Last night I went to Columbus, Ohio to see Jon Dee Graham and Mike June play at the Woodlands Tavern. The crowd was somewhat light, but the folks who turned out were treated to a great show. Jon Dee played a too short 50 minute set of songs mixed with stage banter that quickly reminded me why he is one of my favorite songwriters working today. Highlights of the show were “Faithless”, “Holes” and the closer, “Big Sweet Life”.

Throughout the set Jon Dee seemed in great spirits and the performance was absolutely top notch. After the show Graham was nice enough to spend some time with me and record a podcast.  I will discuss Mike June’s set next week when I post the podcast I taped with him.

On Episode 8 Jon Dee and I discuss, the spirit of Rock n Roll, his first shows with the True Believers, the recording process of his solo records and much more. He also treated us with three songs, including one that has never been recorded or released to the public.

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This past Friday night I had the great fortune of seeing Kevin Gordon live for the first time. He played in Columbus, Ohio at the Red Door Tavern. I have to say he was simply awesome. It was like a one man rock show. After the show Kevin was gracious enough to sit down with me for awhile and chat and share some tunes.

On this episode Kevin and I discuss his introduction to playing guitar, the ending of the story told in his epic song, “Colfax”, his folk art gallery and much more. As an added bonus Kevin shared 2 brand new songs that have yet to be recorded in addition to the title track of his latest album.

We really had a nice time recording this and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do. If you like you hear on this or any of our podcasts, please leave a comment and a rating on iTunes, share a link with your friends, and if you feel so obliged hit the donate button on the right hand side of the page and help support Broken Jukebox. Thanks for everything, enjoy:

This past Friday I had a chance to head out with my wife to see Tommy Womack at the Red Door Tavern in Columbus, Ohio. Tommy put on a great two set show to a completely rapt crowd. During the set he leaned heavily on material from his newest record, Now What?, but also included favorites from every other release in his discography as well as Daddy and Government Cheese songs. As an added bonus he also threw in a few covers I’ve never heard him do like, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Feeling Groovy” and the Shel Silverstein classic, “A Boy Named Sue”.

After the show, Tommy was gracious enough to sit down with me and record a podcast. Being the first podcast I’ve done in nearly 3 years, there is some obvious rust (beyond my normal amount), we kept it quick as the bar was closing down, and there is quite a bit of background noise, but I think it came out pretty good. I’d like to throw a shout out to Otis Gibbs who pointed me in the right direction to getting my portable digital recorder, he has a great podcast called, Thanks for Giving a Damn, where he talks to different musicians about a bunch of random stuff. I highly recommend it, there is a link on the right hand side of the page.

 

On this one Tommy speaks briefly about playing the U.K., writing with Will Kimbrough, his new writing style and his days in Government Cheese as well as playing 3 great songs (there’s even a great acoustic version of “Mammaw Drives the Bus”. If you like what you hear, please tell your friends about the site, leave a comment or a rating on itunes, and if you feel so inclined hit the donate button on the side of this page and help support the Jukebox.

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In studio performance and interview with Graham Weber.

In-studio performance and interview with Austin Texas' Ricky Stein.

On-site interview and performance with Will Kimbrough.

Interview and live in studio performances with Nashville's Peter Cooper and Eric Brace.

Live performance and discussion with recording artist Greg Klyma. Recorded May 16, 2010.