Dishin' with Musicians
Mike Semrad, owner of Red Rebel Media and front man of The Bottle Tops and The Riverhawks, hosts 'Dishin' with Musicians' where he engages a wide range of musical guests, writers, producers, and artists in one-on-one interviews exploring their creative inspirations, failures, pandemic cooking, successes and failures, and everything in between.This is associated with a the 501c3 non-profit, The Nebraska Performing Arts Hall of Fame. So, for more quality content like this and more, we ask for a small donation of anything you can comfortably do. If not, sit back and enjoy just the same. Thank you for listening! Please donate to the following:Paypal: @NeHOF or info@NebraskaPerformingArts.comVenmo: @NebraskaArts
Episodes
15 episodes
DISHIN' WITH MUSICIANS: EPISODE 15 - JAY MCDOWELL, OF BR549 & MUSICIANS HALL OF FAME
My GOODNESS!!! My very special guest tonight, Jay McDowell, of famed band BR549, absolute Nashville hot cats, who transformed lower Broadway during troubling times. Jay McDowell, known as Smilin' Jay, has a history as deep as the ocean. A...
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Episode 15
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1:26:12
DISHIN' WITH MUSICIANS: EPISODE 14 - DEKE DICKERSON, THE PRINCE OF AMERICAN ROOTS
Monday night, November 28th, we welcomed the Prince of America's Roots Music scene, Deke Dickerson, on the program. We were so thrilled to host this event and dig deep into this man's history of music, his extensive guitar and amp collection, a...
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Episode 14
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1:10:06
DISHIN WITH MUSICIANS EPISODE 13 - MATT REEVES OF THE REEVES BROTHERS
Well, we had so much fun with Cole Reeves that we HAD to have his brother, Matt Reeves, on the Program! Having them together just wouldn't do each of their genius justice. Hailed as the Butch and Sundance of Country Music, whose songs s...
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Episode 13
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1:40:03
DISHIN' WITH MUSICIANS: EPISODE 12 - DARREN KEEN OF PROBLEMS AND THE SHOW IS THE RAINBOW
Hello Friends!Today's Dishin' with Musicians guest is the incomparable Darren Keen! Darren is one of the most unique artists we have ever come across. His limits are relentless, and he is constantly pushing the boundaries of the word "a...
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Episode 12
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1:15:24
DISHIN' WITH MUSICIANS: EPISODE 11 - BEN WRIGHT of HENHOUSE PROWLERS
Hello Friends!Today's Dishin' with Musicians guest is the great Ben Wright of Henhouse Prowlers and The Bluegrass Abassadors! He sits down with Mike Semrad to chat about his world travels and the mark he's leaving on bluegrass music acr...
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Episode 11
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1:06:22
DISHIN' WITH MUSICIANS: EPISODE 10 - COLE REEVES
Hello Friends!Today's Dishin' with Musicians guest is the great Cole Reeves! He sits down with Mike Semrad to chat about the history of Honky Tonk in both of their lives. Hailed as the Butch and Sundance of Country Music, who...
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Episode 10
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1:24:16
Dishin' with Musicians: Episode 9 with Dan Whitaker
Hello Friends!This podcast took place on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022. Today's Dishin' with Musicians guest comes from the windy city of Chicago, Illinois. Dan Whitaker is a honky-tonkin’ folk-blues and hillbilly jazz arti...
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Episode 1
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47:01
Dishin' with Musicians: Episode 8 with Tom Ficke
Hello Friends! This podcast took place on Friday, May 28th, 2021. Mike Semrad Jr. connected with local Nebraska musician Tom Ficke, who has been in numerous amazing bands and has an infinite collection of great stories.
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Episode 8
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1:45:03
Dishin' with Musicians: Episode 7 - Benji Kushner
Mike Semrad Jr. whips it up with one of Nebraska's greatest guitar slingers, Benji Kushner, of The Mezcal Brothers , Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, and The Wondermonds. (And so many more)Tonight, we get to the bottom of his earliest ins...
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Episode 7
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1:25:53
Dishin' with Musicians: Episode 6 - Gunter Voelker of Jack Hotel
Today, Thursday March 11th, old friends unite! Mike Semrad Jr. connects with Americana genius songwriter Günter Voelker, of Jack Hotel for a romp-stomping good time! Since their start in 2012, Jack Hotel has proven itself one of t...
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Episode 6
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2:14:31
Dishin' with Musicians: Episode 5 - Hayes Griffin
Hello Friends! Happy Friday....WE ARE LIVE!!!Join us tonight, Friday, Jan. 29th, at 8pm as Mike Semrad Jr. connects with jazz/bluegrass extraordinaire, Hayes Griffin, who brings us his multi-instrumentalist and music educator mind to pi...
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Episode 5
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1:41:56
Dishin' with Musicians: Episode 4 - Lawrence Peters
Hello Friends! Tonight, we welcome our Ole' Chicago Brother, Lawrence Peters, of the Lawrence Peters Outfit. Lawrence Peters is a country singer, songwriter, drummer, bandleader, DJ, and America’s preeminent electric washboard play...
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Episode 4
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1:38:29
Episode 3: Héctor Anchondo with special guest Kris Lager
Join us tonight as I sit down with the great Héctor Anchondo to talk music, the pandemic, food and life as a touring musician. Hector is the winner of the 2020 International Blues Challenge. Being a winner in the International Blu...
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Episode 3
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1:01:54
Episode 2: Lara Hope & the Arktones
Join us tonight as we get down and dirty with that Rockabilly sound, as we welcome on the one and only, Princess of Rockabilly, Lara Hope, of Lara Hope and the Ark-tones, joined by special guest: hubby and coffin bass extraordinaire, Matt "The ...
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Episode 2
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1:03:44
Episode 1: Jim Shaw of Buck Owens' & the Buckaroos
Thank you for joining us for this historic episode 1 of 'Dishin' with Musicians'. We are so excited to welcome Jim Shaw, bandleader of the legendary Buck Owens’ Buckaroos. We'll talk the invention of the famous Bakersfield sound, a...
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Episode 1
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