Ep403 : The Boxmasters - Billy Bob Thornton and JD Andrew
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
JD Andrew and Billy Bob Thornton of The Boxmasters join us to talk music, records, making era-themed albums, memories of Captain Beefheart, writing songs on Frank Zappa's couch, playing the Grand Ole Opry & more!
Topics include:
- The Boxmasters history with vinyl records
- Favourite record stores
- Working with and fixing 8 track tapes
- The Boxmasters enjoy the vinyl format
- Making era-themed albums – '66 and '69
- Making albums, not really thinking about singles
- Billy Bob's early records – 1st album
- Discovering the Columbia Record club
- Formative records – British Invasion
- Allman Brothers Live at Filmore East – album cover
- Original Jim Marshall cover photo and story
- When Billy Bob discovered Frank Zappa
- Frank's couch is in The Boxmasters' studio
- Memories of Captain Beefheart
- Billy Bob's history with punk rock
- AJ's musical heritage / The Chipmunks
- AJ's memories of studio mentors
- The Boxmasters playing at the Grand Ole Opry
- The magic on Frank Zappa's couch
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective sleeves for your vinyl collection. |
| 0:05.6 | Ask for the Groove washer from your local shop or go to groove washer.com. |
| 0:09.7 | Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. |
| 0:12.4 | And now, on with the show. |
| 0:16.4 | Well, hello, everyone. It's Nate. |
| 0:18.7 | Welcome to episode 403 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:24.1 | And guess what, people's got another great conversation for you today, this time with The Boxmasters, featuring J.D. Andrew and Billy Bob Thornton, taking us through their history and memories with vinyl and eight tracks, making era-themed albums |
| 0:39.3 | like 66 and 69, the artwork of Jim Marshall and the prints that decorate the Boxmaster's |
| 0:45.6 | studio playing at the Grand Ole Opry, owning Frank Zappa's couch from the Utility Muffin Research |
| 0:51.0 | Kitchen, and lots, lots more. So, when you get a moment, dial up the Boxmasters on any streaming service. |
| 0:58.1 | Their new album, 69, is very cool, very unique, and Jady and Bud's vision of what recording |
| 1:04.8 | an album in 1969 would sound like. |
| 1:09.1 | Now, for those of you new to the Boxmasters, I got to tell you, their music is so well-crafted |
| 1:14.1 | and recorded. |
| 1:15.4 | I know of at least a few audio engineers that use Boxmaster's recordings for system and sound |
| 1:21.9 | checks in the tuning in a live room. |
| 1:23.9 | That's how gorgeous their album sound. |
| 1:26.5 | And hey, if you like what you hear, the Boxmasters, |
| 1:28.7 | there's vinyl and tour dates too at theboxmasters.com. And also, please note, there is an extra |
| 1:36.3 | 30 minutes of this conversation available only to show patrons at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. |
| 1:43.5 | People who help support this podcast always get extra stuff. This |
| 1:46.7 | week, it's an extra 30 minutes of our conversation with JD and Billy Bob. It's also commercial |
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