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Creative people sharing informal conversations, tall tales and vague recollections from backstage and beyond.... more
FAQs about Thanks For Giving A Damn:How many episodes does Thanks For Giving A Damn have?The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.
May 20, 2014Episode 80: John Lomax III (Part 1)John talks about his grandfather documenting cowboy songs in the late 1800s, Carl Sandburg, Studs Terkel, John Sr. and Alan Lomax recording Lead Belly in Angola Prison, discovering folk singers in churches and prisons, finding Muddy Waters at Stovall Plantation, Honeyboy Edwards, Ironhead Baker, making recordings on horseback, traveling in a Model A Ford, Lightnin’ Hopkins Stories, Mance Lipscomb stories, Les Blank films, his family’s legacy, etc....more31minPlay
May 14, 2014Episode 79: J.D. WilkesThe Legendary Shack Shakers’ and Dirt Daubers’ frontman talks about growing up in Kentucky, witnessing an exorcism, the collective effervescence, Barn Dances And Jamborees Across Kentucky, hoop snakes and wampus cats, representing Paducah in a cultural exchange with Dublin, early days of the Legendary Shack Shakers, Lower Broadway history, road life, comic books, painting sideshow banners, thoughts on art, etc....more34minPlay
April 29, 2014Episode 78: Chuck Mead (Part 2)Chuck talks about visiting the Bigfoot Museum, Roswell, dropping acid and seeing a UFO, misbehaving in hotel rooms with Levon Helm, bumming smokes from Keith Richards, acquiring Dee Dee Ramone’s bass, playing with Don Helms, Hank Williams stories, Quonset Hut history, Owen Bradley and Harold Bradley, Grand Ole Opry TV Shows, etc....more34minPlay
April 22, 2014Episode 77: Big SandyBig Sandy talks about growing up in Orange County, Lowrider culture, seeing Ray Charles live, being inspired by James Intveld, seeing Jerry Lee Lewis at The Palomino Club, Palomino stories, meeting Porter Wagoner, playing the Grand Ole Opry, Sleepy LaBeef stories, playing the Conan O’Brien Show, high security prison gigs, albino skunks, long drives, etc....more29minPlay
April 15, 2014Episode 76: Wayne Kramer (Part 2)Wayne talks about playing with Johnny Thunders, Johnny Thunders stories, dealing with addiction, working with GG Allin, GG Allin stories, the power of youth, getting busted, prison life, his prison band, Red Rodney, Billy Bragg stories, The Clash, Jail Guitar Doors, etc....more31minPlay
April 08, 2014Episode 75: Wayne Kramer (Part 1)Wayne talks about his red, white and blue Stratocaster, Iggy Pop Stories, Stooges stories, MC5 guitar amp preferences, the MC5 van, being harassed by Detroit police, the Bell Isle Love In Riot, playing the 1968 Democratic National Convention, 1960s stage volumes, Dick The Bruiser, etc....more31minPlay
April 01, 2014Episode 74: Sid GriffinSid talks about sneaking into bars in Louisville, shaking hands with Bill Monroe, discovering The Sex Pistols, driving across the country to L.A., Rodney Bingenheimer stories, Ireland’s love of Country Music, touring behind the Iron Curtain with Billy Bragg, writing liner notes for reissues of classic records, writing for the BBC, reporting Johnny Cash’s death for BBC Television, etc....more33minPlay
March 25, 2014Episode 73: Hayes Carll (Part 3)Hayes talks about playing basketball with Bruce Robison, losing teeth in a softball game, seeing the Rolling Stones in a 400 seat club, Mick Jagger throwing water on him, the greatness of Adam Carroll, singing “Paradise” with John Prine, the Old Quarter, Townes Van Zandt, pickup basketball war stories, etc....more27minPlay
March 18, 2014Episode 72: Hayes Carll (Part 2)Hayes talks about his sports prognostication skills, making sports bets with fans, Bob Schneider stories, behaving badly at The Saxon Pub, playing smaller venues, Todd Snider’s dog lamp, Todd Snider stories, false rumors of a Wyoming mental institution, being detained at the Canadian border, a $500 orange, dealing with anxiety attacks, etc....more37minPlay
March 10, 2014Episode 71: John MorelandJohn talks about his first Reds game, Joe Nuxhall’s day job, Oklahoma pride, Hardcore and DIY, dealing with anxiety and panic attacks, learning that Rachel Maddow is a fan, Lucero stories, Austin Lucas stories, Boys II Men, bad gig stories, sharing a gig with midget wrestlers, The Precious Moments Patriots, etc....more27minPlay
FAQs about Thanks For Giving A Damn:How many episodes does Thanks For Giving A Damn have?The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.