Guitarist and vocalist Kid Congo Powers has been a key member of several paradigm-shifting bands such as The Gun Club, The Cramps, and The Bad Seeds. Over the past fifteen years, he's also led his own excellent band, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds. Kid tells Joe about: growing up in a Chicano family in Los Angeles; how he became obsessive about music before ever playing an instrument, ultimately becoming president of The Ramones Fan Club; learning to play guitar in The Gun Club; his parents' experience at a Cramps show; "growing up" in Berlin; sobriety; how the current pandemic evokes AIDS-era PTSD; and the process of writing his memoirs.
297: Alan Braufman
296: Jesse Shreibman (Bell Witch)
295: Chris Frantz (Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads)
294: Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Adrian Belew, Solo Artist)
293: Alicia Bognanno (Bully)
292: Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys, Beat Odyssey 2020, Solo Artist, etc.)
291: Steve Jordan
290: Sam Coomes (Quasi)
289: Doug "Cosmo" Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Solo Artist)
288: Johanna Warren
287: Jim Eno (Spoon)
286: Sharon Van Etten
285: Matt Barrick (Muzz, The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*Eatter, Fleet Foxes)
284: Jim Keltner
283: Angel Olsen
282: Lenny White (Miles Davis, Return to Forever, etc.)
BNS: Sahir Hanif (Masters of Maple, Ghost Tech.)
281: Honus Honus (Man Man)
280: Jenn Wasner (Flock of Dimes, Wye Oak)
279: Andy Stack (Joyero, Wye Oak)
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