Episode 237: Elizabeth Mcqueen Returns!

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. i am. i saw some music last night. i saw dan dyer debuting some new songs at the continental club gallery. his new songs were so different than what i've come to expect from dan. great songs. i'm looking forward to seeing what he does with them. after that i went to see sphynx at the mohawk. what a great show! they played outside and the place was packed. people were all dancing a getting down. there was even a couple of dudes smoking weed behind me. when people bust out the weed, that smell somehow makes the show feel right. they put on a GREAT show and i just love them. i highly suggest checking them out while they're on tour starting next week!my guest for episode 237 is the always entertaining, elizabeth mcqueen making her second appearance on the show. i read her blog last week about playing her last shows with asleep at the wheel and releasing her new e.p., the laziest remix. i thought, with such a gigantic life change going on, maybe we should sit down and catch up. well, we did and it was well worth it. elizabeth came by and talked about everything, her last shows with "the wheel", life off the road, house cleaning, working with the brothers lazaroff, collaborating with talented women, her release show on 1/11 at lambert's in austin, not smoking and much, much more. if you don't know elizabeth before this show, you will love her after you listen to it. please enjoy my talented and entertaining friend, elizabeth mcqueen.ciao! -jg

Episode 232: Gabriel Rhodes

merry christmas everyone! happy holidays and all that stuff too!hello friends! i hope this episode finds you all celebrating the season with loved ones. i am getting my shit together to go see my family for christmas. i'm looking forward to the insanity that is my family. i got my christmas shopping done. i bought everyone music at a local record store. hopefully, they'll all like their presents. i even got the babies albums! well, i hope you and yours have a great christmas!my guest for episode 232 is the incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist/engineer/producer, gabriel rhodes!  i've seen him play a few times and i've always been blown away. i got to chat with him at a gig recently and asked him to be on the show and he said yes. gabe is the son of recent guest, kimmie rhodes, so he grew up in the music world. we had a great conversation about working in willie nelson's studio at age 13,being a skater, his experiences with willie, tom jones, inxs and olivia newton john, learning to record, becoming a producer, making his newest album, the beautiful old and much, much more. i had a great time getting to know gabe. i'm sure you will too. merry christmas!ciao! -jg

Episode 221: Dan Workman

hello lovelies! i hope fall is treating you all well. it got cold here for a couple of days and that was rad! the F-1 race is in austin this weekend and it's making for some maddening traffic. my computer is in the hospital which is why this episode is coming out late. i hate that. my poor computer... probably too many podcasts. keep your fingers crossed that it's nothing too serious. i'm staying with my dogs this weekend and i have family in town so keep your fingers crossed for that too. my guest for episode 121 is producer/engineer, dan workman! dan has worked with the likes of zz top, destiny's child, abeyance' and many, many more. he's also the president sugarhill recording studios in houston, tx which is the oldest recording studio in the united states. along with his many musical endeavors, dan is the producer and co-host of the web series, "live from sugarhill studios". a great show with many great live performances. i met up with dan backstage at the house of blues in houston just before a SKYROCKET! show. we talked about recording, the survival of big box studios, bad ass grammy parties, avant-garde recording artists, beyonce's dad and his reaction to "bootylicious" and much, much more. the recording gets noisy because the d.j. gets going a couple of minutes into our talk. sorry about that. i hope you enjoy my conversation with dan. i did.ciao! -jg

Episode 213: Adrian Quesada

hello people! i hope this episode finds you well. i am doing well. i'm about to go see sheboygan's record release show. i've been looking forward to that for a long time. if you like our theme song, "needle hits the groove", you should check out their album, triple fantasy, available on itunes and vinyl available at cdbaby.com and waterloo records in austin. i've just been at the t-mobile store dealing with my new phone. it finally came in tonight! i've been off of instagram for five days....my guest for episode 213 is grammy award winning producer, adrian quesada! i met adrian a few months ago when i did the elliot smith tribute show. he was in the house band. i knew he was in grupo fantasma and brownout and the he was producing a lot of my friends, david' garza, suzanna choffel and jazz mills to name a few. anyway, he's a great guy, immensely talented and we hit it off at the elliot tribute, i asked him to come by and be on the show and he did. we talked about grupo fantasma, the echocentric, brownout, playing with prince, prince, producing, growing up skate punk in laredo, golden globe parties, gramyy's and much, much more. i hope you enjoy getting to know adrian quesada. i did.ciao! -jg

Episode 209: David Sanger

hello my friends! i hope all is well in your world. my world is good right now. i made an appointment to get some custom earplugs made. i have some i had made a while ago, but i think it's time for some new ones. i'm getting fitted tomorrow. i'll let you know how it goes. i spent some time recording some new music yesterday. i'm planning on recording all week. i'll let you know how it goes.my guest for episode 209 is drummer/producer/music business man and all-around great hang, david sanger! david has been the drummer for alseep at the wheel for 27 years. we talk about his journey with that band which includes 20 grammy nominations with 6 grammy wins. he's married to his bandmate, elizabeth mcqueen. elizabeth was on the show a couple of months ago. david came by the apartment a while back and we sat down and talked about, asleep at the wheel, hee haw, california, professional frisbee players, legal ecstasy, producing albums, record distribution, huey lewis and much much more! i had a great time getting to know david. i'm sure you will too. ciao! -jg

Episode 200: Highlights

hello my friends! wow! we made it to 200 episodes! can you believe it? well, i don't really know where to start... i'd like to thank sheboygan for the theme song. they have an album coming out this month and they'll finally be guests very soon. i would like to thank all of the guests that have taken time out to meet with me and have a conversation. these last 100 shows were very fun and exciting. if you haven't heard them, check out this episode, you'll get a taste of them. most of all, i'd like to thank YOU, the listener for listening. you make this show possible. THANK YOU. i'm looking forward to the next 100 episodes. are you?episode 200: highlights is the "best of" the last 100 episodes. in this episode, you'll hear from bob schneider on cleaning up, ian mclagan on groupies in the 70's, producer, c.j. eiricksson talks about working with hanson, glen phillips talks about a new album from toad the wet sprocket, lance keltner talks about giving rod stewart a suggestion and getting fired for it, steve poltz talks about laughing at really bad news, elizabeth mcqueen talks about the beatles, joanna barbera talks about being out of place in arizona, nakia and a.j. vallejo talk about racism in the south and the band death talk about their next move.... all good stuff! thank you again for listening. we couldn't do it without you. xoxo, jg

Episode 187: Jesse Dayton

hello my friends! we are currently in the depths of summer and goddammit, it feels good. i've been swimming a lot this week. i play tonight, but i have the rest of the weekend off. i'll be swimming, going to see fitz and the tantrums, grilling and probably seeing a movie. those are some pretty good summer activities. oh!!! quick plug... i'll be playing THIS coming tuesday, july 16th 2013 with the bluebonnets at the continental club in austin, tx! i'm really excited about this. the bluebonnets are and all-female rock and roll band led by my dear friend kathy valentine and they kick your ass. i rehearsed with them this week and it was like garage rock wet dream. if you're in austin next tuesday, come out and join in the rock and roll!!!!
my guest for episode 187 is musician/singer/songwriter/producer/stage actor/film actor/director, jesse dayton!!! i've gotten to see jesse play a couple of times over the last month and it's been great. i've known jesse for almost 20 years and he's always been an intensely creative and prolific artist. a true artist constantly finding new outlets for his creativity. he's also a great hang! we've been talking about doing this for almost two years since i first started this podcast. anyway, we finally got it together and jesse came to the apartment and we got to sit down and talk about his new movie, "zombex", cutting his musical teeth in houston, the three "heys", playing with waylon jennings, johnny cash and willie nelson, johnny clegg & the night creatures, rob zombie and "halloween 2", jesse sings kinky and much, much, much more! i hope you enjoy my conversation with this old friend. i sure did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 179: Chris Frenchie Smith

hello my friends! i hope you're all doing well and your life is going along as planned. i had a little wrinkle in my plan this weekend... skyrocket has a slow june so i booked 3 sunday brunch gigs that paid pretty well. check out the story on today's show. i want to remind you that next wednesday, june 19th at 7pm at strange brew in austin, texas, we have a live "how did i get here?" recording!!!! my guests will be nakia, jazz mills, aj vallejo and the boxing lesson (who's latest album was produced by today's guest,  frenchie smith).  there is no cover! we'll be giving away some gifts! and... the we'll be taking some questions from the audience. come out. let's get down!
my guest for episode 179 is producer/guitar hero, chris "frenchie" smith! you might know frenchie from the bands he's been in, sixteen deluxe and you heart attack. you might also know him from one of the 200 albums he's produced including, and you will now us by the trail of dead, the toadies, the meat puppets, built to spill, jet and many, many more. i've been friends with frenchie since 1991 when were both employees at whole foods, so it was great to sit down and talk to him about everything including growing up in oklahoma, moving to austin, glaze, producing, sixteen deluxe, young heart attack,the bubble, frenchie smith records, shopping with justin from the darkness and much, much more. i had a great time catching up with him. i bet you will too.
ciao! -jg

Episode 170: Mark Hallman

hey folks! don't forget... we have a live podcast THIS monday, may 13th 2013 at 7pm at the saxon pub in austin, tx!!!! our guests will be, the edison chair, david cotton and maybe a "special guest". if you're in austin, come do this with us. say hi afterwards. here's a link to the event page on facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/166923630137127/
hello friends!!!! i hope you are all living the proverbial dream today. i am back! we had some technical difficulties this week here at the studio. lost a whole episode in all of the confusion... it was a great conversation with one of my favorite comics, john tole. we'll do it again and i don't think it will happen again. is anyone out there a garageband specialist? i'm thinking about getting a new laptop and changing the way i record these podcasts and i could use some help/direction. other than that, i've been doing a lot of podcasts. i have some good shows for you guys...
my guest for episode 170 is my mentor, producer/mixer/mastering guy/musician, mark hallman! i've known mark for over 30 years. he's the guys that brought me into this whole "music career". he put me in his band when i was 16. (i'll post some videos on the "how did i get here?" facebook page.) mark's been in the game for a long, long time, he owns the congress house studio here in austin. he's produced such luminaries as, carole king, ian matthews,  eliza gilkyson, will sexton and many, many more, he spent some years touring with dan fogelberg, he started a mixing and mastering career and has a thriving studio in a time when studios are dying off. we talk about all that stuff and so much more. i love mark dearly and owe him a great deal of thanks and acknowledgement for being so supportive, being such a great role model and teaching me music. enjoy!
ciao! -jg

Episode 145:Bill Carter

hello friends and masterful pole-dancers! happy fat tuesday! i hope you're all doing well and getting ready for valentine's day. i have no valentine.  so, i'm dealing with that. maybe i should do something anti-valentine's, like hang out with a bunch of angry dudes and watch a sport at a tittie bar... or maybe i should pretend to be in love with someone i don't know very well for 24 hours and disappoint them repeatedly for that time period... as you can see, i have a lot of options, so this is going to be a good week for me.
my guest for episode 145 is incredible songwriter, bill carter. bill and his ever-evolving band, the blame, have been a part of the austin music scene for over 30 years. along with life/songwriting partner, ruth ellsworth, he's had songs covered by over 200 artists including stevie ray vaughan, the fabulous thunderbirds, robert palmer, the counting crowes, storyville, omar and the howlers, the brian setzer orchestra, waylon jennings and many, many more. bill came over and we talked about his crazy journey, a disciplined work ethic, the west memphis three, his life in rock and roll and much much more. his new album "unknown" is out and it's incredible. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i sure did.
ciao! -jg