McClain Johnson Music Journalist - Guitar

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McClain Johnson: Music Journalist
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Interviews

This section features interviews that have appeared in iProng Magazine, teen writing magazine Teen Ink, Atlanta-based dance music magazine Lunar Magazine, BandsThatJam.com, The Vignette, GoNOLA, InvadeNOLA, and TeenStar (The teen section of The Kansas City Star). I have also included interviews from the Sunday Jam and New Orleans Voices podcasts.

Musicians

311 (Featured in The Vignette)

12th Planet (Completed 8/5/11) (Featured in The Vignette)

Adam Levy (Completed 5/20/10)

AJ Niland (Co-founder of the Hangout Music Festival) (Featured on Bands That Jam)

ALO (Featured in The Vignette) (Completed on 1/15/12)

Alexis Marceaux (Completed 3/13/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

Amber Rubarth (Completed 1/3/10)

Andrew Duhon (Completed 3/14/10)

Anna Nalick (Featured in TeenStar 12/8/05) (Completed 12/3/05)

Annie Nightingale (Completed 11/10/04) (Volume XX- Issue 5) (Featured in TeenStar 8/25/05)

Bassnectar (Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 8/1/11)

BeatauCue (Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 11/29/11)

The Bellys (Completed 3/14/10)

Ben Grimes (of The Golden Republic) (Completed 10/21/04)

Benjy Davis (Songwriter/guitarist for the Benjy Davis Project) (Completed 7/1/09)

Benny Benassi (Volume XIX-Issue 6) (Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 11/3/03)

Bernie Worrell (Completed 1/5/10)

Bill Kreutzmann (The Grateful Dead/7 Walkers) (Completed 3/8/11) (Featured on Bands That Jam)

The Blue Party (Completed on 3/12/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

The Blue Party (Featured in The Vignette)

Bob Schneider (Completed 9/13/04) (Featured in TeenStar 9/1/05)

Bob Weir (The Grateful Dead/Furthur/RatDog) (Featured on Bands That Jam)

Booty Trove (Completed 3/13/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

Brad Hargreaves (drummer/percussionist for Third Eye Blind) (Completed 8/19/09)

Brian Rosenworcel (Drummer/percussionist for Guster) (Completed 6/8/05)

Brendan Bayliss (Guitarist for Umphrey's McGee) (Completed 9/21/10) (Featured on BandsThatJam.com)

Brother Ali (Featured in iProng Magazine, Issue #49, Page 37 09/22/09) (Completed 8/26/09)

Bruce Hornsby (Featured on BandsThatJam.com)

Butterfly Boucher (Featured in TeenStar 9/10/04) (Completed 7/13/04)

Cen'C Love (Featured on UnitedReggae.com 1/21/11)

Craig Honeycutt (for the Creative Visions Foundation) (Completed 8/10/09)

Citizen Cope (Completed 2/1/05) (Featured in TeenStar 8/18/05)

Cody Dickinson (Drummer/guitarist for the North Mississippi Allstars/Hill Country Revue) (Completed 6/11/09)

Dan Deacon (Featured in The Vignette)

Danny Rampling (Completed 7/28/10)

Dave Pearce (Completed 9/26/05)

Dave Wallace (of Aquasky) (Completed 11/8/04)

Dessa Darling (of Doomtree) (Featured in The Vignette)

DJ Alfredo (Completed 8/12/10)

DJ Hyper (Completed 11/15/04)

DJ Icey (Completed 5/10/04) (Featured in TeenStar 6/11/04)

DJ Star Eyes (Featured on gonola.com)

Eddie Temple-Morris (Host of the Remix on XFM) (Completed 7/13/10)

Emaydee (Featured on the Strange Music blog)

Ewan Pearson (Completed 6/9/04) (Now featured in Lunar Magazine)

Fall Out Boy (TeenStar group interview) ( Completed 6/23/05)

Fitz and the Tantrums (Featured in The Vignette)

Flow Tribe (Completed 3/13/10)

Freelance Whales (Completed 8/18/10)

Futurebirds (Featured in The Vignette)

Fred Trophy (Big Light) (Completed 6/9/09)

Freelance Hellraiser (Volume XIX-Issue 7) (Completed 12/1/03)

Future Rock (Featured in The Vignette)

Gardens & Villa (Featured in The Vignette)

Grace Potter (Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 7/30/10)

Glasgow (Completed 3/14/10)

Girl Talk Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 10/1/08)

Givers (Completed 3/12/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

Guitar Shorty (Featured in The Vignette)

Harrison Stafford (Groundation) (Completed 09/04/09)

Here We Go Magic (Completed 8/22/10)

High in One Eye (Completed 3/12/10)

Horace Moore (Archivist for Widespread Panic) (Featured on Bands That Jam)

Hymn For Her (Featured in The Vignette)

Ian Van Dahl (Completed 12/4/03)

Ian Weigert (Completed 12/5/09)

Ice Cube (Featured in Teen Ink) (Completed 1/05)

Jason Hann (Featured in The Vignette)

Jason Isbell (Completed 7/13/09) (Featured in The Vignette)

Jean-Luc Ponty (Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 8/25/11)

Jeff Coffin (Saxophone player for Jeff Coffin's Mu'tet, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and Dave Matthews Band) (Completed 08/26/09)

Jeff Miller (Guitarist for New Monsoon) (Completed 6/16/09)

JEFF the Brotherhood (Featured in The Vignette)

Jen Sygit (Completed 2/3/11)

Jes Brieden (of Motorcycle) (Completed 5/21/04)

Jessica Harp (Completed 4/10/05) (Featured in TeenStar 5/12/2005) (Featured in the September 2005 issue of Teen Ink)

JJ Grey (JJ Grey and Mofro) (Completed 4/15/11) (Featured on BandsThatJam.com)

John Digweed (Completed 8/24/11) (Featured in The Vignette)

JoJo Hermann (Keyboard player for Widespread Panic/Missing Cats/JoJo's MoJo Mardi Gras Band) (Completed 8/12/09) (Featured on gonola.com)

Josh Charles (Completed 7/29/09)

The Joy Formidable (Featured in The Vignette)

JP Nowak (Drummer for Cornmeal) Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 6/9/10)

Just A Band (Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 1/5/12)

Karl Denson (Saxophone player for the Greyboy Allstars/Karl Denson's Tiny Universe) (Completed 2/1/08)

Kaskade (Featured in The Vignette)

Keller Williams (Featured in The Vignette)

Kelly Hansen (Lead singer for Foreigner) (Featured in The Vignette)

Kris Meyers (Drummer for Umphrey's McGee) (Completed 8/11/05)

Kyle Hollingsworth (Keyboardist for the String Cheese Incident) (Completed 7/30/04)

Lacey-Lee Evin (Keyboardist for Lillix) (Completed 7/29/04)

Laidback Luke (Completed 7/24/10)

Larry Keel (Featured on Bands That Jam)

Liz Phair (Completed 4/2/04)

The Local Skank (Completed 3/11/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

Lou Barlow (Completed 5/24/10)

Marco Benevento (Completed 09/04/09)

Mark Pirro (Bassist for The Polyphonic Spree) (Completed 2/23/05

Mark Wilkinson (Dab Hands) (10/6/04) (Now featured in Lunar Magazine)

Markus Schulz

Martin Sexton (Completed 9/18/05) (Featured in TeenStar 8/25/05)

Megafauna (Completed 3/14/10)

Mike Doughty (Featured on Bands That Jam)

Mike Gordon (Bassist for Phish) (Completed 2/24/11) (Featured on BandsThatJam.com)

Mindy Smith (Featured in the September 2004 issue of Teen Ink) (Featured in TeenStar 7/2/04) (Completed 6/16/04)

Mix Master Mike (Completed 12/3/2004)

Monsoon (Featured on UnitedReggae.com 7/22/10)

The Motet

My Chemical Romance (TeenStar group interview) (Completed 6/23/05)

Mylo (Completed 7/5/05) (Featured in TeenStar 9/29/05)

The Mynabirds

MyNameIsJohnMichael (Completed 3/13/10)

Nate Russ (Lead singer/songwriter for fun.) (Completed 4/23/10)

Nicholaus Arson (Guitarist for the Hives) (Completed 12/3/04)

Nurses (Featured in The Vignette) (Completed 1/4/12)

Norah Jones (Completed 2/23/04)

OK Go (Featured in the March 9th, 2010 issue of Beatweek Magazine, pages 25-27)

P.O.S. (Featured in the March 9th, 2010 issue of Beatweek Magazine, pages 9-13)

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (Featured in The Vignette)

Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) (Completed 4/20/09)

Paul Oakenfold (Completed 9/21/04) (Now featured in Lunar Magazine)

Plump DJs (Completed 5/10/04) (Now featured in Lunar Magazine)

Pumpkin (Completed 3/14/10)

Pursuit Grooves (Completed 7/14/10)

R/D (Featured in The Vignette)

Robert Randolph (Guitarist for Robert Randolph and the Family Band) (Featured in TeenStar 2/9/06)

Rob Squires (Bassist for Big Head Todd & the Monsters) (Completed 9/4/04) (Featured in TeenStar 1/14/06)

Robert Walter (Keyboardist for the Greyboy Allstars/Robert Walter's 20th Congress) (Completed 6/4/10)

Rockin' Dopsie Jr. (Washboard/accordion player for Rockin' Dopsie Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters) (Completed 7/25/09)

Sam Holt (Guitarist for Outformation) (Completed 7/8/09)

Scott Kirkland (of The Crystal Method) (Volume XX-Issue VI) (Featured in TeenStar 11/11/04) (Completed 3/21/04)

Shannon McNally (Completed 5/18/10) (Featured in The Vignette)

Silent Cinema (Completed 3/14/10)

Simon Balthazar (Vocalist/songwriter for Fanfarlo) (Completed 6/28/09)

Slangston Hughes (Completed 8/14/09)

Slightly Stoopid (Completed 6/1/10) (Featured on Bands That Jam)

Sondre Lerche (Volume XIX-Issue 3) (Completed 8/14/03)

Skye Sweetnam (Completed 7/7/04)

Sunglasses (Completed 7/15/10)

Sun Hotel (Completed 3/12/10)

Tara Nevins (Completed 6/21/11) (Featured on Bands That Jam)

That 1 Guy (Featured in The Vignette)

The Bloody Beetroots (Completed 9/20/10)

Tommy Benedetti (Drummer for John Brown's Body) (Completed 1/11/10)

Tommy Stinson (Bassist for The Replacements/Guns N' Roses) (Featured on Bands That Jam)

Trevor Hall (Completed 7/22/10)

Tristan Prettyman (Completed 4/24/08)

Truckstop Honeymoon (Featured in The Vignette)

Ume (Featured in The Vignette)

Victor Wooten (Featured on Bands That Jam)

Vox and the Hound (Compled 3/13/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

Yo Majesty (Completed 3/9/11) (Featured in The Vignette)

New Orleans Voices

Joe Krown (Completed 6/11/09)

Andre Bohren (Drummer for Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes) (Completed 6/16/09)

Russell Batiste Jr. (Drummer for the Funky Meters/PBS/Joe Krown Trio/Russell Batiste and Friends/Orkestra from da Hood) (Completed 6/19/09)

Lumar LeBlanc (Snare drummer Soul Rebels Brass Band) (Completed 7/16/09) (Featured on gonola.com)

Matt Miller (Co-director of Ya Heard Me) (Completed 7/19/09)

Cyril Neville (Vocalist/Percussionist for the Neville Brothers/The Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians/Cyril Neville and Tribe 13) (Completed 7/22/09) (Featured on gonola.com)

Roger Lewis (Baritone and soprano saxophonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band/Treme Brass Band) (Completed 7/23/09)

Billy Iuso (Singer/songwriter-guitarist for Billy Iuso and the Restless Natives/101 Runners) (Completed 10/7/09) (Featured on gonola.com)

Fatter Than Albert (Completed 10/31/09) (Featured on gonola.com)

Trixie Minx (Founder/Artistic Director Fleur de Tease) (Completed 11/15/09) (Featured on gonola.com)

Blair (Completed 1/12/10) (Featured on InvadeNOLA.com) (Featured in the book "Once Upon an Ever After")

Natalie Mae (Completed 1/26/10)

Dan Baum (Author Nine Lives) (Completed 2/24/10)

The Revivalists (Featured on gonola.com)

Jason Berry (Co-author Up From the Cradle of Jazz)

Big Rock Candy Mountain (Completed 5/7/10) (Featured in InvadeNOLA 6/11/10)

George Porter Jr. (Bassist the Meters/The Funky Meters/PBS/George Porter Jr's Runnin' Pardners) (Completed 5/24/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

Anders Osborne (Completed 8/25/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

Odoms

John "Papa" Gros (Keyboardist/organist for Papa Grows Funk) (Featured on gonola.com)

Jon Cleary (Featured on gonola.com)

Jeff Duncan (Saints beat writer for the Times- Picayune) (Featured on gonola.com)

Kermit Ruffins (Completed 12/21/10) (Featured on gonola.com)

Mark Mullins (Trombone player for Bonerama) (Completed 12/21/10)

Theryl Houseman deClouet (Featured on gonola.com)

Theresa Andersson (Featured on gonola.com)

Jimmy Messa (Bassist for the Subdudes) (Featured on gonola.com)

Stanton Moore (Drummer for Galactic/Garage A Trois/Stanton Moore Trio) (Completed 2/1/11) (Featured on gonola.com)

Gal Holiday (Featured on gonola.com)

Margie Perez (Featured on gonola.com)

Leo Nocentelli (Guitarist for The Meters/Leo Nocentelli and The Meters Experience) (Completed 2/20/11) (Featured on gonola.com)

Dave Malone (Guitarist for The Radiators) (Completed 3/5/11) (Featured on gonola.com)

Brian Stoltz (Guitarist for the Funky Meters/PBS/The Neville Brothers) (Completed 3/9/11) (Featured on gonola.com)

Jimmy Carpenter (Featured on gonola.com)

Mr. Mena (Partners-N-Crime) (Featured on gonola.com)

Harry Shearer (Featured on gonola.com)

Terence Blanchard (Featured on gonola.com)

Quintron (Featured on gonola.com)

Rick Farman (Co-founder of Superfly Presents Productions) (Featured on gonola.com)

Dave Clements (owner of Snake and Jake's) (Featured on gonola.com)

Robert Mercurio (Bassist for Galactic/Good Enough For Good Times) Featured on gonola.com) (Completed 6/17/11)

Big History (Featured on gonola.com)

Ricky B

Comedians

Lewis Black (Volume XIX-Issue 5) (Featured in TeenStar 12/16/04) (Completed 9/14/03)

Larry the Cable Guy (Featured in TeenStar 4/28/05) (Completed 11/11/04)

Ron White (Completed 5/10/04)

Dane Cook (Completed 7/10/04)

Jim Gaffigan (Completed 1/20/05)

Greg Proops (Completed 1/18/10)

Athletes

Sarah Hughes (Olympic Gold Medallist –Figure Skating) (Completed 1/31/05)

Jonny Moseley (Olympic Gold Medallist-Freestyle Mogals) (Completed 8/25/04)

Writers

Dave Barry (Volume XX-Issue II) (Completed 2/6/04)

Interesting Careers

Ed Droste (Co-Founder of Hooters) (Completed 10/11/04)

Hannah Garrison (Co-Founder of Wear Your Music) (Completed 1/6/10)

Kay Barnes (Mayor of Kansas City) (Volume XIX-Issue 9) (Completed 1/30/04)

Julie Cox (Face Reader) (Completed 8/15/04)

Kirk West (Founder Allman Brothers Band Museum) (Completed 7/15/09)

Artists

Jason Kronenwald (Completed 6/11/04)

Denzil Hurley (Completed 1/26/04)

Wes Freed (Completed 10/22/09)

Scramble Campbell (6/22/10)

A. Bitterman (Featured in The Vignette)