the Troubadour Podcast

Rich O’Toole #2 Welcome to this week’s episode of The Troubadour.  Our ol’ buddy Rich O’Toole is our guest again here on the podcast.  Rich’s first appearance on The Troubadour came on episode #29. As all of our lives have been altered since the Coronavirus pandemic started, we visit a

Being raised the son of rodeo and country music royalty Chris Ledoux, Chris’ son Ned is starting to leave a mark of his own on the music business. Carly and I were super-excited to finally get a chance to get Ned on the podcast. As you can tell, Ned has

After years of playing fiddle for the Turnpike Troubadours, Kyle Nix has now taken on the role of a front man with the release of his own project and new album “Lightning On The Mountain & Other Short Stories”.  The record is already making waves in the scene and receiving

Prolific Texas singer-songwriter, John Baumann is our guest on this episode of The Troubadour. Interestingly enough, John just release his latest album entitled Country Shade despite the challenges of doing so during the current Covid-19 pandemic. John is a member of the Texas super-group The Panhandlers along with other fellow

Welcome to Episode #85 of The Troubadour Podcast.  Today we take a little departure from the strictly Red Dirt and Texas Country vein and interview a person that had a pretty big impact on my songwriting. In the 90’s I was watching The Nashville Network on TV and saw a

This episode is the final installment of our 4-part series with Double D.  If you haven’t listened to the first 3 episodes, I highly suggest checking them out first! Enjoy! It’s hard to know where to start and where to stop with telling the story of today’s guest Deryl Dodd. 

This episode is Part 3 of our 4-part series with Double D.  If you haven’t listened to Part 1 & 2, I highly suggest checking them out first! Enjoy! It’s hard to know where to start and where to stop with telling the story of today’s guest Deryl Dodd.  When

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