Episode 121: Adam Sultan / Same Sky Productions

have a happy thanksgiving!
hey everyone! i hope you're doing well and ready for thanksgiving. i'm going to houston with my cousin, megan to spend time with my family. skyrocket will be playing on friday at the house of blues bronze peacock room and at steiner ranch steakhouse in austin on saturday. busy holiday weekend for me, but a big show for you today... first, i go by and have a short chat with david, andre' and chris at same sky productions and we talk about, "austin christmas", a christmas album they made featuring austin musicians backing up a host of austin singers including, yours truly. they're great guys, it's a fun conversation and the album sounds great. pick up a copy for yourself or someone you love at http://www.same-sky.com/ .
after my same sky visit, i sit down with someone i've always wanted to chat with, guitarist/composer/songwriter and all-araound cool guy, adam sultan. i've seen adam play for over 20 years now and i've never had a chance to talk to him. well, the former poi dog pondering, hollowbody (and many, many more) guitarist came over and we sat down and got to know each other. he's a great guy and i had a really good time talking to him. have fun listening and have a happy thanksgiving!
ciao! -jg

Episode 117: Ryan Cownie a.k.a. Thad Newman MC

election day!
hello folks! i hope you're well and you're happy with who you voted for. just think, tomorrow we'll wake up and not have to hear about an election for a while... thank god!
my guest for episode 117 is comedian, ryan cownie. i've seen ryan do stand-up around three times an every time he's made me laugh until i cried. i went to charlie hodge's monkeyshine mondays last week and ryan got up and improvised a bit about the first time he was at the show and it just killed! anyway, i was glad ryan came by. we talked about his start in lincoln, nebraska when he was 17 putting on his own shows, working at the funny bone in omaha and moving to austin and becoming part of the up and coming comedy scene here. i hope you enjoy our converstion. i 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 86: John Lefler - Dashboard Confessional & Solo artist

THUNDER!!!!!! THUNDER!!!!
hello beautiful people! this is a GREAT show!!!!! i had a great weekend.  i played in houston and in oklahoma city. we played wes welker's wedding party in OKC on saturday. he sang with us. i tell the story of our experience on the show. then, after the show i got a message from cy curnin from the fixx. it's extremely surreal and i put it on the show as well. check it out. it's crazy! you can see the pic of wes and i on our facebook page . while you're there, you should push the "like" button.
our guest for episode 86 is the incredibly talented guitar player from dashboard confessional/solo artist, john lefler. i've known john for a long time because his big brother, bill, was the drummer of goudie. anyway, john just released his second solo e.p., "shout fire", which was produced by bill. i was so glad that john was able to stop by and we could have this conversation. we talk about the significance of the song, "sister christian" to his musical upbringing, being in a band with no name, naked shows at the hole in the wall, getting in dashboard confessional and being able to draw wieners no matter what! this is one of my top 5 favorites. i really hope you like it.
ciao, jg

Episode 82: Phranchyze

tomkat! tomkat! where did you go? does anyone have tom cruise's number? i feel like we could talk.
Hello friends! i hope you're doing well. i played all weekend with SKYROCKET!. the shows were fun. we played in houston saturday and i got my car back! very exciting. i saw "rock of ages". it was terrible enough to be very funny just as i had hoped. i tell you my feelings about it in this episode. SKYROCKET! will be playing at the steiner ranch steakhouse here in austin, tx tomorrow for the 4th of july. if you're in austin, come out!
my guest for episode 82 is hip-hop artist, phranchyze. i've been trying to hook-up with phranchyze and do this interview for a couple of months and last week it finally happened. he came by and we talked about how he got started rapping, his "battle" prowess, winning tons of battle competitions, making his first record, mix tapes, beats, his collaborations with folks like zeale and gary clark jr. and touring with snoop dogg. i had a great time talking to phranchyze and i love his music. you can keep up with phranchyze at phranchyze.com
let's get down! - jg

Episode 80: John Pointer

hey everyone! i hope you're doing well. sorry for the unannounced week off. i left town for the weekend a couple of weeks ago and came back feeling totally under the weather and i got behind on skyrocket! stuff then had a bunch of gigs. anyway, i'm back! did you miss me? i missed you. i realized last week how much i need this podcast. how i need to reach out and talk to my peers and talk to you guys. it keeps me sane in a world gone mad. sao, thank you for listening.
you know what else keeps me sane? playing music with my dear friends. tonight, i'll be doing just that! tonight i'll be playing with my dear old friend, einar pedersen and three of my friends who have been guests on this show, todd, wolfson, aj vallejo and dony wynn! if you live in austin, you should come out it's tonight, monday, june 25th at 8pm at monkey nest on burnet rd. it's going to be a great time with old friends sharing music together. come out and get down with us!
my guest for episode 80 is talented multi-instrumentalist/arranger/beatboxer/stage actor/singer/songwriter and now the head honcho of patronism.com, john pointer. i met john over a decade ago when we had the same distributer and our bands at the time played their christmas party. anyway, since then, john and i have written together, performed together and he wrote all of the beautiful string arrangements for my last album, "el payaso". john and i got together for lunch a couple of weeks ago at a loud sports bar and talked about a cappella music, beatboxing, rockstar spernova, becoming a stage actor, starting patronism.com and much, much more. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 67: David' Garza

hi people!
as i sit down to write this paragraph about this interview, i am realizing all of the things i never talked to my guest about. he's opened for and toured as a sideman with fiona apple, alejandro escovedo and more. writing and working with the hanson brothers and so many more... oh well, this can be my excuse to have him on again in a year.
my guest for episode 67 is my dear friend, david' garza! david' and i played our first show together in 1991 at fitzgerald's in houston and have been friends ever since. david' was a tough guy to nail down for this. he is not one that's comfortable in these situations without making music, so i was so ecstatic that after months of asking, he finally agreed to come and talk to me on the record. david' is my favorite musician. when he picks up an instrument, wether it's my ukelele at a party and playing a hawaiian version of "the stroke" by billy squier or sitting at a piano in a random restaurant and playing for hours, i love to hear him make music. david' is an extremely versatile and prolific musician. if you don't own any of his music or have never seen him play live, i urge you to go to www.davidgarza.com immediately and buy some music and find out when he's playing near you!  i really hope you enjoy our conversation. i did!
ciao! -jg

Episode 64: Jeff Plankenhorn - The Resentments, Bob Schneider and many, many more

today's show is brought to you by hotel vegas 1500 e. 6th st. austin, tx
hey everyone! don't forget. THIS sunday, april 29th, hotel vegas at 7 pm we're doing a live recording of "how did i get here?" and my guest will be danny malone. if you're in austin, please come out and join us.
my guest for episode 64 is the amazing guitarist/songwriter,  jeff plankenhorn. i met jeff in the mid-2000's when he was playing guitar with bob schneider. i didn't know that a chance meeting with songwriting great, ray wiley hubbard took him from nashville to austin where he started playing with many traveling singer/songwriters until he got a gig playing with gavin degraw. his guitar playing has gotten him gigs with many greats including, slaid cleeves, the courtyard hounds, bruce robison, eliza gilkyson and many more. now jeff is in the resentments along with, many other incredible songwriters, he's on SKYPE 22 hours a day and he's about to put out a new solo album. so, i hope you enjoy my crazy conversation with jeff. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 58: Tee-Double

today's episode is sponsored by: urban squared realty
hello everyone! i hope you're well. i have a couple of announcements to make. first, i'm playing the next three sundays (4/8, 4/15, 4/22) at hotel vegas in austin, texas. i play at 7 pm, danny malone plays at 8. danny is a great singer/songwriter and if you haven't heard him, you should! which leads me to my second announcement... on sunday, april 29th at hotel vegas in austin at 7 pm, instead of playing i'm doing a live recording of "how did i get here?" and my guest will be danny malone!!!!! i might be adding some more folks to the show... we'll see. so, if you like the show and you'll be in austin, please come out and watch a live interview!!!!
my guest for episode 58 is rapper/entrepreneur/producer/songwriter, tee-double. i met tee at a party at sxsw. i listened to his songs and invited him to be on the show. he told me his story about submitting his demos to warner bros. at 9 years old, recording his demos on casios and boomboxes at sears, to getting his songs placed on such highly rated shows as amc's "breaking bad"! he is branching into getting other artists songs placed in movies, television and commercials. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg