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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Episodes
Episode 21: John Strohm
February 26, 2013 23:44 - 48 minutes - 46.2 MBJohn talks about seeing the Zero Boys as a kid, opening an all ages venue, joining The Lemonheads, Evan Dando stealing a bull’s head, Blake Babies, becoming an entertainment attorney, representing Bon Iver, Alabama Shakes, The Civil Wars, artists being… Continue Reading →
Episode 20: Marshall Crenshaw
February 20, 2013 07:44 - 34 minutes - 36.6 MBMarshall talks about growing up in Detroit, seeing MC5 and Jimi Hendrix at Cobo Hall, joining Bealemania, hanging with Keith Richards, drinking ginger beer with Rick Danko, Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble, acting in La Bamba and Peggy Sue Got Married,… Continue Reading →
Episode 19: Dan Baird
February 12, 2013 23:05 - 45 minutes - 45 MBDan talks about rock cruises, Ian McLagan, Steve Marriott’s 1957 Fender Esquire, Swiss border nightmares, blue lightning, Goody’s Headache Powder, when Alison Prestwood met Carol Kaye, the 435th best guitar player in Nashville, etc.
Episode 18: Brian Henneman
February 05, 2013 23:56 - 44 minutes - 56.3 MBThe Bottle Rockets’ singer talks about his first guitar, meeting Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar as kids, Chicken Truck, being an Uncle Tupelo roadie, recording A.M., the first time Wilco heard Trace, the Coug, touring with John Fogerty, disaster gig… Continue Reading →
Episode 17: Adam Carroll
January 29, 2013 21:32 - 32 minutes - 37.5 MBAdam talks about touring with Robert Earle Keen, cedar choppers and hilljacks, electronic cigarettes, goosing, growing up in Tyler Texas, his grandpa playing with Gene Krupa, John Prine, etc.
Episode 16: Bob Olhsson
January 23, 2013 01:51 - 46 minutes - 52 MBMotown’s head engineer talks about Marvin Gaye and recording “What’s Going On,” Stevie Wonder’s unrivaled work ethic, Benny Benjamin, James Jamerson, a very young Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, David Ruffin, the wisdom of Berry Gordy, working on Martin Luther King’s… Continue Reading →
Episode 15: Tim Jones
January 15, 2013 17:16 - 44 minutes - 52.7 MBThe Truth And Salvage Company singer tells us about playing Harry Dean Stanton’s 85th birthday party, fishing in Levon Helm’s lake, getting cussed at by Garth Hudson, Hotel Cafe history, meeting Otis for the first time, Rodney Dangerfield, Ron Jeremy’s… Continue Reading →
Episode 14: Sam Baker
January 09, 2013 15:22 - 36 minutes - 43.6 MBSam chats about UK roundabouts, growing up on a ranch in Itasca, Texas, Lightnin’ Hopkins, the day Willie Nelson drove through town, Bob Harris, his first European tour, overcoming stage fright, surviving a terrorist bombing in Peru, etc.
Episode 13: Jimmy LaFave
January 01, 2013 23:52 - 31 minutes - 37.1 MBJimmy tells us about Roller Derby, seeing Johnny Cash play live in the 1960s, Woody Guthrie Fest, Red Dirt Music, Oklahoma music history, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Music Road Records, etc.
Episode 12: Richard Dobson
December 26, 2012 23:08 - 35 minutes - 43.6 MBRichard tells us about growing marijuana in Switzerland, fishing the Rhine, living with Rodney Crowell, Townes Van Zandt’s funeral, filming Heartworn Highways, Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, Blaze Foley, etc.
Episode 11: Slaid Cleaves
December 18, 2012 22:23 - 33 minutes - 37.3 MBSlaid talks about being a human guinea pig in pharmaceutical studies, old Dodge vans, driving ice cream trucks, busking in Ireland, the Pavarotti of the Plains, Wimberly, Texas, etc.
Episode 10: Hayes Carll
December 11, 2012 22:23 - 32 minutes - 40.7 MBHayes talks about bingo parlors, crayon autographs, competing in drag shows, Croatian handball, Wrecks Bell, lion tamers, writing with Guy Clark, etc.
Episode 9: Mary Gauthier
December 04, 2012 22:55 - 36 minutes - 41.2 MBMary talks about resisting technology, industry pitfalls, Chet Atkins quotes, Boy George recording her song, folk rehab, Hobo Kings, Norwegian prison gigs, etc.
Episode 8: Chuck Mead
November 28, 2012 01:03 - 37 minutes - 47 MBChuck talks about guitar shaped swimming pools, his first baseball game, meeting Tom Waits in a Kansas grocery, seeing Naked Lunch with William S. Burroughs and David Cronenberg, early East Nashville, vintage scooters etc.
Episode 7: Ian Hunter
November 21, 2012 05:37 - 36 minutes - 44.5 MBIan talks about sneaking into Graceland to meet Elvis, seeing Buddy Holly live, refusing to meet Jerry Lee Lewis, getting arrested in Indianapolis, swimming with Mick Ronson, seeing Pelé make two banana kicks etc.
Episode 6: Kim Richey
November 13, 2012 23:25 - 35 minutes - 40.5 MBKim chats with Otis about tap dancing for Todd Snider, Swiss cowboy gigs, rehabbing raptors and convicts, vinyl records etc.
Episode 5: Jon Dee Graham
November 07, 2012 06:07 - 28 minutes - 33.8 MBJon Dee chats with Otis about scar parties, attending cock fights and Lucha Libre in Mexico, opening for The Clash etc.
Episode 4: Phil Kaufman (Part 2)
October 31, 2012 02:00 - 40.4 MBPhil chats with Otis about producing Charles Manson’s album, working for Frank Zappa, escaping from a Swedish prison, etc.
Episode 3: Phil Kaufman (Part 1)
October 24, 2012 12:22 - 39.5 MBThe legendary road manager chats with Otis about working for The Rolling Stones and goes into detail about stealing and burning the body of Gram Parsons.
Episode 2: Gretchen Peters
October 17, 2012 02:00 - 33.3 MBGretchen chats with Otis about Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday, growing up in New York and Boulder, seeing the Grateful Dead as a kid, moving to Nashville, Chinook winds etc.
Episode 1: Ray Wylie Hubbard
October 05, 2012 18:19 - 31 minutes - 35.7 MBRay Wylie Hubbard chats with Otis about hanging out with pro wrestling royalty in the 1970’s, seeing Lightnin’ Hopkins, vintage guitars, circus graveyards, etc.