Musician John Stirrat, talks about playing live shows with Type One Diabetes
11/13/22 • 26 min
We are really excited about today’s interview with John Stirrat, who has had type 1 diabetes since age 8. John plays bass in an excellent band called Hail the Sun, which is labelled on Wikipedia “as a post-hardcore band using elements of screamo, progressive rock, and math rock in its music.” They are amazing musicians, with live shows that are one of a kind. Their success have really blossomed over the last 10 years, as they now have 5 albums, 2 EP’s and close to 300,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. We were curious to talk to John about what it is like to have type 1 diabetes on tour, how he manages his performances, and hear what it is like to be a rock and roller taking insulin!
Check out Hail the Sun at https://hailthesun.comMusic written, performed and produced by Noah Mortola, https://linktr.ee/noahmortola
Please note, this podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those types of questions, please reach out to your health care team and providers.
We are really excited about today’s interview with John Stirrat, who has had type 1 diabetes since age 8. John plays bass in an excellent band called Hail the Sun, which is labelled on Wikipedia “as a post-hardcore band using elements of screamo, progressive rock, and math rock in its music.” They are amazing musicians, with live shows that are one of a kind. Their success have really blossomed over the last 10 years, as they now have 5 albums, 2 EP’s and close to 300,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. We were curious to talk to John about what it is like to have type 1 diabetes on tour, how he manages his performances, and hear what it is like to be a rock and roller taking insulin!
Check out Hail the Sun at https://hailthesun.comMusic written, performed and produced by Noah Mortola, https://linktr.ee/noahmortola
Please note, this podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those types of questions, please reach out to your health care team and providers.
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Transcript
Hello and welcome to Embracing Diabetes. I'm one of your hosts, Dr. Elizabeth Stevens. And I'm Amy Stockwell.
And we're really excited today about our interview with John Stewart. Full disclosure, he's my nephew in-law, so I've known him for over 20 years. John plays bass in an excellent band called Hail the Sun, which is labeled on Wikipedia as post hardcore using elements of Screamo, progressive rock and math rock in its music. We've
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