Kentucky-based recording artist Jim Gleason is a musical omnivore whose interests range from rock and blues to jazz and swing to country and bluegrass. Recent releases include Last Fish Standing and Deconstruction Ahead, on which he composes, arranges, produces, sings and plays guitar, bass, pedal and lap steel, dobro and mandolin.  Scott Whiddon writes and performs with Palisades (http://palisades.bandcamp.com) and has developed film scores for Richard Knox Robinson and Brian Frye/Katrina Dixon. From 2012-2016, Scott served as music director for Lexington’s Harry Dean Stanton Fest .  In a parallel universe, Dr. Gleason is an Associate Professor of Public Relations at Eastern Kentucky University. Dr. Whiddon serves as Writing Center Director and Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication at Transylvania University.