DALLAS FAMOUS

This weeks guest is the lovely Rachel Teague. Rachael got her start in the competitive world of corporate bands where she really honed her skills and met her core musician group including her husband. Since then she has ventured out with her own music and has a new album in the works. She also works as a publicist for Creative Currency helping other artists grow their careers. She also just starte...

This week we have Madison Raney. Madison is a dynamic concert and wedding photographer and we delve into how those two style of shooting complement each other. Madison is a true music fan which not only led to her dream career, it also has led to a new project called Backing the Barricade, which is a focus on the fans experience at shows and spawned a new podcast just launched called beyond the ba...

This week  we have the one and only Matt Hillyer.  Matt is best known as the frontman for the legendary 1100 Springs and is truly Dallas Famous. We stroll through his history starting with an alleged busking incident all the way to his current solo release “Bright Skyline.” Matt is totally candid and we really get a glimpse into his early playing days. We even get Matt to play a song in studio off...

This week we have Surzty. Surtzy is truly a fascinating woman who has many artistic skills and talents. She is model, photographer, fashion designer, artist, aerialist and is delving in podcasting and music. She holds a degree in Anthropology and a masters in Sociology. Her many interests come from a curiosity and drive to enjoy life through all possible artistic expressions as well as a strong th...

This week my guest is Steven Holt. Steven Holt is truly Dallas Famous. He has been fronting bands in Dallas for decades. His first band Tablet had great success locally and opened for some huge bands. Since then he has kept his song-writing going in different projects and now has put together “I Love You and is putting out songs and playing shows again.” I had never met Steven and I really liked t...

This week we have Faith Alesia Sword. Faith started a solo project during lockdown that became Penny Bored. She sang for the first time in front of other people at her first band rehearsal. Since then she has had some fantastic releases and has more live shows coming up. Faith is the content manager for Do214 where she helps curate coverage of cool things going on in Dallas. This one’s short but s...

This week we have Mavel Traylor aka Mavel the Creator. Mavel is the pre-to the post in all things production in DFW.. Hair, make-up, wardrobe, and any stage hand job that comes her way. Mavel is someone most people wouldn’t know but the shows they love would not happen without her. She works with the Dallas Opera, Broadway Dallas, basically anywhere a big show in Dallas happens. She's worked w...

This week we have musician, composer and producer Emsy Robinson Jr. Emsy is truly Dallas famous as he’s well known in the local musician circles as a go-to bassist and guitarist and seems to be a person writers go to for quotes on the state of the Dallas music scene as well, me included. He’s played in over 30 bands running the gamut of genres including Charlie Crockett, Cure for Paranoia and even...

This week we have drummer phenom Mike Mitchell aka Blaque Dynamite. We take a deep, non-sequential dive into his history.  Mitchell was a child prodigy that started performing at age 2 and recorded on his first album and wrote his first song at age 7. A Booker T and Herbie Hancock Institute grad, Mitchell has performed with legends Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea as well as playing regularly with S...

Welcome to Season 3 of the Dallas Famous Podcast! We are kicking things off with a bang! Today we are very excited as our guests are Dallas royalty Rhett Miller and Ken Bethea of the Old 97’s. We get right into the origins of the band 300 yards from the spot the Old 97’s first played together. We touch on their early goals and reflect on an amazing career together thats far from over.  We even got...

This week on the season 2 finale of the Dallas Famous podcast we have Sean Russell. Sean is the singer of the fantastic band Cut Throat Finches, He also proudly wears the un-official title of “Mr. Fort Worth.” Sean got his start as a singer songwriter in Deep Ellum but slowly felt the pull of Fort Worth and its more intimate music scene, and his wife. We follow his history and how he ended up form...

This week we have Chris Penn. Chris is co-owner of Good records as well as co manager of the Polyphonic Spree as well as Tripping Daisy. Growing up in San Antonio, Chris was getting dragged to concerts by his parents planting the seeds for his future endeavors.  Chris made his way to Dallas with the promise of working with Tripping Daisy. That couldn’t  have gone any better as Chris still works cl...

This week we have Roland Rangel. Roland is the director of marketing for the Deep Ellum Community Arts Fair April 5-7, but his Dallas history starts way before that. Roland was a member of the bands Chorus Affliction and The Salvation but switched his focus to video and social media. Rangel ran a successful political campaign for a Plano Councilman then ran for congress himself. Roland is back for...

This week we have Claire Daigle. Claire is the director of education at The Dallas Comedy Club. After her first love and ambition of being a dancer was derailed by injury, Claire discovered she had an affinity for behind the scenes. Covid motivated Claire to take a stab at stand-up and she took a class at the Dallas Comedy Club. That led to her taking a huge roll at the theater.  Her ultimate goal...

This week we have singer Dana Harper. After a fun little chat about chat gpt, we get into Dana’s history. From being discovered by the choir teacher just from hearing her hum, all the way to New York where things really took off.  Google was the secret to Harper finding some very cool stages and gigs. After her appearance on The Voice, Dana was able to make music her full-time living and hasn’t st...

This week we have Sunny Marcell. Sunny is the bassist and co-pilot of the band Sunny Disposition . We listen to their track " Miles To Regret . " Sunny also leads karaoke weekly and is about to start doing solo gigs just her and her bass. We get to know Sunny and follow along as she almost - by accident stepped forward to become a singer. Sunny is magnetic on stage and a delight in this...

This week we have Michael Briggs. Briggs just took home two awards- best producer and best engineer, at the Dallas Entertainment Awards. We get into his earliest influences and talk about his first performance ever at Rubber Gloves in Denton. We touch on some projects he’s worked on like Rose Garden Funeral Party and King Clam. We also get into his  two bands he produces and plays in, Lorelei K an...

This week we have Skyler Chilton and Scarlett McPherson - the creative minds behind the electrifying band King Clam. King Clam is fresh off their two wins at the Dallas Entertainment Awards where they won Best Punk Group and Scarlett won Best Rock Vocalist. We get to hear how they met and the birth of the band. We also get into the songwriting process and some of the inspiration behind the songs a...

This week we have singer Richard Haskins.  Haskins grew up in Sherman and his Texas roots run as deep musical ones.  You may have heard of his Denton based band punk The Wee Beasties, and if you have, you’ve probably seen him naked. Haskins can be a polarizing figure but in this conversation he is extremely candid about his health and being sober along with his music. We also dig into how his atte...

This week we have Composer and musician Chris J Norwood . Norwood has been a Dallas staple for a while. Besides playing and writing in bands like Texicana and his own solo projects, Norwood is a composer at Fresh Squeezed Music , where he has been writing music of all genres for commercials. Norwood also hosts a fantastic podcast called The Strangest Gig , which is definitely worth binging. Norwoo...

This week or guest is trumpet player Thaddeus Ford.  Thaddeus, originally from New Orleans, is a sixth generation jazz musician.- Well, he started as a jazz player but he has expanded and evolved way past that limited description. We walk through Ford’s history and how he brought a piece of Nola music traditions to Dallas. After surviving a heart attack at 35, Thaddeus’s life and career was given...

This week we have Aerialist, stylist and performer Brandi Cooling. We get to know Brandi better as she shares the ins and outs of what its like to be a successful gig worker. Besides perfoming, Brandi has her own company called Night and Day productions where she can help staff parties and events with performers at all sorts.  Brandi also does set design, art dpeartment and set dressing along with...

This week we have Dezi 5. Dezi is 100% Dallas, growing up in Deep Ellum in his grandmothers resturant. Dezi had an early connection with some of the great Diva singers and after growing up as a self procalimed band geek - Dez finally reached his true form as an outlandish and dynamic singer and performer. Dezi is also the brain-child behind the new Dallas Entertainment awards. We get the story and...

This weeks guest is Jaret Ray Reddick. Jaret almost doesn’t need an introduction as the front man of legendary pop punk group Bowling for Soup, but with Reddick that’s just the tip of the creative iceberg.  Bowling for Soup was nominagted for a Grammy for their theme song on Phineas and Ferb and Reddick aslo voices the lead singer of Love Handel. Reddick has been the voice of of Chuck E Cheese sin...

This week we have the return of power couples with one of my favorite couples-John and Kari LaRue. The LaRue’s are the owners of Deep Ellum Art co, a Dallas venue that has become home to jam bands, EDM, and Snarky Puppy even recoreded their latest album there.  We take a very casual dive into the start of their relationship and how live music and festivals were always part of it.  Deep Ellum Art C...