Have Guitar Will Travel

113 - Brian Forsythe (Kix, Rhino Bucket) 113 - Brian Forsythe (Kix, Rhino Bucket) In episode 113 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with Brian “Damage” Forsythe Guitarist with Kix and Rhino Bucket. In their conversation they cover: Moving to Nashville after living in LA and growing up in Frederick, Maryland playing in bands in junior high school. They cover Brian’s first guitars and his guitars through the years including his first real guitar a Gibson Melody Maker. They go through Brian’s lineage of bands leading to Kix and they go through Kix’s rise to fame. They discuss Brian’s love for vintage instruments and why he didn’t end up playing the pointy guitars of the era. They talk about Brian’s introduction to Rhino Bucket and how he ended up playing in the band. . Brian has a website but doesn’t spend much time on it but he has a strong social media presence and there’s lots of Kix video on YouTube as well as a bunch ...

112 - Barry Sless (Bob Weir, David Nelson, Moonalice) In episode 112 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan is speaking with guitarist and pedal steel guitarist, Barry Sless. Barry is currently performing with David Nelson (from the New Riders of the Purple Sage), Bob Weir (of the Grateful Dead) and Wolf Bros and Moonalice amongst others. In their conversation they discussed: Growing up on the East Coast in the Baltimore area and how guitar and pedal steel became a part of Barry’s life. They talk about his guitar abilities on both 6 string guitars and pedal steel guitar. They discuss Barry’s guitars made by luthier Scott Walker (scottwalkerguitars.com) and his pedal steels made by Ross Shafer from Sierra Steel Guitars (sierrasteels.com) and Barry’s amps made by Bill Krinard from Two Rock amps. They talk about Barry’s time with Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) and his band the Green Leaf Rustlers. They also discuss his band mate Pete Se...

111 - Elliot Easton (the Cars) In episode 111 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with Guitarist Elliot Easton, from the Cars, the New Cars, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, the Tiki Gods, the Immediate Family amongst others. In their conversation we discuss: His current activity filling in for Waddy Wachtel in the Immediate Family Band (while Waddy is the musical director and guitarist for Stevie Nicks). Elliot tells us about a Les Paul he had made, a concept guitar “what would a 1964 single cutaway look like”. Elliot tells us about his “Tiki Gods” project that ended up on the Jackie Brown soundtrack. Elliot takes us back to Massapequa Long Island and tells us about his parents influence on his musical taste and his upbringing and his experience at Berklee school of music in Boston. They discuss gear throughout the interview and Elliot talks about his signature guitars… 5 in total. They discuss the benefits and drawbacks ...