Before joining Brightwire, Helf was in The Grizzly Band, so we sat down with frontman of that band, Chad Lyles, to talk about what led him to music, what he's been up to since The Grizzly Band ended and what he's working on for the future. We had a real good time hanging out and catching up with our buddy. We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did! 

Here we are with our 5th episode! It's a small landmark but it's also our first one, so we're stoked to have made it to this one. We have lots more coming so we're looking forward to hitting more! This week, we are joined by Scotti Fraser of The Scotti Fraser Band. Scotti has been hitting it hard in recent times spreading his songs of facing adversity and overcoming it. He's a confident performer, catchy songwriter and all around good dude. We're really grateful to know him and hope you enjoy this episode! 

Check out his music at https://www.scottifraser.com and wherever you stream music! 

This week we are joined by our friend, Tucker Hart! Tucker is a singer-songwriter and the founder of the League City Folk Association. He and his wife, Rachel, put it together to build a music community in their area. It has grown to be an event that attracts large audiences and sees the list full within minutes of it being posted. It was a bit of rocky path that led Tucker to performing, so get ready for that story. 

Check him out online and be sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@tuckerhartmusic

For this episode, we got to sit down with Joel Mora. If you're from around the Houston area, you most likely know him as the longtime drummer of punk rock stalwarts, The Hates. If you're from around the Galveston area, you know him from Blunderbuss, Red Cap and Worthless Cause. If you're from anywhere in the country, you know him as the owner of the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, which he and his wife Angela took over in 2018 from the original owner, Rex Bell. Did we mention he started up Old Quarter Records, as well? 

Joel has been on all sides of the musical landscape and we were happy to sit down with him to discuss life in the independent music world as a musician, fan, label owner and venue owner. This is our longest episode yet, but there was a lot to cover and we're really excited with how it came out! We hope you dig it!

Check out upcoming shows at the Old Quarter on their website: https://oldquarteracousticcafe.com/

Now that we've been introduced, let's get to meeting some bands! This week we are joined by our good friends, John & Rebecca Stoll from Grifters & Shills. We’ve known them for many years, have toured extensively with them and have even been in their band for a couple of shows…but you’ll hear more about that in the episode...

Welcome to our new podcast called Music in the Minor League where we talk to bands who are still grinding it out in the minor league of music. What is the minor league of music? Well, we’re talking about those bands still out playing dive bars, farmer’s markets, breweries and the like while living out of their vans, as opposed to those riding buses and playing your local arenas or sheds.