Author: Pete Gile

Welcome to episode #119 of The Troubadour. Holy cow folks, this was a fun episode for me!  I get to geek about a bit on this show with musician, author and entrepreneur Corey Durkin. Corey fronts the Fast River Band and they probably are a little outside the genre of

Welcome to episode #118 of The Troubadour. Today’s episode is great one as Carly and I get to interview talent buyer, current and former venue owner, Lloyd Banks. Lloyd used to own one of the must play establishments for artist in the genre in Denton, TX called Rockin’ Rodeo.  Everyone

Today’s guest is a consummate musician who can basically play any instrument with strings, AND play them well. Native Oklahoman Travis Linville’s fascination with music started at an early age and his continuous learning and perfection of his craft has made him one of the most respected musicians to ever

Welcome to episode #116 of The Troubadour. Today we have a real treat for you all.  We’re interviewing a great artist who recently decided to do something very bold in a world of discerning fans of great music and great artists. Shannon McNally is releasing her new record on May

Jeff Grossman – Saints Eleven Welcome to episode #115 of The Troubadour. Today we are visiting with the front man of rocking Texas Country band, Saints Eleven, Mr. Jeff Grossman. In this interview Jeff tells us about his journey as a musician, how Saints Eleven came to be and even

Welcome to episode #114 of The Troubadour. Today we are visiting with Texas Country singer/songwriter and musical artist Jesse Stratton. Jesse had an interesting path into this genre of music we all love.  You’ll hear the full story throughout the episode. He even found a way to incorporate some of

Welcome to episode #113 of The Troubadour. We’ve got a great episode for you today with Bart Crow. Born and raised in Maypearl, Texas, country music singer/songwriter Bart Crow made his first attempts to write songs while in the United States Army and started first performing live while studying at

Welcome to episode #112 of The Troubadour. We’ve got a great episode for you today featuring Ryan Humbert and Emily Bates of a great band I’ve become a huge fan of called The Shootouts. The Shootouts can be described and equal parts vintage Nashville and Texas Swing with a healthy

Hey Everybody! Welcome to Episode #111 of The Troubadour. Long ago when I had the idea for this podcast, I knew we’d be interviewing lots of musical artists and songwriters.  But from the beginning I always had the desire to interview other people who make up a huge unseen chunk of

Today’s guest is Michael Kelton. Michael has created an intimate live concert series called the Sideman Song Swap.  The concerts are taking place in some very cool venues around Texas, so for out Texas listeners I encourage you to go to the Sideman Song Swap page on Facebook to find