Music In The Minor League

The beauty of music is that you can reach the same level of excitement decades into loving it as you did when you were young. Shame On Me is a band that absolutely blows us away and left us absolutely smitten after playing with them in August. Watching their Long River Session had some of us a little intimidated, but the show came and it was a beautiful night of music that left us filled with exci...

Bevin Luna's website describes her as "Based out of Fort Collins, CO with roots in Memphis, TN and Dominican Republic. Bevin Luna’s guitar- and gut-driven songs package sly intelligence inside a rough-and-rugged sound." And we have to agree with that. A few weeks before heading out on our mid-October tour, we checked out her music due to sharing a bill with her (and others) at the Choice City Stom...

Alright, y'all! We did it! We made it through an entire season of Music in the Minor League. We're pretty excited to have made it this far. We're also really grateful to everyone who took the time to be a part of the podcast and especially those who gave these episodes a listen! This week, we recapped some of our favorite moments from this season, talked about the new album, updated ev...

We made it to 25 episodes! We're glad this little experiment is remaining fun and informative. We're also grateful for all the folks who take the time to listen! However, the thing we're most grateful for is the time we get to spend talking about music with our friends and peers throughout this process. It's been pretty amazing. On this episode, we're talking to the amazingly t...

This week we sat down with our good friends in Little Outfit to discuss their debut album, the long history of the band, the near collapse that ultimately led to finally recording and the bright road ahead. We're real grateful to know these folks and know you'll have fun getting to know them on this episode! Their new album drops on July 25, 2023! Go check out the two singles already relea...

Pull on some board shorts with a tank top and your finest shades, then hit the pool with us as we talk to Ned Gayle of Swimwear Department! Swimwear Department brings the party everywhere they go and Ned definitely brought a fun conversation with him on this episode. Ned has also been involved with various improv comedy groups, hosted a few podcasts like Honey, I Shrunk The Binge and was also one...

This week we are joined by Jared Putnam of The March Divide! For those old school folks from Texas and beyond, you may recognize the name from his old bands: Level and The Conversation. We crossed paths with Jared many years ago and have remained friends ever since. We've had sleepovers, we've shared bills, Kim has appeared on his recordings, we've set up shows for each other and had a...

On Memorial Day, we were lucky enough to sit down for a conversation with Chris Barnes. He's been holding down bass duties for bands like Blackgrass Gospel, Christopher Seymore & the Western Cosplay, Johnny Hootrock, The Broken Spokes and more over the years! He's also part of the Houston Horni Tonk Society! The Horni Tonk Society has really done a lot for traditional country in the Ho...

We made it to 20 episodes, y'all! We're so grateful that so many people have taken the time to give the show a listen and support the bands we've been fortunate enough to talk to. As we did with the 10th episode, we decided to have a discussion about influential albums in our lives. This time, we chose songs/albums that led us to pick up an instrument, made us decide to start a band an...

We've been fans of Trish Cramblet for quite a while now, so when we booked a show with her at the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, we knew it would be a great opportunity to talk to her. She's got one of the best voices we've heard and writes clever songs that suit it perfectly. We covered a lot of topics in our conversation and had a blast getting to know her better. This one took place in...

Here's the second part of our interview with Brent McLennan of The Broken Spokes! If you haven't checked out the first half, go do that now so you'll know what's going down. Or, if you're adventurous, jump right in and work your way backwards. We hope you dig this episode! We had a lot of fun and know y'all will to. To find more info on Brent and The Broken Spokes, check ou...

This week, we sat down with Brent McLennan of The Broken Spokes to discuss what led him to playing music, how The Broken Spokes got their start and various other topics that came up throughout the evening. A lot of topics came up, so many that we're splitting this into two one-hour episodes! Just like Gabe, when you get those Aggies pontificating on things, they just keep going. We had a lot o...

Shane Sweeney is nothing short of a renaissance man. He's been the bassist/vocalist for Two Cow Garage over 20 years, he's release multiple solo albums/EPs, he's sold hundreds of drawings/paintings and has many other projects going at various times. It was a treat to talk to Shane from his basement in Columbus, OH and discuss how Two Cow Garage was born from a chance meeting at a BW3s,...

What's up everyone? We're back again with a new episode of Music in the Minor League! This week we're joined by Johnny Lawhorn of The Pentagram String Band. When we were on tour last week, we sat down with Johnny at his dining table and talked about The Pentagram String Band's new album, his path to Kansas City and a lot about pizza. It was a damn good time. Later that night, we he...

This is part two of the conversation, so if you're starting here, go back to episode 13 to hear the whole thing!!! "Raised in east Texas, Gabe Wootton split the pine curtain as quickly as possible. He started writing songs to remind himself of the things he wanted to forget, but the whole deal slipped his mind." That's Gabe's Spotify bio and it pretty much sums up the humor a...

"Raised in east Texas, Gabe Wootton split the pine curtain as quickly as possible. He started writing songs to remind himself of the things he wanted to forget, but the whole deal slipped his mind." That's Gabe's Spotify bio and it pretty much sums up the humor and wit in Wootton's songwriting and how tight he usually is with his story. Well, we got a few pieces of his histor...

Lauren Eddy does it all. She is the vocalist/guitarist for El Lago, vocalist/bassist for Texas Skeksis, Vocalist/Keyboardist for Raudiver and bassist for Young Mammals. She puts on show with Third Eyeland Party and she runs a music zine called Wake the Zine. She's also assisting the the La Izquierda Surf Festival in Galveston. She really does it all. We'd known her for a few years via emai...

When we were on the road last summer, we got the opportunity to play the Choice City Stomp in Fort Collins, CO. One of the folks we met was Brian Johanson. His band wasn't playing that day, but he told us about them and we exchanged Instagram handles. Now, he's our first remote guest and, man, did we have a time talking about music and various other oddball subjects with him. We highly recommend c...

We did it! We made it to episode 10! That's a big one, right? 90% of new podcasts would already have given up, but we're too dumb to quit so here we are! To celebrate that milestone, we brought in our art director, spiritual advisor and friend, Daniel Torres, to discuss graphic art's importance in music, his time as a tour manager and the albums that made us fall in love with music. It...

This week we are joined by our friend, Cheryl Cawood! Cheryl got her start playing bands in Kentucky and around the Cincinnati area. A little over a decade ago, she moved down to Galveston, TX. In that time, she’s become a fixture in our music community and someone we always see around town. She’s also the first person to listen to our intro and hit us up about being on the show! Follow her exampl...

This week, we're joined by Arta Salehi of Quinn the Brain! We were really stoked when Arta said she would be down to do an episode, as Quinn the Brain is a local band we absolutely love and were on our initial list of guests we wanted to have on. Their website describes them as "Dark Alt-Rock • Grunge-Punk" and we agree with that and would agree with so many other descriptions. The main descriptor...

Before joining Brightwire, Helf was in The Grizzly Band, so we sat down with frontman of that band, Chad Lyles, to talk about what led him to music, what he's been up to since The Grizzly Band ended and what he's working on for the future. We had a real good time hanging out and catching up with our buddy. We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did! 

Oh man...where to start on Charles Bryant? If you think putting off the start of your musical performance career until you're 50 means a person wasn't ready to blow minds, you're wrong. And not in that feral, unpolished way of blowing minds. We're talking well-thought-out songwriting, solid finger picking and, well, some energy that only comes from decades of preparation to hit the stage. We've kn...

Here we are with our 5th episode! It's a small landmark but it's also our first one, so we're stoked to have made it to this one. We have lots more coming so we're looking forward to hitting more! This week, we are joined by Scotti Fraser of The Scotti Fraser Band. Scotti has been hitting it hard in recent times spreading his songs of facing adversity and overcoming it. He's a confident performer,...

This week we are joined by our friend, Tucker Hart! Tucker is a singer-songwriter and the founder of the League City Folk Association. He and his wife, Rachel, put it together to build a music community in their area. It has grown to be an event that attracts large audiences and sees the list full within minutes of it being posted. It was a bit of rocky path that led Tucker to performing, so get r...