"Hey! Hey! Hey! Whatcha' got to say?!"

I don't have any "Hollywood Swingers" action to share with you, but I do have some equally exciting news, and that's that Robert Flynn finally made it by the studio and we sat down together for what wound up being Episode No. 143 of this here podcast.

Robert was on my initial-initial outreach list while I was trying to get this thing live and off the ground, and some three years later, here we are.

Robert's a son, a sibling, a husband, a father, an Eagle Scout, a scout leader, a former attorney, a high-school government teacher, and a good many other things. We once went through the CRHP program together and have two kids in the same grades together. He's also something of a Deadhead, and when we first talked about trying to make this happen, I think I was asking folks about their all-time-favorite album (singular) as opposed to the current iteration that typically involves several.

Regardless, the Grateful Dead's American Beauty (1970) was Robert's immediate selection, and it's one of my all-timers, as well, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to bullshit with him about it.

A number of things transpired since our conversation was recorded, namely the passing of Dead bassist Phil Lesh, and the presidential election here in the "good-ol'" United States. No doubt some of us are singing a version of "U.S. Blues" this week, but that's neither here nor there.

Anyway, I really enjoyed this chat, and I hope you will, too.

Thank you.

copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the audio samples contained within this episode. They are snippets from American Beauty's leadoff, "Box of Rain," and it exists c/o Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.