The other day I stopped in at Venice Cafe in St.Louis, MO to talk with the one and only Zacksquatch aka Zack Sloan. He's been playing around town for a few years now as a singer songwriter. I love what he's been doing and invited him on the show to sing some songs for me.

I had a great time getting to know more about Zack, and stories behind the songs. We had a lot of laughs recording this one! Thanks to Venice for letting us hang out for a while.

On this episode you'll hear 5 live songs

• Conspiracy Minded
• Corpse Bride
• "Father John Misty, Will You Buy This Song"
• Suicide Is On Your Side
• Death To The American Dream

Find more Zacksquatch songs on his YouTube channel. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook.

See him LIVE

7/7 at Livery for the 3rd Anniversary party

Every Monday Open Mic at Venice with Drew Sheafor

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The other night Civil Youth rolled through town to rock The Firebird. They were nice enough to take some time to sit with me before their show and talk about their new album CONVERSATIONS, St.Louis food, tour, stories behind some of songs, music videos and more!

Find all things Civil Youth at CivilYouth.com including their upcoming tour dates, shirts, social media, music videos and pick up a copy of CONVERSATIONS. The album is also available on ITunes, Spotify & Amazon.

On this episode you'll hear two songs from CONVERSATIONS

• Between You & Me
• Dark Debts

Find official music videos for these two songs on the Civil Youth YouTube channel.

Keep an eye for Civil Youth coming to a town near you!

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Chris Swan of Soul Motivation Records dropped by the show the other day to talk about his work playing cover music, getting into writing original music, starting his own record label and so much more.

Pick up Chris Swan's new EP on ITunes on July 18th. On this show you'll hear two new songs:

• Soul Motivation
• Start Again

Head over to SoulMotivationRecords.com and get a copy of "Soul Motivation" for FREE right now!

You can catch Chris around town with his band Sky West Trio or as a duo with Jim Manley. Follow Sky West Trio & Soul Motivation on Facebook. You can also find Soul Motivation Records on Twitter & Instagram.

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