Otis shares stories and anecdotes about the songs and the making of his new album, Hoosier National. Here’s the link to the pre-sale!https://igg.me/at/OtisGibbs/x/17363880#/

Otis shares stories and anecdotes about the songs and the making of his new album, Hoosier National. Here’s the link to the pre-sale!<a href="https://igg.me/at/OtisGibbs/x/17363880#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://igg.me/at/OtisGibbs/x/17363880#/</a>

Episode 170: Hoosier National

Bill Monroe

David Grier shares his memories of Bill Monroe including a tour bus full of chickens, fist fights and a ton of great music.

David Grier shares his memories of Bill Monroe including a tour bus full of chickens, fist fights and a ton of great music.

Episode 169: Growing Up Around Bill Monroe

Otis talks abut his dream of starting an Alt Country Retirement Community and returning home.

Otis talks abut his dream of starting an Alt Country Retirement Community and returning home.

Episode 168: Back Home Again In Indiana

John Prine

Jim Rooney talks about riding with John Prine through Paradise, Kentucky in a red 1949 Ford. 

Jim Rooney talks about riding with John Prine through Paradise, Kentucky in a red 1949 Ford.

Episode 167: When John Prine Drove Through Paradise

Otis talks about visiting the graves or William S. Burroughs, Bob Wills, Sam Kinisin, Gram Parsons, Mozart, Falco and more.

Otis talks about visiting the graves or William S. Burroughs, Bob Wills, Sam Kinisin, Gram Parsons, Mozart, Falco and more.

Episode 166: Otis’ Graveyard Tour

Jason Ringenberg

Jack Emerson

Jason talks about his old friend, Jack Emerson. Jack helped kickstart the careers of Jason and the Scorchers, the Georgia Satellites, John Hiatt, Webb Wilder, Sonny Landreth, Steve Forbert and many others.

Jason talks about his old friend, Jack Emerson. Jack helped kickstart the careers of Jason and the Scorchers, the Georgia Satellites, John Hiatt, Webb Wilder, Sonny Landreth, Steve Forbert and many others.

Episode 165: Jason Ringenberg Remembers Jack Emerson

The Time Jumpers’, Andy Reiss has played on thousands of sessions. On this episode, he shares the story of his first session in Nashville with the great, Slim Pickens.

The Time Jumpers’, Andy Reiss has played on thousands of sessions. On this episode, he shares the story of his first session in Nashville with the great, Slim Pickens.

Episode 164: Recording With Slim Pickens

David Grier is a 3 time IBMA Guitar Player Of The Year and he talks about how the great, Clarence White befriended him when he was a kid.

David Grier is a 3 time IBMA Guitar Player Of The Year and he talks about how the great, Clarence White befriended him when he was a kid.

Episode 163: Picking With Clarence White

Pytten shares stories from the early days of Black Metal in Bergen, Norway. 

Pytten shares stories from the early days of Black Metal in Bergen, Norway.

Episode 162: Norwegian Black Metal

Kenny Vaughan talks about Denver in the 60’s and 70s and the iconic music venue, Ebbets Field.

Kenny Vaughan talks about Denver in the 60’s and 70s and the iconic music venue, Ebbets Field.

Episode 161: Ebbets Field In Denver, Colorado

Creative people sharing informal conversations, tall tales and vague recollections from backstage and beyond.

Missing your show and hope everything is okay

I have really missed your podcast. Can&#39;t wait to buy your new CD.
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Thanks For Giving A Damn

Todd Snider

Todd talks about tripping on mushrooms and ecstasy, Chris Robinson’s drug of choice, his new book, recording with the Turbo Fruits, joining a band called The Hard Working Americans, sending mix tapes to Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jerry Jeff Walker stories, John Prine stories, meeting Chuck Berry, making a movie with Elizabeth Cook, advice to young people, making a live record with Jack Ingram and Kent Finlay, starting an East Nashville themed radio station, Guy Clark and John Prine critiquing his songs, etc.

Todd talks about tripping on mushrooms and ecstasy, Chris Robinson’s drug of choice, his new book, recording with the Turbo Fruits, joining a band called The Hard Working Americans, sending mix tapes to Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jerry Jeff Walker stories, John Prine stories, meeting Chuck Berry, making a movie with Elizabeth Cook, advice to young people, making a live record with Jack Ingram and Kent Finlay, starting an East Nashville themed radio station, Guy Clark and John Prine critiquing his songs, etc.

Episode 34: Todd Snider

Townes Van Zandt

John Lomax III talks about meeting Townes Van Zandt for the first time, becoming Townes’ manager, reading fan’s letters to Townes, filming Heartworn Highways, Uncle Seymour, Townes partying with Gram Parsons in Houston, Townes sitting in with The Allman Brothers, Townes’ love of Lightnin’ Hopkins, Townes’ artistic drive, the last time he saw Townes, Attending Townes’ funeral, etc

John Lomax III talks about meeting Townes Van Zandt for the first time, becoming Townes’ manager, reading fan’s letters to Townes, filming Heartworn Highways, Uncle Seymour, Townes partying with Gram Parsons in Houston, Townes sitting in with The Allman Brothers, Townes’ love of Lightnin’ Hopkins, Townes’ artistic drive, the last time he saw Townes, Attending Townes’ funeral, etc

Episode 81: Managing Townes Van Zandt

 Todd talks about meeting Skip Litz, stealing a Christmas tree from Kroger, getting arrested in Greencastle, Indiana, a rough encounter with Hunter S. Thompson, meeting Brian Henneman, Bottle Rockets stories, The Monsters Of Tube Socks Tour, his love of Dan Baird and Warner Hodges, playing golf with Chuck Mead and Phil Kaufman, back problems, lawn mowers, etc.

<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thanks-for-giving-a-damn/id568743610" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Todd talks about meeting Skip Litz, stealing a Christmas tree from Kroger, getting arrested in Greencastle, Indiana, a rough encounter with Hunter S. Thompson, meeting Brian Henneman, Bottle Rockets stories, The Monsters Of Tube Socks Tour, his love of Dan Baird and Warner Hodges, playing golf with Chuck Mead and Phil Kaufman, back problems, lawn mowers, etc.

Episode 92: Todd Snider (Part 2)

Delbert McClinton

Delbert talks about seeing Bob Wills in a Lubbock dance hall, Buddy Holly, his first guitar, winning a local talent show as a kid, opening for Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957 at the Dallas Sportatorium, seeing Gorgeous George wrestle, the neon jackass marquee at Jack’s Place in Mansfield, Texas, working with Joe Turner, Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, O. C. Smith, playing juke joints in the 1960s, touring with 6 people and equipment in a station wagon, mud suckers, playing clubs with dirt floors with no electricity, befriending local gangsters in Fort Worth, bank robbing pills, juke joint horror stories, Freddy king sitting in with the band at Mother Blues in Dallas, etc.

Delbert talks about seeing Bob Wills in a Lubbock dance hall, Buddy Holly, his first guitar, winning a local talent show as a kid, opening for Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957 at the Dallas Sportatorium, seeing Gorgeous George wrestle, the neon jackass marquee at Jack’s Place in Mansfield, Texas, working with Joe Turner, Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, O. C. Smith, playing juke joints in the 1960s, touring with 6 people and equipment in a station wagon, mud suckers, playing clubs with dirt floors with no electricity, befriending local gangsters in Fort Worth, bank robbing pills, juke joint horror stories, Freddy king sitting in with the band at Mother Blues in Dallas, etc.

Episode 48: Delbert McClinton (Part 1)

Hayes Carll

Hayes talks about his sports prognostication skills, making sports bets with fans, Bob Schneider stories, behaving badly at The Saxon Pub, playing smaller venues, Todd Snider’s dog lamp, Todd Snider stories, false rumors of a Wyoming mental institution, being detained at the Canadian border, a $500 orange, dealing with anxiety attacks, etc.

Hayes talks about his sports prognostication skills, making sports bets with fans, Bob Schneider stories, behaving badly at The Saxon Pub, playing smaller venues, Todd Snider’s dog lamp, Todd Snider stories, false rumors of a Wyoming mental institution, being detained at the Canadian border, a $500 orange, dealing with anxiety attacks, etc.

Episode 72: Hayes Carll (Part 2)

DAVID OLNEY

David talks about Killer Kowalski’s claw hold, opening for Townes Van Zandt in 1973, his friendship with Townes, watching Guy Clark play pool, Guy Clark stories, forming The X-Rays, stepping in dog shit on stage, playing Austin City Limits, meeting Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Emmylou Harris stories, Linda Ronstadt, Daniel Lanois, Wrecking Ball, Sergio Webb, bad gig stories, touring with Melissa Etheridge, life outside of the mainstream, audience honesty, etc.

David talks about Killer Kowalski’s claw hold, opening for Townes Van Zandt in 1973, his friendship with Townes, watching Guy Clark play pool, Guy Clark stories, forming The X-Rays, stepping in dog shit on stage, playing Austin City Limits, meeting Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Emmylou Harris stories, Linda Ronstadt, Daniel Lanois, Wrecking Ball, Sergio Webb, bad gig stories, touring with Melissa Etheridge, life outside of the mainstream, audience honesty, etc.

Episode 57: David Olney

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Ray Wylie Hubbard shares stories about whore dog gigs, unscrupulous promoters, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Freddie King and a ton more.

Ray Wylie Hubbard shares stories about whore dog gigs, unscrupulous promoters, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Freddie King and a ton more.

Episode 148: Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Life Well Lived

Mojo Nixon

  Mojo talks about Haystacks Calhoun, Foghorn Leghorn figurines, being too high to watch pro wrestling, the secret wisdom of Jim Dickinson, Memphis, touring with The Pogues, Jello Biafra and art school chord changes, jumping on stage with Bruce Springsteen, meeting Joe Strummer, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel on mushrooms, Don Henley getting Replacements level drunk, working for MTV, The Pleasure Barons, his career in radio, etc.

<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thanks-for-giving-a-damn/id568743610" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> Mojo talks about Haystacks Calhoun, Foghorn Leghorn figurines, being too high to watch pro wrestling, the secret wisdom of Jim Dickinson, Memphis, touring with The Pogues, Jello Biafra and art school chord changes, jumping on stage with Bruce Springsteen, meeting Joe Strummer, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel on mushrooms, Don Henley getting Replacements level drunk, working for MTV, The Pleasure Barons, his career in radio, etc.

Episode 24: Mojo Nixon

Phil Kaufman

The legendary road manager chats with Otis about working for The Rolling Stones and goes into detail about stealing and burning the body of Gram Parsons.

The legendary road manager chats with Otis about working for The Rolling Stones and goes into detail about stealing and burning the body of Gram Parsons.

Episode 3: Phil Kaufman (Part 1)

Jay McDowell is the Multimedia/Assistant Museum Exhibit Curator at the Musician’s Hall Of Fame And Museum and he’s sharing stories about Bob Dylan and the musicians who played on his Nashville sessions. He shares stories about Charlie McCoy, Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Kenny Buttrey, Charlie Daniels, Pete Drake, Joe South, etc.

Jay McDowell is the Multimedia/Assistant Museum Exhibit Curator at the Musician’s Hall Of Fame And Museum and he’s sharing stories about Bob Dylan and the musicians who played on his Nashville sessions. He shares stories about Charlie McCoy, Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Kenny Buttrey, Charlie Daniels, Pete Drake, Joe South, etc.

Episode 95: Bob Dylan’s Nashville Recordings

Tim talks about meeting Bill Monroe and Kenny Baker, growing up in Wheeling, West Virginia, seeing Merle Haggard play fiddle, singing with his sister, attending a Beatles concert in Pittsburgh in 1965, moving to Colorado, 1970’s Colorado music scene, the birth of Hot Rize, Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers, the evils of electric instruments, touring in a 1969 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, etc.

Tim talks about meeting Bill Monroe and Kenny Baker, growing up in Wheeling, West Virginia, seeing Merle Haggard play fiddle, singing with his sister, attending a Beatles concert in Pittsburgh in 1965, moving to Colorado, 1970’s Colorado music scene, the birth of Hot Rize, Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers, the evils of electric instruments, touring in a 1969 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, etc.

Episode 43: Tim O’Brien (Part 1)

Brian Henneman

Brian talks about making demos with Uncle Tupelo and how those demos lead to a record deal, how the Bottle Rockets were formed, signing a major label deal, meeting Eric Ambel, recording The Brooklyn Side, recording while drunk, being temporarily treated like a rock star, playing The Conan O’Brien Show, getting makeup done with Max Weinberg, hearing Radar Gun on the radio for the first time, having the most requested song on Dallas’ biggest rock station, the night Anthrax, Dimebag Darrell and Ugly Kid Joe opened for the Bottle Rockets, etc.

Brian talks about making demos with Uncle Tupelo and how those demos lead to a record deal, how the Bottle Rockets were formed, signing a major label deal, meeting Eric Ambel, recording The Brooklyn Side, recording while drunk, being temporarily treated like a rock star, playing The Conan O’Brien Show, getting makeup done with Max Weinberg, hearing Radar Gun on the radio for the first time, having the most requested song on Dallas’ biggest rock station, the night Anthrax, Dimebag Darrell and Ugly Kid Joe opened for the Bottle Rockets, etc.

Episode 64: Brian Henneman (Part 3)

Hayes talks about bingo parlors, crayon autographs, competing in drag shows, Croatian handball, Wrecks Bell, lion tamers, writing with Guy Clark, etc.

Hayes talks about bingo parlors, crayon autographs, competing in drag shows, Croatian handball, Wrecks Bell, lion tamers, writing with Guy Clark, etc.

Episode 10: Hayes Carll

Brian talks about seeing Sir Douglas Quintet with Jay Farrar and Mark Ortman, meeting Doug Sahm, Doug Sahm stories, the history of Coffee Creek, Uncle Tupelo’s final gig, Jeff Tweedy/Jay Farrar stories, Cheap Trick reaching out to The Bottle Rockets, befriending Bun E. Carlos, The Alt-Country Cruise , etc.

Brian talks about seeing Sir Douglas Quintet with Jay Farrar and Mark Ortman, meeting Doug Sahm, Doug Sahm stories, the history of Coffee Creek, Uncle Tupelo’s final gig, Jeff Tweedy/Jay Farrar stories, Cheap Trick reaching out to The Bottle Rockets, befriending Bun E. Carlos, The Alt-Country Cruise , etc.

Episode 63: Brian Henneman (Part 2)

Tim O’Brien talks about meeting Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin stories, Ralph Stanley, old school bandleader rules, playing in multiple bands on the same festival, meeting Darrell Scott and becoming friends and collaborators, hanging out in John Prine’s man cave, working as Mark Knopfler’s sideman, enjoying the coffee shops of Amsterdam, Bluegrass counter culture, Bill Monroe and the birth of Bluegrass festivals, etc.

Tim O’Brien talks about meeting Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin stories, Ralph Stanley, old school bandleader rules, playing in multiple bands on the same festival, meeting Darrell Scott and becoming friends and collaborators, hanging out in John Prine’s man cave, working as Mark Knopfler’s sideman, enjoying the coffee shops of Amsterdam, Bluegrass counter culture, Bill Monroe and the birth of Bluegrass festivals, etc.

Episode 44: Tim O’Brien (Part 2)

Robbie Fulks

Robbie talks about growing up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, going to Bluegrass festivals as a kid, Bill Monroe vs Bobby Knight, Chicago’s Country music history, WLS National Barn Dance, Old Town School Of Folk Music, Nashville in the 1990’s, Tim Carroll, BR5-49, Buck Owens, George Jones, Lloyd Green stories, JP Morgan stories, thoughts on money, his Hideout residency, etc.

Robbie talks about growing up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, going to Bluegrass festivals as a kid, Bill Monroe vs Bobby Knight, Chicago’s Country music history, WLS National Barn Dance, Old Town School Of Folk Music, Nashville in the 1990’s, Tim Carroll, BR5-49, Buck Owens, George Jones, Lloyd Green stories, JP Morgan stories, thoughts on money, his Hideout residency, etc.

Episode 67: Robbie Fulks

Jerry Reed

John Knowles shares stories about his friendship with Jerry Reed.

John Knowles shares stories about his friendship with Jerry Reed.

Episode 121: Jerry Reed Stories

Joe Walsh

Ray Wylie Hubbard talks about the time Ringo Starr played Snake Farm to Joe Walsh and the friendship that followed.

Ray Wylie Hubbard talks about the time Ringo Starr played Snake Farm to Joe Walsh and the friendship that followed.

Episode 157: When Ray Wylie Hubbard Met Joe Walsh

Reggie Young talks about touring and recording with Johnny, Waylon, Willie and Kris: The Highwaymen.

Reggie Young talks about touring and recording with Johnny, Waylon, Willie and Kris: The Highwaymen.

Episode 159: Working For The Highwaymen

John Lomax

 John talks about his grandfather documenting cowboy songs in the late 1800s, Carl Sandburg, Studs Terkel, John Sr. and Alan Lomax recording Lead Belly in Angola Prison, discovering folk singers in churches and prisons, finding Muddy Waters at Stovall Plantation, Honeyboy Edwards, Ironhead Baker, making recordings on horseback, traveling in a Model A Ford, Lightnin’ Hopkins Stories, Mance Lipscomb stories, Les Blank films, his family’s legacy, etc.

<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thanks-for-giving-a-damn/id568743610" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> John talks about his grandfather documenting cowboy songs in the late 1800s, Carl Sandburg, Studs Terkel, John Sr. and Alan Lomax recording Lead Belly in Angola Prison, discovering folk singers in churches and prisons, finding Muddy Waters at Stovall Plantation, Honeyboy Edwards, Ironhead Baker, making recordings on horseback, traveling in a Model A Ford, Lightnin’ Hopkins Stories, Mance Lipscomb stories, Les Blank films, his family’s legacy, etc.

Episode 80: John Lomax III (Part 1)

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