E55 - Top 5 Guitar Heroes (with Love Tractor)

Here at O3L, we don’t just talk about great guitarists...we have great guitarists join us! And it doesn’t get much better than art rock pioneers and founding members of the legendary Athens, GA alternative scene (and our new BFFs), LOVE TRACTOR. For this episode, we are joined by guitarists Mark Cline & Mike Richmond and bassist Armistead Wellford as we all discuss our favorite guitarists...celebrating the doodly doodlies, the chunka chunkas, the visionaries and the influencers both in and out of the O3L era.

 

Love Tractor recently reissued a remixed and expanded version of their 1982 eponymous debut, an instrumental masterwork of shimmering guitar interplay that Mike Mills from REM lauds as “one of my favorite records of all time.”

 

But wait, there's more...

 

We had such a great time with the guys that it ended up being our most epic show yet. Army, Mark and Mike had so many incredible and hilarious stories that we present a two part bonus feature, Fun to be Happy: O3L in Conversation with Love Tractor. Believe us, some of the best moments are on these episodes, so make sure to check those out too!

 

Thanks to Love Tractor for being so wonderful and generous with their time and memories, and a special thanks to Karen Allison for coordinating everything.