EP: 58 Guitarist Eric Borash (EBO)

Eric Borash (EBO) has played guitar with The Warren Brothers, Jace Everett, Radney Foster, Hank Williams III, John Fogerty, Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves, Sunny Sweeney, Thomas Rhett and others. 

He also makes custom hand-wired guitar amps (ebocustoms.com) used by everyone from Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, Rick Nielsen and Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Vince Gill, Brad Whitford of Aerosmith, Tom Bukovac, and Willie Nelson to name a few. 

MJ and EBO sit down and chat about his illustrious career, finding happiness and gratitude in life, and much, much more.

EBO Customs Guitar Amps

EP 57 - MJ sits down with his friend, 11-time Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker Nick Nanton to talk about working with Larry King, going on a raid to shut down a sex-trafficking ring in Haiti with special forces operatives for his film "Operation Toussaint", recipes for success and self-improvement, and many other pearls of wisdom. 

EP 56 - Composer/Keyboardist Joshua Carter (Ben Folds, Jo Dee Messina)

MJ and Joshua sit down and talk about composer John Williams, creating music for film, holding down odd jobs, Joshua's short film "The Monster" and so much more. 

Joshua Carter on Soundcloud

Joshua Carter's Short Film "The Monster"

Gaurav's grandfather with Ravi Shankar

EP 55 - Gaurav Bali

MJ chats with guitarist Gaurav Bali about moving to Nashville, scary gig experiences, movies, procedural crime dramas, family, guitar gear, and all things in-between. 

EP 54 - Lee Turner (Darius Rucker) 

MJ sits down with Lee Turner of Darius Rucker's band and they discuss everything from Lee's early career as a sideman, to landing his longstanding gig with Darius, sobriety, how Lee met his wife, and everything in-between. 

Lee Turner on Instagram 

2Twenty2 Studios

Tiffany Turner Music 

Lyman Guitars 

Hailish 

Valvetrain Amplifiers 

Lyman Guitars "TYMA" Acoustic

EP 53 - Everyone Has A Story - Aurora

MJ plays his entire full-length record Aurora and tells the stories behind the songs and the making of the album.

EP 52 - Brian Craddock of Daughtry

MJ and Brian sit down in Brian's home studio in Nashville, TN and discuss his beginnings in Charlottesville, VA, how he ultimately landed the gig with Daughtry for the last 13 years, their mutual love of all things Tom Petty and one of the best Don Henley stories ever told. Also, another installment of "Stories From The Road".

Painting of Tom Petty by Will Thomas Reed

briancraddockart.com

NashvilleTco.com

Brian Craddock on Instagram

Daughtry Official Website

EP 51 - Singer/Songwriter Katie Cole (The Smashing Pumpkins)

MJ sits down with Singer/Songwriter Katie Cole to talk about her beginnings in Australia, her songwriting process, and her touring experience & work with Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins. Also, another installment of "Stories From The Road".

Katie Cole Official Website

Katie Cole on Instagram

"Stories From The Road" Eric Johnson Postcard from 1990

EP 50 - The Road So Far

The definitive "Greatest Hits" package of TURN IT ON. This episode is a retrospective of everything that has happened since the show started in 2015 with appearances by every guest that has ever been on the podcast. A perfect starting point for new listeners and the ultimate refresher for die-hard fans of the program. 

Ep 49 - The Ivins

MJ sits down and chats with Jim and Jack Ivins and Hatton Taylor of Nashville-based rock outfit The Ivins. Also another installment of "Stories From The Road".

http://theivins.com

Exploding Boy on Yamaha's Soundcheck