The Song: Inside & Out: Recent Episodes
Blake Clayton
As Jeff Shepherd prepares to release his first self titled album, “Jeff Shepherd and The Jailhouse Poets we invited him on the show to talk about the final track “Son. This is a special interview for a couple reasons. First we have been eager to have Jeff on since we saw him 2 years ago […]
On this episode we welcome our long time friend Joseph Huber to the show. In the interview we discuss our SHOCKING first meeting, songwriting, and his suitcase kickdrum. We also dive into his song, “Same River Twice from his latest album “The Hanging Road. We also discuss his new album which is slated to be […]
On this episode of The Song: Inside and Out we welcome our long time friend, Sean K. Preston to the show. We dove straight into the featured song, “7am Hell off his latest album, The Colt From Old Regret. Listen as Sean talks about the origins of the song as well as its hibernation in […]
Many of you may know Brett Conlin from his many appearances and interviews on IBWIP, but for the first time he joins me on The Song to talk about the title track from his brand new album, “Glad To See You Go. Brett and I talk about the process of making this album as well […]
In this episode of The Song we welcome Drunken Cuddle front man, Erik Arvoy to the show. In this episode we talk about his start with the guitar, including learning Styx songs with his father. We also discuss his career as a hair stylist/barber and how playing music won out as his career. We dive […]
We are so glad to have our friend Alex Salcido (of The Harmed Brothers) on this episode. In the interview we talk a little about Alex’s childhood, discovering music, and his early years as a songwriter. We talk about how comedy and songwriting have a lot in common (HEY NONG MAN) as well as his […]
In this episode we feature Joey Henry of The Calamity Cubes and Joey Henry’s Dirty Sunshine Club. Joey is an amazing storyteller and his song “Kite is just one example of his talents. We talk to Joey about storytelling, where he finds inspiration, and the emotional journey that his songs evoke for him as well […]
We are so excited to have our pal Lester Raww on the show this week. Lester is the frontman for The Pine Box Boys, Lester Raww’s Graveside Quartet, as well as a solo career. In this episode we talk with Lester about dogs, songwriting, church, but most of all the song, “Pardon Me Ginger. Find […]
We have known Rachel Brooke for years and she has been on IBWIP more times than any other artist… EVER! This time she joins us to talk about her song, “Death Watch Blues which also features Lonesome Wyatt. The song is on their album “Bad Omen. It was great to catch up with Rachel and […]
I think this was one of the funnest interviews I have done in a long time. I also found out very quickly that I didn’t do enough research for this interview. Michael Rank has been played many times on IBWIP but this was my first chance to talk to him. In this episode we talk […]
We are pleased to have this guy on the show. Rusty Knuckles recording artist Husky Burnette comes on the show to talk about re-issuing his latest album, “Tales From East End Blvd which will feature 4 bonus tracks. During the interview we chat about his song, “East End Blvd as well as a new album he […]
In my opinion PeeWee Moore is one of the last “American Outlaws and that is also the name of his new record. This record is jam packed with 16 tracks of everything from trucker songs, honky tonk songs, and of course his song “Woman. Find out what inspired PeeWee to write the song as well […]
We welcome back our great friend Slackeye Slim to the show. In this episode we talk about his song “The Juniper Tree from the album “Giving My Bones To The Western Plains. He dives into the inspiration for the song and how the West has inspired him. Slim also talks about how his songwriting has […]
I can’t describe what it felt like to get a text message from the one and only Willy Tea Taylor saying that he would be happy to be on the show. Thanks to Ray Vietti from The Harmed Brothers for helping make my bucket list complete. Willy Tea is one of those songwriters that comes […]
Even though Fifth On The Floor is no longer making music together, Justin Wells ventures on to a new solo career. When I approached Justin about doing the show, I asked him which of his songs was the most intimate that he had written. He chose “Shotgun from Fifth On The Floors 2013 album, “Ashes […]
I have had a bucket list of people that I have wanted to interview over the past 8 years and my guest for this episode, Possessed By Paul James, was at the top of that list. A longtime friend of IBWIP, Brooklyn Hellbetty, requested we ask him to discuss his song “The Color Of My […]
In this episode we welcome long time friend, Ray Vietti of The Harmed Brothers, to the show. We last talked to Ray on EP119 of IBWIP. In this episode Ray and I discuss his song, “Greetings From Mardi Gras from the album, “All The Lies You Wanna Hear. Although the song was released in 2010, […]
We are so pumped about having Lou Shields as our guest on this episode. This is the first time we have interviewed him and it’s been two years in the making. In this interview we get to know a little more about Lou before we dig into his song Grateful, from his album American Relic […]
In this episode we feature Josh Morningstar and his song, “As Long As You Ain’t Coming Back from his new album “Songs For Fools With Broken Hearts. We talk about the album, his songwriting, and the many phases of a breakup. Josh talks openly about his battles with substance abuse and his life on the […]
We are honored to have our friend James Hunnicutt kick off our new podcast. In this episode we deep dive into his song “Risk The Fall. During the interview James talks about how the song came to be, what he was trying to convey in the lyrics, and even about how musically this is one […]