Closing Times & Opening Bands

Episode 31

Album: Good Religion

Artist: Holy Roller

On this episode of CT&OB, Samy picked this album after seeing the band Holy Roller in Bristol, TN.

Let us know your favorite song in the comments.

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Instagram: @holyrollerva

Website: https://holyroller.music/

Episode 30

Album: Depreciated

Artist: John R. Miller

On this episode of CT&OB, Samy picked John R. Miller's Depreciated album. Samy and her family love John R. Miller and see him whenever he comes to Chicago. We all learned a few new things during this episode, got off track a few times and just had a great time making this episode. This episode was recorded at the end of last year and as time has pasted, this album has grown on us more and have a better appreciation for the album.

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Instagram: @jrmillerwv

Website: https://jrmillermusic.com/

Episode 29

Album: Cry From The Cross

Artist: Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Special Guest: Abe Partridge

CT&OB was in Pineville, KY for the Laural Cove Music Festival in June. We got to see a bunch of our great friends, see some Amazing artists but also talk with Abe Partridge.

CT&OB met up with Abe Partridge at his cabin to learn about his time with Independent Fundamental Baptist Church Bible Colleges, why he picked this album, the difference between different religious music and the information we got to learn about the Ralph Stanley and his band members. Abe was full of knowledge and the CT&OB members could listen to him speak all day about everything he knows. We got to also hear from Abe's wife Cathy who told us about her family's music history. We had such a great time with Abe and Cathy, we can't thank them enough for letting us record in their cabin due to the weather not cooperating with us that morning!

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Insta: @abepartridge

Website: https://www.abepartridge.com/

Go Visit the Ralph Stanley Museum in VA!

Website: https://ralphstanleymuseum.com/

The Band Series: Silverada

Album: Jerry Reed Explores Guitar Country by Jerry Reed

Special Guest: Catlin Rutherford

CT&OB met up with Catlin from Silverada (formerly Mike and the Moonpies) on Day 2 in Canyon Lake, TX when they were at Devils Backbone Tavern. We all had a great time the night before on Night 1 of 2 and almost everyone was up late having a great time.

In this episode we had another 1st, and a 1st we would have never thought we'd have. We were in our shower room, Catlin in the bathtub and the rest of CT&OB sitting around the tub! We had a get talk with Catlin about this record, learned how family introduced him to Jerry, why he picked this record and how much Jerry had influenced Catllin.

We cant thank Catlin enough for coming on to CB&OB for an episode.

An extra special thank you to Danielle Mashuda who is a close CT&OB friend, for helping set up and produce this episode!

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Silverada Info:

Insta: @silverada

Website: www.silverada.com

Episode 27

Album: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Artist: Multi-Artist

CT&OB wanted to try something new and the 3 of us each picked an album, then had you guys pick which you wanted to hear. This album went up against Vince Gill and & Holy Roller; we will be doing those in the near future.

CT&OB listened to the soundtrack and watched the movie, well 2/3s of us did. =) The movie is a loose interpretation of the Odyssey by the Coen Brothers. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Depression-era adventure about three escaped convicts traveling across Mississippi in search of hidden treasure. The Coen Brothers created this movie loosely inspired by Homer’s Odyssey. We recommend you watching the movie when you get a chance.

The O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack is a mix of bluegrass, gospel, and blues that helps capture the Depression-era feel. This soundtrack has many notable artists that include Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and of course the Soggy Bottom Boys. These artists helped the soundtrack win many awards from Grammy, CMA, ACM, and international awards.

Let us know your favorite song in the comments.

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Buy the merch, go see the show and listen to their music!!!

Episode 24

Album: Eleven Winners

Artist: Merle Haggard and The Strangers 

Special Guest: Tyler-James Kelly

CT&OB was in Nashville for our Very Good Friend Danielle's Birthday. We got to see a bunch of our great friends, see some Amazing artists but also talk with a few artists on our podcast.

CT&OB met up with Tyler-James Kelly after a long night of celebrating our friend Danielle’s “30th” Birthday. Tyler picked the album Eleven Winners by Merle Haggard. We joked that Tyler picked this album because of him being an old soul but honestly this was a great album! We've talked about how the album has songs that have pain and the characters in the songs were not "winners". Tyler told us stories about about Merle that CT&OBs didn't know. We had such a great time with Tyler and hearing him pay that weekend. We cant wait to see Tyler play again and get him on for another episode.

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Insta: @tylerjames_kelly

Website: https://www.tylerjameskelly.com/

Insta: @merlehaggardofficial

Website: https://merlehaggard.com/

For this Episode, we suggest you listen to the album 1st prior to listening to this episode. The album itself is 33min with 15 songs, we promise it makes sense with the way we talk about the album in the episode. 

Episode 24

Album: Red Headed Stranger

Artist: Willie Nelson 

Special Guest: The Waymores

CT&OB was in Nashville for our Very Good Friend Danielle's Birthday. We got to see a bunch of our great friends, see some Amazing artists but also talk with a few artists on our podcast.

CT&OB met up with The Waymores after a long night of celebrating our friend Danielle’s “30th” Birthday. Kira and Willie talked about an album that has a special meaning to them, Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson. We loved that they had so much to tell us about this album and also Willie Nelson history. Although we couldn’t go song for song like we normally do for an episode, we had such great conversation and very better time being with Kira and Willie. Don’t worry we are already talking about another episode with these guys! If you get a chance to see this two, make sure you tip them to hear their jingle for tips! You will truly enjoy it!

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Insta: @thewaymores

Website: https://www.thewaymores.com/

Insta: @willienelsonoffical

Website: https://willienelson.com/

Episode 24

Album: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

Artist: Dwight Yoakam

CT&OB got together and had fun talking about this album. Dwight brings his California Bakersfield sound to us and we enjoyed this record. We talked not only about this album being very Honky Tonky but Dwight & his jeans, the deep lyrics and how Dwight does a great job with doing covers by making them his own. We know you've heard the song "Guitars, Cadillacs", Now go listen to the whole album!

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Insta: @dwightyoakam

Website: https://www.dwightyoakam.com/

Episode 23

Album: Blue Sky Sundays

Artist: JD Clayton

CT&OB loves when we get a "1st time" when recording. In this "1st time" we had an artist request us to do their newest album. JD Clayton reached out to us after we did an episode covering his album "Long Way From Home". CT&OB was excited to hear that JD listened to our episode and WANTED us to do another! When we started CT&OB, we made a rule to not do records under a year because we didn't want it to sound like a review, but once we talked we agreed to do an episode about "Blue Sky Sundays" (*because rules are meant to be broken*).

CT&OB had a fun doing this episode, especially since we recently did 2 of JD's albums closer together. This record is very 'down home sounding', you can turn this record on and see the stories unfold. The sounds, the lyrics and over all composition of the album brings you back home and to a relaxing time.

JD we hope to get up to Chicago and get on an episode soon!

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Insta: @jdclaytonofficial

Website: https://jdclaytonofficial.com/

Episode 22

Album: Stranger in Town

Artist: Bob Seger

Special Guest: Adam Hood

CT&OB met up with Adam Hood at Carol's Pub in Chicago before his show. We had brought Samy a 1st time batch of boiled peanuts and Adam Hood enjoyed them to say the least! CT&OB talked about pizza, how to get "free CDs ", and a new song challenge CT&OB came up with for Adam. We loved meeting up with Adam and hearing this thoughts about this album. Can't wait to catch up with you again!

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Insta: @bobseger

Website: https://www.bobseger.com/

Insta: @adamhoodmusic

Website: https://www.adamhood.com/