Butch Walker

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Superstar producer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist Butch Walker joins Rhett from his studio in Nashville to talk about Glenn, his new album centered around an alter ego who is a rock n roll balladeer. Butch tells Rhett about the moment when he decided to pursue a life in music, what it was like to perform in Atlanta clubs as a high schooler and the ups and downs of pursuing band life in L.A. Butch discusses his many successes and failures, how he manages anxiety, and why he thinks that right now is an exciting time to be in music. Singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer Butch Walker was as a member of the bands SouthGang and The Marvelous 3. He has produced hit records by a staggering number of acclaimed artists including Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Pink, Katy Perry, Panic! At the Disco, Dashboard Confessional, Pete Yorn, Avril Lavigne and many others. Butch has been called “One of America’s best songwriters” by Rolling Stone. His latest album, Glenn, is available now. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Matt Dwyer. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	O'SIrhus
0:02.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:09.3	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.7	That's when it got wheels off.
0:13.8	He started ugly and can stop.
0:16.0	Oh, she made me feel like a good God.
0:19.5	That's when it got wheels off.
0:23.4	Butch Walker's biography is too long for me to try and do it justice.
0:30.6	He and I were labelmates, as he'll mention towards the end of this conversation,
0:35.7	on Elektra Records in the late 90s and early aughts,
0:41.9	he had already lived a very full and insane life of rock and roll before those years that we
0:51.8	overlapped on Elektra Records.
1:03.0	And after that, he's lived multiple lives subsequently as a producer, as a songwriter,
1:09.0	as Butch Walker, recorder of solo albums, and performer, incredible performer.
1:15.1	His live prowess is something that has to be seen to be believed. And he's a sweet, down-to-earth, funny, humble guy. He's got a big engine, as they say, and that comes through for sure in this
1:32.3	interview. He's brutally honest, which I love, and he's funny. You're going to love this conversation.
1:40.8	I love talking to Butch. I feel like I don't get to spend enough time picking his
1:45.9	brain, and that's for me the greatest thing about these wheels off conversations. I love that you
1:51.8	guys get to hear them, too. But even if they didn't go out to the public, I would continue to
1:57.8	have these conversations because I get so much out of hearing the stories
2:05.1	and finding the new perspectives offered up by my guests on Wheels Off.
2:12.9	So please welcome to Wheels Off the incredible Butch Walker. Welcome to Wheels Off, the incredible Butch Walker.
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