Paul Myers

So it's very interesting how through John Candy, you go, you're really getting into the nitty-gritty details, which I have to say, it is different reading this book than the, the documentary that is out that is great, that weirdly came out.

And I remember talking to Colin Hanks and going, "You know, Paul M- Myers is doing a book about, you know, John Candy." And he went, "Huh." And he walked away.

No, I made that up.

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Mm-hmm.

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I'm Paul Myers, and you're listening to the Record Store Day Podcast.

Hello, and welcome to episode 249 of the Record Store Day podcast.

I am Paul Myers, and on today's show, we look at the music of two brilliant guitar players who I hadn't really listened to a lot of, but finally got a chance to on their brand new album.

I'm talking about Rodrigo y Gabriela, born in Mexico, founded in Dublin, but true world travelers.

In fact, they went to Japan to record their brand new album, Our Home, that just came out on Friday.

also it's easy more easy to trademark i think right but uh but our home is the album it's uh by the time this airs it'll be in stores and i really enjoyed speaking with you today thanks for making the time thank you very much Rodrigo y Gabriela's Our Home, all one word, is in stores now on the ATO Records label.

Look for it at your local independent record store, and maybe pick up some of their back catalog while you're there.

The Record Store Day podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by me, Paul Myers, and I also composed the theme song and selected interstitial music.

You hear that with comedians saying, oh, my brother was a...

Paul Myers and Mike Myers are the same.

Yeah, they'll say the same thing.

Yeah.

I'm Paul Myers, and you're listening to the Record Store Day podcast.

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to episode 248 of the Record Store Day podcast.

And today on the program, we're gonna talk about blues, Chicago blues, with the great blues harp player Charlie Musselwhite, along with Matthew Stubbs from the band GA20.

No, seriously, uh, uh, to have legends on here, uh, is always a pleasure.

So thank you both for talking to me today.

Thank you, Paul.

Appreciate you taking the time.

Lot of fun.

I'm Paul Myers, and you're listening to the Record Store Day podcast.

Hello and welcome to episode 247 of the Record Store Day podcast.

I am your host, Paul Myers, and today I'm thrilled to have one of my favorite guitarists and the co-writer of so many classic hits, Mike Campbell, the humble guitar hero from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who's now fronting Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs, who have released their fourth album, Mission of Mercy.

And we talk all about that, plus a few detours into Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynn, Brian Wilson, Don Henley, and lots of other good stuff.

So today, Mike Campbell, Mission of Mercy and more, when the Record Store Day podcast kicks off right after these words from our gratefully continuing sponsors.

It was his birthday yesterday.

And thanks again to Mike and the management over there, Lawrence, Katie, and Joe, for making Mike available.

The Record Store Day podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by me, Paul Myers, and I also composed the theme song and selected interstitial music.

also appearing on dozens more as an uncredited accompanist, including some albums with Tony Bennett and on pop records like the 1969 hit recording of Burt Bacharach's Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.

Known for his elegant, sensitive fingerstyle playing, Bertoncini became a leading advocate for the nylon string guitar and jazz, blending classical technique with jazz, Latin, and popular music, and he was also an educator, teaching for five decades at the Eastman School of Music, William Patterson University, and the New England Conservatory, with Peter Bernstein, Ronnie Ben-Hur, and Paul Myers among his students.

So a long career, so rest in peace, Gene Bertoncini.

All right.

Thank you to you all for listening.

Thank you to our executive producers Mike Lee and Paul Myers.

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Um Please head on over to their website, rydc.co.uk, to see some of their brilliant products.

I'm Paul Myers, and you're listening to the Record Store Day podcast.

Hello and welcome to episode 246 of the Record Store Day podcast.

I am, in fact, Paul Myers.

Happy September.

You know, as a Canadian born on the shores of Lake Ontario, I can tell you that it's a very weird time to be living in America right now.

Thanks, brother.

Appreciate it.

The Record Store Day podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by me, Paul Myers, and I also composed the theme song and selected interstitial music.

I have attended this in the past.

It is an event hosted by Snow, our friend Snow.

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But they...

And I

and again, I think it's important if somebody's racist or homophobic or transphobic, I'd rather know.

I always say the whole point of this program is that I hold up a mirror and I let people see who you are without sticking to talking points and safe PR friendly questions and answers nobody said to me I didn't get any directive from a PR person please do not ask John Cleese about trans women I got no such directive I got a directive I had a similar opportunity to talk to Gordon Sumner Sting I like to call him by his formal name.

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