Ep123: Phil Lewis of L.A. Guns
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Phil Lewis has lived a pirate's life fronting L.A. Guns. Today he tells some amazing tales of life on the road, takes listener questions and makes me a member of L.A. Guns for about 30 minutes. Still, I think I lasted longer than others.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, Rockers? This is Phil Lewis from LA Guns, and you're listening to the Vinyl Guide with my mate, Nate Goyer. Turn it up. |
| 0:21.2 | That's right. Turn it up. Hey, everyone, it's Nate here with another episode of the Vinyl Guide. The weekly podcast where we speak to the artist behind the records we love and collect. And this week we have on the show, Phil Lewis of LA Guns. and this is a hilarious conversation. |
| 0:22.6 | Phil is in quite a mood and talks all about the history of L.A. Guns. And this is a hilarious conversation. Phil is in quite a mood and talks all about the history of L.A. Guns. Beating up tour managers, re-releasing records, |
| 0:28.4 | hitting kangaroos with tour buses, and their upcoming tour of Australia, May 17th through 20th. |
| 0:34.3 | Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney. You guys get your tickets now, as well as a copy of the new |
| 0:39.1 | LP, The Missing Piece, at laGunsmusic.com. And this week we're brought to you in part by groove washer.com. |
| 0:46.7 | Dust and dirt ruined your records, prematurely ages your stereo gear, and degrade your listening |
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| 1:01.0 | And with that, let's get into an amazing conversation with Phil Lewis of LA Guns. |
| 1:06.0 | Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? Well, you're in luck. |
| 1:14.7 | Welcome to The Vinyl Guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. |
| 1:18.8 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 1:21.8 | Hey, everyone, it's Nate here, host of the Vinyl Guide. |
| 1:25.4 | Thanks for downloading, thanks for listening and sharing. |
| 1:28.3 | Yes, you can probably tell on my voice. |
| 1:32.1 | I'm not as energetic today as I usually am. |
| 1:34.7 | You know, I just came back from a week off. |
| 1:43.4 | We had our episode with Billy Howardill of a perfect circle two weeks ago and got a lot of great feedback on that. And I thought I'd have a week off a nice |
| 1:45.3 | little break and catch up on stuff, but as fate would have it during the break, I got some bad |
| 1:50.6 | news. So I'll just come out and share it with you guys. My father died. And it's still really |
| 1:57.5 | fresh, still difficult to talk about. I still get choked up several times a day, but I'm coming to terms with it. My dad was a great man. He was my personal hero. So many good things he did. So many wonderful memories. I have absolutely no doubt he's the reason I got into vinyl records. |
| 2:23.4 | Each Saturday when I was young, he would take me down to Skag's drugstore in Independence, Missouri, |
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