Inside Out W/ Turner And Seth

Rob updates us on some recent activity in the Bowie world and Seth fills us on the music and other moments unique to One Big Holiday and The Avett Brother's At The Beach events in Mexico, before they run their interview with one of the most respected sound men in music, Chris Mitchell of Umphrey's McGee. Mitchell speaks of the band's dive into surround sound and compares his approaches with those of The Grateful Dead's long-time front of house sound engineer Dan Healy. We learn how Mitchell's career began as a sort of courtship, and ultimately moved through a range of festivals and artists (including Tracy Chapman, Kitaro and G. Love + Special Sauce) before his friend Jason Brodsky linked him up with The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart. We learn about Chris' days with Mickey, including the challenges of mixing "two dolphins fucking" and why Hart has a reputation for having a short temper. Umphans might be particularly interested to learn about how he ended up with their band. Chris tells of how his uber-collabora

This, the first "Best of"-style Tweener Episode revisits the Episode 6 interview with Umphrey's McGee Lighting Designer Jefferson Waful. Waful explains how Phish Lighting Designer Chris Kuroda's trust in collaboration in turn inspired Jefferson to trust another LD and spontaneously collaborate with him at Wanee.......and what Jefferson would later learn about said LD after their work was done. This mini-episode also features Seth's update from the Castaway and One Big Holiday events (complete with Rob begging Seth to ask Jim James about the record his friends The Slip reportedly have "in the can"). Rob also reveals his idea to have Blueground Undergrass over to Wonder Dog Sound Studios for an interview and performance.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seth calls in to brief all of us on Jam Cruise. Then the Brendan Bayliss interview continues and we hear his memories of Umphrey's landmark Bonnaroo performance, his early experiences with eventual peers like moe. and The Disco Biscuits and his feelings on criticism of his work. He also tells some stories about playing The Jammys with Sinead O'Connor, Mavis Staples, Huey Lewis and Jeff Coffin. Brendan explains the band's hand-signals, and how Joshua Redman first thought they were kidding about them, but ended up finding them helpful when improvising with UM. Brendan talks about how fan feedback impacts the band with regard to the venues at which they play. Then he speaks of how his new release "Zonkey" may signal the end of the band's annual mashup-themed Halloween shows, about failing to sit on the John-John while recording at Abbey Road, and about the brand new material the band is working on now.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rob and Seth announce the new co-branding with Live For Live Music and welcome their new listeners. They make an appeal for an interactive relationship - particularly with regard to the coming episode on webcasting. Then they interview Brendan Bayliss, founding member of Umphrey's McGee. We learn about how at a young age he moved from being an avid sports fan to a guitar enthusiast. His father's brilliant tennis career is discussed, as it found Brendan moving to and from Massachusetts, on to Indiana, and ultimately attending Norte Dame. We are taken through the late 90s South Bend music scene, including the UM-historical significance of Ali Baba's Tahini. Brendan tells of how he went from playing in a band with eventual Umphrey's McGee bassist Ryan "Pony" Stasik, to forming Umphrey's McGee. He explains his thinking behind the pivotal and selfless choice to extract Jake Cinninger from the charred ruins of Ali Baba's Tahini and bring him into the Umphold. We also hear the story of how Vince Iwinski became the b

Rob and Seth get a lesson on many kinds of music from Britain to San Francisco in the 60s, 70s and 80s from the legendary Pete Sears. Sears tells stories from throughout the first half of his career - from his early days with the rockabilly group The Spitfires up until he became one of the four finalists to replace Brent Mydland in The Grateful Dead. Hear about his days splitting time between working on seminal Rod Stewart records in England and discovering the world of San Francisco Bay Area music. His work with the brilliant-yet-volatile Paul Kantner and Grace Slick is explored. We hear his account of an infamous cancellation, and the ensuing chaos at the 1978 Lorelei Festival during which Pete's treasured bass ("Dragon," a sibling of sorts, of Garcia's iconic "Tiger" guitar), was among the equipment destroyed or stolen by the crowd - although Sears' bass DID survive, and would be returned to his some three and a half decades later. Time did not permit for his more recent years to be discussed much, so he w

In this special Hanukkah episode, Rob interviews Seth about his life-changing ten-day trip to Israel, on the Honeymoon Israel program, this past autumn. Seth explains about how he applied, interviewed and was ultimately accepted by honeymooninisreal.org for his wife Amy and him to be a part of this interesting Group Venture. While Seth does not consider himself a "practicing Jew," he relates how he and his wife had a bit of a spiritual experience traveling and connecting with with 19 other Atlanta area couples. Seth takes us through his wife and his experience shopping, meeting people, doing Shabbat and gaining perspective in The Holy Land.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seth and Rob sit down with Galactic's drummer and discuss everything from his early days as a prodigy working in Marty Hurley's drum line, to Galactic's recent work with the wonderful Erica Falls. They discuss his two books and the delight he takes from seeing other drummers put their personalized spin on his own personalized, decidedly New Orleans approach. Stanton talks about how being in the mindset of a jalopy or a 300 lb woman walking down the street carrying a bucket of chicken can help find an appropriate New Orleans groove. A slew of musicians are discussed, particularly George Porter Jr., Bernard Purdie and Russell Batiste. Stanton talks specifically about meeting and developing a relationship with Batiste. Stanton talks about why it is difficult for New Orleans drummers to be "go-to" studio musicians and vocally demonstrates a variety of grooves and how said grooves were developed (a favorite of Turner's). He talks about how generous New Orleans musicians can be and how Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard rec

Seth and Rob sit down with guitarist Tom Hamilton and discuss his work with Brothers Past, American Babies, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Billy and The Kids and other groups. Tom explains the various ways some of these bands approach Grateful Dead music, and relates his experiences working with the surviving members of The Grateful Dead. Tom also reveals that Louis CKs eulogy of Robin Williams served as an influence for the creation of what would become the American Babies' fantastic new cd, "An Epic Battle Between Light & Dark." Also discussed are Tom's experience with depression, how he feels stand up comedians are "today's Shakespeare," how his improvisational goal is to compose new and great songs on the spot and his grossly underappreciated/slightly dysfunctional band, Brothers Past. Sports fans might enjoy the comparisons between athletic and musical teamwork and fans of obscenity will surely be delighted by the various uses of the f-word. Tom also takes us to the early days of Joe Russo's Almost Dead an

Rob and Seth sit down with Jason Crosby and discuss how he went from a classically trained violin and piano prodigy, to working with artists like Solar Circus, God Street Wine, Oteil and The Peacemakers, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Robert Randolph and The Bind Boys of Alabama all at a young age. Also explored are his musical and other interactions with Prince, Eric Clapton, Trey Anastasio and Bruce Springsteen - and how his life changed when he moved from New York to California, where he met and worked with folks like Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Roger McNamee. Then Roger himself joins to chat how the seeds for his love of rock sprouted out of being born in the "Year of Elvis," and how his work with T. Bone Burnett inspired him to start Moonallice. Roger is not just a musician. He is also one of the most insightful businessmen of our generation, and this interview reveals how he has used the fruits of the resulting success from this insight to help empower (and employ) musicians and visual artists. He also discu

This episode features Rob and Seth backstage at Lockn' chatting with Chris Kuroda, one of the leading Lighting Designers in the music industry most well-known for his long-time work (nearly 30 years) brilliantly scheming and executing the visual presentation of the band Phish. They discuss how adding video elements to the band's already-elite light show presented many challenges and much inspiration to Kuroda. He talks about how he worked with other industry veterans, particularly Abigail Holmes (Roger Waters, The Cure, Talking Heads) to find the best ways to ease the video elements into the presentation to find the appropriate "vibe" design-wise and how his approach to execution is currently evolving greatly. Kuroda also explains why white is "his 11," and discusses how his relationship with Madison Square Garden has spilled over into the sports world, and how this may positively impact future Phish MSG performances.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seth and Rob's first Lockn' episode features an interview with HeadCount.org's founder, Andy Bernstein. HeadCount had a major presence at Lockn' - registering voters, producing Participation Row (a collection of 17 non-profit organizations offering non-partisan-based voter education and activities) and working with musicians on future voter registration efforts. Rob and Seth also talk to the JR Wotring who is HeadCount's lead at Lockn' as well as Lindsey Linen w/ Project Grows, one of the activations featured in Participation Row at this year's Lockn. HeadCount has helped to register over 388,000 voters to date!! Hopefully anyone reading this has, or is about to register to vote.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode features the legendary Sam Bush and ends with a quick chat w/ Brian “Spike” Buckowski of Terrapin Beer who answers questions regarding the company’s recent friendly majority take-over by MillerCoors’ Tenth and Blake craft beer division. Sam talks extensively about his new record “Storyman,” Sam’s feelings about why Americana has become such a force in music, Guy Clark, recording Grammy-winning record with Emmylou Harris, Col. Bruce Hampton encouragements, and so much more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rob gives a brief review of the new Frank Zappa documentary, and Seth and Rob critique recent webcast directing, and then Seth talks extensively about his festival work and various upcoming activities he has planned for his variety of events. Then they are joined by Simon Allen, drummer of The New Mastersounds. Simon first explains how the band evolved out of, and was inspired by the British DJ scene of the late 90s. Ultimately the trio discusses how TNMs broke the US market, how their approach had to change when they did so, learning and loving improvisation, tambourines, the balance between embellishing and leaving space, how the band members’ roles have changed on and off stage, how the band almost collapsed under financial pressures, slippery water, New Orleans JazzFest, Being influenced by - and then getting to play with The Meters and the contrast between the prevalence on on-stage collaborations in the US and the dearth of then in the UK. We also get Simon’s thoughts on the following musicians: Grant G

Rob and Seth first discuss their recent music and festival experiences and express on a tired expression. Then they go through the fascinating career of Australian singer/songwriter/guitar virtuoso Geoff Achison. Geoff talks about going to the Checkerboard Lounge during his first trip to the US, stumbling upon a heat of a Beale Street competition which he would ultimately win, the etiquette of the sit-in, winning the Albert King award, meeting and beginning a long relationship with Jorma Kaukonen, selecting and coercing his US agent Nancy Lewis-Pegel, the similarities and differences of US and Australian audiences, the pluses and minuses of the oft-limiting “blues artist” label, the genesis and success of his collaboration with Randall Bramblett, his story about sitting in with the Allman Brothers Band at The Beacon Theater, the man behind the song “Delta Dave” and the bizarre way he met the host of the Salty Dog Blues Internet radio show. Geoff also plays four acoustic songs from his forthcoming cd, Another

Kevn Kinney explains to Rob and Seth the improvisational spirit behind, and each week's theme of the, “Kevn Kinney Auto Shop and Magic Show” - his ambitious five-night residency which takes place at City Winery in Atlanta August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 (every Tuesday). Kinney sits with his guitar, sometimes breaking into song while offering wisdom with regard to why musicians shouldn’t watch themselves on stage, how the popularity of vinyl has actually made It harder for many artists to release music on vinyl, fan behavior, his Best Of Songs release and the four separately-themed EPs from which it was culled, the project he is working on with BR5-49 co-founder Chuck Mead, performing in Europe, the evils of addiction, the Drivn’ n Cryin’ documentary “Scarred But Smarter,” why musicians should learn musical history, the danger of credit cards, appreciating and respecting our returning soldiers, the horrors of cabbage patch birth, Atlanta’s Ferris wheel and more. He also offers a li’l taste of his hit “Straight To H

Before Seth and Rob get into the Candler Park Festival Flash Chats with Allie Kral and Duane Trucks, they discuss the Brooklyn Bowl, Questlove, Terrapin Beer Company, Seth's festival work trip and Rob's Colorado trip. The first of two festival flash chats is with Duane Trucks where they discuss the growth of Hard-Working Americans, the influence of legendary musicians like his father-in-law Jimmy Herring, Col. Bruce Hampton, Yonrico Scott, Kevin Scott, Jeff Sipe and his brother Derek Trucks. The trio also discusses Duane's path to locking-in with bassist Dave Schools. Next up is Allie Kral as she talks about her work with Cornmeal, how to make an impromptu band work, "The Kral Space," Marilyn Monroe moments, teaching herself violin, jamming with Bela Fleck, moe. and others. She also addresses the gut-wrenching task of informing Cornmeal her intentions to leave them, how the behavior of a creepy photographer inspired her future stage attire and we hear the genesis of a new activity for the Strings and Sol Fest

Seth and Rob conduct two “Festie Flash Chats” at the 2016 Candler Park Music Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. Keller Williams talks about maintaining a wide variety of projects, his upcoming “Shut The Folk Up and Listen” tour with Leo Kottke, collaborating with Bob Weir, some of his unique approaches to recording, playing with Del McCoury and The Travelin’ McCoury’s, Victor Wooten’s influence on his development, Ani DiFranco, how Kaki King is keeping Michael Hedges’ music alive, “Chair-Snapping Grassholes,” Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and sets us up to embarrass ourselves in front of Allie Kral in Episode 12. Also they conduct an impromptu interview with Brandon Mize from Rival Entertainment and touches on how Rival has schemed and booked this festival over the years, how they earlier this year landed and executed what turned out to be Prince’s final public performance and other industry insider tidbits.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seth and Rob sit down with Andrew Nelson and Blount Floyd shortly after their band Great Peacock played a fiery afternoon set at the nearby Candler Park Festival. They dive into their songwriting process, including how addiction, characters met on the road and relationships inspire songs. Also discussed are future guest Kevn Kinney, the Old 280 Boogie, watermelon beer, the current state of country music, Nashville bars, publishing theft, the importance of country bumpkin charm, backwoods country parties, random interactions with members of Led Zeppelin, the festival that Blount will curate and the ponchos he wears and how despite the success of their debut cd, Making Ghosts (the band still considered its reception as a disappointment). The episode closes with new music from their forthcoming cd.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rob and Seth have an ebullient conversation with Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber about a ton of topics including the genesis and growth of Cherub, crazy things they have experienced on the road, collaborations, their forthcoming record, internet criticism, the importance of humility, doses, mimosas, tattoos, Condoleezza Rice, crazy audiences, supportive parents and gerk-jerking. For the first time in the band's career, their superb tour manager Ryan Hug joins for a portion and discusses how he is able to herd the band around the world, and he and Jason speak about their work with Shimon Presents' Work Exchange Team program - how it helped to set the course for each of their careers in music.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rob and Seth sit down with their old friend Marc Brownstein to discuss the current ethos of his band The Disco Biscuits, Headcount, the presidential race, his work with members of The Grateful Dead and other fascinations.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.