Edward O’Connell is a revered Washington, D.C.-based songwriter, whose newest third album, “Feel Some Love” was released in October of 2022. Carrying a “tunesmith torch” that earned him comparisons to Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Tom Petty and Warren Zevon, O’Connell has garnered various songwriting awards and multiple Wammie (Washington Area Music Awards) nominations, and he appears regularly in the D.C. area as a member of multiple bands including The Cooperators, The McDuffees, and The Montgomery Warlocks, and as a featured keyboard and guitar player in various BandHouse Gigs and Newmyer Flyer productions. As a young radio DJ in Hartford, he was the last person to interview Little Feat's Lowell George before he died a week later, and a clip of that interview is on this episode.

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From 2020, my first podcast, about The Allman Brothers have been part of my life for some 45 years, and to be able to interview both Gregg Allman and Derek Trucks and to talk about my history with this seminal band was a joy.

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It's a fabulous Southern Rock-laden conversation with founder/guitarist Scott Stephens and fellow guitarist Terry Tyson from the East Coast's top Southern Rock tribute band HIGH NOON, we talk about their band's decade-plus evolution, their own career paths, and the reasons why their band loves so accurately reproducing the legendary music by their main concentration Lynyrd Skynyrd, but also by the Allman Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws, Molly Hatchet and 38 Special. We also go deep and talk about all of those bands' storied histories, sharing personal experiences and also why each band remains a musical mainstay for a band like theirs and for 45 year fans like so many of us.

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Great conversation with longtime rock photographer Steve Schneider who recently released a magnificent coffee table book collection of his most superb and prized rock photos called "The First Three Songs," featuring everyone from Neil Young to Kurt Cobain, from The Grateful Dead to U2, from Santana to Pearl Jam, the list goes on and on, and the photographs vividly show the power, the personality and the sheer rock and roll soul of so many of rock's greatest artists. You'll see many of the shots, hear his stories of why he titled the book "First Three Songs," also what it was like teaming up with The Grateful Dead and more.

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These two amazingly talented musicians Jen and Scott Smith, aka Naked Blue, have been highly respected in the DC area and all around the world for years as a powerful duo as well as collaborating with fellow DC musicians and others as top-shelf songwriters, they are stellar with their Americana roots rock style in both live gigs and on numerous studio recordings, and recently after a decades-long friendship with bestselling author Lee Child, these two people spent some quality time exploring their favorite character Jack Reacher in a new medium, and the result is a full length album, "Just the Clothes on My Back." And one of the songs from that record is now prominent on the hit Amazon Prime show, “Reacher” as well.

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One of the performers at the upcoming Cancer Can Rock event is Kara Davis along with her longtime musician husband Matt Davis. Kara got cancer in 2021 and was a participant in the Cancer Can Rock experience. We talk about that and her musical life.

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On his first appearance on Living On Music, DC area singer songwriter guitarist Gary Smallwood talks about his current new music and busy gigging, and also about his music history playing with some of rock's best known artists as well as local DC ones and carving out a career that has become steady and revered.

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On her second appearance on Living On Music, the incomparable founder of and lead guitarist for Lez Zeppelin, STEPH PAYNES, talks about her band's recent resurgence including a whirlwind Australian tour, and also reveals exclusive details for the first time about a possible upcoming new record and also a memoir of her and this amazing band's history.

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Longtime respected DC-area bass player and musical staple John Previti talks about the legendary Danny Gatton in anticipation of the Danny Gatton Birthday Celebration to be held on 9/2/22 at The Birchmere. John talks about his epic bass playing with Danny, which he did for 18 years, and shares some early stories about their relationship and the palpable aspects of Danny's strength and power.

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Join Living On Music host Steve Houk for a wonderful conversation with Patty Reese, one of the DC-area's most revered and respected longtime musicians, about her upcoming album Salty And Sweet, her marvelous experience recording in Nashville, her very busy return to live music, and more.

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