You can also listen to rebroadcasts of previous My First Band episodes on WMSE every Wednesday from noon to 12:30 p.m. You can listen to My First Band on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and wherever else you get podcasts. My First Band is sponsored by Mystery Room Mastering and Lakefront Brewery. Before episode's end, Gunn also talked about taking guitar lessons, playing in a project called GHQ and briefly being part of Vile's backing band, The Violators. Along the way, Gunn spoke about growing up a few miles outside of Philadelphia, the role nearby college radio stations and independent record stores had on his musical taste, and spending his teens and 20s exploring New York and other East Coast hubs in search of new and unfamiliar live music experiences. 4 stop at Cactus Club in Milwaukee), Gunn spent some time telling My First Band host Tyler Maas about the process of making Other You, his excitement to be back on the road and playing solo shows, and what's in store for him next year. His latest, Other You - which came out on Matador Records this past summer - is no exception, with an uncharacteristically bright sound and an aura of optimism that's present in the album's 11 tracks.īefore setting out on a co-headlining tour with Jeff Parker (which includes a Dec. Each new album, EP and split finds Gunn venturing into new and unfamiliar territory and demonstrating his continued growth and evolution as an artist. The New-York-based singer, songwriter and guitarist has managed more than 20 releases in the past 15 years, including collaborations with Kurt Vile, Hiss Golden Messenger, Ryley Walker and more. It’s clear that he’s really feeling the music when he launches into the protest R&B of his 2006 hit “Waiting on the World to Change,” and when he quotes a few bars of Otis Redding’s “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” before segueing into his own soulful “Gravity.” Groupies will swoon over the opening five-song acoustic set of lightweight favorites like “Daughters,” but it’s when Mayer trots out the power trio that his blues licks get red-hot, peaking with the squalling, 10-minute guitar workout “Out of My Mind,” where he conjures Hendrix not just in the riffage but also in the question he asks his audience midway into the song: “Can I play my GIT-tar? Can I play it loud?” Easy listening? Not this set.You'd be hard-pressed to find a musician as prolific and enigmatic as Steve Gunn. The album features three separate acts - acoustic folk, power-trio blues and full-band rock - and Mayer lets his guitar go anarchic on each one. But on this two-disc live CD set (a DVD is sold separately), he proves he’s not just another easy-listening singer-songwriter with a better-than-average knack for the blues.
>In the studio, John Mayer comes across as a technically proficient singer, songwriter and guitarist, although he can sound somewhat emotionally removed from his material.
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