Author: Pete Gile

Deryl Dodd – Part 2 of 4 This episode is Part 2 of our 4-part series with Double D.  If you haven’t listened to Part 1, I highly suggest checking it out first! Enjoy! It’s hard to know where to start and where to stop with telling the story of

Hello everyone and welcome to episode #81 of The Troubadour.  Today’s episode is special.  Actually, the next 4 episodes you will hear are going to be special.  As you longtime listeners know, we’ve had some pretty cool and special conversations since Carly and I began this endeavor many moons ago. 

Today’s episode features a true Texas Songwriting Legend: Ray Wylie Hubbard. For those who follow Texas and Red Dirt Music you are almost certainly familiar with Ray.  He’s a legend in the scene and tons of artists have covered his material.  Many artists look at their chance just to co-write

Once again, we’re brining you guys a stellar episode today.  I’ve been a long-time fan of Texas Troubadour, Cory Morrow. Way back in my college days when I first heard his iconic songs like Texas Time Travelin, Nashville Blues and Big City Stripper it was simply hard not to like

Born in Houston, TX and later living in Austin, Sunny Sweeny spent her formative college years at Southwest Texas State.  While in college Sunny soon felt her free-spirit calling.  So, she made the move to New York City to take a break from school.  After the New York City experience

Blaine Younger took his passion for music all the way to Nashville soon after he graduated from Kansas State University.  However, after a short stint in music city he made his way back to his home state of Kansas to pursue a career as a performer.  He soon gained some

I’ve always been a fan of ladies with auburn hair, and when you combine auburn hair with a beautiful voice and top-notch songwriting, you end up with Oklahoma native and rising singer-songwriter in the scene, miss Kaitlin Butts. Carly and I really enjoyed our visit with Kaitlin and were glad

On today’s show, Carly and I get to visit with Stewart Mann; front-man and primary songwriter for The Statesboro Revue out of New Braunfels, TX.  Along with being somewhat of a visionary when it comes to his music, Stewart’s gears are always turning, but we’ll get to that in just

David Adam Byrnes story is the quintessential one of somebody chasing their dream of stardom in Country Music.  Right after high school he packed up and moved to Nashville ready to take on the world.  However, he quickly realized that he probably wasn’t going to be an overnight success. So,

Mike and the Moonpies front man, Mike Harmeier was singing in bars by his early teens.  Don’t take my word for it though.  Just check out their song, “Steak Night at the Prairie Rose” and that should give you a pretty good idea of just who Mike Harmeier is. Mike