The Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast

With Your Host Steve Dawson

A podcast made by a musician about lives in music, and the creative process involved in creating, writing and recording it.

Stay tuned for Season 9 coming soon!

Latest Episodes

Featured
Ken Coomer
Ken Coomer

Producer, original Wilco and Uncle Tupelo drummer

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Maya DeVitry
Maya DeVitry

singer, songwriter, producer

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Chris Smither
Chris Smither

Blues singer/songwriter

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Willie Cantu
Willie Cantu

Legendary drummer for Buck Owens’ Buckaroos

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In Case You Missed It…

Here’s a random sampling of some of our past episodes from the last 8 years.

Episodes
Greg Leisz
Greg Leisz

Steel guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and sideman to everybody!

Matt Chamberlain
Matt Chamberlain

Drumming trailblazer

Amos Garrett
Amos Garrett

Innovative electric guitarist

Adam Levy
Adam Levy

Guitarist for Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman

David Bromberg
David Bromberg

Songwriter/guitarist

Tommy Shannon
Tommy Shannon

Bassist for Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter

Mid-Season 2 Update
Mid-Season 2 Update
Reese Wynans
Reese Wynans

Keyboard player for Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa and many more

Kenneth Pattengale
Kenneth Pattengale

Guitarist/singer for The Milk Carton Kids

Lloyd Green
Lloyd Green

Steel guitar legend

Bil Vorndick
Bil Vorndick

Recording engineer

Ronnie Hawkins
Ronnie Hawkins

The Hawk

Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins

Singer/songwriter

Mike Bub
Mike Bub

Bluegrass bass guru

Lloyd Maines
Lloyd Maines

Producer, pedal steel guitarist

Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite

Harmonica legend

David Mansfield
David Mansfield

Multi-instrumentalist, composer

Oz Fritz
Oz Fritz

Recording engineer

Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith

Singer/songwriter

Chris "Critter" Eldridge
Chris "Critter" Eldridge

Guitarist for Punch Brothers

Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks

Producer/arranger/lyricist

Charlie McCoy
Charlie McCoy

Harmonica wiz

Sylvia Tyson
Sylvia Tyson

Songwriter, folk icon and member of Ian and Sylvia

Norman Blake
Norman Blake

Bluegrass guitar legend

Steve Berlin
Steve Berlin

Stellar producer and horn player for Los Lobos

Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin

Hard-core troubadour, singer, guitar slinger

Welcome to Season 2
Welcome to Season 2
Episodes
Trey Hensley
Trey Hensley

bluegrass flatpicking virtuoso

Kim Rosen
Kim Rosen

Mastering engineer

Malcolm Burn (Part 2)
Malcolm Burn (Part 2)
Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn

Record producer, sonic explorer

Molly Tuttle
Molly Tuttle
Joachim Cooder
Joachim Cooder

Songwriter and drummer

David Lindley (Part 2)
David Lindley (Part 2)
David Lindley (Part 1)
David Lindley (Part 1)

Guitar and Weissenborn legend

Dennis Crouch (Part 2)
Dennis Crouch (Part 2)
Dennis Crouch
Dennis Crouch

Bass mastermind

Redd Volkaert
Redd Volkaert

Telecaster specialist

Rick Holmstrom
Rick Holmstrom

Guitarist for Mavis Staples

Mickey Raphael
Mickey Raphael

Willie Nelson’s harmonica player of 40+ years

Alvin Youngblood Hart
Alvin Youngblood Hart

Master of blues and rock & roll guitar

Rory Block
Rory Block

Blues fingerstyle guitarist and singer

Remembering Hal Blaine
Remembering Hal Blaine

A re-broadcast in honor of the great drummer

Dave Cobb
Dave Cobb

Nashville-based mega-producer

Debashish Bhattacharya
Debashish Bhattacharya

Indian classical slide guitar master

Kevin Breit (Part 2)
Kevin Breit (Part 2)
Kevin Breit
Kevin Breit

Guitarist like no other

Gabriel Roth
Gabriel Roth

Bassist and mastermind of the Daptone sound

Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg

UK-based songwriter/activist/author

Chuck Leavell (Part 2)
Chuck Leavell (Part 2)
Chuck Leavell
Chuck Leavell

Keyboard player for Allman Bros & Rolling Stones

Jorma Kaukonen
Jorma Kaukonen

Fingerstyle guitarist and founding Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna member

Welcome to Season 3
Welcome to Season 3
Episodes
Ken Coomer
Ken Coomer

Producer, original Wilco and Uncle Tupelo drummer

Maya DeVitry
Maya DeVitry

singer, songwriter, producer

Chris Smither
Chris Smither

Blues singer/songwriter

Willie Cantu
Willie Cantu

Legendary drummer for Buck Owens’ Buckaroos

Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett

Guitar legend and session ace

Jen Gunderman
Jen Gunderman

Nashville keyboard ace

Jim Kweskin
Jim Kweskin

Jug Band Pioneer

Tony Trischka
Tony Trischka

Banjo legend

Rich Hinman
Rich Hinman

Adventurous pedal steel guitarist

Missy Raines
Missy Raines

Bluegrass bassist/songwriter

G. Love
G. Love

Blues/Hip Hop pioneer

Duke Levine
Duke Levine

Tele sideman extraordinaire

Rob Ickes
Rob Ickes

Dobro master

Margaret Glaspy
Margaret Glaspy

Singer/Songwriter

Cedric Burnside
Cedric Burnside

Mississippi songwriter and blues artist

JJ Grey
JJ Grey

Singer/songwriter for JJ Grey and Mofro

Welcome to Season 8
Welcome to Season 8

A short episode to welcome you to the 8th Season of the show!

Duane Eddy Remembered
Duane Eddy Remembered

King of Twang guitar (re-release from 2016)

Tommy Emmanuel
Tommy Emmanuel

Fingerstyle Guitar legend

John Reischman
John Reischman

mandolin master

Larry Klein
Larry Klein

producer, bassist

John Paul White
John Paul White

Singer/Songwriter, member of The Civil Wars

Alison Brown
Alison Brown

Banjo player/composer

Julian Lage
Julian Lage

Jazz Guitarist/composer

Bahamas (Afie Jurvanen)
Bahamas (Afie Jurvanen)
Duane Betts
Duane Betts

Guitarist/songwriter

Al Perkins
Al Perkins

Legendary steel guitarist

Molly Miller
Molly Miller

Guitarist/composer

William Bell
William Bell

Original Stax artist, soul singer and songwriter

William Prince
William Prince

Singer/songwriter

Episodes
John Oates
John Oates

Singer/Songwriter and member of Hall and Oates

Keith Scott
Keith Scott

Guitarist for Bryan Adams

Introducing the "One Life" Podcast
Introducing the "One Life" Podcast
David Piltch (Part 2)
David Piltch (Part 2)
David Piltch
David Piltch

Upright bassist and session player

Gordie Johnson
Gordie Johnson

Guitarist, singer and songwriter for Big Sugar

Tucker Martine
Tucker Martine

Producer/Engineer

Joel Plaskett
Joel Plaskett

Singer/songwriter from Halifax

Colin Linden
Colin Linden

Canadian guitarist/producer/songwriter

Sarah Jarosz
Sarah Jarosz

Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Allison Russell
Allison Russell
Sadler Vaden
Sadler Vaden

Guitarist for Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit

Sue Foley
Sue Foley

Austin-based blues guitarist

Guthrie Trapp
Guthrie Trapp

Nashville session guitarist

Dave Bidini
Dave Bidini

Singer/songwriter for The Rheostatics

Chris Wood
Chris Wood

Bassist for The Wood Brothers, and Medeski Martin and Wood

Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter

Guitar innovator

Jim Campilongo
Jim Campilongo

Legendary New York guitarist

Patrick Warren
Patrick Warren
Robben Ford
Robben Ford

Guitar legend

Welcome to Season 4
Welcome to Season 4
Episodes
David Lindley Remembered
David Lindley Remembered

A re-release of our conversation from 2019

Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas

Dobro innovator

Bob Rock
Bob Rock

Producer of rock gods

John Leventhal
John Leventhal

producer/guitarist

David Grissom
David Grissom

Austin-based guitarist

Nicki Bluhm
Nicki Bluhm

Singer/songwriter

Happy Holidays and Season 6 Update!
Happy Holidays and Season 6 Update!
Patric Caird
Patric Caird

Film/TV Composer

Bryan Sutton
Bryan Sutton

Brilliant flatpicking bluegrass guitarist

Mick Flannery
Mick Flannery

Irish singer/songwrier

Stanton Moore
Stanton Moore

New Orleans drum kingpin and member of Galactic

Audley Freed
Audley Freed

Guitarist for Sheryl Crow, The Black Crowes and many more

Sierra Hull
Sierra Hull

The future of bluegrass mandolin

Rose Sinclair
Rose Sinclair

Austin-based steel guitarist

George Kahumoku, Jr.
George Kahumoku, Jr.

Slack-key guitarist

Fred Eltringham
Fred Eltringham

Nashville session drummer and member of Sheryl Crow’s band

Amy Helm
Amy Helm

Woodstock-based singer and songwriter

Russ Pahl
Russ Pahl

One of the most recorded pedal steel players in modern times

Tristen
Tristen

Nashville-based singer and incredible tunesmith

Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard

Legendary blues guitarist

Aoife O'Donovan
Aoife O'Donovan

Innovative songwriter, solo performer and member of I’m With Her

Steve Poltz
Steve Poltz

Songwriter and very funny dude

Welcome to Season 6
Welcome to Season 6
Rob Baker
Rob Baker

Tragically Hip guitarist

Craig Northey
Craig Northey

Songwriter, producer, guitarist for Odds

Bill Schnee
Bill Schnee

Legendary recording engineer/producer

Colin Cripps (Part 2)
Colin Cripps (Part 2)
Colin Cripps
Colin Cripps

Guitarist for Blue Rodeo, Kathleen Edwards

Rose Cousins
Rose Cousins

Singer and songwriter from Canada

Viktor Krauss
Viktor Krauss

Bassist, composer and producer

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About Steve Dawson

Steve Dawson is an award-winning musician, guitarist, steel guitar nerd, producer and engineer living in Nashville, TN. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Steve operates The Henhouse Studio where he does sessions, produces, mixes records, and teaches.