Marty Friedman  is one of the most unique, engaging and adventurous musicians to ever pick up an electric guitar. Marty has profoundly influenced musicians over the years from the 80’s when he teamed up with fellow guitarist Jason Becker in Cacaphony to his time in Megadeth in the early 90’s, where he contributed to some of their most most seminal albums. Marty moved to Japan in 2003 and has since pursued a solo career and now is a much in demand guitar player, tv show host and is a national celebrity of sorts.  A couple of years ago Marty was officially recognised by the Japanse Government, as an Ambassador of Japanse Heritage.  In the last 10 years Marty has released a trilogy of albums the Tokyo Jukebox volumes where he covers popular Japanese pop songs but re-aranged Marty Style. The albums while they retain their melodic style, clearly has a friedman watermark all over it. In this conversation with Marty he reflected on his  much written about cross-continental life discussed the Tokyo Jukebox Trilogy and his efforts in taking japanse music to the west. We also look back on his live show in India ,his approach to playing and collaborating with Indian musicians and a whole lot more.  For latest updates and news-http://www.martyfriedman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media 

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Marty Friedman - Guitar player, Composer

Doug 'Cosmo' Clifford was the drummer and one part of the rhythm section for the legendary Creedence Clearwater Revival.  Doug is a creative spirit and after Creedence broke up in the early 70’s Doug put together a whole lot of music, collaborating with various musicians over the years, starting with his first solo album Cosmo in 1972 to his latest offering For all the money in the world with Steve Wright of the Greg Kihn Band . This album while released earlier this year was written and recored in the 1980’s and follows up an ealirer solo album Magic Window that came out in 2020. I enjoyed talking to Doug, about the vision for the album the production, and the dream team that worked on this album which included the legendary Joe Satriani.   Another key project that Doug was a part of , was CC revisited a band he put together with his old pal and bass player for Creedence Stu Cook.  We journeyed back in time and  Doug reflected on the Creedence’s musical legacy, music in the60’s the early days of the band playing at Woodstock and a. Whole lot more. Despite being diagnosed with Parkinson’s a few years ago, this cfailry long onversation was filled with with humor and insight. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vikram aka The Concert Photographer is an internationally published concert photographer, videographer and podcast host.

Doug Clifford of Creedence Clearwater Revival

It took me a while to track Roy down. Roy Venkataraman was a name I heard often when I was growing up in India in the 80’ and 90’s. I knew of him as the Indian guitar player for Bob Marley’s legendary band the Wailers. He is widely considered reggae royalty, at least here in India. Roy started his career in Bombay, playing with some of the most popular bands in the country and then moved to the U.S where he garnered a wealth of experience playing and recording with artists including Atlantis and Keith Benson. He also played with groundbreaking indo-jazz band Divya at some of the biggest jazz festivals internationally including the Jazz Yatra in India. Roy also did concerts and worked with legendary pianist Louis Banks as his main sessions guitarist for a few years. His own album Lifelines features world renowned musicians Clive Stevens, Randy Brecker, Adam Holzman and Rachel Z amongst many others. Roy was invited to join Bob Marley’s Wailers band and toured the world with them for years. He has scored music for well known film-maker Govind Nihalani and toured with Jeremy Spencer, co-founder of Fleetwood Mac and has also recorded with various well known artists worldwide. Roy now lives in Sydney, Australia. He has shared stages with Simply Red, Third World, Xzibit, Maxi Priest, Sly and Robbie, UB40, Lauryn Hill, Julian Marley, Steel Pulse and countless others and is guitarist with widely popular New Zealand reggae band House of Shem. I had the privilege of listening to some of his new music that’s an eclectic mix of jazz, sufi and electronica. The music you hear in the intro to this podcast is from Roy’s album Horizontal Life. I caught up with Roy and we traced his multi decade career from Mumbai to Sydney. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vikram aka The Concert Photographer is an internationally published concert photographer, videographer and podcast host.

Roy Venkataraman - Singer Songwriter

It took me a while to track Roy Down. Roy Venkatarman was a name I heard often when I was growing up in India in the 80’ and 90’s I knew of him as the Indian guitar player for BoB Marleys’s band the wailers. He and was widely considered Reggae Royalty at least here in India. Roy was born in India and started his career in Bombay , playing with some of the most popular bands in the country and then moved to the U.S where he garnered a wealth of experience playing and recording with artists including Atlantis, and Keith Benson and a whole host of others. Roy then cofounded the groundbreaking Indo Jazz band Divya, with Fazal Queresh and Ranjit Barot. They played some of the biggest Jazz festivals in the world including the Jazz Yatra in India. A few years later Roy worked with the legendary Louis Banks as a sessions guitarist doing countless jingles and corporate films. Roy was then invited to join Bob Marley’s wailers band and toured the world with them. He even did some film work, scoring music for  SCI-FI Hindi film. Roy then went on to tour with Jeremy Spencer the founder of Fleetwood Mac. Roy now lives in Sydney Australia, where he makes music under the studio name Buzz Bahadur. I had the privilege of listening to some of his new music that’s an eclectic mix of jazz, Sufi and electronica. The music you hear in the intro to this podcast is from Roy’s new album.I caught with Roy and we traced his multi decade career from Mumbai to Sydney . ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media 

Roy Venkataraman

My next guest is Caitlin Koch, best known for her performances as the singing rugby coach on The X Factor USA. I caught up with Caitlin from her home in Nashville to talk about her new single So different now, the second in a heartfelt, gritty weaving story of releases to come during 2021. The song was originally written by her fellow X factor contestant Josh Maddox but Caitlins made it her own by adding some whiskey, smoke, a dobro guitar.The newly envisioned tale embodies a Muscle Shoals feel with a southern rock undertone.Koch sounds like she's been heartbroken since she was born…In this interview we spoke about her career, why she moved to Nashville, her creative process and what it was like to be on X factor. For latest updates and news- http://caitlinkoch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media 

Caitlin Koch - Singer, Songwriter

My nextt guest is Troy Redfern, British slide guitarist and singer songwriter and dubbed by the British press as “The King of Slide Guitar”. We spoke about his new album The Fire Cosmic that comes out August 6th, his new singles Waiting for your love and Ghosts.  The new album follows five unprecedented albums that Troy released in 2020. It was recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in North Wales, the same studio where Queen recorded all their early albums. For the recording of the new album, Troy enlisted one of the best rhythm sections in the UK,including the legendary Darby Todd on drums (The Darkness, Robben Ford, Martin Barre, Paul Gilbert), virtuoso bass guitarist Dave Marks (Hans Zimmer), and guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal (Guns ‘N Roses, Asia, Sons of Apollo), in what Troy describes as “the ultimate dream team” Troy also played a series of different guitars on the new album including a 1929 National Resonator. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------        For latest updates and news- http://troyredfern.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media   

Troy Redfern - The King of the Slide Guitar

My next guest is the legendary KK Downing. They say you can’t keep a heavy metal legend down. Although it’s been nearly a decade since guitarist and songwriter K.K. Downing departed Judas Priest, the famous band he co-founded and played with for 40 years, he was never really going to retire. It was only a matter of time before he reclaimed the spotlight. I caught up with KK to talk about KK'S Priest his new project with Tim Ripper Owen and their upcoming album Sermons of the Sinner. Downing assembled Owens, Mills, former Voodoo Six bassist Tony Newton, and DeathRiders/Cage drummer Sean Elg to create Sermons Of The Sinner, an album that celebrates his classic metal roots and encourages us to cherish those iconic pioneers whom we still have with us. He jokes that KK’s Priest is “like a new old band. Or an old new band.”  We talked at length about the new album, his legal battles with Judas Priest, touring over the next few years and all things metal.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    For latest updates and news- http://kkdowning.net/steelmill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media  Edited by Baba Prasad at Digisound Studios.

KK Downing of KK's Priest

My guest today is Frank Hannon of multi-platinum rock band TESLA. Over the course of their thirty-five year + career, the iconic Sacramento melodic hard rock quintet— Frank Hannon (guitar), Brian Wheat (bass), Jeff Keith (lead vocals), Troy Luccketta (drums), and Dave Rude (guitar)—have sold more than 25 million albums domestically and played globally to sold-out crowds far and wide I caught up with Frank to talk about going back on the road with they new tour, their new single Cold Blue Steel, Franks' work as producer with Red Voodoo, the new Gibson guitar signature model Love Dove, his brand of IPA and all things music and Tesla.  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tesla 2021 tour dates - https://teslatheband.com/tour For Tesla Merch and Music -  https://teslatheband.com/ Frank Hannon's website - https://frankhannon.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media  Edited by Baba Prasad at Digisound Studios.

Frank Hannon of Tesla

My next guest is the legendary voice of Rock and Voice of Deep Purple, Ian Gillan.O caught with Ian from his home in Portugal. We discussed the latest Deep Purple album Whoosh, working with the legendary Bob Ezrin, the art of songwriting, the value of music in these times, touring and a whole lot more.  To see what else Ian is up to check out his website  For Deep Purple tour dates, merch and everything else Deeppurple.com Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media  Edited by Baba Prasad at Digisound Studios.

Ian Gillan of Deep Purple

My next guests are Fred and Moose, from Sons of Liberty, the UK’s very own southern rock band, We caught up to talk about their new album Aces and Eights, their approach to songwirting and structuring an album, getting your music discovered in the era of streaming and a whole lot more. To listen to the album and support the band go here Aces and Eights also streams on these platforms - https://ditto.fm/aces-eights  Watch their music videos on their YouTube Channel Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana |Audible Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media  Edited by Baba Prasad at Digisound Studios.

Fred and Moose from Sons of Liberty

My next guest is the Italian born, but proud Californian, multi talented producer/writer/musician and good friend Fabrizio Grossi. I caught up with Fab to talk about his new project the Soul Garage Experience, their new single Ain't Givin Up and their album Counterfeited Soulstice Vol 1 that comes out Sept 10.

Fabrizio Grossi and the Soul Garage Experience

I'm joined by Mike Burt, Brittany and Tony from Limberlost, an Award Winning American rock band from Seattle, to talk about the band, the new singles, songwriting, the state of the industry, getting your music discovered, marketing in the era of social media and streaming and in general the business of music.  Check out more Limberlost at https://www.limberlostmusic.com Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana | Jio Saavn Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar and Moving Pictures Media  Edited by Baba Prasad at Digisound Studios.

Mike Burt of Limberlost

The last time I spoke with Luke was this week 2 years ago when I shot a show for them in London. By the time I got off the road a month later they had announced that it was the end of TOTO. Luke joins me to talk about the solo album he’s since put out, the end of toto, finding love , playing with Ringo Starr and going back out of the road in 2022 with a new avatar of TOTO. Buy Steve Lukather's new album on his Website Follow Tales from the Road on Facebook | Instagram  Listen to more episodes on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana | Jio Saavn Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar aka The Concert Photographer and Moving Pictures Media  Edited by Baba Prasad at Digisound Studios.

Steve Lukather of Toto

AARON LEIGH is an American Rock musician / multi-instrumentalist Aaron is most known as the bassist for Y&T and the Frank Hannon Band (Tesla’s guitarist). I invited Aaron to talk about his EP and his new single live for today. We spoke about songwriting, the state of the music industry , playing with some of the top names in rock from  Steve Vai to Jani Lane, to Gary Hoey, Joel Hoekstra, Brad Gillis and even his audition with Ozzy Osbourne.    Follow us on Facebook | Instagram  Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana | Jio Saavn Also check us out on our website tftrmedia.com Hosted and produced by Vikram Chandrasekar aka The Concert Photographer and Moving Pictures Media  Edited by Baba Prasad at Digisound Studios.

Aaron Leigh from Y&T

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