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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Jon 'The Barber' Gutwillig Of The Disco Biscuit...
Jon ‘The Barber’ Gutwillig, guitarist of the Disco Biscuits, is our illustrious guest this week on No Simple Road! We talk to Jon about his feeling of an “all new” Biscuits, creating the ‘Tractor Beam’ segments of their shows, throwing a huge festival...
120 min
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Heads Talking - Bed Bugs and Plant Based Ice Cream
This week's 'Heads Talking' takes on the hard hitting news. CNN.com gave us this gem: "Bedbugs Were Released in a Pennsylvania Walmart and now police are investigating" written by Alaa Elassar on 1/5/2020. We talk about the psy...
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In Memory of Jerry Schafer (my Dad) - A Grand A...
This morning we woke to news that my Dad had graduated from Earth. We had another episode ready for you all but No Simple Road has always been honest, open, real conversations. We're jumping in head first into the grief process with the NSR Family...
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Heads Talking - Is The Air Making You Sad?
The first mini episode of a little new something extra from the No Simple Road Crew. Each week we will take a new non-political topic and discuss our opinions, musings, pontifications, and extrapolations on a news article or noteworthy happening.This...
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Scott Amendola of Amendola VS. Blades - Finding...
If told about a band that consisted of only keyboards and drums, one wouldn’t be faulted for thinking, “Where’s the rest of the group?” But one listen to Amendola Vs. Blades—the funky California-based duo of Wil Blades on Hammond organ and clavinet and...
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Noah Lampert of The Synchronicty Podcast - Sync...
This week's guest is Noah Lampert! Noah hosts The Synchronicity Podcast which is a show dedicated to examining the subtle realities that connect us all. He speaks with new guests to find out their unique perspectives on life, reality and beyond an...
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Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear - Taking To The ...
With a penchant for wildly original songs drawing from timeless American genres such as roots, folk, Americana, and blues, the duo of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear has risen from the coffeehouse circuit of their Midwest hometown of Independence...
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The Ballroom Thieves - Stealing A Dance
This week's guests is Martin from The Ballroom Thieves! Incorporating musical styles that range from Motown to classic rock and metal, Unlovely (their new album coming in February 2020) maintains the recognizable, nostalgia-tinged sound of The...
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Jam In The Van - On The Road
This week's guests are the guys from Jam In The Van! They are the solar powered mobile recording studio and YouTube Channel that’s changing the way the world discovers new music.Launched in 2011 as a backyard project inspired by a love for music...
100 min
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Colin Frangicetto of Circa Survive - Becoming T...
Colin Frangicetto is an artist and guitarist for the experimental rock outfit Circa Survive. Colin came to hang out on The Porch with us this week to talk about his art, his recent journey to The Amazon and encounter with Ayahuasca, how that journey...
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Amoramora - Feeling More
This week's we sit down on The Porch with the guys from Amoramora. Amoramora is a working, traveling, multi-purpose quartet playing an eclectic mix of improvisational gumbo - blending and stirring together integral aspects of Psychedelic Rock, Fun...
123 min
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Jesse Farar of Old Salt Union - Making Somethin...
This week's guest is Jesse Farar from Old Salt Union! Jesse Farrar (for the indie rock heads - yes, he’s related – Son Volt front man Jay Farrar is Jesse’s uncle) brings an alternative rock spirit as well as his unique formative experiences as a h...
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Jason Hann of The String Cheese incident - Wrap...
It’s the 25th Anniversary year of The String Cheese Incident and we had the pleasure of sitting down with percussionist and wizard Jason Hann before the show at the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene. We talked about how doing interviews with strangers...
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The Lost Monarchs - Seeing The Forest Through T...
We got a chance to hang out with The Lost Monarchs and talk about synchronicity creating their band, having multiple layers of meaning to the name of a band, transcending friendship into brotherhood, creating a'concept' album, and a whole bun...
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Author Jason Gershuny - Reading The Book
Jason Gershuny, co-author of ‘100 Things every Phish Fan Should Know And Do Before They Die’ hangs out on The Porch with us this week! We dig deep into his musical roots with the Grateful Dead and his moment of understanding, getting duped by Phish on...
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Grahame Lesh - Heading North At Midnight
This week's guest is the one and only Grahame Lesh! We caught Grahame in a rare week off and got to spend some time talking about the upcoming Midnight North tour, playin in the band in Europe, creating a musical family through synchronicity, grow...
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Jeese Langlais of Town Mountain - Picking The G...
This week's guest is Jeese Langlais from Town Mountain!! Town Mountain is Langlais, Barker, vocalist/guitarist Robert Greer, fiddle player Bobby Britt, and bassist Zach Smith. Since releasing their debut album Original Bluegrass and Roots Country ...
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In Memory Of Our Brother Neal Casal - A Circle ...
This week we sit down as a Family in tribute to Neal, and share our memories and thoughts on the passing of our Brother. So much joy, incredible music, and sweet vibrations came from this singularly talented and soulful individual. His passing rocked...
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The Chilldren Of Indigo - Reaching The Next Level
The Chilldren Of Indigo return to No Simple Road this week! When we talked last they gifted us with the outro music you hear every week on the show. This time we talk about where they've gone since we talked last, what it's like to manage the...
119 min
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Summer Meltdown Part 2 - We Have Melted
We are back this weekend with part 2 of our trip to the coolest festival Washington State has ever known... Summer Meltdown! This week is filled with goodness like interviews with High Step Society (45;45:00) and Spafford (01:21:00), a live podcast...
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Rob Barraco of Darkstar Orchestra - Bring Out T...
We caught up with Rob Barraco from Darkstar Orchestra while we were at Northwest String Summit. He was so gracious with his time and sat with us for almost an hour so we figured this one needed to stand alone. Rob has played with so of our favorites...
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Episode 115 -We Have Melted: Summer Meltdown Pa...
We're back from a much needed break with Part 1 of our recap of Summer Meltdown! This marathon episode is packed with goodness! Jump in the car with us as we head to Darrington Music & Bluegrass Park for the most amazing festival Washington ha...
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Episode 114 - Traveling The Cosmos With Paracosmic
Ash Slater from the California Interstellar Cosmic Funk outfit known as Paracosmic is our guest this week! Paracosmic is a collaborative project of musicians from various parts of California and The United States. The band’s sound can be described as...
128 min
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Episode 113 - On The Road With Goose
Our guest this week is the one and only Goose! Goose is an indie-groove band based out of Norwalk, Connecticut. Rick Mitarotonda is the guitarist-singer-songwriter whose folky, hummable melodies are supported by Peter Anspach on guitar/keys, and a...
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Episode 112 - Taking In The View From Northwest...
We continue our journey to Northwest String Summit today with interviews with Banshee Tree, Good Morning Bedlam, Trout Steak Revival, The Deep Fried Pickle Project, and a chat with Andy Hall from the Infamous String Dusters. Interspersed in the episode...
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