Concert Pipeline

Episode 474 of Concert Pipeline featuring Frank Meyer (The Streetwalkin’ Cheetah’s, FEAR, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Trading Aces, Highway 61, etc), in which we chat about the balancing act of supporting many bands, upcoming tours, his unique family, directing TV and documentaries including “Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History”, writing 8 books, growing up with the Zappa family, learning guitar from Dweez...

Episode 473 of Concert Pipeline featuring Peter Holsapple of The dB’s and Continental Drifters in which we talk about having a number of bands over the years with Chris Stamey, the impact of watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964 and shortly later starting a band Dana and the Blue Jays, working with REM and their generosity toward telling IRS record label to sign The dB’s, the impact of their...

Episode 472 of Concert Pipeline featuring The Vapors, in which we chat with bassist Steve Smith about learning piano as a kid and progressing to acoustic guitar and drums, ultimately settling on bass guitar with The Vapors, the impact of their first album “New Clear Days,” how their smash hit “Turning Japanese” paved the way for tours around the world and continuing to play it in his cover band Sh...

Episode 471 of Concert Pipeline featuring Huntley, in which we chat about impersonating Elvis at age 4, playing in heavy metal cover bands as a teenager, playing a show at Oregon State Penitentiary with Jelly Roll, busking on Nashville streets, being away from his kids for 6 months while on The Voice and making up for it now, going to Vegas for the Super Bowl and running into Pauly Shore, covering...

Episode 470 of Concert Pipeline featuring Marc Broussard, in which we talk about his 2 week break in between tours, playing local shows at the Cajundome, playing shows on the sea like his upcoming blues boat tour next year with Joe Bonamassa, a quick visit to the Eiffel Tour while in Europe, his upcoming shows next year in Australia, Keanu Reeves visiting the studio when he was recording, playing...

Episode 469 of Concert Pipeline featuring Karla Bonoff, in which we chat about being on American Bandstand in 1982, going to the same High School as Bonnie Raitt, writing songs for Linda Ronstadt’s 1976 album “Hasten Down the Wind,” some of her hits she wrote including “Tell Me Why” for Wynona Judd and “All My Life” for Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, taking a break from recording music for over...

Garrett has been in other bands with Trevor ( Friday Night Pizza ) Episode 468 of Concert Pipeline podcast featuring The Band Light, in which we chat ahead of their show at Cafe Du Nord about their day in San Francisco, covering “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac, bonding over “Footloose,” which they were supposed to act in when COVID started, Garrett and Trevor being in another band “Friday Night Pizza...

Episode 467 of Concert Pipeline featuring Novo Combo, in which we speak to vocalist/bassist Stephen Dees about meeting drummer Michael Shrieve in New York and forming the band in 1979, the importance of receiving positive feedback from Pete Townsend of The Who, how having a video on MTV impacted the band, disbanding in 1983, an accidental acid trip with the Grateful Dead in San Francisco, and thei...

Episode 466 of Concert Pipeline featuring Fruition, in which we talk to Kellen Asebroek about playing Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, doing a lot of busking and how that led to support from their manager, the incredible energy of playing Red Rocks four times, recording their video for “The Meaning” on top of a mountain in Lake Tahoe, putting a lot of work into companion albums...

Episode 465 of Concert Pipeline featuring GEMZ, in which we talk to Jen Wood and Ted Chen about getting their start in music and being friends for 20 years and beginning to make music together as GEMZ, including their new EP “See the Future” out October 22. We also talk with Jen about recording with Postal Service on “Such Great Heights” and playing with them on their tour last year, opening for P...

Episode 464 of Concert Pipeline podcast featuring ZZ Ward, in which we chat about growing up with her dad’s influence playing blues, her “Eleven Roses” mixtape launching her career, being able to record with Fitz (of Fitz and the Tantrums) and Kendrick Lamar for her album “Til The Casket Drops,” working with Fantastic Negrito on her song “Cannonball,” signing to Sun Records, opening for Slash this...

Episode 463 featuring Joan Osborne, in which we discuss her studying film and realizing at an open mic that she had a need to sing, the creation of her first album “Soul Show: Live at Delta 88,” recording her hit album “Relish” with Rick Chertoff in 1995 and forming a record label Womanly Hips, being on the cover of Rolling Stone, talking to Crash Test Dummies about how her smash hit “One of Us” w...

Episode 462 of Concert Pipeline in which I review the Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas’ concert at Oracle Park as well as share performances from the concert.

Episode 461 of Concert Pipeline featuring Jack Barksdale, in which we talk to him about trying to imitate piano on guitar, writing songs at the age of 7, receiving support and feedback from rockstars like Matt Sorum, starting a podcast called Jack Barksdale’s Roots Revival during the pandemic with his mom and talking to musicians he respects, his family’s fandom of Tom Petty, playing with Wynona J...

Episode 460 of Concert Pipeline featuring Ordinary Elephant, in which I speak to Crystal and Pete Damore about life on the road, settling dow in Louisiana, early musical influences, Crystal writing poems as a kid, Pete’s early love of the Beatles, being in Australia when the pandemic hit, the few states they have left to visit, the impact of the banjo on their music, and how they have progressed f...

Episode 459 of Concert Pipeline featuring Circle the Earth, in which we chat with bassist and founder of the band Michael McBay about his path growing up with music, his passion for shotokan karate, being sober for 14 years, former bands Ice Breaker and Talisman, forming Circle The Earth in 2020, playing with Smokey Robinson, the band’s new singer Aviva Scott joining the band this year, and their...

Episode 458 of Concert Pipeline featuring Joe Samba, in which we chat with Joe about growing up in a family of musicians, being a huge fan of Sublime and getting to play with them, what he learned from working at a record store as a teenager, his experience playing Warped Tour with his old metal band Spies Like Us as well as driving a bus on the tour, the progression from his last album “Far From...

Episode 457 of Concert Pipeline, in which we remember Greg Kihn, famous for hit songs “Jeopardy” and “The Breakup Song,” as well as for being a San Francisco icon through 17 years as a morning radio host on KFOX, publishing 6 novels, and his incredible live shows. Greg passed on August 13, losing the battle with Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 75. I had the chance to interivew Greg twice, in 201...

Episode 456 of Concert Pipeline, in which we chat with Boone Froggett of OTIS about his grandfather being an old-time fiddler, being brought on stage from 8 years old, discovering BB King’s music, creating the band’s first album “Tough Times: A Tribute to John Brim,” hanging out with Johnny Winter and building a relationship with Paul Nelson, who produced their second album “Eyes of the Sun,” play...

Episode 455 of Concert Pipeline featuring The Australian Pink Floyd Show, in which we talk to Chris Barnes about joining the band in 2015, hearing Floyd when he was 5, playing shows as a teenager in his dad’s band, his ultra fandom of Nirvana, the time James Hetfield of Metallica saw their performance, last year’s 50th anniversary Dark Side of the Moon tour and next year’s 50th anniversary Wish Yo...

Episode 454 of Concert Pipeline, in which I travel to Seattle to chat with Andrew McMahon and Josh Partington of Something Corporate at Marymoor Park. We talk about their new singles “Death Grip” and “Happy,” which are collabs with Andrew’s current band, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, the effect of therapy on Andrew’s music, the creative marketing approach with the Out of Office tour, meditatio...

Episode 453 of Concert Pipeline featuring Susan O’Neill, with an interview in B&W!, in which we discuss being part of Ennis Brass Band, the Really Truly Joyful Gospel Choir, her debut “found myself lost”, finding her voice as an artist, working with Mick Flannery as well as her collaboration with him on their 2021 album “In the Game,” her intimate project “The Space Between,” paragliding in Sw...

Episode 452 of Concert Pipeline, in which we chat with Chris Slade, of The Chris Slade Timeline, playing drums for Tom Jones and The Squires, seeing “It’s Not Unusual” on TV for the first time, playing with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and the impact of their cover of Springsteen’s “Blinded by the Light,” playing in The Firm with Jimmy Page, being in and touring with AC/DC, working with Axl Rose, and...

Episode 451 of Concert Pipeline podcast featuring coverage of Third Eye Blind, Yellowcard, and A R I Z O N A at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. 

Episode 450 of Concert Pipeline featuring Angelo Bundini (Scrote, Baby Snufkin, Celebrating David Bowie) in which we talk about my favorite concert of all time that Angelo created, reuniting Baby Snufkin after 25 years, touring in Europe with No Doubt, hanging out with Gwen Stefani, making new Baby Snufkin music, the band’s upcoming shows on July 27 at Kilowatt in San Francisco, the BEAT tour he i...