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Dad Rock is at South By Southwest in Austin, and Day One was a late one. It started with a tour of Austin music spots from Bryan Richie of The Sword, then Jim & Patrick caught two really impressive bands: The Woggles (garage rock) and The Octopus Project (electropop/rock).

Join us on the Dad Rock House patio for this bit of morning reflection, won't you?

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Mary Nahorniak visits Dad Rock every Tuesday to talk music. And that's no different when Dad Rock is at South By Southwest. Mary is here for a bit too, attending in the SXSW Interactive conference. She was joined on this episode by another USA TODAY colleague, Patty Michalski.

They discuss their musical adventures over the Interactive weekend, including Sia, Elle King, Great Caesar and Questlove.

Tuesdays With Mary is a weekly feature of Dad Rock, a music podcast from USA TODAY hosted by Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan.

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Dad Rock is on the road, headed to South By Southwest in a vintage Airstream!

Day Seven was destination day. We made it to Austin, and now we switch into South By Southwest mode. We talk about the road trip overall and the bands we're most excited about at SXSW.

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Dad Rock is on the road, headed to South By Southwest in a vintage Airstream!

Day Six brought unexpected pleasures. We went to the Deep Ellum section of Dallas, met up with Gavin Mulloy, who showed us an amazing new concert venue called The Bomb Factory and took us to another spot called Trees to see a metal mariachi band (named Metalachi, of course). Oh, and we met Kanye West's cousin. That's the World Famous Tony Williams, a recording artist in his own right. Texas Forever!

Learn more about the World Famous Tony Williams at theworldfamoustonywilliams.bandcamp.com

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Jody Stephens is the last surviving member of Big Star, a beloved rock band whose influence is legendary. Though the band failed to sell many albums in the 1970s, Big Star experienced a revival in interest after such artists as R.E.M., the Replacements and Teenage Fanclub paid tribute in the '80s and '90s. The three Big Star albums are now in every serious rock fan's collection.

While Dad Rock is on the road, we stopped at the famous Ardent Studios in Memphis to talk with Stephens (he manages the studios today) about Big Star, Ardent's 50th anniversary and his new musical project, Those Pretty Wrongs (with Luther Russell).

Hear Those Pretty Wrongs at prettywrongs.bandcamp.com

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Day Five was an amazing day in Memphis! We got a tour of Ardent Studios from Jody Stephens of Big Star and a tour of Sam Phillips Recording Service from the son and granddaughter of the legendary Sam Phillips. And Bob Mehr of the Memphis Commercial Appeal showed us a good night on the town.

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Dad Rock is on the road! We spend time with the members of power trio Daddy Issues (Jenna Moynihan, Jenna Mitchell and Emily Maxwell). They have the best punk/pop/riot grrrl sound that you'll find in Nashville. And they'll be playing at South By Southwest. We'll be there too!

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Dad Rock is on the road, headed to South By Southwest in a vintage Airstream!

On Day Four, we held our in-store event in Nashville, drove to Memphis and ended up at a Sammy Hagar restaurant (what?).

Join us on the journey.

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Dad Rock is on the road, and we did an in-store! At Grimey's New and Preloved Music in Nashville! Dad Rock fans, you will love this episode! (OK, enough exclamation points.)

Two Nashville acts play live on this show: Escondido and Cory Branan. We also chat with Dave Paulson of The Tennessean and Doyle Davis, co-owner and "vinylist" at Grimey's, about the Nashville music scene beyond country.

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Dad Rock is on the road, headed to Austin for South By Southwest. And while we're on the road, we're still recording full-length episodes, even while driving.

That's right, we recorded an episode about road-trip songs, while actually riding down the highway, with our travel companions Mike Snider and Steve Elfers of USA TODAY. Enjoy.

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Dad Rock is a music podcast from USA TODAY, hosted by Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan. Please subscribe on iTunes. You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher or TuneIn.

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