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
Music
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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
327
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
328
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. Rezak’s 2018 debut as a bandle...
125 min
329
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
330
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
331
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
332
The Owsley Stanley Foundation - Checking In Wit...
A mid-week special episode with Starfinder Stanley and Hawk from The Owsley Stanley Foundation. The Owsley Stanley Foundation is a 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of “Bear’s Sonic Journals,” Owsley’s archive of more than 1...
96 min
333
Davvy Glab of the 'Toby & Davvy YouTube Channel...
This week we are stoked to have Davvy Glab as our guest on No Simple Road. This is a super fun and laughter filled episode! Davvy is a YouTube creator, guitarist, actor, and one-half of the 'Toby & Davvy' YouTube channel. Davvy teaches Gr...
175 min
334
Elliott Peck - The Harmony Of The Story
We are super excited this week to have Elliott Peck as our guest! As one of the most sought-after vocalists on the West Coast, Elliott Peck has made a name for herself lending harmonies to everyone from Phil Lesh and Bob Weir to Jackie Greene and Reid ...
136 min
335
Funk You - 'Precautious' And Beyond
This week No Simple Road is extremely excited to have Funk You as our guest! Friends, fun, and love comprise the ethos of Funk You, a nine-piece musical juggernaut from Augusta, Georgia. Motivated by a love of liver performance and armed with a captiva...
122 min
336
Benny 'Burle' Galloway - Pickin' And Grinnin'
This week we are super honored and excited to bring you the one and only Benny 'Burle' Galloway! When Yonder Mountain String Band arrived in Colorado from Illinois, trying to make its name in the bluegrass world, they needed a friend who knew...
209 min
337
Chris Pandolfi - Simulating The Zone
We are extremely stoked this week to have Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters as our guest! We get right down to business with Chris discussing some of the deeper aspects of being a musician and also a human being, like not letting your mistak...
149 min
338
Lauren Murphy of The Psychedelics and Deb Grabi...
We are excited to bring you Lauren Murphy of The Psychedelics and Deb Grabein of The Sound Field this week on No Simple Road! Lauren Murphy shares more than a little with The Sound Field, not the least of which are the musicians David Salvia and Mark K...
125 min
339
Greg Loiacono of The Mother Hips - Traces Of Th...
We are extremely excited to have Greg Loiacono of The Mother Hips as our guest on No Simple Road this week! From his first gigs with the legendary The Mother Hips all the way up to his most recent solo album Mystic T...
146 min
340
Chad Staehly Of The High Hawks - A Bird's Eye View
We are super stoked to have Chad Staehly from The High Hawks as our guest on No Simple Road this week! In mythology, the hawk is often associated with intuition, healing, spiritual awareness, unification. They seem to appear when you need them most, ev...
123 min
341
Marc Brownstein Of The Disco Biscuits - The Low...
We're super excited this week to bring you Marc Brownstein of The Disco Biscuits! While Marc is best known as the bass player of the Disco Biscuits, he has long been active as the co-founder of HeadCount.org, the preeminent voter registration grou...
174 min
342
Brian Lagerstrom of Weeds & Sardines - Getting ...
We are stoked today to bring you Brian Lagerstrom from Weeds & Sardines! Weeds & Sardines is a wildly popular YouTube cooking channel that was born out of the Pandemic! While Lagerstrom started making videos during the early days of the coronav...
143 min
343
Mike Allen of Jamband Workout - Felling Groovy
This week we welcome Mike Allen, creator of Jamband Workout! Jamband Workout is an exercise and fitness program. Each installment of the series provides a fitness routine soundtracked by the music of jam acts such as Phish and the Grateful Dea...
133 min
344
Craig MacArthur Of Casual Coalition - Taking I...
This week on No Simple Road we welcome Craig MacArthur of Casual Coalition! Born on the stage of countless nights at Terrapin Crossroads, The Casual Coalition are a branch from the "community music tree" that was planted at the Marin county v...
100 min
345
Reverend Freakchild - Preaching The Freak Gospel
We are proud to have the one and only Reverend Freakchild as our guest this week! In the tradition of such Holy Blues Reverends as Reverend Gary Davis - such is the irreverent Reverend Freakchild. The Rev. primarily performs solo acoustic thes...
168 min
346
John Morgan Kimock - Cutting Through The Noise
We are extremely excited this week to have John Morgan Kimock as our guest! John is a Drummer, Composer, and Producer residing in Brooklyn NY. He grew up in Northern California performing at a young age with his father Steve Kimock (Bob Weir, ...
162 min
347
Ervin Stellar - Proving We're Human
This week we are excited to bring you Ervin Stellar as our guest on No Simple Road! Ervin Stellar is the public persona of Andrew Jordan, who moved from New York to Nashville following his 2018 album, The Moment. That relocation is referenced in the fi...
129 min
348
Donna Jean Godchaux - Playin' In The Band
What could be more perfect for our 200th episode than to have the one and only Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay as our guest?! We're incredibly honored to talk to Donna and hear about her journey with The Band Beyond Description! Donna sang with the Gra...
151 min
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Jude Smith - Manifesting Fun
This week on No Simple Road we are stoked to have Jude Smith as our guest. Inspired by class acts such as George Benson, John Mayer, and Michael Jackson, Jude Smith plays to a different tune than most. A Nashville native and multi-instrumental...
127 min
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Anders Osborne - Lighting Up the Sun
This week on No Simple Road we welcome the one and only Anders Osborne! Between the potency of his richly detailed songwriting, his intensely emotional, soulful vocals and his piercing, expert guitar work, New Orleans’ Anders Osborne is a true musical ...
123 min