Have Guitar Will Travel

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...

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...

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...