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Scott McKeon - Everyone Loves Guitar Dec 05, 2018

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Scott has been Tom Jones guitar player for the last 4 years and was a child prodigy blues player, growing up in England. He's also released 2 solo LPs and one with his band Rufus Black and has backed up Eric Clapton and Van Morrison

Scott discusses the "trap" of having early opportunities and not having the right guidance as to how to leverage those opportunities… the dilemma of working in a niche or being a performer in a variety of genres, VERY candid call:

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Ted Russell Kamp - Everyone Loves Guitar Dec 04, 2018

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Ted has been Shooter Jennings bass player since 2004 and has also toured the world, produced 15 albums, and released 8 solo albums of his own. He's also played with Wilson Phillips, Jessi Colter, Billy Ray Cyrus and loads of other artists

How he got the gig with Shooter, a smart decision he made and some clever marketing he did to propel his career when his steady gig shut down for 2 years, a daring cross-country move & more:

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Shawn Dailey - Rock Kills Kid, Hole & Courtney Love - Everyone Loves Guitar Dec 03, 2018

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Shawn got his first deal with Capitol in 2001 where he had a top 10 hit with "Paralyzed" and his band Rock Kills Kid, he then played with Courtney Love for 9 years. Along the way Shawn shares some great stories about the trip up, and the subsequent rock star fall… how and why he quit playing and got into managing acts… getting sober 2 years ago… the ups and downs of growing up in a privileged environment… knowing when something is over and lots more cool stuff. Very real convo with someone who's seen FAME first hand:

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Warren Mendonsa - blackstratblues - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 30, 2018

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A top session and recording artist in India, Warren's released 4 LPs under the blackstratblues name & has played on loads of top Bollywood movie soundtracks, and with Oscar winning movie composer AR Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)

Interesting and in-depth conversation about how he got into doing session and soundtrack work, dropping out of school, leaving India to move to New Zealand - and then leaving his family to move back again… very cool behind the scenes stories about specific songs and albums, music biz in India vs US, favorite guitars and amps, LOTS more:

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Rale Micic - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 29, 2018

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Rale grew up in war-torn Serbia, emigrated to America to attend Berklee on a full scholarship, and since then has sold out Carnegie Hall, played the Village Vanguard and the most prominent jazz clubs and music festivals throughout the US and Europe, and had a CD launch party at the Blue Note in NYC. He has also released 5 solo albums and is the only Serbian jazz guitarist to ever come to the US.

VERY honest conversation about growing up in Serbia, raising children in American culture, biggest surprise for Rale once he started playing professionally, getting through the low points in his career, and other personal insights:

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Chris Blackwell - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 28, 2018

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Chris is a top session player in Atlanta who's played on 4 top 20 Billboard singles and hundreds of albums. He also plays in several bands in the Atlanta area and tours around the country with ABBA Mania out of London

One of the warmest guys around & very easy to talk with, Chris grew up in a small town in Georgia, in a family of (mostly bluegrass) musicians. He talks about dealing with the loss of his dad at a young age... an incredible transformation he made that helped his career, self-esteem, and belief in what he's capable of… his love affair with Strats, Matlock, Uncle Jeff, self-acceptance and LOADS more cool stuff. Heartwarming conversation with a first-class guy:

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Eric Skye - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 27, 2018

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Eric is an amazingly talented acoustic artist who's just released his 7th LP, Ballads and Blues. He does a great job melding Jimmy Page, Grant Green, bluegrass, folk and a dash of classical. He also has a signature guitar with Santa Cruz - one of their best-selling models

Eric talks about his eclectic childhood, simplifying his life and what prompted him to do this, balancing work and home, what he learned from his dad before he passed, an incredible lesson in parenting, and having do carry out one of the truly most difficult tasks I've ever heard. 100% REAL, some deep diving here for sure:

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Matt Prior - Bonnie Tyler, BBC, SONY - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 26, 2018

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Bonnie Tyler's lead guitarist since 1998, he's also produced Bonnie, Eric Clapton and others, and specializes in writing scores, underscores and Sonic Branding for major outlets like BBC, Channel 4, Sony, Formula 1 and other large companies

Matt shares some deep stuff here including some early career disappointments that sidelined his career for several years, some great advice he wishes he would have had early on, overthinking, figuring out what "happiness" is - outside of work, perfectionism, and loads of other stuff we're all trying to figure out. Incredibly honest convo:

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James Santiago - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 23, 2018

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James has toured all over the US and Europe, has played with Eric Johnson, and regularly sits in with Dweezil Zappa. And he is the under the radar "Secret Weapon" behind the design of LOADS of pedals and amplifiers.

James grew up in a very small town in California, making tortillas in the family business, but he knew he wanted more out of life. His journey includes getting sober, gigging out 6 nights, starting at age 15, leaving town during a low point in his career, doing repair work & mods on literally every aspect of guitar and related gear, and loads more. This is THE guitar nerd episode you've been waiting for:

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Tom Guerra - American Garden - Everyone Loves Guitar Nov 22, 2018

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Tom talks about his new album, American Garden and how a good project that fell apart was the inspiration for him to make this record. Where he sees this record in the current scheme of what's going on here, culturally, and how some of the guest stars, like Jon Butcher and Kenny Aaronson, wound up working together

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