Troubled Men Podcast

René and Manny

René Coman sits down with the original Troubled Man, Manny Chevrolet, over cocktails at the Ring Room, in the heart of an old-school New Orleans social haunt. Manny is an L.A. native who had been through the Hollywood wringer by his late 20s. He then moved to New Orleans to become a perennial candidate for mayor and make a feature film about it. René is a New Orleans native who's been in the music biz wringer since he was a child. They are the Troubled Men for Troubled Times.

  1. Feral Zone 31 DOYLE GRISHAM AND NED HENRY MAKE THEIR OWN WEATHER

    4 days ago ·  Bonus

    Feral Zone 31 DOYLE GRISHAM AND NED HENRY MAKE THEIR OWN WEATHER

    The decorated pedal steel guitarist and 25-year veteran of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer band joins René and songwriter, singer, and guitar player Ned Henry in advance of the record release show for Ned's new album, "Make Your Own Weather.” Doyle is a living legend, having played and recorded with country music stars including George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, Roy Rogers, Chet Atkins, Lynn Anderson, Conway Twitty, Webb Pierce, and Dolly Parton starting in the 1950s. Now he enters the Feral Zone to share highlights from a life spent making music. Topics include a new record, Tom Stern, Blue Velvet Studio, Russ Broussard, John Fohl, John Papa Gros, a hand injury, remote recording, the Big D Jamboree, the Longhorn Ballroom, studio work, moving to Nashville, the Naval Reserve, Roy Drusky, playing the Grand Ole Opry, Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Ralph Mooney, monophonic recording sessions, lead sheets, Tompall and the Glaser Brothers, Fingers Taylor, Mike Utley, Robert Greenwich, touring, Tiny Tim, B.B. King, and much more. Intro music: "Trucker Takes A Wife" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "State of Mind Line" and "Make Your Own Weather" from "Make Your Own Weather" by Ned Henry Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here. Shop for Troubled Men Shirts here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Ned Henry Facebook Ned Henry Music Homepage Doyle Grisham Facebook Doyle Grisham Homepage Chapters (00:00:01) - Inside The Feral Zone(00:01:13) - Ned Henry on his New Orleans Album(00:04:48) - Jimmy Buffett on Make Youe Own Weather(00:08:49) - Jimmy Buffett and Doyle Grisham(00:10:18) - Do You Do Remote Recordings?(00:11:45) - Tennessee Slim on Starting Out in Texas(00:15:46) - George Jones and Johnny Paycheck at the Big D Jambore(00:20:24) - Duane Eddy on Paycheck(00:23:21) - Guitar Lessons in the Army(00:28:15) - Pedal Steel Player on Ralph Mooney(00:33:52) - The Art of Songwriting(00:37:31) - Doyle Grisham & Ned Henry(00:38:28) - Jimmy Buffett on Playing in Nashville(00:44:12) - Warren Buffett(00:48:25) - Buffett on Working With Famous Musicians(00:51:13) - Roy Rogers on Chet Atkins Duets(00:54:28) - Guitar Lessons from Chet Atkins(00:55:22) - Jimmy Buffett on Doyle On The Beach Boys Album(00:59:28) - "It's a State of Mind..."

    1hr 3min
  2. TMP344 ALEX MCMURRAY IS MR. TUESDAY NIGHT

    18 Jun

    TMP344 ALEX MCMURRAY IS MR. TUESDAY NIGHT

    The intrepid guitarist, songwriter, and singer with the Tin Men, the Valparaiso Men's Chorus, 007, Happy Talk, and Kings of the Small Time is also a veteran of such groups as Royal Fingerbowl, Michael Ward & Reward, the Geraniums, the Write Brothers, and the Glyn Styler band. He recently completed and released the posthumous album by dearly departed collaborator Carlo Nuccio, "Clap Hands." In a moment of weakness, Alex volunteers for a second turn in the barrel with the Troubled Men. He can't plead ignorance this time around. Topics include Pride month, Rat Fink, "Welcome In," "Drunk Hunting," Juan Sanchez, the tall ships, a double major, a bakery, Glenn Hartman, tight trousers, Pampy's, Patrick Ryan, Casey McAlister, Kevin O'Day, Bob Forrest, Disney Tokyo, a foxhole mentality, family vacations, a recording session, Jacques deLaTour, Ivan Neville, a new world's record, an airing of grievances, a new bride, the Cajun Navy, Luke Allen, pogo sticks, a Tuesday night residency, residuals, "Treme," a no-hitter, and much more. Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "Long While" and "Clap Hands" from "Clap Hands" by Carlo Nuccio Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Alex McMurray Facebook Alex McMurray Homepage "Clap Hands" by Carlo Nuccio Bandcamp

    1hr 20min
  3. TMP343 BRENT ROSE: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

    4 Jun

    TMP343 BRENT ROSE: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

    The Grammy Award-winning saxophone player and composer with the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Otra, Charlie and the Tropicales, and Muevelo with Margie Perez is also a professor of music at UNO. First stationed in town with the Marine Corps Band, then coming to prominence with the young lions of Quintology, he's played or recorded with Galactic, Nicholas Payton, the Temptations, Charlie Hunter, and Gatemouth Brown. Brent's experience with the formless minds of today's students comes in handy as he attempts to school the Troubled Men. Topics include the Trump Phone, RFK's snake handling, Hawaii, #1 in Serbia, a 91-year-old fan, Claudine Longet RIP, Sonny Rollins RIP, Seattle, practice as therapy, school band, selling cigarettes, a gospel band, Father's Day, Tourette's Syndrome, combat training, Charlie Occhipinti, Charlie Blanq, latin music, Eric Traub, Sam Butera, Lena Prima, the Seahawks, and much more. Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "The Fat Man" and "Gentilly Groove" from "Atmosphere" by the New Orleans Nightcrawlers Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Brent Rose Instagram New Orleans Nightcrwalers Facebook Chapters (00:00:15) - Troubled Men(00:00:40) - Trump's New Phone(00:03:45) - Jimmy Kimmel on Chick Corea's Snake Eating(00:05:43) - Hawaii tourist runs into sea turtle(00:07:41) - Troublemen(00:09:26) - The Old Pretenders Play At 91(00:12:20) - RIP Peter the Troubleman(00:12:54) - Claudine Lange's(00:15:15) - Sonny Rollins Dead at 95(00:17:47) - Wonders Say, Welcome In(00:18:53) - Brent Rose(00:19:59) - The Education of Our Youth(00:21:34) - In the Elevator With Alex Rosen(00:23:11) - Steve Kim on Starting On The Saxophone in Sixth Grade(00:27:20) - Kurt Cobain's Friends Remembering Him(00:29:05) - Honor Playing in the School Band(00:31:21) - How Much Did Cigarettes Cost in Seattle?(00:33:09) - Gospel Bandmember on Starting a Band at 16(00:36:19) - Does Tourette Syndrome Affect Musicians?(00:40:50) - Tiki Tuesday at Snake and Jake's(00:42:07) - Thank You!(00:44:12) - Life Is Fair(00:45:27) - Marine Corps band member on joining the military(00:48:18) - Marine Band at Tulane(00:49:52) - Marine Drum Lessons in New Orleans(00:52:48) - Quintology(00:55:58) - Guitarist and Latin Music Artist(00:58:30) - Playing With The New Orleans Nightcrawlers(01:01:50) - How The New Orleans Nightcrawlers Won a Grammy(01:05:30) - Accepting a Grammy(01:07:42) - Are We Too Optimistic About Birth Rates?(01:08:36) - Chaz Fest on The New Orleans Night Crawlers(01:10:36) - Sam Butera on Playing With Louis Prima(01:13:35) - milo on the Island(01:15:51) - Charlie and the Tropicals

    1hr 22min
  4. TMP342 DAPHNE PARKER POWELL: THE DEATH OF COOL

    21 May

    TMP342 DAPHNE PARKER POWELL: THE DEATH OF COOL

    The award-winning singer, musician, and songwriter celebrates the release of her 7th album, "The Death of Cool," this week. Produced by Squirrel Nut Zippers' mastermind Jimbo Mathus and engineered by studio wiz Mike Napolitano, the record boasts contributions from esteemed collaborators including Eric "Roscoe" Ambel and the Zippers' own Dr. Sick. Having spent years sailing tall ships around the world, Daphne navigates to the choppy waters of Snake and Jake’s where the Troubled Men are well aware they will all wind up in the drink. Topics include "Welcome in," social division, the mailman, a hall pass, a "Halloween" mannequin, slasher films, getting rear-ended, assassins, conspiracy theories, a losing battle, human taxidermy, Ted Turner RIP, Rex Reed RIP, soundmen, Camp Lejeune, a family band, a cancer lawsuit, coal miners, an oxycontin surplus, Lilith Fair, Alanis Morissette, moving to Brooklyn, Pine Woods, Pete Seeger, the Clearwater, the Amistad, Cinque and the SLA, making records, a bad boy, poetic justice, a record label, surviving cancer, finding New Orleans, "The Starter Wife," a divorce, Harry Dean Stanton, smoking, record promo, team building, videos, and much more.        Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "Speak No Evil" and "Scorcher Earth & The Flood" from "The Death Of Cool" by Daphne Parker Powell Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Daphne Parker Powell Facebook Daphne Parker Powell Homepage Daphne Parker Powell YouTube Daphne Parker Powell Bandcamp

    1hr 19min
  5. TMP341 ROSIE TRAN STANDS UP

    1 May

    TMP341 ROSIE TRAN STANDS UP

    The stand-up comic, producer, writer, model, and podcast host is a veteran of the L.A. and New Orleans comedy scenes with a new series "Rosie Tran Presents" now available on Amazon Prime. In her comedy special on Peacock, "Saigon Honey," Rosie draws on her background growing up in New Orleans as a first generation Vietnamese-American. Tonight she laughs it up with the Troubled Men. Topics include French Quarter Fest, Jazz Fest prep, mobile toothbrushing, a ruptured sewer line, a Titanic auction, a surprise guest, the Alice Harte-Edna Karr-Ben Franklin pipeline, Algiers, a comic boyfriend, the Howlin' Wolf, open mics, joke writing, Cal State L.A., the Comedy Store, the Laugh Factory, women in comedy, gatekeepers, Joan Rivers, T-Ben Boudreaux, USO tours, the Prytania Bar, Mike Strecker, Adam Barnhardt, the Improv, the lottery, TikTok comedians, a feature film, an OnlyFans page, and much more. Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "Factory for Stars" and "Red Cadillac" from "Hope Is Not For The Weak" by the Geraniums Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Rosie Tran Instgram Rosie Tran Links To Podcasts, Specials, Modeling, and more Rosie Tran Homepage

    1hr 10min
  6. TMP340 ERIC BOLIVAR BACK IN ACTION

    23 Apr

    TMP340 ERIC BOLIVAR BACK IN ACTION

    The master drummer and percussionist with Bonerama, Lynn Drury, the Pimps of Joytime, and the Joe Krown Trio has also played with Anders Osborne, Tab Benoit, Karl Denson, and Ellis Marsalis. His recent kidney transplant, after over 10 years on dialysis, has given him a new lease on life and a long-overdue return to normalcy. With an intense festival season schedule looming, Eric finds some free time to catch up over cocktails. That new kidney will be working overtime cleaning out the toxins after his night with the Troubled Men. Topics include street people, Tiki Tuesday, young love, an A.I. savior, Adderall, teen takeovers, midwifery, home births, the moon shot, "Capricorn One," a musical family, a first drum set, drum and bugle corps, band decorum, leadership, the Frostop, Karl Denson, Doug Belote, Kirk Joseph, Jazz Fest dates, mystery cramping, a diagnosis, touring, the transplant list, dietary restrictions, an organ donor, ice preferences, recovery, water intake, a positive attitude, the clarity of parenthood, a naming contest, and much more. Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break Music: "Junco Partner" from "Qualified" by the Joe Krown Trio+1 (featuring Papa Mali) Outro Music: "Meters Medley (featuring Omari Neville)" from "So Much Love" by Bonerama Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Eric Bolivar Facebook Eric Bolivar Music Facebook Eric Bolivar Instagram

    1hr 26min
  7. TMP339 THE ROB HUDAK GOES FULL TILT

    Episode 340 Trailer

    TMP339 THE ROB HUDAK GOES FULL TILT

    The singer, guitar player, and songwriter with the Hawtsies, the Newborn Naturals, and Boogie Man Smash is also the founder and CEO of Full Tilt Records and a partner in the nightclub Chickie Wah Wah. Having grown up in a mobbed-up Youngstown, Ohio, with a Lou Reed/Velvet Underground obsession during the collapse of the steel industry, he's no stranger to the seedy side of life. Tonight Rob takes a walk on the wild side with the Troubled Men. Topics include Juan's wedding, Bosco from Eddie V., festival season, Frostop demolition plans, our fearless leader, "Welcome in," March Madness, a long buzzer, a Kit Kat heist, an OnlyFans arrest, the rackets, Joey Naples, stealing from the poor box, Beatles cartoons, Elvis's death, a toy guitar, "Transformer," the Who, the Penguin Pub, Ohio bands, Stiv Bators, Thin White Line, Harvey Pekar, Toby Radloff, Shimmy Disc Records, graphic design, moving to New York, the Lakeside Lounge, Jim Marshall, Kelly Keller, 52 Ludlow St., the Strokes, Gram Parsons, the Clash Day shows, Dan Penn, Bobby Marchan, and much more.  Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "Hell Raisin'" and "Voodoo Doll" from "9 Lives" by The Hawtsies  Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Rob Hudak Facebook The Hawtsies Instagram

    1hr 23min

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René Coman sits down with the original Troubled Man, Manny Chevrolet, over cocktails at the Ring Room, in the heart of an old-school New Orleans social haunt. Manny is an L.A. native who had been through the Hollywood wringer by his late 20s. He then moved to New Orleans to become a perennial candidate for mayor and make a feature film about it. René is a New Orleans native who's been in the music biz wringer since he was a child. They are the Troubled Men for Troubled Times.

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