Couch Riffs

Our guest this episode is Shaun Crawford, a young Texan in Seattle who commands attention anywhere he posts up and performs. Shaun can be found playing guitar and bass in Seattle and on tour around the country and Europe in a variety of bands including Acid Tongue, Rub, and with Stephanie Anne Johnson. It was a pleasure to host him here on Couch Riffs and I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Our guest this episode is Pawel Maciwoda, a player who has been the bassist for German metal legends, Scorpions, since 2003. Pawel was an absolute treat to host on the podcast and to get to know throughout the Scorpions Las Vegas residency recently. See the band on tour now and in the coming year all over the world.

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Our guest this episode is Todd Morse, a veteran musician of punk and rock scenes on both coasts of America and the bassist for The Offspring. Todd also releases solo material with a rootsy/Americana vibe and fronts the coverband Petty Cash with a crew of his bandmates from The Licks. Check out his 2019 solo album, Late Bloomer, or his multiple singles he's released since. Todd plans to record and release another solo album by the end of 2024. Let's make sure to hold him to that!

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Our guest this episode is Stoney Curtis, the leader of the Stoney Curtis Band and guitarist of Count's 77 featuring Danny "Count" Koker. He has released a number of albums through Mike Varney's legendary Shrapnel Records and is currently working on a new album with a forecasted release before the end of the year. It was an absolute pleasure to speak with Stoney and I hope you enjoy his story and this conversation. Thanks for listening!

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Tim DiJulio has been a fixture on the Seattle rock 'n roll scene for decades and leads the charge on many guitar-fueled nights in local clubs. Tim was a member of the first band I saw perform in a club in Seattle in 1993 and I've always looked up to him so it was a great pleasure to host him on this episode of the Couch Riffs Podcast. Most recently, Tim and I have become bandmates playing together in Duff McKagan's solo band in support of his newest album, Lighthouse, which Tim tracked many of the guitars for. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed this time shared with Tim.

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My guest this episode is Chris Jordan, bassist for the Seattle bands Sunny Day Real Estate and Spirit Award. Chris has been an awesome addition to SDRE since the band's reunion and subsequent touring from 2022 through to today. The month this podcast is released the band will be releasing a live studio re-recording of the SDRE debut, Diary, and it is glorious. It also features an unreleased song from the band, reworked during this session. Be sure to check Sunny Day Real Estate out when they come through town and give the new recording a listen. You won't be sorry.

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This comeback episode we talk to Corey McCormick, bassist in Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Willie Nelson, Chris Cornell and none other than Neil Young. Honestly, Corey has my favorite resume of any guest I've had to date. He's an incredibly talented musician and a top-shelf dude. I caught him on a day off in Seattle where Corey was treated to a brief tour of some Seattle spots and then we sat for the podcast. The next day Corey came to Crackle & Pop where he and a group of us tracked a new live cover for Couch Riffs. Corey was phenomenal as was the entire band.

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Our guest this episode is Kristian Dunn, one-half of the instrumental rock band, El Ten Eleven. We cover Kristian's young musical life, his influences, love of sci-fi and writing as well as plenty of El Ten Eleven history. I met Kristian and Tim (El Ten Eleven) on tour last year and got to enjoy their music almost nightly and I can't recommend enough to see them. There is so much music coming off of the stage from two musicians with no pre-recorded loops. Be sure to check them out when they tour next for an upcoming release this Fall and go out and support independent music by buying theirs where ever you like to buy music, downloads or vinyl at the record store! I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Our guest this episode is Peter Summit, singer/front person for the Las Vegas band Crashing Wayward. Peter walks us through his history as a singer from his earliest days as a karaoke star to touring and single parenting as a working musician. Crashing Wayward release their debut album, Listen, on June 9 2023. The album is chock full of fantastic songs that sound familiar without being derivative and contemporary without losing its appeal to classic rock fans. Look out for this band to explode. I thoroughly enjoyed hosting Peter and I hope you enjoy this, too. Be sure to stream Listen on all major streaming platforms the week this episode comes out! If you're enjoying Couch Riffs Podcast or our cover song videos please consider supporting us on PATREON. Patreon is the one place where you can help make Couch Riffs happen through direct support. Thank you so much if you're already helping to make this happen. You're the best!

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Our guest this episode is a first repeat podcast guest and the musician with the most appearances in Couch Riffs covers videos (I think?), Mr Timo Ellis of Netherlands. In this episode we go pretty deep into what I think most people at least consider and probably worry about but don't really verbalize. Buckle up! I've included some links below to some of the videos Timo brings up in our conversation. We do talk about Netherlands' new album, SEVERANCE, which is arguably their best album yet. Timo is a deeply talented artist and can quite capably express his musical creativity in so many styles and genres, so when you hear the Netherlands it is never a flatlands train track you're traveling on, it is a circuit of wild, well planned trails over a mountain pass. Do go check out Netherlands' music on BandCamp and support independent musicians and artists! Do not expect convention from Timo and Netherlands, however. You can thank me later.

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Timo adds: "after thinking about it a bit, I realize that I'd like to clarify/ nuance something important here; my anger and bitterness about "men" in general is meant as a critique of a still ascendant type of hypermasculinity…of a deeply cultural (and IMO, still near universally) ingrained cis-heteronormative ideology of male superiority + privilege…which very much still manifests, in its grosser material forms, as femicide, rape, sexual violence/ assault and harassment…and in its (only slightly!) less pernicious forms…as legalized gender discrimination, lack of access to education/ healthcare/ abortion/ workplace protections, income inequality, and professional and political representation…among MANY other things. My overall point here is that while "men" are obviously not a static category/ monolith, I still regard the phenomenon of sexist domination not only as unequivocally still a "thing"…+ but actually of the foundational cultural malignancies afflicting humanity (and all of non-human life as well, etc) and which IMO, needs to be rooted out, and called out, as vigorously…and as soon as possible!"