Fights, Relapse, and Tour Chaos: The Real Life of Langhorne Slim
Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast
Andy Frasco
4.8 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Langhorne Slim gets real in this one. He talks about getting kicked off a tour with the Violent Femmes after a drunken backstage meltdown, fighting his own bandmate in a parking lot, and the chaos of those early touring days. From there it shifts into the bigger stuff, including addiction, relapse, and what it actually takes to get sober. He breaks down why ambition can mess with your happiness, how fatherhood changes your priorities, and what it's like missing moments at home while you're on the road. There's also a deeper look at the difference between chasing success and actually enjoying the ride, plus how creativity holds up without drugs or alcohol. It's a mix of wild stories, honest reflection, and real perspective on what "making it" actually means. If you're chasing something big or just trying to figure things out.
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| 0:00.0 | One thing you learn when you become a parent is that people are fucking lying all of the time. I know, that's what I'm talking about, dude. It's a fucking thing. Like that meme, the Star Wars meme. As soon as I got into the parent like friend group, then you start hearing moms talk real, real. And it would blow. At least for me, it blew my mind. Like right before before i was my partner had a daughter before i came |
| 0:22.2 | onto the scene give us some dirt give us some nashville mom dirt i just i think it's probably |
| 0:28.3 | universal of just like yeah yeah just letting it rip of just like how hard it is how fucking tired |
| 0:35.9 | what the kid did made me want to like screw his head |
| 0:38.7 | off and you're like, are these, like, should I be calling child services or something? |
| 0:42.0 | And you realize, no, they're just blowing off some steam. |
| 0:48.2 | Wow, here he is. |
| 0:49.5 | One of the last folk birds of our generation. |
| 0:53.8 | Lange or Slim, |
| 0:54.4 | how you doing, buddy? |
| 0:55.9 | Is that fat? |
| 0:57.6 | It is now. |
| 0:59.1 | I'm very curious, |
| 1:00.2 | dude, |
| 1:01.1 | before Steve Polts left that neighborhood, |
| 1:03.2 | that whole area, |
| 1:04.0 | you had Aaron Ray, |
| 1:04.9 | one of my best friends |
| 1:06.1 | and soulmate, |
| 1:07.4 | kind of, |
| 1:08.2 | and Pultz and you, all in the same neighborhood in Nashville. |
| 1:12.8 | What do they call that, Little Hollywood? |
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