Shine Light Podcasts – Details, episodes & analysis

Ella Feingold is an orchestrator, composer, producer and a killer guitarist (Erykah, Bootsy, Ariana, Jill, Roots, etc) !!
She has just released an album entitled Tell A Beautiful Lie With Sound,
This is coming off the heels of a solo album called 4-Track Ephemera and a funky duet album with 8 string guitar iconoclast Charlie Hunter. Additionally, she's played with Prince, Erykah Badu, Jay-Z and Bootsy Collins and shares a Grammy with Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak.
I really enjoyed this chance to learn about the way Ella approaches making music and our various Jeff Buckley thoughts and stories.

My guest today is Nathan Larson. He is an bassist, guitarist, singer, songwriter, novelist and accomplished film composer. Born in Maryland in 1970, He came up in the Washington, D.C. hardcore scene as the original bassist for the punk band Swiz from 1987-1989. Afterwards, Larson gained prominence in the 1990s as the lead guitarist for the influential alternative rock band Shudder to Think, greatly contributing to their distinctive sound on the albums Pony Express Record and 50,000 BC. Following the band's hiatus, he released a transcendent solo album, Jealous God in 2001. It is a  personal favorite of mine, and a departure from Shudder to Think. 

Transitioning into film scoring, Larson has composed music for over 60 projects, including the Academy Award-winning Boys Don't Cry and others…such as Dirty Pretty Things, Lilya 4-ever, Juliet, Naked and Phone Booth. More recently Larson co-founded the Lumen Project, a nonprofit organizing immersive 6- to 24-hour experimental music and light events that encourage meditation and communal transcendence, with Larson himself frequently performing at these extended sonic experiences.

IMDB Credits - music for film 

www.lumenproject.se

Nathans’ dystopian crime novels can be found here:

https://www.akashicbooks.com/author/nathan-larson/

And the incredible SWIZ book has just been released, also from Akashic Books:

https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/swiz/

I got my copy via Barnes and Noble

Theme Music: “I Want Someone Badly” Shudder to Think with Jeff Buckley

https://www.lovevinylrecords.com/products/music-from-the-motion-picture-first-love-last-rites-vinyl

“Dirty Boy Blues” Swiz

“Earthquakes Come Home” Shudder To Think

“Jealous God” and “You Got Me Dying Out Here” from the Nathan Larson album Jealous God

This is an expanded version of this interview

“Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story” is created, recorded, edited and produced by Jeff Haley. Co-Produced by Konrad

Shine Light Podcasts is Executive-Produced by Chris via biointegrity.net

80’s Hard Core Consultants: Kristopher John and Louis Gonzales

The BioIntegrity community has helped fund protection of more than 320,000 acres of old growth tropical forests since 2014. Those efforts are helping to save thousands of species from extinction, keep more than 85 million tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere (enough to offset Austin, TX's community carbon footprint for 5+ years), institute land occupation rights for more than 400 Indigenous communities around the world, keep the planet cool, and more. Chris is also co-founder, creator and executive editor of AllCreation.org, a living archive of faith and spiritual practice views on human relationships with Earth's other species and environment. AllCreation has more than 400 posts exploring sacred texts and contemporary views, and is currently read in +150 countries. Visit biointegrity.net and allcreation.org for more info. 

Host Jeff Haley has known Chris Garrigues since the 1990's. Their bands Doghouse and Twang Twang Shock A Boom played many of the same venues. In 1993 ( or maybe February 1994?) Doghouse performed at the Chicago House in support of Jeff Buckley. The evening transpired in a highly unusual way and Chris tells the story as a hilarious slacker/noir monologue. You will not forget the final encore that Jeff Buckley and Doghouse performed together. Chris is philosophical as he looks back on the not yet famous Buckley,  his reactions and those of the audience.
Theme music "I Shall Be Released" from Live at Sin-E

Doghouse music can be heard here: http://soundcloud.com/chrisgarrigues/sets/doghouse

“Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story” is created, recorded, edited and produced by Jeff Haley. Co-Produced by Konrad

Shine Light Podcasts is Executive-Produced by Chris via biointegrity.net

The BioIntegrity community has helped fund protection of more than 320,000 acres of old growth tropical forests since 2014. Those efforts are helping to save thousands of species from extinction, keep more than 85 million tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere (enough to offset Austin, TX's community carbon footprint for 5+ years), institute land occupation rights for more than 400 Indigenous communities around the world, keep the planet cool, and more. Chris is also co-founder, creator and executive editor of AllCreation.org, a living archive of faith and spiritual practice views on human relationships with Earth's other species and environment. AllCreation has more than 400 posts exploring sacred texts and contemporary views, and is currently read in +150 countries. Visit biointegrity.net and allcreation.org for more info. 

https://allcreation.transistor.fm/

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I’m your host Jeff Haley and this is a special episode of Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story. Today we will be looking at Hallelujah, a Leonard Cohen composition, crafted by John Cale, and perfected by Jeff Buckley

I asked some friends to tell me where they heard Hallelujah and what the song meant to them. And why it has become so famous

Grammy nominated keyboardist, singer and songwriter Rachel Eckroth  talked to me about the first time she heard Hallelujah

Django Haskins is a North Carolina native who cut his teeth writing songs in New York City during the 90s and aughts. He delivers cutting observations into Hallelujah's power

Kristina Vallejo has been a fan of Jeff Buckley as long as I can remember . I’ve always looked to her for answers to all things Buckley

Internationally Acclaimed Soprano, Arts Activist and Co-Founder of Sing For Hope Camille Zamora has insights into what made Buckley's voice so vulnerable and soaring
When I spoke with Johnny Goudie on episode 2, he also mentioned the differences between Jeff’s version, and Leonard Cohen’s
He returns…

As authors Alan Light and Malcolm Gladwell have  already demonstrated, the song has a twisted, if not miraculous lineage. 

Buckley got his reduced amount of song stanzas from John Cale, who had lowered it from 50. Cale was doing his friend Leonard Cohen a big favor by pruning his expansive Canadian ballad into a  trim masterpiece. 

It has been sung by:

Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson,  Justin Timberlake, Kate McKinnon,

Rufus Wainwright, KD Lang and countless other Canadians

But Buckley surpasses them all. He is like David with his Lyre singing at Sin-E on the lower east side, using Hallelujah as his closing number.  Right from the beginning it must have been  his most popular number

And that voice!

Rachel Eckroth has toured with Rufus Wainwright, who’s 2001 Shrek movie rendition pushed Hallelujah further into the stratosphere of classic songs

At what point did Hallelujah become the go-to number for large social gatherings? Kristina thinks it was Justin Timberlake 

Hallelujah,  a word  the whole world knows

Kristina brings up an important point. Is the song about love or is it about God? 

Could it be about both? Look how it ties Jeff Buckley’s whole album together . 

It is called Grace and Hallelujah with its slow heartbeat and holy cry correlates with the spiritual, religious side of the album. It even sounds like it was recorded in a cathedral. 

Yet it’s also a song about love, which would align it with the album’s relationship songs like Last Goodbye and Lover, You Should’ve Come Over, which often have that “maximalist” sound. 

Simone Weil says there are two things that pierce the heart: beauty ….and affliction.

Grace the album has both and this Hallelujah definitely does

To me Hallelujah is really a song about how the pain of love is the thing that will bring you closest to God 

Theme music "Hallelujah" Live at Sin-E
Thanks to editors Vanessa Haley and Catherine Cuellar

Johnny Goudie, Miles Zuniga and Tony Scalzo on Definitive Songs:
https://howdidigethere.podbean.com/e/tony-scalzo-and-miles-zuniga-from-fastball-discuss-definitive-versions-of-songs/

“Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story” is created, recorded, edited and produced by Jeff Haley. Co-Produced by Konrad

Shine Light Podcasts is Executive-Produced by Chris via biointegrity.net

The BioIntegrity community has helped fund protection of more than 320,000 acres of old growth tropical forests since 2014. Those efforts are helping to save thousands of species from extinction, keep more than 85 million tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere (enough to offset Austin, TX's community carbon footprint for 5+ years), institute land occupation rights for more than 400 Indigenous communities around the world, keep the planet cool, and more. Chris is also co-founder, creator and executive editor of AllCreation.org, a living archive of faith and spiritual practice views on human relationships with Earth's other species and environment. AllCreation has more than 400 posts exploring sacred texts and contemporary views, and is currently read in +150 countries. Visit biointegrity.net and allcreation.org for more info. 

https://allcreation.transistor.fm/

https://biointegrity.transistor.fm/

Author Rose Smith tells host Jeff Haley about when she saw Jeff Buckley and his band at Liberty Lunch in Austin, Texas in 1995. Rose went with their mutual friend Lisa Hargus. Rose talks about a typical female response to Buckley's performance. Rose and Lisa saw Buckley backstage and Rose imagines what it would have been like if she had spoken with him. They try to identify what made Buckley shy. Also, they discuss what makes Jeff Buckley and his album Grace such a powerful artistic experience. The episode ends with a recording of Jeff Buckley singing Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing" from Live at Sin-E. Rose tells us why Buckley's guitar playing is almost as important as his singing. Rose muses on Buckley's untimely death.
Theme Music "The Way Young Lovers Do" "Sweet Thing" from Live at Sin-E
"So Real" from Liberty Lunch (thanks Mercedes Beene)
"Kick Out The Jams" from Live at Cabaret Metro

Rose Smith’s fiction and nonfiction can be found in The Missouri Review, Five Points and Narrative Magazine. She was the winner of The Missouri Review's 27th Annual Editors’ Prize and was named a finalist for Narrative's 2018 Story Contest. Her films have aired on PBS and Sundance Channel among others, and have screened at various festivals, including Sundance, SXSW and MoMA Documentary Fortnight. She received her MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers, and teaches workshops and classes at Austin Bat Cave, an independent creative writing center. Rose lives in Austin, Texas with her husband. She is currently at work on a novel.

“Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story” is created, recorded, edited and produced by Jeff Haley. Co-Produced by Konrad
Shine Light Podcasts is Executive-Produced by Chris via biointegrity.net

The BioIntegrity community has helped fund protection of more than 320,000 acres of old growth tropical forests since 2014. Those efforts are helping to save thousands of species from extinction, keep more than 85 million tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere (enough to offset Austin, TX's community carbon footprint for 5+ years), institute land occupation rights for more than 400 Indigenous communities around the world, keep the planet cool, and more. Chris is also co-founder, creator and executive editor of AllCreation.org, a living archive of faith and spiritual practice views on human relationships with Earth's other species and environment. AllCreation has more than 400 posts exploring sacred texts and contemporary views, and is currently read in +150 countries. Visit biointegrity.net and allcreation.org for more info. 

https://allcreation.transistor.fm/
https://biointegrity.transistor.fm/

Drummer JJ Johnson tells host Jeff Haley about the first time he heard Grace at friend Billy White's house. The album changed the way JJ looked at what rock music was capable of. JJ was at several Austin, Texas performances in 1994 and 1995 and talks about how he and many others were transfixed by Buckley and his band. Additionally, JJ discusses some of drummer Matt Johnsons' outstanding qualities. Overall, the mood is that of being grateful for having been able to witness music making that elevated the whole experience of listening to the highest, "grand" level. 
Throughout the interview JJ interacts with his dogs. 🐶 🐕 
Theme music "Mojo Pin" and "Dream Brother" from Grace
"Lover, You Should've Come Over" from Waterloo Records
"Mojo Pin" live at Electric Lounge
"Mojo Pin" live at Glastonbury

Special thanks to Mercedes Beene for providing me with archival recordings and photographs. Check out her blog at: 
https://dreamsister81.tumblr.com

JJ Johnson grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He came of age musically in Austin, Texas and skyrocketed to national prominence by playing with John Mayer, Tedeschi/Trucks Band, Lenny Kravitz, Elias Haslanger and currently: Gary Clark Clark Jr. 
He is a Gretsch drums artist.
https://www.gretschdrums.com/artists/jj-johnson
"Always stay humble, keep your ears open, and hang with the veteran musicians and absorb all they have to say. They have invaluable lessons in many areas such as professionalism, listening to the music, and having a positive attitude. " JJ Johnson 
Thanks JJ!
 
“Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story” is created, recorded, edited and produced by Jeff Haley. Co-Produced by Konrad
Shine Light Podcasts is Executive-Produced by Chris via biointegrity.net

The BioIntegrity community has helped fund protection of more than 320,000 acres of old growth tropical forests since 2014. Those efforts are helping to save thousands of species from extinction, keep more than 85 million tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere (enough to offset Austin, TX's community carbon footprint for 5+ years), institute land occupation rights for more than 400 Indigenous communities around the world, keep the planet cool, and more. Chris is also co-founder, creator and executive editor of AllCreation.org, a living archive of faith and spiritual practice views on human relationships with Earth's other species and environment. AllCreation has more than 400 posts exploring sacred texts and contemporary views, and is currently read in +150 countries. Visit biointegrity.net and allcreation.org for more info. 

https://allcreation.transistor.fm/
https://biointegrity.transistor.fm/

Episode 2 - Part 2

Jeff interviews Johnny Goudie on the 11th Anniversary of his masterful podcast “How Did I Get Here?” (recorded on 8/10/2022). Johnny has been a friend for years and has interviewed Twang Twang Shock A Boom frontman Davíd Garza on his podcast several times.

Johnny, who was a young performer himself in 1995 saw Jeff Buckley at Tower Records in Austin. Jeff and Johnny discuss the Buckley style and spirit with personal anecdotes and observations. 

Theme Music “Grace” Live from Chicago

Johnny Goudie is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, record producer and podcaster based in Austin, Texas. Through his four-decade career, Johnny's musical experiences span the artistic gauntlet and include being the frontman of many bands including Goudie (Elektra Records), the guitarist/keyboardist/backing vocalist for renowned touring acts like Ian Moore & Bodeans, a songwriter working with the likes of Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey and Kathy Valentine (Go-Go's), a solo artist capable of revealing a previously unseen intimacy, and of course, keyboardist/vocalist for SKYROCKET! In the spring and summer of 2021, Johnny will be releasing singles monthly.
 

In 2011 Johnny took his talents to the world of podcasting and launched “How Did I Get Here?”, an audio segment that takes the form of a casual living room conversation while simultaneously packing the punch of a formal interview. With thousands of subscribers, the show has garnered a worldwide fanbase through Johnny's curiosity and disarming sense of humor. He’s hosted renowned guests like Ian McLagan (The Faces, The Rolling Stones), Styx, John Doe, as well as up and comers like Jackie Venson and Black Pumas. What was first an archive of Austin music history is quickly becoming a chronicle of music beyond city limits.

"Best Of Austin 2019" http://bit.ly/34rjFyR

Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Goudie

Website: www.johnnygoudie.com 

Podcast www.howdidigethere.podbean.com

Twang Twang Shock A Boom podcast is here: https://soundcloud.com/twangtwang/sets/its-no-secret-podcast

“Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story” is created, recorded, edited and produced by Jeff Haley. Co-Produced by Konrad

Shine Light Podcasts is Executive-Produced by Chris via biointegrity.net

The BioIntegrity community has helped fund protection of more than 320,000 acres of old growth tropical forests since 2014. Those efforts are helping to save thousands of species from extinction, keep more than 85 million tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere (enough to offset Austin, TX's community carbon footprint for 5+ years), institute land occupation rights for more than 400 Indigenous communities around the world, keep the planet cool, and more. Chris is also co-founder, creator and executive editor of AllCreation.org, a living archive of faith and spiritual practice views on human relationships with Earth's other species and environment. AllCreation has more than 400 posts exploring sacred texts and contemporary views, and is currently read in +150 countries. Visit biointegrity.net and allcreation.org for more info. 

https://allcreation.transistor.fm/

https://biointegrity.transistor.fm/

Episode 2 - Part 1

Jeff interviews Johnny Goudie on the 11th Anniversary of his masterful podcast “How Did I Get Here?” (recorded on 8/10/2022). Johnny has been a friend for years and has interviewed Twang Twang Shock A Boom frontman Davíd Garza on his podcast several times.

Johnny, who was a young performer himself in 1995 saw Jeff Buckley at Tower Records in Austin. Jeff and Johnny discuss the Buckley style and spirit with personal anecdotes and observations. 

Theme Music “Last Goodbye” Live at Sin-E

Johnny Goudie is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, record producer and podcaster based in Austin, Texas. Through his four-decade career, Johnny's musical experiences span the artistic gauntlet and include being the frontman of many bands including Goudie (Elektra Records), the guitarist/keyboardist/backing vocalist for renowned touring acts like Ian Moore & Bodeans, a songwriter working with the likes of Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey and Kathy Valentine (Go-Go's), a solo artist capable of revealing a previously unseen intimacy, and of course, keyboardist/vocalist for SKYROCKET! In the spring and summer of 2021, Johnny will be releasing singles monthly.
 

In 2011 Johnny took his talents to the world of podcasting and launched “How Did I Get Here?”, an audio segment that takes the form of a casual living room conversation while simultaneously packing the punch of a formal interview. With thousands of subscribers, the show has garnered a worldwide fanbase through Johnny's curiosity and disarming sense of humor. He’s hosted renowned guests like Ian McLagan (The Faces, The Rolling Stones), Styx, John Doe, as well as up and comers like Jackie Venson and Black Pumas. What was first an archive of Austin music history is quickly becoming a chronicle of music beyond city limits.

"Best Of Austin 2019" http://bit.ly/34rjFyR

Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Goudie

Website: www.johnnygoudie.com 

Podcast www.howdidigethere.podbean.com

Twang Twang Shock A Boom podcast is here: https://soundcloud.com/twangtwang/sets/its-no-secret-podcast

“Everyone Has A Jeff Buckley Story” is created, recorded, edited and produced by Jeff Haley. Co-Produced by Konrad

Shine Light Podcasts is Executive-Produced by Chris via biointegrity.net

The BioIntegrity community has helped fund protection of more than 320,000 acres of old growth tropical forests since 2014. Those efforts are helping to save thousands of species from extinction, keep more than 85 million tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere (enough to offset Austin, TX's community carbon footprint for 5+ years), institute land occupation rights for more than 400 Indigenous communities around the world, keep the planet cool, and more. Chris is also co-founder, creator and executive editor of AllCreation.org, a living archive of faith and spiritual practice views on human relationships with Earth's other species and environment. AllCreation has more than 400 posts exploring sacred texts and contemporary views, and is currently read in +150 countries. Visit biointegrity.net and allcreation.org for more info. 

https://allcreation.transistor.fm/

https://biointegrity.transistor.fm/

In our debut episode (1 of 8) Chris Searles tells the host, Jeff, about hearing an advance copy of Grace in 1994 and how it changed his perspective on music and playing the drums. Buckley took an amazing "set list" and attacked it with a muscular approach.  Additionally Chris goes into why Matt Johnson's drumming is outstanding on Grace. Jeff tells Chris about hearing Grace at his house for the first time and how Chris and Jeff got to meet and open up for Jeff Buckley in November 1994 at The Electric Lounge in Austin, Texas. 
Theme music "Dream Brother" Live at Bataclan 1995

This episode is on both the Twang Twang Shock A Boom SoundCloud podcast channel and Shine Light Podcasts channel. 

As a musician Chris Searles has toured and/or recorded with Shawn Colvin, James McMurtry, Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Flatlanders, Twang Twang Shock-a-boom, Slaid Cleaves, Poi Dog Pondering, Eric Johnson, Bruce Robison, Davíd Garza, Abra Moore, Sara Hickman, Mitch Watkins, Casper Rawls, and many more, and played on two Grammy-nominated recordings. He attended the University of Texas at Austin music school on a full scholarship. He's also been fortunate enough to perform and/or record with: John Prine, Roky Erickson, Los Lobos, Ellis Marsalis, Mose Allison, Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams, and more. 

Additionally.....

Chris Searles is a native Austinite and founder/director of BioIntegrity, a research-based advocate for protection and restoration of Earth's biospheric integrity. He devotes his time to producing content, events, and education that facilitate "biospheric literacy" and investments and actions which support the most effective solutions to our global climate and species extinction crises. Chris is also starting a new aspect on local, tree-based, drought reversal soon. 

The BioIntegrity community has helped fund protection of more than 320,000 acres of old growth tropical forests since 2014. Those efforts are helping to save thousands of species from extinction, keep more than 85 million tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere (enough to offset Austin, TX's community carbon footprint for 5+ years), institute land occupation rights for more than 400 Indigenous communities around the world, keep the planet cool, and more. Chris is also co-founder, creator and executive editor of AllCreation.org, a living archive of faith and spiritual practice views on human relationships with Earth's other species and environment. AllCreation has more than 400 posts exploring sacred texts and contemporary views, and is currently read in +150 countries. Visit biointegrity.net and allcreation.org for more info.

https://allcreation.transistor.fm/
https://biointegrity.transistor.fm/