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Chip Chats - Blind Melon
Chip Chats
English - September 27, 2022 01:15 - 54 minutes - 29.7 MBMusic Interviews Music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This is why you should always interview the opening band! Had it not been for Soundgarden's publicist declining an interview request I made while as a college student in 1991, I may never have met Blind Melon. The friendship I made with those guys early on continues today as I just had the chance to hang out with guitarist Christopher Thorn who is now a member of The Afghan Whigs. While I have a lot of Blind Melon stories, this is the origin story and includes audio from the first interview I did with Shannon as well as the follow up a year later as part of a conference call with other college journalists.
00:00 - 06:45 - Intro and backstory about how I met Blind Melon
06:45 - 48:51 - 1991 phone interview with Shannon Hoon
48:51 - 54:46 - 1992 phone interview with Shannon Hoon