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Ep. 113: Dweezil Zappa Sep 28, 2020

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Our guest on this episode of Couch Riffs podcast is Dweezil Zappa. Dweezil has kept Frank Zappa's music alive on stage for the last 14 years or so with Zappa Plays Zappa, celebrating different eras of Frank's catalog and absolutely nailing the spirit of his father's intensely original music and distinct guitar style. On the day that this podcast episode will publish Dweezil will launch a new web platform called Reward Music which enables artists to connect more directly with fans and supporters without the taxing middleman model that has historically hindered musicians' ability to earn a sustainable and livable wage. Go check it out!

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Ep. 112 : Jeff Schroeder (Smashing Pumpkins/Night Dreamer) Sep 23, 2020

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Our guest on this episode is Jeff Schroeder, guitarist in Smashing Pumpkins. This conversation was super fun and dipped its toes deep in the waters of 80s metal and shred guitar territory as we shared stories of guitar heroes and vintage shred machines that we covet. Jeff even revealed some crazy shoegaze/noise guitar secrets and showed a piece of gear off that helps him achieve some of those tones that he has been greatly inspired by. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Thank you for listening and for your continued support.

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Ep. 111 : Kyle Shutt (The Sword/Doom Side of The Moon) Sep 21, 2020

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This episode features Kyle Shutt, the mighty guitarist of Texan crushers The Sword. Kyle is a down to earth guy who humbly bounces back and forth from the biggest stages on earth to a working family guy life in Austin, TX. He's currently working on funding a book project called, Written In Stoned, at Kickstarter and PLEASE GO VISIT THAT LINK HERE. The project sounds super fun and amazing. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Thanks so much for listening and for your continued support.

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Ep. 110 : Dave Rude (Tesla) Sep 16, 2020

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This episode features our friend and special guest Dave Rude who, after 14 years, is still the new guy in Tesla. A phenomenal guitarist and sweet guy, he's an easy hang a very casual conversationalist. He was also one of the earliest guests on the first version of what Couch Riffs used to exist as and absolutely shredded the Slash solo on Always On The Run by Lenny Kravitz. Dave Rude teaches guitar lessons online and if you're interested in speaking to him about distance learning with him you can reach him HERE. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much I did. Thank you for listening and for your continued support.

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Ep. 109 : John Oates Sep 14, 2020

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Our guest for this episode is John Oates and I couldn't be happier. John has been living in Nashville and exploring his roots music roots for some time now. He has a live album coming out September 18 (2020) and it was recorded at the legendary Station Inn in Nashville, which you've all heard me talk about on the podcast in the past. I recently finished John's 2017 autobiography, Change of Season, and I highly recommend that if you enjoy musician's stories (I'm guessing you do). I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Thank you for listening and for your continued support!

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Ep. 108 : Brian Nutter (Nutter Guitars / Keith Urban) Sep 09, 2020

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Our guest this episode is Brian Nutter, former first-call Nashville studio and touring ace guitar player who most notably worked with Keith Urban for years. He's also toured with Dierks Bentley, Taylor Swift, and a list longer than my house improvements to-do list. These days Brian is building Nutter Guitars in his shop outside of Nashville and teaching building skills at the Musician's Institute Guitar Craft Academy, an accredited luthier training school. 2020 has been difficult for most all of us but Brian has had a particularly rough road and he chronicles his near-death experience with a sunflower seed shell in our conversation. He's on the mend now and we're glad to see him back in action. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Thank you for listening and for your continued support!

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Ep. 107 : Jean-Paul Gaster (Clutch) Sep 07, 2020

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Our guest on this episode is the incredibly cool and immensely talented Jean-Paul Gaster, the drummer of Clutch. I had the pleasure of watching a string of Clutch shows from side of stage and this experience got me re-excited about the band and specifically I was blown away by Jean-Paul's powerful drumming. I've been talking about that month's experiences for 10 years and finally got to ask him in this conversation if the story about his drumming that I've been telling all this time was true. It was. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Jean-Paul is at least as cool a conversationalist as he is a drummer. Thanks for listening and for your continued support!

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Ep. 106 : Mark Holcomb (Periphery/Haunted Shores) Sep 02, 2020

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Our guest this episode is the incredible Mark Holcomb of Periphery and Haunted Shores. Mark opened up about about sobriety in 2020 and we spoke about his early years as a player and growing pains with a band as you gain popularity and pressures build from within and from the outside. What a great time I had in this conversation and what a kind and humble guy Mark is. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Thank your for listening and for your continued support! If you enjoy Couch Riffs podcast or the video series please help support our efforts in any of these ways! -share episodes and videos! You sharing helps get us in front of more people which helps us continue to get more great guests. Thanks! -leave a positive review and 5-star rating. This keeps us in the algorithms and helps us stay up in the charts which appeals to our guests. -buy a couch riffs t-shirt or trucker hate at couchriffs.com This helps support the podcast and the hours and hours of work every week. -become a pledge supporter for as little as .99/month at anchor.fm/couch-riffs Again, this helps us keep our kit as tip-top as possible. Higher production value is more appealing to our guests and allows us to deliver conversations with the folks you want to hear on this show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/support

Ep. 105 : Terry Date (Producer - Deftones/Pantera/Soundgarden) Aug 31, 2020

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Our guest for this episode is the perpetually cool Terry Date, producer and mixing engineer for bands such as Soundgarden, Pantera, Deftones, Slayer and the list goes on. Terry's track record is very impressive and when it came time for my band, Loaded, to make an album with him a few years back I was well nervous. But, what an easy guy to work with and a man with legendary stories! I was happy to have him share his career trajectory here and tell some fun stories along the way. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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Ep. 104 : Doug Kauer of Kauer Guitars Aug 26, 2020

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Our guest for this episode is Doug Kauer of Kauer Guitars out of Sacramento CA. Doug's embrace of technology to help him create and build consistent and great guitars is something we admire greatly at Couch Riffs. Did we mention that they're beautiful, too? And, if that wasn't enough Doug has a heart of gold and has done a number of charity guitars this year during a time when it would be very easy to adopt a more selfish attitude. Thank you Doug! I hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it.

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