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Troubled Men Podcast
René Coman sits down with the original Troubled Man, Manny Chevrolet, over cocktails at the Ring Room, in the heart of an old-school New Orleans social haunt. Manny is an L.A. native who had been through the Hollywood wringer by his late 20s. He then moved to New Orleans to become a perennial candidate for mayor and make a feature film about it. René is a New Orleans native who's been in the music biz wringer since he was a child. They are the Troubled Men for Troubled Times.
Episodes
Troubled Men PodcastTMP200 THE 200TH EPISODE PARTY: TROUBLE NEVER ENDS!
The Troubled Nation gathers at Snake & Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge to celebrate the milestone, as guests and supporters join Manny and René to reminisce about…
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TMP199 COUNTER CULTURE WITH DC HARBOLD AND CARLOS MENDIETA
The musician and owner of More Fun Comics, DC Harbold teamed up with artist/animator Carlos Mendieta to create a “Clerks” meets “American Splendor”-style comic…
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TMP198 JOHN CULBRETH GETS NAUGHTY
The Naughty Professor cofounding trumpet player and point man for the Naughty Horns has also worked with the Temptations, Rickie Lee Jones, the Afghan Whigs…
Troubled Men PodcastFeral Zone 4: KEVIN GORDON & THE IGUANAS HIT THE ROAD (PT2)
The swampy Americana songwriter, singer, and guitarist, covered by Levon Helm, Keith Richards, and Lucinda Williams, has traveled a twisted road from juke…
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Feral Zone 3: KEVIN GORDON & THE IGUANAS HIT THE ROAD (Pt.1)
The swampy Americana songwriter, singer, and guitarist, covered by Keith Richards, Irma Thomas, and Sonny Burgess, has traveled a twisted road from juke joints…
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TMP197 SHAWN HALL MAKES THE CONNECTION
The accomplished visual artist and former Piety Recording Studio manager has worked with an impressive list of creative superstars and maladjusted misfits…
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TMP196 DALE SPALDING HEATS UP
The harmonica master and singer with Canned Heat and Poncho Sanchez grew up in the musical hotbed of Downey, California, with Phil and Dave Alvin. Influenced…
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TMP195 RONNIE BARNETT ON THE MUFFS
The legendary Muffs bass player, along with singer/guitarist Kim Shattuck and drummer Roy McDonald, blasted out their infectious, melodic brand of punk rock…
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TMP194 JASON MINGLEDORFF GOES SOLO
A Grammy-winning veteran of Dr. John, Papa Grows Funk, the Nightcrawlers, and Galactic, the saxophone, clarinet, and flute player is a devotee of the New…
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TMP193 JOHNNY J. CALLS A SIT DOWN
The rockabilly and roots guitarist, singer, and bandleader of the Hitmen, O.L.D., and the Blue Vipers has been an intergral part of the New Orleans scene since…
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TMP192 BEN MUMPHREY GIVES US HOPE
The record producer and recording engineer had spent years working with bands including the Pixies, Frank Black, and the Breeders before taking over the fabled…
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TMP191 MEGHANN MCCRACKEN AGAINST THE GRAIN
The iconoclastic screenwriter, essayist, and former Siberia Bar owner recently self-cancelled from social media after her commentaries drew the ire of the…
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TMP190 AURORA NEALAND LIGHTS UP
The innovative multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer with the Royal Roses, the Monocle, the Panorama Jazz Band, and the Klezmer All Stars turns up to…
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Feral Zone 2: MICHAEL CERVERIS LETS LOOSE IN THE GILDED AGE
The Tony Award-winning actor and musician returns to discuss his latest role on HBO’s new “Gilded Age” period drama and his band Loose Cattle’s recent “Heavy…
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TMP189 JEFF TREFFINGER: THE GERANIUMS IN BLOOM
The guitarist and songwriter for the Geraniums and Tribe Nunzio and co-owner of the Mermaid Lounge has just released “Hope Is Not For The Weak,” a double album…
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TMP188 MARK WALTON LAYS IT DOWN
The Dream Syndicate and Continental Drifters (Susan Cowsill, Vicki Peterson, Peter Holsapple) bassist, vocalist, and songwriter covered a lot of territory from…
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TMP187 ROBERT MUGGE, REAL TO REEL
The award-winning filmmaker behind classic music docs like “Deep Blues,” “The Kingdom of Zydeco,” and “Gospel According to Al Green” has spent decades…
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TMP186 KYLE MELANCON BANGS HIS DRUM
The powerhouse drummer and vocalist with the Emmy Award-winnng Imagination Movers spent 20 years propelling Dash Rip Rock’s punkabilly onslaught from coast to…
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TMP185 KEITH "TREE" BARRY TEACHES A LESSON
He’s a multi-instrumentalist, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Thelonious Monster collaborator, and a cofounder, along with Flea, of the Silverlake Conservatory of…
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TMP184 RICK SHEA: LOVE & DESPERATION
The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and guitar master’s work with Americana legends like Dave Alvin, Chris Gaffney, and Wanda Jackson as well as his many…
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TMP183 KIRK JOSEPH: MASTER OF NEW ORLEANS SOUSAFUNK
The virtuoso sousaphone pioneer with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Treme Brass Band, and his own Backyard Groove reinvented the instrument in the modern band…
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TMP182 JAMES "THE HOUND" MARSHALL ON THE LOOSE
The radio personality, bar owner (Circle Bar, Lakeside Lounge NYC), and rock ’n’ roll musicologist moved to the punk rock ground zero of 1977 Lower East Side…
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TMP181 ERIC BOLIVAR MARCHES ON
The master drummer and percussionist with Anders Osborne, Karl Denson, and Pimps of Joytime cut his teeth in the Bay Area drum corps scene as a member of the…
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TMP180 CHRIS ADKINS: SIX-STRING HIGHWAY
The guitar wiz with George Porter Jr., Maria Muldaur, and Marc Broussard escaped the cultural void of Florida and found a home in the musical mecca of New…
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TMP179 BEN SCHENCK GOES PANORAMIC
The clarinet player, arranger, and driving force behind the Panorama Jazz Band has an affinity for exotic folk music from around the world. A founding member…
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TMP178 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS
Guitarist Rick Miller and bassist Mary Huff along with Dave Hartman on drums play rockabilly, surf, country, R&B, and Americana from the wrong side of the…
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TMP177 KERRY GROMBACHER AT HOME ON THE RANGE
The folk and Western recording artist is a modern troubadour traveling and writing songs of cowboy life in Big Sky country. The singer, guitarist and mandolin…
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TMP176 ANDREW GILCHRIST: GOAT IN THE HOUSE 0F 1000HZ
The sound engineer with acts like the Neville Bros, Maceo Parker, Steel Pulse, and Ani DiFranco, he’s also the owner of the House of 1000Hz studio, boasting a…
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TMP175 JIM SPAKE MAKES THE DATE
The Memphis titan of the tenor sax has played and recorded with artists including Al Green, Alex Chilton, Tony Bennett, Mavis Staples, Mose Allison, Screamin’…
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TMP174 SUE FOLEY PLAYS PINKY'S BLUES
The award-winning blues guitar player, vocalist, and songwriter migrated from Canada to Austin on invitation from legendary impresario Clifford Antone. The…
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TMP173 JON CLEARY AND THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN
The Grammy-winning pianist, vocalist, and songwriter has worked with top acts like Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Dr. John, and Eric Burdon. His solo records with…
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TMP172 BRAD WALKER LISTENS FOR THE STILL SMALL VOICE
The tenor sax master’s resume includes Sturgill Simpson, Marcia Ball, Anders Osborne, George Porter, and Rickie Lee Jones. His exciting solo releases range…
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TMP171 MICHAEL PAZ SETS THE STAGE
The veteran engineer, producer and tour manager with Preservation Hall, Zachary Richard, Essence Fest, and the Ogden Museum has produced a new record with the…
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Feral Zone 1: MIKE DILLON BRINGS THE PUNKADELICK VIBES
The adventurous jazz punk percussionist and vibraphonist with Rickie Lee Jones, Ani DiFranco, Les Claypool, and Critters Buggin’, as well as his own groups…
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TMP170 RICK G. NELSON WHIGS OUT!
The recent Grammy winner and string multi-instrumentalist with the Afghan Whigs, the Polyphonic Spree, and the Twilight Singers is also the owner/engineer at…
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TMP169 TONY HASELDEN KEEPS ON COOKING WITH LEROUX
A founding member of Louisiana’s LeRoux, the multi-platinum-selling guitarist, songwriter, and singer rode the wave of chart-topping singles (“New Orleans…
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TMP168 PETE GORDON: WET DAWG TAKES HIS LICKS
The boogie piano wild man with Mojo Nixon, the LeRoi Bros., Jello Biafra, Roy Head, Archie Bell, and the Neptunes was mentored early on by Nils Lofgren, Billy…
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TMP167 BILL DAVIS RIPS IT UP
The Dash Rip Rock singer/guitarist has spent a lifetime barnstorming the country fronting the revved-up roots punk trio he founded as a college student. The…
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TMP166 JOE KROWN TAKES THE THRONE
The decorated organist and piano player’s star-studded resume includes long stints with Kenny Wayne Shephard and Gatemouth Brown as well as tours with Mavis…
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TMP165 JON LANGFORD TELLS TALES OF FEAR AND WHISKEY
The Mekons and Waco Brothers founding singer, guitarist, and punk/alt-country pioneer takes a break from his latest Freakon collaboration to discuss his Welsh…
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TMP164 SGT. T-BEN BOUDREAUX REPORTS FOR DUTY
The veteran WTIX radio personality behind "News You Need Now" and joke writer for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Joan Rivers stumbled into the comedy game…
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TMP163 Mark Rubin: The Triumph of Assimilation
The self-proclaimed Jew of Oklahoma and founding bassist with the Bad Livers and Killbilly recently cracked the Billboard Bluegrass chart with his solo release…
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TMP162 Michael Tisserand Reveals A Secret World
The award-winning journalist and author of “Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White,” returns with his newest book, “My Father When Young.” It’s a…
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TMP161 Dave Alvin: King of California
He’s a Grammy-winning songwriter, singer, guitar player, record producer, and founding member of the legendary Blasters, who burst onto the early L.A. punk…
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TMP160 Rurik Nunan: Mission from Moscow
The outstanding violinist and singer with Loose Cattle, whose new record, “Heavy Lifting” was just released, comes to New Orleans by way of a Moscow birth and…
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TMP159 Ross Johnson is the Baron of Love
The original drummer with Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, he had already appeared on Alex Chilton’s “Like Flies on Sherbert” performing “Baron of Love” and cemented…
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TMP158 Bill Kirchen: Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
The Commander Cody cofounder burst into the Top 10 playing the hot guitar on “Hot Rod Lincoln.” Grammy nominations and collaborations with Nick Lowe, Elvis…
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TMP157 Lenny Zenith: How We Got Here
The pioneering transgender singer, composer, writer, and activist’s band RZA was among the earliest acts on the New Orleans punk rock scene, and his Pop Combo…
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TMP156 Mark Mullins Goes Deep with Bonerama
The virtuoso trombonist, arranger, and cofounder of Bonerama and Mulebone has also recorded with a laundry list of stars, including Sheryl Crow, Maceo Parker…
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TMP155 Greg Schatz, Schatzy, and the Friggin' Geniuses
The songwriter, piano, accordion, and bass player is also the entertainment manager for the French Quarter Festival. His years of busking with Jeremy Lyons and…
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TMP154 Amy LaVere: Runaway's Diary
The critically-acclaimed Americana singer and bass player was a favorite of legendary producer Jim Dickinson, who hired her for his band and helmed her…
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TMP153 Derrick Freeman: Smoker's World
The mastermind behind the Soul Brass Band and Smoker’s World is a percussionist, composer, actor, and MC, with mentors such as Ellis Marsalis and Shannon…
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TMP152 John Thomas Griffith: Red Rockers Revisited
The Cowboy Mouth guitarist and singer started as the frontman of the Rat Finks turned Red Rockers, in the thick of the New Orleans punk scene. Hit singles…
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TMP151 Steve Berlin's L.A. Confidential
The record producer and Los Lobos saxophonist reflects on his stellar career, including his early days with seminal L.A. groups like the Blasters, the Flesh…
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TMP150 Luther Dickinson: North Mississippi Allstars
By the time the North Mississippi Allstars guitarist and singer started playing with Hill Country masters R.L. Burnside and Othar Turner, he’d already received…
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TMP149 Rachel Haden: Ready for Takeoff
The bassist and singer is a founding member of That Dog, the Rentals, and the Haden Triplets and a featured collaborator with Weezer, Beck, and Todd Rundgren…
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TMP148 Stanley Adkins: A Rockin' Man
The frontman for Stanley & the Undesirables led the legendary punk-country outfit that included, at times, George “the Max” Reinecke, Nicky Sanzenbach, Becky…
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TMP147 Delfeayo Marsalis' Jazz Odyssey
The Grammy-winning trombonist, composer, producer, educator and member of the mighty Marsalis family along with father Ellis and brothers Branford, Wynton, and…
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TMP146 Carlo Nuccio's Continental Drift
The notorious drummer and songwriter’s resume includes Tori Amos, Marianne Faithfull, Pat McLaughlin, and Dr. John. Carlo returns by popular demand to tell the…
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TMP 145 Jeffrey Clemens' Special Sauce
The G. Love & Special Sauce drummer discovered singer and guitarist G. Love in an empty Irish bar in his hometown of Boston. As a duo expanding to a trio, the…