Our next guest took the bass and changed the game forever. His reimagining of the instrument and his work with Talas, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Winery Dogs, Steve Vai and countless others has shown us his style and strong sense of song is like no other. Unique. He’s with us today. Please welcome to GRS Mr. Billy Sheehan
We are talking about great guitar brands that get looked over due to the draw and desire of the “Big 3”. Pricey and not so pricey, great guitars that sometimes get overlooked. We explore….
If you listen to this show on a regular basis you know how much I love live albums. Its the artist in their natural habitat. Our next guest has a new live record that is a must hear! “Brace Yourself-Live” from Too Slim and the Taildraggers and he’s with us today to discuss it and so much more.
Crobot’s Chris Bishop joins us to discuss the bands latest release “Feel This” and so much more… Breakfast Tacos anyone???
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Our next guest is someone that has been an influence on guitarists around the world for over 20 years and some people might not even know his name. His writing and investigative journalism has kept me in the know for years. He has authored or coauthored over 14 informative books on guitarists and guitar based music that are benchmarks for those subjects. His latest book coauthored with Chris Gill is to me the definitive tome on Eddie Van Halen- Eruption- Conversations with Eddie Van Halen and he is with us to. Discuss that and so much more. Please welcome to GRS Mr Brad Tolinski
Our next guest is a perfect example of the American story. He comes from a hard working family, began playing the instrument when he was 11 and honed his craft On gospel music in the church, before entering into the Jazz realm around 1996. His fifth album released in 2008 and was a breakthrough album onto the Billboard contemporary jazz charts. The first time I heard him was in 2017 and have been captured by his playing and style ever since. He has a new record called 80’s 8.0 and we are going to explore that and much more. Please welcome to GRS Mr. Tim Bowman.
When Randy Rhoads past away the man that was called in to fill those shoes was Bernie Torme’. Before anyone else Bernie was the guy that had the daunting task of tackling that music and those guitar parts in front of fans and a band that was grieving and he did it with class and reverence. We were so lucky to sit down with Bernie to discuss his career and the music he was so excited to make. Here’s our encore episode with the great Bernie Torme’.
Our next guest is prolific songwriter, singer, guitarist, producer & band leader. He’s a musician that can easily have a signature sound that you instantly recognized and then completely floor you with songs that make you go “Was that him???” That kind of versatility appears on the latest BoDeans effort called 4 The last time. And we are lucky enough to have him with us here today please welcome to GRS from the Bodeans Mr Kurt Neumann
There are certain players that make the guitar and the genre they play in always sound fresh. New, ear perking and inspire me to play. Our next guest is one of those players. He is one of the finest examples of Texas blues, funk and R&B today and he’s with us today here in the hallowed halls of Cboys here in Austin Texas. Please welcome to GRS Mr. Johnny Moeller.
Our next guest is a journalist, novelist and photographer. He was a senior writer rolling stone as well as a contributor to esquire, NME, Creem, downbeat, trouser press just to name a few, he founded the first web mag, addicted to noise and thats just the tip of the iceberg. He is here today to discuss his absolutely compelling new book about one of my favorite musicians of all time. The book is called -Wicked Game- The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey
James at the Guitar Geek Festival-
James with Chris 1985-