Show - 008 NAMM - What's there and why are we going?

Rita & CW on day 1 of NAMM

Rita & CW on day 1 of NAMM

In this show, we will be playing quick interviews from many different rock and roll merchants and a few rock stars that were brought in to endorse products We try and give you a tiny taste of what the NAMM convention is, and what goes on inside. NAMM is the National Association of Music Merchants and it the main convention comes together once a year in Anaheim. The point…is for merchants to display their new items and for buyers, musicians and many others to take a look at what is new.

You will notice a lot of the audio is very raw. It’s because we weren’t in our normal “studio”, and during NAMM we have the ambiance of the show room floor. Keep in mind, there are 50,000 thousand people attending, every booth is a demonstration of an instrument. And every instrument makes a noise.

Also, most of these interviews are under 5 minutes, we didn’t stay with our normal programming of asking our guest their confession nor did we ask them Bonus round questions. But many of these guests will be upcoming full length guests and we will get into much more detail of their musical career on a later show.

For more information on NAMM or to join, click here: https://www.namm.org/


Mark from Gibson, Rita, Slash’s guitar & CW

Mark from Gibson, Rita, Slash’s guitar & CW

Slash’s acoustic and electric signature models.

Slash’s acoustic and electric signature models.

Check out the Slash guitars right here: Gibson Guitars – Slash Guitar: https://www.gibson.com/Guitars/Collection/Slash


CW, Rita & Gregg Bisonette at the Dixon Drum Booth

CW, Rita & Gregg Bisonette at the Dixon Drum Booth


CW, Chase, Tom Morello & Rita at the Fender room

CW, Chase, Tom Morello & Rita at the Fender room

Fender Guitars – Tom Morello guitar: https://shop.fender.com/en-US/electric-guitars/stratocaster/tom-morello-stratocaster/0140350706.html

Check out Rage Against The Machine later this year - Tom Morello:  http://tommorello.com/


CW, Neal Preston & Rita

CW, Neal Preston & Rita

Check out Neal’s amazing photography (and yes you can buy prints at): Neal Preston, photographer: https://www.prestonpictures.com/


CW, Dave Amato, Rita & Derek St. Holmes at the Tone Pros booth.

CW, Dave Amato, Rita & Derek St. Holmes at the Tone Pros booth.

TonePros: https://tonepros.com/

Dave Amato: (REO Speedwagon): http://reospeedwagon.com/

Derek St. Holmes (FB): https://www.facebook.com/DerekStHolmes/


CW, Justin & Rita

CW, Justin & Rita

Take a look at the new Bob Weir guitar at: D’Angelico Guitars (Bob Weir Guitar): https://dangelicoguitars.com/guitars/deluxe-series/deluxe-bedford/deluxe-bob-weir-bedford/#DADBEDBWMSTGTR

The New D’Angelico “Bob Weir” guitar! Sweet!

The New D’Angelico “Bob Weir” guitar! Sweet!


Pushing Veronica: Julien, CW, Brady, Oli, Rita & Noah

Pushing Veronica: Julien, CW, Brady, Oli, Rita & Noah

Pushing Veronica being interviewed by Rita & CW

Pushing Veronica being interviewed by Rita & CW


Johnny Rzeznik, Rita & CW

Johnny Rzeznik, Rita & CW

Johnny Rzeznik being interviewed by Rita & CW

Johnny Rzeznik being interviewed by Rita & CW

Taylor Guitars:  https://www.taylorguitars.com/

Check out The Goo Goo Dolls website & Johnny Rzeznik: https://www.googoodolls.com/?frontpage=true