Thanks For Giving A Damn
171 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 699 ratingsCreative people sharing informal conversations, tall tales and vague recollections from backstage and beyond.
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Episode 71: John Moreland
March 10, 2014 21:56 - 26 minutes - 30.3 MBJohn talks about his first Reds game, Joe Nuxhall’s day job, Oklahoma pride, Hardcore and DIY, dealing with anxiety and panic attacks, learning that Rachel Maddow is a fan, Lucero stories, Austin Lucas stories, Boys II Men, bad gig stories,… Continue Reading →
Episode 70: Jason Ringenberg (Part 2)
March 04, 2014 23:29 - 26 minutes - 30.4 MBJason And The Scorchers’ frontman talks about eating barbecue with Bob Dylan, touring with Dylan, Perry Baggs stories, being heckled by Survivor fans, playing Conan O’Brien’s show, touring on British trains, avoiding The Tube at all cost, the birth of… Continue Reading →
Episode 69: Jason RIngenberg (Part 1)
February 25, 2014 22:10 - 27 minutes - 27.8 MBJason And The Scorchers’ frontman talks about growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, castrating hogs, George “Scrap Iron” Gadaski, Jerry Lee Lewis’ hatred for The Crusher, moving to Nashville, Cantrell’s, Jack Emerson stories, the birth of Jason And… Continue Reading →
Episode 68: Mando Saenz
February 19, 2014 02:59 - 28 minutes - 30.6 MBMando talks about growing up in a military family, the Houston Astrodome, Dome Foam, Otis’ disdain for the Cubs, Hayes Carll stories, Robert Earl Keen stories, dipping Copenhagen, Kim Richey stories, Stoney LaRue stories, co-writing in Nashville, Black Sabbath’s new… Continue Reading →
Episode 67: Robbie Fulks
February 11, 2014 23:15 - 33 minutes - 39.9 MBRobbie talks about growing up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, going to Bluegrass festivals as a kid, Bill Monroe vs Bobby Knight, Chicago’s Country music history, WLS National Barn Dance, Old Town School Of Folk Music, Nashville in the 1990’s,… Continue Reading →
Episode 66: Amy Lashley
January 29, 2014 03:45 - 31 minutes - 35.2 MBAmy talks about growing up in Russellville, Indiana, being painfully shy as a kid, playing sports, her first concert, singing in bands in college, meeting Otis at a Bob Dylan concert, attending her first wrestling match, road stories, Colorado migraines,… Continue Reading →
Episode 65: Jon Byrd
January 22, 2014 04:55 - 41 minutes - 50.8 MBJon talks about growing up in near Harper Lee, Johnny Shines and Bear Bryant in rural Alabama, moving to Nashville, not quite meeting Albert Lee, Hank Williams stories, Jerry Reed stories, Harlan Howard’s house, hanging with Tom T. Hall, selling… Continue Reading →
Episode 64: Brian Henneman (Part 3)
January 14, 2014 22:01 - 42 minutes - 50 MBBrian talks about making demos with Uncle Tupelo and how those demos lead to a record deal, how the Bottle Rockets were formed, signing a major label deal, meeting Eric Ambel, recording The Brooklyn Side, recording while drunk, being temporarily… Continue Reading →
Episode 63: Brian Henneman (Part 2)
January 07, 2014 22:03 - 28 minutes - 29.2 MBBrian talks about seeing Sir Douglas Quintet with Jay Farrar and Mark Ortman, meeting Doug Sahm, Doug Sahm stories, the history of Coffee Creek, Uncle Tupelo’s final gig, Jeff Tweedy/Jay Farrar stories, Cheap Trick reaching out to The Bottle Rockets,… Continue Reading →
Episode 62: Jon Langford
December 18, 2013 00:04 - 32 minutes - 38.6 MBJon talks about growing up in Wales, Joe Strummer working as a gravedigger in Newport, opening for The Clash in Leicester, Joe Strummer stories, The Mekons, the miners’ strike, Billy Bragg stories, his paintings, meeting Johnny Cash four times, Johnny… Continue Reading →
Episode 61: Otis Saves Christmas
December 10, 2013 22:13 - 29 minutes - 62.2 MBRay Wylie Hubbard, Gretchen Peters, Jon Dee Graham, Kim Richey, Chuck Mead and Phil Kaufman share their favorite Christmas memories. Otis tells a few Christmas stories of his own and plays a recording he made ten years earlier of him… Continue Reading →
Episode 60: David Bazan
December 03, 2013 22:03 - 34 minutes - 32.8 MBDavid talks about growing up in a musical family, Christian Thrash Metal, Damien Jurado stories, Vic Chesnutt stories, Will Johnson, Mark Eitzel, road stories, cooking meals in the van, getting hit by a drunk driver in Chicago, hitting a deer… Continue Reading →
Episode 59: Paul Kelly
November 26, 2013 21:04 - 27 minutes - 26.2 MBPaul talks about growing up in Adelaide, Australia, Louis Armstrong, discovering The Stanley Brothers, trading cassettes and mix tapes, road stories, bad gigs, Kasey Chambers stories, Tim O’Brien, touring with Crowded House, Neil Finn stories, Steve Earle stories, his first… Continue Reading →
Episode 58: Joe Pug
November 19, 2013 21:18 - 33 minutes - 31.9 MBJoe talks about studying playwriting in college, his favorite teacher, Fugazi, succeeding on your own terms, moving to Chicago, Steve Earle stories, Rhett Miller, Josh Ritter stories, searching for grapefruit juice in Cleveland, bad gig stories, drinking whiskey with Hayes… Continue Reading →
Episode 57: David Olney
November 12, 2013 22:58 - 34 minutes - 32.4 MBDavid talks about Killer Kowalski’s claw hold, opening for Townes Van Zandt in 1973, his friendship with Townes, watching Guy Clark play pool, Guy Clark stories, forming The X-Rays, stepping in dog shit on stage, playing Austin City Limits, meeting… Continue Reading →
Episode 56: Will Johnson
November 05, 2013 21:50 - 38 minutes - 36.5 MBThe Centro-matic frontman talks about growing up in a military town, playing in people’s living rooms, hitting a deer and totaling the van, David Bazan, Quiet Riot vs Peter Gabriel, Jason Molina Stories, Vic Chesnutt stories, Bridge School Benefit, having… Continue Reading →
Episode 55: The Greencards
October 22, 2013 18:46 - 30 minutes - 27.4 MBCarol and Kym talk about Bluegrass in Australia, Vince Gill stories, Sam Bush stories, Rodney Crowell stories, Benny Hill, a lesson in Australian slang, playing an outdoor gig in a sand storm, Bob Dylan stories, Willie Nelson stories, living in… Continue Reading →
Episode 54: Amy Speace
October 15, 2013 22:48 - 31 minutes - 32.1 MBAmy talks about moving around at a young age, studying performing arts, The National Shakespeare Conservatory, actors vs musicians, early gigs, road stories, Judy Collins stories, Ian Hunter stories, moving to East Nashville, hosting weekly song swaps, etc.
Episode 53: Grant Showbiz (Part 2)
October 10, 2013 03:48 - 28 minutes - 27.2 MBGrant talks about meeting Billy Bragg, The Frank Chickens, Billy Bragg opening for the Smiths, early road stories with Billy, Weddings Parties Australia, “going nude” at a party with Billy Bragg, producing Mermaid Avenue, Wilco stories, tensions during the Mermaid… Continue Reading →
Episode 52: Grant Showbiz (Part 1)
October 01, 2013 19:12 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBGrant talks about working with The Smiths, meeting The Smiths at their fifth gig, Johnny Marr stories, Morrissey stories, The Smiths breaking up in his studio, the London squat scene, Frestonia, working with Gong, touring with Here & Now, playing… Continue Reading →
Episode 51: Warner E. Hodges
September 25, 2013 00:05 - 39 minutes - 37.5 MBJason and the Scorchers’ guitarist talks about growing up on an Army base in Germany, his musical parents, seeing Merle Haggard as a kid, moving to Nashville in 1973, playing in his parent’s band, seeing The Ramones and The Police… Continue Reading →
Episode 50: Otis Gibbs
September 18, 2013 00:06 - 31 minutes - 29.8 MBOtis talks about playing a biker gang’s clubhouse in Illinois, growing up in Wanamaker, the art of avoiding time share meetings, meeting Ernie Ladd, being banned from local wrestling matches at a diesel garage, living on $300 a month, living… Continue Reading →
Episode 49: Delbert McClinton (Part 2)
September 10, 2013 19:21 - 30 minutes - 25.5 MBDelbert talks about being attacked by teenage girls in England, meeting the Beatles at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, John Lennon taking him to beatnik clubs in London, teaching John Lennon some harmonica licks, touring in a WW2 British ambulance,… Continue Reading →
Episode 48: Delbert McClinton (Part 1)
September 03, 2013 20:57 - 30 minutes - 27.4 MBDelbert talks about seeing Bob Wills in a Lubbock dance hall, Buddy Holly, his first guitar, winning a local talent show as a kid, opening for Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957 at the Dallas Sportatorium, seeing Gorgeous George wrestle, the… Continue Reading →
Episode 47: Austin Lucas
August 27, 2013 21:22 - 31 minutes - 30.2 MBAustin talks about sword fighting trees, growing up in Southern Indiana, dealing with social anxiety, Lotus Dickey memories, Chuck Ragan stories, The Revival Tour, singing Get Up Kid songs with Frank Turner and Matt Pryor, Glossary stories, drinking all of… Continue Reading →
Episode 46: Peter Cooper
August 21, 2013 00:23 - 43.6 MBPeter talks about growing up in South Carolina and Northern Virginia, his love of baseball, his first visit to Nashville, getting a job at the Tennessean and relocating to East Nashville, Duane Jarvis stories , David Olney stories, Todd Snider… Continue Reading →
Episode 45: Tim Easton
August 13, 2013 21:28 - 36 minutes - 34.3 MBTim talks about opening for Townes Van Zandt, growing up in Ohio and Japan, busking in Europe, hitchhiking through Ireland, rough gigs, fishing for salmon in Alaska, combat fishing, getting arrested in Lexington, Jay bennett stories, moving from Joshua Tree… Continue Reading →
Episode 44: Tim O’Brien (Part 2)
August 06, 2013 22:47 - 30 minutes - 29.5 MBTim O’Brien talks about meeting Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin stories, Ralph Stanley, old school bandleader rules, playing in multiple bands on the same festival, meeting Darrell Scott and becoming friends and collaborators, hanging out in John Prine’s man cave, working… Continue Reading →
Episode 43: Tim O’Brien (Part 1)
July 30, 2013 21:44 - 30 minutes - 28.8 MBTim talks about meeting Bill Monroe and Kenny Baker, growing up in Wheeling, West Virginia, seeing Merle Haggard play fiddle, singing with his sister, attending a Beatles concert in Pittsburgh in 1965, moving to Colorado, 1970’s Colorado music scene, the… Continue Reading →
Episode 42: Thomm Jutz
July 23, 2013 22:21 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBThomm talks about growing up in a village in the Black Forest of Germany, being inspired to start playing guitar after seeing Bobby Bare on TV, hanging out on a Canadian military base in Germany, playing with an Elvis impersonator,… Continue Reading →
Episode 41: Ramsay Midwood
July 16, 2013 22:07 - 35 minutes - 33.7 MBRamsay talks about buying a church van, being mistaken for jewel thieves in Oklahoma, growing up in Virginia, sitting on Mississippi John Hurt’s knee as a child, living in Chicago, his acting career, appearing on Matlock, living in Venice Beach,… Continue Reading →
Episode 40: Rod Picott
July 09, 2013 22:39 - 34 minutes - 32.7 MBRod talks about growing up in Maine, his childhood garage band with Slaid Cleaves, moving to Colorado, learning about songwriting with Steven Allen Davis, moving to Nashville, Guido’s Pizza, Nashville’s songwriting community in the 1990s, hanging at Jack’s Guitar Bar,… Continue Reading →
Episode 39: Darden Smith
July 02, 2013 21:53 - 42 minutes - 40.3 MBDarden talks about touring with Emmylou Harris and Stevie Nicks, tells a great Tammy Wynette story, growing up in Brenham, Texas, teaching creativity in schools, songwriting with soldiers, appearing on the Tonight Show, becoming Artist In Residence at Oklahoma State… Continue Reading →
Episode 38: Tim Carroll
June 25, 2013 20:47 - 41 minutes - 39.6 MBTim talks about growing up near Terre Haute, Indiana, playing in barns, Bloomington, Indiana in the 1970’s, joining the Gizmos, befriending Dow Jones And The Industrials, opening for the Ramones, relocating to New York in 1980, working on Wall Street,… Continue Reading →
Episode 37: Matthew Ryan
June 18, 2013 23:34 - 34 minutes - 35.2 MBMatthew talks about meeting beautiful women in Ohio gas stations, getting shaken down by cops on tour, growing up in Chester, Pennsylvania, moving to Nashville, the need to become a hunter/gatherer while on tour, the greatness of Lucinda Williams, convincing… Continue Reading →
Episode 36: Cory Branan
June 11, 2013 22:12 - 30 minutes - 29.5 MBCory talks about growing up in Mississippi, Graceland Too, the Style Station outside of Waco, working at record stores, Lucero stories, Elvis’ karate dojo, Andy Kaufman and Memphis Wrestling, bartending at the Peabody Hotel, a great Prince story, his breakdancing… Continue Reading →
Episode 35: Chip Taylor
June 05, 2013 04:20 - 34 minutes - 36 MBThe writer of Wild Thing talks about Chet Atkins wanting to hear his songs, writing Wild Thing, 1650 and the Brill Building, Carol King stories, meeting Jimi Hendrix, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, becoming a professional gambler and getting banned from… Continue Reading →
Episode 34: Todd Snider
May 29, 2013 02:51 - 41 minutes - 42.7 MBTodd talks about tripping on mushrooms and ecstasy, Chris Robinson’s drug of choice, his new book, recording with the Turbo Fruits, joining a band called The Hard Working Americans, sending mix tapes to Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jerry Jeff Walker stories,… Continue Reading →
Episode 33: Tommy Womack
May 21, 2013 22:32 - 40 minutes - 40.9 MBTommy talks about the Beatles torturing women with death rays, growing up in rural Kentucky, getting beat up in school, listening to 8-track tapes while riding in an AMC Gremlin, hanging out at record stores, The White Squirrel Capitol Of… Continue Reading →
Episode 32: Dustin Welch
May 15, 2013 03:37 - 36 minutes - 38.1 MBDustin talks about growing up in an creative family, starting a neighborhood band as a child with Carry Ann Hearts, Cory Younts and Justin Townes Earle, working at the Bluebird Cafe, seeing John Prine at the baseball game, the day… Continue Reading →
Episode 31: Nan Warshaw
May 07, 2013 19:30 - 32 minutes - 31.2 MBThe Bloodshot Records co-owner talks about seeing the Dead Kennedys play Jim Jones’ church, converting an abandoned firehouse into a rehearsal space, the birth of Bloodshot, Jon Langford stories, Ryan Adams stories, musicians without health insurance, being invited to the… Continue Reading →
Episode 30: Billy Bragg (Part 2)
April 30, 2013 21:28 - 33.1 MBBilly talks about visiting a creation museum in Kentucky, American truck stops, Baconalia, maple bacon milkshakes, the Cern Abyss Giant, the Long Man Of Wilmington, making his own pop charts as a kid, his friendship with Ian McLagan, seeing the… Continue Reading →
Episode 29: Billy Bragg (Part 1)
April 23, 2013 16:14 - 1 day - 30.1 MBBilly Bragg talks about having the chance to meet Bob Dylan and watching football instead, hanging with Chrissie Hynde, the genius of Jay Bennett, Wilco meeting Cheap Trick, the Basement Tapes, Mermaid Avenue, Otis’ first taste of Marmite, fulfilling Abbie… Continue Reading →
Episode 28: Chris Shiflett
April 17, 2013 14:06 - 46.9 MBThe Foo Fighters guitarist talks about seeing Kiss without their makeup as a kid, playing his high school talent show, working at Fat Wreck Chords, auditioning for the Foo Fighters, eating curry with Brian May, playing with Kris Kristofferson, backing… Continue Reading →
Episode 27: Susan Cowsill
April 10, 2013 00:16 - 40.1 MBSusan talks about sitting on Johnny Cash’s knee, appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show, singing a duet with Dean Martin, shoplifting with Marcia Brady, hanging with Charles Nelson Reilly and Michael Landon, doing milk commercials, Carl Reiner and Hair, life… Continue Reading →
Episode 26: Gurf Morlix
April 03, 2013 19:55 - 43 minutes - 45.4 MBGurf talks about borrowing blues records from a 12 year old Peter Case, Bobo Brazil, Larry McMurty’s bookstore, staying in a haunted hotel with Sam Baker, working with Lucinda Williams, his cabin in the Canadian wilderness, prison chain gang records… Continue Reading →
Episode 25: Martie Maguire
March 26, 2013 23:51 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThe Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds co-founder talks about Ryan Adams’ collection of vintage pinball machines, backstage wrestling matches and kick wars, visiting the White House, Bill Clinton’s frog bong, playing Bluegrass festivals as a kid, meeting Loretta Lynn,… Continue Reading →
Episode 24: Mojo Nixon
March 20, 2013 06:31 - 43 minutes - 44.2 MBMojo talks about Haystacks Calhoun, Foghorn Leghorn figurines, being too high to watch pro wrestling, the secret wisdom of Jim Dickinson, Memphis, touring with The Pogues, Jello Biafra and art school chord changes, jumping on stage with Bruce Springsteen, meeting… Continue Reading →
Episode 23: Lydia Loveless
March 13, 2013 03:02 - 30 minutes - 30.2 MBLydia talks about broken tire chains on Wolf Creek Pass, being stranded at Denver airport, aerophobia, smuggling bacon paste, Sweden’s amazing gas station food, mooning the hometown crowd, van life, White Galloway cattle, teenage punk rock gigs, broke down in… Continue Reading →
Episode 22: Kevin Gordon
March 06, 2013 02:12 - 40 minutes - 41.5 MBKevin talks about fuel tank roulette, a stolen Chevy Suburban, Clarence Gatemouth Brown’s love of buttermilk, attending the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, playing with Bo Ramsey, old school bandleaders, East Nashville in 1995, Keith Richards recording one of his songs, his… Continue Reading →