Indy In-Tune #178: Brother O' Brother

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01/31/15 • 59 min

I'm constantly baffled by a nubmer of things. How could anybody think Sam Smith intentionally lifted one of the most-overplayed Tom Petty songs, but so far not one person has called out Rihanna, who has made at least ten times as much money plajurizing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star? Why isn't Chad Valley more popular in the States than he is? And, how in the hell do two guys make as much noise as Brother O' Brother without Phil Spector or Terry Brown fiddling with studio trickery? Seriously, I introduced these guys at the "Tequila Party for Robots" last week, and I even had to ask, "Seriously, where's the rest of the band." When they were playing I went back to the soundboard to see if Jamie Jackson was hiding a surreptitious backing track or something under the console. Nope. Just two guys. Honestly, if they came to me asking me to manage them, I'd tell them to come back when they at least had a bass player, or Ray Manzarek. Who has ever heard of a "power duo" playing live? What Brother O' Brother lacks in warm bodies, they more than make up for in body heat, possibly a fortunate side effect of all that extra room on stage. I mean, seriously, we're talking leaps, kicks, drummers standing on stuff, lasers, pyro, inflatable sheep ... well, okay, maybe my memory is faulty, the sheep might have belonged to one of the Shine guys. Either way, they gave a great interview (read: I barely got a word in edgewise and hardly had to edit anything out) and treated us to a few previously-unheard tracks from their upcoming release that are sure to make your jaw drop.

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Indy In-Tune #177: Eric Pedigo

I've been at this for almost nine years. I take or have been awarded partial credit for encouraging and/or helping to unleash a few cool things on the scene during this time. Coy Koi, Swig, Black Market Binary, Megan Hopkins ... probably even more that never got legs ... and I will admit quite a few things have become inexplicably popular despite my initial read. But, dammit, you have to give me Eric Pedigo, this skinny little kid that showed up at an open mic one night with a batch of really cool-assed songs and solid voice to back them up. For some reason he had this ambition to play Birdy's ... which is ONE thing I can usually do for an artist ... so I had him play in the background while bands were signing up for the Battle back in 2013. Next thing I know, our buddy Cannon has convinced him to sign up for the battle, and a few weeks later, he becomes one of the first singer/songwriters to advance to the second round, despite having brought only having two fans in the audience at the beginning of the night. Since that time, Eric has become a staple of the singer/songwriter scene around town, playing several shows for Shine, collaborating with Steve Boller (Godfather of the Castleton music scene) on one of the better releases of the past year (thank you, again, Shine Studios), releasing what Ryan Brewer begrudgingly says is one of the best songs written by a local artist, and reaching the finals of Birdy's One Guitar/One Voice competition. This is an impressive resume for his first 18 months in town, I would say. This episode marks Eric's second appearance on Indy In-Tune and includes all-new live performances that he probably only vaguely remembers playing the first time. Links Referenced in the Show: Eric Pedigo can be found here | ...oh and here ) and here () and here () and don't forget here (). He is formerly of the band "." Some of the tracks this evening are off what most of us affectionately refer to as the "Bollego" album, which he did with Steve Boller. That album can be obtained here . In addition, we also play tracks from his solo album, asdf, which can be found here: . Co-hosting on this episode is Brandon/Benjamin Cannon of . Also joining late was the inimitable (except by Jeff Kelly) Kolo Bell. We reference Eric's previous performance in Studio B, initially recorded for The Soundcheck with Irish. You will find that performance in our Mini-Concert Archive. Eric gave a stellar performance last month in the finals of the .

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Indy In-Tune #179: Richard Caudle

Our busiest year ever, and countdown to 250 by the end of the year continues. This is somewhat relevant now, as I just scheduled podcast #199 for early next month and relaized I have made no plans for an episode #200 yet. I understand the popular trend is to just ignore episodes ending in double zeros, but geez, it's been four years since Episode #100, and most of the people who were on that show have been conspicuously absent from Indy In-Tune for the subsequent 100 episodes. (Not my doing, I assure you.) Also, go figure that, despite the fact that this is (supposedly) a weekly show, I'm only on episode 200 after nine years. Please don't do the math. Meanwhile, upstarts like Chris Brake and the Free Beer Express have managed to polish of a quick century of episodes in seemingly record time, so I really need to assert myself as the "old school" of podcasters in this town. Basically, I'm ready for a party. So, I'm thinking at the very least we take over Studio C or the Sabbatical deck for an afternoon and have a half-dozen or so really cool people drop by and play some tunes, right? On second thought I'm gonna need a beer sponsor for this, aren't I? This week's guest, Richard Caudle, is a character. A fantastic singer/songwriter known throughout the midwest, he is in possession of a very distinctive voice and an even more distinctive moustache. I've seen a lot of weird stuff in 200 episodes, you know. We've had nudity, surrealism, hilarious word combinations, beer through the noise, spontaneous music, earth-shaking revelations, just about everything, really. This, however, was probably the first time I've had a guest meow and puke on the same episode -- and the guy was so incredibly professional otherwise. He even brought a manager/agent who tried to keep him on script the whole time. Important tip for you: never let us catch you doing this; we see it as a challenge to drag you off script and into the weeds at every opportunity. Links Referenced in the Show: Coming soon.