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My Top Five Records

Gunter Woodson

Understand your musical heroes better via insight into why they chose five desert island records

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01:04:46

MO PITTLE: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2023/06/06

Today on the podcast we have Mo Pittle. He picked these five records:GREATEST HITS VOL 1 - EAGLES MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK - BLUES BROTHERS REAL TO REEL - ROGER CLYNE AND THE PEACEMAKERS 1984 - VAN HALEN LEGEND - BOB MARLEY He’s the owner of Jewboy Burgers here in Austin, Texas. The Jewboy Burger website state, “born in Cleveland with ties to Philadelphia and Washington, DC was raised in El Paso, Texas. Not the first place you’d expect to find Jews, but they’re there. Growing up among the

54:08

SLAID CLEAVES: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

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2023/05/02

Today you have the pleasure of learning more about Slade Cleaves. He picked these five records: SWORDFISHTROMBONES – TOM WAITS NEBRASKA - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS - WOODY GUTHRIE MISSION OF THE CROSSROADS PALMS - STEVE FORBERT DEAR DANGER- BILLY HARVEY Joseph Hudak of Rolling Stone Country calls Cleaves “a master storyteller, one influenced not by the shine of pop-culture but by the dirt of real life.” While he released a handful of recordings during the early '90s, he

01:12:30

CHUCK PROPHET: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2023/04/04

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! Hear what Chuck says about how Dusty Springfield "Dustifies" things and how Alejandro Escovedo defines punk music. He's had a stellar career and has had his compositions and co-writes recorded by many artists including Alejandro Escovedo, Bruce Springsteen, Heart, Peter Wolf, Kim Richey, Arc Angels, Micky & the Motorcars, Chris Knight and Kelly Willis. I would like to mention that there are no advertisements in this

01:19:12

MILES ZUNIGA: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2022/11/01

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! Here what Miles has to say about jazz and he said, “Rock demands your attention”. So true! He’s got some killer stories to boot. Love how he sings things and melodies. While you are at it, check out the podcast image. He sure can write songs but he ain’t so good and carving his initials in to my

01:08:36

JO JAMES: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2022/10/04

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! Today’s episode of the My Top Five Records podcast features Jo James. Jo has worked and performed with some of the industries top acts and also received the honor award at the 100% Music Songwriting Contest. You may have seen him featured on Season 17 of The Voice. John Legend said, “Great raw talent and his voice is lovely to listen to”. Blake Shelton said, “I love Jo’s voice”. Once we started talking about

01:04:00

JAIMEE HARRIS: GET TO KNOW HER AND HER TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2022/09/06

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! Today’s episode of the My Top Five Records podcast features Jaimee Harris. Born in Waco, TX, to Austin and now in Nashville, I was stoked to have her in person to do the podcast. I loved the way that she took the time to revisit her records. She is a songwriter’s songwriter. My favorite thing she said was “Fiction is the super highway to the truth.” So true!! And as a child, she asked for a Pegasus. A flying

01:02:00

JESSE DAYTON: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2022/08/02

Today I have Jesse Dayton on the My Top Five Records podcast. If you ask me, Jesse is a legend. He’s also a good friend of my good friend, Shilah. He’s got a career that I wish I had. He has a radio show on Gimmie Country that just got picked up by I Heart Radio every Wednesday at 4pm Central. It’s killer. He has worked on horror movies with Rob Zombie and directed one of his own. He has written his own memoir call Beaumonster. Please buy and read it. It too is killer. He’s played with an

01:03:21

STEVE CARLSON: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2022/07/05

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! As we keep chugging along with season two, I am thrilled to have Carlson on the show today. He was born in SoCal and after snagging a culinary arts degree moved to Hawaii where he decided that he was going to pursue music. He won a LA Music Critic award for best male album for Different Town, which he recorded while on tour in 14 different cities and countries. He also made a rockumentary with the same name to

01:00:33

GRAHAM WEBER: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2022/06/07

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! As season two continues, I am thrilled to have Graham Weber on the show today. He is highly involved with and organization called The House of Songs. He plays in a band called Western Youth (that I LOVE) and has his solo thing going on as well. I was at SXSW this year and saw Western Youth. I’m not sure if you know my drummer Yates Hagan but he left us. I was listening think how much he would love them and the

01:04:03

JOHN CHIPMAN: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2022/05/03

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! As season two continues, I am thrilled to have John Chipman on the show today. He has been playing music professionally for over 25 years and has played with an insane amount of musicians from the Resentments (who I so love!), Slaid Cleaves, Band of Heathens, David Grissom (who I think defines what Texas Blues really is), and of course my favorite, Kelley Mickwee. If you ask me, I think he is a top three drummer

55:42

PAULA NELSON: GET TO KNOW HERE AND HER TOP FIVE RECORDS

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2021/08/03

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! Join me as I speak with Paula Nelson and take a peek behind her curtain.

01:12:53

KELLEY MICKWEE: GET TO KNOW HER AND HER TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2021/07/06

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! As season two continues, I am thrilled to have Kelley Mickwee on the show today. Kelley is a fellow Cherokee who moved to Austin from Memphis and joined up with a killer four piece called the Trishas. She was Shiny Soul Sister in Kevin Russell’s Shinyribs. She’s a founding member of Red River Songwriters along with Drew Kennedy, Josh Grider, Walt Wilkins, Susan Gibson and Brandy Zdan. She's also the voice of Sun

01:03:18

JOHN SPONG: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP THREE WILLIE...

My Top Five Records ·

2021/06/01

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! As season two continues, I am stoked to have John Spong on the show today. He was nominated for a National Magazine Award in 2009 and twice won the Texas Institute of Letters’ O. Henry Award for Magazine Journalism. He is the author of A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove and his stories have been collected in Best Food Writing and The Best American Sports Writing. He’s got two boys named Willie Mo and Leon. Spong

01:05:20

MITCH BALLARD: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2021/05/04

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! Season two of the My Top Records podcast starts today. We've got Mitch Ballard for your listening pleasure. Mitch moved from Nashville to Austin a couple few years ago to start the BMI office. This office reminds me why Austin is Austin. Organizations like HAAM and SIMS. No other city has such a focus on their artistic integrity. Makes me proud to be a 7th generation Texan. Before Mitch opened the BMI office

01:01:20

WELDON HENSON: GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2021/01/05

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! Today’s guest is Weldon Henson. He might have the best honky tonk voice that Austin can call it’s own. I’d describe it as a mix between Merle Haggard and Ray Benson He plays the honky tonks in and around Austin. In particular, a weekly gig at the Broken Spoke and monthly at Ginny’s. When you hear him talk about his top five records, I believe that it is clear where his influences lie.

01:06:52

HARMONI KELLEY: GET TO KNOW HERE AND HER TOP FIVE...

My Top Five Records ·

2020/12/15

Want to understand your musical heroes better? Search no more. This is the place! Today’s guest is Harmoni Kelley. She spells her name H A R M O N I and we had a full on blast talking about her top five records. Much like many of my other podcastees, Harmoni had a terrible time choosing what records we were going to talk about but we had a killer time. Harmoni has only played bass and she has played with the likes of Bob Schneider, Fastball and now tours stadiums with Kenny Chesney. In our

55:18

MIKE STINSON TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2020/11/24

If you're digging on what we're laying down, please give us a review on iTunes. You can find My Top Five Records pretty much anywhere you listen to podcasts but a star for each one of your top five records on iTunes (that's five stars!) would be super appreciated! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-top-five-records/id1494022573 It is another honor and privilege to have today’s guest on My Top Five Records podcast. Mike Stinson. He’s one of my hero honky tonk songwriters. If you’ve never

55:30

CHRIS "THE WHIPPER" LAYTON TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2020/10/27

It is another honor and privilege to have today’s guest on My Top Five Records podcast. Chris “the Whipper” Layton was one half of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s Rhythm section Double trouble. The way he picked his top five records was super cool. Not only did he play with Stevie but he and Double Trouble also joined forces with The Arc Angels and Storyville. If you're digging on what we're laying down, please give us a review on iTunes. A star for each one of your top five records (that's five stars!)

01:19:18

MIKE FLANIGIN TOP FIVE RECORDS

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2020/10/13

It is an honor and privilege to have today’s guest on My Top Five Records podcast. Mike Flanigin is in my humble opinion the best B3 player around. He playing consistently at CBoys with Jimmie Vaughn, at least when that Covid dude isn’t wreaking havoc on us. Come on Covid. Can’t you leave us alone? So yeah, he plays with Jimmie. He is also buds with Billy Gibbons and has performed with ZZ Top, Steve Miller, Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, Charlie Sexton, Doyle 2 and Bonnie Raitt to

01:00:29

WAYNE SUTTON TOP FIVE RECORDS

My Top Five Records ·

2020/09/29

Today I’m talking to Wayne Sutton. I used to go see him rock it something like twice a week with Little Sister back in the day at the Black Cat. Free hot dogs and 1 dollar Pabst Blue Ribbon tallboys. Then they changed their name to Sister 7 and Darrel Phillips joined the band and they just kept rocking. I told him the story when I saw Darrell in Wichita at Barleycorns. We talked about his new record called The Blue Worm and how a Blue Worm is a Pilipino knife fighting move. He said that all

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