They say there's nothing new under the sun, and ain't that the truth.

The working songwriter has been on the air for over 10 years and 300 episodes now.

As you've probably noticed, only the latest 100 published episodes are available in your

podcast app and on Spotify, so we're bringing back some of the gems from past years.

Of course, if you want access to every single episode of the show at any time, you can

become a subscriber to The Vault.

The Vault is a private members-only section of my website, joopugmusic.com, where you can access any episode of the vault. The vault is a private member's only section of my website, joepugmusic.com,

where you can access any episode of the show for streaming and download at any time.

In the meantime, we're bringing back some classic episodes to the main feed. Is that a reason

to not join the vault? No, because it means that our latest episodes will only get paywalled all the sooner.

Is this a relatively convoluted system? Of course it is, because such are the tradeoffs

that the ever-changing media landscape leaves us to navigate. Thank you for being here.

It's always an honor that you listen to the show, and I hope that you enjoy some of these classic episodes.

Today's episode with John Craigie was originally aired on August 14th, 2020.

A brief scan of the headlines from that day remind us that COVID was still in full swing.

And Joe Exotic of the Netflix series Tiger King was still somehow America's

biggest celebrity, Strange Times.

I hope that you enjoy this classic episode. Our guest this week hails from Southern California and now makes his home in Portland, Oregon.

John Craigie has turned in over a decade of hard work on the club circuit,

building a hard-won fan base for his heartfelt, yet tongue-in-cheek folk music

that some have described as the love child of John Prine and Mitch Hedberg.

He's built his audience playing in venues as varied as house shows, to sold out amphitheaters,

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