Couch Riffs

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!  If you enjoy the Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the videos we are producing please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge of as little as .99/month! You can do that HERE at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Also, don't forget to visit couchriffs.com to find a hub for all things Couch Riffs: videos, podcasts, and a link to our Etsy Store where you can pick up a 100% Couch Riffs t-shirt or

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.  If you enjoy the Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the videos we are producing please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge of as little as .99/month! You can do that HERE at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Also, don't forget to visit couchriffs.com to find a hub for all things Couch Riffs: videos, podcasts, and a link to our Etsy Store where you can pick up a 100% Couch Riffs t-shirt or stylish trucker hat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/message Supp

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.  If you enjoy the Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the videos we are producing please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge of as little as .99/month! You can do that HERE at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Also, don't forget to visit couchriffs.com to find a hub for all things Couch Riffs: videos, podcasts, and a link to our Etsy Store where you can pick up a 100% Couch Riffs t-shirt or stylish trucker hat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/couch-r

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.  If you enjoy the Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the videos we are producing please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge of as little as .99/month! You can do that HERE at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Also, don't forget to visit couchriffs.com to find a hub for all things Couch Riffs: videos, podcasts, and a link to our Etsy Store where you can pick up a 100% Couch Riffs t-shirt or stylish trucker h

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!  If you enjoy the Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the videos we are producing please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge of as little as .99/month! You can do that HERE at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Also, don't forget to visit couchriffs.com to find a hub for all things Couch Riffs: videos, podcasts, and a link to our Etsy Store where you can pick up a 100% Couch Riffs t-shirt or stylish trucker hat. --- Send in a voice message

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!  If you enjoy the Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the videos we are producing please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge of as little as .99/month! You can do that HERE at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Also, don't

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! If you enjoy the Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the videos we are producing please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge of as little as .99/month! You can do that HERE at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Also, don't forget to visit couchriffs.com to find a hub for all things Couch Riffs: videos, podcasts, and a link to our Etsy Store where you ca

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 supp

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! If you enjoy Couch Riffs Podcast and/or our video series please leave a rating and review and share on your social media platforms! And, you can become a pledge supporter for as little as .99/month at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. You can also buy our super comfortable t-shirts and trucker hats at couchriffs.com where all of our podcasts and videos live. Thank you so much for your continued support! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/message Support this podcast: ht

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.  If you would like to support the Couch Riffs Podcast or the Video Series please share, comment, rate and review where every possible! If you really love Couch Riffs please become a pledge supporter for as little as .99/month. It really helps build what is happening here behind the scenes and enables us to get more and more of the guests you are seeing and hearing. Thank you to everyone who is watching, listening, and supporting! Don't forget to visit couchriffs.com to find a hub for all the grea

Our guest on this episode is Jack Bates of Smashing Pumpkins and also Peter Hook & The Light. We talk a bit about sports for a while, which is a first on the podcast I'm pretty sure. Then, we get around to talking about music, playing bass, touring, and life in the time of Covid. I had a great time speaking with Jack and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!  If you enjoy the Couch Riffs podcast and/or videos please consider supporting us with a monthly pledge of as little as .99/month. You can follow the link below or visit anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating and a review, as well! This goes a long way in keeping us in the charts and enabling us to continue getting great guests on the show, like Jack! Visit couchriffs.com to find all of our content and a link to our Etsy store where our super cozy 100% cotton t-shirts and trucker hats are for sale year round. All of our great merchandise is printed by Ink Brigade in Portland OR. Thank you for listening and for your

Our guest on this episode is the infinitely impressive and equally humble Paul Gilbert. Paul was in to the spotlight at a young age as a hyper-technical shred guitarist, GIT instructor, and leader of Racer X and later Mr Big. Over the years Paul's playing has evolved, matured, and continues to impress players and music fans all over the world. He continues to be a huge inspiration to me and it was a pleasure to host him on the podcast. He is an excellent story teller and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Go check out his online guitar school HERE!  If you're enjoying this podcast and/or the videos we are producing please leave a 5-star rating and a positive review where ever you're listening. It really helps keep us in the flow of the algorithms and enables us to continue hosting great guests like Paul! If you LOVE the podcast please consider visiting anchor.fm/couch-riffs and becoming a monthly pledge supporter for as little as .99/month. A little goes a long way toward helping to produce

Our guest for this episode is Kirk Douglas of The Roots. Kirk has probably found himself in more extraordinary musical situations than any of our guests before him. In addition to holding down the guitar position in The Roots and on Jimmy Fallon's Late Night Show he released an album last year by the name of Hundred Watt Heart. If you're a fan of nasty guitar riffs and tones, Gibson's through Marshalls, and vocals that meet eye to eye with outstanding guitar performances you should check this album out. We talked about the musicians that have influenced him throughout his career, how he landed in The Roots, his connection to Vernon Reid, and of course the infamous Prince incident. I couldn't help myself, we were already half way there in natural conversation! I hope you enjoy this conversation as much I did.  If you like the Couch Riffs podcast and/or our videos please let the world know by leaving a 5-star rating and positive review for us! It helps us stay in the algorithm and get recommended to other folk

Our 100th guest is Jason Dove, a very funny comedian, musician, and creator and operator of Chibson USA which is, of course, the very thing that Instagram was invented for (I'm pretty sure). There were quite a lot of laughs in this episode but we managed to get serious a few times. Jason has an interesting path that brought him to where he's at now with Chibson USA and it was an absolute pleasure to laugh and slapstick through the conversation with him as I learned about how it all came to be. He gives a few fun reveals in this episode about things to come, as well! Thank you for listening and for your continued support!  If you are enjoying the Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the video series please consider becoming a monthly pledge supporter for as little as .99/month. A little goes a long way! Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating and a review at your favorite podcast platform and visit CouchRiffs.com for links to every video, audio podcast and to our Etsy store where you can buy our great looking and cozy Cou

Our guest this episode is Ben Weinman, founding member and leader of the incredible but defunct band The Dillinger Escape Plan. As of late he has been managing artists, raising a family, and managing a farm of rescue animals in rural New Jersey. A TON of energy goes in to maintaining this rescue and I would recommend checking out a little about that HERE. You can support the efforts of this rescue, as well. I love this conversation and we covered a lot of things parallel to lives in music. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!  If you're enjoying Couch Riffs Podcast and/or the video series please consider becoming a pledge member for as little as .99/month. There is a link below to follow or visit HERE. Pledge supporters will now have access to a special IG account with behind the scenes and otherwise unposted material from Couch Riffs and related stuff including exclusive giveaways and early access to upcoming posts. Thanks for listening and for your continued support! Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating a

Our guest for this episode is the multi-instrumentalist member of The Decemberists, Chris Funk. Chris knows his way around a studio and has recorded and produced albums by Red Fang, The Builders and The Butchers, and Langhorne Slim and also puts his dobro talents to good use in Black Prairie, an eclectic and dreamy band with a blend of bluegrass, klezmer, and soundtrack-oriented vibes. I had a great time catching up with Chris and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.  If you're feeling generous, please consider supporting the podcast with a pledge of as little as .99/month at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. A little help goes a long way! Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating and a review at your favorite place to listen in and visit couchriffs.com to find a link to our Etsy store where you can buy our cozy 100% cotton Couch Riffs t-shirts and stylish trucker hats. Thanks for listening in and for your continued support!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/message Support this pod

Our guest on this episode is LG, the singer/guitarist and leader of Thelma and The Sleaze. If you haven't heard their newest album "Fuck, Marry, Kill" you should go do that now, before you even listen to our conversation. TATS has been a band for 10 years, recording and touring across the US with an energy unparalleled. Don't miss them when you get the chance to see the band again. Go support them by buying records and shirts at thelmaandthesleaze.com! If you're enjoying the Couch Riffs podcast and/or video series please consider becoming a pledge supporter for as little as .99/month. A little can go a long way in helping to keep Couch Riffs going, growing, and improving and I really appreciate what you give. Thanks for listening and for your continued support! Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating and a review for the podcast and get over to couchriffs.com to grab yourself a cozy 100% cotton Couch Riffs shirt or a trucker hat from our Etsy store.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/me

Our guest on this episode is Barrett Jones, owner and operator of Laundry Room Studio. Barrett has been involved in some of the most important recordings you've heard! AND, he's got a really interesting history going all the way back to DC in his teens, recording bands out of his parents' home and later group houses where he lived. From the very word go he was recording some noteworthy and historically significant bands and he continues to do that as well as produce a video series, Landry Room Live, which broadcasts live and also posts to his YouTube channel post-performance. Go check them out! They're great.  If you're enjoying the Couch Riffs Podcast please consider becoming a pledge supporter for as little as .99/month. Also, leaving a 5-star rating and a positive review goes a long way toward keeping Couch Riffs in the flow of visibility on all of the different listening platforms. Thanks so much for listening and for your continued support. I really appreciate it!    --- Send in a voice message: https://

Our guest this episode is the incredibly multi-talented Myles Kennedy (Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Alter Bridge, The Mayfield 4). This is one of the sweetest, most genuine folks you'll meet and he has a true passion for music that is clear and evident in this conversation. It has been a pleasure for me to get to know him a little over the years but this conversation was certainly the longest that I've had with him and the most deep and varied. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Thank you so much for listening and for your continued support!  If you're enjoying the Couch Riffs podcast and/or its sister-series of videos please consider becoming a pledge supporter for as little as .99/month which goes a long way in helping to continue down the road of getting great guests and creating bigger, better, higher quality content for you to enjoy. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating and review and if you're feeling like you need a wardrobe update go visit couchriffs.com to find a

This episode we are pleased to be speaking with Scott Marceau of Yamaha. I've had a fairly long relationship with Yamaha and getting to know Scott has been a genuine pleasure. This week I'd have been seeing him in Nashville at Summer NAMM if it weren't for the pandemic conditions and so we instead enjoy this lengthy conversation about what ever we feel like. I hope you enjoy! If you are enjoying Couch Riffs please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and becoming a monthly pledge supporter at anchor.fm/couch-riffs. Thank you so much for listening and for your continued support!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/support