Ep. 28: The Claude Coleman Jr. Interview, Part 1.

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Rory and Shane are humbled, excited and quite frankly, honored, to welcome “Jimmy Wilson” himself, Claude Coleman Jr., to the show!! Claude is not only the amazing drummer and backbone of Ween, he is also an amazing writer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Over the past few years he has not only released another amazing record for his own project Amandla, amandlanet.net, but has started his own music rehearsal space business in Asheville North Carolina, Soundspace@Rabbit's. soundspaceavl.com Soundspace@Rabbit's is a renovated, historical motel originally known as Rabbit's Tourist Court and was a popular stop among black artists on the 'Chitlin' Circuit' as it was black owned and part of the Green Book since the 1930’s. Claude explains how he and his business partner and have worked tirelessly to obtain and renovate this once glorious property back to its original luster and then some. When fully completed, Soundspace@Rabbit's will not only be a music rehearsal space, arts studio and mural gallery, but will also feature a re-created soul food kitchen (as Rabbit's Tourist Court originally had) headed by Chef Clarence Robinson. facebook.com/CookingComedyCatering/ Claude tells his story of moving to Asheville, the need he found for a functioning rehearsal space, learning the history of the property and how the project grew and changed from its inception to opening. We also discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, issues surrounding intergenerational wealth throughout the black community, and about the feeling related to the statues and monuments of the South. Claude and the guys also get into chatting about Donovan, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and the Rolling Thunder Revue documentary. There is a part 2 to this conversation which is available on our Patreon at patreon.com/weencastpodcast where we discuss Amandla on vinyl, playing with Angelo Moore and Brand New Step, his take on switching from drums to bass, his approach to songwriting, one of his original bands “Skunk”, and how he joined Ween!

As if having one legendary drummer on this episode is not enough, we got two!! Chris “Tomato 11” Harfenist checks in with us to tell us about the new Sound of Urchin Prescription Plan for 2020! That’s right, all new Urchin tracks and never before heard archive tracks delivered right to your e-mail twice a month for the rest of the year!! Go to soundofurchin.com for details and to sign up now!

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