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Saturday June 1st I finally got the opportunity to see Peter Case live. I was certainly not disappointed. Through a 2 hour plus set at Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza and Live Music in Columbus, Ohio, Case played songs from every era of his 40 year career. Case switched back and forth between the 6 and 12 string guitars and more than lived up to his reputation as a phenomenal performer. Highlights of the show for me were when he played my request of Blind Willie Mctell’s “Broke Down Engine”, “I Hear Your Voice” from 2002′s Beeline and the first of two encores, “Beyond the Blues” which he performed unplugged in the middle of the audience. Prior to the show Peter was kind enough to sit down with me for a few minutes and record this podcast. We were a little pressed for time so it’s a shorter podcast than usual, so I added a track that I recorded during his performance that night. I’d like to mention how much I loved the venue, as well as the owners of the place. It was my first time visiting Natalie’s and it was a great experience from the food to the staff. I would definitely suggest anyone in the Columbus, Ohio area to make it a point to visit this place. I hope you enjoy the podcast, as always help spread the word, share the link, leave a comment and if you feel so obliged drop a few bucks via the donate button on the side of this page to help us out with the bandwith and such on the site. Find out more about Peter Case on his website.

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to see Rod Picott open for Mary Gauthier as part of the Six String Concert Series in Columbus, Ohio. As many of you know Rod is one of our favorite songwriters here at Broken Jukebox. This was the first time I have seen him live. The all too short 30 minute set started with Rod welcoming us to the Rod Picott Heartbreak and Misery Circus. He told the audience if they woke up and wanted to hear songs about unemployment and welding, then he was their guy. The set was filled with humorous banter that nestled nicely with the heavy themes of the songs he played. He opened with the title track of 2011′s Welding Burns followed by “Rust Belt Fields” from the same record. In the middle of the set, he broke out his one happy wedding song, “Angels and Acrobats”, explaining that if he were to write more love songs his wedding gigs would become more work. He ended the set with two more songs from Welding Burns, “Your Father’s Tatto” and “410″. The show was over way too soon, and left me wanting to see him play a full show for sure. I’m hoping that this will lead to more trips to Columbus for Mr. Picott. After the show he was kind enough to sit down back stage with me to record a podcast. The audio levels were a little tricky on this one, so I apologize for any loud spots. During the podcast Rod discusses his introduction to songwriting in Nashville, his upcoming album and working with R.S. Fields. Enjoy and as always spread the word, leave a comment on iTunes, or donate a few dollars on the right side of the page to help with bandwith. Learn more about Rod here: www.RodPicott.com

Last week I posted the Jon Dee Graham podcast that was recorded after a show at the Woodlands Tavern. This week is Graham’s tour mate, Mike June. Prior to the show I was very unfamiliar with June’s work, but I was sold halfway through the first song in his set. Throughout his hour on the stage, June played tunes that had a social ring to them as well as more personal material.  He leaned heavily on tracks from the two records that he released last year, Exile on Wilson Street and Talkin’ Revolution Blues, and after hearing them live, I was convinced both of those records were excellent (I now own the latter and my assumptions were overwhelmingly correct). After the show Mike was kind enough to wait until the taping of the Graham podcast was over and sit down with me to record another. We found the common ground of 80′s baseball, talked about his self imposed exile in Austin, Texas and the recording of the album that was born from it. I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I enjoyed getting to know Mike and his music. Go to his website : www.MikeJune.com and buy a couple records. If you enjoy this podcast or anything else you read or hear on this site, leave a comment, rate us on iTunes, share the link and if you feel so inclined hit the donate button on the right hand side of this page. Thanks and enjoy.

Last night I went to Columbus, Ohio to see Jon Dee Graham and Mike June play at the Woodlands Tavern. The crowd was somewhat light, but the folks who turned out were treated to a great show. Jon Dee played a too short 50 minute set of songs mixed with stage banter that quickly reminded me why he is one of my favorite songwriters working today. Highlights of the show were “Faithless”, “Holes” and the closer, “Big Sweet Life”. Throughout the set Jon Dee seemed in great spirits and the performance was absolutely top notch. After the show Graham was nice enough to spend some time with me and record a podcast.  I will discuss Mike June’s set next week when I post the podcast I taped with him. On Episode 8 Jon Dee and I discuss, the spirit of Rock n Roll, his first shows with the True Believers, the recording process of his solo records and much more. He also treated us with three songs, including one that has never been recorded or released to the public. I hope you enjoy, please share the link, post a comment on iTunes and if you feel so inclined drop a few bucks in the donation jar on the right hand side of the page.    

This past Friday night I had the great fortune of seeing Kevin Gordon live for the first time. He played in Columbus, Ohio at the Red Door Tavern. I have to say he was simply awesome. It was like a one man rock show. After the show Kevin was gracious enough to sit down with me for awhile and chat and share some tunes. On this episode Kevin and I discuss his introduction to playing guitar, the ending of the story told in his epic song, “Colfax”, his folk art gallery and much more. As an added bonus Kevin shared 2 brand new songs that have yet to be recorded in addition to the title track of his latest album. We really had a nice time recording this and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do. If you like you hear on this or any of our podcasts, please leave a comment and a rating on iTunes, share a link with your friends, and if you feel so obliged hit the donate button on the right hand side of the page and help support Broken Jukebox. Thanks for everything, enjoy:  

This past Friday I had a chance to head out with my wife to see Tommy Womack at the Red Door Tavern in Columbus, Ohio. Tommy put on a great two set show to a completely rapt crowd. During the set he leaned heavily on material from his newest record, Now What?, but also included favorites from every other release in his discography as well as Daddy and Government Cheese songs. As an added bonus he also threw in a few covers I’ve never heard him do like, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Feeling Groovy” and the Shel Silverstein classic, “A Boy Named Sue”. After the show, Tommy was gracious enough to sit down with me and record a podcast. Being the first podcast I’ve done in nearly 3 years, there is some obvious rust (beyond my normal amount), we kept it quick as the bar was closing down, and there is quite a bit of background noise, but I think it came out pretty good. I’d like to throw a shout out to Otis Gibbs who pointed me in the right direction to getting my portable digital recorder, he has a great podcast called, Thanks for Giving a Damn, where he talks to different musicians about a bunch of random stuff. I highly recommend it, there is a link on the right hand side of the page. On this one Tommy speaks briefly about playing the U.K., writing with Will Kimbrough, his new writing style and his days in Government Cheese as well as playing 3 great songs (there’s even a great acoustic version of “Mammaw Drives the Bus”. If you like what you hear, please tell your friends about the site, leave a comment or a rating on itunes, and if you feel so inclined hit the donate button on the side of this page and help support the Jukebox. Enjoy:

In studio performance and interview with Graham Weber.

In-studio performance and interview with Austin Texas' Ricky Stein.

On-site interview and performance with Will Kimbrough.

Interview and live in studio performances with Nashville's Peter Cooper and Eric Brace.