No Simple Road

More than just a Grateful Dead Podcast, more than a music and culture show, something other than a family of cosmic wanderers.... Join the hosts of No Simple Road as they dive deep into the world of psychedelic exploration, music, art, and spirituality. Each week, they bring you captivating interviews with musicians, artists, authors, and visionaries from all walks of life. Join them on their long strange trip!

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Music Interviews
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George Fetner & The Strays - Rounding Up
We're super excited this week to have George Fetner of George Fetner & The Strays' as our guest on No Simple Road. “There’s a lot you could say about the varied pursuits of guitarist/bandleader/composer George Fetner. But the most pressi...
149 min
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The Owsley Stanley Foundation -Discovering Bear...
We're honored this week to have Starfinder Stanley and Hawk from Owsley Stanley Foundation as our guests this week. While perhaps most widely known as the “Acid King” for his early role manufacturing the highest quality LSD to help fuel the psyche...
131 min
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With Jamel aka Jamal - A Shakedown Street Review
No Simple Road is super stoked this week to have Jamel Aka Jamal back on the show! Jamel is a Deadhead, positive light in the world, and creator of the best YouTube reaction videos ever. We talked with Jamel back in 2021 and promised each other that we...
140 min
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Karina Rykman - The World Is Her Oyster
No Simple Road starting 2022 strong with Karina Rykman as our guest !In 2016, Karina joined Marco Benevento's band on bass, replacing Dave Dreiwitz (Ween /Joe Russo's Almost Dead). In the many U.S. tours, trips to Japan and the UK since then...
158 min
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Lone Tree & NSR 2021 Year End Recap
This week you're getting two for the price of one! We start the episode with Lone Tree! Lone Tree is the rock band you never expected. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, this group of 5 international teens formed in 2016 to create a high-energy, powerful so...
166 min
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Paul Hoffman Of Greensky Bluegrass - A Monument...
Happy Holidaze No Simple Road Family! We are so stoked to have Paul Hoffman of Greensky Bluegrass as our guest on the show this week! Greensky has ushered us back into live music in 2021 and we thought there would be no better Holiday gift than to have...
116 min
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Mark Johnson Of Playing For Change - Spreading ...
We're incredibly honored this week to Have Mark Johnson of Playing For Change as our guest on No Simple Road. Mark Johnson is a Grammy award-winning producer/engineer and award-winning film director. For the past 20 years, Mark has worked...
121 min
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Bill Payne Of Little Feat - Rising Up
<p>We are extremely honored to have Bill Payne of Little Feat as our guest on No simple Road this week! Payne, who co-founded Little Feat with the late, great Lowell George 35 years ago, has been Little Feat’s keyboardist – and its pilot – throughout the band’s existence, writing and singing such beloved classics as "Oh Atlanta," "Day or Night," "Time Loves a Hero“ and ”Gringo,“ while ”steering a ship that was rudderless," as he puts it. He’s also contributed to hundreds of records as a sideman. The list of the artists Payne has recorded with is as lengthy as a small-town telephone book, ranging from Jackson Browne to Beck to Jimmy Buffett – and that’s just some of the "B"s.</p><p>As you can guess Bill has no shortage of stories to tell and we get down to business immediately in this wonderful conversation. We talk about creating the new single 'When All Boats Rise', getting the band back together, leaving The Doobie Brothers to rejoin Little Feat, how it feels to be going back to his musical roots after all these years away, and so much more!</p><br><p>For more on Bill and Little Feat head over to: <a href="https://www.littlefeat.net/welcome.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.littlefeat.net</a></p><p><strong>SONG AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION: the single 'When All Boats Rise' by Little Feat</strong></p><br><p><strong>FOR FREE SHIPPING</strong> from <a href="https://shoptourbus.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shop Tour Bus</a> Use The PROMO CODE: <strong>nosimpleroad</strong></p><p><strong>For 20% off </strong><a href="https://sunsetlakecbd.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunset Lake CBD</a> PROMO CODE: <strong>NSR20 </strong></p><p><strong>For 25% off</strong> <a href="https://www.electricfishlights.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Electric Fish Lights</a> PROMO CODE: <strong>NSR </strong></p><p><strong><em>INTRO MUSIC BY AND USED WITH OUR GRATITUDE AND THE PERMISSION OF:</em></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.circlesaroundthesun.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN</em></strong></a></p><p><strong><em>OUTRO MUSIC BY AND USED WITH OUR GRATITUDE AND THE PERMISSION OF:</em></strong></p><p><a href="https://chilldrenofindigo.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>CHILLDREN OF INDIGO</em></strong></a></p><br><p>No Simple Road is part of <a href="https://www.osirispod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>OSIRIS MEDIA</strong></a>. Osiris is creating a community that connects people like you with podcasts and live experiences about artists and topics you love. To stay up to date on what we’re up to, visit our site and sign up for our newsletter. Osiris works in partnership with JamBase, which connects music fans with the music they love and empowers them to go see live music!</p><p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad">http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Memphissippi Sounds - At The Crossroads
We are so excited to have Damion "Yella P" Pearson from Memphissippi Sounds on No Simple Road this week! One fated summer night in 2017 the paths of two uniquely gifted and talented Memphis musicians aligned in a club on Beale Street. Cameron...
100 min
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John Lee Shannon of Circles Around The Sun - On...
This week we are extremely excited to have John Lee Shannon of Circles Around The Sun on No Simple Road! We sit down with John to discuss how he landed the gig with CATS, how synchronicity has become more commonplace, how he met Neal Casal and how Neal...
148 min
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Gary Waldman - Sweetening The Distance
We're honored this week to have Gary Waldman as our guest on No Simple Road. Gary is Neal Casal's long-time friend and manager as well as the executive producer of 'Highway Butterfly: The Songs Of Neal Casal' and the founder and Exe...
89 min
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Ethan Miller Of Howling Rain - Spinning The Dha...
We're stoked this week to have Ethan Miller of Howlin Rain as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Over nearly 20 years, Howlin Rain may have become the quintessential independent American rock ’n roll band: a steam-spitting Hydra of cranked gui...
163 min
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Andy Frasco - Sittin' In Therapy
We’re so excited to have Andy Frasco on No Simple Road for his 3rd time and we're basically going to therapy together with this conversation! We jump right to the action this week and start digging into why Andy has such a hard time accepting his ...
144 min
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Nic Clark - Loving Life
Nic Clark had a fairly unconventional childhood, which is perhaps one reason why his first album, Love Your Life / Songs for the Whole Family, came out youth-centric.&nbsp;&nbsp;It wasn’t that he wasn’t supported— in fact, his mom got him the c...
145 min
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Maggie Rose - Let's Have A Seat
The third album from Maggie Rose, Have a Seat is the work of a phenomenally gifted artist showing the full extent of her power. After years of honing her chops and making her name as a force-of-nature vocalist, the Nashville-based singer/songwriter has...
147 min
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Pat Ferguson - The Confidence To Move Forward
We are so stoked to have Pat Ferguson as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Pat Ferguson is a nationally recognized guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist. His sound channels Americana, Bluegrass, and Folk and is deeply influenced by his Upper Mississ...
118 min
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Grant Livingston - Widening The Circle
We're stoked to have Grant Livingston as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Grant Livingston is a singer/songwriter who delivers immersive grooves and contemplative lyricism in the form of transcendental folk music. His debut album, Grant ...
116 min
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Rainbow Full Of Sound - Recreating Greatness
We are extremely excited to Have Waynard Scheller of Rainbow Full Of Sound as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Waynard and Rainbow Full Of Sound are an east coast GD cover band, which in October will start a 21 show run in homage to the complete ...
98 min
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Family Mystic - All The Love You Have
We are super excited to have Family Mystic on No Simple Road this week! Family Mystic is a local Portland, Oregon based collection of community cultivators, visionaries and some incredible musicians. Playing free shows in parks and local squares around...
167 min
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Vince Herman - On The Other Side
We are extremely excited to have Vince Herman as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Things are just more fun when Vince Herman is around, and since helping co-found Leftover Salmon over a quarter century ago, Leftover Salmon shows have always been ...
97 min
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Michael Palmisano - Grateful In The Moment
We are super excited to have Michael Palmisano on No Simple Road this week! Michael Palmisano is an Award Winning GIT Grad, Founder of PRS Sponsored Guitargate, One Of The Largest Online Guitar Learning Communities In The World With 85k+ students. He h...
155 min
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Marcus Rezak - Finding The Truth In Sound
This week on No Simple Road we are super excited to have Marcus Rezak as our guest! Known as a master of jazz improvisation and a seasoned artist of the sit-in, Rezak is a frequent call among bands and musicians.&nbsp;Rezak’s 2018 debut as a bandle...
125 min
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It Is And It Always Will Be Love
It's been a long journey for the past 19 months. We all know it's true. This mid-week short drop is a few of The Conductor's thoughts and ideas on heading back out into the musical community and seeing our collective trip with some new l...
24 min
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Skerik - Less Hurt And More Future
We are super excited to have Skerik as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Decade upon decade, Skerik remains the tireless steward for one of modern music's most diverse, adventurous & passionate bodies of work. Skerik's world is one w...
156 min
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A Two Fer: Kwabi Amoah-Forson of The Peace Bus...
We've got two for one this week on No Simple Road! We start off this week with a recap of our trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania to see Phish! Next, we welcome the founder of The Peace Bus, Kwabi Amoah-Forson, to the show for a discussion about his m...
171 min