Josh Kaufman
American multi-instrumentalist and songwriterWikipedia
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Sep 29, 2026
Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
Eric D. Johnson.
Rhett MillerHOST
Maybe best known for his work with the Fruit Bats, although I recently saw a lot of people rocking out to his band that he's formed most recently with Aeneas Mitchell and Josh Kaufman, Bonnie Light Horseman, at a music festival where we performed together, Old 97s and Bonnie Light Horseman.
Rhett MillerHOST
But Eric D. Johnson goes back with the Fruit Bats a long way and has made a lot of great records over the years.
Rhett MillerHOST
and has a new one out and he is so cool and funny and smart and i really have enjoyed talking to him over the years and i was so psyched to finally get him to submit to the wheels off treatment so i think y'all are going to appreciate this conversation a lot about perseverance and music and It's really great.
Craig FinnHOST
She played in the classic second wave emo band Rainer Maria, who started in Madison, Wisconsin, and traveled in some of the same circles as my first band, Lifter Puller, although I actually never met her then.
Craig FinnHOST
I did meet Caitlin when our mutual friend and producer Josh Kaufman brought her in to sing on my record We All Want the Same Thing, specifically on the track Birds Trapped at the Airport.
Craig FinnHOST
She absolutely crushed it.
Craig FinnHOST
I love the part she came up with.
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Craig FinnHOST
Yeah.
Caithlin De MarraisGUEST
Circumstance.
Craig FinnHOST
I mean, like, if you weren't playing the bass line that was on the record, you weren't playing it right somehow or something, you know? I actually think working with our mutual friend, Josh Kaufman, helped me a lot of him being like, "Eh, I don't know.
Craig FinnHOST
What if we tried the, what if we changed the feel?" And all of a sudden, like, he can kinda, all of a sudden, he'd, he, it would, he w- w- like, very quickly would become something wildly different and better, and it would be almost like before I could resist, we'd be doing something different, and, and I'd be like, "Oh, my God, this is thrilling."
James JoinerHOST
He's been at this since before the turn of the century, with a catalog that includes nearly 20 albums, plus his absolutely bananas cover of fellow Midwesterners smashing Pumpkin's entire Siamese dream record.
James JoinerHOST
He's also been in bands you may have heard of, such as The Shins or experimental rock outfit Caliphone, not to mention being one-third of Grammy-nominated folk supergroup Bonnie Light Horseman alongside Anais Mitchell and Josh Kaufman.
James JoinerHOST
He's a lifelong Deadhead, so don't be surprised to hear him drop some Grateful Dead covers when you go see him.
James JoinerHOST
And he's performed with Joe Russo, Phil Lesh, and, recently, Graham & Friends at this year's Unbroken Chain shows in San Francisco.
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Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
It's sort of like, how do we make this blast out of the speakers? So Tom's a lot of those things that I've learned a lot from him.
Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
And I produce records sometimes too.
Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
And I, And then Josh Kaufman, who is a producer also, who does the Bonnie stuff.
Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
You kind of learn from these people, and then you create your own way of doing it.
Paul BanksGUEST
Um, and that his sort of mic, the, the level, like Drake did it pretty well, but like the level of relaxation that 21 Savage has on the mic is just so commendable and cool.
Paul BanksGUEST
Um, but I feel like for me relaxing or exploring a more quiet delivery, um, If that has come from any point of influence other than my own self, it would be from Josh Kaufman and my band Muzz, who produced my vocals on that record.
Paul BanksGUEST
And a lot of what he wanted me doing was sort of like, get quieter, get quieter, get quieter.
Paul BanksGUEST
So I feel like I wouldn't say that 21 Savage inspired me to change what I do more than just that I do highlight him as being a real, not innovator, but just like very cool, very cool on the microphone.
Paul BanksGUEST
Um, and that his sort of mic, the, the level, like Drake did it pretty well, but like the level of relaxation that 21 Savage has on the mic is just so commendable and cool.
Paul BanksGUEST
Um, but I feel like for me relaxing or exploring a more quiet delivery, um, If that has come from any point of influence other than my own self, it would be from Josh Kaufman and my band Muzz, who produced my vocals on that record.
Paul BanksGUEST
And a lot of what he wanted me doing was sort of like, get quieter, get quieter, get quieter.
Paul BanksGUEST
So I feel like I wouldn't say that 21 Savage inspired me to change what I do more than just that I do highlight him as being a real, not innovator, but just like very cool, very cool on the microphone.