Couch Riffs

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Ep. 244 Benjy Johnson (Earthtones Recording/Spirit of Hamlet) Feb 27, 2023

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Our guest this episode is Benjy Johnson, owner operator of Earthtones Recording in Greensboro NC, is a grammy nominated producer as well as a fantastic musician himself who is to release a collaborative album with partners Mike Watt (Minutemen/fIREHOSE), Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple) and Scotty Irving (Clang Quartet) under the name Spirit of Hamlet. The album, Northwest of Hamuretto will be released on March 17, 2023 on Broken Sound Tapes. We cover a lot of how Benjy got started in music and developed his recording chops in our conversation and end on a long riff about guitars. Straight out of the gate I was pleased to be speaking about 80s hair metal guitarists! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

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Ep 243 Carl Raether (Crashing Wayward/Max Fite) Feb 20, 2023

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Our guest this episode is Carl Raether, bassist for Crashing Wayward and Max Fite as well as a session and gig man about town. Max has lots of touring experience under his belt and cut his teeth van touring out of the DC music scene before relocating to LA and finally Las Vegas most recently. His band Crashing Wayward is working on its debut album and is performing a number of shows coming up. Be sure to check them out if you have the chance! I hope you enjoy this episode. It was a pleasure to host Carl on Couch Riffs.

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Ep. 242 Lincoln Barr (Red Jacket Mine/Solo Artist) Feb 13, 2023

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Our guest this episode is Lincoln Barr. The former frontman of Red Jacket Mine released his third solo album in late 2022, Forfeit The Prize, a beautiful collection of heavily orchestrated jazz-leaning pop songs with a definite classic vibe. I had a fantastic time catching up with Lincoln in this conversation and learning about him quite a bit more deeply despite us knowing each other for nearly 20 years. Be sure to check out Lincoln on tour next month (2/23) through the midwest. Check the link to his website below! I hope you enjoy.

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Ep. 241 Adam Johnson (Cover Band Confidential) Feb 06, 2023

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Our guest this episode is the talented Adam Johnson aka Adam Patrick Johnson. Adam is a musician, content creator, music business coach and a hell of a nice guy. You can check out his personal YouTube and social accounts at Adam Patrick Johnson and be sure to check out his podcast Cover Band Confidential, as well. And, of course direct yourself over to his website linked below.

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Ep 240 Angus Clark (Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Kitaro/Cher) Jan 30, 2023

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Our guest this episode is Angus Clark, a massively talented guitarist/composer and geniunely kind and awesome human. Angus has played with the likes of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Cher, Kitaro, Daredevil Squadron and many other bands and musicians. He is a guitar instructor on TrueFire.com and manages Song Division in America, a music-based experiential corporate team building organization. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Keep your eyes peeled for a couple of appearances from Angus in upcoming Couch Riffs videos, as well!

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Ep. 239 Ricky Warwick (Black Star Riders/Thin Lizzy/The Almighty) Jan 23, 2023

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Our guest this episode is the wonderful Ricky Warwick of Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy, The Almighty and for a short time the guitarist for New Model Army. In our conversation we do our best to cover Ricky's decades-long career and get up to speed to talk about the Black Star Riders album released on 1/20/23, Wrong Side Of Paradise. The band will be on the road in the UK and Ireland in late Winter '23. Be sure to check them out!

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Ep 248 Keith Lowe (Fiona Apple/Bill Frisell/Brad) Jan 16, 2023

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Our guest this episode is Keith Lowe, a fantastically talented bassist from Seattle who is releasing his first solo album of his career on 1/20/23, an EP of beautiful ambient music textured almost entirely with upright bass performances. Keith has had an incredible career performing and recording with the likes of Fiona Apple, Bill Frisell, Brad, Wayne Horvitz, David Sylvian and Larua Veirs among many others. He currently teaches bass at Seattle Drum School and performs regularly with Teatro Zinzani in Seattle.

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Ep 237 Dennis Sanders (Spirit In The Room) Jan 09, 2023

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Our guest this episode is Dennis Sanders, frontman for LA band Spirit In The Room. Dennis and the band released an EP in the summer of 2022 entitled Flamingo and it happens to be my favorite release of last year. Highly recommended for fans of 90s heavy/alt rock a la Jesus Lizard, Failure, Deftones, etc. In this conversation we cover Dennis' youth, his early years in music, as well as Flamingo and things happening in his current life. I hope you enjoy. Please do go and check out Spirit in The Room!

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Ep 236 Mike Varney (Shrapnel Records) Dec 19, 2022

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Our guest this episode is Mike Varney, guitarist and record label icon. As the young founder of Shrapnel Records, Mike Varney helped elevate the shred guitar movement as it grew and flourished through the 80s and gained niche celebrity throughout the guitar world through his labels and a column he wrote called Spotlight which highlighted local guitar heroes from around the country and world. Many of the artists Varney as worked with remain active to this day and are some of the biggest names in guitar music. Malmsteen, Gilbert, Friedman, Howe, Macalpine. The list goes on much further but when you're feeling in the mood go check out some of the releases from Shrapnel Records and later International Blues Bureau and Tone Center. You'll most certainly fulfill your guitar fix. I hope you enjoy!

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Ep. 235 Rev Jones (Michael Schenker/Leslie West/Steelheart) Dec 12, 2022

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This episode our guest is Rev Jones, an incredible bassist and vocalist who has worked with the likes of Leslie West and Mountain, Michael Schenker, Paul Gilbert, Steelheart and many others. Last year he released a solo album, In the Key of Z, which showcases his over the top and explosive bass talents. Rev was a great hang and has loads of stories to share and I hope you enjoy this conversation like I did! And, by all means, go check out some video footage of Rev performing live. He's a monster!

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