Episode 485 of Concert Pipeline featuring Kurt Deimer and a tribute to former Concert Pipeline guest, Joe Louis Walker, who passed away on April 30 at the age of 75. First we tribute Joe by sharing most of the interview from 2016. We then talk to Kurt Deimer about his need to stop playing music at the age of 20 and coming back to it many years later, touring with Steel Panther and Buckcherry, his horror film career including being killed by Michael Meyers in the 2018 “Halloween,” his own horror franchise “Hillbilly Hollow,” and his new double album “And So It Begins…” which came out May 9.

Episode 484 of Concert Pipeline featuring Sid Simons at Brick and Mortar in San Francisco, in which we talk about his progression through different bands, insisting his brother learn bass for his previous band, pride over his brother being in the movie Iron Claw, living in China and Australia, writing many songs and driving across the country instead of graduating High School, the New York music scene, and his new EP, “The Last American Valentine.”

Episode 483 of Concert Pipeline, featuring coverage of Live in the Vineyard Goes Country’s main event at Uptown Theatre in Napa, with performances from Jordan Davis, Max McNown, RaeLynn, CeCe, Ben Gallaher, and Bradley Gaskin.

Episode 482 of Concert Pipeline , featuring coverage of Live in the Vineyard Goes Country’s welcome reception with performance from Greylan James (and an interview), Adam Doleac, Caroline Jones, and Brett Young.

Episode 481 of Concert Pipeline featuring Lexi Jones and a review of AC/DC’s show with The Pretty Reckless at Rose Bowl in Pasadena. We chat with Lexi about her history in music including having songs in the movie “Rottentail” among others, going to Missouri State University and writing a song “Room 415” about her room there, her song in 2020 “Proud to be a Woman” and passion around female empowerment including The Female Beat Podcast, living in England, singing the national anthem for the World Tour iRacing event, and more! We also share songs from AC/DC’s show at the Rose Bowl.

Episode 480 of Concert Pipeline featuring Paul Rappaport, author of the book “Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplanes, and the Art of Rock Promotion” and former rock promoter of legends, in which we talk about his path with Columbia Records, being responsible for getting Mick Jagger’s album “She’s the Boss” to #1, how he got Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead’s album to chart, playing a show with Pink Floyd, being mentored by Tony Bennett, and experiences with so many more rock legends.

Episode 479 of Concert Pipeline featuring Zach Paradis, in which we chat about growing up in a family with 8 older siblings, playing piano for a year as a kid before picking up the drums and playing them in a High School band, releasing his collaboration EP “we’re all just growing up” with Egomi in 2020 right before Covid hit, being discovered by Crash Adams on TikTok, his current tour with Abe Parker including a date at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on Friday, April 11, making music solo vs collaborating, and his new single “hurricane”, which he played for the program and will be on his new album later this year!

Episode 478 of Concert Pipeline featuring Clem Snide, in which we talk to Eef Barzeley about his start in music, seeing Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins in a tiny club with about 12 people, moving from his home in Nashville after 20 years, starting Clem Snide in the early 90s and making their first album in 1998, the impact of having their song as the show Ed’s theme song, a superfan in Spain sending the exact amount of money he needed to get out of debt, recording “Forever Just Beyond” with Scott Avett in early 2020, his current tour, and his upcoming album “Oh Smokey,” out May 2.