Episode 261: Angelo Moore and The Brand New Step / Kayce Laine

hello friends! i am up early this friday morning getting my shit together to head out of town with SKYROCKET! for three days. if you're in houston tomorrow, saturday 4/5/14, we'll be at the continental club. come out! it's a good time. this week i've spent a lot of time with comics. monday i played with sweat and lotion at the cap city comedy club for the live charlie hodge show, tuesday i talked to john tole for the podcast. if you listen to the show, you'll know we talked a year ago and it's the only episode i accidentally erased... this one is so good, i can't wait fo you to hear it. it'll be up in a month or so. yesterday i recorded a theme song for my pal, lucas molandes and his new podcast, "good grief". it's a sweet electronic dream pop jam. we had a good time. lots of laughs. i hope you're laughing.episode 261 is another sxsw 2014 double-header! first up, angelo moore and the brand new step! i have been a fan of angelo's since the 80's when i first heard fishbone. angelo has been making solo music for a number of years now since fishbone split up. he's back with an amazing band, the brand new step. they have a new album out and i got to see them play live and it was amazing. i loved talking to angelo and his bandmates. sadly it was a little too loud, but hopefully you'll enjoy it. i did. my second guest for episode 261 is the talented singer/songwriter/musician, kayce laine! kayce was on a couple of epsides ago with joseph king. she was here playing keys and bas with him. she gave me some songs to listen to and i found out she was doing an instore while she was here, so i went. we had a chat at a wine bar. kayce is a great songwriter and a great musician. when we met, it felt like i had met one of my tribe. her e.p. , lucid is on bandcap. check it out! i hope you enjoy this sxsw double-header. let's get down!ciao! -jf

Episode 227: Kimmie Rhodes

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. it's cold here. my gig got cancelled for tomorrow because of the weather. that's the third one this month! lame. anyway, i joined a songwriting game and i have a song i need to write and turn in. i'll be playing in a songwriter in the round next thursday, dec. 12th at the one-2-one bar in austin, tx. if you're in town, come out. i know drew smith hosts it, but i have no idea who else is playing. come out. maybe i'll play my new song.my guest for episode 227 is legendary singer/songwriter, kimmie rhodes! i had never met kimmie, but when i left her house after this, i feel like had made a friend. she is an incredible story teller. i went out to her place a couple of weeks ago and she showed me her studio where she's recorded her last few albums including her latest, "covers". after we got to know each other a bit we went and sat in her office and she told me about growing up in lubbock, making her way to austin, meeting her soul-mate joe gracey, recording with willie & waylon and the boys, not going nashville, working with her son gabe, writing plays, producing films and much, much more. i had a great time hanging out and getting to know kimmie. i think you will too. ciao! -jg

Episode 225: Kyle Ellison

hello my friends! i hope you all had a great thanksgiving and were able to be with loved ones. i was. so i'm thankful for that. sorry this episode is coming out a couple of days late. i got some kind of stomach virus on tuesday and then thanksgiving came up. i was out of town for a few days and when i got back yesterday, i slept for 14 hours. i feel much better today. it's warm outside and i'm going to hang out with my dogs for a bit and catch up on some more rest. happy sunday!my guest for episode 225 is musician/producer/visual artist and now record label owner, kyle ellison. kyle and i have known each other since about 1990 when he was in pariah and i was in panjandrum. in the years that have passed, he's played with the butthole surfers, the meat puppets, rocky erickson and many more. he's made documentaries for rocky, the arc angels and many more. he's produced records for ainjel emme, popular culture, tristan rudat and is currently working on an album for laura scarborough. he's also just started a label. we have a great conversation about his journey through this business, getting through the loss of his brother, staying open to opportunities and much, much more. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.ciao! -jg

Episode 220: Nathan Felix

hello friends! i had a great trip to oklahoma city this weekend. played a fancy party for some fun folks including the governor of oklahoma, who danced to some SKYROCKET! with his lovely wife. good times! if you're in austin, this thursday 11/14, SKYROCKET! will be playing at the belmont. it's going to be a fun show. here's the ticket info, the belmont it'll be a party! so, my friend cory gave me a turntable, some records and some speakers today. then i went and got an amp/receiver. then i went and got some more records. now i'm sitting here listening to todd rundgren's "runt" on headphones while i type this. thank you cory. it's great, but i feel an addiction coming on.my guest for episode 22 is punk/indie rock/d.i.y./rock and roll dude turned classical composer, nathan felix. nathan just released his first symphony, the curse, the cross an the lion last week. it's really great! the thing is, nathan never composed, studied or even listened to classical music until a few years ago. i was surprised when he wrote me a few months ago and told me he was putting out a symphony. i was like, "what?! a symphony?". well, he did it. nathan came by last week on his press blitz and we talked about the whole process, ll the good fortune, all of the challenges of never being trained in classical music, bulgaria, recording the album and much, much more! p.s. i listened to the vinyl album he gave me tonight and it sounds great! i hope you enjoy this is inspirational story. i did.ciao! -jg

Episode 216: Dave Prewitt

hello people! i hope you're all doing well. i've been playing a lot this week with skyrocket.we  played last night (monday) we don't normally play corporate parties during the week, but this week, we have two which is great. the one we played last night had a mechanical bull. it was an insurance company, so there were about 6 people who rode it during the six hour party. a mechanical bull really seems a lot easier to ride when you're watching people do it... much harder when you do it yourself. i've ridden one before. my aunt actually got married during the "urban cowboy" craze and had one at their wedding. i think me and my friends monopolized it. i was 11.my guest for episode 216 is videographer, dave prewitt. you can find dave's work by going to davetv.org. i've been friends with him since the early 90's when he had two extremely popular access tv music shows, "rawtime" and "capzeyez". i watched those shows every chance i had. i was on the shows a few times and always had a blast. anyway, dave did tons of interviews with locals bands, national touring bands and he was the last person to interview bill hicks. dave has always been involved with exposing people to new music and helping bands get "out there" in front of people. you can see a lot of his work if you go to davetv.org. i enjoyed hearing the stories of access and how he's transitioned to the internet age. i'm sure you will too. ciao! -jg

Episode 208: OXBLVD

hello my friends! i hope this episode finds you alive and kicking! i'm fighting some kind of cold thing... it's been happening every couple of months and i discuss my theories about why on the show. i just got home from a skyrocket show. good show. i met a nice kid. he was funny. i met a cable access guy from the 90's. that was cool. also, i'm thinking about having a birthday party...my guests for episode 208 are the awesome australian band, OXBLVD (pronounced ox blood)! they're in austin doing a residency at the sahara lounge on wednesday nights for a couple of more weeks. they're a great band and really nice people. they came by the apartment and we talked about australia, surfing, american music, teenage cookbooks, inxs, the law, docimentaries and much, much more! i had a great time talking to these guys. i hope you enjoy getting to know my new friends, OXBLVD.ciao! -jg

Episode 184: Death / Wild Adriatic

Hello friends! i hope this episode finds you well. this episode was supposed to come out last friday, 6/28, but i had solo gigs, skyrocket gigs, podcast interviews, slow hotel internet connections and general insanity. sorry we're late, but we have an awesome show for you today! also, a quick heads-up, i'll be participating in a live podcast called, "the soundtrack series" at the long center in austin, tx this saturday, july 6th. check it out. it's really cool and i'm very honored to have been asked to be a part of it. here's a link: www.soundtrackseries.com
we have a big show about rock and roll for you today. my guests for episode 184 are the band, death and new york's, wild adriatic! first up is death. death has an incredible story. so incredible that they have had a documentary made about them that opened last friday, 6/28. the documentary tells the story of three brothers in the early 70's in detroit, playing a style of music way ahead of it's time. a style of music we would come to know as PUNK. my friend bevis, who works with the band, invited me out last week to see a special screening of the documentary and watch a special performance by the band. the movie is amazing, their performance was awesome and i got to hang out with them and they're great guys going through an exceptionally unique situation and experience. i got to sit down with the guys the day before the movie opened i think you're really going them. here's a link to the trailer and the story. you should go see this movie... http://abandcalleddeath.com/
also on the show, upstate new york rock and roll trio, wild adriatic. i first heard them last year when a friend of mine started working with them. i love their raw rock and roll and their energy. i was really excited when i found out they had time to stop by for a chat while they were on a u.s. tour earlier this month. we talked about their evolution and journey, small town in upstate new york, going from quartet to trio, making albums, touring and much more. i loved getting to hang out with these guys and i enjoyed our conversation. i'm sure you will too. they're great band made-up of sweet guys. check out their music and videos here, http://www.wildadriatic.com/
ciao! -jg

Episode 158: Carl Thiel

hello my friends! how are you? have you had a good week? i have. it's been mellow. making a lot of music and doing some interviews. i've got a lot of good interviews coming up for you. will knaak, paula nelson, danny crooks and robyn ludwick are all coming up in the next couple of weeks. i'm getting my shit together to go play with SKYROCKET! tonight. i haven't played with them in three weeks. i miss them and i sure could use the money. what are you up to this weekend? tweet at me. i'm @johnnygoudie on twitter. oh on this episode i read some facebook comments and tweets. what's up?
my guest for episode 158 is extremely accomplished producer/composer, carl thiel. i've known carl for a long time and i've had the pleasure of working with him a couple of times and hanging out with him. he's a great guy and i just found out that he became a u.s. citizen today. congratulations carl!!! so, over a month ago,  carl came by the apartment and we got to sit down and talk about growing up in mexico, film school, making four-track music for commercials, producing records for bob schneider and many other musical luminaries, making music with/for robert rodriguez films, making films and much, much more. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 157: Stephen Grisham Barber

hello love muffins! i hope you're doing well. digging into the week. i am. it's been pretty cold the last couple of days, so i haven't been running. it makes me feel lazy. there's a treadmill in the gym at my apartments, but i just can't do the treadmill. i get really bored, i can't tell how far i'm really going and the whole time, i just wish i was outside. hopefully it'll warm up. i saw paula nelson play last night with special guest, todd v. wolfson. it was really good. i think i'm going to try to get her on the show. i was going to ask her last night, but i had to leave before they finished. she was really good and seems like a sweetheart. i'll keep you updated...
my guest for episode 157 is composer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist, stephen grisham barber. i love stephen. i met him at some point in the late 90's when he was working with alejandro escovedo. i have hung out with him from time to time and i've always wanted to sit down and talk to him about his life and career. i asked him to come by and tell me about his journey, and being the sweetheart that he is, he did. we talk about his talented family, including author john grisham, growing up in west texas, making music with the first eric johnson vehicle, the electromagnets, moving to new york and working with david byrne, keith richards, gilberto gil and many more. we talk about all of stephen's amazing projects in classical, jazz, rock and film scoring. stephen isn't just an incredible artist, he's a great hang. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 140: Kevin Gant

"i partied with godley and creme!"
hello lovelies! i hope you are all doing well. i am. i played with SKYROCKET! last night at the house of blues in houston for a corporate thing. it was a great time. i love playing there. now, i have the weekend off from playing and i have no idea what to do with myself... i just finished an incredible audiobook called, "i want my mtv" about the first 10 years of mtv as told by over 400 people who were around for it. from artists to mtv & music executives, managers, video directors.  it's really incredible and i highly recommend it. read it or listen to it!
my guest for episode 140 is singer/songwriter and now the star of his very own documentary, kevin gant. i first heard kevin over 20 years ago when i moved to austin. i saw him on access tv. i was blown away. i became a fan and later we became friends and played shows together. i have always thought the world about kevin. his demeanor is almost angelic. then,  in the mid 90's, kevin disappeared. then a couple of weeks ago, i saw this documentary by the duplass brothers called, "kevin" and it's about kevin gant. the story was incredible so i asked him to come in and talk to me about what his life has been like. he's been on an incredible journey and i was so glad that he was able to come and talk about leaving the air force to become a musician and his crazy life afterwards. it's very heartwarming, i get emotional and kevin talks to me about his epic life. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg