Nathan Graham joins Pursuing the Muse today to talk about his debut album, “Saint of Second Chances”. The album is a stunner in its mastery of many genres, soul, rock, blues, Americana. All with super smart lyrics. You cannot put…
It was super fun talking to Terry Anderson on this week’s episode of Pursuing the Muse. We talked about writing songs, thinking about songs, thinking about thinking about songs and all kinds of fun tangents like the best box wine…
Steve Dawson is on this episode of “Pursuing the Muse”. Steve has been a mainstay of the Chicago music scene for a long time. He fronted the groups Stump the Hose, Dolly Varden and Funeral Bonsai Wedding, in addition to…
As a guitar player who was a teenager in the 80s, when I just started learning the instrument, there are two players that shaped me more than everybody else, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton. Yes, I played along with…
I don’t feel I have to apologize for having a soft spot for Ronnie James Dio. I saw Dio in 1986 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on the Sacred Haart tour when I was 16. I’m that age where…
Jon Danforth joins me on the latest episode of Pursuing the Muse. Jon hails from the Dallas Fort Worth area and has been putting out great music for several years now. We talk about his latest album, “Repititions”. We talk…