how did i get here?
2019-05
Episodes
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
Hello friends! Taylor Baker and Drew Walker from electronic, indie-pop duo, Swells are my guests for episode 807! They just got off a month-long, 11, 000 mile tour opening for Missio and Blackillac. Their latest single, "Lights Out" featuring Mobley dropped in April. Go to swellstheband.com for videos, music and more. We have a great conversation about making music as a duo, working with Dwight Baker, touring in a van opening for a band in a bus, going from folky-singer/songwriter to electronic indie-pop and much more! I really enjoyed getting to know Taylor and Drew. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
Ciao! -JG
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Hello friends! Singer/songwriter, Jenny Reynolds is my guest for episode 806! Jenny has been busy this year recording her first album in quite a while at The Congress House with Mark Hallman and Andre' Moran. The album is slated to come out later this year and she has an Indiegogo campaign that ends on Thursday, June 6th. Click HERE to go to her Indiegogo page and contribute to the release of her new album. Go to jennyreynolds.com for music show dates and more. We have a great conversation about getting hip to the cool music from her older siblings, discovering guitar, listening to and learning from other artists, teaching guitar, her monthly residency at New World Deli, songwriting, working with Mark Hallman and much more! I had a great time getting to know Jenny. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
Ciao! -JG
Friday May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
Hello friends! Singer/songwriter/artist/photographer/author, Nathan Hamilton is my guest for episode 805! Nathan's new book of poetry and photography, the beautiful "This Engineless Hour" is out now. His many albums are all available where ever you stream and download your jams. You can find Nathan, his music, tour dates, book and more at www.nathanhamilton.com. We have a great conversation about his artistic journey, his album Tuscola which just turned 20 years old, his old band, Nathan Hamilton and No Deal, his family life, the 25 years of collecting his photos and poems for "This Engineless Hour" and much more. I had a great time getting to know Nathan. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
Ciao! -JG
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Hello friends! Joshua Thomson and Charlie Lockwood from world music/global jazz band, Atlas Maior are my guests for episode 804! Their latest album, Riptide just came out on May 3rd and it's available where ever you stream and download your jams. Atlas Maior is celebrating the release of Riptide with a release show this Friday, May 24th at Stay Gold here in Austin. Go to atlasmaior.com for music, tour dates and more. We have a great conversation about the influence of middle eastern music on their music, studying under amazing music teachers, recording Riptide live for the most part, touring Spain, France, Turkey and much much more! I had a great time getting to know Charlie and Joshua. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
Ciao! -JG
Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
Hello friends! Bass player/photographer, Matthew Lindsey is my guest for episode 803! You might know Matthew from his work with Charlie Faye, Wendy Colonna, Rosie Flores and many more. I got to spend some time with him over the last six months through some SongDivision gigs we were on together and became fast friends. We have a great conversation about listening to his older siblings' albums and getting "turned on" to rock and roll, falling in love with photography after a walkabout, working in the film industry in Chicago, working as a photographer's assistant, cutting his teeth in the New York music scene, our shared dislike of "influencers", how our grandfathers were way tougher than us, having a heart attack during load in and much more. I had a great time getting to know Matthew. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
Ciao! -JG
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Hello friends! Lucas Griffin from Rock and Roll Hall of fame inductees and the best selling instrumental group of all time, The Ventures is my guest for episode 802! The Ventures have been around since the early 60's and they're still playing shows and making new music with a new generation carrying on The Ventures name and spreading their music around the world. They released an album of new music in Japan in 2018, the very "Ventures" sounding, Here We Go Again. They've also been touring in the U.S. and Japan and they'll be playing this Friday, May 17th at Gas Monkey Bar & Grill in Dallas, TX and Saturday, May 18th at The Cactus Theater in Lubbock, TX. Go to theventures.com for more information on the band and to find out when they'll be coming to a town near you. Lucas and I have a great conversation abut the history the present and the future of The Ventures. I hope you enjoy it. I sure did. Let's get down!
Ciao! -JG
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
Hello friends! Former Pariah, Meat Puppets drummer/former Austinite turned Amsterdammer, Shandon Sahm is my guest for episode 801! Shandon has just released a new ep, Sahm Covers Sahm on Friendly Folk Records. It's a collection of his legendary father, Doug Sahm's songs. Shandon moved to Amsterdam a year ago and loves it. We have a great conversation about what prompted his move to Amsterdam, growing up with Doug, The Meat Puppets, what made him record Sahm Covers Sahm, his extreme love of Amsterdam, his up coming ep and much, much more! I had a great time catching up with Shandon. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
Ciao! -JG
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Hello friends! Welcome to episode 800 recorded live at Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden in Austin, TX on Sunday, May 5th. I want to thank everyone who came out and celebrated with us, Cosmic for having us, Travis from Klayman Productions for recording the show and running sound, you for listening and my wonderful guests, Ray Prim, Laurie Gallardo, Nöelle Hampton ( The Belle Sounds) and Acey Monaro (Go Fever)! We have an insane conversation about Ray's love of television shows, Laurie's new podcast that asks the question, "What's your darkness?", Nöelle's teenage pal, Tupac, Acey's wild Saturday night and much, much more! I hope you enjoy it. I sure did. Thank you so much for listening to "How Did I Get Here?". It's been a true blessing in my life to connect with my music community and to bring this show to you guys. Thank you. Let's get down!
Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
Hello friends! Welcome to episode 799 where I get to play D.J. and play some songs that I got turned on to by guests over the last hundred episodes. I also made a Spotify playlist with even more songs from the show. Check it out here, Spotify Playlist. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed making it. Here's the track listing...
1. Jaimee Harris - "Depressive State"
2. Shy Beast - "Monday/Sunday"
3. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - "What Makes You Happy"
4. Ben Dickey - "I Think It's All Different"
5. Billy Harvey - "The Arsonist"
6. Queue Queue - "Man Boy"
7. Eric Tessmer - "Good So Bad"
8. Jeff Plankenhorn - "Sleeping Dogs"
9. Daisy O'Connor - "Ether"
10. Go Fever - "Cling"
11. Western Youth - "Hangin' On"