E254 Eric Bass of Shinedown on Imposter Syndrome and Writing a Personal Album With Fictional Characters

This week, we're scratching The Itch for some world building!
Eric Bass of Shinedown joins us to discuss his outstanding debut
solo album Eric Bass Presents... I Had A Name. It's a thrilling
rock opera of sorts featuring a cast of characters battling
against villainous forces,... and sometimes their own minds. Eric
speaks candidly about the fascinating process that led to the
album (in between Shinedown records, no less), his own mental
diagnoses and faith journey, the album's upcoming companion
graphic novel, and how he realized after the fact that the songs
he thought were about fictional people were in many ways about
himself.


Plus, Dan gets to say thank you to a guy who created one of his
all-time favorite albums. Enjoy.


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