Chuck Shute Podcast

John Guarnieri is a podcaster and former Secret Service agent. He is also the chief operating officer for Silver Spear Security, and has worked with Motley Crue, Shinedown and others.  He has some great stories and an interesting perspective given his background. We discuss security risks, mass shootings, police interactions, hangers on with big bands and more! A really fun discussion!0:00:00 - Intro0:00:33 - Security Systems in Place 0:03:25 - Death Threats & Preventing Incidents 0:08:23 - Getting Into the Secret Service 0:13:40 - Bulletproof Vests & Dressing the Part 0:15:55 - NDAs and Crazy Stuff with Secret Service 0:18:10 - Scary Situations 0:20:38 - Deescalating Situations & Police 0:28:33 - Moral Compass & Choosing Clients 0:30:50 - Hangers On For Big Bands  0:35:55 - Fan Meet & Greets 0:36:55 - Domestic Abuse & Girl Fights 0:38:35 - School Shootings & Public Security 0:48:10 - Being Good Humans & Knowing Neighbors 0:49:35 - Obama's Chef That Died 0:50:55 - Issues with Media 0:51:56 - UFOs, A.I. & Conspiracies 0:54:01 - John's Podcasts 0:55:25 - Conservation Issues 1:00:05 - Harry Turner & Emerald Arch1:03:20 - Outro John Guarnieri Youtube:https://youtube.com/@speartalkEmerald Arch website:https://www.emeraldarch.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Ray West is a rock singer and frontman for the band Spread Eagle. The band has shows lined up for September and will be on the Monsters of Rock Cruise in 2024. We discuss how the band was signed originally, touring with Vain, Ray’s side projects, working with George Lynch and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:26 - Drug Cliche with Rock 0:10:10 - Spread Eagle Being Signed 0:13:00 - How Ray Joined Spread Eagle 0:14:45 - Record Deal & Production Agreement 0:17:30 - Signing with Frontiers Records & Royalties  0:19:12 - Touring with Vain 0:22:03 - Other Shows & Heavier Sound 0:24:35 - Sebastian Bach 0:25:35 - Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam & Mother Love Bone 0:32:22 - All Pointz West, Superfly & Magnificent Beasts 0:34:12 - Music Full Time & Cooking School 0:36:45 - Stand Up Comedy 0:38:05 - George Lynch 0:40:55 - Spread Eagle & Future Live Shows 0:45:15 - Being a Better Singer & Working Hard 0:46:35 - Same Song, Same Title, Freshness & Same Singers 0:51:15 - Production & New Bands 0:54:40 - Virtual Concerts & 80s Band Touring 0:57:25 - Changing Key of Songs & Hitting the Notes 1:00:45 - Working Around Bass Player's Schedule 1:02:10 - Rock Fans & Being Great Live 1:03:10 - Next Spread Eagle Record 1:05:10 - Joe DiMaggio Hospital  1:06:35 - Outro Spread Eagle website:https://spreadeagle.us/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital website:https://www.jdch.com/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Jeff Scott Soto is a singer/songwriter who has been the vocalist for many artists including Journey, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sons of Apollo and Talisman. He most recent release is an album recorded in the 90s with former Rick Springfield guitarist George Bernhardt titled “Slam.”  We discuss that album, his time with Yngwie, working with Vinnie Vincent, soundtrack work and more! 00:00 - Intro00:40 - Welcome Jeff & Connections 02:50 - New Slam Record 05:28 - Recording & Touring 06:34 - Goals & Expectations with New Record 09:15 - Songs & Recording of The Slam Record 10:51 - Jeff's Current Bands & Upcoming Project 11:53 - Relationship & Project with Jason Bieler 15:05 - Ups & Downs of the Music Business 19:10 - Music Deals & BMI Statement 21:10 - Sons of Apollo & Bumblefoot 23:10 - Motown Roots & Influences for Slam 24:50 - Becoming a Rock Fan 25:50 - Joining Yngwie Malmsteen's Band 30:30 - Kryst the Conqueror with The Misfits 32:15 - Singing Background Vocals & Hired Gun 35:38 - Making Peace with Yngwie 40:40 - Yngwie Songs & Albums & Deal 42:10 - Scare Them with Crazy & Trolls 45:00 - Making New Music & Affecting Others 46:55 - Recording with Vinnie Vincent 49:20 - Backup Vocals for Slaughter & Vinnie Vincent 50:15 - Monsters of Rock Cruise 53:35 - Soundtracks, Commercials & Various 55:10 - Animal Rescue Charity 56:40 - Outro Jeff Scott Soto website:http://jeffscottsoto.com/retribution/index.htmlRock & Roll Rescue website:https://www.rocknrollrescuedogs.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Juan Croucier is musician and music producer, best known as the bassist for Ratt. He also played on some early Dokken songs and was briefly in Quiet Riot. Ratt has a new box set available with their 5 albums from the Atlantic years.  We discuss the box set, the songwriting process, an unreleased song, touring issues and much more! 0:00:00 - Intro0:01:07 - Doing Interviews 0:03:03 - Concert History & Promoters 0:05:38 - Detonator Tour 0:08:13 - Music Business & Success 0:14:47 - Early Music Years 0:20:35 - Ratt Box Set & Re-Mastering 0:27:00 - Band Dynamics & Psychology 0:33:00 - Juan's Role with Songwriting 0:38:35 - The First Record & Producer Choice 0:42:18 - Unreleased Song Wishing Well 0:48:13 - Juan's Songwriting Habit 0:55:02 - Predicting a Hit Song 0:58:10 - Making the Detonator Album 1:02:15 - Having Discipline & Setting Limits 1:09:40 - Producing Bands & Liquid Sunday 1:14:15 - Make a Wish Foundation 1:17:09 - Outro📸 picture by Robert Cavuoto Ratt Box Set:https://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-Years-Ratt/dp/B0BZXGTYC6Juan Croucier website:http://www.juancroucier.com/main.htmlMake a Wish Foundation website:https://wish.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Jeremy Swift is an actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Higgins on Ted Lasso, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.  He has also been interested in music since he was a kid and just released a new album.  We discuss Ted Lasso, his music, seeing the Sex Pistols with Sid Vicious live, the actor’s strike and more! Fun episode! 00:00 - Intro00:44 - Playing Different Instruments 01:58 - New Album Sound & Influences 03:30 - Early Musical & Acting Upbringing 06:17 - Producer Issues 08:08 - The Song "History of Love"11:48 - Others Songs on Album 13:35 - Goal of Album 14:20 - Live Shows 16:28 - Seeing the Sex Pistols Live 23:17 - Music Business Greed26:00 - Ted Lasso Becomes a Hit 30:50 - Auditioning, Role Offers & Emmy's 32:56 - Why Some Shows Hit & Some Don't 34:53 - Jason Sudekis 36:15 - Downton Abbey 37:58 - Different Acting Roles 39:02 - Fred Claus 41:35 - Movie Premieres 42:15 - Actor's Strike, Residuals, & A.I. 45:47 - Actor's Union in U.K. Vs. U.S.A. 47:11 - Jeremy's Recommendations 49:03 - Dealing with Trolls & Critics 50:15 - New Album & Physical Copies 51:45 - Safety Curtain 52:48 - Outro Jeremy Swift Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jeremy.swift.68/?hl=enSafetyCurtain website:https://www.safetycurtain.org.uk/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Fritz Coleman is a comedian, podcaster and retired weatherman. He worked at The Comedy Store for many years and made eight appearances on The Tonight Show. He has a new stand up special called “Unassisted Living” available for free on Tubi. We discuss the new special, The Comedy Store, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, his years in the Navy and so much more! 00:00 - Intro00:40 - Right Place, Right Time 03:46 - Joining the Navy & Path 06:10 - Seeing George Carlin 08:10 - Doing Radio & Weather In The Navy 10:55 - Advantages of Military Service 15:00 - Comedy Store, Tonight Show & Strike 19:30 - Clean Comedy 21:30 - Kids & Social Media 23:40 - Def Jam Comedy & Dry Bar Comedy 26:30 - Comedy Clubs & Getting Older 27:55 - Comedian Friends & Comedy Store31:18 - Robin Williams 33:41 - Jim Carrey 36:05 - Fahim Anwar & Comedy Boom 37:14 - Competition Among Comedians 38:50 - Show "It's Fritz" 42:45 - Anchorman Consultant 45:35 - Promotion 46:10 - Charities Fritz Coleman website:https://www.fritzcolemancomedy.com/Children's Burn Foundation website:https://www.childburn.org/Shelter Partnership website:https://www.shelterpartnership.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling is a comedian, writer, actor, musician and podcaster. He is best known as the former writer and in-studio comedian for The Howard Stern Show from 1983-2001.  He has a new documentary about his life coming out on July 18th called “Joke Man.”  We discuss the new movie, his autobiography, why he left the Stern Show, and so much more!! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:50 - Long Island Comedy Scene 0:06:28 - Self-Producing & Selling Albums 0:13:05 - Getting the Call From Howard 0:13:45 - Early 80s Comedians 0:15:26 - Jackie's Tenacity & Work Ethic 0:19:40 - Jackie's Book - From Bow to Stern 0:21:10 - Leaving The Stern Show 0:28:42 - Artie Lange 0:30:01 - Stern Interviews & Writing Jokes  0:35:35 - Les Paul 0:35:48 - Private Parts Movie 0:42:13 - Busting Balls Going Too Far? 0:43:45 - Howard's Brilliance 0:45:46 - Why Howard Didn't Keep Jackie 0:47:20 - The Jackie Chair & Benjy Bronk0:50:00 - The Ebb And Flow of Life 0:55:10 - Making People Laugh 0:57:15 - Politically Incorrect Comedy 1:00:10 - Doing a Q & A for New Movie 1:04:15 - Jokes on TikTok 1:07:30 - Movie & Aftermath 1:09:08 - Baymen's Heritage 1:10:25 - OutroJoke Man Movie site:https://www.jokemanmovie.com/Jackie Martling website:https://www.jokeland.com/Baymen's Heritage website:https://baymensheritage.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Lance Lopez is an American blues rock, singer, guitarist and songwriter.  He has been involved with music from a young age and was mentored by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons at age 16.  Since then he has toured with Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Def Leppard, Whitesnake & more. His latest album, titled “Trouble is Good” comes out July 14th on Cleopatra Records. We discuss the new record, guitars, mentoring younger musicians, using emotion to create music and much more! 00:00 - Intro00:45 - Audio/Visual 01:50 - Eddie Van Halen & Guitars 03:10 - Lance's Guitars & Sound 14:10 - Song "Voyager" & Spiritual Influence 16:35 - Jeff Beck 21:01 - Mentoring Younger Musicians 29:50 - Breakup Songs & Emotion in The Blues 34:00 - Expressing Emotion with Music 43:04 - Warrant, Cherry Pie & Blackfoot 44:45 - Two Wolf 47:50 - Solo Shows & Live Music 51:06 - Sammy Hagar First Van Halen Show 53:40 - Music Cities 56:10 - MuisCares Lance Lopez website:https://www.lancelopez.net/MuisCares website:https://www.musicares.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Tad Doyle (full name Thomas Andrew Doyle) is a musician, formerly of the band Tad and now his own solo projects. He has been called “the godfather of grunge” as his band Tad was one of the first grunge bands in Seattle.  Initially on the famed Subpop record label, they later scored two major label deals. The band toured with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Primus & Sweet Water, among others. After the band ended Tad had some other projects and now make music under the name Thomas Andrew Doyle. His latest album “Forgotten Sciences” is out now. We discuss the new record, mental health, the Seattle music scene, film work and more! 00:00 - Intro00:46 - Welcome & Names01:25 - Seattle & San Diego 03:30 - Seattle Favorites 04:40 - Physical & Mental Health  07:50 - Recording New Music 08:40 - Forgotten Sciences & Mental Health 18:30 - Cutting Down Album & Streaming 21:00 - Truth & Parenting 24:12 - Goal With Record & Soundtracks 30:05 - Why No Tad Reunion 33:10 - Discovering Music & Streaming 34:45 - Possible Live Music 36:35 - Seattle Live Music Venues 38:50 - Seattle Bands & Shows 42:28 - Acting for "Singles" & "Twin Peaks" 44:40 - Subpop Records & Store & New Bands 46:35 - Musical Collaborations Past & Future 49:30 - Doing Different Musical Styles 51:55 - American Cancer Society 53:16 - OutroThomas Andrew Doyle website:https://www.taddoyle.com/American Cancer Society website:https://www.cancer.org/donate.htmlChuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Frank Robb is an alligator expert and founder of the non-profit EEARSS (Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services).  He became a Chicago legend when he caught the alligator Chance the Snapper in Humboldt Park in 2019. We discuss that incident along with many interesting facts about alligators and how they may have some answers to curing disease in humans. 00:00 - Intro00:37 - Frank's Background 03:20 - Alligators Vs. Crocodiles 05:25 - Location, Size, & Lifespan 07:45 - Alligators, Gender & Pollutants 09:43 - Alligators & Intelligence 12:27 - Alligators With Dogs & Humans 15:10 - Alligators Diet 17:27 - Sounds Alligators Make & Teeth 19:55 - Alligators & Their Young 21:18 - Gator Holes & Predators 24:00 - Humans Feeding Alligators & Social Media 28:35 - Alligators & Manatees Hanging Together 29:32 - Chicago Gator Chance "The Snapper" 37:15 - Alligators Endocrine Systems 39:25 - Alligators & Echosystem 40:40 - Pythons 42:25 - Alligators, Disease & Conservation Issues 48:17 - Giant Snakes & Risk 51:45 - EEARSS 52:46 - Outro EEARSS website:https://eearss.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!