Pod Castanova

Joshua Scott Jones, one half of nationally acclaimed country duo Steel Magnolia and now solo artist, dropped by the studio today to talk with Scott and I.  He came in with a bunch of jokes about animals, and left with an awesome acoustic performance.  We talked with him about his journey through the music industry in Nashville from a major label deal to his recently released independent album "The Healing".  Check it out.

We made a fancy little video of the recording of the Music.People.Podcast. theme song a few nights ago.  We wanted to see how much rock we could squeeze into 14 seconds…

All you aspiring musicians tune into to this episode! Zach Casebolt is a world class violinist who was on a path to becoming a top player in the classical world studying with greats Ani Kavafian and Isaac Stern when he took a 180 degree turn and moved to Nashville to pursue dreams of playing rock, country and pop for a living. He has since established a really successful niche for himself touring the world with the likes of country legend Ray Price to musical phenom Futureman of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones to Styx. He has played on countless records and is here with us on the podcast discussing his experiences in music, marrying his pop sensibilities with his classical skills, the Beatles, being on the road, and his journey from living in a tent to playing for thousands from India to beyond. He also performs an insane solo violin piece at the end. Here ya go!

This week, the lovely, talented Meghan Linsey is on the show with Scott and I. She happens to be my awesome girlfriend, but she also has a really exciting career as a recording artist in Nashville. She went from winning the TV show Can You Duet on CMT, to putting out several hit country singles with her group Steel Magnolia on Big Machine and selling over a million downloads. She recently released her first solo EP and has been enjoying the success of radio airplay, praise from Rolling Stone, and touring the country. She talks about touring with Reba McEntire, Bob Seger,and the Band Perry, working at a karaoke bar when moving to Nashville, and navigating the music industry. Also, we do an acoustic performance of her song “Cocaine and Jesus” at the end, so tune in!

We met Bubba recently when he came in to guest on a track I was working on in the studio.  He’s a great guy, and he has some crazy stories from working with Timbaland, Organized Noize, Missy Elliott, and many others to solidify his spot as one of the most prominent white rappers in the world.  He’s had a long career with numerous number ones, and he talks with us about the ups, downs, and everything in between in this week’s podcast.  There’s also a little impromptu freestyle jam at the end where Bubba raps with Scott and I backing him up.  Boom!

James Otto is the real deal.  He had the most played song on country radio in 2008, CMA and ACM awards for “Song of the Year” and a grammy nomination.  I’ve had the pleasure of doing a lot of recording, touring and writing with him over the years, and today he came by to chat with us about his craft, his definition of success, writing, touring, and his love of vintage cars.  Oh, AND he does an acoustic performance of a new song at the end, so check it out!

Between founding and playing lead guitar for internationally acclaimed rock band Cage the Elephant and touring the world, Lincoln Parish has amassed a lot of rock n roll street cred.  He talks with Scott and I about stories from the road, playing with Dave Grohl, his life now as a badass songwriter/record producer, and his undying love for hot chicken.