DALLAS FAMOUS

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast we have visual artist and painter Chase Fleischman.  Chase was doodling his whole life like a lot of us, then one day he answered an open call ad for Deep Ellum Art Co.  Suddenly Chase is painting a full wall mural and Chase the Artist was born.  Well known around Deep Ellum for his robot paintings, Chase style flourished and Chase has continued to paint and...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast we’re introducing a new thing-Power couples.  Just like the podcasts name, power couples is part tongue in cheek, part serious but mostly its a fun way to hear from creative Dallas couples who are making it happen.  For our first installment we have journalists Carly May and Garret Gravely.  Both work for the Dallas Observer among other local pubs and Carly i...

Lily Taylor is a musician but shes also so much more.  Her second full length release comes out later this month, but shes also been doing a ton of collabs over the years. She's a vocal coach, she's booked shows and she has her own radio show called Bandwidth, Tx which has been running bi-monthly on KUZU Denton since 2017.  Lily even has an experimental band with her husband Sean.   Lily i...

Dahlia Knowles is the woman behind the Dallas dream pop band Lorelei K. She is a charming young trans woman, living her best life in one of the worst states for trans laws-and thriving.  We talk about her upcoming release Gucci Doom but mostly get to know Dahlia a little better.  Lorelei K Salim Nourallah - Theme song - Unstoppable Andrew Sherman

Stephanie Salas-Vega is a writer with her finger on the pulse.  At only 26, Stephanie has already written for pretty much every publication in Dallas and was even the Editor of Central Track for almost a year before it went dark.  Stephanie is proud of her Mexican American heritage and strives to find stories about her community not usually covered. She has a uniques and fresh perspective on the D...

Preston Jones is a true journalist. Preston may be from Oklahoma, but he has been covering the music and entertainment scene in DFW for a while now. Jones is an award winning critic, writer and editor. Preston was the pop music editor for the Fort Worth Telegram for 10years and continues to cover the Dallas music scene for KXT, The Dallas Observer and has been published in The New York Observer, H...

Kristen Keith is an actress on the rise.  She had been an exceptional professional violinist and graduate of SMU but had a change of heart and threw herself into acting and its going well.  She appeared almost 20 projects in her first year of acting.  She just appeared in a Martin Scorsese film as well and the roles seem to be coming in fast.  She also discusses what it’s like to be an actress, an...

This week on the Dallas Famous podcast is Max Hartman.  Max is a musician actor and voice over artist born and raised right here in Dallas.  We chat about the early days of Kitchen Dog theater, where he was nominated and won awards for his acting work.  He is also a musician and we chat about his band Mur and his former band mate Chad Murray. We also touch on his alter ego lounge singer person Max...

Callie Dee wears many hats.  Also known as the Hip Hop Soccer mom, she’s promoted hip hop shows including Master of the Mic.  Callie produces podcasts as well as hosting her own The Smitten Kitten.  She works with the Backwoods record label and is very involved with the Deep Ellum community center.  She also was my first regular photo client and is the person who reached out to offer me a time slo...

Todays guest is Salim Nourallah.  Ive been a big fan of Salim’s music and his approach to his music career since I met him.  With over 30 albums, Salim is a fantastic songwriter and producer here in Dallas. Salim has built a truly DIY musical life.  He’s  crowd-funded a bunch of his albums and can adjust his line-up for each show.  Salim can play with one of his full band set-ups or go solo with j...

Deep Ellum has been called the soul of Dallas and there’s lot of reason why.  Today’s guest is Breonny Lee She is a photographer and she’s  president of the Deep Ellum Association. Breonny takes us on a deep dive into all the things happening for the Deep Ellum 150th celebration.  We get to know Breonny as well and how she came to be involved in such an important role.   We also talk about the Dee...

The phrase “The hardest working man in show business” gets thrown around a lot, but today’s guest Medrick Greely is the embodiment of that expression.  Medrick is a drummer, producer, programmer, dad, husband and has over a dozen active music projects currently going.  Medz was in NYC for the birth of hip-hop, then he went on a sort of hip-hop expedition where he would live in a city and become im...

This week on the Dallas Famous podcast I’m trying something different. I recently wrote my first non-concert review article for the Dallas Observer on the state of Jam Bands in Dallas.  First off I was blown away by the support over this article   When I take a photo I can tell if it’s good, with my writing, not so much-so thanks for all the love! Being my first article, I got very excited and did...

A lighting director is a photographers best friend. Todays guest, Josh Gulley has made lots of photographer friends along his career, including me.  Josh is the lighting director for the band Lettuce among other bands and regularly runs lights at The Granada theater, the House of Blues Dallas and can pop up at nearly any lighting console around Dallas.  Josh discusses how he sort of fell into bein...

Todays guest is Theresa Bell.  Theresa is considered by many as one of the best acting coaches in Dallas and I would have to agree.  Theresa spent time in Los Angeles where she had roles in three Oliver Stone films and several appearances on the show Nightcourt during the shows peak just to name a few. Theresa  had the privilege to be mentored by Roy London, acting coach to the stars  which had a...

Jerry Saracini is living his rock and roll dreams for real and he’s gettin paid for it.  Jerry is the drummer for a slew of tribute bands including Forgotten Space- considered the best Dead cover band in Texas by some.  He also plays in tributes with the music of Jerry Garcia, The Beatles and The Who.  Jerry joined forces with Relix magazine’s  Rock and Roll Playhouse,  which exposes kids  to the...

This week on the Dallas Famous podcast is Maureen Womack.  Maureen is a native Dallasite and is the woman behind Rabbit Hat promotions, a boutique pr agency that focuses on artistic types and has clients ranging from record labels to authors to musicians and everything in between. Maureen is also a painter and has her work showing in galleries around town.  For me, the discover of this episode was...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast is Dave Hinson.  Dave owns Killer Vintage Guitars here in Dallas, his second shop along with the original in St Louis.  Hinson also makes guitar pick-ups used by Steve Miller, The Edge and  Keith Urban just to name just a few.  He’s the guitar expert for the upcoming season of Pawn Stars to be filmed here in Dallas but there’s more!  He’s the main guitar advi...

This weeks guest is Vera Hernandez.  Vera, also known as Vicious Velma, is a fantastic Dallas based photographer who has her own unique style.  Her focus is on punk and hardcore but shes also shoot big shows for the Dallas Observer.  Her black and white style, which catches the raw energy of a show and especially the audience, can only be described as visceral.  If she’s not shooting at her home b...

Robb Hudspeth is living out his acting dream in North Texas one independent film at a time.  His story is one of an artist making his dreams a reality.  He, like many artists, work a day job to have the freedom to be an actor, and the job opportunities  are even slimmer in North Texas.  His day job actually improved his acting-first as a patient then as the coordinator  of the Simulated Patient pr...

Tiffany Vollmer is a true renaissance woman.  She is best known for voicing the character of Bulma in the anime series Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT- but that’s just a small part of Tiffany’s resume. She’s a former child model, she’s an actor, make-up artist, voice over artist, director, writer, casting director a wife and mother. She is now program director at MediaTech-a tec...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast is Diana Cox.  Diana may have grown up in the mid-cities but she's all Dallas now.   She started escaping to the Dallas music scene when she was 17.  She went from playing in the punk band SAWED OFF STICK and skating roller derby int the Dallas Derby Devil League, to joining the Texas National Guard, then back to the music scene.  Dia...

William Flint is an artist and editorial cartoonist in DFW.  Willam aka "Bubba" tells us about how he took his natural talent and turned his cartoon flare into a career. He has a vast clientele from local publications including the Dallas Morning news, Whiterock Lake Weekly and the Katy Trail Weekly to The Dallas Cowboys to the Old 97s and everything Dallas in between. William also does many...

Jeffrey Liles is a true part of Dallas Music History. In this episode Jeff takes us on a trip From the early alternative rock days of Deep Ellum - then to his L.A. days and the unlikely birth of his band Cottonmouth Texas, all the way up to the present as Artistic Director of the Kessler theater and even into the future with the Longhorn Ballroom. The stories are epic and the pieces Jeff puts into...

James Villa is a Dallas based concert photographer. He has been a long time fixture in Deep Ellum and as of late is gm and house photographer for the legendary venue Trees. His online publication On Tour Monthly has been going strong for over 20 years and has take James all over the world to shoot shows. His photo resume is enormous and he is always happy to help young photographers. https://ontou...