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269 - BottleRock 2026: Hannah Cohen and the Girl Tones

269 - BottleRock 2026: Hannah Cohen and the Girl Tones In episode 269 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine host James Patrick Regan is at BottleRock 2026 and he speaks with Hannah Cohen and the Girl Tones. First up is Hannah Cohen, she tells us this is her second BottleRock experience her first singing background for Iron and Wine. Hannah discusses her father a respected jazz drummer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She talks about her current home in the Catskills of New York. Hannah describes her gear: a nylon string guitar and she takes us through her band and her tour schedule: festivals and supporting Alabama Shakes. To find out more about Hannah you can go to her website: thehannahcohen.com In my conversation with the Girl Tones, Kenzie on guitar and Laila on drums we discuss living Bowling Green Kentucky and they take us through playing as a duo and what Kenzie does as far as gear to fill in the low end. Kenzie takes through the rest of her gear...
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268 - William Reaves (Breakfield)

268 - William Reaves (Breakfield) In episode 268 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with William Reaves acoustic guitarist with the band “Breakfield”. In our conversation William talks about the band Breakfield and how that differs from the previous lineup which was called “Boy Named Banjo” and Willam talks about their new self titled album that was produced by Sadler Vaden. William discusses growing up in Nashville busking on lower Broadway and he tells us about the competitiveness of busking in Nashville. William takes us through his musical education starting on harmonica then moving to guitar. William describes working on music row as a songwriter and what is his songwriting strategy. Finally William takes us through his gear, his tour schedule and he tells us about his day job as a construction project manager. To find out more about William, you can go to his website: breakfieldband.com Please subscribe, like, c...
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267 - Christo Ruppenthal (Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association)

267 - Christo Ruppenthal (Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association) In episode 267 “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist Christo Ruppenthal from the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association. In their conversation Christo tells us about his National Guitar Collection and his involvement with the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association (HSGA) and his love of vintage music. Christo talks about the events HSGA holds including this year’s event which will be in Santa Cruz, CA on October 22nd through the 25th and he describes the membership which is world wide. Christo takes us through what’s available on their website, lessons, tutorials and eventually instruments for sale. Christo talks about his work performing Hawaiian songs from the 20’s and 30’s and he gives us a history lesson of the early players and their instruments he also takes us through his career as a luthier. Christo gives us his thoughts on the resurgence of the populari...
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266 - Ryan Bingham

266 - Ryan Bingham In episode 266 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham. In their conversation Ryan takes us through his musical history after his mother bought him a guitar at 16 and a friend of his father’s taught him malagueña from there he began improvising songs in the back of the truck when competing as a bull rider. Ryan takes us through playing bars in Texas and New Mexico and his rise in popularity playing rodeo events. Ryan discusses moving to Paris to perform in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show riding horses for two years and moving back and putting a band together and focusing on music playing anywhere they could. Ryan describes how a chance meeting with Marc Ford (from the Black Crowes) led to a recording deal and started his career. Ryan tells us about his current band, “the Texas Gentleman” and his current album “They Call Us the Lucky Ones”. Ryan talks about his touring sche...
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265 - Mark Lettieri and Purbayan Chatterjee

265 - Mark Lettieri and Purbayan Chatterjee In episode 265 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist Mark Lettieri and sitarist and Grammy winner Purbayan Chatterjee. In their conversation the two tell us where they are now, Mark in Fort Worth, TX and Purbayan in Bombay (Mumbai), India and they discuss how they met at Mark’s Snarky Puppy (one of his regular gigs) concert in Mumbai. Purbayan discusses how this project “Feathered Creatures” turned from a solo album with a few guitar parts to a full out collaboration between the two and they take us through the instrumentation on the album apart from Mark’s guitar and Purbayan’s sitar work. The two take us through the gear they used on the album, Purbayan’s sitar and his electric sitar and Mark’s PRS guitars and Purbayan explains the tuning of the sitar. The two talk about upcoming shows both in the l US and India and tour plans for 2027 and they also tell us ab...
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264 - Stacy Mitchhart

264 - Stacy Mitchhart In episode 264 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with the Blues Doctor, Stacy Mitchhart. In their conversation Stacy talks about his home in Nashville where he’s lived for the past 30 years and the club where he’s had a residency for the same 30 years, Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar bourbonstreetbluesandboogiebar.com. Stacy tells us about his his new album “No Rhyme Or Reason” which is out now. Stacy takes us through his musical education and his hometown of Cincinnati and he explains the moniker “Blues Doctor” and he tells us about his dad’s record collection which heavily inspired his musical direction and he talks about a group a musical friends who have remained close throughout his career. Stacy discusses his guitar collection and his relationship with Epiphone and his endorsements with Vintage Guitars ( vintageguitarsus.com ) and Ciari guitars ( ciariguitars.com ) and he tells us about ...
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263 - John Pita (City of the Sun)

263 - John Pita (City of the Sun) In episode 263 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist John Pita from the band City of the Sun. In their conversation John talks about growing up in Ecuador and moving to the US when he was 14. John gives us his musical history taking up guitar while living in on Long Island, NY. and eventually busking in Washington Square Park near the New School playing Latin style music in the vein of Al DiMeola and Paco De Lucia. John takes us through the music that City of the Sun makes and their new album “Under the Moon” and their tour schedule and he talks about traveling internationally as a musician. John describes his gear Seagull acoustics and Godin electrics for guitars and a Roland JC 40 for an amp and a Rolando Street Cube for busking and he takes us through his pedals. To find out more about John and City of the Sun you can go to his website: wearecityofthesun.com Please sub...
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