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May 27, 2025•9 min•Season 8Ep. 215
THE TROUBADOUR PODCAST
Jared “Pete” Gile & Carly Evans of The Troubadour Podcast host long form, deep-diving interviews with artists, singers, songwriters and other folks in the entertainment industry. Think of it as an audio version of A&E's Biography. The Troubadour Podcast provides listeners with a behind the scenes look at the guest's life, experiences and career journey. While the hosts primary focus is Country, Americana, Texas & Red Dirt Music, interviews can be found with folks from every genre of music and entertainment.
Episodes
EP 213 BRODY BUSTER
Brody Buster was a child prodigy on the harmonica and was already making appearances on major television shows like the Tonight’s Show with Jay Leno and the 90’s sitcom staple Full House, all before he turned 10 years old!!! Brody was baptized into the blues scene in Kansas City at a very early age and began forging a career that has allowed him to share the stage with the likes of B.B. King, Keb Mo, Quincy Jones, Chaka Kahn and others! As you’ll hear in the episode, his battle with addiction ne...
Apr 21, 2025•24 min•Season 8Ep. 213
EP 212 CARTER FELKER - CANADIAN SONGWRITER
On this episode we visit with Canadian singer-songwriter Carter Felker . Carter has a brand-new album out called “Loser”. He’s a good lyricist and definitely worth a listen. He talks about what it’s like to make a living as a singer-songwriter in Canada and the challenges of loading in and out to gigs in the cold as well as getting in to venues that require you to go up stairs to get to the stage or down into basements. The best way to check out what Carter is up to is by following him on Instag...
Apr 07, 2025•46 min•Season 8Ep. 212
EP 211 MIKE McCLURE & CHRISLYN LAWRENCE - CROW AND GAZELLE
Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page MIKE McCLURE & CHRISLYN LAWRENCE – CROW & GAZELLE This episode features legendary red-dirt musician and songwriter, Mike McClure, along his wife Chrislyn Lawrence. They’ve been doing a duo project for the last few years under the moniker Crow and Gazelle . If you haven’t caught their show live you have to put it on your list. They perform original heartfelt songs and the aura of the show itself is pretty dang awesome. You’ll feel better a...
Mar 24, 2025•56 min•Season 7Ep. 211
EP 210 WILL WESLEY
Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #210 WILL WESLEY This episode features Louisiana country-rocker Will Wesley . Will has been beating the streets as a troubadour for years playing all over the states as well as overseas from Thailand to Switzerland. He’s most recent single “The Search” just dropped and you can check out his music by using THIS LINK . He’s been nominated for several Josie Awards as well! Towards the end of the episode, he tells a pretty cool ghost story yo...
Mar 10, 2025•41 min•Season 7Ep. 210
EP 209 TRAVIS MEADOWS - HIT SONGWRITER
Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #209 TRAVIS MEADOWS This episode with Travis Meadows just might be my favorite interview we’ve ever captured here on The Troubadour. Travis has lead one hell of a life as you’ll hear in the episode. SWEETWATER - Buy your gear using our affiliate link! He spent 17 years as a preacher and Christian songwriter. He was well into middle-age before he become known as a hit songwriter with folks like Eric Church, Dierks Bentely, Jake Owen and Wy...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 7Ep. 209
EP 208 COLM GAVIN
EPISODE #208 COLM GAVIN On this episode of The Troubadour, I got to interview talented and accomplished singer/songwriter Colm Gavin. Colm is from Dublin, Ireland and we had a great conversation! I’d certainly say we’re both musically kindred spirits, although I’ll leave the drinking of Guiness to Colm! LOL Colm’s music can be found on Spotify using this LINK . Colm can be found on Instagram HERE Colm can be found on Facebook HERE GET HEALTHY WITH PETE ! SWEETWATER - Buy your gear using our affi...
Feb 10, 2025•56 min•Season 7Ep. 208
EP 207 RODNEY PYEATT - GUITAR TROUBADOUR
Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #207 RODNEY PYEATT I was lucky to have a great group of musicians join me in the recording studio on my very first project back in 2003. The guy who handled all of the guitar work on that project was named Rodney Pyeatt. Rodney, and those around him, realized he was a very talented guitar player early on in his life. His talents eventually led to him playing with some incredible musicians in his career including Selena, Rick Trevino, The ...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 7Ep. 207
EP 206 DALLAS MOORE
Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #206 DALLAS MOORE Let me start off by saying, Dallas Moore is an ANIMAL! This guy is on the road for nearly 300 dates a year, and has kept up that pace for a long while now. In this episode we talk about his early life and how getting a guitar in his teens changed the trajectory of his life. His latest record, Gems and Jams , is an acoustic collection of some classic Dallas hits along with some new tracks. If you don’t have an energy bump...
Jan 13, 2025•53 min•Season 7Ep. 206
EP 205 KELLEY GREEN - BASSIST FOR THE GREAT DIVIDE
Get a Backstage Pass by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #205 Kelley Green Arguably, one of the most influential bands in the entire Red Dirt Music scene since it inception is The Great Divide . In this episode we get to visit with bassist Kelley Green about the early days of the band, their time as a nationally signed act, and the resurgence in their career as a band following a hiatus that began in 2003. Now, with the release of the their first record in 20 years, Providence , the band along ...
Dec 30, 2024•56 min•Season 7Ep. 205
EP 204 BUCK BENNETT - BUCK'S BAR & GRILL, VENICE, NE
Get a BACKSTAGE PASS by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #204 Buck Bennet of Buck’s Bar & Grill in Venice, NE Ever wonder what it’s like to be a live music venue owner? In this episode Buck Bennett, proprietor of Buck’s Bar & Grill in Venice, NE will give you some insights on that as well as all of the great acts he has had play his place including Cody Jinks, Ward Davis, Tanner Usrey, Ned Ledoux and MORE! Enjoy the episode! We’re also excited to say that we are now an affiliate for Swe...
Dec 16, 2024•44 min•Season 7Ep. 204
EP 203 CRIS JACOBS
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #203 CRIS JACOBS Cris Jacobs new record, One Of These Days, has a star-studded cast. Produced by Jerry Douglas and additional contributors including Billy Strings, Sam Bush, Lee Ann Womack, The Infamous Stringdusters and more, the record is outstanding. Links Below – Enjoy the Episode! LISTEN TO THE NEW RECORD HERE Video: The making of “One of These Days” We’re also excited to say that we are now an affiliate for S...
Dec 02, 2024•45 min•Season 7Ep. 203
EP 202 HIT SONGWRITER JERERMY SPILLMAN
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #202 JEREMY SPILLMAN We’re super stoked about this episode with hit songwriter and published author, Jeremy Spillman. He’s a great dude and he’s wrote for and with some of the biggest names in Country Music. We hope you all dig this episode as much as we did getting it in the can! Enjoy! YouTube Vid of Jeremy’s hit song Arlington recorded by Trace Adkins YouTube Vid of Jeremy’s hit song Hell on the Heart recorded b...
Nov 18, 2024•58 min•Season 7Ep. 202
EP 201 HIT SONGWRITER SKIP EWING
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #201 SKIP EWING On this episode of The Troubadour, we interview hit country songwriter Skip Ewing. Skip has penned multiple No. 1 hits including “You Had Me From Hello” (Kenny Chesney) and “I Believe” (Diamond Rio). He’s got countless of other great songs cut by artists like Willie Nelson, Bryan White, Randy Travis, Keith Urban, Collin Ray, Sammy Kershaw and more. Lately Skip has been touring with some of the “best...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 201
EP 200 BLANK PAGE DUO
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page EPISODE #200 BLANK PAGE We’ve hit episode #200 here on The Troubadour and this one is definitely a “feel-good” episode. I really felt that this interview with Jack Robert and Avery Grace of Blank Page was inspiring as well as interesting. What Jack and Avery have done with their music as only seniors in high school is pretty impressive. This is another episode that really highlights what a presence on social media can do f...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 200
EP 199 RED DIRT UNPLUGGED AUTHOR - JOSH CRUTCHMER
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page Carly and I were thrilled to have Josh Crutchmer back on the show to talk about his 3rd and latest book, Red Dirt Unplugged . Along with working a day job for a little ol publication called the New York Times, native Okie and Red Dirt Music Fan, Josh Crutchmer, is a journalist who’s played a significant role in getting recognition for the artists and the music we all dig for years now. For example, Josh just spent an entir...
Sep 30, 2024•46 min•Season 7Ep. 199
EP 198 RYDER GRIMES
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page Ryder Grimes is the guest for this episode. He’s on a fast rise in the Texas Music scene with several songs charting in his relatively short career so far. With a full-length record coming in the near future you can get a good taste of what he’s all about NOW by checking out his current EP “Echoes of the Dial”. Ryder Grimes Snapchat We’re also excited to say that we are now an affiliate for Sweetwater . So, the next time y...
Sep 17, 2024•53 min
EP 197 DEVIN MICHAELS
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page Based in Refugio, Texas, songwriter Devin Michaels received his first guitar in 2017 and has been weaving his thoughts into music ever since. His quiet nature meant that music could be an outlet – a way to get out all the things he couldn’t otherwise say. While he was raised on George Strait, Merle Haggard, and his grandmother’s beloved Tejano music, Devin puts something a little grittier out into the world from his own fi...
Aug 19, 2024•43 min•Season 7Ep. 197
EP 196 BONES OWENS
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page On this episode Carly and I welcome Nashville rocker and songwriter Bones Owens to The Troubadour. Bones has written with the Bon Jovi, collaborated with Jelly Roll and he takes a self-described Chameleon-like approach to music. Fact is, just before we recorded this episode Bones had been in Texas writing songs and fishing with Koe Wetzel and some of the Whiskey Myers crew. On July 12th his new record “Love out of Lemons”,...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 196
EP 195 KYLE GARRETT - HE'S BACK !
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page Texas singer-songwriter Kyle Garrett is the guest on this episode. Kyle is a past guest and always brings a wealth of experience to the show due to the various hats he’s worn in the music industry. Along with being the Co-host and Producer of the Texas Toast Podcast he’s also an artist and helps manage other bands in the business and handles everything from booking to social media content production. In this episode our ve...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 195
EP 194 SILVERADA FRONTMAN MIKE HARMIER
The #1 way you can support The Troubadour is by visiting our Patreon page It’s Monday, July 8th, 2024 and this is an episode I’ve been excited about since we got it scheduled. In January of 2024, Americana band Mike and the Moonpies officially announced they were changing the name of their band to Silverada . Their brand new self-titled record just came out and it’s got some bangers on it. Silverada is fresh off of an album release party at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and their upcoming to...
Jul 09, 2024•28 min•Season 7Ep. 194
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