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Season 8

Featured

Jug Band Pioneer

Banjo legend

Adventurous pedal steel guitarist

Bluegrass bassist/songwriter

Blues/Hip Hop pioneer

Tele sideman extraordinaire

Dobro master

Singer/Songwriter

Mississippi songwriter and blues artist

Singer/songwriter for JJ Grey and Mofro

A short episode to welcome you to the 8th Season of the show!

King of Twang guitar (re-release from 2016)

Season 7

Featured

Fingerstyle Guitar legend

mandolin master

producer, bassist

Singer/Songwriter, member of The Civil Wars

Banjo player/composer

Jazz Guitarist/composer

Guitarist/songwriter

Legendary steel guitarist

Guitarist/composer

Original Stax artist, soul singer and songwriter

Singer/songwriter

Singer/songwriter, banjo player

L.A. Songwriting legend

Singer/songwriter

A bit about what’s in store for the all-new Season 7.

Season 6

Featured

141. David Lindley Remembered

A re-release of our conversation from 2019

140. Jerry Douglas

Dobro innovator

139. Bob Rock

Producer of rock gods

138. John Leventhal

producer/guitarist

137. David Grissom

Austin-based guitarist

136. Nicki Bluhm

Singer/songwriter

135. Happy Holidays and Season 6 Update!

134. Patric Caird

Film/TV Composer

133. Bryan Sutton

Brilliant flatpicking bluegrass guitarist

132. Mick Flannery

Irish singer/songwrier

131. Stanton Moore

New Orleans drum kingpin and member of Galactic

130. Audley Freed

Guitarist for Sheryl Crow, The Black Crowes and many more

129. Sierra Hull

The future of bluegrass mandolin

128. Rose Sinclair

Austin-based steel guitarist

127. George Kahumoku, Jr.

Slack-key guitarist

126. Fred Eltringham

Nashville session drummer and member of Sheryl Crow’s band

125. Amy Helm

Woodstock-based singer and songwriter

124. Russ Pahl

One of the most recorded pedal steel players in modern times

123. Tristen

Nashville-based singer and incredible tunesmith

122. Duke Robillard

Legendary blues guitarist

121. Aoife O'Donovan

Innovative songwriter, solo performer and member of I’m With Her

120. Steve Poltz

Songwriter and very funny dude

119. Welcome to Season 6

Season 5

Featured

118. Rob Baker

Tragically Hip guitarist

117. Craig Northey

Songwriter, producer, guitarist for Odds

116. Bill Schnee

Legendary recording engineer/producer

115. Colin Cripps (Part 2)

114. Colin Cripps (Part 1)

Guitarist for Blue Rodeo, Kathleen Edwards

113. Rose Cousins

Singer and songwriter from Canada

112. Viktor Krauss

Bassist, composer and producer

111. Will Kimbrough

Nashville-based guitarist and songwriter

110. Ariel Posen

Slide guitarist and songwriter

109. Matt Ross-Spang

Memphis-based engineer and producer for Al Green, Elvis Presley, Margo Price, John Prine and many more

108. Robert Finley

Louisianna-based singer

107. Allison Russell

Singer, songwriter and my old band-mate!

106. Bill Payne (Part 2)

(Little Feat)

105. Bill Payne (Part 1)

Session keyboard player and founding member of Little Feat

104. George Porter Jr.

Funk mastermind and bassist for The Meters

103. Peter Rowan (Part 2)

102. Peter Rowan (Part 1)

Bluegrass legend, singer and songwriter

101. Welcome to Season 5

Season 4

Featured

100. John Oates

Singer/Songwriter and member of Hall and Oates

99. Keith Scott

Guitarist for Bryan Adams

98. Introducing the "One Life" Podcast

97. David Piltch (Part 2)

96. David Piltch (Part 1)

Upright bassist and session player

95. Gordie Johnson

Guitarist, singer and songwriter for Big Sugar

94. Tucker Martine

Producer/Engineer

93. Joel Plaskett

Singer/songwriter from Halifax

92. Colin Linden

Canadian guitarist/producer/songwriter

91. Sarah Jarosz

Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

90. Allison Russell

89. Sadler Vaden

Guitarist for Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit

88. Sue Foley

Austin-based blues guitarist

87. Guthrie Trapp

Nashville session guitarist

86. Dave Bidini

Singer/songwriter for The Rheostatics

85. Chris Wood

Bassist for The Wood Brothers, and Medeski Martin and Wood

84. Charlie Hunter

Guitar innovator

83. Jim Campilongo

Legendary New York guitarist

82. Patrick Warren

81. Robben Ford

Guitar legend

80. Welcome to Season 4

Season 3

Featured

79. Trey Hensley

bluegrass flatpicking virtuoso

78. Kim Rosen

Mastering engineer

77. Malcolm Burn (Part 2)

76. Malcolm Burn (Part 1)

Record producer, sonic explorer

75. Molly Tuttle

74. Joachim Cooder

Songwriter and drummer

73. David Lindley (Part 2)

72. David Lindley (Part 1)

Guitar and Weissenborn legend

71. Dennis Crouch (Part 2)

70. Dennis Crouch (Part 1)

Bass mastermind

69. Redd Volkaert

Telecaster specialist

68. Rick Holmstrom

Guitarist for Mavis Staples

67. Mickey Raphael

Willie Nelson’s harmonica player of 40+ years

66. Alvin Youngblood Hart

Master of blues and rock & roll guitar

65. Rory Block

Blues fingerstyle guitarist and singer

64. In Honor of Hal Blaine

A re-broadcast in honor of the great drummer

63 - Dave Cobb

Nashville-based mega-producer

62. Debashish Bhattacharya

Indian classical slide guitar master

61. Kevin Breit (Part 2)

60. Kevin Breit (Part 1)

Guitarist like no other

59. Gabriel Roth (AKA Bosco Mann)

Bassist and mastermind of the Daptone sound

58. Billy Bragg

UK-based songwriter/activist/author

57. Chuck Leavell (Part 2)

56. Chuck Leavell (Part 1)

Keyboard player for Allman Bros & Rolling Stones

55. Jorma Kaukonen

Fingerstyle guitarist and founding Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna member

54. Welcome to Season 3

Season 2

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Featured

53. Greg Leisz

Steel guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and sideman to everybody!

52. Matt Chamberlain

Drumming trailblazer

51. Amos Garrett

Innovative electric guitarist

50. Adam Levy

Guitarist for Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman

49. David Bromberg

Songwriter/guitarist

48. Tommy Shannon

Bassist for Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter

47. Mid-Season 2 Update

46. Reese Wynans

Keyboard player for Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa and many more

45. Kenneth Pattengale

Guitarist/singer for The Milk Carton Kids

44. Lloyd Green

Steel guitar legend

43. Bil Vorndick

Recording engineer

42. Ronnie Hawkins

The Hawk

41. Sara Watkins

Singer/songwriter

40. Mike Bub

Bluegrass bass guru

39. Lloyd Maines

Producer, pedal steel guitarist

38. Charlie Musselwhite

Harmonica legend

37. David Mansfield

Multi-instrumentalist, composer

36. Oz Fritz

Recording engineer

35. Ron Sexsmith

Singer/songwriter

34. Chris "Critter" Eldridge

Guitarist for Punch Brothers

33. Van Dyke Parks

Producer/arranger/lyricist

32. Charlie McCoy

Harmonica wiz

31. Sylvia Tyson

Songwriter, folk icon and member of Ian and Sylvia

30. Norman Blake

Bluegrass guitar legend

29. Steve Berlin

Stellar producer and horn player for Los Lobos

28. Dave Alvin

Hard-core troubadour, singer, guitar slinger

27. Welcome to Season 2

Season 1

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Featured

26. Bettye LaVette

Soul Legend

25. Jay Bellerose

Innovative drummer

24. John Convertino

Drummer/songwriter for Calexico

23. Dom Flemons

American songster

22. Hal Blaine

Drum legend

21. David Hood

Bassist for the Swampers

20. Bernie Finkelstein

Artist manager/label head

19. Bruce Cockburn

Songwriting icon

18. Gurf Morlix

Guitarist/producer

17. Holger Petersen

Broadcaster/producer

16. Joe Henry (Part 2)

15. Joe Henry (Part 1)

Songwriter, artist and producer of fine records

14. Fats Kaplin

Multi-instrumentalist for the Dead Reckoners, Jack White and many more

13. Lee Townsend

Producer for Bill Frisell and many others

12. Duane Eddy (Part 2)

11. Duane Eddy (Part 1)

The King of Twang

10. Cindy Cashdollar

Steel guitarist and dobro player

9. Stephen Hodges

Drummer for Mavis Staples, Tom Waits and John Hammond

8. Marc Ribot

Avant-Garde guitarist and composer

7. Danny Barnes

Banjo player, songwriter and musical explorer

6. Ryan Freeland

Recording engineer for Joe Henry, Bonnie Raitt, Ray LaMontagne and many more

5. Mary Gauthier

Nashville songwriting icon

4. John Hammond

Blues powerhouse

3. Oliver Wood

Guitarist, singer and songwriter for The Wood Brothers

2. Tim O'Brien

Bluegrass and roots renaissance man

1. Bill Frisell

Legendary guitarist and composer