NEM#63: Revisiting Bradley Skaught, Jeff Heiskell, Steve Petrinko: 2017 Year-End Extravaganza

To celebrate the end of year #2 of the podcast, I talked to three previous guests about a song they've released since the episode. Bradley Skaught from the Bye-Bye Blackbirds (see #32) discusses "Duet" (co-written/sung by Lindsay Paige Garfield) from their new album Take Out the Poison. Visit byebyeblackbirds.com to see the video and learn more. Jeff Heiskell, formerly of  Continue Reading …

NEM #32: Bradley Skaught’s The Bye-Bye Blackbirds: Crafting Power Pop

Bradley started as a drummer, graduated to front-guy, and in 2005 formed the Bay Area band, The Bye-Bye Blackbirds, which inhabits the niche of Byrds-influenced "power pop" even though Bradley really doesn't like that term or its sometimes very shallow connotations. We discuss the band's 2016 boogie single "Let Your Hair Fall Down," the country ballad "Hats" from Fixed  Continue Reading …