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

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Dishin' with Musicians: Episode 9 with Dan Whitaker

February 02, 2022 • Mike Semrad • Season 2 • Episode 1

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 artist whose music defies easy assumptions. The Chicago-based singer-songwriter moves from dark ballads to intricate instrumentals to character-driven stories set on the road and in honky-tonks. With his latest album, One More Story Told, Whitaker introduces the deep scope of his songwriting range and evolution to newer listeners for the first time. Best known as leader of the honky-tonk band The Shinebenders, from 1985 to 2015 Whitaker also fronted several roots-rock bands in and around Chicago and the Midwest. One More Story Told is an acoustic anthology of updated songs spanning that time period, brimming with unexpected melodies, unique chord structures, and relatable stories.

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