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19/11/2024

In episode 138 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist/vocalist Brady Stablein from Brother Elsey a band made up of brothers and an unofficial brother on drums. In their conversation Brady talks about the band’s current tour and describes their brand of Americana music for us, he also gives the history of the band’s name.
Brady takes us through the start of their band, from their grand father’s Michigan basement to hardcore clubs to busking and finally making the move to Nashville.
Brady also discusses the logistics of schlepping gear in the snow in Michigan and Canada and what it’s like crossing the border as a band in a van.
Brady describes having the support slot on the Wallflowers tour and the band’s current gear all very roadworthy.
Brady also takes us through his favorite places to eat in Nashville and Michigan.

To find out more about Brady and his band Brother Elsey check out their website: brotherelsey.com

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11/11/2024

In episode 137 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, Host, James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/bassist/guitarist Chris Ballew from the Presidents of the United States of America and he also performs as Caspar Babypants. In their conversation he covers:
Growing up in Seattle with his mom’s classical influences and his father’s country influences… and his mom going in to the “pit” at his early shows.
Chris takes us through his musical journey: high school in Seattle college in New York and busking in Boston and then back to Seattle to start the Presidents.
Chris takes through his gear Harmony’s Silvertone’s all set up untraditionally with between 2 and 4 strings. Chris also tells us about his Presidents rig which was an Epiphone SG style with just two strings tuned to C # and G #.
Chris tells us a bit about his musical contemporaries in the Seattle area as well as New York and Boston.
Chris takes us through his other musical projects, the music he created for music libraries, Caspar Babypants and his solo space pop albums.

To find out all you want to know about Chris you check out his website: chrisballew.org
And the website for Caspar Babypants: babypantsmusic.com

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04/11/2024

In episode 136 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/songwriter and producer Roger Street Friedman.
In their conversation Roger tells us about his new album “Long Shadows” and his production techniques and the gear he uses as well as a discussion of his mentor producer/guitarist Larry Campbell.
Roger shares with us his childhood, growing up on Long Island and getting sent to Arizona after stealing the family car.
Roger takes us through his band experience after returning to New York and his brushes with greatness as well as setting up a studio in his friend’s mom’s basement and how he taught himself to record.
Roger tells us about how his life took a left turn and what brought him back to music through a chance meeting with a babysitter.
Roger discusses the logistics of rehearsing and playing in the New York City area.
Finally Roger takes us through some of the highlights of his guitar collection.

To hear Roger’s music and find out when he’ll be in you area… check his website:
rogerstreetfriedman.com

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23/10/2024

In episode 135 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with Elgin Park (aka Michael Andrews) guitarist with the Greyboy Allstars, he’s also a producer, television and film score composer.
In their conversation Elgin covers what the Greyboy Allstars music is and describes a couple new releases in the works.
Elgin tells us about the formation of the Greyboy Allstars as a band behind DJ Greyboy and his beginnings as a guitarist.
Elgin describes his first guitars a Harmony Rocket and his local music store Freedom Music in downtown San Diego where he bought a ‘58 sunburst Fender Music Master and then a Gibson SG jr and describes his amp a Fender Harvard tweed that his sister’s boyfriend left at the family’s home. Elgin also describes his current guitars that he uses with the Greyboy Allstars, a mid 60’s Gibson ES 175 that he got from a show guitarist in Las Vegas and an early 50’s Guild T 100. Elgin takes us through the rest of his guitars in his studio and some special amps including Carol Kaye’s bass amp he bought from her and an amp he got from Ry Cooder.
Elgin (Michael Andrews) then tells us about his scoring work which began in earnest with the TV show Freaks and Geeks, and his work with Judd Apatow including “Bridesmaids” and quite a few documentaries including “20 Feet from Stardom”.
Elgin also highlights a guitar he bought from the want ads of Vintage Guitar Magazine in the 1990’s sight unseen from Florida.

You can find all you want about Elgin at the Greyboy Allstars website: greyboyallstars.com

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15/10/2024

In episode 134 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host, James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist and executive director of the Songbirds Foundation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Reed Caldwell.
In their conversation Reed tells us about the foundation how began as a museum and a foundation for bringing guitar into schools and how the focus changed to mostly the foundation teaching guitar in schools in eight states.
Reed tells of the guitars they currently have on display: Joe Maphis’s guitar, one of Chuck Berry’s guitars and a guitar owned and played by Dolly Parton.
Reed tells about the building the foundation owns which includes a performance space, a studio as well as the displayed guitars.
Reed takes us through some of the foundations programs such as the Right To Rock program which team’s students with songwriters who teach the fundamentals of songwriting and then after writing a song the students get to hear their songs recorded by professional band.
Reed shares the insights into the guitar collection which was up to 300 instruments and where the few guitars they’ve sold to build their endowment, were sold (Well Strung Guitars in New York City)
Reed talks about the partnership with Gibson and Epiphone to provide guitars at a reduced price to the foundation to give to the students. They are also partnered with Ernie Ball and Guitar Center.
Reed also explains how donated guitars are auctioned off or sold to provide the students guitars.
Reed tells us about his background and how he ended up in his position as the executive director of Songbirds Foundation.

You can find out all you want to know and make a donation at the Songbirds Foundation website: songbirdsfoundation.org

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07/10/2024

In episode 133 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks again with guitarist, bassist and vocalist Luis Carlos Maldonado who’s in Foreigner.
In their conversation Luis tells us about his current tour schedule and a special stop where he played with both Foreigner and his former employer John Waite.
Luis describes how he prepared for the Foreigner gig… which is very impressive and how his influences coming up helped him with the gig.
Luis expands on his musical education growing up and his early session work.
Luis takes us through his career highlights with Lisa Marie Presley, John Waite, Train and Foreigner
Luis dives deep into his gear, Gibson’s and Marshall’s and where he gets things serviced and where he goes when it’s time to thin the herd.
Luis tells us about a potential solo album and the role a tascam portastudio plays in making that solo album.

To find out more about Luis, he’s active on the socials and his website: luisguitar.com

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02/10/2024

In episode 132 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine! host James Patrick Regan speaks with country newcomer Slaw. In their conversation they cover:
Slaws upcoming album that will be released November 1st, his producer Shawn Byrne and the musicians on the album.
Slaw tells us about growing up in Macon, GA moving to Atlanta and eventually ending up in Chattanooga, TN.
Slaw discusses how he ended up recording his first solo album at the age of 55 after selling his business (his day job).
Slaw talks about putting together a band to support the album and his live dates leading up to now and the types of venues he’s looking at playing.
Slaw tells us about his guitar a modest Martin GPC X2E… and another instrument that’s not so modest Dusty Hills Furry bass that Slaw purchased at Dusty’s estate auction.
Slaw also tells us about his cousin, Ronnie Hammond who was the singer for the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
Slaw also chats about the Songbirds Guitar Museum in Chattanooga, TN

You can find out all you want to know about Slaw at his website: slawmusic.com

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27/09/2024

In episode 131 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/guitarist Mark Farner from Grand Funk Railroad.
In their conversation Mark discusses his current gear and his gear throughout the years including his first electric guitar and amp a matching Harmony set his mom bought from a catalog and his current Avery Amplifiers.
Mark tells us how he got hooked up with Mark Slaughter who produced his most recent album “Closer to My Home” which started from an appearance with Howard Stern.
Mark tells us about meeting his hero Jimi Hendrix and how that affected his relationship with drugs.
Mark shares a story about Rick Derringer playing in Japan and Grand Funk playing in a monsoon at a sports stadium in Osaka.
Mark tells us about the techniques and gear he used in some of his most iconic songs.
Mark shares his love for hunting and fishing and how that allows him to relax.

To find out all about Mark you can check out his website: markfarner.com

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18/09/2024

In episode 130 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks with Andrew Stern and Laura Arias they are the core of the country band 3 Pairs of Boots. In their conversation they cover:
How the name 3 Pairs of Boots came about and their ties to Nashville.
They discuss their extend team and how the recordings of their songs are put together.
Andrew tells about their show schedule including playing a brewery in Californias “Lost Coast” and the difficulty of filling out a live band.
Andrew tells us about the production of their video for the song “Boot Scootin’”
Laura and Andrew tell us about their origins in the San Francisco Bay Area and Andrew tells us of his childhood neighbor Jorma Kaukonen guitarist for Jefferson Airplane.
Andrew takes through his gear, both recording and live performance rigs.

To find out more about 3 Pairs of Boots and to hear their music and see the videos as well as live dates you can check out their website (their new album comes out September 27th):
3pairsofboots.com

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14/09/2024

In episode 129 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with the amazing guitarist Paul Gilbert.
In their conversation Paul covers the final shows for Mr. Big in Japan and a charity event related to the Japanese earthquake.
Paul tells us about how he was introduced to Mike Varney and the beginnings of Racer X and Paul’s time at GIT in Hollywood.
Paul tells us about his relationship with Ibanez guitars and his early endorsements with Wayne Charvel who at the time worked for Jackson, B.C. Rich and Gibson.
Paul tells us about his guitars and his collection which includes a lot of post lawsuit era instruments from Ibanez. Paul also discusses his amps which includes a Fender Vibro Champ a’ 70’s Princeton and a Pignose.
Paul discusses his first electric guitar a Gibson Les Paul Custom.
Paul takes us through his live rig for Mr Big which is mostly rented backline Fender Twins and Marshall’s with Paul’s pedalboard bringing the tone and he takes through his pedals.
Paul talks about his singing voice.
Paul discusses teaching, his artistworks instructional lessons and his early work as a teacher and one of his students, Buckethead.
Paul tells us about his future and his future bandmates which he has yet to choose.

You can find out more about what Paul is up too at his Website: paulgilbert.com and for Paul’s band Mr Big you can go to: mrbigsite.com

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09/09/2024

128 - Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon)

In episode 128 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist and vocalist Matt Scannell from the band Vertical Horizon.
In their conversation they cover Matt’s current tours and his road gear, a Line 6 Helix and a pedalboard which weighs just 9lbs and his backup a Line 6 Pod Express… but they quickly began talking about Matt’s collection of Marshall Plexi’s.
Matt discusses the shear volume of the Plexi and his solution the Fryette Power station attenuator.
Matt also talks about the rest of his amp collection: vintage Fenders, Vox AC30’s Matchless and Divided by 13.
Matt discusses his stage guitars electrics made by Paul Reed Smith, acoustics made by Taylor and then we dive deep into Matt’s vintage guitars and how he became a lover of vintage instruments.
Matt tells us about his friend who recently passed away James Tyler a guitar builder who made a huge impact on Matt’s life.
Matt delves into his hero’s Alex Lifeson and David Gilmour and Matt’s opportunity to play David Gilmour’s ‘54 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop.
Matt tells us about his childhood guitar a Kramer Pacer deluxe that he plugged into a Fender London Reverb with a Roland SDE 1000.
Matt begins to tell about how he started in bands and he tells us about his education and he’s going to give us the rest us his story in part 2

You can find out more about Matt and his band Vertical Horizon at their website: verticalhorizon.com

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06/09/2024

In episode 127 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks with bassist Will Turpin from Collective Soul. In their conversation Will tells us about the current tour with Hootie and the Blowfish.
Will talks about how he joined Collective Soul which goes way back to going to the Roland’s church when he was a child and it was Will’s father’s studio Ed Roland worked at when putting together the songs for the first Collective Soul album.
Will discusses his start on bass and the music scene in Atlanta and his dad’s studio and all the bands of that era.
We discuss Collective Soul’s new album “Here to Eternity” which was recorded in Elvis’s Palm Springs estate.
Will tells us about his recording technique and his gear in general including his bass collection which includes a Music Man Sting Ray given to him by Eddie Van Halen and Will gives us an in depth overview of his pedalboard.
Will talks about his scooter he travels around on while on tour and what else he does to pass the time.

You can find out all about Will and Collective Soul at their website Collective Soul.com

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04/09/2024

In episode 126 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist James “JY” Young from the band Styx. In their conversation they discuss the current tour with Foreigner and John Waite, and how James fills out his off time when they’re not at the venue.
James takes us through his start on guitar and his love of Bo Diddley (who’s daughter James is friends with) Jimi Hendrix (whom James saw 5 times) and Eric Clapton (who he studied by slowing the lp’s to half speed).
James tells us about his college years studying aerospace and working for his father’s construction company.
James describes how he met Dennis DeYoung and the guys in Dennis’s cover band and how that band became Styx, how they got signed by A&M.
They discuss gear through the years

You can find out all you want about James and his Styx at their website: styxworld.com

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26/08/2024

In episode 124 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks with Brad Wendkos guitarist and founder of TrueFire online guitar education. In their conversation Brad gives us the history of TrueFire from a phone based marketing firm to a web based marketing firm to teaching online lessons.
Brad also takes us through his history as a guitarist.
Brad takes us through his original instructors and his first big catch as an instructor, Larry Carlton.
Brad talks about his new program Eco System Channels which allows educators to start their own educational programs.
Brad takes us through the other platforms from TrueFire studios ArtistWorks, JamPlay and FaderPro.
Brad also gives us his take on being a musician in 2024 and what is needed financially to survive the future.
Brad also tells us about his guitar collection which includes some D’Angelico’s, Buscarino’s and a special Collings acoustic.

You can find all about TrueFire and Brad’s other learning platforms by starting at truefire.com

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17/08/2024

In episode 123 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks with Ram Tuli guitarist, author and host of Vintage Guitar Magazine’s other podcast, “Buy That Guitar!” Which if you haven’t already listened too and you love guitars you need to take a listen! It’s very compelling and you’re gonna want to buy that guitar after listening!
In their conversation they cover Ram’s start at Vintage Guitar Magazine, his books on vintage guitars and his love of vintage guitars (and basses).
They discuss Ram’s careers outside of music as a nuclear engineer and how he escaped at times to satisfy his musical itch.
Ram tells us about his connection to the San Francisco Blues scene of the mid 80’s and how that led to his blues band in the Phoenix area the “Psychedelic Mooj” that spent a lot of time supporting the national acts coming through the Phoenix area.
Ram tells us about his fascination with vintage guitars that started early on and how he followed through on acquiring those instruments.
They also discuss growing up in Orange County, CA working at Knott’s Berry Farm.
Ram tells us about his band Psychedelic Mooj’s recordings. You can hear the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4XmCrC3jqpqHa1MDBIStSY?si=rjc1oCoCQmmQVTpwrpIdXQ
They discuss Ram’s vintage guitar collection and his thoughts on collecting vintage guitars.
Ram tells us about when he started documenting guitar prices… very early on.
Ram also tells us about his other collections.

You can find out more about Ram and buy his books on vintage guitars (as well as his detective novels) at his website: ramtuli.com
And of course you hear his work at his podcast “Buy That Guitar!” as well as Vintage Guitar Magazine and the annual price guide.

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15/08/2024

In episode 122 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer/songwriter Nathan Jacques who has a concept album called Dark Wanderer and the Bounty Heart.
The album tells the tale of a singing cowboy movie star who travels across dangerous lands in search of his lost love and a chance at redemption. Using a mix of contemporary and mid-1900s period-specific techniques and instruments during the recording process helped actualize true Western authenticity.
In their conversation they cover:
The production and process for the Dark Wanderer concept and the influences that contributed to the production and where the concept came from.
Nathan tells us how he recreates the album when playing live and future tour dates.
Nathan also tells us about growing up in New England and his musical endeavors early on and his schooling which led him to become an audio engineer for the film industry which brought him to Southern California.
They discuss gear for the album a ‘70’s Honner nylon string and a Martin HD 28 for acoustics and a Harmony Rocket for electric.
And they discuss the cowboy tailors of yesterday and today.

To find out more about Nathan and the album “Dark Wanderer and the Bounty Heart” you can go to Nathan’s website: nathanjacques.com

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