Punk Bass guitar legend, Mike Watt is my special guest on Music Matters Podcast with Darrell Craig Harris EP04-S07

Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris

Darrell Craig Harris

Music, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this episode I chat with Mike Watt - what a great guy, a Punk Rock Bass player legend. Mike is a true cultural omnivore, exhibiting an insatiable appetite for diverse musical experiences. This profound openness and eagerness to explore new sounds is evident as he continues to engage in numerous projects, and captivating live performances. Mike’s bio seems almost as thick as a bible, you can read the full bio/discog, on his website link below. here is a quick overview - Mike...played with the Minutemen from 1981-1985, recording 4 albums and 8 EPs. fIREHOSE trio (1986-1994). Mike toured with ”Iggy and the Stooges” and many other well-know musicians and band. In fact his collaborations span a wide spectrum of artists, ranging from the avant-garde Yoko Ono to the enigmatic Black Moth Super Rainbow, and from the soulful Petra Haden to the pop sensation Kelly Clarkson. Through these varied partnerships, Watt’s voracious musical curiosity and adaptability shine brightly, establishing him as an artist unbound by stylistic limitations. Mike lives in San Pedro, Los Angles, and we have a lunch date when I’m next over the mountains from my home in Las Vegas. Check out Mikes website, podcast, and social media channels, listed below: http://hootpage.com/ Mike’s Podcast ~ https://www.twfps.com/ https://www.discogs.com/artist/77192-Mike-Watt https://www.instagram.com/wattfrompedro/ https://www.facebook.com/wattfrompedromusic/ Thanks for listening in, and thanks to our sponsors, and behind the scene crew that makes this podcast happen :) Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris is sponsored by Kathy Ireland Worldwide & with support from Music Crowns in London, and Nigel John Farmer.~ my co-producer and voice over talent from his studio @VoiceWrapStudio.com Our thanks to Rodney Hall FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for our intro and outro backing music clip. A Big Shout and thanks to our friends at #AudioGeer , @sullenfamily and the awesome support! #Shure #MV7 #podcast mic! Please check out our Music Matters podcast on @spotifypodcasts Hey, also check out the New Music Matters Podcast Website- Please, support, LIKE and help us grow - check out our Social Media pages: #music #love #hiphop #rap #art #musician #artist #musica #instagood #singer #instagram #rock #like #dance #guitar #photography #song #bhfyp #newmusic #life #producer #fashion #rapper #viral #songwriter #creative #podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to this episode of Music Matters with Daryl Craig Harris and Music Tribes
0:10.5	United News.
0:12.4	Talking about all things music with celebrities, artists, music is this inside us and more.
0:19.8	Hey everybody.
0:29.1	Welcome to Music Matters podcast, today we have the legendary Mike Wat, rock punk
0:34.5	bassist or punk rock bassist, I should say, who's coming to us from the Pedro, which
0:40.4	is San Pedro in California.
0:43.4	I'm glad to be here, Daryl, thanks so much for having me, boy.
0:49.6	So you have such a long history with some amazing bands, the Middit Man, Ike and the
0:55.1	Stooges and so many, and you guys have the second album out with your MSSV project that's
1:03.0	being released.
1:04.0	I think is actually being released today.
1:06.0	Yeah.
1:07.0	Now we've got, mind people, it's Mike Begett's project, but I'm really glad to be part
1:14.1	of it.
1:15.1	And it's kind of a different experience.
1:16.8	You know, I found through all the years you were talking about claps, playing with different
1:21.1	people.
1:22.1	Right.
1:23.1	And, well, I guess anytime you get on stage with more than one person, it's kind of a
1:29.0	collapse and ensemble, but there's a lot of different ways to do that.
1:34.2	Sometimes you're the shot collar, for example, with my operas, like I cut to plate the engine
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