Episodes
Aaron Allan talks about being the first person to interview Johnny Cash while working as a disc jockey in San Antonio in the 1950s.
Published 03/25/17
Mike Bub shares stories about Bill Monroe hanging and playing at Nashville’s Bluegrass Mecca, The Station Inn.
Published 03/07/17
Shawn Camp shares stories about his friendship with the great Guy Clark.
Published 01/27/17
Kenny Vaughan shares stories about being around one of the all time great artists, Merle Haggard.
Published 01/17/17
Otis tell stories and shares a preview of his new album, Mount Renraw.
Published 01/13/17
Legendary recording engineer, Lou Bradley talks about recording George Jones’ all time classic, He Stopped Loving Her Today.
Published 12/29/16
Legendary engineer, Lou Bradley shares memories of recording Charlie Rich’s classic album, Behind Closed Doors. Lou shares stories about Charlie Rich, Billy Sherrill, Pig Robbins and everyone else involved in making this all time classic album.
Published 12/06/16
Barry Mazor tells the story of Jimmie Rodgers’ final days, his heroic final recording session and his last train ride.
Published 11/05/16
Billy Bragg explains how Skiffle made the British Invasion possible.
Published 10/05/16
Barry Mazor is the author of Ralph Peer And The Making Of Popular Roots Music and he’s sharing stories about how Ralph Peer changed the music business.
Published 09/02/16
Mike Bub shares stories about hanging with The King Of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin.
Published 08/24/16
Mike Bub shares a lot of great stories about playing gigs with The Father Of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe.
Published 08/08/16
Elijah Wald talks about Bob Dylan’s infamous electrified performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
Published 07/08/16
Elijah Wald shares a ton of great stories about Dave Van Ronk.
Published 06/16/16
Joe Bussard’s collection of old 78s is believed to be the best in the world. Joe shares stories of how he found these records while going door to door in rural Appalachia in the1950s and beyond.
Published 05/10/16
Otis talks about the events that lead to Woody Guthrie writing his  iconic classic, This Land Is Your Land.
Published 05/03/16
Bob Mehr, author of Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The Replacements, shares stories about The Replacements’ ill fated and sometimes disastrous gigs in Nashville.
Published 04/04/16
Pete Finney talks about the wonderfully strange and disorganized time he spent playing pedal steel with the great  Doug Sahm.
Published 02/25/16
Pete Finney is the co-curator of the Dylan, Cash and The Nashville Cats exhibit at The Country Music Hall Of Fame and he shares a ton of great stories about Dylan’s friendship with Cash and how it changed how we… Continue Reading →
Published 02/06/16
Otis talks about Billy Holiday’s version of Strange Fruit and the 1930 lynching in Marion, Indiana that inspired it.
Published 01/21/16
Ken Sanders talks about his friendship with Edward Abbey and shares stories about Abbey’s friendship with Robert Crumb.
Published 01/05/16
Duncan Phillips talks about his father, Utah Phillips and shares stories about the legendary folk singer, joining the Army, fighting in the Korean War, writing Rock Salt And Nails, Rosalie Sorrels, Dylan, Johnny Cash stories, Ammon Hennacy, riding trains, running… Continue Reading →
Published 12/16/15
Jeremy Harmon of the Salt Lake Tribune talks about the life, death and legacy of iconic folk singer, Joe Hill.
Published 12/01/15
Gurf Morlix talks about Marty Robbins’ classic album, Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs.
Published 10/30/15
Otis tells the personal, painful and hilarious story of when he and Amy left their home Indiana and moved to Nashville.
Published 10/14/15