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From time to time XMFan has the opportunity to interview
artists played across the XM dial. New interviews will be posted
on a regular basis, so remember to check back often for the latest!
March 25, 2008:
Dave Rabbit, Vietnam
Pirate Radio (Audio Interview) -
"I had this complete underground network of trusted
people -- so much trust, in fact, that I knew people were going to
protect me."
December 7, 2007:
Nathan Barlowe of Luna Halo -
"We are constantly pushing ourselves and wanting to grow, whether it's in the studio or in our songwriting."
July 30, 2007:
Aaron Marsh of Copeland -
"It seems like we're calming down with the number of shows we do as
time goes on, but we've been out there pretty regularly."
February 20, 2007:
Chad Butler of Switchfoot
- "The song that was
written at three in the morning at the foot of your bed ends up being
sung by people half way around the world. That's a pretty amazing
thing."
October 21, 2006:
Gary
Bennett, Founder of BR549 -- "It feels
nice to be playing some new music for a change, and I had to kick the
cobwebs out at first playing live."
September 14, 2006:
Mitch James
and Eddie Sloan of Crossfade - Everyone
was talking about the "sophomore slump," so we knew we had to work extra
hard to make this album stand above the last one...
July 12, 2006:
Monte Melnick of The Ramones
- "It was a great ride, and I never believed it would last that long
-- I turned around, and it was 22 years later."
May 15th, 2006:
Mark Tulin of The Electric Prunes - "...we
were coming into a musical time where you were allowed to try things."
March 24, 2006:
Dave Ramsey - "The Dave Ramsey Show" can be heard weekdays on XM-165 Talk Radio from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
October 12, 2005:
"Queen of Rockabilly" Wanda
Jackson - "Bob wanted to use me in some shows with this new
singer that seemed to be breaking big all across the nation, whose name
was Elvis Presley."
May 30, 2005:
The Kids of Widney High -
"We've gone to a lot of places like the House of Blues and The
Knitting Factory, and I feel good about myself."
March 26, 2005:
Ron Swoboda of
the 1969 Mets - "By the time August
rolled around we had started playing some pretty good baseball and
things came together rather quickly."
February 17, 2005:
Wiley Arnett of Sacred Reich
- "Dime Bag proceeded to hit us all with a variety of squeeze bottle
condiments - he must have liked ketchup on his beef, because that's what
my gear and I ended up wearing!"
January 9, 2005:
Ray Walker
of The Jordanaires - When I turned
around, he stuck his hand out and said, "I'm Elvis Presley." I said, "I
know who you are. I'm Ray Walker." Elvis replied to me, "And I know who
you are."
December 1, 2004:
Chad Smith of
Hemlock - "We didn't want to do an
album where by the time you were listening to track eight you'd think
you were still listening to track three."
October 22, 2004:
Carl Giammarese
of The Buckinghams - "I'll still have
people come up to me after the show and tell me they were in Vietnam and
how our music helped them get through it."
September 15, 2004:
Pat Simmons
of the Doobie Brothers - "It's what you
do between the times you take lessons that really counts."
August 26, 2004:
Irene Cara -
"There will always be
interest in great popular music from different points in time and from
all genres."
August 11, 2004:
"Dr.
Banjo" Pete Wernick -
"My book did very well because it really got in to the basics of how to
get started in the style - it gave a lot of detail in breaking down the
mystery of the three-finger banjo style."
July 20, 2004:
Hilton
Valentine of The Animals - "There are
some albums out there that have nothing to do with any of the original
Animals, but are being passed off as such."
July 1, 2004:
Kevin Post of
The K'Po Blues Band and Terri Clark -
"When it comes to blues, I'll just play what comes to me based on how I
feel at the time."
June 8, 2004:
Adi
Tejada of Uphill Battle - "Don't think
just because you get signed to a bigger label that kids are going to
show."
June 1, 2004:
Dennis
Casey of Flogging Molly - "...I'm not
going to bash radio stations because they play a certain kind of music.
I just won't listen to them."
May 23, 2004:
Heather Myles
- "My inspiration for my songs comes from
living everyday life."
Jason Martin of Starflyer
59 - "My faith and my family have always been most important
in my life."
May 13, 2004
Bill Schmalfeldt, former PD of XM28 On Broadway - "Lou
Brutus is without a doubt one of the most twisted individuals I've ever
met in my life."
April 30, 2004
Rob Bachman
of BTO - "When Bush was running the
first time, both parties were each using one of our songs."
April 22, 2004
DJ Thee-O of The Move
- "I really wanted to
have a showcase for more of a west coast sound on
The Move."
April 13, 2004
Les Dudek of The Allman
Brothers/Steve Miller Band - "So now I
had to decide what to do... Go with Journey? Do this solo record?"
April 7, 2004
Alonzo Bodden -
"Actors always say stand-up is scary, because they are standing out
there by themselves, but I wouldn't have it any other way."
April 1, 2004:
Buckwheat Zydeco
-
"I've never had a bad night,
whether there were two people or two thousand."
Frogholler - "I get lots of
reports from all over the place that people heard us on XM"
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