I get all kinds of pitches regarding guests for the podcast. I also pour over hundreds of hours of music that’s sent to me. So when a publicist sends me a press release about a hardcore artist who has recently had a musical epiphany and is listening to the Grateful Dead while going through the roller coaster of life and recovering from addiction, I’m obviously intrigued. What makes this story even more unbelievable for me, is that Wade MacNeil, the artist who has created and fronts the Dooms Children project, lives here in Toronto, and at no time ever did I think a member of post punk hardcore outfit Alexisonfire or The Gallows would ever find his way on to our show. I mean, if anything, his band mate Dallas Green who is also City and Colour would be a better fit for the kind of music and musicians we feature on this show. Having said all that, I was intrigued enough by Wade’s story and his cover of Friend of the Devil, to get him on the line to talk more about the project.

First song: Friend of the Devil

Second song: Flower Moon

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Marble Eyes are a rock band based out of the New Hampshire Seacoast. They are actually a supergroup made up of musicians from the area who came together to play music during the pandemic. The most recognizable member of the band may be bassist Eric Gould who at one point was in jam band Particle and is currently playing with Pink Talking Fish. There’s been a lot of buzz about this band on-line so I decided to contact Eric to learn more about Marble Eyes.

First song: Tollbooth

Second song: You Cant Fool Me

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I first met Ethan Miller, the Howlin’ Rain's frontman, a few years back and have always found him to be quite musically eclectic and an extremely poignant wordsmith. So when I got word that this Bay Area based musician was releasing a new record and then heard Dharma Wheel, I knew we had to chat. 

First song: Annabelle 

Second song: Under The Wheels

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Just a few weeks ago, Larkin Poe and Nu Deco Ensemble released the collaborative effort Paint the Roses (Live in Concert)

The pairing is an interesting one with roots rock sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe being joined by members of the Nu Deco Ensemble, an orchestra led by conductor Jacomo Bairos and Artistic Director Sam Hyken. Together the larger ensemble performed songs from Larkin Poe’s 2020  release Self Made Man and a few other tunes in December of 2020 in Miami. I sat down with all four of these wonderfully talented people to get the scoop on this genre bending experience.

First song: Sometime

Second song: Mad As A Hatter

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Featured Songs:

1. 00:38 - Spafford - 09-25-21 - Backdoor Funk - Cactus Jack’s - Phoenix, AZ 

2. 16:23 - Widespread Panic with Billy Strings - 10-01-21 - All Time Low - Memphis Music Festival - Memphis, TN  

3. 27:09 - Billy Strings - 10-02-21 - West Dakota Rose - The Momentary - Bentonville, AR  

4. 32:03 - Tauk - 10-02-21 - Dormammu - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY 

5. 39:12 - Gov’t Mule - 10-03-21 - I Asked for Water, She Gave Me Gasoline - Gaspirilla Music Festival - Tampa, FL 

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