Rod Melancon's guest appearances

Rod Melancon

Song of the Day

"Walking The Floor" with Chris Shiflett

W.B. Walker's Old Soul Radio Show

episodes - Americana Music Show

New Slang

Teardrops & Laughter

Radio1190

Badass Bands

Adobe And Teardrops Podcast

DittyTV

Independent's Day Radio

Yesterday's Concert

Independent's Day

Robert Ellis

Ryan Bingham

Jaime Wyatt

Justin Townes Earle

Cody Jinks

Andrew Leahey

Jeff Crosby

Lydia Loveless

Charley Crockett

Kelsey Waldon

Whitey Morgan

Jason Isbell

Stephanie Lambring

John Moreland

Caleb Caudle

OwlTail

Episode 84 is another "old &amp; unreleased" interview episode. This time around, it's one I did with Rod Melancon this past summer (2019). I'd stopped by his Austin apartment to talk about Pinkville, his excellent 2019 album, Southern Gothic literature, and really dived into our film and TV series obsessions. Melancon is as well-versed as they come in both modern pop culture and classic southern Americana. Being the son of Louisiana and a teacher, Melancon is a student of storytelling and mood. Melancon is great at combining a narrative and the art of language. They're mood and backdrop setters. Pinkville (and his previous works) is full of classic American stories about high school dropouts, country &amp; rock superstars, military veterans suffering from PTSD, and brazen bank robbers. This episode's presenting partner is  The Blue Light Live, Smith Iron &amp; Design, and Wicker's Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno Jelly.New Slang PatreonNew Slang TwitterNew Slang InstagramNew Slang FacebookNew Slang Merch StoreThe Neon Eon PodcastThe Neon Eon Merch StoreSupport the show

Episode 84 is another "old &amp; unreleased" interview episode. This time around, it's one I did with Rod Melancon this past summer (2019). I'd stopped by his Austin apartment to talk about Pinkville, his excellent 2019 album, Southern Gothic literature, and really dived into our film and TV series obsessions. Melancon is as well-versed as they come in both modern pop culture and classic southern Americana. Being the son of Louisiana and a teacher, Melancon is a student of storytelling and mood. Melancon is great at combining a narrative and the art of language. They're mood and backdrop setters. Pinkville (and his previous works) is full of classic American stories about high school dropouts, country &amp; rock superstars, military veterans suffering from PTSD, and brazen bank robbers. This episode's presenting partner is  <a href="https://www.bluelightlubbock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Blue Light Live</a>, <a href="https://www.smithironanddesign.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smith Iron &amp; Design</a>, and <a href="https://wickerstx.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wicker's Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno Jelly</a>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thomasdmooney" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Slang Patreon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/_newslang" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Slang Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_newslang/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Slang Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/newslanglubbock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Slang Facebook</a> <a href="https://newslangpodcast.bigcartel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Slang Merch Store</a> <a href="https://theneoneon.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Neon Eon Podcast</a> <a href="https://theneoneon.bigcartel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Neon Eon Merch Store</a><a href="https://www.paypal.me/ThomasMooney" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

084: Rod Melancon

Los Angeles based Americana singer/songwriter Rod Melancon moved to California from his home state of Louisiana to pursue acting, but luckily for us he picked up a guitar along the way and started writing songs!  Ten years later he's just released his fantastic new record, "Southern Gothic."

Los Angeles based Americana singer/songwriter Rod Melancon moved to California from his home state of Louisiana to pursue acting, but luckily for us he picked up a guitar along the way and started writing songs!  Ten years later he's just released his fantastic new record, "Southern Gothic."

Episode 90 - Rod Melancon

On this episode of BSing with Badasses, we bullshit with Country/Americana badass Rod Melancon! We chat about how he got into music, touring in the South (he's from Louisiana), the LA music community, his new album and more! Bonus: His drummer, the radical Ryan Wykert, joins in as cohost!   Intro/Outro Tunes:  "Perry" by Rob Melancon "South Louisian'" by Rob Melancon

On this episode of BSing with Badasses, we bullshit with Country/Americana badass Rod Melancon! We chat about how he got into music, touring in the South (he's from Louisiana), the LA music community, his new album and more! Bonus: His drummer, the radical Ryan Wykert, joins in as cohost! Intro/Outro Tunes:  "Perry" by Rob Melancon "South Louisian'" by Rob Melancon

Bsing with Badasses: Episode 29: Rod Melancon

Generations of American kids have whiled away countless hours of high school study hall periods longing to get out of their hometowns.  Some of them never do, instead getting their names inscribed on local bar stools and sending their children to the same teachers in the same halls where they once dreamed of a bigger life.  But some of them do get out - making their way to some city on a coast where they feel they have a better shot at getting traction on their dreams.  And sometimes, once they get the kind of perspective that can only be gleaned by a change of scenery, they look back on their hometown with a new set of eyes.  Rod Melancon grew up in the rural bayous of southern Louisiana in an unincorporated town too small for a school.  He did the things that boys do; playing sports, chasing girls and acting in school plays, and it was the latter of these pursuits that sent him West.  He had a little success with his acting, but it was a cathartic moment back in Louisiana that took place when he watched the emotional reaction his grandfather had to a gift of a Hank Williams album that drew Melancon to songwriting.  He took that transformative experience back to Los Angeles and started populating his songs with characters and artifacts from his hometown. His new album, Parish Lines, plays like Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska on steroids.  The cars and the girls are here, as are the tragedy, comedy and braggadocio of a young man pushing hard on the seams of his small town.  But there is also something else - a reverence for his formative surroundings that he might have been blind to had he never left.  Striking that balance is hard, and Melancon manages to pull it off - weaving enough detail and intimacy into his songs to give them gravitas but also providing enough universality so that listeners everywhere are taken back to their own never ending hours cooped up in study halls.  Melancon is an astute observer for being in his mid-twenties, and if he can keep growing as a writer there are a lot more really great songs ahead

Episode 102: Rod Melancon