The brothers Jesse and Luke Miller zoomed in from Denver and Philadelphia to discuss their bands new album "Bloom & Recede".  We discuss the new album, the power of improvisation during live shows, how they collaborate as brothers, and much more! Great chat, do it up!

Lotus Website: https://lotusvibes.com/

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What do you have lying around in storage? Well, if you're the Smithereens guitarist Jim Babjak, you have an entire album recorded back in 1992.  The "Lost Album" is being released this month and that's really good news for Smithereens fans!

Jim zoomed in from his home in New Jersey to talk all about the album, what CBGB's was REALLY like in the 1970's, how life is for the living, and what makes a great guitar riff a great guitar riff.  Super nice guy - super fun chat - do it up!

https://www.officialsmithereens.com/

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Where were you in 1987?  If you were the guitarist/producer extraordinaire Michael Lockwood, you were in a really cool band called Lions & Ghosts! That band put out a great album called "Velvet Kiss, Lick of the Lime." - he's never been released digitally, UNTIL NOW! And not only that, they've recorded a new tune called "Girl I Luv You."  We talk all about that -we talk about being parents during covid, we talk about so much - really fun chat, do it up!

https://www.lionsandghosts.com/

https://www.michaellockwood.com/

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How did you pivot when the lockdown started back in 2020? For today's guest, Corey Heuvel, he made the most of his time by switching from performing in bars and clubs to performing on YouTube.  He learned hundreds of new tunes and built a huge following with his weekly livestreams on YouTube.

Corey zoomed in from Canada to talk all about that, Jeff Buckley, Stevie Ray - which Canadian bands you should be listening to AND - most of all - all about his new album that comes out this month!  Oh and we talk a little Buddhism and meditation.  Great chat, do it up!

http://www.coreyheuvel.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCClyi2HUuVSeBJm1150aAcQ

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I learn something every time I chat with musicians on the podcast, and today's episode is no exception! The great jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel quickly disabuses me of utilizing the term "gypsy jazz" and he's got a great reason why.  Stephane's new album is "The Django Experiment VI" and it is another great album in the style of the incomparable Django Reinhardt.  Join me on this wide ranging discussion where yes we talk about Django - but also guitarists like Joe Satriani, Vernon Reid, Steve Vai, David Gilmore and much more! Stephane is also touring this fall.  Go check him out!

https://www.stephanewrembel.com/

Django Reinhardt clip in color where you can watch his technique: https://youtu.be/Qj8lhweSIM8

It's Gemini Parks day on the podcast! The creation of Kansas City musician Josh Berwanger, this new band is a genre bending funk punk musical project. Josh zoomed in from his home in Lawrence to talk all about the new album, whether its ok to use backing tracks while playing live, why you shouldn't ask your musician friends to be on their guest list and our shared mutual obsession with our vinyl collections.   Great chat, do it up!

https://linktr.ee/geminiparks

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What do you get when you mix together classical music with hiphop ? You get today's guest, BLKBOK.  Born and raised in Detroit to a musical family, BLKBOK's new album "Black Book DLUX" - is a thought provoking and beautiful album that features his piano work along with the poet Lauren Delapenha- 25 tracks in all.  BLKBOK zoomed in from the road in New York City to talk all about the album, his collaboration with Renee Elise Goldberry, going on the road with Rhianna, Justin Timberlake and John Mayer - and much much more!  Really enjoyed this one, do it up!

https://www.blkbok.com/

https://www.instagram.com/blkbok/

The guitarist Russell Javors -zoomed in from his home in Florida to talk all about his time with Billy Joel, writing and recording with Karen Carpenter, the producer Phil Ramone and much much more!  Russell's current project is 'The Lords of 52nd Street', where is 1/3 of the classic combination of himself, Liberty DeVitto (drums) and Richie Cannata (saxophone and flute).  They, along with the late great Doug Stegmeyer, were the backbone of Billy Joel's band in his heyday - from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s.  The Lords of 52nd street is a celebration of that music with 3 of the guys who there.  Great chat, do i up!

Lords of 52nd Street website 

Clip of Russell sharing lead vocals with Billy on Until the Night live

All Because of You - a song written by Russell recorded by Karen Carpenter, with Russell on Guitar

One of the guitarists on my Mount Rushmore of Guitarists stopped by to chat about his TWO new albums.  The phenomenal Eric Johnson zoomed in from his home in Austin Texas to discuss 'The Book of Making' and 'Yesterday Meets Today'.  These 2 new albums feature 9 tracks each and will be released on July 29.  Johnson utilized his Covid quarantine time wisely to go back into the vault and look at all sorts of various projects he had worked on the past to reimagine as part of this release.  Plus he worked up some new tunes.

Eric arrived on my radar way back in 1986 with the release of Tones (I'm still freaking on the outro solo of 'Zap') and over the decades he's won a Grammy, toured the world and collaborated with a ton of amazing artists.

It was my treat to talk to him all about the new albums, his quarantine YouTube guitar lessons, recording and touring with Mike Stern, and many others items.  

Eric's Website 

Eric's YouTube page-  where you can watch all 29 mini-lessons

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The amazing Carla Olson (Textones) joins me to discuss 'Americana Railroad' - a collection of songs celebrating the history of train! This release features tracks from John Fogerty, Dave Alvin, Rocky Burnette, Stephen McCarthy and Brian Ray - among many others.

Carla is fabulous musician and producer who has worked and collaborated with just about everyone in the music business it seems.  She dialed in from her home in Los Angeles to talk about the project, her collaborations with Eric Johnson, growing up in Austin, Texas and much much more- great chat, do it up! 

Carla's Website

Whiskey Train music video with Carla and Brian Ray

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