Thanks For Giving A Damn

Otis talks about playing a biker gang’s clubhouse in Illinois, growing up in Wanamaker, the art of avoiding time share meetings, meeting Ernie Ladd, being banned from local wrestling matches at a diesel garage, living on $300 a month, living with 10 people in a 2 bedroom apartment, almost shaking hands with Johnny Cash, terrible interview stories, reasons for deciding to do this show, thoughts on 50 episodes, music industry people discovering this show, etc.

Delbert talks about being attacked by teenage girls in England, meeting the Beatles at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, John Lennon taking him to beatnik clubs in London, teaching John Lennon some harmonica licks,  touring in a WW2 British ambulance, moving to LA in 1971, Emmylou Harris recording Two More Bottle’s Of Wine, getting signed to Atlantic Records, the Blues Brothers recording his song, John Belushi stories, playing on Saturday Night Live, IRS problems, moving to Nashville, thoughts on making records, traveling to China and Peru, finally getting to visit Machu Picchu, etc.

Delbert talks about seeing Bob Wills in a Lubbock dance hall, Buddy Holly, his first guitar, winning a local talent show as a kid, opening for Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957 at the Dallas Sportatorium, seeing Gorgeous George wrestle, the neon jackass marquee at Jack’s Place in Mansfield, Texas, working with Joe Turner, Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, O. C. Smith, playing juke joints in the 1960s, touring with 6 people and equipment in a station wagon, mud suckers, playing clubs with dirt floors with no electricity, befriending local gangsters in Fort Worth, bank robbing pills, juke joint horror stories, Freddy king sitting in with the band at Mother Blues in Dallas, etc.

Austin talks about sword fighting trees, growing up in Southern Indiana, dealing with social anxiety, Lotus Dickey memories, Chuck Ragan stories, The Revival Tour, singing Get Up Kid songs with Frank Turner and Matt Pryor, Glossary stories, drinking all of Europe’s booze, picking up Cory Branan at the airport, playing Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown Tour, leaving Bloomington, Indiana and moving to Nashville, etc.

Peter talks about growing up in South Carolina and Northern Virginia, his love of baseball, his first visit to Nashville, getting a job at the Tennessean and relocating to East Nashville, Duane Jarvis stories , David Olney stories, Todd Snider stories, the birth of the Fuzz-Tone guitar pedal, Woodland Studios and Will The Circle Be Unbroken, the greatness of Lloyd Green, working with Tom T. Hall, writing George Jones’ and “Cowboy” Jack Clements’ obituaries, interviewing Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson stories, getting yelled at by Toby Keith, playing on the front porches of East Nashville, etc.

Tim talks about opening for Townes Van Zandt, growing up in Ohio and Japan, busking in Europe, hitchhiking through Ireland, rough gigs, fishing for salmon in Alaska, combat fishing, getting arrested in Lexington, Jay bennett stories, moving from Joshua Tree to East Nashville, etc.

Tim O’Brien talks about meeting Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin stories, Ralph Stanley, old school bandleader rules, playing in multiple bands on the same festival, meeting Darrell Scott and becoming friends and collaborators, hanging out in John Prine’s man cave, working as Mark Knopfler’s sideman, enjoying the coffee shops of Amsterdam, Bluegrass counter culture, Bill Monroe and the birth of Bluegrass festivals, etc.

Tim talks about meeting Bill Monroe and Kenny Baker, growing up in Wheeling, West Virginia, seeing Merle Haggard play fiddle, singing with his sister, attending a Beatles concert in Pittsburgh in 1965, moving to Colorado, 1970’s Colorado music scene, the birth of Hot Rize, Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers, the evils of electric instruments, touring in a 1969 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, etc.

Thomm talks about growing up in a village in the Black Forest of Germany, being inspired to start playing guitar after seeing Bobby Bare on TV, hanging out on a Canadian military base in Germany, playing with an Elvis impersonator, getting shaken down by Swiss border police with Richard Dobson, moving to Nashville, touring with David Olney, Steve Young, Mary Gauthier and Nanci Griffith, road stories, seeing Bobby Bare at the Bluebird, The 1861 Project, becoming an American citizen, etc.

Ramsay talks about buying a church van, being mistaken for jewel thieves in Oklahoma, growing up in Virginia, sitting on Mississippi John Hurt’s knee as a child, living in Chicago, his acting career, appearing on Matlock, living in Venice Beach, his first gig, playing for A&R people, a very strange gig in Knoxville, etc.