Episode 49 features an up and comer musician named Dale Blankenship.  Not only does he have a great mustache but he can jam it our on a 6 string as well. Hailing from Ironton, OH Dale spends his days looking for more gigs and also serves as a mechanic in the Army National Guard.  

We spoke a lot about the Reserves as most people don't really know the day to day or how the hierarchy works so it was pretty informative.

Right in the middle of the episode Snacks decided it was a good idea to start chewing on Dales guitar case so we had to take a quick recess to rescue his Martin guitar from the wiles of Snacks.  

If you're local to us around these parts Dale gave us the dates and locations of where he will be playing and we plan on showing up for some of those events for sure, so stay tuned for some more Appalachian musical podcasts in the near future. 

As always, 

Grunts in Appalachia Out!