The Jake Feinberg Show

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jake-feinberg/subscribe On The Jake Feinberg Show (radio) and in Facebook Lives, Jake Feinberg has now conducted over 2,000 interviews with “The Cats”—popular musicians across the spectrum from rock to jazz, R&B to folk, pop to country, bluegrass to fusion. Jake’s unique interviewing style puts musicians at their ease and inspires them to reflect candidly on topics familiar or unexpected. The Cats tell little stories, muse about life, uncover aspects of the music business, dig deep into overcoming adversity, revel in camaraderie, and open their souls. You will never see musicians in the same light again....

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The Lori Walton Interview

Except They’re Real Life by Lori M. Walton I love Ken Babbs; he’s the cutest. The Pranksters are a big reason why the scene happened at all. They are such over-the-top, unique, and totally cool humans that it’s as if they are amazing made-up characters from a book. We are so lucky that they are actual people we can hang with, learn from, and be healed. I was talking to Mountain Girl, and she said about the 60s, “Back then we were big on reading.” You can tell. They’re all so smart and knowle...

May 24, 2021•1 hr 12 min

The Stephen Ferrone Interview Set II

Interview at Stephen's house in Lake Balboa, CA from 04/2018

May 23, 2021•29 min

The Fred Tackett Interview

Incredible guitarist and songwriter talks about his cosmic musical life from its origins in Little Rock, AR to Oklahoma City to LA.

May 23, 2021•1 hr 20 min

The Farmer Dave Scher Inteview Set II

Heroic musician and spiritualist talks about riding the crest of a musical wave and recognizing the talent of other young cats.

May 23, 2021•1 hr 24 min

The Ethan Miller Interview

Slashing musician and band leader of Howlin' Rain talks about the art of timing, luck and talent as a creative artist.

May 23, 2021•50 min

The John Morell Interview

Blazing guitarist talks about working in Shelly Manne's group and being an in demand studio shark.

May 23, 2021•1 hr 28 min

The Larry Beckett Interview

Poet and musician talks about his creative point of view and his relationship with Tim Buckley.

May 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min

The Johnny Vidacovich Interview Set II

Part II of my conversation with a master drummer and beautiful human being.

May 22, 2021•1 hr 19 min

The Kevin Calabro Interview Set II

Interview conducted at Kevin's home in Kingston, NY 08/2018

May 22, 2021•26 min

The Denise Perrier Interview

Decorated singer talks about developing her own voice and her late half brother Paul Jackson.

May 22, 2021•1 hr 10 min

The Aashish Khan Interview Set II

Lecture from guruji Aashish Khan at Cal Arts 2018

May 22, 2021•41 min

Billy Cobham, Ron Carter and Kenny Barron in conversation live on The Jake Feinberg Show

Partial set from Mesa, AZ Art of the Rhythm Section July 2018

May 22, 2021•24 min

The Bob Dorough Interview

Digging it Right with You By Bob Dorough When I went to North Texas, I ran across a very good little jazz band, and I was dumbfounded because they were much more advanced than I was. They had an excellent clarinetist, a trombonist, and bass, drums, piano. They were more like Jack Teagarden’s group than anything else. They knocked me out, of course, and every time they played I would dig them and try to pick up some ideas and tricks. That was the beginning of my jazz life. Teagarden was a great s...

May 22, 2021•50 min

The Merel Bregante Interview

Drummer from Loggins & Messina talks about learning to accept his individual sound and not compare himself with others.

May 22, 2021•1 hr 12 min

The Jim Messina Interview

Founding member of Buffalo Springfield and then Poco talks about what he learned from his mentors on the bandstand and in the studio.

May 21, 2021•1 hr 36 min

The Willie Ornelas Interview

Dynamic Texas drummer talks about the early days of the LA studio pop/rock scene and his lifelong brother Bobby Ramirez.

May 21, 2021•1 hr 18 min

The Jimmy Warren Interview

Gigs Don’t Start Early by Jimmy Jacobs Jerry didn’t want another guitar player in his band. He already had that with The Dead. He thought he would try the “two-keyboard thing.” I think he loved the idea that Melvin Seals was from the church, so it could get a little gospely with organ. We showed up at Club Front, and John Kahn had lead sheets that he passed out to everyone. We ran through this song and that song. After a couple of hours, Jerry said, “Can everybody be here tomorrow at 4 pm?...

May 21, 2021•1 hr 32 min

The Jimmy Karstein Interview

Legendary Tulsa drummer talks about playing with JJ Cale and Leon Russell.

May 21, 2021•1 hr 28 min

The Kenny Barron Interview

Legendary pianist being interviewed at his home in Brooklyn, NY from January 2018

May 21, 2021•1 hr 11 min

The Jim Keltner Interview Set IV

Stone jazzer and iconic studio musician talks about overcoming adversity early in his life that helped shape who he became as a person and player.

May 21, 2021•1 hr 22 min

The Clifford Coulter Interview Set II

Funky Hammond B-3 player talks about the opportunities to carve out an identity in a record based industry.

May 21, 2021•26 min

The Cris Jacobs Interview

“Congratulations, You’ve Practiced A Lot” By Cris Jacobs I took a few lessons when I first started out, with some guys who spun me up and sent me on my way. After that I did lots of shedding in the bedroom and lots of listening. I’ve never been one to shun away from the theory, and the language and learning, but I was never a music school guy. From the beginning I was drawn to the improvisational aspect of music. I knew that I was going to need to learn - and you can read all the books in the wo...

May 21, 2021•1 hr 2 min

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