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Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Jon Dee Graham

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Arts, Performing Arts, Music

5.0596 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Jon Dee Graham is a guitarist and songwriter best known for his critically acclaimed solo records. He joins Rhett to talk about his latest album, what it means to get a major label deal on the cusp of turning 65, and shares stories about his upbringing that led to his decision to become a musician.  Jon Dee Graham is a three-time inductee into the Austin Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Skunks, the True Believers, and a solo artist. He has played guitar with acts such as John Doe (X, The Knitters), Exene Cervenka (X), Michelle Shocked, Alejandro Escovedo, Kelly Willis, and The Gourds and has had his songs covered by many artists, including Patty Smythe, Patty Griffin and James McMurtry.  His latest record, Only Dead For A Little While, is available now. Rhett Miller website Follow Rhett @rhettmiller Wheels Off is hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Executive producer Kirsten Cluthe. Editing by Matt Dwyer. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Mark Dowd. Show logo by Tim Skirven. Distributed in partnership with Osiris Media.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life. I'm Rhett Miller.

0:40.8

That's when it got wheels off. He started ugly. He ain't going to stop. Oh, she made me feel like

0:48.4

with God. That's when it got wheels off. John D. Graham is a character.

0:55.5

He's a fifth generation Texan.

0:57.8

He's a great musician, great songwriter.

0:59.8

He played in The True Believers, played in a band called The Skunks, released solo albums.

1:04.5

He's in the Austin Music Hall of Fame.

1:08.0

Played with John Doe, James McMurtry, Eliza Gilkinson, Michelle shocked.

1:16.0

A lot of artists that have meant a lot to me, and he is also himself one of those artists.

1:22.8

John D. Graham is a really good dude, really funny guy, sweet guy. Fascinating story throughout his life. His recent story continues to be intriguing as he survived a, as he would describe it, not a near-death incident. He died and then was revived. But he's, you know, he's been surviving some stuff lately, but not only is he still kicking, he is killing it. He's got a new record that's great. And he's great. I get a kick out of talking to him and I think you're going to enjoy listening to him, tell some stories. There's a little section that the editors will have to chop out about two-thirds of the way

2:04.7

through the interview where he brags on his son and announces some stuff that he's

2:10.0

technically not supposed to announce yet about his son William.

2:14.4

So hopefully that'll be excised, but if there's any confusion during the drop out there,

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