James Mastro's guest appearances

James Mastro

Gear Club Podcast

Stereo Embers: The Podcast

Paula Cole

Michael McDermott

Jesse Michaels

Stephen Colbert

Matt Easton

Rod Stewart

Alison Moyet

Bob Forrest

Steve Hackett

David Schelzel

Matt Wallace

Larry Crane

Jacob Sciba

Chris Shaw

John Vanderslice

OwlTail

Ian Hunter

"There’s Room On The Street For More Than One Restaurant"James Mastro’s musical CV is a string of highlights—over the course of his career, he’s worked with Patti Smith, John Cale, Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate, Phoebe Snow, Richard Lloyd of Television, and The Jayhawks. In between all that, he formed the Health and Happiness Show who put out two fabulous albums on Bar None and for almost twenty years he’s been playing guitar, mandolin and sax for Ian Hunter’s band. He also owns and operates the Guitar Bar in Hoboken and he’s readying his debut solo album for a Fall release.  His new single is "My God,” a moving ballad that was produced by Tony Shanahan who plays in the Patti Smith band. The song is reflective, honest, deeply moving and decidedly melodic. As a guitar player he’s got the perfect blend of muscle and grace and as a singer songwriter he’s deft and intuitive. In this conversation, James talks to Alex about his friendship with Ian Hunter, the guitar playing of Brian Setzer and playing softball with Yo La Tengo. He also talks about the impetus behind his new single, whether or not there will be a new Bongos record and his admiration of Jesse Malin.www.jamesmastro.bandcamp.com www.guitarbar.com www.velvetelkrecords.com www.bombshellradio.com www.alexgreenonline.com

"There’s Room On The Street For More Than One Restaurant" James Mastro’s musical CV is a string of highlights—over the course of his career, he’s worked with Patti Smith, John Cale, Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate, Phoebe Snow, Richard Lloyd of Television, and The Jayhawks. In between all that, he formed the Health and Happiness Show who put out two fabulous albums on Bar None and for almost twenty years he’s been playing guitar, mandolin and sax for Ian Hunter’s band. He also owns and operates the Guitar Bar in Hoboken and he’s readying his debut solo album for a Fall release. His new single is "My God,” a moving ballad that was produced by Tony Shanahan who plays in the Patti Smith band. The song is reflective, honest, deeply moving and decidedly melodic. As a guitar player he’s got the perfect blend of muscle and grace and as a singer songwriter he’s deft and intuitive. In this conversation, James talks to Alex about his friendship with Ian Hunter, the guitar playing of Brian Setzer and playing softball with Yo La Tengo. He also talks about the impetus behind his new single, whether or not there will be a new Bongos record and his admiration of Jesse Malin. <a href="http://www.jamesmastro.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.jamesmastro.bandcamp.com</a> <a href="http://www.guitarbar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.guitarbar.com</a> <a href="http://www.velvetelkrecords.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.velvetelkrecords.com</a> <a href="http://www.bombshellradio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bombshellradio.com</a> <a href="http://www.alexgreenonline.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alexgreenonline.com</a>

Stereo Embers The Podcast: James Mastro (The Bongos, Ian Hunter, Health and Happiness Show)

Lenny Kaye

Tony Shanahan

Kevin Killen

Gerry Leonard

In this live episode, we chat with Producer/Engineer Kevin Killen, Tony Shanahan &amp; Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Band, James Mastro, owner of Hoboken's Guitar Bar &amp; member of The Bongos, and Gerry Leonard, best known for his work with David Bowie. This episode originally aired on April 23 as a live stream in Eventide’s Quarantide series. Be sure to catch more live Gear Club episodes on Eventide’s Facebook or YouTube every Thursday at 4PM ET

In this live episode, we chat with Producer/Engineer Kevin Killen, Tony Shanahan &amp; Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Band, James Mastro, owner of Hoboken's Guitar Bar &amp; member of The Bongos, and Gerry Leonard, best known for his work with David Bowie. This episode originally aired on April 23 as a live stream in <a href="https://www.eventideaudio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eventide</a>’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Eventide/videos/521429425468617/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quarantide</a> series. Be sure to catch more live Gear Club episodes on Eventide’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Eventide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/EventideAudio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> every Thursday at 4PM ET

#70: Gear Club & Friends Live with Lenny Kaye, Tony Shanahan, Kevin Killen, Gerry Leonard & James Mastro