Hot Rod Blues

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 20, Memphis Rodders II  

Click on this link to help Eddie Wilbanks. 

https://gofund.me/b9b9b19c  

The Hot Rod Blues guys hang out with Marshall and Eddie from The Rodders and talk about Racing, Cars and their Friend Eddie Wilbanks.

   Memphis Rodder, Eddie Wilbanks, is in the fight of his life with stage 4 cancer. Now is the time to give back to a man who has given so much to the automotive community in the Memphis area. Eddie has helped so many from motorcyclists, to drag racers, to circle track racers, to dirt track racers, and hot rodders alike in his 79 years on this planet. Eddie left a successful career a long time ago to pursue his passion for helping his friends in the industry.  Along the way, Eddie developed many major technological breakthroughs that he never received credit for. Instead, he just enjoyed the challenge and kept on welding, fabricating, and machining parts for so many in the Mid-South. If you’ve ever had work performed by Eddie, you know he never asked enough to match his talent. Because he has always worked on his own, Eddie doesn’t have insurance or a large financial cushion to fall back on.  We are setting up this GoFund so that everyone can help Eddie and Betty in this time of need. Eddie is not the type of guy who would ever ask for help, but we MUST help him. We’re asking for everyone to give what they can to show their appreciation for a guy who always has a smile on his face, is always joking, never says a cross thing about anyone, and lives life to the fullest. This fund was set up by his long-time friend Larry Nolan to reach out to the car community to support his friend - all proceeds will go directly to the Wilbanks’ to allow them to stay comfortable at their home. Any denomination you can afford to donate is greatly appreciated, more than you know!

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 19, Pinstriping With Tiffany Trouble

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 18, Date Night With Greg Boren

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 17, With Our Friend Gene McCoy

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 16, At Least Australia Likes Us.

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 15, George Poteet  

The Hot Rod Blues guys managed to corner hot rodder and ten-time Speed Week Hot Rod trophy winner, George Poteet, to talk about his history. Poteet grew up in Mantachie, Mississippi, where he was introduced to his love of cars at nearby Fulton Dragway. He ended up going to college at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), graduating with a degree in Business. From there, he went on to work for a company developing home water filtration systems that he helped design from a unit found in a trash bin in Canada (you can't make this up!).   His success lead to other successful endeavors, which allowed him to start buying the cars he coveted as a kid. Over the past two decades, Poteet has been one of the most prolific benefactors of hot rod shops across the country. He was the first paying customer of several well-known builders who have gone on to build some of the most iconic custom cars taking some of the most prestigious awards in the car hobby.  Through his love of hot rods and street rods, he remembers looking at the pages of Hot Rod Magazine and wanting to see the Bonneville Speedway. After joining the Memphis Street Rods, Poteet got his first introduction to the Bonneville Salt Flats when his friend Paul Kosma invited him to watch him run. He's had "salt fever" ever since after buying a car on that fateful trip.   If you know anything at all about land speed racing, you'll recognize George Poteet's name as the driver of the Speed Demon, a twin-turbo LS-powered streamliner that has won the Hot Rod trophy an astounding ten times. The trophy is presented to the car with the highest speed at the Bonneville Speed Week in August. Poteet holds numerous land speed records in Speed Demon with a multitude of powerplants. In the process, Poteet has gone over 400 mph (on the ground) than any other person on the planet. The Speed Demon is the fastest piston-powered vehicle on the planet and the team is shooting for 500mph at this year's meet.  Poteet gives the guys a rundown on the whole story of how it all came to be. He is a humble man who is uncomfortable speaking about his accomplishments and rarely does interviews. The Hot Rod Blues crew extends a sincere thank you to Mr. Poteet for sitting down with us and telling us his story. One of our goals with the Hot Rod Blues podcast is to document Memphis hot rodding history, and that cannot be done without knowing more about George Poteet. It was an extreme honor for us to sit down with him for as long as he did. We hope you enjoy the interview and share it with your friends! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: YouTube  Spotify Rumble Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluesPodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesPodcast)  Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends so we can share our love of all things automotive!

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 14, BBQ With Phil & Jill Painter

Phil and Jill Painter happened to be passing through Memphis after buying a car, so we jumped

at the chance to have them on the show. They started the Musclecars at the Strip event in Las

Vegas 20 years ago. Phil found a great deal on a 2022 Dodge Challenger 392 Scat Pak in

Nashville, so the two flew in to pick it up and drive it back across the country to Vegas. Shawn

B. got to know the couple after they hired him to photograph their event, so they had to stop and

say hi.

The Painters started the show after showing some cars at the Mopar Nationals. People started

saying they needed a similar event out West, so they took the initiative to start the event. Jill

explains the origin story of the event and how it came to be at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway,

“The Strip.”

Shawn asks them how they’ve been so successful to have a show that has lasted for 20 years

and any advice for our Memphis Legends show on September 2-4. They explain some great

advice (Including the need for great photography ;).

Phil and Jill are from Utah and grew up in the town where Ed Roth lived and is buried, Manti,

Utah. Phil talks about his legacy, the car show that happens every year in his honor. For the

record, the show is the first weekend in June every year. People come from all over the world.

The conversation turns to the passion for cars and how they transcend our small world . . . how

musclecars and 4x4s have made a comeback and how many musicians are tied to the car

culture. It’s a terrific conversation with two passionate car people and they provided some great

insight into the car culture and what it takes to run a successful event that has stood the test of

time. Enjoy!

The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network,

Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and

Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you

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Hot Rod Blues, Episode 13,The Trek to 300mph And The Blue Hat with Jeffery Ferguson & Bob Schreiber

The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works.

 Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms:

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Hot Rod Blues, Episode 12, An Evening With Clay Millican  

The Hot Rod Blues guys are lucky enough to hang out with Top Fuel Drag Racing legend Clay Millican. Clay brings stories from his career about racing at local tracks to living on the road and racing all over the country. Clay has lived a colorful life and has had the opportunity to legends across many disciplines of motorsports. Join us now to relive these stories with Clay and document his many accomplishments 

 The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works.

Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms:

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Hot Rod Blues, Episode 11, Harleywood and The Hebrew Hammer