Chuck Shute Podcast

Kenny Olson is a multi-platinum guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, who has performed with Aerosmith, Metallica, Run DMC, Sheryl Crow, Billy Gibbons, Mick Mars and more. He was Kid Rock’s lead guitarist for eleven years performing around the world with dozens of television appearances, including Super Bowl XXXVIII.  He has a new project with singer Aaron Letrick called Letrick Olson that just released a new single titled “Willow.”  He has many other projects we discuss as well as some stories from the old days! 00:00 - Intro00:36 - Life In Michigan 02:02 - Project with Stephen Perkins 03:15 - Letrick Olson 08:03 - Music Documentary - "Beautiful Mistakes" 10:25 - Creating Music For the Right Reasons 13:25 - Pack of Wolves with Chris Van Dahl 17:03 - Co-Writing Music with Kid Rock 20:25 - Guest Spots & Creating New Music 21:23 - Music Industry Changes26:23 - Music Memories 28:45 - Staying Busy, Recording & Playing Live 31:35 - Big Venues Vs. Little Venues 35:05 - Upcoming Projects 37:01 - Charities 38:45 - Outro Kenny Olson website:https://kennyolson.com/Letrick Olson website:https://letrickolson.com/St. Jude's Children's Hospital website:https://www.stjude.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Liz Glazer is a comedian, actress, writer and former law professor.  She has a new stand up special titled "A Very Particular Experience" out May 12th and available for pre-order now.  We discuss the new special plus writing comedy material, social media and comedy clips, her twitter getting hacked and so much more!  0:00:00 - Intro0:00:38 - Coffee & Energy 0:01:46 - Twitter Hacked 0:04:01 - Social Media & Clips 0:07:20 - Heckler Clip 0:12:40 - Why Clips Are Great 0:14:58 - New Material & Energy 0:16:10 - Comedy Competitions 0:25:40 - New Special & Difficult Material 0:40:25 - People Experiencing Loss 0:46:35 - Shiva 0:49:57-  Comedy Special Audience & Making Of 0:58:02 - Emotional Roller Coaster 0:59:35 -  Comedy Connections, Success  & Genuine 1:09:00 - March of Dimes 1:09:45 - TV Show 1:10:43 - Outro Liz Glazer website:http://www.dearlizglazer.com/March of Dimes website:https://www.marchofdimes.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Richie Faulkner is an English musician best known as one of the lead guitarists for the heavy metal band Judas Priest. He has a new project called Elegant Weapons and they are releasing a new album on May 26 titled “Horns for Halos.”  We discuss Elegant Weapons, the future for Judas Priest, a paranormal experience while recording, Richie's near death experience and more! 00:00 - Intro00:38 - Elegant Weapons & Melody01:17 -" Blind Leading the Blind" Single 02:59 - "Do Or Die" Single03:56 - "Horns for Halos" Single 04:58 - "Ghost of You" Song 07:10 - "White Horse" Song 07:52 - Occult Interest & Experience 11:02 - Near Death Experience 13:45 - "Rose Girl" Song 14:55 - Elegant Weapons Band & Live Shows 16:28 - Playing with Adam Jones & Tool 17:55 - Early Days, Steve Harris & Iron Maiden 21:00 - Elegant Weapons American Dates 22:35 - Working with Rob Halford 25:05 - Judas Priest New Tour & Album 29:05 - Elegant Weapons Plans 29:45 - John Ritter Foundation 31:35 - Outro Richie Faulkner website:http://richiefaulkner.com/Elegant Weapons website:https://elegantweaponsband.com/Judas Priest website:https://www.judaspriest.com/John Ritter website:https://johnritterfoundation.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Craig Locicero is a musician best known for playing guitar with Bay Area thrash metal band Forbidden. He also played guitar with ManMade God, Dress the Dead, The Boneless Ones & Demonica. His band Forbidden has now had a rebirth with new singer Norman Skinner in the fold. They will be releasing some new music and playing some festivals. We discuss Forbidden, some of his other projects and his time working on one of Geoff Tate’s albums. 00:00 - Intro00:39- Forbidden "Rebirth" 02:42 - Bay Area Interthrashional & Norman Skinner 09:30 - Band Comes Together & Other Plans 12:55 - Bay Area Thrash Music Scene 17:25 - Paul Bostaph & Slayer 18:50 - Forbidden Manager Turns Down Rick Rubin 22:30 - ManMade God 26:20 - Doing Things Differently 28:13 - Playing with Geoff Tate 32:00 - The Boneless Ones & Other Bands 34:05 - Future Plans with  Forbidden 36:25 - ALS Charity 38:20 - Outro Forbidden website:https://officialforbidden.com/ALS website:https://www.als.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Greg Warren is a stand up comedian and actor. He has new special out titled “The Salesman” this is available now for free on YouTube. We discuss the new special, his old sales jobs, working with other comedians and so much more! Fun episode and Greg’s second time on the show! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:45 - Warrens 0:02:30 - New Special 0:06:35 - Caffeine 0:10:05- Uncomfortable Seats 0:12:25 - Peanut Butter 0:15:28 - Corporate Job 0:16:55 - Jump to Comedy & Kevin Pollak 0:18:10 - Sales 0:21:55 - Dirty Vs. Clean Comedians 0:23:55 - Crowd Works Vs. Scripted 0:28:30 - Creating New Material 0:31:05 - Offending Nurses 0:32:55 - Taping the Special & Fixing Errors 0:39:39 - Starting New Material  0:42:00 - Comedian Friendships & Generosity 0:45:47 - Letterman & New Special 0:47:55 - Joe Rogan 0:50:10 - Success & Being Cancelled 0:53:30 - Comedians, Depression & Substance Abuse0:55:59 - Mitch Hedberg 1:01:10 - Jeff Foxworthy & Danny Devito 1:02:45 - Jimmy Dore's Tip to Greg 1:04:05 - Being Nice to Comedians & Fans 1:07:35 - Charities  1:10:15 - Other Comedians & Making Money 1:12:44 - Outro The Salesman Special: https://youtu.be/ZtlUKRxYnVwGreg Warren website:https://www.gregwarrencomedy.com/Wounded Warriors website:https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/Children International website:https://www.children.org/Covenant House:https://www.covenanthouse.orgChuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Michelle Danner is an actress, director and acting coach.  She has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Gerard Butler, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock and Seth McFarlane.  She has a movie she directed coming out titled "Miranda's Victim" which is about the true story of the Miranda Rights and stars Donald Sutherland and Andy Garcia.  We discuss some of the people she's worked with, acting techniques, marketing films and more! 00:00 - Intro00:32 - Life In Paris 02:25 - Studying Acting & Taking Classes 04:32 - Method Acting, Acting Styles & Using Emotion10:10 - Critiquing Big Name Actors 12:12 - Working with Chris Rock & Humor 13:12 - Hard Work & Talent 15:07 - Taking Risks & Choosing Projects 19:05 - Miranda's Victim 21:23 - Donald Sutherland 21:57 - Getting Better and Improving 23:42 - Ridley Scott 24:20 - Future Plans 25:56 - Vision Board & Your Why 29:03 - Marketing Movies 29:45 - Working with Rebecca Black 31:10 - Paul Sorvino 32:05 - Future Plans 32:50 - Animal Charity 34:08 - Outro Michelle Danner website:https://www.michelledanner.com/Humane Society website:https://www.humanesociety.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Jeff Pilson is musician, songwriter and music producer. He is currently the bass player for Foreigner and was a long time member of Dokken. He has also been involved with several other bands including Dio, Steel Dragon, The End Machine & Black Swan.  He  is also now a member of Revolution Saints alongside Joel Hoekstra & Deen Castronovo and they have a new album called “Eagle Flight.” We discuss all this plus growing up in Washington, rocking out with Paul McCartney, the future of rock music and more! 00:00 - Intro00:36 - Friendship with Slash 03:25 - Pill-Sound Studios 05:00 - Learning Production 06:15 - Growing Up in Washington 09:57 - Education & Seattle Music Scene 11:48 - Moving to San Francisco & Networking13:43 - Evovling & Reinventing Yourself 14:35 - Revolution Saints 16:20 - Singing & Fronting 17:36 - Playing Live & Creating Music 19:45 - Legal Issues, Dokken & Crue22:30 - Mick Mars Solo Record 24:20 - Show with Led Zeppelin  25:30 - Rocking Out with Paul McCartney 27:03 - Meeting Chris Squier & Cool to Fans 29:00 - Rockstar Personas & Too Serious 30:55 - Image, Music Business & Future of Rock 37:50 - Future Plans for Jeff 39:45 - Virtual Meditation Class 41:43 - Outro Jeff Pilson website:https://jeffpilson.wordpress.com/Jeff Pilson Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJeffPilson/Meditation:https://hotforyogascv.com/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/📸 by Daryl Bughman Photography Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Dr. William Forstchen is an author, historian and expert on EMPs.  He has written three fictional books about what happens to a town after an EMP attack, with the fourth book on the way.  We discuss what an EMP is, the likelihood of such an attack, and what we can do to prepare or prevent it.  You won't want to miss this one!  00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Welcome Bill & Background  02:23 - Becoming an EMP Expert & Novels 05:04 - What is an EMP & Effect 10:35 - Likelihood of an EMP Attack15:35 - Electronics Damaged & Protection  17:15 - Upgrading the Grid 22:25 - Cost of Rebuilding & Cyber Attacks 28:45 - Funding, Corporations & Government 31:47 - What We Can Do & Fear Reactions 38:55 - Books Into a Movie & Hollywood 39:38 - Hoping for a Safe Future 42:55 - St. Jude's & Humane Society 43:40 - Outro Books for Sale on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Forstchen/author/B000APZ9N8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueSt. Jude's website:https://www.stjude.org/Humane Society website:https://www.humanesociety.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Jack Underkofler is the lead singer for the rock band Dead Poet Society. The band has played some huge festivals and also toured with Badflower, Sevendust & Highly Suspect. They embark on a solo tour across the U.S. and Europe beginning on May 12th in Phoenix. We discuss the new tour, new music, the creative process, cover songs and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Booze, Water & Voice03:50 - New Tour, Buses & Vans 07:36 - Opening Vs. Headlining 10:50 - Creative Process 19:20 - The Song "Haunted" & Emotions in Songs 26:00 - Cover Songs 28:35 - New Songs 33:30 - Playing Big Festivals & Watching Bands 36:42 - Advice from Musicians & "Making It" 46:02 - Future Tour Plans 47:34 - Charity - St. Jude's Children Hospital 48:55 - Outro Dead Poet Society website:https://www.wearedps.com/St. Jude's Children's Hospital website:https://www.stjude.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Phil Lewis is an English singer and musician, best known as the vocalist and occasional guitarist for the American hard rock band L.A. Guns. The band has a new album out April 14th titled “Black Diamonds.” The new album is an eclectic mix of Zeppelin & punk influenced songs with a classic L.A. Guns sound. We discuss the new album, concert set lists, potential tour packages, meeting fans and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Playing New Songs Live & Set List 04:55 - New Album "Black Diamonds" Breakdown08:25 - New Single "Diamonds" & Playing It Live 15:15 - New Song "Gonna Lose" & Vocals 20:18 - Package Tour? 21:02 - Backing Vocals & Tracks 22:25 - Tracii Guns Side Projects 24:30 - Art World & Meeting Fans 26:40 - Social Media 28:54 - Outro L.A. Guns website:http://www.lagunsmusic.com/L.A. Kitten Rescue website:https://kittenrescue.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!