Hot Rod Blues

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 15, George Poteet   The Hot Rod Blues guys managed to corner hot rodder and ten-time Speed Week Hot Rod trophy winner, George Poteet, to talk about his history. Poteet grew up in Mantachie, Mississippi, where he was introduced to his love of cars at nearby Fulton Dragway. He ended up going to college at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), graduatin...

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 14, BBQ With Phil & Jill Painter Phil and Jill Painter happened to be passing through Memphis after buying a car, so we jumped at the chance to have them on the show. They started the Musclecars at the Strip event in Las Vegas 20 years ago. Phil found a great deal on a 2022 Dodge Challenger 392 Scat Pak in Nashville, so the two flew in to pick it up and drive it back acr...

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 13,The Trek to 300mph And The Blue Hat with Jeffery Ferguson & Bob Schreiber The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works.  Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the...

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 12, An Evening With Clay Millican   The Hot Rod Blues guys are lucky enough to hang out with Top Fuel Drag Racing legend Clay Millican. Clay brings stories from his career about racing at local tracks to living on the road and racing all over the country. Clay has lived a colorful life and has had the opportunity to legends across many disciplines of motorsports. Join u...

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 11, Harleywood and The Hebrew Hammer

Episode 10 - The Great Speckled Bird  with HoF Drag Racer, Preston Davis   On this episode of the Hot Rod Blues Podcast, the guys take the show on the road again to visit Art & Speed Classic Car Gallery in Collierville, Tennessee, to visit with 2016 Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductee, NHRA Division 2 Champion, NSRL driver, Memphis Rodder, and racing legend, Preston Davis. Art &amp...

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 9, Skittles Paint and an Irish Breakfast The guys make a visit to Shawn Brereton’s home bar for episode 9 of the HRB Podcast. With no special guest, the guys update everyone on what they’ve been up to since the last time alone. They start out talking about the epic episode 8 with legendary Memphis Rodders Marshall Robilio and Eddie Wilbanks. After talking about how they used...

Boiling Down Dynamite with Memphis Rodders Marshall Robilio and Eddie Wilbanks - Episode 7  The boys are back in the shop at Steel Rose Metal Co for episode 7 to talk with two legends of Memphis hot rodding and racing. The special guests are Marshall Robilio and Eddie Wilbanks of the Memphis Rodders, a car club started 75 years ago by a bunch of fun-loving daredevils who put Memphis on the ma...

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 7, Jamie Otts And The One Legged Hobo.   Drag Racing Legend Jamie Otts drops by the shop and hangs out with guys. The Guys get a lesson in Drag Racing and trailer safety when Mike's wife, Rhea drops by.  The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Custo...

The boys are back in the shop at Steel Rose for episode 6 of Hot Rod Blues. They talk about the past week's score and the challenges of driving modern cars versus the beauty of driving an old(er) car. Shawn Young went to Nashville and found a trove of parts for his pickup. Shawn Brereton also went to Nashville for the swap meet and spent more than he made. Javi is still looking for his Impala. If...

The fellahs take it on the road down to Mississippi this week to visit the Possum Killer Garage. They sit down with owner Ricky Neal in his awesome hangout now nicknamed the Possum Palace. It has some of the coolest memorabilia you’ve ever seen! Ricky is an influence on many in the Memphis/Mid-South hot rod community and has plenty of stories to tell. Talking to Ricky is like talking to hot roddin...

The boys set up at Steel Rose Metal Co. for their first video podcast. While the two Shawn’s went to buy more audio cables, Mike and Javi went antiquing together to buy chairs . . . it is a touching moment. Now the guys can drink beer and bourbon, and Mike can smoke cigars in the comfort of his shop! Javi talks about the microphone stands he crafted for the podcast and finding Gene McCoy’s ‘36 For...

As usual, the Hot Rod Blues podcast is a study in grown men with ADHD as the conversations turn on the shortest notice. The boys get started with an update on Shawn’s ‘50 Merc. Javi gets a late start with a Red Bull. Mike wears a three-piece suit and ponders why metal fabricators don’t get the media hype? Is Jim Morrison alive or dead, and what happened to his GT500? The Hirohata Merc goes for $1....

The Hot Rod Blues podcast is an entertaining group of hot rod enthusiasts from Memphis, Tennessee. Coming from all walks of life, it is the cars that brought them together and part of what makes their conversations so entertaining. You won't hear them doing reviews of the latest car on the market, they are true hot rodders who like to modify old cars to be driven! The Hot Rod Blues Podcast , based...

The Hot Rod Blues podcast is an entertaining group of hot rod enthusiasts from Memphis, Tennessee. Coming from all walks of life, it is the cars that brought them together and part of what makes their conversations so entertaining. You won't hear them doing reviews of the latest car on the market, they are true hot rodders who like to modify old cars to be driven! In this first episode, the guys i...