Show Notes
The Grammy-winning drummer, Single Lock Records label owner (Jon Cleary, Loose Cattle, Blind Boys of Alabama, Cedric Burnside), and artist manager left Tuscaloosa to put down roots in the fertile loam of legendary Muscle Shoals. A decade on, he has relocated to New Orleans as he launches his one-stop music company, Well Kept Secret. Reed’s got a lot of irons in the fire. Tonight he joins the Troubled Men as they stare into the flames.
Topics include the Mermaid Lounge reunion, the election, school zones, the Diddy files, a wood chipper accident, tree cutting, garage bands, record store culture, the Rev. Fred Lane, the Stones sessions, the Alabama Shakes, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, FAME Studios, pills, Rick Hall, David Hood, pozole, DIY, Americana Fest, Michael Cerveris, “Someone’s Monster,” integrity, album packaging, a Braille record cover, Al Jackson, regionalism, Jimbo Mathus, the Rumble, a moral exercise, and much more.
Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman
Break and Outro Music: "The Shoals" and "Not Over Yet" from "Someone's Monster" by Loose Cattle
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