Suitcase Sessions

Bob Bowman
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Suitcase Sessions

The "Suitcase Sessions" Podcast is where you will discover and explore the world of Cigar Box Guitars.  This is where you will learn new things from the history of the cigar box and its use to the authors who’ve written about it.  We’ll travel the 4 corners of the earth to talk to builders and players, influencers, and innovators, we’ll stop along the way to enjoy some music and together we’ll draw closer as a community and be more informed as we spread the word! 

  1. AUG 27

    SSE16 Chris Bowman

    In this episode I invited my best friend and wife of over 42 years to give us her unique perspective on a variety of topics to include: Antiquing, Dumpster Diving, Visits To My Shop, The People in the Cigar Box Guitar Community, Her Favorite Builds, Post Surgery Purchases (and my no longer being able to use the phone to make them while still under anesthesia), and finally, her advice to Builders and their Spouses.Chris's laughter and views are infectious. It is a fun one and we always l...

    26 min

  2. AUG 19

    SSE15 Anthony Walker

    In this episode I was able to sit down with Anthony Walker of Southpaw Cigarbox Guitars. Anthony lives in Blythewood, South Carolina and has a long history in Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement. He is a prolific builder of high quality, hand crafted Cigar Box Guitars and aside from being a regular vendor at the Soda City Market in Columbia, South Carolina he is also a supporter of school band programs within the state. In that capacity Anthony has partnered with MGB Gu...

    41 min

  3. AUG 12

    SSE14 Bonus Fun With Dan & Haley Bowman

    In this episode, I am deviating from the norm to have a little bit of fun with my son Dan and his wife Haley. They traveled about 9 hours from their home in Florida to spend some time in Gadsden, Alabama seeing the Cigar Box Guitar exhibit at the Mary G. Hardin Center For Cultural Arts Museum - and to spend some time catching up with me! We decided to film our time catching up and treat it as a normal episode on the Suitcase Sessions Podcast. If you want to spend a few minu...

    18 min

  4. AUG 5

    SSE13 Tom Banks Museum Director MGHCCA

    In this edition, I had the privelage of interviewing Tom Banks, Executive Director of the Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation, and the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts. Tom is excited to host a permanent display of Cigar Box Guitars in Gadsden, Alabama and ensured that some 60 Cigar Box Guitars had a promonent location on the wall adjacent to the Performance stage within the Museum. Gadsden sees and hosts concerts and music festivals, attracting both performing artists and mus...

    10 min

  5. JUL 29

    SSE12 Roberto Vasquez

    In this episode, I sit down with Roberto Vasquez. If you're paying attention, you'll note the 3-string, paint can lid resonator leaning against the suitcase at a crossroad in my podcast logo. Roberto made that cigar box guitar for me about 7 years ago as a part of a Christmas exchange among a group of builders, and it has been my favorite to noodle around on. Roberto lives in beautiful San Bernardino County, California in Fontana and talks to us about how he found the cigar ...

    27 min

  6. JUL 22

    SSE11 Mark "The Harp" LeClair

    In this episode, I had a chance to sit down with Mark "The Harp" LeClair. Mark is a Cigar Box Guitar builder and performer. He is known for playing his cigar box guitars with his harmonicas and has an ability to tell stories with musical accompaniment on the fly. Here, you will learn how Boys Life Magazine and his natural curiousity led him to building his first cigar box guitar and then how his time in the U.S. Army found him carrying a harmonica into the field to pass the ...

    19 min

  7. JUL 15

    SSE10 Logan Elliott

    In this interview I had an opportunity to sit down with Logan Elliott. Logan is from the Springfield, IL area and is a prolific builder of Cigar Box Guitars. He specializes in Fretless CBGs and operates under the name of Logan's Home Grown CBGs. Logan has appeared on several Radio and TV spots both locally and nationally and has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles talking about his charitable work for the Veteran's Honor Flight program and many others. ...

    28 min

  8. JUL 8

    SSE9 Bill and Alice Saurber - Pallin With Al

    In this interview, I sit down with Alice and Bill Saurber; the husband and wife musical duo "Pallin With Al". Alice plays a Tenor Ukulele and Bill plays a Ukulele Bass (UBass) and together they are very talented performing artists who hail from the Greater Cincinnati area. We had a chance to sit down in Gadsden, Alabama where they performed on-stage at the Mary G Hardin Center for Cultural Arts at the opening of their permanent Cigar Box Guitar Display and for some 20,000 people g...

    31 min
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The "Suitcase Sessions" Podcast is where you will discover and explore the world of Cigar Box Guitars.  This is where you will learn new things from the history of the cigar box and its use to the authors who’ve written about it.  We’ll travel the 4 corners of the earth to talk to builders and players, influencers, and innovators, we’ll stop along the way to enjoy some music and together we’ll draw closer as a community and be more informed as we spread the word! 

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  • Creator
    Bob Bowman
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
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