Thanks For Giving A Damn

Marshall talks about growing up in Detroit, seeing MC5 and Jimi Hendrix at Cobo Hall, joining Bealemania, hanging with Keith Richards, drinking ginger beer with Rick Danko, Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble, acting in La Bamba and Peggy Sue Got Married, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, getting a guitar lesson from Paul Burlison, etc.

Dan talks about rock cruises, Ian McLagan, Steve Marriott’s 1957 Fender Esquire, Swiss border nightmares, blue lightning, Goody’s Headache Powder, when Alison Prestwood met Carol Kaye, the 435th best guitar player in Nashville, etc.

The Bottle Rockets’ singer talks about his first guitar, meeting Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar as kids, Chicken Truck, being an Uncle Tupelo roadie, recording A.M., the first time Wilco heard Trace, the Coug, touring with John Fogerty, disaster gig with Todd Snider, meeting Chuck Berry, Festus Chainsaw Massacre, etc.

Adam talks about touring with Robert Earle Keen, cedar choppers and hilljacks, electronic cigarettes, goosing, growing up in Tyler Texas, his grandpa playing with Gene Krupa, John Prine, etc.

Motown’s head engineer talks about Marvin Gaye and recording “What’s Going On,” Stevie Wonder’s unrivaled work ethic, Benny Benjamin, James Jamerson, a very young Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, David Ruffin, the wisdom of Berry Gordy, working on Martin Luther King’s albums, Smokey Robinson playing house concerts at a young age, etc.

The Truth And Salvage Company singer tells us about playing Harry Dean Stanton’s 85th birthday party, fishing in Levon Helm’s lake, getting cussed at by Garth Hudson, Hotel Cafe history, meeting Otis for the first time, Rodney Dangerfield, Ron Jeremy’s harmonica skills, etc.

Sam chats about UK roundabouts, growing up on a ranch in Itasca, Texas, Lightnin’ Hopkins, the day Willie Nelson drove through town, Bob Harris, his first European tour, overcoming stage fright, surviving a terrorist bombing in Peru, etc.

Jimmy tells us about Roller Derby, seeing Johnny Cash play live in the 1960s, Woody Guthrie Fest, Red Dirt Music, Oklahoma music history, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Music Road Records, etc.

Richard tells us about growing marijuana in Switzerland, fishing the Rhine, living with Rodney Crowell, Townes Van Zandt’s funeral, filming Heartworn Highways, Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, Blaze Foley, etc.

Slaid talks about being a human guinea pig in pharmaceutical studies, old Dodge vans, driving ice cream trucks, busking in Ireland, the Pavarotti of the Plains, Wimberly, Texas, etc.