I Wish More People Were Here

Ep 14 "Ain't Gonna Call Claude Coleman Jr, Junior Anymore" This episode appeared first on 9/27 at Patreon.com/DrunkenPrayer I play bass in a Honky Tonk karaoke band and my partner in the rhythm section is Claude Coleman Jr. We're responsible for hundreds of songs, and with a gig like that you get to know your co-pilot pretty well. Claude is also the world class drummer for Ween. Now he's also in D...

Episode 13: “The Family That Handsomes Together" The Handsome Family are my favorite working band. "Far From Any Road" by The Handsome Family is the iconic opening theme song for the first season of the HBO crime drama series True Detective . This is part 2 of 2 with the modern day pioneers of dark and surreal country music. music: "Preaching from the Hanging Tree" (unreleased) written by Morgan G...

Episode 12: “The Family That Handsomes Together" "Far From Any Road" by The Handsome Family is the opening theme song for the first season of the HBO series True Detective . Ringo Starr really really loves country music. I vaguely remember the first time I heard "Don't Pass Me By" off the White Album. As a little guy I inexplicably loved electric blues, but I could not get into its screeching-harp...

Episode 10: "Nachos for Two" There's no better musical philosopher I know than Alex McMahon , guitar player for The Handsome Family among others. We had such a great craic I had to break our talk into two parts. I was editing this episode, pt 2 of my conversation w Alex McMahon, when I got the news Dolly Parton passed on. Rest In Cotton, Miss Dolly. "Wherefore by their fruits, ye shall know them."...

Episode 10: "Nachos for One" Alex McMahon , guitarist for The Handsome Family, is a walking embodiment of the book and cover theory. He looks nice enough, probably a pleasant read, but inside his pages are bewitching stories of cosmic entropy fit for a Flannery O'Connor novel. The Gral Brothers The Handsome Family "Waiting" by A McM

Episode 9: "The Joy of Righteous Anger" Matt Rizzo is the son of 11th Dream Day's Janet Bean and Rick Rizzo. His latest release as Horizon of Darkness was recorded at The Loft in Chicago and features Spencer Tweedy on drums and Mark Greenberg on guitar. Matt has a rare genetic disorder, Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome which - I've read - stops the brain from getting enough energy . I won't begin to try...

Episode 8, "The Atypical Ingenuity of Greg Amici" Greg Amici is a rock and alternative singer-songwriter whose newest album, Tragicomic , blends absurdist rock, Americana, ska, folk-punk, and classic rock into a darkly witty, literary-driven sound. A Columbia-educated writer and third-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Greg brings an unusual mix of storytelling craft and life experience int...

"Babies Don't Let Your Mamas Grow Up To Be Cowboys" For this Mother's Day episode we have this baby's mama, Ms. Bebe Kern, in the crib. From The University of Alabama's Million Dollar Marching Band through San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury scene of the late '60s, in New Orleans second line parades and Appalachian string summits, my mom is a fascinating eye-witness to music history. Believe it or not...

Episode 6, "Jimmy Brad Takes Seriously What The Gods Meant For Fun." James Bradley Raymond: "The Pied Piper of Southern Garage Rock"; dive bar residents from NYC to Atlanta and Austin, TX know Jimmy Brad as the world's friendliest (and clumsiest) frontman, the face of Jimmy and the Teasers. To North Carolinians, he and his bands were ubiquitous darlings of Sleazefest in Chapel Hill and the Heavy R...

Episode 5, "You Never Know What's Gonna Happen When The Ball Starts Rollin'" David Childers is probably most widely known for " The Prettiest Thing ", a song the Avett Brothers have covered for years and a fan favorite. In North Carolina, the Mount Holly native is known as NC Music Hall of Famer, Class of '25. He's recently been working with Abe Partridge on "The Satan, You're a Liars". I was hono...

“The Ether Bunny Speaks" Easter episode JD Pinkus , ladies and gentlemen. He of Butthole Surfers, Melvins, Honky, Daddy Longhead and The Jackofficers. The man who drove John Paul Jones to quit drinking. His newest release, " Grow A Pear " is available on Shimmy Disc. His current mission, the Frijoliness Church of West Asheville.

"I Wish More People Were Geer" The Asheville based band Town Mountain recently announced it was calling it quits and our little mountain town has only begun to wipe away its bitter bluegrass tears. I first hung out with Robert Greer at a pickin' party out in the country after a show at The Orange Peel. In this episode I talk to the lead singer, guitar player and co-founder of Town Mountain about t...

"Janet Bean: Not a Carny in a Laundromat" Steve Earle! Guy Clark! Wilco! The Mekons! I Wish More People Were Here. In this episode we get to know one of Chicago's most appetizingly named performers. " Janet Beveridge Bean " should be a household name. With Catherine Irwin , Janet founded alt-country's famously defiant duo, Freakwater . They toured the world with Townes Van Zandt and had the audaci...

"John Howie Ruins Everything" In North Carolina, if you're a music fan of any stripe, you know the name John Howie Jr . John is a singer and writer who grew up in a trailer in the Wake County woods. He's a Chapel Hill stalwart inevitably bound for the NC Music Hall of Fame. He plays country music - straight, no chaser, with the soulful baritone of a backwoods Barry White. His current outfit, John...

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