29-year-old Guitarist/frontman MATTHEW CURRY plugs in a cherry Gibson SG, and within the first few notes of this episode, you'll hear why his star is on the rise: He's got fire in his fingers, and soul in his voice. I first saw Matthew on the Rock Legends cruise, where, in just the opening song of his commanding set on the big outdoor stage, I knew…

GREG KIHN — the legendary rock radio hitmaker — died on August 13, 2024, so today we celebrate him with an encore of our epic 2017 guitar hang and interview/jam with him and his longtime lead guitar player RY (who also happens to be his son). ORIGINAL EPISODE NOTES:Today, the guitar 'copter descends upon Soundtek Studios in San Jose, California, to…

From CHRISTINA AGUILERA and 2PAC to SISQÓ and FRANK OCEAN, guitarist/composer MICHAEL “FISH” HERRING can be heard with a wide range of superstars. On this episode, we “land the ‘copter” on Fish’s front lawn, head into his amazing home studio, plug in some Yamaha guitars (Fish into a Line 6 Helix running though studio monitors, yours truly into a BO…

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Albert King and B.B. King both loved CHRIS CAIN. And so will you. Previewing tracks from his new album, Good Intentions Gone Bad (out July 19th on Alligator Records), and playing a ton of guitar (as well as singing!) for you, blues legend Cain jams with host Jude Gold and shows you how he went from being a little kid going with his dad to attend co…

More than just an interview and jam with the great guitarist DAMON WOOD (currently of SEAL PARTY), this episode is also a portal back to the amazing "thrash funk" era of San Francisco Bay Area music, an exciting time in the late '80s/early '90s when live bands pushing an infectious new genre of music ruled the Bay Area clubs. Some of the acts comin…

Vic Johnson returns! The longtime lead guitarist for Sammy Hagar, Vic invites you into Hagar’s Northern California studio, where he fires up his glorious “tri-stereo” wet/dry/wet rig and demonstrates some tones, plays some riffs, takes a few solos, and relives adventures with everyone from Total Eclipse — his badass ’90s metal band — to the the Bus…

From hearing David Bowie strum a simple acoustic chord pattern while singing the words "let's dance" to transforming the sketch into the superstar singer's biggest hit, NILE RODGERS (in this flashback to Episode 125) relives step by step how he pulled off the feat. He also details meeting a new musician on the session — a future guitar hero that Bo…

Chicago guitar ace DAN PETERS pushes his Gretsch 6120 to new limits by playing everything from rockabilly to blues slide to shred metal on the iconic hollowbody. Dan also deconstructs the energetic music of the West Side Winders and the Dan Peters Band — his two main original projects over the years — as well as shares his approaches to playing wit…

Folks, there is simply too much treasure in No Guitar Is Safe's ever-growing archive of back episodes not to revisit some great moments once in awhile! That is why now, between new episodes, you can expect me to hit you with short, curated, fun-size, easily digestible REWIND posts in which we "roll back the tape" and listen back to a magical moment…

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Today we plug in with session king and bandleader MICHAEL THOMPSON — “MT” to his friends — who is one of the most recorded guitarists in history. Thompson has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson, Shania Twain, Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Ray Charles, Fleetwood Mac, and Beyoncé to Lionel Richie, Bob Seger, Neil Diamond, Michael Bublé, Wh…

Grammy-nominated funk-jazz virtuoso WILL BERNARD plugs in! Home for the holidays, the renowned New York-based ES-335 tamer invites me into the Berkeley, California, house he grew up in, where he cranks up a Carr combo, shares some funkalicious pedalboard recipes, and offers insights he's gained from releasing tons of his own solo records, working a…

This week, we finish up Twyla Tharp's "The Creative Habit" with some lessons about failure! How many toots do YOU give the book? Let us know in the comments below. Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday wherever you get y…

We're in the home stretch of Twyla Tharp's "The Creative Habit"! This week, we run through Chapters 9 and 10, with Chase and London trading off breakdown duties! It's time to let go of our assumptions, blast through our ruts, and turn our habits into rewards! Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.co…

In this week's episode, Chase and London try (and fail?) to understand Twyla Tharp's concept of the "spine." Plus, London talks about breaking her own (literal) spine! Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday wherever you g…

We're walking the line between good planning and overplanning, surfing the Styx, and throwing up our horns for chapter 7 of Twyla Tharp's The Creative Habit, "Accidents Will Happen"! Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday…

For this episode, we head out to Nashville, TN, where Smash Mouth founding guitarist GREG CAMP plugs in and shows you how he gets his magical, multi-platinum-selling "surfadelic" Jazzmaster sounds. He also details the art of writing hit songs (he wrote Smash Mouth's biggest hits, including "All-Star" and "Walkin' on the Sun"); introduces you to his…

In this buzzed episode of Inspired & Tired Chase and London discuss a few - interesting - strategies Twyla Tharpe uses to conjure her creativity. Chase tells the story of when she was attacked by a dog moments before getting on stage, London tries the “egg experiment”, and everyone takes shots. Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a …

This episode covers just about everything. Chase and London talk with special guest Emily Bernstein from Overheard LA about everything from the next chapter of The Creative Habit, to the Bachelor, to inventions from the 1800s. You just have to listen to catch it all. Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@…

In this groovy episode of Inspired & Tired, London and Chase discuss how creativity can be linked with memories and even try to remember some of their old dance moves, as well as some new ones. Oh, and Chase teaches us the easiest way to make yourself cry for a scene. Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod…

"Who's your muse?" ft. Josh Potter Inspired & Tired w/ Chase and London (EP 27) London and Chase talk with comedian Josh Potter about the first time they remember doing a creative act, who their muses are, and what they would change their names to if they could. Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail…

One of the greatest soloists in hard rock, metal, and beyond, George Lynch has a signature mojo that has earned him legions of devoted fans ever since the '80s, when he broke big as lead guitarist for the platinum selling rock band Dokken. Since then, with his own band, Lynch Mob (who have just released a new album, called Babylon), and his many ot…

London and Chase kick off their discussion of The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp by analyzing the different distractions they are trying to overcome in their creative journey and try to plan the perfect morning routine. Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Ti…

Jessie “Jetski” Johnson stops by the studio to make some coffee, and discuss her creative path with Chase and London on a tipsy and caffeinated episode Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thur…

We’re wrapping up Big Magic and trying to remember what we learned in a staying-curious episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts: …

We figure out if creativity loves us and if we love creativity, while we work through Big Magic pt. 5 on a curiosity filled episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday wherever you…

Seduce the Creativity (Big Magic Pt. 4) - Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London (EP 22) London got married (!) and Chase is treating celebrities like family, all while we work our way through Big Magic pt. 4 on a creatively successful episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London See London’s big NBC moment here: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/californ…

Mere hours after he rocked one the world's biggest arenas as part of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, ARIEL POSEN plugs in with us at his Los Angeles hotel room and demonstrates his singular sound, including the way he gets soaring slide notes out of a hollow, steel-bodied, Strat-shaped baritone from Mule Resophonic Guitars, and how he "t…

The Roach himself, Josh Potter (@joshpotter) joins Chase and London to Smoke, Pray, and Love his way through Big Magic Pt 3 while Chase and London make some BIG MOVES on a laugh riot of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & …

Comedian Tori Piskin (@toripiskin) joins Chase and London to talk doing it yourself and Google Brain as we dive into Big Magic Pt. 2. on a self-edited Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thurs…

This week we start Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert and Chase and London face their fears in a new chapterof Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday wherever yo…

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Grammy-winning solo artist and first-call session ace ANDREW SYNOWIEC plugs in several guitars, jams with us, previews his new album, FUN, more than a week before its release (it comes out September 8), and takes us on a sonic tour of his amazing Los Angeles studio. Having recorded and/or performed with everyone from the Who, Bette Midler, and Elto…

We finished the Artist's Way and are taking the week to see where we’ve been and where we Re going on a ready-for-the-next-adventure episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday whe…

It’s the LAST WEEK of the Artist's Way, Week 12! Chase and London aren’t sure when (or where) the light bulb goes off, but they’re happy to be here on an all-new Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London …

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Week 11 of the Artist's Way keeps us from not stopping after success, while Chase and London share their wishes and do some zen sports on an affirmative episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & Londo…

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Week 10 of the Artist's Way helps us dig deep and figure out our blocks, Chase does her homework in the car and London doesn’t have a drug problem on a loopy episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & …

Fellow comedian-podcaster-artist, Sarah Hyland, joins the girls for Week 9 of the Artists Way and brings along tips from her dad and plenty of U-turns on a self-destructive episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Ti…

Blend the playing styles of Freddie King, Allan Holdsworth, and Duane Allman, and — as you’ll hear on this episode — you’d probably get something sounds like the great ALLEN HINDS. When it comes to improvising epic solos, grooving behind world-class singers (he’s worked with everyone from Bobby Caldwell and Randy Crawford to Gino Vannelli, Roberta …

Dr. Elisabeth, of Two Blonde Shrinks, stops by the studio to give the girls some life hacks and Chase recalls being bored in the crib on a not-yet-repressed episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & L…

Week 8 of “The Artists Way” is the boring chapter! But Chase and London are here and won’t let the bastards get them down on an extra tired episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thurs…

Week 7 of “The Artists Way” helps us get clear, so Chase and London make plans with their artists’ child on a dressed up episode Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday wherever you get y…

We’re on week 6 of “The Artists Way” so Chase starts a drinking game and London tries out some money tips on a not-in-the-audio-book episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London every Thursday whe…

WAYNE C. HENDERSON is a stunning steel-string player, and he's equally known for the amazing guitars he builds. Highly sought after instruments, Wayne's handmade guitars (and mandolins) have been ordered by everyone from Vince Gill and Eric Clapton to Brad Paisley, Peter Rowan and Doc Watson. To make a Henderson, Wayne says he just gets out his poc…

Comedian Ahmed Al-kadri (@ahmedlovesbread) breaks out the spreadsheets and talks the business of creativity while Chase and London figure out rhymes on a bread-filled episode of Inspired & Tired w/ Chase & London Like and subscribe to support the show--and drop us a line at InspiredAndTiredPod@gmail.com Listen to new episodes of Inspired & Tired w/…