Dreaming Out Loud

Singer-songwriter Kevin Conaway joins me for our annual marathon discussion in which we go track by track through our respective 2025 Mix Albums. “Mix Albums,” is a term Kevin coined to represent the attempt to create a cohesive listening experience more akin to playing an LP by your favorite act than a disparate compilation of unrelated artists. My 2025 Mix Album & Notes - https://www.davidul...

Singer-songwriter Kevin Conaway joins me for our annual marathon discussion in which we go track by track through our respective 2024 Mix Albums. “Mix Albums,” is a term Kevin coined to represent the attempt to create a cohesive listening experience more akin to playing an LP by your favorite act than a disparate compilation of unrelated artists. My 2024 Mix Album & Notes - https://www.davidul...

As Rob Gordon says in HIGH FIDELITY, “The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. There are a lot of rules." Singer-songwriter Kevin Conaway joins me to discuss our shared tradition of making annual “Mix Albums,” a term he coined to represent the attempt to create a cohesive listening experience more akin to playing an LP by you...

The final episode of the FAMILY ALBUM podcast series fills in the full, 60-year context of how music became such an integral part of the Ullman Boys' family connection over the years. The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM , is our first studio-recorded collection of songs. Read the whole h...

My dad and brother co-wrote this song, dedicated to my sister's two daughters. It's the first such collaboration and the first original composition my dad has recorded in my lifetime. For me, this closing track of FAMILY ALBUM is the heart of the collection. It's the reason I brought my song "How Loved You Are" to the group, and it inspired the approach to the artwork and the record's title. ...

In this discussion of the writing and recording of my original song, "How Loved You Are," you'll hear about how I literally won the lottery and met my wife at a U2 concert.  The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM , is our first studio-recorded collection of songs. Follow the Family Alb...

Brian is in the hot seat as Dad recounts the grade school parent-teacher conference story that birthed the phrase "putting hair on the bear." PLUS: U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name"!  The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM , is our first studio-recorded collection of songs. Follow...

"Unos dos tres catorce!" The Ullman boys take on U2's 2004 hit, "Vertigo" with Yours Truly on lead vocal. We had some technical troubles doing this song during our 2011 gig in which we played three U2 numbers in a row at the end of my album-fundraising show at Akron's Musica. All Ullman brothers are firing on all cylinders for this track!  The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two...

The Ullman Boys gather around the mic for two songs from this British–American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.  The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM , is our first studio-recorded collection of songs. Follow the Family A...

The Ullman Boys face their toughest challenge yet. Pushing past the difficulty of his paralyzed vocal cord, my dad Jim takes the wheel for The Wallflowers' "One Headlight." The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM , is our first studio-recorded collection of songs. Follow the Family Album...

A new singer steps to the mic. Overcoming the limitations of a paralyzed vocal cord, my dad Jim joins his brother Jack for the Alan Jackson / Jimmy Buffett duet, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere."  The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM , is our first studio-recorded collection of songs...

Part 3 of the FAMILY ALBUM series will be out next week. In the meantime, you're in for a treat, as I'm joined for this first stand-alone bonus episode by Josh Schafer for VHSuper-fun chat about his passion project: LUNCHMEAT . Josh describes LUNCHMEAT as, "a print and online publication entity dedicated to the celebration and preservation of VHS and video store culture." LUNCHMEAT most recently r...

With a little help from "The Wednesday Night Crew," The Ullman Boys take on Alan Jackson's "1976." Brian dials in the Telecaster "country bend," Jack's wife meets Jimmy Carter, and Dave's high school band plays a middle school talent show. The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM , is our...

RHS Class of '69 alumnus, Ramstein Royals' Center Fielder, former Bushmen—and current Ullman Boys—drummer Jack Ullman sings lead on the opening pair of John Mellencamp covers that kick off FAMILY ALBUM . In this first installment of the series, Jack shares why he wanted to include "Jack & Diane" and "Small Town" on FAMILY ALBUM —the first studio-recorded collection of songs from The Ullman Boy...

Over the last 50 years, my dad, Jim, his younger brother Jack, myself, and my younger brother Brian have all introduced and respectively reintroduced music into each other's lives at key moments when we needed it most. The Ullman Boys' Family Album is the first recorded collection of songs created by these two generations of Ullman Brothers. In this series, we'll be reminiscing about the stories s...