Kontiki HERE. Check out Magnet Classics Podcast HERE or wherever you pod. Thanks to Hobart and Robert for this enjoyable chat and Magnet for the collaboration. I hope you enjoy it. I sure did. Below are Hobart's notes on Kontiki.
"Initially released with a whisper 26 years ago on a tiny Houston-based label, Kontiki is one of the great lost albums of the ’90s. Working out of his house and a friend’s place in the Texas Hill Country, Cotton Mather’s Robert Harrison recorded then deconstructed songs he’d once assumed would get a more conventional rock-band treatment. Tools included an ADAT, a four-track cassette recorder and a two-track DAT machine. The result is one of the catchiest “experimental” albums you’ll ever hear. Tracks with odd titles like “Camp Hill Radio Operator,” “Homefront Cameo,” “Aurora Bori Alice” and “Vegetable Row” offer equally strange and cryptic lyrics set to overtly hummable melodies. Conceived in a virtual creative vacuum, Kontiki ranks among the best power-pop albums of all time. A quarter-century later, it still sounds utterly timeless—yet weirdly current." - Hobart Rowland
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From The Vault - Langhorne Slim From Ep. 1043 (4/16/2021)

Welcome to another episode of How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today, we go back to episode 1043 with Nashville-based singer/songwriter, Langhorne Slim originally released on April 16, 2021. I hope you enjoy my conversation with the talented Mr. Slim. We go deep. Fast. Below are my original notes from the show.
Nashville-based singer/songwriter, Langhorne Slim is my guest for episode 1043! His gorgeous new album, Strawberry Mansion is available now wherever you stream or download your jams. Go to langhorneslimmusic.com for music, videos and more. We have a great conversation about writing and recording Strawberry Mansion during a pandemic, getting sober and finding his voice as a songwriter, being open to collaboration, loving music from an early age, his year off of touring, life under quarantine and much more! I had a great time getting to know Langhorne Slim. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Mule Ears

Hello friends! Guitar playing singer-songwriters, Wayne Sutton and Bill Palmer from Austin rock and roll band Mule Ears are my guests for episode 1541! Their new album, What Will Remain drops on Saturday, January 24th on all streaming services and they're celebrating the release with a show in Austin at Regal Rooms that same night. Get tickets HERE. We have a great conversation about recording What Will Remain in a remote location in Colorado, writing confessional songs about their recent major life changes,  completing the Mule Ears line-up with Steve Bernal on bass and Hector Muñoz on drums,  "dad rock", dude bands, recording in a church during the pandemic, career mistakes we made, trying to have a band as a grown-up, Bill's journey in music, the magic of Terlingua, and much more. I had a great time talking music and life with these talented dudes. Enjoy!
 
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The James Hunter Six

Hello friends! Grammy-nominated, British soul singer, who has been hailed by MOJO as “The United Kingdom’s Greatest Soul Singer," James Hunter from The James Hunter Six is my guest for episode 1540! Their new album, Off The Fence comes out this Friday, January 16th on all streaming services and vinyl on Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound label. The album features his single "Ain't That A Trip", a duet with Van Morrison which is availble now. The band will be hitting the road in The U.K. starting this Friday. Go to jameshuntermosic.com for Show dates, music, videos, merch, and more. We have a great conversation about his journey in music, his love of soul and blues music, making Off The Fence and how it marks his 40 years as a recording artist, his years singing backup with Van Morrison, opening for everyone from B.B. King to Aretha Franklin, to Willie Nelson and many more, new music, songwriting, and much more. I had a great time getting to know James. I'm sure you will too. Let's Get Down!
 
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Carolyn Trowbridge Returns!

Hello friends! 2026 Austin Music Award nominee for "Best Miscellaneous Instrument", multi-instrumentalist known for being Austin's go-to vibraphonist, Carolyn Trowbridge returns to the show for episode 1539! Her debut solo album, Found Memories is out today on all streaming services and vinyl. She is celebrating with a Waterloo in-store today, Friday, Jan. 9th at 5 pm and tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 10th she's doing two shows at Monk's Jazz at 8 and 10 pm for her record release. Go to carolyntrowbridge.com for show dates and info, music, videos and more. We have a great conversation about recording Found Memories with producer TJ Masters and some of Austin's best jazz musicians, getting her taco stolen by a grackle and how that became a song and a t-shirt, playing and shlepping the vibraphone, playing on Boleros Psicodelicos II, the loneliness of being a solo artist, being a mom,  and much more. I had a great time catching up with Carolyn. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
 
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Rich Brotherton

Hello friends! Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and Austin treasure Rich Brotherton is my guest for episode 1538! Rich has spent the last five decades playing with or producing artists like Robert Earl Keen, Toni Price, Patty Griffin, David Halley, Leann Atherton, Úlla, The Purgatory Players, and countless others. In April, after noticing that he was having trouble holding his guitar pick, Rich was diagnosed with ALS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s disease. While it's hard for him to do everything he once did as a guitar player, he's still playing some gigs including his weekly show with Irish folk band Úlla (with Pat Byrne and Andrea Magee) every Sunday at 5 pm at The Saxon Pub. We have a great conversation about the amazing benefit concert in December featuring Patty Griffin, Charley Crockett, and many more, coming to Austin from Boise Idaho in the mid-80's, how Austin's music scene made him feel at home, the Toni Price Hippie Hour, playing with Robert Earl Keen for exactly 25 years, working out of his own studio, dealing with having ALS and his amazing family and music family who support him, and much more. I had such a lovely time getting to know Rich. I'm sure you will too. I want to thank Pat Byrne for connecting us. You can find Rich online at richbrotherton.com, and Facebook. Read the Texas Monthly article HERE.
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