A cool conversation with Bassist Steve Schmidlapp of the Albuquerque, New Mexico premiere Desert rock band Blue Heron. A very busy and rising band world wide, Steve talks to us about the bands history, touring huge festivals overseas, and the real feel of Desert rock, being from a desert state. Blue Heron has a killer show Tuesday April 14th, 2026 at Launchpad with legendary Penatagram, and Albuquerque's Nomestomper. Portions of this interview were played on Albuquerque radio station 94.5FM KTBL The Pit.