You Guys Suck, Give Up

This episode features Matthew Logan Vasquez. Best known as the frontman/crooner of Delta Spirit, he shatters the axiom “there aren’t enough hours in the day” by employing his talents in other groups: Middle Brother, Glorietta and his solo project, MLV. He has very strong opinions on sparkling water.

Delta Spirit - click here
Middle Brother - click here
Glorietta - click here
MLV - click here

I know… it’s a lot

This episode features Jack O’Brien from The Bright Light Social Hour. Since their first record came out in 2010, Bright Light has been grinding out a career with energy, fervor and unbridled enthusiasm. They’ve evolved, lost members, gained members, updated Wikipedia and, above all else, focused on the music. It’s been a joy watching them over the years.

Everything Bright Light - Click Here 

This episode features Carolyn Patten. What started as an improvised, two-week trip to Budapest in 2020 turned into a 7-month sabbatical that altered the course of her life. Carolyn has been on a life journey ever since and is focused on re-discovering the joys of living.

The second installment of the YGSGU Christmas Special is here. Thanks to all the musicians who gave freely of their time and talents to make this possible. Merry Christmas!

This episode features my high school band director, Donald Thoede. I still call him "Mr. Thoede" - old habits and all. Mr. Thoede has taught at St. Thomas High School, here in Houston, for over 20 years where he directs the Concert Band, Jazz Band and Marching Band (that refuses to march). This one's for all the nerds out there.

This episode features, Houston based singer-songwriter, Max Flinn.  After years of toiling away working for an oil and gas company, Max has spent the past four years cultivating a music career that spans from Houston to Nashville and any state that has good camping. He has never played a Bar Mitzvah... but he is open to the idea.

Head to Max's website for music and merch - click here

This episode features Austin based artist Taylor Wilkins. Taylor cut his teeth in the college town of San Marcos before settling down in the Texas capital. He loves his dog so much, he named two bands after him: Otis the Destroyer and Otis Wilkins. Unfortunately, my computer decided to re-start towards the end of our conversation... I had to pop in later and finish the story I was telling. Recording is fun.

Otis the Destroyer - click here
Otis Wilkins - click here

This episode features native Chicagoan Casey Deeter. She is a guitar player and teacher who uses her Instagram platform to encourage and educate all levels of musicians. What started as a single clip of her working through a Phish song, has turned into  a substantial social media presence centered around music theory and implementation. She is also great at making cookies larger than your face.

Instagram Page - click here
YouTube Page - click here

This episode features singer/songwriter Adam Bricks. We discuss his ventures to New York, Tel Aviv, back to New York and back to Houston. He recently released an album of Demos from 2014 and he is working on a new album to be released some time in the future. Also, he hates cantaloupe.

Demos & B-Sides 2014 - listen here

Bandcamp - Funeral - listen here

This episode features comedian, teacher, writer Dusti Rhodes. Dusti is an integral part of the Houston comedy scene and hosts the spectacular Comedy Open Mic at Rudyard's. She also has a hard time pronouncing the "Guarldi" in Vince Guarldi. 
Disclaimer: There were some strange, alien audio anomalies while recording this episode. I did what I could to fix them but the quality is not the best... I apologize. Enjoy!