Garrett has been in other bands with Trevor (Friday Night Pizza)

Episode 468 of Concert Pipeline podcast featuring The Band Light, in which we chat ahead of their show at Cafe Du Nord about their day in San Francisco, covering “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac, bonding over “Footloose,” which they were supposed to act in when COVID started, Garrett and Trevor being in another band “Friday Night Pizza” before TBL, dropping out of music to pursue music, connecting their albums, and their new EP “Flying Silver Sphere.”

Episode 467 of Concert Pipeline featuring Novo Combo, in which we speak to vocalist/bassist Stephen Dees about meeting drummer Michael Shrieve in New York and forming the band in 1979, the importance of receiving positive feedback from Pete Townsend of The Who, how having a video on MTV impacted the band, disbanding in 1983, an accidental acid trip with the Grateful Dead in San Francisco, and their new album “45 West 55th.”

Episode 466 of Concert Pipeline featuring Fruition, in which we talk to Kellen Asebroek about playing Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, doing a lot of busking and how that led to support from their manager, the incredible energy of playing Red Rocks four times, recording their video for “The Meaning” on top of a mountain in Lake Tahoe, putting a lot of work into companion albums released right before covid, finding energy from seeing each other after a year, and their new album “How to Make Mistakes.”

Episode 465 of Concert Pipeline featuring GEMZ, in which we talk to Jen Wood and Ted Chen about getting their start in music and being friends for 20 years and beginning to make music together as GEMZ, including their new EP “See the Future” out October 22. We also talk with Jen about recording with Postal Service on “Such Great Heights” and playing with them on their tour last year, opening for Pinhead Gunpowder (Green Day side band) at 924 Gilman St and her poetry site “The Tiniest Story That Ever Lived.” We chatted with Ted about touring with his old band The Stereo Future in Japan and life in Sebastopol.

Episode 464 of Concert Pipeline podcast featuring ZZ Ward, in which we chat about growing up with her dad’s influence playing blues, her “Eleven Roses” mixtape launching her career, being able to record with Fitz (of Fitz and the Tantrums) and Kendrick Lamar for her album “Til The Casket Drops,” working with Fantastic Negrito on her song “Cannonball,” signing to Sun Records, opening for Slash this summer, bringing her kids on tour, and her new single “Mother” about being a working mother, as well as new music to come. ZZ Ward will play the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park on November 21!

Episode 463 featuring Joan Osborne, in which we discuss her studying film and realizing at an open mic that she had a need to sing, the creation of her first album “Soul Show: Live at Delta 88,” recording her hit album “Relish” with Rick Chertoff in 1995 and forming a record label Womanly Hips, being on the cover of Rolling Stone, talking to Crash Test Dummies about how her smash hit “One of Us” was written by Eric Bazilian originally for their band to record, recording with Bob Dylan, whether her daughter will listen to her music, and her new, most personal album “Nobody Owns You.” Joan Osborne will be performing at Livermore Valley Arts on Friday, October 4!

Episode 462 of Concert Pipeline in which I review the Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas’ concert at Oracle Park as well as share performances from the concert.

Episode 461 of Concert Pipeline featuring Jack Barksdale, in which we talk to him about trying to imitate piano on guitar, writing songs at the age of 7, receiving support and feedback from rockstars like Matt Sorum, starting a podcast called Jack Barksdale’s Roots Revival during the pandemic with his mom and talking to musicians he respects, his family’s fandom of Tom Petty, playing with Wynona Judd, and his new EP “Out of Order.” Jack also performed 2 songs from the EP for the podcast!