Thanks For Giving A Damn

Otis talks about sleeping in haunted hotels, hoping to see a ghost, Ian Hunter tour stories, Joe Elliot, Martin Chambers, poker games, parlay cards and gentlemanly wagers, his first UK gig, opening for Guy Clark, the history of this show and the plans moving forward. etc.

Bill DeMain talks about Wings’ six week stay in Nashville in 1974, Buddy Killen stories, staying at “Junior’s Farm”, Curly Putnam stories, McCartney at The Grand Ole Opry, hanging with Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner backstage at the Opry, McCartney playing with Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, recording Junior’s Farm at the Sound Shop, Jimmy McCulloch stories, Paul and Linda’s love of The Loveless Cafe, Paul and Linda going to the drive-in theater, hanging in Printer’s Alley, etc.

Roger talks about Eastern Tennessee pro wrestling memories, the true madness of Knoxville, seeing Waylon Jennings with the Crickets, meeting Waylon at a party for Johnny Cash, how to get a good seat on a Greyhound, crashing at Johnny Cash’s house, Guy Clark stories, Hank Williams Jr. stories, Willie Nelson jogging through Chattanooga, Johnny Knoxville stories, Billy Joe Shaver stories, etc

The Gourds and Shinyribs front man talks about being broke down in Arkansas, Scott Norwood’s missed kick, the greatness of Ted Hawkins, South Austin in the early 90s, opening day at Jovita’s, the South Austin Housing boom, the Hipster Gentrification Army, buying guns in on South Congress, light night AM radio in Texas, etc.

Kevin talks about hanging out with pro wrestlers in a Shreveport strip joint, biker bars, the Bristol Sessions, seeing Son House in Shreveport, inflicting himself on the audience, Austin Outhouse stories, Ray Wylie Hubbard stories, Jon Dee Graham stories, etc.

Jay McDowell is the Multimedia/Assistant Museum Exhibit Curator at the Musician’s Hall Of Fame And Museum and he’s sharing stories about Bob Dylan and the musicians who played on his Nashville sessions. He shares stories about Charlie McCoy, Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Kenny Buttrey, Charlie Daniels, Pete Drake, Joe South, etc.

Mac talks about recording at Castle Studio in Nashville, breakfast with Merle Haggard, watching Joe Louis matches with Hank Garland, Grady Martin stories, Mississippi John Hurt stories, Johnny Cash opening for Mac on Cash’s first tour, recording a duet with Johnny Cash, picking parties at Cash’s house, playing Las Vegas in the 60s, Maybelle Carter stories, walking on the beach with Maybelle Carter and Harlan Howard, working with A.P Carter in Bristol in 1947, Dean Martin stories, Nipsey Russell, John Prine stories, etc.

Mac talks about growing up during the Great Depression, meeting Flatt and Scruggs and joining the Foggy Mountain Boys, meeting Bill Monroe and joining his band, playing with Molly O’Day, Bill Monroe’s traveling baseball team, watching Hank Williams do five encores at his first Opry appearance, watching Hank write I’m So Lonesome I could Cry, Bob Hope refusing to play after Hank, Hank fishing with the Governor of Louisiana, Miss Audrey’s parties, Hank shooting his pistol in the house, etc.

Chuck talks about meeting Buck Owens and Roy Clark, crazy Buck Owens stories, touring with George Jones, singing on stage with George Jones, George Jones stories, Johnny Cash train stories, touring with Loretta Lynn, singing on stage with Loretta Lynn, visiting the Charles Shulz Museum, the first time he played the Grand Ole Opry, etc.