Chuck Shute Podcast

Brett Carlisle is a singer/guitarist and the frontman of All or Nothing and also Great White. He returns to the podcast to tell us about landing the Great White gig, a new single with George Lynch, new music with All or Nothing, tips on success and more! 00:00 -Intro00:37 - All Or Nothing Update 03:02 - Benjamin Franklin Song & Clip 04:32 - All Or Nothing Sound 05:16 - "Becoming One Like Rain" & Band Stress 08:10 - "Live Wire" Cover Version 09:16 - George Lynch & Terry Illous & Mitch Malloy12:00 - Great White Connection & Getting the Job 17:18 - Singing the Great White Songs 18:00 - Brett in Great White & Erik in Skid Row  18:20 - New Music for Great White 18:44 - Reaction to Brett in Great White 19:25 - Juggling Both Bands 20:03 - Monsters of Rock Cruise 21:00 - Setting Goals & Going After It 22:39 - New Followers & Fans 23:55 - Skanker Banger 24:53 - Growler Metal Voice & Other Music Styles 26:00 - Self Improvement & Success Tips 32:30 - Save The Music 33:30 - Outro All Or Nothing Website:https://officialallornothing.com/about-all-or-nothingGreat White website:https://www.officialgreatwhite.net/Save the Music website:https://www.savethemusic.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

David Ellefson is a musician, songwriter and author. He was the bassist of Megadeth from 1983 to their breakup in 2002, and then again from 2010-2021.  He has had a number of other musical and non-musical projects including the band The Lucid, the movie Dwellers, the book Rock Star Hitman and his own coffee company. His latest project is a collaboration with singer Jeff Scott Soto titled Ellefson-Soto. We discuss the new album, Megadeth soundtrack songs, his thoughts on the Pantera reunion and how he deals with his critics. 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Studios & Arizona Musicians 04:12 - Ellefson-Soto Record & Andy Martongelli 10:35 - Jeff Scott Soto's Voice 13:38 - Songwriting & Bass Lines 17:35 - The Monkees & MTV22:55 - Megadeth in Apple Commercial 23:50 - Soundtrack Songs 27:35 - Opening for Aerosmith 30:15 - Metallica & 99 Ways to Die32:05 - Paranoid & Black Sabbath 33:15 - Pantera, Van Halen & Molly Hatchet 37:46 - Branching Out 44:14 - Dealing with Trolls & Critics 46:25 - Best Interviewer? 48:25 - MusiCares 49:30 - Outro David Ellefson website:https://www.davidellefson.com/MusiCares website:https://www.musicares.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

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 - OutroAnthony Gomes website:https://www.anthonygomes.com/Music is the Medicine website:https://www.musicisthemedicine.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Rusty Schwimmer is an actress, with 134 film/tv credits on IMDB. Some of the films she acted in include The Perfect Storm, Twister, The Belko Experiment and Amistad. She has also had guest appearances on many great TV shows including Better Call Saul, The Righteous Gemstones and Married with Children. We discuss her acting career, working with PT Anderson, the re-release of Scrooge & Marley, playing the lead in Wild Honey, and more! 00:00 - Intro00:34 - Playing the Lead in Wild Honey 04:10 - Scrooge & Marley 08:02 - Dahmer & LGBTQ Category 10:45 - Acting Classes & Inspiration 12:15 - Carol Burnett & Better Call Saul 14:50 - Being Recognized  16:00 - Supportive Friends & Family 17:14 - Henry Winkler & Virginia Madsen 20:55 - Dirk Diggler & PT Anderson 25:35 - Spielberg & Amistad 27:06 - Chris Farley & Christopher Guest 28:55 - Alcohol, Drugs, Emotions & Art 32:25 - The Perfect Storm & Accent34:45 - How Fame Changes People 38:44 - Psychology & Human Behavior 41:25 - Success Stories & Slumps 46:45 - Voices 49:15 - Music 50:47 - You Can't Win 52:40 - Anthony Hopkins & Acting Style 55:05 - Musical Styles 57:30 - United Negro College Fund 58:50 - Outro Rusty Schwimmer Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/rustyschwim/United Negro College Fund:https://uncf.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Will Turpin is a musician, songwriter and music producer.  He is best known as the bass player and founding member of the band Collective Soul. He also has his own solo career and is currently producing some bands. In this interview we discuss the backstory of Collective Soul, touring with Aerosmith & Van Halen, how Elton John played on a song, Woodstock 94 versus 99 and more! 00:00 - Intro00:40 - New Album 01:27 - Band Contribution To Songs 03:30 - Collective Soul Sound & Singles 05:40 - Elton John 07:03 - Figuring Out Popular Songs 08:03 - Backstory of Collective Soul 16:45 - Tours with Aerosmith & Van Halen 18:30 - Bret Michaels 20:20 - Woodstock 94 vs 9921:45 - Will's Solo Music & Producing 24:03 - Future of Collective Soul 25:03 - Creative Vets 26:22 - Outro Collective Soul websitehttps://collectivesoul.com/Creative Vets website:https://creativets.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Brian Tichy is a musician, songwriter and music producer. He has played drums for some of the biggest names in rock including Ozzy Osbourne, Steven Tyler, Billy Idol, Foreigner, Whitesnake, and Ace Frehley.  Currently he is the drummer for The Dead Daisies, who have a new album out titled Radiance. We discuss Brian’s solo project “Ball” plus working with Steven Tyler, focusing & work ethic and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Connecting with Brian 01:10 - Guitar, Singing & Ball 03:45 - Songwriting For Movies & TV05:48 - Solo Record & Singing 12:50 - Working with Steven Tyler 17:15 - Setting Goals & Dreams 19:22 - Competition, Work Ethic & Focus 26:16 - Working with Legends 28:58 - MusiCares & Music in Schools Brian Tichy website:https://www.briantichy.com/index.phpDead Daisies website:https://thedeaddaisies.com/MusiCares website:https://www.musicares.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Michael Lombardi is and actor, director and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of the Probationary (Probie) firefighter Mike Silletti in the critically acclaimed hit television show Rescue Me. He has a fun new horror movie out now (in select cities) called The Retaliators that features a lot of really cool cameos. The soundtrack features Motley Crue, Papa Roach, and Five Finger Death Punch. We discuss the true story that inspired this film, working & learning from Denis Leary, future projects and more! 00:00 - Intro00:41 - Retaliators Cameos & References06:17 - Retaliators Plot & True Story 12:41 - Rescue Me & Retaliators Tie In 15:28 - Justice & Morality in Film 17:34 - Production of Film & Script  18:53 - Working & Learning From Denis Leary 23:05 - Retaliators Sequel & Other Projects 25:45 - The Other Michael Lombardi 25:10 - Last Knights with Morgan Freeman 29:50 - Leary Firefighters Foundation 31:43 - Outro The Retaliators Movie website:https://www.retaliatorsmovie.com/Leary Firefighters Foundation website:https://learyfirefighters.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Dave “The Snake” Sabo is a guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the band Skid Row. The band was formed in 1986 with bassist/songwriter Rachel Bolan and originally called Darkness. They went on to sell millions of records and tour with Guns ‘N Roses, Motley Crue, Kiss and others. Their new record “The Gang’s All Here” is a return to form and bridges the gap between the first two records. We discuss the new album and working with producer Nick Raskulinecz, plus some of the old stuff, and tons of great band trivia - much of which I don’t think has ever been revealed before! Great episode! 0:00:00 - Intro0:01:36 - Working with Producer Nick Raskulinecz 0:06:15 - Songwriting & Shape of Songs with Nick 0:09:15 - Songwriting Collaborations 0:10:03 - Single "The Gang's All Here" & Inspiration 0:14:43 - Theme of the Album & Underdog Role 0:16:51 - October's Song 0:20:00 - Playing Live & Division in the World 0:24:58 - Gratitude, Humility, Kindness & Success 0:28:31 - Early Days of Skid Row 0:31:02 - Jon Bon Jovi & Dave's Time in Bon Jovi 0:35:35 - Matt Fallon, Tico Torres & Demos 0:36:58 - Drummer Rob Affuso 0:38:17 - Geffen Vs. Atlantic 0:41:35 - Michael Wagner, Max Norman & Producers 0:43:25 - Slave to the Grind & Songwriting 0:46:16 - Get the Fuck Out 0:47:28 - The Threat & Wasted Time0:49:40 - Breakin' Down & Subhuman Race 0:53:57 - Home Videos & Comedy 0:55:55 - Recording with Scotti & Connection 0:57:40 - Atlantic Records Box Set 0:58:20 - Skid Row Trivia 1:00:02 - Skid Row Jackets & Touring 1:01:34 - N.A.M.I. 1:02:47 - Erik Gronwall 1:03:20 - Outro Skid Row website:https://www.skidrow.com/N.A.M.I. website:https://www.nami.org/HomeChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Doug “Cosmo” Clifford is a musician and songwriter who is most well known for being the drummer and founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival.  The band was extremely successful and inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.  They have a new documentary on Netflix narrated by Jeff Bridges titled “Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall.”  Cosmo also has a solo album he just released titled “California Gold’ that features Bobby Whitlock (Derek & The Dominoes) and Donald “Duck” Dunn (Booker T. & the M.G.’s).  We discuss it all in this episode plus the true meaning behind the song “Who’ll Stop The Rain”, the possibility of a CCR biopic and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - California Gold with Bobby Whitlock 03:56 - Donald "Duck" Dunn 05:30 - New Album Reception 06:38 - Netflix Documentary & Live Album 09:41 - Jeff Bridges Narrating the Documentary 10:48 - Royal Albert Hall Show & The Beatles 14:00 - A Future CCR Biopic? 15:50 - Guitar Players on New Project 18:00 - Drugs, CCR's Success & Psychedelic Rock 23:38 - CCR as a Band 27:40 - Who'll Stop The Rain 30:25 - CCR Vs. John Fogerty Solo 31:15 - California Gold & Bobby's Voice 37:48 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund 38:22 - Two Track Masters 40:40 - Outro Doug "Cosmo" Clifford website:https://dougcosmoclifford.com/Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund website:https://www.jdrf.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Jim Babjak is the guitarist and founding member of The Smithereens.  The band had several modern rock hits including "Blood & Roses" and "A Girl Like You",  as well as performing on SNL and with Tom Petty.  They have a new album out now called "The Lost Album" that was recorded in 1993 and features all new songs.  We discuss the new album, how Madonna almost recorded with the band, Kurt Cobain being a super fan and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Library & Reading Books 02:38 - The Lost Album 06:11 - Juggling a Day Job 13:35 - Coffee 16:15 - New Single, Songs & Tour 18:45 - Blood & Roses19:49 - Girl Like You & Say Anything 20:45 - Madonna & Guests on Records 21:50 - Kurt Cobain is a Fan 23:30 - Don Dixon the Producer 24:35 - Getting Signed to Capitol 26:56 - Bruce Springsteen 28:18 - Being Recognized & Music 29:45 - Music Business, Money & Touring 32:54 - Fan Mail & Power of Music 33:45 - Monkey Man & Stop Bringing Me Down 35:30 - Betty Babjak Memorial Fund 36:25 - Ordering Physical Copies 37:30 - New Christmas Music 38:15 - Outro Jim Babjak website:https://www.jimbabjak.com/The Smithereens website:https://www.officialsmithereens.com/Betty Babjak Memorial Fund website:https://www.jimbabjak.com/betty-babjak-memorial-fundChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!