We had a great conversation with Dirk Schwenk, a great progressive voice on Twitter, founding treasurer of the MadDog Pac, and singer-songwriter. We talked politics, strategy, and featured there of Dirk’s original songs.

We had a great conversation with journalist, musician, author, and songwriter Jeff Slate. Jeff write for Esquire.com, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal (a great interview with Bob Dylan.) We talked about Jeff’s background, his own music, and his associations with some other great musicians.

Jeff Slate posing in NYC. March 29, 2023. © Bob Gruen/www.bobgruen.com
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We had a great show featuring two musicians playing at Twangfest at Palmers Bar Patio on May 13, 2023. First up was John Magnuson (formerly of the Carpetbaggers) and Doug Collins (pictured here with his band The Receptionists.) Paul then ends the show with a tribute and personal remembrance of opening up for  his hero Gordon Lightfoot in Superior, WI in August of 1955.

Paul Metsa plays back an interview he did on WTIP in Grand Marais, MN last month about his new book, “Alphabet Jazz: Poetry, Prose, Stories and Songs.” Order now on Amazon or wherever you get your books!