Best Billy Strings Podcasts (2025)

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Enjoying the Ride: Bay Area, Part 2 1:34:05

4d ago1:34:05

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The Deadcast’s tour of Enjoying the Ride trucks all the way to the East Bay, exploring beloved venues including the Greek Theater & Kaiser Auditorium, with tales of the Hog Farm’s Skeleton Crew & vintage field recordings from Oakland Coliseum Arena’s parking lot. Guests: David Lemieux, Ron Rakow, Kevin Schmevin, Mark Pinkus, Blair Jackson, Steve Si…

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Enjoying the Ride: Bay Area, Part 1 1:22:51

18d ago1:22:51

1:22:51

The Deadcast begins our virtual tour of the new Enjoying the Ride box, visiting the cradle of the Dead in Palo Alto/Menlo Park (with a detour to visit the Warlocks’ earliest shows) before heading to San Francisco with stops at the Fillmore West and Winterland. Guests: Connie Bonner Mosley, Ron Rakow, Ned Lagin, Ron Pietrowski, Tyler Roy-Hart, Les E…

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BONUS: Tiger Rose 50 1:05:17

25d ago1:05:17

1:05:17

For the 50th anniversary reissue of Tiger Rose, we explore the lost story of Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia’s only full-length studio collaboration, the Dead lyricist’s 2nd solo album, produced by Garcia & performed by an all-star cast including Garcia, Mickey Hart, & Donna Jean Godchaux. Guests: Kathy Veda Vaughan Bogert, Mickey Hart, Barry Melton, …

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Phil 85, Part 2 1:44:30

1M ago1:44:30

1:44:30

In the 2nd part of the Deadcast’s Phil Lesh tribute, we get deep into his singular bass playing with Phil’s son & bandmate Grahame, Phish’s Mike Gordon, & musicologist Rob Collier, while touring Phil’s high adventures with Ned Lagin, radio co-host Gary Lambert, & other friends. Guests: Grahame Lesh, Mike Gordon, Ned Lagin, David Crosby, David Lemie…

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Conor Oberst on "Undo the Right" 40:12

1M ago40:12

40:12

Brilliant indie rock-pop-and-folk singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes and Monsters of Folk fame, talks about another of Willie’s famous Pamper Demos, “Undo the Right.” It was one of Willie’s earliest efforts for the Pamper Publishing Company, a co-write with Hank Cochran, the legendary songwriter who first championed him when he moved to…

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Mark Seliger on "Stardust" 37:51

1M ago37:51

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Revered photographer Mark Seliger—who’s taken iconic images of everyone from Barack Obama and the Dali Lama to Kurt Cobain and Ice T—talks about the song that he says has informed almost every photo he’s taken of his friend Willie Nelson, 1978’s “Stardust.” Mark was a college freshman on a long, lonely road trip the first time he heard it, and he d…

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Phil 85, Part 1 1:10:59

2M ago1:10:59

1:10:59

The Deadcast begins its 11th season with a celebration of the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh, drawing on archival interviews to explore his unusual trajectory from jazz trumpet to avant-garde composition to rock and roll bass, and welcoming special guest Mike Gordon of Phish. Guests: Mike Gordon, Oteil Burbridge, Sam Cutler, David Lemieux, Gary Lambert …

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Larry Gatlin on "She's Not for You" 45:25

2M ago45:25

45:25

Larry Gatlin, a card-carrying member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (“All the Gold in California,” “Broken Lady,” etc.), focuses on “She’s Not for You,” off Willie’s game-changing 1973 album, Shotgun Willie. Well-read Willie nerds know that record, cut in New York for Atlantic Records, was the closest Willie had yet come to creative cont…

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Adrian Quesada on "I Never Cared for You" 43:33

2M ago43:33

43:33

Black Puma Adrian Quesada, the Austin-based guitarist, producer, and songwriter who also co-founded Grammy-winning Latin funk orchestra Grupo Fantasma, looks at the centerpiece of Willie’s 1998 album Teatro, “I Never Cared for You.” That album, produced in a small movie house by Daniel Lanois as a showcase for Willie’s guitar-picking over a bouncin…

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Amanda Petrusich on "Reasons to Quit" 52:14

2M ago52:14

52:14

New Yorker music critic Amanda Petrusich looks at the other big hit off Willie and Merle Haggard’s classic 1983 Pancho & Lefty album, “Reasons to Quit.” It’s a classic Haggard drinking song, but a little more pensive than most, and Amanda reframes it—and really, all of Pancho & Lefty—as an example of what she calls the Outlaw’s Conundrum, i.e. what…

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Charlie Sexton on "I Let My Mind Wander" 47:42

2M ago47:42

47:42

Before he received wide acclaim as Bob Dylan’s lead guitarist in the early 2000s, Charlie Sexton was a fixture of the Austin music scene going back almost as far as Willie himself, having first performed publicly in 1978, as a self-taught, nine-year-old, guitar prodigy invited onstage at the famous Continental Club. This week, Charlie the producer/…

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John Mellencamp on "Funny How Time Slips Away" 36:16

3M ago36:16

36:16

John Mellencamp, one of Willie’s fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members and a Farm Aid co-founder, has been a fan since first hearing “Funny How Time Slips Away” as a pre-teen in Seymour, Indiana. That song was one of Willie’s first contributions to the American Songbook, a reliable hit for other artists for nearly 15 years before Willie finally…

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Paul Begala on "Heartland" 36:32

3M ago36:32

36:32

CNN political analyst Paul Begala, a former White House chief strategist for Bill Clinton and lifelong Willie nerd, talks about “Heartland, a song Willie co-wrote and recorded with Bob Dylan for his 1993 masterpiece, Across the Borderline. “Heartland” was inspired by the American farm crisis of the mid-eighties, a tragedy Begala saw first-hand as a…

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Billy Strings on "Stay a Little Longer" 33:52

3M ago33:52

33:52

One of the most mind-blowing guitarists on earth, Billy Strings, talks about an all-time great Willie and Trigger workout, “Stay a Little Longer,” off the 1978 double-album Willie and Family Live. The song’s an old Bob Wills standard that Willie updated, made his own, and plays here at a careening, 90-mph pace that Billy says blazes like bluegrass—…

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Miranda Lambert on “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys” 37:46

3M ago37:46

37:46

The reigning queen of country music, Miranda Lambert, talks about one of the all-time great Outlaw anthems, Willie and Waylon’s Grammy-winning, #1 hit from 1978, “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys.” It’s a song Miranda can’t remember ever not knowing, one she suspects she first heard her dad played on the front porch, before she co…

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Introducing One by Willie Season 6 3:10

3M ago3:10

3:10

Music writer John Spong talks each week to one notable Willie fan about one Willie song they love, then runs down the kinds of rabbit holes that open up when the subject is Willie Nelson. Starting January 22, ten new episodes featuring Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Billy Strings, Black Puma Adrian Quesada, New Yorker music critic Amanda Petrusi…

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Robert Hunter’s The Silver Snarling Trumpet, part 2 1:07:31

5M ago1:07:31

1:07:31

The Deadcast concludes its dive into Robert Hunter’s 1962 book, The Silver Snarling Trumpet (and its 10th season), exploring teenage Jerry Garcia’s adventures with his friends Alan Trist and Brigid Meier in Palo Alto, and how this early scene gave way to the Grateful Dead. Guests: Alan Trist, Brigid Meier, Dennis McNally See Privacy Policy at https…

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Robert Hunter’s The Silver Snarling Trumpet, part 1 1:11:48

5M ago1:11:48

1:11:48

To celebrate the Deadcast’s 100th episode, we begin a 2-part special joined by the co-stars of Robert Hunter’s newly-published 1962 book, the Silver Snarling Trumpet, a startling in-the-moment account of his and Jerry Garcia’s formative years in Palo Alto. Guests: Alan Trist, Brigid Meier, Dennis McNally See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv…

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The Dead and the Sufi Choir, 3/71 1:28:17

6M ago1:28:17

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The Deadcast uncovers the long-lost tape of the Dead & San Francisco’s Sufi Choir at Winterland in 1971, telling its untold story with composer Allaudin Mathieu, finding hidden connections to big band jazz, longform improv comedy, & spirituality, plus an appearance by Wavy Gravy. Guests: Allaudin Mathieu, Wavy Gravy, Michael Parrish, John “Tex” Coa…

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Introducing Viva Tejano - Trailer 3:58

6M ago3:58

3:58

Introducing the latest podcast from Texas Monthly, "Viva Tejano.” Latin music is ascending in the U.S., and, in some surprising ways, much of the story behind the trend begins in Texas. On Viva Tejano, host J.B. Sauceda talks with legendary tejano artists and well-known tejano music fans about how the music has shaped their lives. It’s a nostalgic …

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80: Gone Behind a Cloud of Dust 45:23

6M ago45:23

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80: It is the Season 4 finale and we are LIVE at the podcast studio for the Wedding of Sally & Gary! It is a star-studded event featuring many of the characters and musicians of The Lot Scene Podcast. However, the end of this wedding is not a typical one and things turn tragic. This finale cannot be missed! Follow us on Instagram @thelotscenepodcas…

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79: Can I Have Your White Jacket 59:10

6M ago59:10

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79: AboveTheDave breaks down the incredible festival that was Bonnaroo 2006 and we have Thom Yorke back on the podcast to talk Bonnaroo and he plays us more Phish covers! Tom Hamilton joins us as well and he gets to talk to Thom, Jerry Garcia and Bill Walton in Heaven, and the Ghosts of the Forest. Follow us on Instagram @thelotscenepodcast Please …

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Friend Of the Devils: West Virginia, 4/78 1:22:36

6M ago1:22:36

1:22:36

The Deadcast crosses the Blue Ridge Mountains for the Dead’s only show in Huntington, West Virginia, including close looks at the innovative fashion and LSD scenes then emerging in Dead parking lots, and the conclusion of a rare 1978 interview with Jerry Garcia. Guests: Kathy Sublette, Rob Bleetstein, Bob Wagner, Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesberg, David L…

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78: Why You Make Me Feel Insane? 54:54

6M ago54:54

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78: This break down the FIVE BEST REBA'S of all time with our favorite hater Jay Dead. We let Jasper give a speech for hitting 100 Widespread Panic shows. And LP Giobbi is back on the podcast and AboveTheDave once again can't talk to her. Follow us on Instagram @thelotscenepodcast Please take a second and subscribe and leave a 5 star review!…

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77: Drinking Joe and Smoking Strikes 44:13

7M ago44:13

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77: If you want to get me to do something productive just get me high and put on the Disco Biscuits. We bring out Allen Aucoin and Aron Magner of the Biscuits and talk risers, samples, and dongs. Plus we ask "What if the Grateful Dead were a metal band?". Finally, we have Joe Russo back on the podcast and we start fresh. Follow us on Instagram @the…

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Friend Of the Devils: Virginia, 4/78 1:37:27

7M ago1:37:27

1:37:27

The Deadcast cruises into two April ‘78 shows on Virginia college campuses alongside a pair of chartered buses from New York filled with seething Dead freaks and gets into Jerry Garcia’s favorite music and guitar tips from rare interviews. Guests: Sanjay Mishra, Kathy Sublette, Rob Bleetstein, Bob Minkin, Del Ward, Bob Wagner, Nick Morgan, Jon Lern…

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76: Get It Going It's Just The Same 52:01

7M ago52:01

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76: We bring you this seasons "Would You Rather?" and this one is all about the money. Doug the Phish Orgy Promoter is back from Mondegreen and shares his orgy tent stories with us. John Bell comes by and gives us another JB rap of a movie plot. Finally, we have Stu Mackenzie of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard back on the podcast with a brand new …

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75: Now He's Headed For The Door 56:40

7M ago56:40

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75: This week AboveTheDave gives some shout outs and talks about how the Sphere made concert videos on social media cool again. We welcome Ronnie the Railrider who did most of Dead & Company at the Sphere to talk about his experience. Morrissey sings another Billy Strings song. Plus, Phish come back and theirs phans show up too. Follow us on Instag…

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Friend Of the Devils: Duke University, 4/78 1:26:03

7M ago1:26:03

1:26:03

The Deadcast tells the story of the legendary Duke ‘78 show, the unexplored history of the Dead in North Carolina, the first campout at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the mysterious guest percussionist, & the student-run cable station that filmed it. Guests: Peter Coyle, Fred Goldring, Nick Morgan, Joe DiMona, Bob Wagner, Jim Enright, Steve Maizner, Charl…

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74: You're Gonna Get It All Today 1:05:21

7M ago1:05:21

1:05:21

74: We go into the year 2003 of The Disco Biscuits in detail with our main wook Spun Rob. Sunshine pops into the studio to give us the update on her relationship with Julius. We get a visit from The Big Black Furry Creature From Mars. Plus, we speak once again with the young prince, Billy Strings. Follow us on Instagram @thelotscenepodcast Please t…

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73: The Fruit That I Was Tempted By 51:02

7M ago51:02

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73: We discuss the best cover version of a jamband song. Mihali is back to drop new pharmaceutical jingles! Plus texts from John Mayer. And we got Peter Shapiro who talks about his new musical ventures and gives us a special performance from a super group he puts together on the spot! Follow us on Instagram @thelotscenepodcast Please take a second …

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Friend Of the Devils: Atlanta, 4/78 1:38:12

8M ago1:38:12

1:38:12

The Deadcast pulls into Atlanta’s Fox Theatre to explore the Dead’s two April ‘78 shows, delving into the local underground music scene with Glenn Phillips of the Hampton Grease Band, as well as rare Jerry Garcia interviews. Guests: Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Glenn Phillips, Steve Maizner, David Lemieux See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv…

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72: Like A Not So Distant Storm 1:10:19

8M ago1:10:19

1:10:19

72: This week AboveTheDave breaks down the frontrunners for receiving the Torch with our guest, The Torch! Gary and Sally discuss their upcoming wedding at our podcast studio and Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds discuss being best friends and get a surprise visitor. Follow us on Instagram @thelotscenepodcast Please take a second and subscribe and lea…

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71: With Giant Bags of Money 1:20:49

8M ago1:20:49

1:20:49

71: We are going back to the 90's! AboveTheDave shares what he was up to as a high school hippy and he has guest, Seth the Sober Guy, to share his teenage years as well. Phil Lesh is back on the podcast with DJ Godchaux and a secret special guest to drop another Phil Lesh Donor Rap! Also, Karina Rykman joins us once again from the road and she's ki…

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The Rush Hour Sunday Session | Jars is selling what? for $77 a pop?! 48:32

8M ago48:32

48:32

Jars’ Texts to Producer Tom Voicemail Kevin Brooks Blewey ripping off a community cricket club?! Titus O’Reily Jars’ Swysh Father’s Day Ad Tex Walker Jars Diary Highlight Tapes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Friend Of the Devils: Florida, 4/78 1:35:30

8M ago1:35:30

1:35:30

The Deadcast launches its 10th season, hitting the road for the April 1978 tour documented on the new FRIEND OF THE DEVILS box, exploring the band’s new sound for ‘78 & the birth of drums/space, featuring taper tales & rare archival interviews with Jerry Garcia. Guests: Richard Loren, Bob Wagner, David Lemieux, Steve Silberman See Privacy Policy at…

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70: A Shadow Flickers in the Light 1:00:06

8M ago1:00:06

1:00:06

70: AboveTheDave talks about the single best day of Phish he ever saw, 8/2/03, at the IT festival. We welcome Reef the Drum Circle Guy to join the discussion. We have an exclusive interview with an Ex-spinner who comes forward to reveal what appears to be a cult. Then we speak with Goose and things get INTENSE. DISCLAIMER: The following podcast is …

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