Thinkin' & Drinkin'

In this week’s episode of Thinkin’ and Drinkin’ Bart talks with Blair Garner about being discovered by a local radio station while detailing cars. Blair took the money from his first radio job to buy two new cars and ended up falling in love with radio work. Blair had a long journey that brought him to many cities across the United States that helped grow his career to what it is today.  

In this episode, you’ll hear

• How Blair was on the radio as a host and moved from coast to coast to coast to coast.  
• Bart & Blair discussed the birth of Blair’s show “After Midnight” which was a live radio show that was featured on over 300 affiliate stations.  His show was one of the biggest ads to get as a record promoter.  

For the full show notes visit >> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/Blair-Garner 

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On this episode of Thinkin’ & Drinkin’ Bart talks with Jeremy Popoff. Jeremy is a writer, producer and musician whose work has paid off throughout the years. He is a part of the band Lit and has recently made a record with his brother AJ. Learn more about Jeremy by tuning into today's episode! You won't be disappointed! 

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Jeremy’s band Lit playing at Woodstock ‘99 on a side stage in front of 85k people
• How a punk/alt-rock/rock/pop band ended up in the land of Country & Western music 

For the full show notes visit >> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/jeremypopoff

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On this week’s episode, Bart talks with Gage Speas about getting his start in the music industry by learning to scream lyrics for a metal band. Gage explains how he got his nickname and future business name, Daisy May. Learning how to make hats in his bull riding days, Gage now has a successful career making custom hats. In his spare time he likes to bow hunt and play around on the guitar. 

In this episode, you’ll hear

• How Gage got into singing/screaming metal music
• How Gage went from metal music, to bull riding to making hats for a living
• Gage explains the meaning of the name of his business, Daisy May

For the full show notes visit >>> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/Gage-Speas 

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On this week's episode Bart and a bunch of friends get together after a day of swimming at Al McManus’s house. The group touches on how they first became friends through work and what they have been up to since COVID. Everyone talks about the differences in Music Row and how they miss it.

In this episode, you’ll hear

• We all talked about how we’re connected through our careers in the music industry
• What we’ve each been doing since COVID and how we all miss Music Row

For the full show notes visit>>> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/Old-Friends

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On this week's episode of Thinkin And Drinkin, Bart talks with Stephan McSwain about the foundation of his career building guitars and his journey across the country to grow his brand. Stephan talks about fun challenges that clients bring him, the first band he joined, and the difference of writing and performing compared to building guitars. 

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Stephan started building things in a steel mill in North Carolina
• Stephan loves finding wood that has a story, be it a storm or home that’s been torn down, but the wood really speaks to him. 
• Stephan talks about getting his first guitar (around 5:20 into the interview)

For the full show notes visit >>> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/title/Stephan-McSwain

This week's episode is brought to you by Cat Head Vodka!

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This week Bart talks with his wife Amy Allmand about the top country songwriters throughout each decade. 

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Bart and Amy discuss their top country songwriters by the decade

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For the full show notes visit HERE >>> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/top-songwriters

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On this week’s episode Bart talks with Storme Warren about getting into radio at the young age of 13, breaking into the television industry in college, and making the move to Nashville and getting back into radio. Storme touches on some influences that shaped the way he prepared for interviews and the opportunity to interview some of his biggest idols. 

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Storme was on the radio for the first time at age 13, answering the request line
• When Storme lived in LA, he worked for Pirate Radio, one of the first real stations who played whatever they wanted. 

For the full show notes visit >>> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/title/storme-warren

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This week on Thinkin’ & Drinkin’ we throw it back to when Bart talked with long-time friend Rickey Medlocke. They discuss the story of how they met, as well as the beginning of Blackfoot. You’ll definitely want to hear stories of the past with many others and how music was in the center of it all. So tune in and enjoy the tortuous life of Rickey Medlocke. 

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Bart & Rickey talk about how he got into playing guitar
• Rickey talks about touring and last tours

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For the full show notes visit >> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/rickeymedlocke

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On this week’s episode of Thinkin and Drinkin, Bart talks with guest Adam James about his path to where he is today in this business. Adam shares stories about where his inspiration came from, books he likes to read, and the alter ego that he uses to express a different side of his music!

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Adam started his love of country music while riding his father’s tractor, growing  up on a small farm, coming from many generations of farming (around 8:30 min mark)
• Adam talks about his alt ego, Ft. Worth Ferguson, which is a nod to another successful writer in town.  

For the full show notes visit >>> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/title/adam-james

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On this week’s episode of Thinkin and Drinkin Bart talks with Lois Lewis about the early days of her career and her transition into record promotion. Lois made her way back into entertainment and was only the 4th solo woman to win the ACM Personality of the Year Award! 

In this episode, you’ll hear

• Lois’ first job in radio was at the current large market radio station of the year, KNIX, so she’s come full circle.  
• She talks about how she worked in record promotion (7 years with Republic), which made her effective from day one and she was surprised that she stayed in promotions for that long
• She’s only the 4th solo woman to win the ACM Personality of the Year Award, which is a really big deal!

For the full show notes visit >>> http://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/lois-lewis

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