Porch Talk

Brother Cobb joins Big John and Al to wrap up 2020. Some of the crazy, conspiratorial stories that broke surface at the end of 2020. This is part 1 of 2. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan burnt the phones lines to Virginia to talk with Nick Wade about the blues. Nick's ear was trained by his grandfather at the age of 5, but he wouldn't begin taking music seriously until the age of 22. What did Bentonia, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, and other influences lead him too? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan drove down to Bentonia, Mississippi, to sit down with Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes at the Blue Front Cafe. Duck shares about the history of the Blue Front, learning the guitar from Henry Stuckey, and recording 'Cypress Grove' in a few hours. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan burnt the phone lines up to Versailles, New York to learn about "The Boys of Versailles". Ben Westlund and Shawn Huestis to learn about their coming up into music, breaking into bigger cities in New York, and forming Uncle Ben's Remedy. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Al and Monk are joined by Celesta Riner to wrap up 2020, resurrect one musician, and talk about innovators in music. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ryan Lee Crosby is a musician and music writer from Boston, MA. R.L. started out with a harmonica and moved on to more instruments. The two exchange ideas on different genres and places in the world that have influenced the way they understand music. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Big John and Al go off the deep end to poke fun at conspiracies that are surfacing late in 2020. Aliens supposedly have technology they want to share with us, but they're waiting on us to calm down before they share it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

J.C. Long interviewed Alan on the past 100 episodes of Porch Talk and what he has learned from building a cultural panel that tells stories of different worldviews, ideologies, and histories. Alan opens up about his college years, Mobile years, and what led to Porch Talk and how he found his healing. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/priva...

Alan burnt the phones up to Vancouver, BC to find out how Robert Connely Farr ended up in Canada. Originally from Auburn, his family moved to Benton, MS where he would be exposed to many different styles and genres of music, but he would learn the Bentonia style blues from Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes and carry on this tradition in Canada. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Alan sat down with Tim Higgins on his balcony overlooking Greensboro, AL to talk shop on Tim's songwriting process and why he moved to Greensboro. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan met with Les Nuby at Ol Elegante in Birmingham, AL to talk shop on guitars, music, and tracking other bands. Les has been playing drums and guitar since his early teens, in Verbena, Vulture Whale, and his solo project. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Taylor Hunnicutt, B.B. Palmer, and Josh McKenzie sat down with Alan to talk about the journey so far. Early beginnings in choir, then Montevallo, and on to the Birmingham scene. Hear the story and people who got behind Taylor along the way. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan sat down with Bernard Palmer, Josh McKenzie, and Taylor Hunnicutt to cut the latest scoop on B.B. Palmer. Humble beginnings just off D.I.P. to Opelika, catch the tale of the destroyer of worlds and Toothless Terry. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan sat down with J.C. Long, electrical engineer, musician, and photographer to hear his story about how all this comes together. From Arkansas to Mississippi, to California, a tour of duty on a foreign shore, and back to Mississippi, J.C. was a late bloomer when it came to his profession and hobbies. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri...

Al and Monk share good takeaways from 2020, and that music is the best thing about the year. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Al and Monk met at Munson & Brothers for a FB live episode. The guys cover the Blues and the latest things out of Cornelius Chapel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan met RJ during a festival in Corinth. RJ is self-employed, works 3-4 months out of the year, and spends the rest of his time pursuing what he wants to pursue. He's a salesman, surfer, and world traveler. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chad Fisher joined Alan at Ol Elegante studios in Birmingham, AL to discuss how making connections is how he landed some big gigs over the years. Chad is a trombonist and has played with the Temptations, Four Tops, and lately he plays with St Paul and the Broken Bones. Chad and Al start from the beginning of Chad's story to unfold a simple truth... you need connections. Advertising Inquiries:...

Janet Simpson is a singer/songwriter based in Birmingham, AL. Alan sat down with Janet Simpson at Ol Elegante studios in Birmingham, AL to talk about her upcoming album entitled "Safe Distance". Along the way, Janet shares about growing up in Rome, Georgia, moving to Atlanta to pursue her music career, working a record label, and eventually landing in Birmingham before the music scene beca...

Alan sat down with Wes McDonald at Ol Elegante studios in Birmingham, AL to talk about his music over the years and Cornelius Chapel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan, Cobb, Danny Webb, and Big John get together for their 2nd annual Halloween Bash. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kyle Kimbrell is a singer/songwriter based in Birmingham, AL. Kyle sat down with Alan at Ol Elegante studios to talk about growing up in Birmingham and how it was always music for him. Kyle shares about influences as he was growing up, and the influences now. He also shares the EP's recorded at Playback, and the huge impression Mississippi has had on music as a whole. Advertising Inquiries: ht...

Alan sat down with Christina Marie right as her notice for leaving work to pursue being a full-time artist ends. Christina shares about what led up to the opportunity of chasing her dream. Christina and Alan discuss her social media presence and music. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sarah Lee Langford shares about her latest album, Two Hearted Rounder. The record was recorded at Ol Elegante with some of the finest musicians Birmingham has to offer. Sarah talks about growing up and playing folk and blue grass with her family growing up and that is how music was instilled in her. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privac...

Alan sat down with Jon Poor at Ol Elegante studios to talk about the Secret Stages of Birmingham, AL. Jon shares about growing up in the Midwest and moving out to the West Coast for a while before moving to Birmingham. He would be involved in the music scene himself, forming different bands and playing out before finding his passion for giving not only local artists a stage to perform on but artis...