Podcast 416: Blake Mills and Chris Weisman

Musician/producer Blake Mills and Chris Weisman sit down with us
to talk about Jelly Road, the forthcoming album they’ve
co-written (out July 14 via New Deal / Verve Records). They talk
about how they met – Chris is based in Brattleboro, Vermont,
while Blake is based in Los Angeles – and the writing and
recording process behind the gorgeous new album. We also chat
about Blake’s recent appearance backing up Joni Mitchell at her
already-legendary Gorge performance earlier this week, his
current favorite guitars and gear (including the fretless guitar
built by Duncan Price), the dangers of slide playing, and a lot
more.


Blake appeared on our Mystery of G. Weller Podcast earlier this
year:
https://www.fretboardjournal.com/podcasts/podcast-406-the-mystery-of-g-weller/


Listen to Mills’ new single “Skeleton Is Walking” here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri-pr4Egzng


Pre-order Jelly Road:
https://blakemills.lnk.to/jellyroadID


See Blake Mills and Chris Weisman on their West Coast tour, now
through June 2023: https://www.blakemillsonline.com


Chris Weisman’s Bandcamp: https://chrisweisman.bandcamp.com


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Price will be there!): https://fretboardsummit.org


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$20 off any annual subscription); and Stringjoy Strings(get
10% off your order with the FRETBOARD discount code). This
episode is also supported by Native Instruments, iZotope, and
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