On Episode #36 of The Struggle is Real Buffalo Music Podcast, Ryan Gurnett interviews Handsome Jack’s Bennie Hayes. We talk about touring Europe, the best ways to make your band viable, their new documentary and Mark McGrath joins the podcast via his evil super powers. Cassidy Dwan joins Ryan for a recap of upcoming and previous concerts, including Erica Wolfling, eels, Inspector Cluzo, Wyatt Coin, The Irving Klaws, Velvet Bethany, Old Time Relijun and Lesionread. We play music from Handsome Jack, Erica Wolfling, plus new music from Halo Nellie and Space Cubs.

0:53 - Intro - BIG NEWS

5:24 - MUSIC: “Cold Room” by Halo Nellie

10:45 - Previous Shows

20:53 - MUSIC: “Platform” by Erica Wolfling

25:36 - INTERVIEW: Bennie Hayes (part 1)

39:39 - MUSIC: “Baby Be Cool” by Handsome Jack

43:17 - INTERVIEW: Bennie Hayes (part 2)

49:26 --- Our recorder dies here, but our editor does such a great job that you can’t tell, but we start making jokes about it. Anyway, the interview continues...

53:57 - Upcoming Shows

58:11 - MUSIC: “Sideways“ by Spacecubs

1:01:20 - Housekeeping (Mike forgets the outro music)

Here is a link to Handsome Jack’s documentary about the making of their 2018 release “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LfFixjr52k&t=406s

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You can check out Handsome Jack’s making-of documentary for their album Everything’s Gonna Be Alright can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LfFixjr52k&t=406s.

Our wonderful announcer Dustin also creates the wonderful Upchuck Theater Podcast, which can be found here: https://upchucktheater.podbean.com/