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The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersGUITAR TOWN SHOW AND TELL WITH NASHVILLE'S MICHAEL McADAM | The Lipstick Pickup Ep.24Send us a textGuitarist Michael McAdam comes by The Lipstick Pickup Listening Lounge with an armful of interesting guitars and talks to Emily about playing professionally in Guitar Town for nearly 4 decades. It's a journey of a million miles and it all started on a Silvertone guitar and that's why he still loves the TONE of Masonite and Lipstick Pickups. More on Michael at :https://michaelmcadam.com "Sometime in early January of 1964,Kathy McAdam screamed up the stairs to her little brother, “Michael, hurry up; they’re on the radio!” At first...
2025-08-241h 07The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersTHE SITAR GOES ELECTRIC WITH ANGIE MOON | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 23Send us a textWriter, blogger and rock historian Angie Moon returns to The Lipstick Pickup Podcast to help Emily take the Sitar Electric and discuss a subject of her authority, Beyond The Sitar: Indian Influences in Classic rock. The conversation explores the concept of "Insomnia," the role of session musicians, and the impact of culture, fashion and style on rock culture, highlighting how these elements intertwine to shape artistic expression. More on Angie and the music discussed:https://crazyonclassicrock.com/2017/01/10/indian-influences-in-classic-rock/https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75UVBqXxCXo5H...
2025-08-161h 42The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersSUMMER STRINGS MAKE ME FEEL FINE, STU SNYDER PT. II | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 22Send us a textIn this episode of the Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily welcomes back Stu Snyder to discuss various topics related to vintage instruments, music recording, and New York City and it's rare birds. They pickup where they left off with a discussion of his vintage guitar string collection and also get a look at his specimen lefty Rickenbacker, among other things. There's also Lipstick Pickup Merch on the way and Stu and Emily touch on the rock and roll legacy and costume history of the Bandana.
2025-07-111h 21The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersTRUE CRIMES OF CLASSIC ROCK WITH MUSIC WRITER AND HISTORIAN ANGIE MOON | The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Ep.21Send us a textOn this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily calls Classic Rock historian Angie Moon in Coventry, England to talk about her new book The Crime of The Century and the subject of her blog, The Diversity of Classic Rock. She discusses her personal journey through music, the healing power of sound, and the importance of accurate music history. Angie also touches on her future writing projects, including a focus on celebrity trials, and reflects on the cultural narratives that shape our understanding of music. In this engaging conversation, they delve...
2025-06-291h 51The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersPEAVEY CULT INDOCTRINATION WITH PROFESSOR DEAN FARLEY | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 20Send us a textDean Farley, a seasoned string designer, returns to The Lipstick Pickup Podcast to discuss the life and legacy of Hartley Peavey, a pivotal figure in the music industry. They explore Peavey's innovative spirit, his business acumen, and the impact he had on the music world, particularly through Peavey Electronics. The discussion highlights Peavey's unique personality, his approach to business, and the lasting influence he has had on musicians and the industry as a whole.
2025-06-2728 minThe Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersMISSISSIPPI DEEP WOODS TONE WITH DRUMMER ALLEN JONES | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 19Send us a textIn this episode of the Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily talks to Nashville-based, Mississippi native drummer Allen Jones. They discuss their mutual connections in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and delve into Allen's musical history, from his early influences growing up in a remote town to thriving in the vibrant Hattiesburg music scene. They discuss the importance of community in music, the challenges of touring, and the creative growth that comes from DIY collaboration and recording. They cover the historical significance of the Pine Belt region and its impact on music, as well as his influential experience o...
2025-06-131h 33The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersPROOF READING THE DANELECTRO STORY WITH HOWARD DANIEL | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 18Send us a textOn this episode of The Lipstick Pickup podcast, Emily gets 411 help from Nathan Daniel's son Howard about the myth of the Lipstick Pickup and the importance of getting the Danelectro record straight. Please visit https://pen4rent.com/ for more from Howard Daniel. "I've learned so much from you and I should have been keeping better notes, but this time we're going to have it for the record. And I hope to add this sort of approach to future episodes in my podcast where I just simply call so...
2025-06-021h 15The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersPYRAMID SCHEMES WITH THE KING OF STRINGS, DEAN FARLEY | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 17 #guitarstringsSend us a textOn this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily gets a primer on the career of The String King, Dean Farley of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. More on Dean from https://pyramid-saiten.de/de/direct/"Dean Farley began his journey with guitar strings during the summer of 1970 at age 16. Little did he know at the time that this period would radically change his life’s direction. Between the months of July and August, guitar strings in America were going through a major change in their basic sound. Pre...
2025-05-2738 minThe Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersSYMPATHETIC STRINGS WITH STU SNYDER OF TOKYO JAPAN | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 16Send us a textThe Lipstick Pickup Podcast calls former New Yorker Stu Snyder to discuss his migration to Tokyo, collectable guitar strings and his late friend session guitarist Vinnie Bell. The dialogue highlights the importance of recognizing lesser-known figures in the music industry and their impact on popular culture. In this segment, the conversation delves into the history and significance of the electric sitar, highlighting the contributions of Reggie Young and Vinnie Bell. Stu and Emily discuss the importance of oral history in preserving musical legacies, particularly in light of the passing of influential musicians. They...
2025-05-021h 31The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersBABY SITAR BLUES-FOLK WITH NASHVILLE'S MATTHEW PAIGE | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 15Send us a textOn this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Nashville's Matthew Paige returns to talk to Emily about strings, threads, and what it means to be "Tailor-Made" in Nashville. Matthew imagines some Americana possibilities on a Jerry Jones Baby Sitar and discusses the recording of his new acoustic folk EP with Stager Microphones. More on Matthew Paige and his upcoming European Tour:🔥 Bobby Bare Jr. feat Matthew Paige – European Tour 2025 🔥May 20: Medley, Malmö (SE)May 21: Grisen & Draken, Kristianstad (SE)May 22: Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)May 24: Sofiehof...
2025-04-2537 minThe Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersSYMPATHETIC STRINGS: GUITARIST JAMES DEPRATO | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 14Send us a textThis episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast returns to its humble origins with a flashback to a conversation from December 2023 between Emily and Bay Area guitarist (and her first "Sympathetic String") James DePrato. A longtime Bay Area resident and member of Chuck Prophet's Mission Express, James stays busy as an in-demand session player in addition to gear development and endorsement projects. James, who was Emily's very first guest, discusses how he views himself as a practitioner of music rather than a collector, how he's still chasing the feeling of being scared of...
2025-04-121h 01The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersSILVERTONE SUNDAY STORM SHELTER WITH MATTHEW PAIGE | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 13Send us a textNashville guitarist and Lipstick Pickup Podcast Tone Ambassador Matthew Paige returns to spend Silvertone Sunday with Emily preaching the gospel of the legendary amp-in-case and his early days in Nashville. Emily and Matthew explore the unique features of these guitars, their durability, affordability, and how they have shaped Matthew's performances. They also touch on the challenges of traveling with instruments, the sentimental value of guitars, and the evolution of Matthew's musical career in Nashville. Pull up a pew, clap your hands, and say a prayer to Silvertone guitars!
2025-04-0746 minThe Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersTAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS WITH SEAN DUNOON OF NASHVILLE'S GUITAR CENTER | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 12Send us a textOn this episode of the Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily mixes business with pleasure with a Saturday night hang with Guitar Center staffer and musician Sean Dunoon. Emily and Sean discuss the history of Guitar Center, the business of buying and selling instruments, and the thrill of your first double-neck guitar acquisition. Once they wrap up their sales pitch, Sean gives Emily several demos – first, on Emily’s Jerry Jones electric sitar, then on his own silverburst Danelectro double neck, and, finally, his favorite guitar, a 1964 Guild. The stairway to heaven and the heart of S...
2025-03-301h 17The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersWE DID! Mergers and AMPLIFICATION with Nashville's Matthew Paige | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 11 #nashville #danelectro #amplificationSend us a textEmily telephones Matthew Paige in Nashville for a TONAL review of his vintage Danelectro amp, Chuck Prophet's '64 shorthorn, and The City Of Nashville Police Department. Teaser: Matthew tried to fight the law with an amplifer and the law won...
2025-03-2240 minThe Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersBACK TO THE FUTURE WITH RICK TAYLOR OF SILVERTONE GUITARS | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 10 #guitartoneSend us a textEmily telephones Rick Taylor of Silvertone to discuss the Roots of Rock and how they are modernizing the brand with new and re-designed products. If you like thoughtfully-made, affordably-priced instruments, the future is bright!More from www.silvertoneguitars.com"As early as 1905, Sears, Roebuck & Company was selling musical instruments – mainly ukuleles – built by the Harmony Company. In 1916, Harmony was bought by Sears, continuing to make instruments for Sears and other customers. In 1940, Sears sold the Harmony brand to an investment group and adopted the Silvertone brand name for all musi...
2025-03-131h 07The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersCAWS AND EFFECT: Gear Escape with Nada Surf's Matthew Caws | The Lipstick Pickup Ep. 9Send us a textEmily calls Matthew Caws in Cambridge, England to congratulate him on the success of Nada Surf's Moon Mirror and talk gear! From www.nadasurf.com“Moon Mirror,” the band’s new album, and first for New West Records, is out today. You can also watch the new video for “Second Skin” directed by Spencer Gentz.Rolling Stone said “Moon Mirror is one of their best…” calling it “Nada Surf’s most musically and emotionally passionate album in years, on the level of gems like Let Go, The Weight Is...
2025-03-101h 05The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersEVERYTHING'S BIGGER IN TEXAS: JAKE RYNEARSON AT RIO GRANDE PICKUPS | The Lipstick Pickup Ep.8Send us a textEmily calls Jake Rynearson at Rio Grande Pickups to learn about the their new "Wide Boy" lipsticks for Silvertone and get's a TEXAS-sized portion of Houston guitar tone history.More from www.riograndepickups.com: "Rio Grande Pickups was founded by two legendary characters of Lone Star history, David Wintz and Bart Wittrock. In 1972 they opened one of the South's first and finest vintage guitar stores, Rockin' Robin, in Houston. A vintage guitar scene barely existed in those days. By 1982 David and Bart expanded the shop to introduce their own line of...
2025-02-041h 21The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersRICKENBACKER GUITARS AND MOMMY ISSUES WITH BOSTON'S RiFFiNDoTs | The Lipstick Pickup Ep.7 #geartalkSend us a textEmily bonds over TONE, Pete Townshend and Andy Summers in this fun-filled chirping bird session with singer-songwriter and home recording enthusiast Britta Pejic.https://www.youtube.com/@Riffindotshttps://brittapejic.bandcamp.com/https://riffindots.com/home"Britta Pejic decided it was time for a metamorphic journey of nomenclature. With a twinkle in her eye and a dash of daydreaming, she stepped through the shimmering pages of a mystical tome and emerged as RiFFiNDoTs!Gone were the days of predictable tea parties and familiar strolls down cobblestone paths...
2025-01-291h 21The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersBIRDWATCHING WITH NYC LEGEND ROB MASTRIANNI | The Lipstick Pickup Ep.6 #guitar #falconry #birdingSend us a textIt's not easy becoming a legend in NYC but Brooklyn-born Rob Mastrianni has managed to do it as both a Park Ranger and a Guitarist. Birdwatching and music all come together with insightful talk about ecological SUSTAINability and Rob's history with Masonite guitars with Lipstick Pickups. More on Rob: https://robmastrianni.hearnow.com/airwaves • Nearly extinct in NYC, bald eagles re... https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/inw...https://robmastrianni.bandcamp.com/al...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Mas...
2025-01-291h 04The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersDOIN' TIME WITH PATRICK SWEANY AND BUKKA WHITE | The Lipstick Pickup Podcast | Ep. 5 #bluesguitarSend us a textOn this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, I ask Nashville-based Blues guitarist Patrick Sweany to talk to me about the guitar stylings of Bukka White and we hope it RESONATES with music history lovers.From www.patricksweany.com Whether it's the ones he records on his albums, the ones he lays down with his band on the stage, or the ones that define his days writing songs and living life in his E. Nashville neighborhood, the Grooves are what have propelled Sweany through 20+ years of performing and recording...
2025-01-2944 minThe Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersTHE LIPSTICK PICKUP PODCAST: Flying High With Austin Guitar Legend David GrissomSend us a textAustin's David Grissom has worked with some of the greatest names in contemporary music, and Emily gets to talk to him about his formative years with Joe Ely and guitar manufacturer Paul Reed Smith. Also discussed are his selection of guitars with Lipstick Pickups including a double-neck that was custom made by luthier Jerry Jones.https://www.facebook.com/davidgrissommusicpagehttps://www.instagram.com/davidgrissomguitar/More from www.davidgrissom.com:David Grissom has toured and recorded with artists such as Buddy Guy, John Mellencamp, Joe Ely, Storyville, T...
2025-01-241h 25The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersMAKE AMERICA SUSTAIN AGAIN: Matthew Paige Parties Like It's 1969 With a See-Through GuitarSend us a textOn this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily And Matthew Paige get historic with a recording made on the morning of the 2024 Presidential Election. If you want to know our results, you have to turn the news on and watch it. MORE ON MATTHEW AND HIS BAND DeeOhGee:https://deeohgee.org #freedom #danarmstrong #ampeg #keithrichards #matthewpaige #deeohgee #therollingstones #nashville #sustain #guitar #rickbeato #ericambel #justinandthecosmics #nashville #sustain #guitartone
2025-01-2451 minThe Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersTHE LIPSTICK PICKUP PODCAST: Touching Tone with Nashville's Wade CoferSend us a textNashville's Wade Cofer is a multi-instrumentalist and luthier who talked to The Lipstick Pickup Podcast back in June and the episode SUSTAINS...More on Wade his Tone Authority can be found here:https://www.instagram.com/wadecofer/https://reverb.com/item/67487571-cofer-fender-telecaster-deluxe-2018-black
2025-01-221h 17The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersIt's January 20th, 2025 and we're dropping the mic and the ball on a new and improved Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Nashville's Ray Duncan. She's a committed Danelectro Tone Ambassador with a brand new single called Used To It and Emily get's to help her "Send us a textIt's January 20th, 2025 and we're dropping the mic and the ball on a new and improved Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Nashville's Ray Duncan. She's a committed Danelectro Tone Ambassador with a brand new single called Used To It and Emily get's to help her "swear it in" on Inauguration Day. Enjoy...Lipstick Pickup Citizens of The World!More on Ray on her forthcoming EP Laundromat can be found here:https://rayduncan.bandcamp.comhttps://rayduncanmusic.com / rayduncanmusic https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ray...Born in Ca...
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The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman WaltersTHE LIPSTICK PICKUP PODCAST PILOT with multi-instrumentalist and producer Michael Weber Jr.Send us a textThe New Lipstick Pickup Podcast gets off to a bang with a pilot episode with guitarist/creator Michael Weber Jr. It's an episode that's packed with action and all the guitars that he used on our snappy new intro. Enjoy, Lipstick Pickup Fans!More on Michael Weber Jr from www.themichaelwebershow.com:The Michael Weber Show is an explosive rock group fronted by guitar phenom, Michael Weber. He was the winner of MTV's “Amazingness” television talent/variety show hosted by Rob Dyrdek and has performed on stage with nume...
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