237 - Ward Davis

In episode 237 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer, songwriter and guitarist Ward Davis. In their conversation Ward discusses where he currently lives, Hartsville Tennessee and where he grew up Arkansas and starting on the piano at 6 years old and moving to guitar at 14 after losing at the county fair talent show to a guitar player and then started playing jamborees around the area he lived in.

Ward tells us about the shows he’s doing now supporting Cody Jinks with his band and his own shows.

Ward tells us about his guitars, Larrivee’s outfitted with either Fishman or L.R. Baggs pickups and he discusses his telecaster’s built by 9 Point Guitars in Louisiana.

Ward discusses how he got hooked up with Cody Jinks in the first place and how he got his songs in front of Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard and gives us a lesson in the economics of songwriting.

Ward talks about using an alias (Dusty Manchester) at writers rounds to avoid the radius clause.

Ward tells us about his new album “Here I Am” which comes out in February and he tells us about working with Brent Mason, Eddie Bayers among others and landing tracks on the Landman TV series.

Ward describes why he chose to be on a label as opposed to releasing his album independently.

Ward discusses his upcoming tour schedule after the holidays.

Finally Ward tells us about collecting historical documents and books from the 1800’s and his love of thrift stores and his relationships and sobriety.

To find out more about Ward you can go to his website: warddavismusic.com

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236 - the Protomen (Raul Panther III and Shock Magnum)

In episode 236 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with Raul Panther III and Shock Magnum from the Protomen. In their conversation the two tell us about their history with band which has been around since 2005 and has quite the ravenous fan base.

Both Raul and Shock tell us about their roles in the band both playing guitar and Raul singing lead and playing keyboards as well.

They both talk about their base which is Nashville and where the grew up and Raul tells us about singing at an early age backing John Denver and Shock tells us about learning guitar from his brother.

Raul takes us through the history of the band which started as a project from fellow MTSU students and the two tell us about their songs that have been used in tv shows and commercials and they talk about what venues they usually play.

Raul and Shock discuss the Protomen’s new album “Act III: This City Made Us” and they talk gear: Shock’s Gibson’s and Orange amps and Raul’s Tom Anderson Raven through a Kemper profiler.

The two tell us about what they do outside of music: family and working in the garage.

To find out more about the Protomen you can go to their website: protomen.com

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235 - Old Crow Medicine Show (Ketch Secor and Mike Harris)

In episode 235 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host, James Patrick Regan speaks with Ketch Secor and Mike Harris from the Old Crow Medicine Show about their new Christmas album “OCMS XMAS” and their Christmas tour that’s happening now they also talk about a Christmas single they released a few years ago, the tour ends at the Ryman on New Year’s Eve. James talked to Ketch in episode 197 about the history of the band.

Mike tells us about his entrance in to the band and briefly describes his history before that and how a one off novelty act “the Anal Beatles” led to his introduction to Ketch.

The two discuss what they do for Christmas which includes Christmas decorations hi powered egg nog and model trains.

Mike and Ketch discuss their instruments for the album and tour and what they have at home as well and Ketch tells us about “junkin”, searching for treasures and old instruments while on tour and the two tell us where they get their instruments repaired.

The two tell us about a couple of early Christmas memories they have which involve their grandfathers that they immortalized in a song called “Grandpa’s Gone”.

To find out more about Old Crow Medicine Show you can go to their website: crowmedicine.com

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234 - Jake Shimabukuro (II)

In episode 234 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host, James Patrick Regan speaks again with ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro. They spoke in the lobby of the hotel he was staying at, please excuse the noise. In their conversation Jake tells us about his new Christmas album with a lot of collaborations including Jimmy Buffet, Michael McDonald and Yo-Yo Ma to name a few and his holiday tour that’s happening now.

Jake talks about his childhood Christmas’s in Hawaii and his relationship with ukulele builder Kamaka and Jake’s signature ukulele.

Jake describes his early influences including Herb Ohta Sr. and Eddie Kamae.

Jake tells us about his singer and guitarist in the band Justin Kawika Young his longtime bassist, Jackson Waldhoff.

Jake describes his relationship with other Hawaiian artists like Keola Beamer, John Keawe and Ledward Ka’apana to name a few.

Jake discusses the business side of his career and tells us about his favorite Hawai’ian island.

Jake talks about a couple projects he’s working on for the future including a tribute album to George Harrison and his new love of slide ukulele.

To find out more about Jake and his Christmas album and tour you can go to his website: jakeshimabukuro.com

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233 - James Hunter (James Hunter Six)

In episode 233 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/guitarist and bandleader James Hunter, from the James Hunter Six. In their conversation James tells us about his home in Brighton, UK and what it’s like to get around using the train and he tells us about the formation of his band the “James Hunter Six”.

James talks about his style of music which is very mod ‘60’s R&B.

James describes his guitars a Gibson Les Paul Special a Gretsch 6120 and a Gretsch Electromatic Double Jet and he discusses his amps Vox AC30’s.

James discusses his musical education learning from his brother listening to Do Wop, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent playing pubs and bars in his neighborhood.

James tells us about how he caught the ear of Van Morrison and how they ended up collaborating, one of the songs appearing on James Hunter’s new album “Off the Fence”.

James talks about his tour schedule and the difficulties of getting a visa to travel back to the USA where he used tour regularly before Covid.

To find out more about James you can go to his website: jameshuntermusic.com

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232 - Lydia Luce

In episode 232 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/songwriter violist and guitarist Lydia Luce. In their conversation Lydia joins us from her home studio in Nashville and talks about one of her alma mater Berklee college of music in Boston.

Lydia describes her musical upbringing her mother being a classical conductor with Lydia playing violin and her primary instrument viola, moving to guitar and her songwriting.

Lydia discusses her new album “Mammoth” and talks about being very pregnant at the time of the interview hence no current tour dates.

Lydia tells us about her physical journey, growing up in Ft. Lauderdale moving to Boston then Washington D.C., Los Angeles and finally ending up in Nashville.

Lydia talks about a group of string players she curates for shows and sessions in Nashville called “Lockeland Strings” and she takes us through the ambient music she makes.

Lydia describes her Waterloo guitars waterlooguitars.com and her other guitars and her Wooly Coats amps, her different tunings she uses on her guitars and she discusses what touring looks like for her.

Finally Lydia talks about her drummer/graphic artist husband and her soon to arrive baby and what she does outside of music including being a rescue diver.

To find out more about Lydia you can go to her website: lydialuce.com

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231 - Jake Banfield

In episode 231 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/songwriter Jake Banfield. In their conversation Jake talks about his college basketball career and his love of sports particularly the Sooners teams and he talks about his hometown of Tulsa.

Jake tells us about his new debut album “Open Bars” and the songwriting sessions he’s apart of both for his follow up album and for other artists.

Jake gives us his musical history after a college basketball injury sidelined him and tells us about how the purchase of a Martin guitar changed his life.

Jake describes how a song he wrote and recorded “ Hold Me” went viral and caught the attention of management in LA and in turn Nashville and how that led to his album and his writing sessions.

Jake discusses his previous tours and his future tours many of which are international and how he makes the ends meet financially and he talks about his new album.

To find out more about Jake you can go to his website: jakebanfieldmusic.com

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230 - Hunter Metts

In episode 230 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/songwriter Hunter Metts. In their conversation Hunter tells us about his touring schedule and the lineup of his band while touring and the types of venues he’s playing.

Hunter describes growing up in the outskirts of Nashville singing and playing guitar at a young age at church and listening to Nick Drake and Little Feat and Bonnie Raitt.

Hunter talks about his different tunings and playing finger style.

Hunter tells us about his new EP “A Crater Wide” and driving to Colorado to record the album and he talks about the instrumentation on the album and he describes his guitars.

Hunter gives us his strategy for finding cheap hotels while on tour and he talks about self managing his career.

Hunter tells us what he does with his days off while on the road and while he’s at home.

To find out more about Hunter you can go to his website: huntermetts.com

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229 - Marcus Deml

In episode 229 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine,host James Patrick Regan speaks with Guitarist Marcus Deml. In their conversation Marcus talks about his physical journey as a child from the former Czech Republic to Austria and to Germany, Hamburg being his current home in the forest which also houses his studio.

Marcus describes his gear in detail and talks about his friendship with fellow german Reinhold Bogner whom he met while attending GIT in Hollywood, Marcus is partially responsible for helping Bogner design the Ecstasy.

Marcus takes us through his musical history, starting on jazz studying in Munich before moving to Hollywood to attend Musicians Institute and Marcus tells us why he chose MI and his goal of becoming a session guitarist.

Marcus describes the culture shock of moving to Hollywood at 20 after growing up in Europe and he talks about his return to Europe after seven years of working doing sessions and teaching at MI as well as playing in the inevitable “hair bands” of the 80’s.

Marcus tells us about how he started doing sessions in Europe.

Marcus tells us about becoming a brand, making pedals doing clinics running his own label, doing YouTube demos and making his own music, his current album is called “Pure”.

Marcus talks about his guitar hero’s particularly Gary Moore.

Marcus discusses the financial aspects of touring and playing live and workshops.

To find out more about Marcus you can go to his website: marcusdeml.com

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228 - Duane Smith - the Chevelles

In episode 228 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with Duane Smith, Singer and Guitarist with the Chevelles. In their conversation Duane tells us a little about his home town of Perth, Australia and the Chevelles new single “Caveman” and his alter ego surf band the Stingrays.

Duane talks about his gear for both bands and tells us about his home studio where he records both bands.

Duane walks us through the history and the lineups of the Chevelles throughout the years and talks a bit about his side job as a psychiatrist and he talks about his childhood and being named after guitarist Duane Eddy.

Duane describes how bootlegs of their early albums kickstarted their career both in Spain and Brazil and how that eventually led to them catching the attention of Little Steven and be signed by his label, Wicked Cool Records and eventually writing songs with Little Steven.

Finally Duane discusses his other side projects, surfing, building custom motorcycles and a clothing label 66motorcycles.com and talks about his home in Bali.

To find out more about Duane you can go to the Chevelles website: thechevelles.com

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