Crash and Ride
89 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsCrash and Ride is a weekly podcast dedicated to helping musicians and other creative people survive depression and anxiety.
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Crash and Ride - Episode 89: Tierney Tough (again!)
August 29, 2021 16:41 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBTierney Tough was the second guest ever on Crash and Ride and she has released a new solo EP. Normally the phenomenally talented bassist, vocalist, and keyboardist for the band The Pauses, Tierney was inspired by the isolation and uncertainty of the Pandemic to create a new EP of haunting and powerful tunes, A Farce to Reckon With. In our most recent conversation, we talk about the Pandemic, her new music, and an absolutely infuriating encounter with an obstreperous soundman. You can hear ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 88: Jes Skolnik, pt 2
May 30, 2021 04:32 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBEpisode 88 is Part 2 of my conversation with Jes Skolnik. As I mentioned last week, Jes writes for Bandcamp Daily, the music journalism arm of the Greatest Music Distribution Platform of all time. Besides being an incredibly gifted music journalist, they are also a musician, a trauma survivor, former addict, and a sexual assault survivor. This week we talk about toxic jobs, the journey from freelancer to senior editor, their struggle with drugs and depression, and what they do for self-care!...
Crash and Ride - Episode 87: Jes Skolnik, pt 1
May 22, 2021 16:58 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBEpisode 87 is my interview with Jes Skolnik! Jes writes for Bandcamp Daily, the music journalism arm of the Greatest Music Distribution Platform of all time. Besides being an incredibly gifted music journalist, they are also a musician, a trauma survivor, former addict, and a sexual assault survivor. Together, Jes and I talk about the pandemic, surviving in isolation, overcoming trauma, and how it all relates to playing, loving, and writing about music. CONTENT WARNING: this episode conta...
Crash and Ride - Episode 86: Adam Klein
April 04, 2021 03:54 - 2 hours - 90.9 MBphoto: Jeff Shipman Adam Klein is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Athens, GA, though he currently lives in Atlanta. Adam has released seven albums, but has also traveled the world doing volunteer work and lived in West Africa for several years. In Mali, he had a radio show that was broadcast over a large swath of remote villages at the edge of the Sahara. He also has a budding acting career in the Atlanta film industry and an album on the way this Spring. We talk about growing...
Crash and Ride - Episode 85: Jolie Holland
March 30, 2021 02:43 - 2 hours - 85 MBJolie Holland is an extraordinarily gifted singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Los Angeles, California. She's possessed of an incredible insight and lyricism and she writes gorgeous and vivid songs that have been praised by luminaries such as Tom Waits. She escaped an abusive and toxic upbringing in a devout family of Jehovah's Witnesses and spent many years on the road, only to eventually settle down and create an enormous and stunning body of work. Jolie is currently c...
Crash and Ride - Episode 84: Eugene Willis
February 04, 2021 04:31 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBEugene Willis is a hip hop artist who performs under the name Black Nerd Ninja. He's a rapper, promoter, IT consultant, father, husband, and also a stroke survivor. He's one of the hardest working men I've ever met, and is a relentlessly positive force for good in the world. We talk about his journey back from his stroke, how he sought to redefine himself in the world after his illness, and how he believes that emotional intelligence might save us all. You can hear his work here: h...
Crash and Ride - Episode 83: Pete Krebs
January 18, 2021 04:29 - 2 hours - 78.4 MBPete Krebs has played guitar in so many influential Portland bands that it's hard to list them all: Hazel, Golden Delicious, The Stolen Sweets, The Portland Playboys, and Thee Catnip Brothers. He started his journey playing in punk bands and now he plays Western Swing at the rodeo every year in Pendleton, Oregon. He's a two-time inductee into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, and he's survived cancer twice. I met Pete for the first time in 1992 when our bands played together in Virginia at a...
Crash and Ride - Episode 82: Che Arthur
January 10, 2021 05:42 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBChe Arthur is a multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer, and tour manager based out of Chicago, IL. I've known Che for 30 years! I touched base to see how 2020 had gone for him, living alone in a pandemic and experiencing America as a Black man during the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd and during the latter days of the Trump Administration. Che is an INCREDIBLY prolific musician and you can find links to much of his work here: http://www.chearthur.com/music/ Here is a ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 81: Tad Doyle
January 03, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBTad Doyle! TAD DOYLE of the band TAD! Before the explosion of bands out of the Pacific Northwest changed the entire face of rock music in the early '90s, TAD was crushing live shows and releasing huge sounding slabs of wax on Subpop records. Years later, Tad would struggle with drugs and depression as the "grunge" thing got mutated and commodified into an MTV-ready PRODUCT. Tad, though, is a survivor, and he is still making music "heavier than God's Balls." I was super-stoked to talk...
Crash and Ride - Episode 80: Travis Talbert
December 20, 2020 05:01 - 2 hours - 88.1 MBTravis Talbert is the lead guitar player for the band Frontier Folk Nebraska. He also has a solo project called Mavis Guitar where he plays pedal steel and guitar. He's a gifted and thoughtful player and a softspoken, gentle guy. He's also a man who has survived the death of his son. Tobin Talbert lived 7 months and never left the hospital. Travis and his beautiful wife Heather somehow managed to weather this tragedy and come out the other side stronger, braver, and still in love. Th...
Crash and Ride - Episode 79: Lindsay Powell
December 15, 2020 04:55 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBLindsay Powell is a Brooklyn-based singer and multi-instrumentalist who performs under the name Fielded. Her music defies genre classification and nimbly draws influences from trance, hip-hop, Neo-Soul, and new psychedelia. I have been a fan for many years, and after overcoming some shyness about reaching out to someone so accomplished, I made contact and we did one of my favorite interviews ever. Lindsay was very forthcoming about her struggles with mood issues and her restlessness with a "...
Crash and Ride - Episode 78: Heather Smith
December 06, 2020 04:33 - 2 hours - 91.2 MBHeather Smith is the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist behind the band Bone and Bell. She's absurdly talented and is an incredibly generous person to interview. We talk about her brief and doomed attempt to become a playwright, her battles with anxiety and depression, her move from Chicago to Portland, and her five year journey of healing from breaking her wrist. You can hear Bone and Bell here: https://boneandbell.bandcamp.com/ You can see the famous ferris wheel video here: https:...
Crash and Ride - Episode 77: Lindsey Charles
December 01, 2020 21:29 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBLindsey Charles is the dynamic and powerful singer of the Chicago band The Cell Phones and also one of the creators of Dagger Cast, a podcast "a horror based podcast dedicated to the LGBTQ, Black, LatinX, female experience." She is also a talented illustrator, actress, and a new mother. We talked about all of that and more while sitting on the porch of her new home in Indianapolis, masked and bundled up against the grey autumn chill. The Cell Phones have a new record out that you can check o...
Crash and Ride - Episode 76: Jem Moloney
November 18, 2020 02:06 - 3 hours - 108 MBphoto: Rod Manning Sorry for the delay! This episode is extra long and extra epic! I spoke with Jem Moloney, the incredibly talented drummer from the Australian band Dead. They've collaborated with members of Harvey Milk and the Melvins- a truly crushing, heavy band. Jem is also one half of the label We Empty Rooms Records in AUS, and works for a suicide prevention charity called HALT. They focus on the well-being of working class men and women who do tradeswork. (We really should start s...
Crash and Ride - Episode 75: Hilary Saunders
November 01, 2020 06:10 - 2 hours - 78.4 MBphoto: Morten Fog There is one globally influential magazine that focuses on Americana and I was fortunate enough to speak with its editor. Hilary Saunders is the human tornado who wrestles No Depression to the presses every quarter, and she is a phenomenal human being. For Episode 75, we had an wide-ranging conversation about her journey to the editorship of No Depression, about life in New York City during these strange times we're living in, and about using guava jelly in hamantaschen....
Crash and Ride - Episode 74: Jodi Shapiro, pt 2
October 25, 2020 04:01 - 2 hours - 79.7 MBThis is the second half of my interview with the wondrously talented Jodi Shapiro: drone composer, card sharp, photographer, and archivist. She's just an astonishingly talented human being. In the second half, we talk about her experience of being run down by an automobile, how that experience affected her outlook on life, her experiences with meditation, and her undying love of Neil Young. Here is Jodi's photography site: http://samuraiphotog.com/ Also, I mentioned in the intro that ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 73: Jodi Shapiro, pt 1
October 21, 2020 03:24 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBJodi Shapiro is a drone composer, competition poker player, world class photographer, and the best rock and roll tour guide of the Lower East Side of Manhattan that you could ever ask for. She's one of the most accomplished people I've ever met, and yet, surprisingly, she struggles with a sense that her work isn't worthy. We talk about that and so much more in this week's episode of Crash and Ride. This is part 1 and part 2 will be out in just a few days! Here is her photography site: ht...
Crash and Ride - Episode 72: Lilly Hiatt
October 11, 2020 03:59 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBLilly Hiatt is an absolutely fantastic singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN. We talked about her early life, how much more she enjoys recording in home studios vs. big commercial facilities, and how quarantine has made a whole bunch of wandering, nomadic musicians appreciate things like new mattresses and headphones. You can hear more of Lilly's music on her website: https://www.lillyhiatt.com/
Crash and Ride - Episode 71: Conan Neutron, pt 2
October 04, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBEpisode 71 is the second half of my interview with Conan Neutron! Conan is a guitar player and singer from Modesto, CA, now living in Milwaukee! He was in the great band Replicator and went on to be in Mt Vicious and the band Victory and Associates. Now he works with a rotating cast of brilliant musicians as Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends! In the second half of our talk we get into the lessons he learned from the breakup of Mt Vicious, the formation of Conan Neutron and the Secret Frie...
Crash and Ride - Episode 70: Conan Neutron, pt 1
September 27, 2020 03:59 - 2 hours - 69.4 MBThis week is the first half of my conversation with Conan Neutron! Conan is a guitar player and singer from Modesto, CA, now living in Milwaukee! He was in the great band Replicator and went on to be in Mt Vicious and the band Victory and Associates. Now he works with a rotating cast of brilliant musicians as Conant Neutron and the Secret Friends! He's played with Dale Crover and David Pajo! And more! In part one we talk about growing up in the Central Valley of California, the wild days of...
Crash and Ride - Episode 69: J Christopher Arrison
September 20, 2020 04:01 - 2 hours - 114 MBJ Christopher Arrison is a guitar player, songwriter, singer, writer for Adult Swim, and a friend I have known for 30 years (!!). His band Trinket had one of the most star-crossed record deals of all time, and the story is all here. Even with that bit of bleakness, this is one of the funniest episodes of Crash and Ride ever, and I'm super proud of it. You can see and hear his work for Fish Center on his Bandcamp: https://murderwizard.bandcamp.com/album/fish-cuts-vol-4 If we ever get to ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 68: Brad Wood, pt 2
September 16, 2020 20:01 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBThis is the second half of my interview with Brad Wood, engineer and producer from Rockford, Illinois, now living in Los Angeles. We talk more about trying to make a living in music these days, MORE about bikes, and we get into the Crash and Ride 10 Questions. If you haven't heard pt 1, check out Episode 67 on the Patreon Page, or just search for Crash and Ride, Episode 67 on your favorite podcast app! You can hear Brad's work here: http://www.bradwoodmusic.com/
Crash and Ride - Episode 67: Brad Wood, pt 1
September 14, 2020 01:02 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBBrad Wood is an engineer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Rockford, Illinois. He was the producer of the groundbreaking Liz Phair 'Exile in Guyville' and went on produce records by Red Red Meat, Veruca Salt, Ben Lee, and dozens of others. We talk about the year on the road where he played drums behind a deeply ambivalent Liz Phair, we talk about the role that anxiety, depression, and mania can play in the life of a musician, we talk about what he perceives his role to be in the stu...
Crash and Ride - Episode 66: Hannah Aldridge
September 10, 2020 05:18 - 2 hours - 123 MBIn a good year, Hannah Aldridge is one of the hardest working musicians in the business. She tours constantly, is always writing, recording, and releasing new work. In the past four years, she's spent more time in Europe than any performer I know. She never stops. That is to say, she never stops *in a good year*. 2020 is not a good year. I caught up with Hannah by calling her apartment in Murfreesboro and we talked for HOURS; Two salty workhorse musicians who found themselves unexpectedly ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 65: David Pajo
August 24, 2020 03:07 - 2 hours - 113 MBFor Episode 65 I finally got to talk to David Pajo. David was, of course, the incredibly influential guitar player in the band Slint,. David later went on to play with Will Oldham, The For Carnation, Tortoise, Stereolab, Royal Trux, King Kong, Bush League, Zwan, Peggy Honeywell, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and, most recently, Interpol. Despite his incredibly prolific musical career, he still struggled with depression. In the winter of 2015, he attempted to take his own life. As a survivor he has ma...
Crash and Ride - Episode 64: Edward Burch
August 18, 2020 04:21 - 2 hours - 120 MBEdward Burch is a singer/songwriter who lives in St Louis. He was a longtime collaborator of Jay Bennett of Titanic Love Affair and Wilco, right up to the end of Jay's life. They had a long and fruitful creative partnership that weathered years of struggle, depression and frustration, drugs, and thousands of miles of touring. We talk about the record that they made together, The Palace at 4AM, and the documentary that was made about Jay's life. It's an extraordinary story.
Crash and Ride - Episode 63: Mary-Eleanor Joyce
August 08, 2020 22:33 - 2 hours - 130 MBMary-Eleanor Joyce is a guitar player and drummer who has played in Maximum Busy Muscle, Shitty Candy and the Circus Peanuts, the incredibly influential Athens band Incindiaries, and her new project, Sewer Kitty. She's also a mother and a devoted daughter, which is why I wanted to talk to her: A lot of Gen X musicians have waited late in life to start families, only to find themselves raising young children while balancing caring for aging parents. Her father was in managed care for years be...
Crash and Ride - Episode 62: Victor Krummenacher
August 03, 2020 19:40 - 2 hours - 152 MBEpisode 62 is a very satisfyingly long interview with Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom, The Third Mind, his incredible solo work). Victor and I met when my band opened for Monks of Doom back when the Earth was still cooling, and he impressed me then as an incredibly talented and genuinely insightful guy. We talk about the stress of having success sort of thrust upon you, fighting to have boundaries in an industry whose default model is to chew up artists and spit them...
Crash and Ride - Episode 61: Will Johnson
July 27, 2020 04:46 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBI have been waiting for this interview since the very beginning. I absolutely love the work of Will Johnson, from the very beginning with his band Centro-Matic right up through his most recent solo release 'Wire Mountain,' and the million-and-a-half collaborations and releases in between, Will does absolutely tremendous work. We talk about how he's holding up under quarantine, the years he had in Centro-Matic, the decision to take that band off the road, and the work he's done since. You ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 60: Spencer Thomas
July 19, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 99.1 MBSpencer Thomas is an egregiously talented singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from Jackson, Mississippi. His new album 'Hangin' Tough' is an 10-song meditation on depression and love. He was formerly the drummer for the band Young Valley and is currently packing up to relocate to Athens, GA. We talked about his new album, his workaholism, battling imposter syndrome, and Betty Lou, the Greatest Dog Ever. photo: Drew McKercher
Crash and Ride - Episode 59: Revolution Blues
July 04, 2020 09:56 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBWell, well! Back from the dead! This is one of the Crash and Ride song explications, and this week's is "Revolution Blues" by Neil Young. Seemed apropos! Hopefully it won't be so long before we speak again!
Crash and Ride - Episode 58: Maurice Rickard
April 12, 2020 06:33 - 2 hours - 61.2 MBMaurice Rickard is one of the most prolific musicians and composers I have ever met. He is constantly creating. He's also one of the calmest people I know, so I was shocked when he told me that he had battled anxiety his entire life. We talked about how drone music and staying constantly creatively engaged has helped him to focus his mind and stay on top of his periodic bouts of anxiety. You can check out his absolutely voluminous body of work at the following links: Drone/semi-generat...
Crash and Ride - Episode 57: Faiz Interviews Me
April 01, 2020 04:49 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBMy good friend Faiz Razi was my guest for last year's April Fool's episode of Crash and Ride. I interviewed him about his feelings of Imposter Syndrome. This year he wanted to interview me, and so that's what we did. We talked about the genesis if this show, the absurdity and uncertainty of the times we're living in, and we talked about the tragedy of losing our sweet, funny friend Jake Nelson.
Crash and Ride - Episode 56: Ryan Monahan
March 20, 2020 03:24 - 2 hours - 90.4 MBBoy, is it good to be back on the air. I'm locked-in to avoid catching Corona virus, but I was able to focus on getting an episode out, finally. Back before the world went sideways, I talked to Ryan Monahan, a guitarist, bassist, recording engineer, and composer about his struggles with childhood trauma and chronic thyroid malfunction. You can check out Easter Island here: https://easterisland.bandcamp.com/ You can watch their Kickstarter video here: https://www.kickstarter.com/proj...
Crash and Ride - Episode 55: Dave Mead
March 01, 2020 22:28 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBDave Mead and I have known each other since back when the Earth was still cooling. He owned the first drum set I ever got to play and when he dropped out of school to play in the heavy metal band Ambush, he became the first professional rock musician I had ever known. He grew up in a terribly turbulent home and learned every lesson the hard way. We talk about his journey through a childhood with a charismatic Christian mom, a pugilistic step-father, rock and roll excess and motel life ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 54: Zack Hembree
February 23, 2020 19:49 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBZack Hembree is the singer of Hembree and the Satan Sisters and the former guitar player in a zillion bands, including the infamous Music Hates You, a band I was also in. We have slept on a thousand floors together and we were as close as brothers for many years. Zack talks about being the son of an abusive drug addict, surviving his own battles with booze and substances, finding redemption in the arms of his beautiful wife, and how we almost started a riot at a VFW Hall in Selma, Alabama...
Crash and Ride - Episode 53: John MacBeth
February 17, 2020 09:14 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBhis is a good one: this week I spoke with my friend John MacBeth and he told a whole hell of a lot of truth. We talked about childhood trauma, trying heroin for the first time at 16, a stolen shotgun, and how crack saved his life. You can check out his band Husk here: https://www.facebook.com/huskbandofficial/ You can listen to Dr. Nadine Burk Harris talk about childhood trauma here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk
Crash and Ride - Episode 52: Doug Grean
February 09, 2020 06:45 - 2 hours - 109 MBThis will be one of my favorite episodes for a very long time. Doug Grean is an audio engineer, producer, guitar player, and filmmaker with a resume that is truly stunning: Sheryl Crow, Ricki Lee Jones, Corey Glover, Glen Campbell, Cyndi Lauper, Tim McGraw, John Taylor from Duran Duran, Annabella Lwin from Bow Wow Wow, and on and on and on. Most prominently, though, he was music director, production partner, and lead guitar player for Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots. Doug is also ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 51: Lemuel Hayes
February 03, 2020 05:34 - 2 hours - 94.8 MBThis week I spoke with Lemuel Hayes, Nashville session drummer and one of my favorite people in the world. Lemuel has played with Cindy Wilson from the B-52s, Nicki Bluhm, Jaime Wyatt, Reed Turchi, and so much more. He's also a great photographer. We talked about surviving rejection, handling anxiety when you live a life of complete uncertainty, and causing his therapist to have a car accident. You can hear Lemuel's playing and see his art on his website, here: http://www.lemuelh...
Crash and Ride - Episode 50: Jeff Rapier
January 26, 2020 06:17 - 1 hour - 58 MBThis week's episode is an interview with bassist and vocalist Jeff Rapier. Jeff was a member of Athens, GA punk band American Cheeseburger, as well as Donkey Punch and the Dumps. Jeff is the survivor of a deeply chaotic childhood and also the death of his younger brother. We talked about trying to find the balance between meds, self-medication, and surviving.
Crash and Ride - Episode 49: James Hall
January 15, 2020 15:15 - 2 hours - 98.4 MBFor Episode 49 I spoke with James Hall! Legendary frontman for so many great bands: The James Hall Band, Mary My Hope, Pleasure Club, and more! James has long been a fixture on the Atlanta and New Orleans music scenes. We talked about being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, being signed by Geffen and being put through the wringer, being a rock and roll dad, and pushing through adversity no matter how dire or frustrating it gets! Here is the official James Hall website: https://jameshall...
Crash and Ride - Episode 48: Quiet Whiskey by Wynonie Harris
January 10, 2020 05:36 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBOh, dang! I'm back from vacation! This week's song explication is one of my favorite tunes ever! Tonight I explored "Quiet Whiskey" by Wynonie Harris, a jump blues classic from 1953! I talk about the evolution from jazz to rock and roll! I talk about saxophones! AND you get to hear my great-grandfather's clock chime 10pm! Check it out!
Crash and Ride - Episode 47: Matt Aaron
December 30, 2019 07:39 - 2 hours - 86.4 MBMatt Aaron is the guitar player, singer/songwriter for the band Endiana. He's also a phenomenal graffiti artist and fine art painter. I sat down with Matt in his house in Indianapolis on the day after Christmas and we talked about military school, Bruce Springsteen, serial killers, and falling off of a mountain. You can check out Endiana's music here: https://endiana.bandcamp.com/ You can hear the song "God Save Rock and Roll" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODUSf1aO8Mo You...
Crash and Ride - Episode 46: The NOT Christmas Episode, 2019
December 22, 2019 07:34 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBThis is not a Christmas Episode. It's an episode about kindness. At the end of every interview, I ask my guest ten (or so) questions, the fourth of which is "Tell about a time you received an act of kindness from a stranger." I treasure their answers. Tonight's episode is a compilation of some of my favorites. I know the holidays are tough for a lot of us. Keep each other close. Ask for help if you need it. Be with people you like and don't be afraid to tell toxic people you'll catch up ...
Crash and Ride - Episode 45: Clampdown
December 19, 2019 06:28 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBThis is the third in the Crash and Ride Song Explication series! Tonight I did an episode on "Clampdown" by the Clash! It's my favorite song on one of my favorite albums of all time! My day kind of sucked and this was what I needed to feel better about the world! Check it out!
Crash and Ride - Episode 44: Leslie Sokal-Berg
December 15, 2019 05:13 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBLeslie Sokal Berg is an extraordinarily gifted singer. She's also a music educator, a mother, and a survivor of suicide. She attended the Jazz program at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, until she fell into a deep depression and attempted to end her life. Since then, she has bounced back, become a music educator, and a mom. She talked frankly and honestly with me about the events that led up to her suicide attempt and the long road back. Leslie is also the mother of P...
Crash and Ride - Episode 43: Straight Down by The Glands
December 12, 2019 01:27 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBHey, it's my second episode in the new song explication series! This week I'm doing "Straight Down" by the Athens band The Glands. The Glands are one of those power pop phenomenons that somehow got overlooked by history, and yet are a FANTASTIC band. This song is one of their strongest. Recorded in 1999 by Ross Shapiro, Joe Rowe, and Craig McQuiston, engineered by Andy Baker, Straight Down is 3:18 of pure joy. You get a little background on The Glands, some thoughts on Shapiro's pathologic...
Crash and Ride - Episode 42: Timi Conley
December 08, 2019 05:01 - 2 hours - 85.2 MBThis week's interview is with Timi Conley, guitarist and singer for the band Timi Conley and the Wonderland Rangers, formerly of Kite to the Moon, and Athens band The Fuzzy Sprouts. Timi is also the founder of the annual Athens Halloween Festival, the Wild Rumpus. Timi talks about his father's PTSD and Bi-Polar behavior, as well as the devastation he experienced at the death of his mother. And also, I get a little bent out of shape in the intro, and I'm not sorry. In the episode...
Crash and Ride - Episode 41: 'Born to Run'
December 04, 2019 13:56 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBI have a new thing I want to do every week: I'm going to do a song explication of a song that I absolutely love. I'm going to go through the song from beginning to end and talk about the arrangement, the personnel on the track, and all of the details that I think make the song special. The first few of these will be free and available to the public, but in the future it'll be a feature only available to my $10 per month subscribers on the Patreon page! I don't want to put any of the featur...
Crash and Ride - Episode 40: John Howie, Jr
December 01, 2019 02:58 - 2 hours - 89.6 MBJohn Howie, Jr is a fantastic singer/songwriter from Wake County, NC, now living in The Triangle, and writing incredibly stark, gorgeous, sad songs that tell the truth about love and loss. I interviewed him via phone from his home and we talked about his childhood, the death of his father, the loss of several love affairs, the resulting anxiety and sadness, and how all of these things have informed his work. I really like John and I kind of secretly wish I'll get to play some music with hi...