Hello friends! The amazingly talented Somebody Someone is my guest for episode 1505! Their second single, "The Light" is out today on all streaming platforms with a great video available on Youtube. They're celebrating the release of "The Light" with a show this Friday, August 1st at Radio East in Austin, TX. Go to somebodysomeone.com for show info, music, videos, and more. We have a great conversation about their songs, "Better" and "The Light", dealing with the debilitating effects of long covid, navigating the craziness of media and social media, choosing their battles, boundaries, songwriting, collaboration, producing, The Telepathy Tapes, and much more. I had a great time catching up with Somebody Someone. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

Find out more about long covid and the effects at longcovidcollective.org.

From The Vault: Bully From Ep 263 (4/10/2013)

Hello and welcome to How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today we go back to episode 263 for a great conversation with Nashville-based, indie-rock band, Bully originally released on April 10, 2013! Below are my original notes form the show. 

Hello friends! Bedroom indie-pop artist, Dayglow is my guest for episode 1504! His latest album, Dayglow (Superbloom), is available now on Mercury Records wherever you stream, on vinyl and CD. Go to dayglowband.com for music, tour dates, merch, and more. Dayglow, a.k.a. Sloan Struble and I have a great conversation about growing up in a small Fort Worth suburb, learning Garageband at 11 years old, playing music while attending U.T. in Austin, playing his first gig at The Scoot Inn, playing Lollapalooza, ACL Fest, Bonaroo, Reading, and more, touring the U.K., Australia, and more, moving to California, songwriting, touring and much more. I had a great time getting to know Sloan. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

Hello and welcome to How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today we go back to episode 88 for a great conversation with rock and roll legend, Hunt Sales (Tin Machine, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren) originally released on July 24, 2012! Below are my original notes form the show. 

Hello friends! Texas country artist Grant Gilbert is my guest for episode 1503! Grant's latest album, West Of Fort Worth is available now wherever you stream your music and he's on the road this week in Iowa. Go to grantgilbertmusic.com for music, tour dates, and more. We have a great conversation about growing up on a cattle ranch in Santo, Texas, keeping it real in a small town, getting into the music scene when he attended Texas Tech in Lubbock, how Texas Country Music is it's own thing, touring, making West Of Fort Worth with producer Lukas Scott, writing songs and much more. I had a great time getting to know Grant. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

Hello and welcome to How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today we go back to episode 395 for a great conversation with Austin's art-rockers, The Octopus Project originally released on July 14, 2015! Below are my original notes form the show. 

Hello friends and welcome to episode 1501! Austin's legendary Waterloo Records has been in the news a lot this year since John Kunz, who owned the store for over 40 years, sold it and the new owners are moving the Austin music hub up the street to a bigger and better location. Today I am joined by John Kunz and the new owners of Waterloo Records, Caren Kelleher, CEO of Gold Rush Vinyl and Austin entrepreneur, Trey Watson to talk about the history and future of Waterloo Records. This episode was also our first video episode and was live streamed on Monday in a partnership with Austin's state-of-the-art livestream concert venue and production studio, Purple Bee! Watch the video HERE. Find out more about Purple Bee at purplebee.org. Find out more about Waterloo Records at waterloorecords.com. I want to thank the gang at Purple Bee for such a great experience and the Waterloo Records team for their time and insight. Let's get down!

Hello friends! We have a big announcement for you today... How Did I Get Here? has partnered with Austin's state-of-the-art livestream concert venue and production studio, Purple Bee for our first livestream video podcast! The livestream takes place THIS Monday, June 30th at 7:15 pm CT. My guests will be the new owners of Austin's legendary Waterloo Records, Caren Kelleher and Trey Watson along with John Kunz, who owned it for 42 years and is still a partner. 

We'll be discussing the colorful history and cultural significance of Waterloo Records, their big move after 35 years in the same location, and what they have planned for the future. You can take part in the conversation by submitting your questions in the comments during the livestream. Please join us live. We would love to hear from you. 

Join us Monday, June 30th at 7:15 pm CT for our first livestream with Purple Bee and the gang from Waterloo Records. Below are all the links you'll need. Let's get down!

Purple Bee Website Event Page

https://purplebee.org/event/howdidigethere_20250630/

Youtube Scheduled Stream

https://youtube.com/live/Ghv-UFCayiA?feature=share

How Did I Get Here? Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/howdidigetherepod

Hello friends! Welcome to episode 1500 recorded live at The Continental Club Gallery on May, 20th 2025 with guests, Ray Prim, Kelly Willis, and Suzanna Choffel! On our first live show since 2019, Ray Prim talks about how I drive him crazy whenever we've played a songwriter-in-the-round, his journey as a songwriter, producer, and engineer, Kelly Willis talks about her all-star band, The Wonder Women of Country featuring Brennan Leigh and Melissa Carper, writing songs with Jules Shear and Chuck Prophet. Suzanna Choffel talks about her latest album Bird By Bird, Sun Radio, being the first HDIGH guest and more. This was one of my favorite live shows. I laughed like crazy. So will you. Let's get down!

Ray Prim - rayprim.com

Suzanna Choffel - suzannachoffel.com

Kelly Willis - kellywillis.com