Chuck Shute Podcast

Kenny Olson is a multi-platinum guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, who has performed with Aerosmith, Metallica, Run DMC, Sheryl Crow, Billy Gibbons, Mick Mars and more. He was Kid Rock’s lead guitarist for eleven years performing around the world with dozens of television appearances, including Super Bowl XXXVIII.  He has a new project with singer Aaron Letrick called Letrick Olson that just released a new single titled “Willow.”  He has many other projects we discuss as well as some stories from the old days! 

00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Life In Michigan 
02:02 - Project with Stephen Perkins 
03:15 - Letrick Olson 
08:03 - Music Documentary - "Beautiful Mistakes" 
10:25 - Creating Music For the Right Reasons 
13:25 - Pack of Wolves with Chris Van Dahl 
17:03 - Co-Writing Music with Kid Rock 
20:25 - Guest Spots & Creating New Music 
21:23 - Music Industry Changes
26:23 - Music Memories 
28:45 - Staying Busy, Recording & Playing Live 
31:35 - Big Venues Vs. Little Venues 
35:05 - Upcoming Projects 
37:01 - Charities 
38:45 - Outro 

Kenny Olson website:
https://kennyolson.com/

Letrick Olson website:
https://letrickolson.com/

St. Jude's Children's Hospital website:
https://www.stjude.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Liz Glazer is a comedian, actress, writer and former law professor.  She has a new stand up special titled "A Very Particular Experience" out May 12th and available for pre-order now.  We discuss the new special plus writing comedy material, social media and comedy clips, her twitter getting hacked and so much more!  

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:38 - Coffee & Energy
0:01:46 - Twitter Hacked
0:04:01 - Social Media & Clips
0:07:20 - Heckler Clip
0:12:40 - Why Clips Are Great
0:14:58 - New Material & Energy
0:16:10 - Comedy Competitions
0:25:40 - New Special & Difficult Material
0:40:25 - People Experiencing Loss
0:46:35 - Shiva
0:49:57-  Comedy Special Audience & Making Of
0:58:02 - Emotional Roller Coaster
0:59:35 -  Comedy Connections, Success  & Genuine
1:09:00 - March of Dimes
1:09:45 - TV Show
1:10:43 - Outro

Liz Glazer website:
http://www.dearlizglazer.com/

March of Dimes website:
https://www.marchofdimes.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Richie Faulkner is an English musician best known as one of the lead guitarists for the heavy metal band Judas Priest. He has a new project called Elegant Weapons and they are releasing a new album on May 26 titled “Horns for Halos.”  We discuss Elegant Weapons, the future for Judas Priest, a paranormal experience while recording, Richie's near death experience and more!

00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Elegant Weapons & Melody
01:17 -" Blind Leading the Blind" Single
02:59 - "Do Or Die" Single
03:56 - "Horns for Halos" Single
04:58 - "Ghost of You" Song
07:10 - "White Horse" Song
07:52 - Occult Interest & Experience
11:02 - Near Death Experience
13:45 - "Rose Girl" Song
14:55 - Elegant Weapons Band & Live Shows
16:28 - Playing with Adam Jones & Tool
17:55 - Early Days, Steve Harris & Iron Maiden
21:00 - Elegant Weapons American Dates
22:35 - Working with Rob Halford
25:05 - Judas Priest New Tour & Album
29:05 - Elegant Weapons Plans
29:45 - John Ritter Foundation
31:35 - Outro

Richie Faulkner website:
http://richiefaulkner.com/

Elegant Weapons website:
https://elegantweaponsband.com/

Judas Priest website:
https://www.judaspriest.com/

John Ritter website:
https://johnritterfoundation.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Craig Locicero is a musician best known for playing guitar with Bay Area thrash metal band Forbidden. He also played guitar with ManMade God, Dress the Dead, The Boneless Ones & Demonica. His band Forbidden has now had a rebirth with new singer Norman Skinner in the fold. They will be releasing some new music and playing some festivals. We discuss Forbidden, some of his other projects and his time working on one of Geoff Tate’s albums.

00:00 - Intro
00:39- Forbidden "Rebirth"
02:42 - Bay Area Interthrashional & Norman Skinner
09:30 - Band Comes Together & Other Plans
12:55 - Bay Area Thrash Music Scene
17:25 - Paul Bostaph & Slayer
18:50 - Forbidden Manager Turns Down Rick Rubin
22:30 - ManMade God
26:20 - Doing Things Differently
28:13 - Playing with Geoff Tate
32:00 - The Boneless Ones & Other Bands
34:05 - Future Plans with  Forbidden
36:25 - ALS Charity
38:20 - Outro

Forbidden website:
https://officialforbidden.com/

ALS website:
https://www.als.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Greg Warren is a stand up comedian and actor. He has new special out titled “The Salesman” this is available now for free on YouTube. We discuss the new special, his old sales jobs, working with other comedians and so much more! Fun episode and Greg’s second time on the show!

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:45 - Warrens
0:02:30 - New Special
0:06:35 - Caffeine
0:10:05- Uncomfortable Seats
0:12:25 - Peanut Butter
0:15:28 - Corporate Job
0:16:55 - Jump to Comedy & Kevin Pollak
0:18:10 - Sales
0:21:55 - Dirty Vs. Clean Comedians
0:23:55 - Crowd Works Vs. Scripted
0:28:30 - Creating New Material
0:31:05 - Offending Nurses
0:32:55 - Taping the Special & Fixing Errors
0:39:39 - Starting New Material 
0:42:00 - Comedian Friendships & Generosity
0:45:47 - Letterman & New Special
0:47:55 - Joe Rogan
0:50:10 - Success & Being Cancelled
0:53:30 - Comedians, Depression & Substance Abuse
0:55:59 - Mitch Hedberg
1:01:10 - Jeff Foxworthy & Danny Devito
1:02:45 - Jimmy Dore's Tip to Greg
1:04:05 - Being Nice to Comedians & Fans
1:07:35 - Charities 
1:10:15 - Other Comedians & Making Money
1:12:44 - Outro

The Salesman Special:
https://youtu.be/ZtlUKRxYnVw

Greg Warren website:
https://www.gregwarrencomedy.com/

Wounded Warriors website:
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Children International website:
https://www.children.org/

Covenant House:
https://www.covenanthouse.org

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Michelle Danner is an actress, director and acting coach.  She has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Gerard Butler, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock and Seth McFarlane.  She has a movie she directed coming out titled "Miranda's Victim" which is about the true story of the Miranda Rights and stars Donald Sutherland and Andy Garcia.  We discuss some of the people she's worked with, acting techniques, marketing films and more! 

00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Life In Paris 
02:25 - Studying Acting & Taking Classes 
04:32 - Method Acting, Acting Styles & Using Emotion
10:10 - Critiquing Big Name Actors 
12:12 - Working with Chris Rock & Humor 
13:12 - Hard Work & Talent 
15:07 - Taking Risks & Choosing Projects 
19:05 - Miranda's Victim 
21:23 - Donald Sutherland 
21:57 - Getting Better and Improving 
23:42 - Ridley Scott 
24:20 - Future Plans 
25:56 - Vision Board & Your Why 
29:03 - Marketing Movies 
29:45 - Working with Rebecca Black 
31:10 - Paul Sorvino 
32:05 - Future Plans 
32:50 - Animal Charity 
34:08 - Outro 

Michelle Danner website:
https://www.michelledanner.com/

Humane Society website:
https://www.humanesociety.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Jeff Pilson is musician, songwriter and music producer. He is currently the bass player for Foreigner and was a long time member of Dokken. He has also been involved with several other bands including Dio, Steel Dragon, The End Machine & Black Swan.  He  is also now a member of Revolution Saints alongside Joel Hoekstra & Deen Castronovo and they have a new album called “Eagle Flight.” We discuss all this plus growing up in Washington, rocking out with Paul McCartney, the future of rock music and more!

00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Friendship with Slash
03:25 - Pill-Sound Studios
05:00 - Learning Production
06:15 - Growing Up in Washington
09:57 - Education & Seattle Music Scene
11:48 - Moving to San Francisco & Networking
13:43 - Evovling & Reinventing Yourself
14:35 - Revolution Saints
16:20 - Singing & Fronting
17:36 - Playing Live & Creating Music
19:45 - Legal Issues, Dokken & Crue
22:30 - Mick Mars Solo Record
24:20 - Show with Led Zeppelin 
25:30 - Rocking Out with Paul McCartney
27:03 - Meeting Chris Squier & Cool to Fans
29:00 - Rockstar Personas & Too Serious
30:55 - Image, Music Business & Future of Rock
37:50 - Future Plans for Jeff
39:45 - Virtual Meditation Class
41:43 - Outro

Jeff Pilson website:
https://jeffpilson.wordpress.com/

Jeff Pilson Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJeffPilson/

Meditation:
https://hotforyogascv.com/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Dr. William Forstchen is an author, historian and expert on EMPs.  He has written three fictional books about what happens to a town after an EMP attack, with the fourth book on the way.  We discuss what an EMP is, the likelihood of such an attack, and what we can do to prepare or prevent it.  You won't want to miss this one! 

00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Welcome Bill & Background 
02:23 - Becoming an EMP Expert & Novels
05:04 - What is an EMP & Effect
10:35 - Likelihood of an EMP Attack
15:35 - Electronics Damaged & Protection 
17:15 - Upgrading the Grid
22:25 - Cost of Rebuilding & Cyber Attacks
28:45 - Funding, Corporations & Government
31:47 - What We Can Do & Fear Reactions
38:55 - Books Into a Movie & Hollywood
39:38 - Hoping for a Safe Future
42:55 - St. Jude's & Humane Society
43:40 - Outro

Books for Sale on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Forstchen/author/B000APZ9N8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

St. Jude's website:
https://www.stjude.org/

Humane Society website:
https://www.humanesociety.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Jack Underkofler is the lead singer for the rock band Dead Poet Society. The band has played some huge festivals and also toured with Badflower, Sevendust & Highly Suspect. They embark on a solo tour across the U.S. and Europe beginning on May 12th in Phoenix. We discuss the new tour, new music, the creative process, cover songs and more!

00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Booze, Water & Voice
03:50 - New Tour, Buses & Vans
07:36 - Opening Vs. Headlining
10:50 - Creative Process
19:20 - The Song "Haunted" & Emotions in Songs
26:00 - Cover Songs
28:35 - New Songs
33:30 - Playing Big Festivals & Watching Bands
36:42 - Advice from Musicians & "Making It"
46:02 - Future Tour Plans
47:34 - Charity - St. Jude's Children Hospital
48:55 - Outro

Dead Poet Society website:
https://www.wearedps.com/

St. Jude's Children's Hospital website:
https://www.stjude.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Phil Lewis is an English singer and musician, best known as the vocalist and occasional guitarist for the American hard rock band L.A. Guns. The band has a new album out April 14th titled “Black Diamonds.” The new album is an eclectic mix of Zeppelin & punk influenced songs with a classic L.A. Guns sound. We discuss the new album, concert set lists, potential tour packages, meeting fans and more! 

00:00 - Intro 
00:31 - Playing New Songs Live & Set List 
04:55 - New Album "Black Diamonds" Breakdown
08:25 - New Single "Diamonds" & Playing It Live 
15:15 - New Song "Gonna Lose" & Vocals 
20:18 - Package Tour? 
21:02 - Backing Vocals & Tracks 
22:25 - Tracii Guns Side Projects 
24:30 - Art World & Meeting Fans 
26:40 - Social Media 
28:54 - Outro 

L.A. Guns website:
http://www.lagunsmusic.com/

L.A. Kitten Rescue website:
https://kittenrescue.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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