Music Makers and Soul Shakers with Steve Dawson

An excerpt from the "One Life" Podcast presented by Steve Dawson and featuring Jim Byrnes. The new series will be released October 12th on all Podcast platforms. Subscribe now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 2 of my conversation with bassist David Piltch. If you haven't listened already, please go back and listen to Part 1 first. Enjoy! Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Piltch, the bassist on many of my favourite records from the last 15 years joins me on the show this week. David grew up in Toronto in a musical family - his Dad was a session musician around the city and on CBC. David and his brother Rob grew up playing jazz around town, and David eventually left Canada for Los Angeles to find studio work. His body of recorded work is epic, starting in Cana...

Guitarist, songwriter, producer and frontman for the mighty Big Sugar, Gordie Johnson joins me on the show this week. Gordie has been creating amazing sounding records since the early 90’s when Big Sugar exploded out of the Toronto blues and jazz scene. Almost 30 years later, Big Sugar has just released another great new album. Gordie relocated to Austin years ago, and has worked out of his studio...

Engineer and producer Tucker Martine joins me on the show this week. Tucker has been operating out of a couple of incarnations of his own studio, Flora Recording and Playback, for quite a few years now. He has recorded and/or produced acclaimed records for a diverse cast of characters like The Decemberists, Bill Frisell, My Morning Jacket, Wayne Horvitz, Neko Case, Laura Veirs and many more. Tucke...

Singer/Songwriter, guitarist and producer Joel Plaskett joins me on the show this week. Joel is one of Canada’s most respected performers and has been making great records since the 90’s. Starting out with his pals from high school, his band Thrush Hermit toured endlessly and achieved great success before splitting up and Joel launched his solo career with his new band, The Joel Plaskett Emergency...

Nashville guitarist and producer Colin Linden joins me on the show this week. We talked all about his growing up and getting into music in Canada in the 70's and some of the great artists and records he's been involved with over the years, including his extensive work with Bruce Cockburn and The Band. Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz joins me on the show today. She just released her 5th album "World On The Ground" and I thought it would be a great time to speak with her about her recording, songwriting and playing experiences. Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I wasn't going to release anything today in light of what's going on around us, but then called up my touring compadre of the last few years, Allison Russell from Birds of Chicago to talk about what's going on out there - here's our conversation. We'll be back with a full episode next week. Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Sadler Vaden is a killer guitarist in Nashville and has been a member of Jason Isbell's 400 Unit for a number of years. We got to talk about his path to Nashville from South Carolina and how his career has unfolded, his influences, style and his instruments. Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sue Foley is a killer blues guitarist and singer, originally from Ottawa, Canada, but has spent a good portion of her career in Austin, Texas. She has made a string of great blues records, the latest of which is "The Ice Queen". Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guthrie Trapp is one of the cream of the crop of guitar pickers in Nashville these days. He can be seen with his own groups all over town, or frequently collaborating with John Oates, Jerry Douglas and many more. Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Bidini of The Rheostatics joins me on the show this week to talk about his long and storied career in Canadian music. Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Wood joins me on the show today. Chris is an incredible bass player, both on the upright and electric, writes and performs amazing music with his brother Oliver in The Wood Bros, plays a mean harp, and can even break out some inspired mid-set dance moves. I first got to know of Chris through his playing with the groundbreaking Medeski, Martin and Wood in the 90's and early 2000's - making am...

My guest this week is the phenomenal guitarist Charlie Hunter. Through innovative use of 7 and 8-string guitars, Charlie has built a career on composing, performing and improvising while developing his mind-bending techniques of essentially playing guitar and bass at the same time on the same instrument. I've followed Charlie since his days in a Bay Area band called TJ Kirk, through his many solo,...

This week's guest is incredibly creative Telecaster-slinger, Jim Campilongo. I've been trying to get Jim on the show for a while now and it finally worked out. Jim is one of the finest modern players associated with the Telecaster and has worked for decades on playing and composing music around the New York and Bay Areas. While getting to be known as one of the finest musicians in a city full of g...

My guest this week is a keyboard player and a major force in the LA music scene over the past 20 years, Patrick Warren. Patrick is a keyboard player technically, but really is a master of sonics as well. I’ve been seeing his name since the 90’s on amazing records and soundtracks coming out of LA in the scene there that I’ve been drawn to, which was everything Jon Brion was involved with, and then...

Welcome to Season 4! My guest on the podcast this week is the incredible guitarist Robben Ford. I first got into Robben's music in the 90's when he was rockin' out with his trio The Blue Line. He made a string of cool records around that time, but as I dug a bit more into his past, it wasn't hard to find that he had already toured and recorded with Tom Scott, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and Mil...

An update on the podcast getting ramped up for Season 4! Our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.