Episode 260: Leopold and His Fiction return with Bone Fur and Feathers

hello swingers! i hope you're all flying high and laying low. i'm good. i had a blast playing with sweat and lotion at the charlie hodge show at cap city comedy club here in austin last night. it was hilarious and i just love playing with that band. if you see him doing this again, i suggest you go. there are great comics, really funny skits and a lot of effort put in to it to make it a real show. get out there people! there's brilliant stuff going on!speaking of brilliant stuff going on... episode 260 is a conversation with two bands at once. my guests are lulu from bone fur and feathers/ thievery corporation and daniel from leopold and his fiction returns to the show. they have a show coming up this saturday, april 5th 2014 in austin at cheer up charlie's. lulu's band, bone fur and feathers has released a song called, "someday" and she's going out on tour this spring and summer with thievery corporation. i had never met her before, she is incredibly cool and talented and easily one of the most beautiful women i've met. she's great! daniel's band, leopold and his fiction, are hitting the road hard this week and playing across the entire united states until june. i suggest you go to leopoldandhisfiction.com and see when they're coming to your town or a town near you. they're one of my favorite bands and daniel is one of my favorite people. i hope you enjoy our scattered, crazy and heartfelt conversation. i did. 

Episode 259: Amy Atchley returns!

hello my friends! i hope you're all doing well. things are good here. as usual, it's friday and i'm getting ready to head out of town with skyrocket for a weekend of shows. i have a couple of non-skyrocket shows coming up... monday, march 31st, i'll be playing guitar with sweat and lotion at cap city comedy club in austin for the live charlie hodge show. the show is going to be awesome featuring some of my favorite comics like john tole, lucas molandes, ryan cownie and more! good times! also, i'll be playing a solo show on thursday april 10th at 8pm at the one-2-one bar in austin. come out and say hi! my guest for episode 259, making her second appearance on the show, is talented singer/songwriter, amy atchley! amy and i have been friends since the early 90's when she was in the band, faboo. amy has a beautiful new solo album, where you go, that comes out tuesday, april 1st 2014. if you;re in austin, she has a record release on april 5th at the one-2-one bar. it's a great conversation about where you go and how she made it and lots of life stuff. i hope you enjoy my conversation with amy. i did. ciao! -jg

Episode 258: BP Fallon / Trumpeter Swan

hello beautiful people! i hope the world is treating you right today. things are good here. i'm up early this morning getting my shit together to go to dallas in a couple of hours for a gig with some friends in the song division group. we'll be heading right back after we finish tonight. it's gonna be a long day, but it's a good time with some good friends. i fell on my thumb the other night. it's not broken, but it's swollen, purple and sore. i've got it in a brace. it's weird but i can still type. look out people! i've got something to say.episode 258 is up and it's a double-header! first up is bp fallon. his career in the music business started with interviewing john and yoko during their bed-in in amsterdam, he then became the "weed tester" for paul mccartney, was the publicist for t-rex, led zeppelin, thin lizzy and more, he's a dj, a best selling author, a photographer and much, much more. last year, with his band, bp fallon and the bandits, he released, still legal. an amazing album with a star-studded band. we caught up during sxsw and had a great chat about it all. our second conversation is with new york's trumpeter swan. songwriter, drew patrizi and producer/guitarist, tom beaujor stopped by my apartment during sxsw and we had a great talk about their new album, the magnitude of now and how they made it. we also talked about how they're navigating this new music business as musicians, songwriters and producers. i had a great time getting to know all of these guys. i bet you will too. ciao! -jg

Episode 253: Kevin Mckinney

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. things are crazy here. i've got sxsw 2014 at my door. i'm trying to confirm the last of the interviews i have. i started getting ready for this sxsw in january. i hope it pays off. i'm worried that i'm meeting a bunch of people downtown and i won't be able to find a quiet place to talk to them. it's hard this time of year. anyway, i'm doing some here at my apartment. mostly, i'm excited to talk to these people, see old friends and get some good conversations for you guys. i'm playing at sam's burger joint music hall in san antonio tonight (friday 3/7) with skyrocket. if you live there, come out.my guest for episode 253 is the incredibly talented and always entertaining, kevin mckinney! i've gotten tweets and emails since i started this show about getting kevin in here. well, i did. i also played a show with his new band, wrenfro with tony scalzo, michael hale and gary newcome. they're great! i got to jam with them about a month ago at their weekly monday night show at strange brew in austin. anyway, kevin came by, we talked about wrenfro, soulhat, the black cat, solo albums, four-tracks and much, much more. i hope you enjoy my conversation with kevin. i did.ciao! -jg

Episode 252: The South Austin Moonlighters

hello my friends! i hope you're all staying warm. this is a really late winter in most places. of course our miami friends are having their third warmest winter on record. strange weather. i am about to head out to kimmie and gabe rhodes studio this morning as i am going out to add some "crazy sounds" and stuff like that on the tracks we recorded a few weeks ago. if you now me and my albums, you'll know it's my favorite thing to do. so, this will be a fun day. outside of that, this week i'm doing last-minute confirmations for sxsw. i have quite a few interviews scheduled and i'm booking some activities with a couple of guests so that we'll go do something and report on it... new stuff!my guests for episode 252 are the talented and entertaining, phil hurley and lonnie trevino from the south austin moonlighters. you might remember that lonnie was on this show a year or so ago. anyway, they have a new album out called, burn and shine. they recorded this album in an old church converted into a studio here in austin and self-produced an album that showcases their many talents as songwriters, players and singers. you can find out all you need to know about the south austin moonlighter by going to http://www.thesouthaustinmoonlighters.com/  i had a great time talking to them about what they do and how they do it. i'm sure you'll have a great time listening in to this conversation. ciao! -jg

Episode 251: She Sir

hello munchkins! i hope you're all happy and healthy little munchkins. i am well. i played a show last night with some old friends here in austin. it was a lot of fun. the couple that had "the best blind audition ever" on the voice were there. i didn't talk to them. i thought they butchered that beatles song. plus, i feel like i live in a different world than mainstream america. i got weirded out when carson daily called "i've just seen a face" an obscure beatles song. really? i thought "old brown shoe" was slightly obscure, but not something off of rubber soul. i never wanna be all like, "what happened to the world i live in?", but it happens sometimes. my guests for episode 251 are dreamy and gorgeous, she sir! i invited these guys over when i heard a track from their new album, go guitars, which just came out this week and fell in love with their sound. i love their lush guitars and dreamy vocals. jeremy and russell from the band stopped by for a chat and i got to know them and how they work. we have a great conversation. they're great guys in a great band who just released a beautiful album. i suggest you go buy it now. ciao! -jg

Episode 249: Dana Falconberry

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. i am. i've been getting ready for sxsw. booking a lot of interviews, trying to find some cool parties and generally listening to a lot of the bands i'll be talking to that week. it's just around the corner. i was on the hodgecast this week. i was a panel guest along with my friend, john tole and my new friend, johanna. i go on charlie's show about twice a month. it's always very fun and funny, but this one has some extra grease. the show is normally an hour, but we made this one go for 1:40. if you're a podcast fan and like me, you like when people riff on subjects until the giggles set in, this is the episode for you. here's a link http://www.charliehodgeshow.com/podcast/hodgecast-episode-418-cool-water/my guest for episode 249 is the amazingly talented and super cool, dana falconberry! i met dana a few months ago at an elliot smith tribute. she was very talented, humble and funny. i picked up her album, leelanau (on vinyl) and absolutely fell in love with it. her voice and her writing are absolutely superb. her lyrics paint a picture that can evoke the deepest feelings of longing and warmth. anyway, we finally got together and had our talk for the show and it was great! dana is a hyper-creative force with a real genuine heart. i hope you enjoy getting to know her. i sure did.ciao! -jg

Episode 246: Gina Chavez

hello friends! i hope you're all winning the gold in your lives today. things are going well here. the weather keeps changing every day and now it's emergency cold with schools starting a couple of hours later for the 3rd time in in a month. not to talk about the weather, but man, it's weird when it changes from a high of 34 to a high of 77 to freezing  to sunny and 75 all in one week. weird. i've been busy working on a lot of different things lately. i'll keep you posted.  my guest for episode 246 is the talented and enchanting, gina chavez! gina's new album, UP. ROOTED comes out today, tuesday, february 11th 2014! the album is loaded with all the bad-ass latin jams you would expect from austin's "best latin artist". anyway, i had a great time getting to know gina through this podcast. i never knew about her charitable work, her 8 months in el salvador teaching young girls, nina arriba, a college fund that chavez co-founded for impoverished you women in el salvador. gina and i have a great conversation. we get to know what makes her tick and where all of that beautiful music comes from. i hope you enjoy getting to know gina. i sure did.ciao!

Episode 245: Erin Ivey Returns! / Sphynx checks in from the road again!

"get hip baby! you like metal?"hello my friends!i hope the world is going along with your plans for life. i'm doing well. i had a great night last night. i hosted and played at a benefit here in town for the mccormack family who lost their home in the floods on halloween. it was a great night with bill carter, rosie flores, gabriel rhodes, patricia vonne alejandro escovedo, kacy crowly, matt mccormack, william harries graham, marlon sexton and many, many more came out, played and raised some dough for the family. if you want to find out how YOU can help the mccormack family go to their "go fund me" site http://www.gofundme.com/53iuw8 thank you.my guest for episode 245 is the incredibly talented and entertaining erin ivey! this is erin's 2nd appearance on the show. her brilliant new cd/dvd, whisper of the moon comes out next tuesday, february 11th 2014. she recorded this album live with the tosca string quartet and filmed it. the album is gorgeous and you get to watch it and feel like you're there with the dvd. she's having a release party on thursday february 13th at the belmont in austin, tx. you're in austin i urge you to go see this beautiful production with erin and a string quartet. gorgeous. erin came by and we got to talk and catch up and she talked about how she made the album and challenges and rewards that went along with  working outside the box. i hope you enjoy my conversation with erin. i sure did.ciao! -jg 

Episode 244: Emily Wolfe

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. i'm okay. i'm super tired. played out of town last night. got a bad night's sleep and have another gig tonight. so i just stopped off at my place to do the intro of this show, put it out, take a shower and head out again. i'm not complaining. i love my job. i could just use a nap. don't forget i'm playing along with alejandro escovedo, bill carter, patricia vonne, gabriel rhodes, kacy crowley and many, many more for "the mccormack family benefit" THIS thursday, february 6th 2014 at strange brew in austin, tx. here is the info on the show. http://holdmyticket.com/event/159592 come out!!!my guest for episode 244 is the amazing emily wolfe! emily's single, "swoon" comes out next week 2/11/14 but you can download it for free at emilywolfemusic.com TODAY!!! i have heard about emily for about year now, but i had never heard her until a couple of months ago when i clicked on a link for her video for her song "lion heart". well, i was blown away. started listening to her stuff, found out i knew her manager so i reached out, they came over and emily and i had a great conversation. she is an amazingly talented person. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did. ciao! -jg