Tag: Rock

048 – Dobro Dave Dalton

048 – Dobro Dave Dalton

December 31, 2011 | By | 1 Comment

Dave Dalton has been playing music since the 1980’s.  He started out in the punk bands Screaming Bloody Marys, and Cell Block 5, and is now diversifying his sound after picking up the dobro. His current projects include the Irish Folk rock band Ol’ Cheeky Bastards, the acoustic busker punk band Pissed Off Punks (POPS), as […]

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047 – Upright Walking: Gregg Inhofer

047 – Upright Walking: Gregg Inhofer

December 15, 2011 | By | 1 Comment

Gregg Inhofer is a singer-songwriter, pianist, and vocalist who has played a significant role in the Minneapolis music scene, and is a member of the Minnesota Rock and Country Music Hall of Fame. We talk with Gregg about his early career with Pepper Fog, This Oneness, Olivia Newton-John, and Soldiers of Fortune (featuring Jesse Ventura), […]

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046 – Rabble Rouser: Bill Collins

046 – Rabble Rouser: Bill Collins

November 30, 2011 | By | 1 Comment

Bill Collins is a guitarist, singer/songwriter, and music teacher, who has performed for over 35 years, playing everything from hardcore punk to children’s music (Irish, Rockabilly, Ska, Folk, Blues, Metal, Reggae, Country, Rap, and nearly every kind of Rock ‘n’ Roll).  He has made music with the best, gigged in sixteen countries and most U.S. […]

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045 – Bass Player: Bryan Beller

045 – Bass Player: Bryan Beller

November 15, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Bryan Beller is a bassist, composer, writer,  solo artist, and contributing editor for Bass Player magazine.  He has played with several musicians including Steve Vai, Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa), Dweezil Zappa, his wife R&B / soul singer Kira Small, and as member of the touring band Dethklok – from the Adult Swim show Metalocalype.  Josh Almond interviews […]

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044 – Ron Shock (2/2)

044 – Ron Shock (2/2)

October 30, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Ron Shock is a comedian with one hell of a life story. His career path includes priest in training, chain gang member, attempted jewel thief and subsequent guest at a maximum security penitentiary, computer programmer in the U.S. Army, and Vice President of a Fortune 500 company.  At age 40 he had an epiphany, and became […]

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041 – River Train: Crystal Monee Hall

041 – River Train: Crystal Monee Hall

August 30, 2011 | By | 2 Comments

Singer-songwriter  Crystal Monee Hall is perhaps the hardest working person in music. The Virginia-born native came to Oakland by way of New York, where she spent several years singing in the Broadway musical Rent. Her debut album River Train is a mix of folk, soul, gospel, and rock. We talk to Crystal about River Train, her love of […]

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039 – American Professional: Chuck Lindo

039 – American Professional: Chuck Lindo

July 30, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Chuck Lindo‘s current projects include The American Professionals, and the indie rock band Actionslacks. Chuck hails from the St. Louis punk band The Nukes, the surf-inspired Jumbo Shrimp (featuring Dead Kennedy’s East Bay Ray and Klaus Flouride), and alt rock band Dryspell. In 2007, Chuck founded music house Jingle This with partner John Schulte. They […]

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