@45RPM Backstage with Sam Wade of the Hadestown Cast Band

The Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown is a fantastic retelling
of the myths of Orpheus’ journey to the Underworld to rescue
Eurydice alongside the marriage of Hades and Persephone, set
amidst the visual and musical elements of New Orleans during the
1920s and 1930s. On this episode, we visit with guitarist,
songwriter, and producer Sam Wade, who has been on the road with
the traveling version of this stunning musical for most of the
last year and will continue in that role again next year.


Wade has been a friend and collaborator of ours for a few years.
He has produced a few songs for my wife, Michelle Lynn Thompson,
including her song “Riptide.” (Listen closely for an instrumental
snippet in the background of this episode.) He will also be
joining me (JJT) for my set at the Audiofeed festival this summer
and backing up Michelle for hers as well. We jumped at the chance
to see him and the rest of the company in action with Hadestown
when they came through Chattanooga recently, and to catch up with
him to see what it’s been like to travel with a production like
this.


For more information, including a list of all of the songs used
in this episode, visit the show notes page at
TrueTunes.com/Hadestown


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