Have Guitar Will Travel Podcast

236 - the Protomen (Raul Panther III and Shock Magnum) In episode 236 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with Raul Panther III and Shock Magnum from the Protomen. In their conversation the two tell us about their history with band which has been around since 2005 and has quite the ravenous fan base. Both Raul and Shock tell us about their roles in the band both playing guitar and Raul singing lead and playing keyboards as well. They both talk about their base which is Nashville and where the grew up and Raul tells us about singing at an early age backing John Denver and Shock tells us about learning guitar from his brother. Raul takes us through the history of the band which started as a project from fellow MTSU students and the two tell us about their songs that have been used in tv shows and commercials and they talk about what venues they usually play. Raul and Shock discuss the Protomen’s new album “Act III: This City Made Us” and they talk gear: Shock’s Gibson’s and Orange amps and Raul’s Tom Anderson Raven through a Kemper profiler. The two tell us about what they do outside of music: family and working in the garage. To find out more about the Protomen you can go to their website: protomen.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #theProtomen #RaulPantherIII #ShockMagnum #ActIIIThisCityMadeUs #VintageGuitarMagazine #TomAndersonGuitars #GibsonGuitar #OrangeAmps #JamesPatrickRegan #KemperProfiler #MTSU #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #HGWT #tourlife Please like, comment, and share this podcast! Download Link

235 - Old Crow Medicine Show (Ketch Secor and Mike Harris) In episode 235 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host, James Patrick Regan speaks with Ketch Secor and Mike Harris from the Old Crow Medicine Show about their new Christmas album “OCMS XMAS” and their Christmas tour that’s happening now they also talk about a Christmas single they released a few years ago, the tour ends at the Ryman on New Year’s Eve. James talked to Ketch in episode 197 about the history of the band. Mike tells us about his entrance in to the band and briefly describes his history before that and how a one off novelty act “the Anal Beatles” led to his introduction to Ketch. The two discuss what they do for Christmas which includes Christmas decorations hi powered egg nog and model trains. Mike and Ketch discuss their instruments for the album and tour and what they have at home as well and Ketch tells us about “junkin”, searching for treasures and old instruments while on tour and the two tell us where they get their instruments repaired. The two tell us about a couple of early Christmas memories they have which involve their grandfathers that they immortalized in a song called “Grandpa’s Gone”. To find out more about Old Crow Medicine Show you can go to their website: crowmedicine.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #KetchSecor #OldCrowMedicineShow #OCMSXMAS #VintageGuitarMagazine #GrandpasGone #MartinGuitars #ChristmasAlbum #JamesPatrickRegan #MikeHarris #AnalBeatles #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #HGWT #TourLife Please like, comment, and share this podcast! Download Link

234 - Jake Shimabukuro (II) In episode 234 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host, James Patrick Regan speaks again with ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro. They spoke in the lobby of the hotel he was staying at, please excuse the noise. In their conversation Jake tells us about his new Christmas album with a lot of collaborations including Jimmy Buffet, Michael McDonald and Yo-Yo Ma to name a few and his holiday tour that’s happening now. Jake talks about his childhood Christmas’s in Hawaii and his relationship with ukulele builder Kamaka and Jake’s signature ukulele. Jake describes his early influences including Herb Ohta Sr. and Eddie Kamae. Jake tells us about his singer and guitarist in the band Justin Kawika Young his longtime bassist, Jackson Waldhoff. Jake describes his relationship with other Hawaiian artists like Keola Beamer, John Keawe and Ledward Ka’apana to name a few. Jake discusses the business side of his career and tells us about his favorite Hawai’ian island. Jake talks about a couple projects he’s working on for the future including a tribute album to George Harrison and his new love of slide ukulele. To find out more about Jake and his Christmas album and tour you can go to his website: jakeshimabukuro.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #JakeShimabukuro #Kamaka #TistheSeason #JimmyBuffet #JamesPatrickRegan #KamakaUkulele #YoYoMa #MichaelMcDonald #theDeadlies #ChristmasMusic #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #HGWT #tourlife Please like, comment, and share this podcast! Download Link

233 - James Hunter (James Hunter Six) In episode 233 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/guitarist and bandleader James Hunter, from the James Hunter Six. In their conversation James tells us about his home in Brighton, UK and what it’s like to get around using the train and he tells us about the formation of his band the “James Hunter Six”. James talks about his style of music which is very mod ‘60’s R&B. James describes his guitars a Gibson Les Paul Special a Gretsch 6120 and a Gretsch Electromatic Double Jet and he discusses his amps Vox AC30’s. James discusses his musical education learning from his brother listening to Do Wop, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent playing pubs and bars in his neighborhood. James tells us about how he caught the ear of Van Morrison and how they ended up collaborating, one of the songs appearing on James Hunter’s new album “Off the Fence”. James talks about his tour schedule and the difficulties of getting a visa to travel back to the USA where he used tour regularly before Covid. To find out more about James you can go to his website: jameshuntermusic.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #JamesHunterSix #JamesHunter #OfftheFence #VanMorrison #JamesPatrickRegan #GibsonGuitar #VoxAmps #GretschGuitars #theDeadlies #AC30 #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #HGWT #tourlife Please like, comment, and share this podcast! Download Link

232 - Lydia Luce In episode 232 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/songwriter violist and guitarist Lydia Luce. In their conversation Lydia joins us from her home studio in Nashville and talks about one of her alma mater Berklee college of music in Boston. Lydia describes her musical upbringing her mother being a classical conductor with Lydia playing violin and her primary instrument viola, moving to guitar and her songwriting. Lydia discusses her new album “Mammoth” and talks about being very pregnant at the time of the interview hence no current tour dates. Lydia tells us about her physical journey, growing up in Ft. Lauderdale moving to Boston then Washington D.C., Los Angeles and finally ending up in Nashville. Lydia talks about a group of string players she curates for shows and sessions in Nashville called “Lockeland Strings” and she takes us through the ambient music she makes. Lydia describes her Waterloo guitars waterlooguitars.com and her other guitars and her Wooly Coats amps, her different tunings she uses on her guitars and she discusses what touring looks like for her. Finally Lydia talks about her drummer/graphic artist husband and her soon to arrive baby and what she does outside of music including being a rescue diver. To find out more about Lydia you can go to her website: lydialuce.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #LydiaLuce #Mammoth #LockelandStrings #JamesPatrickRegan #WaterlooGuitars #theDeadlies #Berklee#WoolyCoatsAmps #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #HGWT #tourlife Please like, comment, and share this podcast! Download Link