Katelyn and Laurie of The Shook Twins are our guests this week on No Simple Road! We talk about finding the muse and beginning their musical career, the grind of the road and traveling with a twin, the strength of The Sacred Feminine in sound, what their goal is through their music, being Witches, bringing joy to people, playing at the Oregon Country Fair and Northwest String Summit, and a whole bunch more! Everybody in your life will write his or her own chapter in your story. Take a step back,...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 98
Dulaney and Company is a Soulful, Americana, Rock band from Southern California. They are led by husband and wife Singer/ Songwriter Duo Jerod Dulaney and Malissa Miller-Dulaney and we got to hang out with them for No Simple Road this week!! This is one of those times when the NSR Family gets to meet and have a conversation. We talk all about how they met and how music helped to form the bond that grew into love, Malissa's experience with her first Grateful Dead type show at Skull & Roses Fe...
May 06, 2019•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 97
After a full day at Skull & Roses we had the pleasure of hanging out with Joel and Chris from The Alpine Camp at our AirBnB in Ventura. We sat around the kitchen table and talked about going through personal and musical transformations, what improvisation requires, what it feels like to get the feeling out into the music, and a whole bunch more! Hit up their website www.thealpinecamp.com for our news, music downloads, merch, and info and check out the new live album 'Hybrid' on Apple Music a...
Apr 29, 2019•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 96
Nate from the Contemporary Bluegrass Band 'Mile 12' joins the No Simple Road Crew this week! This conversation was a real blast and we got into the similarities of playing music and meditation, humanizing tough topics through songwriting, coming to terms with not always feeling up to playing, the place of the spreadsheet in the life of a touring band, and a whole bunch more! Although their sound is rooted in traditional bluegrass, Mile Twelve surveys a broader landscape on their newest album, Ci...
Apr 24, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 95
Our journey to Skull & Roses Festival continues with some commentary on the festival grounds, an interview with Rafael Salazar from Delta 89, the beginning of a solid trip, hanging out with John Lovero from The Higgs, a heavy talk with Claire from Raven’s Reels Almanac, and interview with Dept. from @trippershollow, story time with Big Steve Parish, some music with Zach Nugent’s Disco Dead, and a soulful and tear inducing ‘We Bid You Goodnight’ by Stu Allen & Mars Hotel! This wraps up ou...
Apr 22, 2019•3 hr 43 min•Ep. 94
No Simple Road was the ‘Official Podcast of Skull & Roses Festival’ this year and I feel like this did that title justice! Interviews, music, laughter, shenanigans, and more music are here for you. This is an audio documentary of our experience at this historic and incredible festival. At the 01:28:00 mark you’ll find our interview with the one and only Dennis McNally and at the 2:00:00 mark you’ll find a short backstage interview with the legendary Oteil Burbridge followed by a bit of his s...
Apr 16, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 93
When Cris Jacobs began dreaming about a follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2016 album Dust to Gold, he realized early on he'd have to do things differently this time around. His life had changed drastically since writing those songs: he'd toured extensively and attracted a legion of new, devoted fans; he'd come off the road into a world, with its divisive rhetoric and troubling headlines, he no longer recognized; and, most importantly, he'd gotten married and had his first child. Things had c...
Apr 07, 2019•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 92
This week’s episode is a testimony to the power of Instagram and creating connection through technology! Dane & Bronwyn, @deadbootleg, hit us up to let us know they were in town and stopped by for a visit to The Porch. We dug into their incredible story of leaving the ‘American Dream’ behind for adventure, the power of following your passions, dealing with depression and suicide prevention, and too many laughs and too much synchronicity. Head over to @deadbootleg on Instagram to check out th...
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 91
We caught caught up with the members of Jerry's Middle Finger just a couple weeks before we get to see them at the 3rd annual Skull & Roses Festival! With some of the strongest and most seasoned players and vocalists in the SoCal jam band community on their roster, they have been playing consistently to large audiences all over California, packing venues and getting rave reviews. We had the opportunity to talk about their band's formation, how the feminine energy keeps them in line, creating...
Mar 27, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 90
We had the honor of spending some time with John discussing his evolution in music, what it’s like to create utterly improvisational music in, and for, the moment, music as prayers and the sacred nature of sound, the difference between producing music and playing it, his new album with Mad Skillet, and a whole lot more. Equally comfortable behind a Steinway grand piano, Hammond organ or any number of vintage keyboards, John Medeski is a highly sought after improviser and band leader whose projec...
Mar 24, 2019•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 89
Comedian and fellow podcaster Duncan Trussell returns to The Porch this week! As you can imagine, the conversation took on a life of its own as we discussed Duncan’s Son, childbirth, epigenetic memory, porch-wide orgasm, creating a tax for being kind and love tokens, and what it means to listen with your entire body. We all came away from this conversation feeling high and extremely awake and I know you’ll come away with some new insights into your trip through this mortal coil. SHOW NOTES Comed...
Mar 17, 2019•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 88
We spend some time talking with Tim from The Mother Hips about his new solo album “Sorta Surviving’, the accident and how its affected his music and his life, playing at Terrapin Crossroads, coming to grips with one’s mortality, and a whole lot more. This is one of those conversations that’ll make you think. Tim Bluhm began his musical journey while studying at Chico State, where he co-founded the now-iconic Mother Hips, a group the San Francisco Chronicle has hailed as “one of the Bay Area’s mo...
Mar 10, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 87
This week’s episode is the product of letting the Freak Flag fly. Cannabis Activist and Psychedelic Warrior David Adam Kasakove joins us to tell his story. We talk about his life growing up with parents who had dropped out, helping to bring Prop. 215 to light in California, the music of The Grateful Dead and its impact on his life, touring with The Band Beyond Description, and a whole ton more! This is one of those times when we collectively realized we were in the presence of one of our Freak F...
Mar 03, 2019•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 86
Andy Frasco of Andy Frasco & The U.N. and Andy Fraso’s World Saving Podcast joins the No Simple Road Crew on The Porch for a morning filled with laughs, unexpected therapy, and creating connection. We talk candidly about addiction & getting it together, making choices based on what we think we’re supposed to do rather than what we want, Andy’s new album ‘Change Of Pace’, and why we are only just now finding out we should have been friends a long time ago. Andy Frasco & the U.N.’s per...
Feb 24, 2019•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 85
This week we’re takin you with us on a trip to L.A to Love You Down! You’ll hang out backstage as we interview Swimm, Sego, and The Golden Suns as well as get to hear some of each band’s set over the two night extravaganza! Love You Down is the brainchild of Swimm and is what happens when you’re parties get too big to be contained. They’ve worked hard over the past 3 years making this bigger, more immersive, and to making sure that those in attendance feel the love. Come along with the NSR Crew ...
Feb 18, 2019•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 84
Guitarist Craig Marshall from Cubensis stops by to talk about his journey into the world of the Grateful Dead and having the music play the band. Since 1987, Los Angeles-based band Cubensis has carried the torch in celebration of one of America’s most beloved touring bands, the Grateful Dead. Cubensis sets out to re-create the Grateful Dead experience by emulating the spirit of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and the rest of the legendary San Francisco jam band. Cubensis plays complete shows ...
Feb 11, 2019•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 83
This week’s episode is an amazing moment captured in time when Aaron realizes that he’s talking to two of his favorite people in one package! Brandon Wenerd, co-founder of Brobible and creator of Wolfman Whiskers takes us on a journey through his mind and his creative process of discovery. We talk about the inception of helping to create a digital dynasty juggernaut in Brobile and how alchemy and personal grooming came together to manifest Wolfman Whiskers. This is a sweet, happy, fun-loving Bro...
Feb 04, 2019•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 82
Tam Integration is a simple and sweet community group founded with the intention of offering psychedelic integration events and spiritual support in Marin County and the rest of the bay area and it’s founder, Daniel Shankin, joins us this week on No Simple Road! We started this one as a conversation about Daniel’s journey and soon the whole thing transformed into an impromptu Psychedelic Circle. You’ll get a look at what’s happening behind closed doors at this Circle and many others like it acro...
Jan 27, 2019•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 81
This one wasn’t planned. Sometimes in life the most beautiful things come out of events that we had absolutely no idea were going to occur. Stuff get’s real this morning as Alex and Aaron sit down for some early morning coffee and smoke and quickly realize they needed to be recording what they were discussing. Not long after Ryder joins the mix and drops some heavy stuff on them. This is a live therapy session with the No Simple Road Crew, unedited, raw, unfiltered, and real. We hope you dig it....
Jan 22, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 80
Alex Koford of Colonel and the Mermaids & Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band joins us this week on No Simple Road! We talk about his band Colonel and the Mermaids, growing up on the inside of the Grateful Dead Family, following the fun, the connection between psychedelics and music, how he got the nickname ‘The Colonel’, and a whole bunch more! Head over to colonelandthemermaids.com for upcoming show info and news and stay tuned for his upcoming single “Out of Here” everywhere music stre...
Jan 21, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 79
This is a landmark episode for the No Simple Road Crew! Our first live podcast and it’s from the legendary Terrapin Crossroads with our Brothers The Higgs! The Porch moves to the stage in the bar at TxR as we talk to John, Garrett, David, and Jessie about how they came together as a band, breaking down on the road, manifestation and maintaining a positive attitude, magic doors, what it feels like to be coming up. Stay tuned after the interview for the entire live performance by The Higgs! Go to:...
Jan 15, 2019•3 hr 23 min•Ep. 78
Barnaby from Bullfrog Moon joins the No Simple Road Crew this week to talk about creating a band that covers the greats like Phish, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, The Doors, & The Allman Brothers. This is a hard working tribute band playing the North Carolina Brewery scene and we dig into how family is at the center of all of what they do, the experience of playing the music that makes us shake and groove, the beauty of having the music play the band, and a whole lot more! Another member of ...
Jan 06, 2019•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 77
The road’s been long and strange in 2018! in 2018! So much has happened in such a short amount of time! We take a walk down memory lane in this Year’s End episode of No Simple Road and recap all of the guests and experiences that have served to make this an incredibly unique and special year. As we head into the New Year Melanie, Apple, Ryder, Darwin and Aaron want to thank all of you, the No Simple Road Family, for coming with us on this journey and for making it possible for us to dig deeper i...
Dec 31, 2018•2 hr 37 min•Ep. 76
Merry Freakmas and Happy Holidaze from the NSR Family! The one and only Wizard of the Keyboards, Adam MacDougall, joins the No Simple Road Crew on the porch to discuss all of his magickal exploits such as Circles Around The Sun, The Chris Robison Brotherhood and all the rest! We talk about his love of Funkadelic, creating 5 hours of new music for Fare Thee Well on the fly, joining The Black Crowes and then Chris Robinson Brotherhood, mimosas and laundry, and so much more I can’t get it all into ...
Dec 24, 2018•2 hr 33 min•Ep. 74
Comedian, Writer, and Amigos Podcast Host Mike Finoia is our guest this week! We talk about his journey to becoming an extremely successful Stand-Up Comic, how he came to host a comedy/music Podcast, his weird dreams, his love of Phish, never getting to see the Grateful Dead, and being the last one to actually interview Ken Kesey plus a whole universe of other topics. Follow him on Twitter @mikefinoia Check out his Podcast ‘Amigos’ RIGHT HERE on the Osiris Network! For all his stand-up tour date...
Dec 17, 2018•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 74
On 11/11/2018 (2+0+1+8=11) our Grandson, Jasper Hazel Leven Winn, incarnated into this plane of existence. We talk to our Daughter and Son-In-Law, Sydney and Adam, about the whole experience from their perspective, what it's like to bring a baby into this oddball Family, recap the whole night of the Big Event, chat about how this will affect the lives of Sydney's acting and Adam's music, and discuss the merits of reading Tarot cards while in the throes of a 26 hour labor! This is an extra specia...
Dec 09, 2018•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 73
Tim & Erica from @thrivingintiedye are our special guests this week! These two amazing humans rolled through Portland, came to see Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, and then spent the weekend hanging out with the NSR Crew! We talk about how once in a while the things that seem like the worst possible situation can become the very thing we needed, their journey from EDM music into the world of The Grateful Dead, Phish, and jam band music, what it's like traveling in a small space with the person you...
Nov 25, 2018•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 72
This is an extremely special episode everyone! The man responsible for my incarnation and the way I grew up, my Pop, Jerry Schafer joins us this week! This is the definition of a renaissance man… Producer/Writer/Director/Stunt Man/Quick Draw/Entertainment Director of Vegas hotels… he’s done it all. Not to mention raising a group of psychedelic warriors and keeping it all flowing. We talk about his life and his experiences as a young man in Old Vegas, raising crazy sons, and what it means to foll...
Nov 19, 2018•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 71
The guys from ‘Fear Of A Craft Beer Planet’ hang out on The Porch with The Crew this week! We share our origin stories in podcasting, talk about the weird similarities between our lives, and get into a spirited conversation regarding the last Dead & Company tour, and a whole lot more! This is one of last Summer’s ‘Lost’ episodes. Grab a cold one and get ready Family…this one will have ya laughing for sure! Check out Fear Of A Craft Beer Planet on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, at https://fearofacr...
Nov 11, 2018•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 70
Songwriter, musician, and producer, Tommy Hamilton is our guest this week! Best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the bands Brothers Past, American Babies, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Ghost Light, Bill Kreutzmann's Billy & the Kids, and Electron, Tommy spends some time talking to us about staying sane with a busy schedule, the creative process, what older Tommy has learned from younger Tommy, what drives him to stretch himself creatively, his new band Ghost Light, and what it’s like ...
Nov 04, 2018•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 69
