Episode 123: Gurf Morlix

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hello everyone! i hope you had a great thanksgiving. i did. i went to houston with my cousin megan and we had thanksgiving with our family. it was awesome! friday night i played at the house of blues in houston with skyrocket. and saturday here in austin. all in all, it was a great holiday. i even went to the mall on saturday and got in and out without a problem or much difficulty. so, whatever madness happens on "black friday" does not happen on the saturday after.
my guest for episode 123 is the extraordinarily talented musician/singer/songwriter/producer, gurf morlix. you might know gurf from his work with such luminaries as, lucinda williams, warren zevon, ian mclagan (episode 105), patty griffin, michael penn and many, many more. he's worked as sideman, producer, and singer/songwriter putting out his own albums and touring behind them solo. i have always been a fan of gurf and his work. so i was really excited to go out to his home studio to sit down and talk to him. it was even better than i thought. gurf is a gracious and humble artist as well as a gentle and thoughtful man. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 114: Elijah Ford

when was the last time you heard blackout by the scorpions?
hello everyone! i hope you're doing well. i am very excited because later today, i'm going to get some new pots and pans, a spice rack and some knives. yes, i'm going to start cooking. a long time ago, i was the cook. when i was married, i made dinner. i picked up a couple of cooking magazines with lots o recipes in them when i was at the grocery store yesterday. i also picked up the scorpions' album, blackout, for just $5! keep your eyes open when you're at the grocery store, there are some good deals there! hey! if you have any great recipes, send them to me. please. thank you.
my guest for episode 114 is the super-talented and very sweet, elijah ford. he's just released a new album, elijah ford and the bloom, ashes. it's the second solo effort from elijah and explores more of his pop/rock side. elijah told about making the album, growing up in rock and roll (his father is marc ford from the black crowes), playing in his dad's band, marc ford fuzz machine, then going on to play with ryan bingham, being in the movie, "crazy heart", winning an oscar and a grammy, endless touring then coming home, making solo albums and getting engaged. the whole time, he's been an inspired artist and a grounded human being. he's really cool. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i sure did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 107: CJ Eiriksson - Producer/mixer/enginner (U2, Matchbox Twenty and many more)

call me maybe?
hey everyone! i hope you're well. allergies have gotten the better of me this week. i don't know what's going on out there, but it is not good for my sinuses. i've got my nettie pot and some allergy medicine i'm going to take before my show tonight. i'm looking forward to playing with john lefler tonight at hotel vegas here in austin. if you're here, come out and say hi to us!!!!
my guest for episode 107 is the extremely talented producer/mixer/engineer, cj eiriksson. i met cj during sxsw this year and we've been talking about getting him on here ever since. you might know cj from his work with u2, matchbox twenty, hoobastank, blue october, incubus and many many more. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did! check it out...
ciao! -jg

Episode 100: Highlights

hey everyone!!! welcome to episode 100! thank you so much to everyone who has helped, supported, come by and talked to me and listened! thank you so much for listening. i'm looking forward to the next 100!
this episode features highlights from the first 100 episodes and a quick talk with todd v. wolfson about my experience doing this. this show includes excerpts of my conversations with suzanna choffel, dony wynn, ian moore, fastball, dale dudley, kathy valentine, tim palmer, alpha rev, will sexton, alejandro escovedo, bodeans, billy harvey and david grissom. i hope you enjoy these these highlights as much as i do. thank you again.
ciao! -jg

Episode 93: Mike Mcarthy - Producer (spoon, girl in a coma, patty griffin)

happy birthday to us!
this episode features a special phone message song from nina from girl in a coma. it's sweet. thank you nina!
on august 11th, 2011, we debuted episode 1: suzanna choffel. our listenership keeps growing. it's all very exciting and i'm very happy to be doing this. i would like to thank everyone who has helped and been a guest and to all of you who listen to this and get something out of it. i do. doing this podcast has brought me a lot of happiness and comfort. really. thank you again for listening. i love you guys!
my guest for episode 93 is producer/engineer/studio owner and now record label owner, mike mcarthy. i started working with mike around 15 years ago. he was helpful in my former band, goudie, getting it's sound and he produced our first album, peep show. after that album, mike went on produce 4 albums for spoon, 5 albums with ...and you will know us by the trail of dead and albums for patty griffin, girl in a coma, craig finn and many, many more. i went to mike's studio to do the interview. the studio is amazing with an incredible collection of mics and vintage gear and keyboards, pianos... everything you need to make an badass record. plus, the brilliant, mike mcarthy. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 89: David Grissom

it's in the fingers.
hello peeps! i hope you're well. i am. i want to thank everyone for your feedback on episode 88 with hunt sales. i'm glad you enjoyed it. i love hunt! i want to start a band with him. i hope he says yes! i have a friday night off so i'm going to have dinner with some friends i never get to see. i think it'll be fun until we all start crying.
my guest for episode 89 is the incredible, david grissom! david is an actual guitar hero. he's played with joe ely, john cougar mellencamp, the dixie chicks and so many more. he has signature guitars, amp, he has instructional videos, does clinics, speaks on behalf of paul reed smith guitars at namm shows etc. etc... david is also an accomplished songwriter with three solo albums to his credit and he's about to go record his fourth. i've known david fro a long time and he is such a great person and so humble and open. i was really glad he was able to come by the apartment and chat with me. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 66: Eric Jarvis

hello everyone! i've had a good week. last thursday, i went to see comedian, marc maron. he also has a great podcast called, "wtf". the show was amazing. afterwards, i got to meet him. then a couple of friends took me to the after party where i found my self with the likes of marc, andy kindler and seth meyers along with a bunch of local comics. anyway, i got kinda starstruck and went home. i know. what a tool. i spent friday and saturday in houston playing with skyrocket!. we had some good shows. we played at the house of blues both nights. sunday we did our second LIVE "how did i get here?"! our guest was danny malone. danny and i had an amazing conversation, the crowd was great and then, he played a beautiful set after our interview. sadly, something went wrong in the recording and we won't be able to release it. but don't worry, we'll be doing more!!!! thank you to danny for being so great and to hotel vegas for being so accommodating. sorry to danny and his fans for the loss of the interview. next time!
my guest for episode 66 is my old friend, musician, producer and now president of the texas chapter of the recording academy, eric jarvis. i first met eric when i lived in houston in the late 90's. i was in a band called, panjandrum and he was in a band called, ink. our bands would do shows together and we all hung out a lot. anyway, eric came by a few weeks ago when he was in town working on an album and meeting with the grammy board. i was glad to catch-up with eric. he has had an interesting and rich musical journey that took a lot of turns and finally got him HERE. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg