Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Legendary, Living Colour bass player, Doug Wimbish is my guest for episode 1226! We have an amazing conversation about his journey as musician staring out as the house bass player at Sugar Hill Records and playing on ground-breaking jams like "White Lines" by Grand Master Flash and more, playing on records by The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Seal, Madonna, James Brown, Al Green, Little Steven and many, many more, his decades in Living Colour, his music mentorship non-profit Wimbash (wimbash.org), working with The School of Rock and so much more. It was such an honor to have this music legend in my apartment telling us his story. I want to thank Alex Vallejo and Bevis Griffin for setting this up. I had a blast getting to know Doug. I'm sure you will too. Find him at dougwimbish.com. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving, Let's get down!

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Hello friends! Modern Rocks gallery owner and former guitar player for Modern English and The Auteurs, Steven walker is my guest for episode 1225! “David Bowie: Starman,” featuring a collection of rare David Bowie prints spanning the prolific artist’s career. The exhibition runs through the end of the year at Modern Rocks Gallery 916 Springdale Road, Canopy, Building 3 Austin, Texas 78702. Go to modernrocksgallery.com for more information. I went down to Modern Rocks to see the amazing exhibit and sat down with Steven for an amazing conversation about "David Bowie: Starman" and all of the amazing, rare prints he got form the photographers themselves, getting into music, falling in love with the Telecaster, his time in The Auteurs, touring with Modern English and falling in love with Austin, his passion for iconic rock photography, getting into the gallery game and much more. I had a great time getting to know Steven. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

Hello friends! Musician and Band Aid School of Music director, James Mays. James talks about his latest project, a new philanthropic x music initiative from Austin-based multimedia company Nelda Studios, foster care nonprofit Austin Angels and the Band Aid School of Music - “A Chance to Rock,” a nonprofit program initiative that provides music lessons and instruments to children experiencing foster care. “A Chance to Rock” just recently launched and as part of the launch, local Austin musicians Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go’s), Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel), Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas), Nakia (The Voice), Matthew Logan Vasquez (Delta Spirit) and Zach Person have recorded PSAs to kick off the fundraising drive for the program. The PSAs and donation page can be found at www.achancetorock.org with proceeds going directly to increasing the number of foster families participating, as well as expanding the initiative to include camps, group classes, single-day activities and concerts. We have a great convo about his journey as a musician and educator, starting the Band Aid School of Music (bandaidschoolofmusic.com) and much more. I had a great time catching up with my old friend. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Happy Veteran's Day! Nashville based, singer-songwriter, Chris Canterbury is my guest for episode 1223! His latest album, the stark and beautiful, Quaalude Lullabies is available now wherever you stream or download music. Go to chriscanterburymusic.com for music, tour dates and more. Chris and I have a great conversation about growing up in a small town in Northern Louisiana, discovering music and diving in, moving to Nashville, co-writing, his attention to the details in his songwriting, dealing with addiction, depression and loneliness in Quaalude Lullabies and much more. I had a great time getting to know Chris. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Happy election day! John Brodeur, acclaimed Brooklyn artist who plays under the name, Bird Streets is my guest for episode 1222! His second album, Lagoon (Sparkle Plenty/Deko), an album about separation, rumination, regret, and recurrence, that travels the darker passages of the heart and mind in search of something resembling clarity is available now wherever you stream or download music. Go to birdstreetsmusic.com for music show dates and more. John and I have a great conversation about the magic of power-pop and some of our favorite bands, growing up in Albany, NY, making the first Bird Streets record with Jason Falkner (Jellyfish, The Grays), working on Lagoon with Pat Sansone (Wilco), Michael Lockwood (Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple), Aimee Mann, Jody Stephens (Big Star) and many more, writing about his divorce and getting sober and much more! I had a great time getting to know John. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

Hello friends! Nashville based, Singer-songwriter, trumpet player and founding member of the Trey Anastasio Band, Jennifer Hartswick is my guest for episode 1221! Jennifer's latest album, the jazz-funk, Something In The Water is available now wherever you stream or download your jams. Go to jenniferhartswick.com for music, show dates and more. We have a great conversation about growing up in a trumpet playing family in Vermont, being into jazz instead of New Kids On The Block, staring off in musical theater at a young age, joining Trey Anastasio's band, writing Something In The Water on retreat in New England with producer Nick Cassarino, living in Nashville and much more. I had a great time getting to know Jennifer. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello friends! San Antonio, art-rock band, Buttercup and I sat down for a chat at legendary listening room, The Bugle Boy in La Grange, TX a couple of weeks ago for episode 1220! Their latest album, the self-reflective, Specks: An Autobiographical Record is available now wherever you stream or download your jams. Go to wearebuttercup.com for music, videos, show dates, social media links and more. We have a great conversation about the band getting started playing in art galleries, doing things "outside the box", playing a gay bar at 7 am, their recent northwest tour, how they plan their shows, hanging out together at an odd cable tv convention in the 90's, what made them make an autobiographical album and much more. I had a great time catching up with my old friends. I'm sure you will too. Find out more about The Bugle Boy at thebugleboy.org Thanks to Richard, Heather and everyone at The Bugle Boy for all of their help. Let's get down!