Taco Bout It

Jesse Wheeler is a Frontman for a Nashville Garage Rock institution (The GIlls). He's also a recovering alcoholic with a story to tell. Jesse dishes on his personal changes and what we can expect to hear coming from the Gills as we get further into 2017.

My friends Caroline and Gary from Cold Lunch stopped by to talk about what they've been up to in Nashville and their upcoming event: TACORAMA. We shared dirty stories and stared lovingly at each other for about 45 minutes. It was magical.

Philly's Mo Lowda and the Humble made their way to Nashville for a few days. We chatted about their music, their influences. Jordan talked about his first boner and his affection for NOW compilations, and when I asked him a serious question - their bass player Jeff made a fart noise that ruined the moment. It was beautiful.

Ron Gallo and his mates Joe Bisirri and Dylan Sevey dropped by for a chat about how to survive modern earth and "become a fortress of good," how their band got their name, and their secret dream of releasing a special version of Heavy Meta dedicated to animals. We also talked about the time he played a live song in the center of a downtown Nashville Intersection.

My wondrous old friend Emily visited us down here in Nashville, and we caught up and chatted about all the good things - Emily's development since putting out her first record at a young age, her development in and around Wakeman, Oberlin, and Norwalk, OH, and her time as a top-10 qualifying contestant on NBC's The Voice.

The Pills are new to Nashville and they stopped out to share drinks and tacos and chat about what their project, things they like, things they don't like, and why they have a record called Real Cheese.

Dustin Ransom: Nashville songwriter, studio musician, and all around savant stopped by to chat about his career, how he got started in music (Hint: he started out as a childhood Nintendo prodigy), our mutual friend Derek Webb, why he's left social media, and how he views the world these days

Clayton dropped by and we chatted about the beginnings of Behold the Brave, where they're at now, and how to be a better human being.

Matthew Penfound dropped out to chat about what Harper has been up to lately - where they plan on going from here - and what he thinks about the world in 2017

Kate Gazaway is a gifted photographer and creator, and she's found a way to use her talents to help people around the world from India to Nicaragua, all the way to Montenegro. Kate dropped in and talked about the work she does for Picture change - how it all began - and where she would like to see it go. Check her fantastic work out at http://www.picture-change.org/ - Episode produced by Ben Taylor, Matthew Grabowski, Mike Lewis, and Phil Tabor.