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THE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 218 HAYDEN BAKER On today's episode we get to talk with Hayden Baker. Hayden has a new album out called Alive & Well and it's a damn good one. While Hayden is known for his serious guitar picking skills this album really highlights his talent as a songwriter too! Hope you enjoy it! You can listen to all of our previous episodes with over 200 hours of interviews with folks like Ray Wylie Hubbard - Ray Benson - William Clark Green - Casey Donahew - Pat Green - Corb Lund - Jack Ingram - Paul Thorn -
2025-12-011h 10THE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 217 THE FILTHY HEATHENS You can listen to all of our previous episodes with over 200 hours of interviews with folks like Ray Wylie Hubbard - Ray Benson - William Clark Green - Casey Donahew - Pat Green - Corb Lund - Jack Ingram - Paul Thorn - Shane Smith – Bruce Robison & MORE by getting a $3 BACKSTAGE PASS
2025-11-0354 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 216 JACKSON TAYLOR You can listen to all of our previous episodes with over 200 hours of interviews with folks like Ray Wylie Hubbard - Ray Benson - William Clark Green - Casey Donahew - Pat Green - Corb Lund - Jack Ingram - Paul Thorn - Shane Smith – Bruce Robison & MORE by getting a $3 BACKSTAGE PASS
2025-10-131h 04THE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 215 JOHN DICKSON - 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF STEAMBOAT MUSICFEST This coming January, more precisely, January 5th – 10th, 2026, the 40th Steamboat MusicFest will take place. MusicFest has been described as "The Superbowl of Texas Music", and anyone who's ever been would say that's an accurate statement. In this episode Carly and Pete were able to visit with the founder and creator of this incredible event, Mr. John Dickson. John recounts how he first got the idea to create such a unique festival and how it has grown to be universally regarded as the Best of the Best of Texas / Red Dirt Music Festivals. ...
2025-08-2543 min2025-05-2709 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 213 BRODY BUSTER Brody Buster was a child prodigy on the harmonica and was already making appearances on major television shows like the Tonight's Show with Jay Leno and the 90's sitcom staple Full House, all before he turned 10 years old!!! Brody was baptized into the blues scene in Kansas City at a very early age and began forging a career that has allowed him to share the stage with the likes of B.B. King, Keb Mo, Quincy Jones, Chaka Kahn and others! As you'll hear in the episode, his battle with addiction nearly took him completely...
2025-04-2123 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 212 CARTER FELKER - CANADIAN SONGWRITER On this episode we visit with Canadian singer-songwriter Carter Felker. Carter has a brand-new album out called "Loser". He's a good lyricist and definitely worth a listen. He talks about what it's like to make a living as a singer-songwriter in Canada and the challenges of loading in and out to gigs in the cold as well as getting in to venues that require you to go up stairs to get to the stage or down into basements. The best way to check out what Carter is up to is by following him on Instagram at ...
2025-04-0745 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 211 MIKE McCLURE & CHRISLYN LAWRENCE - CROW AND GAZELLE Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page MIKE McCLURE & CHRISLYN LAWRENCE – CROW & GAZELLE This episode features legendary red-dirt musician and songwriter, Mike McClure, along his wife Chrislyn Lawrence. They've been doing a duo project for the last few years under the moniker Crow and Gazelle. If you haven't caught their show live you have to put it on your list. They perform original heartfelt songs and the aura of the show itself is pretty dang awesome. You'll feel better after you see this show – trust me. In this episode we g...
2025-03-2456 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 210 WILL WESLEY Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #210 WILL WESLEY This episode features Louisiana country-rocker Will Wesley. Will has been beating the streets as a troubadour for years playing all over the states as well as overseas from Thailand to Switzerland. He's most recent single "The Search" just dropped and you can check out his music by using THIS LINK. He's been nominated for several Josie Awards as well! Towards the end of the episode, he tells a pretty cool ghost st...
2025-03-1141 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 209 TRAVIS MEADOWS - HIT SONGWRITER Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #209 TRAVIS MEADOWS This episode with Travis Meadows just might be my favorite interview we've ever captured here on The Troubadour. Travis has lead one hell of a life as you'll hear in the episode. SWEETWATER - Buy your gear using our affiliate link! He spent 17 years as a preacher and Christian songwriter. He was well into middle-age before he become known as a hit songwriter with folks like Eric Church, Dierks Bentely, Jake Owen and...
2025-02-241h 10THE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 208 COLM GAVIN EPISODE #208 COLM GAVIN On this episode of The Troubadour, I got to interview talented and accomplished singer/songwriter Colm Gavin. Colm is from Dublin, Ireland and we had a great conversation! I'd certainly say we're both musically kindred spirits, although I'll leave the drinking of Guiness to Colm! LOL Colm's music can be found on Spotify using this LINK. Colm can be found on Instagram HERE Colm can be found on Facebook HERE GET HEALTHY WITH PETE !
2025-02-1056 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 207 RODNEY PYEATT - GUITAR TROUBADOUR Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #207 RODNEY PYEATT I was lucky to have a great group of musicians join me in the recording studio on my very first project back in 2003. The guy who handled all of the guitar work on that project was named Rodney Pyeatt. Rodney, and those around him, realized he was a very talented guitar player early on in his life. His talents eventually led to him playing with some incredible musicians in his career including Selena, Rick Trevino, The Mike...
2025-01-271h 29THE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 206 DALLAS MOORE Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #206 DALLAS MOORE Let me start off by saying, Dallas Moore is an ANIMAL! This guy is on the road for nearly 300 dates a year, and has kept up that pace for a long while now. In this episode we talk about his early life and how getting a guitar in his teens changed the trajectory of his life. His latest record, Gems and Jams, is an acoustic collection of some classic Dallas hits along with some...
2025-01-1352 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 205 KELLEY GREEN - BASSIST FOR THE GREAT DIVIDE Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #205 Kelley Green Arguably, one of the most influential bands in the entire Red Dirt Music scene since it inception is The Great Divide. In this episode we get to visit with bassist Kelley Green about the early days of the band, their time as a nationally signed act, and the resurgence in their career as a band following a hiatus that began in 2003. Now, with the release of the their first record in 20 years, Providence, the band along with their long-time fa...
2024-12-3056 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 204 BUCK BENNETT - BUCK'S BAR & GRILL, VENICE, NE Get a BACKSTAGE PASS by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #204 Buck Bennet of Buck's Bar & Grill in Venice, NE Ever wonder what it's like to be a live music venue owner? In this episode Buck Bennett, proprietor of Buck's Bar & Grill in Venice, NE will give you some insights on that as well as all of the great acts he has had play his place including Cody Jinks, Ward Davis, Tanner Usrey, Ned Ledoux and MORE! Enjoy the episode! We're also excited to say that we are now...
2024-12-1643 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 203 CRIS JACOBS The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #203 CRIS JACOBS Cris Jacobs new record, One Of These Days, has a star-studded cast. Produced by Jerry Douglas and additional contributors including Billy Strings, Sam Bush, Lee Ann Womack, The Infamous Stringdusters and more, the record is outstanding. Links Below – Enjoy the Episode! LISTEN TO THE NEW RECORD HERE Video: The making of "One of These Days"
2024-12-0245 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 202 HIT SONGWRITER JERERMY SPILLMAN The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #202 JEREMY SPILLMAN We're super stoked about this episode with hit songwriter and published author, Jeremy Spillman. He's a great dude and he's wrote for and with some of the biggest names in Country Music. We hope you all dig this episode as much as we did getting it in the can! Enjoy! YouTube Vid of Jeremy's hit song Arlington recorded by Trace Adkins YouTube Vid of Jeremy's hit song Hell on the H...
2024-11-1857 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 201 HIT SONGWRITER SKIP EWING The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #201 SKIP EWING On this episode of The Troubadour, we interview hit country songwriter Skip Ewing. Skip has penned multiple No. 1 hits including "You Had Me From Hello" (Kenny Chesney) and "I Believe" (Diamond Rio). He's got countless of other great songs cut by artists like Willie Nelson, Bryan White, Randy Travis, Keith Urban, Collin Ray, Sammy Kershaw and more. Lately Skip has been touring with some of the "best of the best" musicians in the...
2024-11-071h 00THE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 200 BLANK PAGE DUO The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #200 BLANK PAGE We’ve hit episode #200 here on The Troubadour and this one is definitely a “feel-good” episode. I really felt that this interview with Jack Robert and Avery Grace of Blank Page was inspiring as well as interesting. What Jack and Avery have done with their music as only seniors in high school is pretty impressive. This is another episode that really highlights what a presence on social media can do for you in getting visibility and makin...
2024-10-141h 01THE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 199 RED DIRT UNPLUGGED AUTHOR - JOSH CRUTCHMER The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page Carly and I were thrilled to have Josh Crutchmer back on the show to talk about his 3rd and latest book, Red Dirt Unplugged. Along with working a day job for a little ol publication called the New York Times, native Okie and Red Dirt Music Fan, Josh Crutchmer, is a journalist who's played a significant role in getting recognition for the artists and the music we all dig for years now. For example, Josh just spent an entire year...
2024-09-3045 minTHE TROUBADOUR PODCASTEP 198 RYDER GRIMES The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page Ryder Grimes is the guest for this episode. He's on a fast rise in the Texas Music scene with several songs charting in his relatively short career so far. With a full-length record coming in the near future you can get a good taste of what he's all about NOW by checking out his current EP "Echoes of the Dial". Ryder Grimes Snapchat We're also excited to say that we are n...
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