We are extremely excited to introduce all of you to Mathieu of The Inspector Cluzo as our guest on No Simple Road this week! THE INSPECTOR CLUZO are a rock-blues guitar/drums duo formed in 2008 in Mont-de-Marsan by Laurent (Guitars, Vocals) and Mathieu (Drums). They have been playing together for more than 30 years, are multi-instrumentalists (Tenor sax for Laurent & Trumpet for Mathieu) and started music at the age of 7. Since 2008, TIC has played more than 1200 dates in more than 67 countr...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 311
Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week on The Rewind we check-in with Apple to see how things are progressing after his recent surgery and then we head for the heavy stuff... a conversation about a subject that is often overlooked, hidden, or un-discussed... regret! The Conductor shares his personal struggle and recent realization about regrets ...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 38 min
This week on No Simple Road we are super proud and excited to have Latin Dead founder Brenden Tacon and 4 time Grammy winner Oscar Hernandez as our guests as part of our lead up to Skull & Roses Festival in Ventura, California April 19th-23rd! The Latin Dead is a California-based collective that fuses the music of the Grateful Dead with Latin Jazz. The band features some of the biggest names in both Grateful Dead and Latin music including guitarist and vocalist John Kadlecik (Furthur, Dark S...
Mar 31, 2023•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 310
Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week on The Rewind we discuss Apple's recent heath issues and give you all an update on how he's doing and how his healing is proceeding. Then, we jump into the deep end of the existential swimming pool with a discussion about the meaning of 'love'. Is it a thing we 'do', is it just a feeling, is it emotional cu...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 21 min
We are super excited and honored to have Dean Delray as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Dean Delray is a case study of turning passion into a labor of love, merging his affinity with music and comedy into a thriving career on stage and a growing podcast network. When he’s not talking to musicians on his podcast, Let There Be Talk, chances are he is headed to his next stand up comedy gig, having performed almost 5,000 times over the past 12 years. Delray’s path to the comedy stage started ...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 309
We're dropping into your Wednesday wtih a little something special! This artist spotlight is on Nick MacDaniels of Big Something! Big Something fuses elements of rock, pop, funk, and improvisation. They take listeners on a journey through a myriad of music styles. It's no secret why this group has quickly become one of the most exciting new bands to emerge from the Southeast. Soaring guitars, E.W.I. (Electric Wind Instrument), synths, horns and alluring vocal hooks rise to the top of their infec...
Mar 22, 2023•57 min
Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week on The Rewind we get into the swing of the season and talk about change. It's nearly Spring and with the change of season comes the voice inside that calls for a change along with the rhythms of the earth. What are some ways that we recognize it is time for a change within ourselves, how do we get the pendu...
Mar 20, 2023•58 min
We are super excited this week to have Rob Koritz of Dark Star Orchestra as our guest on No Simple Road as part of our lead up to Skull & Roses Festival! Rob was classically trained at the University of Arizona before realizing there was little career opportunity in classical percussion. After some travel time in Europe (including 1990 Dead Tour) he resumed his studies, getting a degree in Jazz Studies at Webster University in his hometown, St. Louis MO. Over the next 9 years, his musical ca...
Mar 17, 2023•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 308
Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week on The Rewind we dig into some tips to help fight the good fight when we are burning the candle at both ends. We are coming to that time of the year when a lot of us will be going nonstop with shows, festivals, traveling, and all the fun that comes with Spring/Summer. We go over some of the ways each of us ...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 27 min
This week on No Simple Road we are super stoked to have Leslie and Chelsea from The Goose Chicks Podcast as our guests. Leslie Mack is a long-time podcaster and jam-band aficionado. She previously produced & co-hosted Blackberry Jams presented by Ben & Jerry’s, an exploration of the intersections between the band Phish and Black Liberation. She brings a healthy obsession with Goose to the show as well as a genuine love for all the Goose Chicks out there. In her non-Goose obsessed life sh...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 307
Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week on The Rewind we take you on a perilous journey from the snow-filled roads of Portland, Oregon all the way to the sunny beach of Cancun, Mexico! Mel and Aaron recap their journey to see Phish down Mexico way and their experience of trying to leave the city in the midst of the biggest snowstorm since the 194...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 21 min
This week on No Simple Road we are extremely honored to have Bob Bralove and Tom Constanten of Dose Hermanos as our guests! Though both came to prominence associated with the Grateful Dead, Tom as keyboard player from 1968 to 1970, and Bob as an engineer, programmer, and occasional performer from 1987 to 1995, this music is Dead-like only in its wide-open, wholly improvisational exploration of a vast musical universe with only one rule: does the result, said Bralove, “feel like Dose?” This talk ...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 306
This Weekly Rewind is done in collaboration with The Edible Beats! Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week on The Rewind things get heavy! We talk about the ways in which anxiety affects us, how we deal with our past traumas, and Aaron finds an answer waiting for him in the middle of recording the show. Don't miss this one! Head over to www.patre...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 37 min
We are so stoked to have LP Giobbi as our guest on No Simple Road this week! LP Giobbi is the forward-thinking, boundary-breaking artist disrupting dance music today. Widely known for her bass-rattling house beats and electrifying live performances, the Oregon-born, Austin-based legend in the making is a “creative multi-hyphenate” (Billboard): an inspirational producer, DJ, label owner, curator, music director, feminist, entrepreneur and Piano House Queen. Since first breaking into the scene in ...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 305
We're dropping into your Wednesday wtih a little something special! Our first ever Artist Spotlight! This spotlight is on Superblume! SUPERBLUME is a funky, booty-shanking jam band blossoming in Santa Cruz, California. With desire to inspire a world where everybody is free to be themselves, Superblume creates a live atmosphere of love, togetherness, and self-expression. Drawing inspiration from jam band giants and blues legends, Superblume's music weaves a wide range of improvised soundscapes th...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 11 min
This Weekly Rewind is done in collaboration with The Edible Beats! Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week on The Rewind it's all about friendship! We talk about what we think makes a good friend, what we think being a good friend means, how friendships can sometimes have an expiration date, how each of us has grwon up regarding and relating to f...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 26 min
We are super excited to have Brian Swislow and Richard Love of 'Object Heavy' as our guests on No Simple Road this week. Object Heavy is Northern California’s hardest hitting Soul sensation. While based in Arcata, this cast of musical characters has made waves up and down the North Coast of California, the Pacific Northwest, and various parts of the United States. Object Heavy has also been voted best band in Humboldt, three out of the last 5 years, including 2022. Now Object Heavy has hit the s...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 304
This Weekly Rewind is done in collaboration with The Edible Beats! Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week's rewind begins with a conversation regarding The Big Game's Half-Time Show and what we think of the state of current mainstream entertainment. Somehow, we end up talking about the current state of affairs regarding psychedelics. What each o...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 23 min
This week on No Simple Road we are super excited to have Adam and Ian from One Time Weekend as our guests on the show. “We Groove - You Move” is the mantra of One Time Weekend - the innovative shred-funk Connecticut quartet bringing driving grooves with a melodic and progressive edge to the universe. One Time Weekend is known for their live shows - delivering a high-energy musical experience at every performance as twin lead guitarists, Adam Eytan and Zac Mulcahy shred over bassist and lead voca...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 303
This Weekly Rewind is done in collaboration with The Edible Beats! Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week's rewind is starts off with a little of Mel's insights into how 2023 is going so far. We're only a little over a month in but she's got some insights! Then, on the heels of our conversation for an upcoming episode with the ladies over at the...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 11 min
We are so stoked to have Artist Graham Yarrington as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Graham is the artist behind the new 5-LP Box set 'Jerry Garcia Band - Pure Hampton 1991', posters for Phish, My Morning Jacket, and some of the most beautiful prints you have ever laid eyes on. This conversation immediately goes deep with Graham touching on subjects like struggling with depression and suicidal ideations, his struggle losing friends way too early in life, how it felt to get the gig doing t...
Feb 03, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 302
This Weekly Rewind is done in collaboration with The Edible Beats! Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week we start off with a clip of the new feature 'Side Roads'! 'Side Roads' is being produced by Skydog (Producer Cory) for our Patreon supporters, and is a weekly extra with in-depth interviews with the NSR crew and members of the NSR universe. ...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 17 min
This week on No Simple Road we are super excited to have Maurice Tani as our guest! Maurice put on a cowboy hat and changed his life. The guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer has been a well-known name on the Bay Area music scene for several decades. He was the lead guitarist for Roy Loney’s post-Flamin’ Groovies band, The Phantom Movers, and spent almost 20 years in Big Bang Beat and the Zazu Pitts Memorial Orchestra, playing cover tunes in clubs and at corporate events. This is one of th...
Jan 27, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 301
This Weekly Rewind is done in collaboration with The Edible Beats! Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! This week we take a look at how as individuals our ideas of the perfect vacation differs and where each of us dreams of traveling to someday. Then, we take a hard left into discussing the passing of the torch to Goose by Trey Anastasio and Bob Weir an...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 34 min
We are so excited to have Peter, Murray, and Scott from The Garcia Birthday Band as our guests for this 300th episode of No Simple Road! Garcia Birthday Band, based in Portland Oregon, isn’t your mother’s Grateful Dead cover band. Playing for over 20 years, GBB has evolved into something far deeper than the sum of its parts. The beating heart of the Pacific Northwest’s GD community, the band’s ever-expanding fanbase is an experience unto themselves. Using the Dead’s repertoire as a springboard f...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 300
This Weekly Rewind is done in collaboration with The Edible Beats! Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We're back again with another NSR Family Quiz Show hosted by the one and only Skydog Disciple! We have returning champion Mel competing against Apple and special guest Cody. Trust me, hang in there for the Karaoke round! No Simple Road Intro Music Cre...
Jan 17, 2023•2 hr 18 min
We're super stoked to have 5 time Women's Disc Golf World Champion Paige Pierce as our guest on No Simple Road! Paige Pierce is a professional disc golfer from Plano, Texas. She has won 5 World Championships and 15 total Major Championships, and has been consistently ranked among the top professional women since 2011. In 2018 she broke the record for the highest PDGA player rating a woman had ever achieved at 978. We had a blast talking with Paige about the crossover between the live-music commu...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 299
This Weekly Rewind and those to come are done in collaboration with The Edible Beats! Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! In this week's rewind we talk about our new collaboration wtith The Edible Beats and what that means for us, having someone in your life that pushes you to think differently, our hopes and dreams for the year to come, and where we w...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr
We are so excited this week to have Parrish Gabriel and Matthew Rennick of Sicard Hollow joining us on No SImple Road! Nashville’s psychedelic punk-grass rockers, Sicard Hollow, grew up sick of any existing institution telling them who and what to be. Now, as they navigate adulthood, they’re equally tired of the music institutions telling them what their music should sound like—so they dunked it in patchouli and a skate-and-destroy ethos that brings an enduring sound into the modern age. Before ...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 298
We are so excited this week to have Jay Blakesberg and his Daughter Ricki as our guests on No Simple Road. Jay Blakesberg is a San Francisco-based photographer, filmmaker and public speaker whose work has appeared in numerous worldwide magazines including Rolling Stone, Guitar Player, Relix, Time, Vanity Fair, and countless others. He has photographed many musical artists, including the Grateful Dead, B.B. King, Phish, Radiohead, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, Tom...
Dec 30, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 297
