Porch Talk

Alan sat down with Drew Nix, Zach Rishel, and Brandon Coleman of the Red Clay Strays. The guys share early influences that led them into music, wanting to play guitar, and eventually coming together to have a band. The Strays open up about their passion for playing shows and give insight into their song-writing process. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https:/...

Alan sat down with Bo Hicks, owner of Druid City Brewing, to share the good news of DCBC, music stories, and BBQ. Bo begins with the idea of community, and the stories behind what built this community. Al and Bo talk over the years and ideas on shaping the culture, hopefully cultivated to leave behind for others to enjoy. The conversation ends on BBQ, and the different styles of approaching it. Ad...

Alan and Cobb talk about the cultural landscape as everything rapidly turns volatile in the U.S. Cobb and Al share their hopes and thoughts for the future of sports, movies, music, and major cities as the country continues to further divide itself. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan sat down with Scott Gruber, mind behind AD Investing. Alan and Scott grew up together but lost touch for years. The show starts with a catch-up then quickly moves into the world of finance and investing through the lense of 2 average dudes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan, Webb, and Cobb sat down to recap some of their essential moments since March. Pop culture talks on movies, tv shows, music, and physically owning copies of movies and records. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan, Levi, Nate, and Philip Tomlin got together to pick their team of first round draft picks from the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Al and Monk met at the CAC to talk about different bubbles of music throughout the states. These bubbles represent regions of land and the specific sound you expect to hear from that area. Monk gives plugs on what new music you should be listening too. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Monk joins Alan to celebrate musicians that have shared songs on the show, over the past 75 episodes. Abe Partridge, Chris Pureka, the Krickets, David Newbould, Nick Redmond, Jeremy Stanfill, Garrett Howell, Shawn James, JPKS, and Spencer Thomas. SURPRISE! Joshua Cosby and Taylor Hollingsworth are in fact on this episode! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https...

Alan, Levi, Nate, and Moon met to have a serpentine draft for 'The Office'. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan drove down to Mobile, AL to sit down with Abe Partridge, singer/songwriter and artist. They discussed the 'glory days' of playing ball in high school, influences in music, preaching in the Appalachians, questioning morality while on a military tour, and ending on Abe's music and art. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/priva...

Alan went down to Mobile, AL to catch up with Johnny Havard. Johnny and Al talk about growing up in the deep South, the morality that comic books teach, and comedy. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Porch Talk and Phone Lines collide to have a villain draft. Alan is joined by Levi Seymour and Harrison Marcellus to draft a team of 5 villains from movies and tv shows. The guys breakdown their reasoning as they go to build the best team. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Brother Cobb returns to the show to share entertainment from legos, gaming consoles, sports, movies/shows, and music. Big John gets phoned in to discuss favorite Pearl Jam albums. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan and Levi burn the phone lines to preview the NFL draft for 2020. Levi and Al trade NFL teams that are flirting with disaster in the upcoming season, teams that going to do great, and thoughts on the top names in the draft this year. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan burnt the phones lines to Southern Ohio to share experiences and stories of bow making with Matt Fout. Matt runs White Feather Archery, a wood shop specializing in bow making and all things to do with self-bow preservation. Matt and Al talk about different hunting experiences, how they got into self-bows, and scratch the surface on bow making. Join Alan and Matt as they discuss an art that ha...

Hayfitz is an indie singer/songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY. Hayfitz shares about growing up in Los Angeles and what led to his incredibly unique sound. They discuss strange guitar tuning and how it was the least bit of calculation for Hayfitz. The conversation leads to Hayfitz moving to Brooklyn, the East Coast music community, and thoughts on how the Covid-19 pandemic has possibly changed the mu...

Alan burnt the phone lines down to Mobile, AL to hash out differences between Coley Johnson and Levi Seymour. The topics up for debate are food; burgers, chicken, sandwich shops, and BBQ. Then the boys break off into sports and what they're making of seasons being cancelled and what to make of hot topics from American football. Lastly, what are the favorite movies of the boys, and then let the...

Alan and Monk burnt the phones lines for a quarantined version of Untapped & Vinyl. Monk and Al catch up on life since quarantine, share record releases since the pandemic, and highlight indie labels that are killing it lately. The quarantined version of having a beer with your music buddy over the phone. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle....

Nick Shoulders is a singer/songwriter from Arkansas. Nick shares about growing up and early influences, and how the music he started playing was miles away from what he does today. The style or genre Nick represents currently is something that naturally stamped him. Nick and Al discuss music that naturally resonates throughout the Southern Pines, and its preservation over the years. Advertising In...

Xaris Waltman is a folk singer/songwriter from Pensacola, FL. Xaris shares about growing up and early influences that landed her in the folk genre. Early impressions were singing/ playing in the church setting, acting in plays and musicals, and a record collection that pays homage to the early folk singers of the 50's and 60's. Xaris auditioned for 'The Voice' and flown out to Holl...

Alan burnt the phone lines to catch up with Ryne Meadow, singer/songwriter from Athens, GA. Ryne shared that it was later in life, being influenced by Indie artists and choir, when he found his passion for music. In his early 20's, Ryne pursued making his first album, but his go-getter attitude was matched by naivety of what it was going to take to make it. Ryne made his first album by coming...

Alan drove up to Nashville to sit down with David Newbould, Canadian singer/songwriter. David begins with earliest memories of the music that influenced him, early teenage years in Toronto, and eventually moving to New York City to pursue his dream of making music. After spending some time in NYC, David moved to the West Coast and busked in San Francisco before moving back to Canada for a short ti...

'Hop In' kicks off the shows, quickly followed by Cobb introducing the show and Al reading lines. Music will break down the episode into sections, Al and Cobb start with haircuts, UFC, and boxing. They move on into dreams, movies, and close with music recommendations. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan and Big John went off the deep end to discuss the corona virus, sobriety, the difficulty of touring an art, the afterlife, and dreams. Big John and Al chase rabbits after the Mandela Effect, the Dogwood Wive Tale, and coming to the realization that they're at the age to where they define their culture and what it values. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Ou...

Alan sat down with Payton Trim, an artist from Natchez, MS, to talk about his creative process. Payton's 'Reflections' series were the first pieces Al saw and they spoke volumes. Payton shares about growing up and finding his passion, and how that has developed over the years. Payton and Al go deep into inspiration and where it comes from.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/...