On this week's Thinking and Drinking episode Bart and his big brother Brad will be reviewing the Judas Priest and Queensryche concert they saw this past week in Nashville.

With Queensryche and Judas Priest being some of their favorite bands, they had a light-hearted chat about their thoughts on the show at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium.

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On this week’s show, Bart talks to his long-time friend Susan Marshall.  Susan is a true Memphis Belle who has been blowing away crowds and listeners all over the country.  Based out of Memphis she’s carved out a swath for her style of singing a mile wide.  Blues, soul, country, she can do it all.  

On this episode you’ll hear…

How Susan made her long journey to Memphis

Why she’s disappointed in local music education

How she’s been instrumental in forwarding all genres of music in Memphis and the surrounding states while being part of The Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy

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This week Bart talks to Backyards and Bevvies PK. PK’s a world-traveling touring systems engineering cat who’s trying to figure out how to stay home with his baby boy while still dipping his toe in the music biz. He’s calling on his music biz buddies to sit and chat with him on his podcast, Backyards, and Bevvies...sounds familiar...😊

On this week’s Thinkin' & Drinkin' episode, you'll hear:

• PK’s revelation about how he chose to be a road dog.
• How he got his nickname, The Mayor
• Who are his favorite acts to be out with, and what’s it like to bump into Brian May in catering

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This week Amy helped Bart get JT Harding out to Disgraceland (aka my studio) and we laughed for over an hour.  JT is one of the most fun and most creative guys in Bart’s world and has written a new book “Party Like A Rockstar" to prove it.  

In this episode, you’ll hear…

JT discuss small town Michiganian went from Gross Pointe MI to LA to Nashville all the time making friends and writing great songs on his way. How he got his first demo heard by pulling a sneaky FED EX trick. JT talks about how being on the road with Linkin Park led to him opening for them and his first publishing deal.

And finally how JT ended up writing a book about all his adventures called, Party Like A Rockstar which you can purchase it here on Amazon.

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In this week’s episode of Thinkin’ and Drinkin’ Bart gets to talk to one of his favorite guitar players Rob McNelley.  Rob talks about how he made his way to Nashville from the Columbus, Ohio area to follow his musical dreams, the differences and the similarities of being a studio and a touring guitar player, and how he starts every day with coffee and a guitar polishing his playing and writing a ton of music, most of which you can find on his YouTube channel.  

In this episode you’ll hear

•  How our mutual friend Tom Bukovac helped Rob get his first touring gig here in Nashville and who it was.

•  What are his go-to every time, automatic guitars? 

• Who his dream gig would be and what song he wishes he would have written or at least played on.

You can connect with Rob on Instagram and his YouTube channel.

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In this week’s episode of Thinkin’ and Drinkin’ we throw it back to when Bart talked with the creative Mark Slaughter, a singer, guitar player and songwriter. He takes you on a journey of how he began singing and playing guitar, to his first band and his first tour, how he preserves his voice, and how he produced his band so differently than others. His knowledge and love of music is evident throughout the episode - listen in!

In this episode, you’ll hear

• What it was like for Mark to grow up in Las Vegas.  Instead of an allowance for chores, he asked for a 45 each week, so he learned to sing with the classics 
• The first note they ever played as the band Slaughter in public was opening up for KISS. 

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This week on Thinkin’ and Drinkin’ Bart reviews some music that he has not been able to sit down and listen to in depth until now! Leave comments for new music that you would like to hear reviewed! 

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Bart reviews some of his favorite current albums to listen to:
• Liam Gallagher “Why Me, Why Not?”
• Iron Maiden “Senjutsu”
• The Wildhearts “Renaissance Man”
• Kansas “Absence of Presence”
• AC/DC “Power Up”

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This week on Thinkin’ and Drinkin’ Bart dives into a spare time killer…books! Bart reviews four books that he read over the last year. Be sure to leave a like, review, or comment on anything else you would like to hear us talk about!

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Bart reviews four books that he’s read and enjoyed and would love to recommend
• Book One: Austin Translation by Zach Selwyn https://www.amazon.com/Austin-Translation-Zach-Selwyn/dp/B08QTHKPVV
• Book Two: Is This Anything? By Jerry Seinfeld https://www.amazon.com/This-Anything-Jerry-Seinfeld/dp/1982112727/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1641919963&sr=8-1
• Book 3: Monty Python Speaks by David Morgan https://www.amazon.com/Monty-Python-Speaks-Revised-Updated/dp/0062866443/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2EBH9RQS2TLIR&keywords=monty+python+speaks&qid=1641920028&sprefix=monty+python+speaks%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-2
• Book 4: Laugh Lines by Alan Zweibel https://www.amazon.com/Laugh-Lines-Helping-People-Funnier/dp/1419735284/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1641920055&sr=8-6

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For the first episode of 2022 of Thinkin’ and Drinkin’ Bart outlines what the future of the podcast will look like!

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Bart discusses the new direction of the podcast

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