Episode 144

February 25, 2021

01:32:40

TMP144 Jason Ricci: Mooncat Rising

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Manny Chevrolet René Coman
TMP144 Jason Ricci: Mooncat Rising
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TMP144 Jason Ricci: Mooncat Rising
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Show Notes

Widely considered one of the top harmonica players in the world, the singer and songwriter has been making records, winning awards, and thrilling audiences since he was a teenager. Ricci spent time studying and playing with blues legends like James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Winter, R.L. Burnside, and Howard Levy, and would come to be accepted by them as a peer. When it comes to hard living, Jason checks a lot of boxes: drugs, prison, and sexual confusion, to name a few. Now he can add the Troubled Men Podcast to the list. Topics include a deep freeze, Mardi Gras, rolling blackouts, Lent, Larry Flynt RIP, a guest recording, a new number, skate punk roots, flaka, a first teacher, teen trouble, “The Last Stop,” Idaho, Pat Ramsey in Memphis, living with the Kimbrough family, the N. Mississippi Hill Country, Fat Possum Records, Florida rehab, a 12-year sentence, Blues Music Awards, female players, Paul Butterfield, a low point, coming out, sobriety, marriage to Kaitlin Dibble, a YouTube powerhouse, a new mindset, and much more. Support the podcast [here.](https://www.paypal.me/troubledmenpodcast) Shop for Troubled Men’s Wear [here.](https://www.bonfire.com/troubled-mens-wear/) Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Intro music: Styler/Coman Break music: “Broken Toy” from “Done With The Devil” by Jason Ricci & New Blood Outro music: “I’m Too Strong for You” from “Approved by Snakes” by Jason Ricci & the Bad Kind
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