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Ace Von Johnson - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 06, 2019

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Ace has been the lead guitarist with Faster Pussycat since 2010, plays with LA Guns, and cut his teeth in the LA punk scene with bands like Cheap Sex, Murphy's Law, The Gunfight & US Bombs… as well as Charlie & The Valentine Killers & Shanti Wintergate

Ace had some early struggles and worked his ass off, believing in himself enough to make it through homelessness and other struggles. Today, he's an in-demand player with multiple projects going on at once - and is usually the music director of one or more of them. The LA punk scene and how he got into (and out of) it, dealing with depression, maturing over the last 10 years, the toughest decision he's had to make, more. Very thoughtful guy:

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John Carroll - Cory Morrow, Pat Green, Chris Caigle, Joe Nichols - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 05, 2019

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For 30 years John's toured, played and recorded with some of the most successful regional, national, and international country acts. He's also one of the 2 people Redd Volkaert will allow to sub for him, at Redd's standing Continental Club gig.

John opens up and talks about playing the national anthem at the recent American League Championship game in Houston, moving between Texas and Nashville… playing with Pat Green, Chris Cagle, Cory Morrow, David Kersh and Les Paul… getting sober, dealing with some demons, following his faith and how it's helped him, happiest moment in his life, coming clean with himself, and loads more cool stuff:

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Bruce Soord - The Pineapple Thief - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 04, 2019

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Founder, guitarist, main songwriter and lead singer of The Pineapple Thief opens up about loads of cool stuff: Starting The Pineapple Thief & the maturing of the band over the years, mixing friends and music and what happens when it doesn't work, top live gigs TPT has played, best decision he's ever made, loads more cool stuff

The Pineapple Thief is one of the most successful and well-respected prog bands in England, with 12 studio and 6 live LPs since 1999. Bruce's second solo LP, All This Will Be Yours, has just been released, and we talk about it, in depth:

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Steve Kimock - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 01, 2019

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A master of improv for over 4 decades, Steve was hanging out with the Grateful Dead, Jorma Kaukonen and other Bay area players back in the day. Since then, he's released 9 solo LPs and was once touted by Jerry Garcia as his "favorite unknown guitar player."

Steve opens up about moving back and forth from PA to Northern California, playing with Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen & The Allman Brothers... personal challenges including the loss of his father, a devastating injury to his strumming hand, learning to be a better father, Ali Akbar College of Music..., and how he went from being a happy guy who's grumpy all the time, to a happy guy. Really cool and honest convo:

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Marylata "Latie" Elton- Sr. VP Dreamworks - Everyone Loves Guitar Oct 31, 2019

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19 year-old Latie Elton went from wearing stilettos while working at Jack LaLanne's Spa to becoming Senior Vice President of Music at Dreamworks. She developed the feature film music department from the ground up, co-produced (with Hans Zimmer) songs on an Oscar-winning movie, was co-exective producer of a Diana Ross CD, and served as Artistic Director of Music for 7 DreamWorks animated features

Inside secrets here for anyone who's ever wanted to know the inner workings of a record label, including: Top 3 mistakes artists make when signing to, or dealing with a label… biggest mistakes players make when sending in demos… the longevity of songwriters over artists… how movie studios view their soundtracks vs. how record companies view soundtracks… why licensing & writing for animation is infinitely more profitable over non-animated movie soundtrack licensing… how she was able to overcome a VERY low point in her life, and the wonderful job she did building her career while simultaneously taking great care of her family. REALLY interesting convo with an incredibly sincere lady:

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Todd Kerns - Slash, Age of Electric, Toque - Everyone Loves Guitar Oct 30, 2019

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Slash's bassist/vocalist since 2010, Todd is also the guitarist/frontman of the legendary Canadian group The Age of Electric & has a successful solo career as well. He's also shared the stage with Alice Cooper, Duff Mckagan, Adam Levine, Fergie, Bill Murray, Sammy Hagar, Sylvain Sylvain & others

Todd on being balanced, interacting with the audience, playing with Lemmy, playing at Download Festival in the UK, relationships lost and other "tuition" you pay for success… toughest decision he's had to make, making his personal life more of a priority, loads more. VERY cool:

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Brian Allen - Everyone Loves Guitar Oct 29, 2019

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One of the most successful, currently active session players out of Nashville, in the last few years alone, Brian's recorded with Chris Shiflett, A Star is Born soundtrack, Robben Ford (also toured), Terri Clark, Shooter Jennings, Beth Hart, Keb' Mo', Jamey Johnson. He is also a member of Jonathan Davis' (Korn) solo band

Brian and Wes Little just dropped their own solo LP, Crazy People Dance Party and it's really cool. Brian talks about what prompted him to finally do a solo LP, biggest difference between doing a solo project and supporting an artist, lessons learned. Interesting call with a total pro:

And if you want to check out Brian's original interview, you can find it right here: https://elg.fun/ballen

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Vail Johnson - Kenny G, Stevie Nicks, Frank Gambale - Everyone Loves Guitar Oct 28, 2019

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The youngest of 7 brothers (all musicians), Vail's a first-call LA Session bassist who's toured the world with Kenny G (33 years) & played or toured with Frank Gambale, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Nicks, Keb' Mo', George Benson, Michael Bolton, MC Hammer, Steve Perry, Christopher Cross, Edgar Winter, Carmine Appice and many others

Great convo about Vail's musical family which goes back 4 generations, playing with George Benson, Kenny G, MC Hammer, Young MC, playing on Arsenio Hall, recording with Stevie Nicks & Jeff Porcaro… how to make all your gigs easy, overcoming a serious childhood illness, appreciating people and more cool stuff:

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Brent Mason - Everyone Loves Guitar Oct 25, 2019

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Brent shares the story behind his move to Nashville, and the alternative misery he would face if he didn't move... working with Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Glen Campbell, Nancy Sinatra… his favorite music to play, 5 things responsible for his success as a studio musician, strangest (and funniest) sessions he's been on, sacrifices he made to succeed, toughest decision he's had to make, overcoming shyness. VERY COOL convo w one of the most respected players in Nashville's history.

Brent is one of the most recorded guitarists in history, has played on 1,800 top ten hit singles, and has recorded with Toby Keith, Aaron Lewis, Reba McEntire, Allison Krauss, Darius Rucker, Asleep at the Wheel, Alabama, George Jones, Trace Adkins, Jamey Johnson, Martina McBride, Amy Grant, Brad Paisley, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Neil Diamond, Marty Stuart and 00's of others

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David Grier - Everyone Loves Guitar Oct 24, 2019

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3-time International Bluegrass Music Association Guitar Player of The Year award winner, David has been playing bluegrass since he was a kid. First, with his father Lamar - who was a member of "Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys," and later as a solo artist who's recorded on 15 LPs. David was a member of Psychograss and is the founder of The Helen Highwater String Band

David talks about playing with Clarence and Roland White, why he left Rounder Records... why, after all these years, he finally started singing on his latest album, what picks him up during bad times, and more:

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