Episode 59: Bevis Griffin

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i'm coming to you from houston today. isn't that exciting? i'm here with SKYROCKET! playing some private events. it seems like we come here a lot... mostly because we come here a lot. somehow we have plugged into the private party/fund raising/wedding scene, which is awesome because those are the best paying shows. last night we played a grits-themed gourmet food party cancer fund-raiser called, "kiss my grits". sunday, april, 8th, i'll be playing a solo show in austin at hotel vegas. i play at 7 pm and i'm opening for danny malone, who plays at 8. oh! hey! if you like this podcast and you'll be in austin on sunday april 29th at 7 pm, come to hotel vegas for a live recording of "how did i get here?"! my guest will be danny malone. we'll know next week if there will be any other guests.... why don't you just follow us on facebook .
my guest for episode 59 is an extremely interesting and talented man, mr. bevis griffin. this is the longest conversation yet. honestly, when it was going on, it didn't feel long because i was enjoying bevis and his story so much. he's lead an extremely rich life from his father's barber shop in 1960's, pre-riot, watts in los angeles which also doubled as an illegal gambling place, the shop was on the same block as the renowned R&B nightclub “The Five-Four Ballroom” (located on the corner of 54 th St. & Broadway Blvd.) where many of greatest black entertainers, such as B.B. King, Ike Turner, and Bobby Bland often played, to 70's punk rock, to hard rock and the black rock coalition to becoming an entrepreneur, nurturing other rock acts. he's been around, and a part of, a lot of rock and roll history and he is a great story teller. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! jg

Episode 56: Billy Harvey

hello everyone! i have had a very interesting week. the last album i put out, "el payaso", has been lost in some legal issues with the label that put it out. the legal issues were internal because of a soured partnership. anyway, the legal issues were worked out and i got the masters back and 600 copies. i am so excited!!!! i loved that album and felt like the timing, label-wise, was terrible. now i have it back. i can sell it at shows. i don't really know what all i will do with it. but the possibilities are very exciting to me. also, i will be playing a solo this sunday at hotel vegas in austin. come and buy one there!!! if you're in austin, here's the info...
johnny goudie solo show - 7pm sunday, april 1st - hotel vegas- 1500 East 6th Street - opening for danny malone
my guest for episode 56 is one of my favorite musicians/funny people, billy harvey. billy moved to l.a. a few years ago and so it was nice to get together and catch-up! i found out he was in town from someone on facebook saying they were going to his show. i got in touch with him and he came by the apartment before his show. i'm glad we got to sit down and catch-up. we talked about being socially awkward, moving around a lot, his first bands, the l.a. hard rock scene, playing guitar and producing several acts including, bob schneider, charlie mars and many more, making a documentary film with the camera on his laptop, working hard as an actor and making two full-length films. you can find billy on facebook and you can see his very entertaining website www.billyharveymusic.com. i'm glad billy got to stop by. i really enjoyed our conversation. i hope you do too.
ciao! -jg

Episode 45: Jon Sanchez (Paraguay, The Summer Wardrobe, The Flying Saucers)

the grammy's are this weekend. i hope i get to see them. even though, unless i entertain myself by making fun of everything and everyone on the show, they make me feel detached  and depressed about my chosen profession. i'll be driving across the country on sunday. i was thinking of stopping and spending the night in nashville. maybe i'll sit in my hotel room by myself and live-tweet my bitter disdain for mainstream music and culture. if you're interested in such a thing, you can follow me on twitter, @johnnygoudie .
my guest for episode 45 is one of my favorite musicians/people in the world and one of my biggest musical influences, jon sanchez. i met jon around 20 years ago when i worked at whole foods here in austin. when we met, he was dating a fellow cashier and was the visionary behind one of my favorite bands of all time, the flying saucers. years later, jon and i would have coffee almost every morning for a few years and become very good friends. i was really glad that jon came over and was so honest about his whole life experience, from his early years in baton rouge, la, to heavy metal madness with chaos horde, to punk rock guitar hero in agnostic front, getting lost on drugs in atlanta, moving to austin and starting the incredibly influential band, the flying saucers, getting lost on drugs in austin, getting clean, becoming a dad, being the go-to guitar player, starting the summer wardrobe and playing with his hero,  roky erickson and much more.... you can hear his new band, paraguay here: http://www.reverbnation.com/paraguaytheband i really enjoyed my conversation with jon. i hope you do too.
ciao! -jg

Episode 27: Tim Palmer - producer/mixer

hi everyone! i've been reaching to folks about being guests on the show. it's really working out. i have gotten a lot of positive responses from folks and so you can look forward to a lot of great shows coming up with all different kinds of people. having said that, i am also thinking about adding some ads... it would help pay for the upkeep and storage space for these large files. what do you think of that? would that bother you?
i have some gigs coming up...
w/ SKYROCKET! - sat. dec. 3rd - hanover's - pflugerville, tx
w/ liars & saints - wed. dec. 7th -hotel vegas - austin, tx
i am honored to have tim palmer as my guest for episode 27. i didn't know tim. i found out that he lived here from his work with blue october and i emailed him on facebook. a "cold call", if you will. i asked if he'd be interested in sitting down and telling me his story and he was very nice and said "yes!". so, we met at "jim's" the breakfast place that my grandparents love. tim told me about how he started out as a guitar player/singer in a punk band then went on to follow his interest in recording and went from "tea boy" to assistant engineer to co-producing kajagoogoo... then going on to work with robert plant, tin machine, pearl jam, u2, ozzy, blue october and even a 2-day stint on the infamous guns & roses album, "chinese democracy"! i had a blast having breakfast and talking to him. i hope we can do it again. i hope you enjoy my conversation with the extremely talented and gracious, tim palmer.
you can find out more about tim palmer at www.timpalmer.com and follow him on twitter @timpalmermixer
ciao! -jg

Episode 23: Billy White

occupy austin protestors are still camping out outside of city hall. their camping has cost the city thousands in extra police etc. also, at this point, isn't it just the dregs down there? do you think protesting like that does anything? is it awesome? am i just too cynical? what does that have to do with this podcast? oh! i'm going to new york tomorrow to play a couple of shows with SKYROCKET! and i want to go see some occupy wall street people and see what they're all about. BUT, if you live in new york, please come see SKYROCKET!. we're playing thursday, november 10th at Hill Country Barbecue located at 30 W. 26th St #1 new york, ny. find out more by going to www.hillcountryny.com . come out and see the show!
my guest for episode 23 is an old friend, billy white. for those of us that live here in austin, billy was an integral part of the scene in the 90's with his bands, 6 is 9 and the billy white trio. billy and i used to spend a lot of time together back then. he even produced an album for a band i had. since then, billy has lived in new york, madrid, san miguel dellande and a few zen communes in new york and new mexico. during that time he has dedicated himself to learning flamenco guitar and has made a gorgeous album that we'll talk about and you'll hear some of. i met billy for lunch at polvo's mexican restaurant here in austin. it's a little loud... but hey, it was lunch time. also, if you're in austin, be sure to go see billy's performance at SANCTUARY at Amala Foundation 1006 South 8th Street, Austin, TX 78704 and if you are inetersted in buying billy's music, click here, blanco.bandcamp.com
as always, thank you for listening. ciao! -jg

Episode 16: Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Broken Teeth, Watchtower many more)

thanks to VH1 classics' "that metal show", i have gotten an education over the last couple of years. i knew and liked a lot of the hard rock and metal that was popular when i was in jr. high like, judas priest, ozzy's first two solo albums, some iron maiden, van halen etc... but i never heard bands like saxon, accept, king diamond or anything like that until i was an adult. so, i'm learning. i love what i'm learning. oh! i watched scorsese's documentary about george harrison... brilliant! watch it!
episode 16 features jason mcmaster from, watchtower, dangerous toys, gahdzilla motor company, broken teeth, ignitor, evil united and many, many more.  jason is a metal legend. he's been inducted to the texas music hall of fame and influenced many bands that went on to influence many other bands. he is an extremely creative and driven artist who has stayed true to who he is and that is always commendable. i've had the pleasure of knowing jason for quite a few years. i've always enjoyed talking to him and watching him perform. i was excited to get to sit down and talk to him about growing up in and leaving corpus christi, joining watchtower and dangerous toys and his many other bands, what it means to be a metal fan, his love for making music and how he got here. i hope you enjoy it too ciao! -jg

Episode 403: Ocean Of Stars

hello friends! i hope you're all braving the extreme heat that is upon us. i'm doing well. just working on some music, booking a live podcast for sept. 9th (details coming soon), prepping for 3 podcasts i'm doing tomorrow etc. so, i listened to the american top 50 chart on spotify this morning while i was running. i probably heard about 15 to 20 songs on shuffle. i wasn't very moved by anything which made me kind of sad. then i realized that there is so much non-mainstream music out there, so much of it comes through this show. i'm really lucky to be in the position to have so much music coming through and getting turned on to so much stuff. it gives me hope. go find some new music. it feels good.my guest for episode 403 is ocean of stars leader, danny grochow! this is danny's second time on the show. he was on a couple of years ago talking about some solo material he was releasing and now he's back with with a new e.p. from his band, ocean of stars. danny is a great guy who is out there playing bass and guitar as a sideman but still makes the time to write, record and perform his original instrumental-prog-rock. we have a great conversation about four track cassette recording, the rpm challenge, finding musicians, writing complex instrumental music, answering want ads and much, much more. i i hope you enjoy our conversation. i sure did. let's get down!ciao! -jg