This week host Mike McCarthy and co-host Frank Bruno talk with legendary Memphis drummer Ross Johnson. Ross shares stories about his life and career working with Alex Chilton on the album 'Like Flies on Sherbert', Tav Falco and the Panther Burns, Jeffrey Evans, Cordell Jackson, The Cramps, New York Dolls, Lester Bangs, and much, much more!

This week filmmaker and sculptor Mike McCarthy talks with Marvin Stockwell, the co-founder of the Coliseum Coalition, as well as co-founder of 'BEEVO' (that's Baron Von Opperbean) and so much more! Marvin recounts the formation of the Coliseum Coalition, a grassroots activist group that saved the Mid-South Coliseum. Marvin also talks about his involvement with the non-profit, Friends of the Fairground, that has now led to the new Coliseum Conservancy. Marvin believes Art and Community can be a creative driver for business and culture in Memphis. He also discusses these things on his very own podcast "Champions of the Lost Cause."

This week, filmmaker and sculptor Mike McCarthy talks with Kristen Hobbs-Chavira, a long-time friend and now Executive Director of the Memphis Listening Lab. Kristen talks about life, love, and career paths between New Orleans and Memphis, along with personal stories about her favorite music and musicians and a playlist from The Compulsive Gamblers, Rufus Thomas, The Cramps, Guitar Wolf, and many more!

Join us this month on the Black & Wyatt Records podcast as filmmaker Mike McCarthy talks with musician and artist Alicja Trout about her legacy as a Memphis recording artist, as well as her new path as a painter, having just celebrated her first major gallery show called UNDERSTORY. Alicja talks about her life and influences and we hear songs from her bands, the Lost Sounds, The Clears, the River City Tanlines, Alicja Pop, and others.

This time around sculptor and filmmaker Mike McCarthy talks with guitarist and vocalist Javi Arcega as he records his second LP release on Black & Wyatt Records with his band, Los Psychosis. Javi talks about Latino culture and his influences growing up in Memphis.

Brand NEW Black and Wyatt Records podcast! Mike McCarthy interviews Jeremy Scott and Lauren Gee! Lauren is a DJ in the local music scene and Jeremy has performed in many Memphis bands from the Reigning Sound to Dan Montgomery to the Subtractions to the Toy Trucks to the new upcoming release with the Drip Edges.

Mike McCarthy interviews Joey Killingsworth and gets Joey's take on many rock genres. Joey, son of Rockabilly Hall of Famer Bo Jack Killingsworth, starts it off by disputing that Eddie Bond ever told Elvis to keep driving a truck. The free wheeling podcast covers Joey's experiences with Black Oak Arkansas, Jello Biafra and Black Flag.

On April 12th 2024 Mike McCarthy and Paul Woodard (AKA Poli Sci Clone) interviewed Brad Postlethwaite and Brandon Robertson of Snowglobe. They discussed the new double EP The Climb and The Fall that was released in digital format on the same day as well as the band's other works that spam nearly a quarter of a century, Snowglobe is arguably the best Memphis Indie Rock band during that period, but in this podcast you will learn how they span many genres including country.

In 2021 Black & Wyatt Records was delighted to release Snowglobes 2nd album and first full studio album Doing the Distance on vinyl. Doing the Distance was originally released in 2003. You can learn more about Snowglobe on our website. https://www.blackandwyattrecords.com/new-page