Anthony Gomes is a Canadian blues and blues rock guitarist and singer. His latest album “High Voltage Blues” features Ray Luzier (Korn) & Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth, Mr. Big) and is available now via Rat Pak Records. We had a fun chat discussing songwriting, the blues, rock, playing with Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony, his charity Music is the Medicine & more!

00:00 - Intro
00:37 - New Album "High Voltage Blues"
04:15 - Ending Up in St. Louis
09:30 - Non-Music Interests & Recharging
12:30 - Balancing Music And Going All In
14:38 - Taking An Ad Out &  Grinding
23:50 - Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony
26:16 - Younger Musicians
28:20 - Kenny Wayne Shepherd 
29:20 - Listening to Music
32:15 - Writing Songs Happy or Sad
34:15 - Being White & Playing the Blues
35:35 - Master's Thesis on Cultural Evolution of Blues
38:42 - White Trash Princess & Other Perspectives
42:20 - Tour & New Album
43:20 - Music is the Medicine
47:30 - Outro

Anthony Gomes website:
https://www.anthonygomes.com/

Music is the Medicine website:
https://www.musicisthemedicine.org/

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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