Crooked Conversations

Dreadless Dave and Super Drew join Steven (Scuba Steve) to talk about wacky news topics and conspiracy theories with no education or formal training on any of the subjects. Complete with sunglasses and tin foil hats.

Saxophonist and longtime friend of the podcast Dan Wallace joins Steven to talk about the rewards and challenges of living a life outside of the typical career system, navigating new life changes, and looking forward to opportunities ahead.The video version of this episode is available on Youtube on the Crooked Conversations Podcast channel.https://youtube.com/@CrookedConversations

Join Steven at French Quarter Festival in New Orleans as he takes his boots-on-the-ground approach and talks with artists, vendors, and festival goers. Some of the great artists and musicians he was able to converse with include John “Papa” Gros, Amari Ansari, members of the Grammy nominated band The Rumble (Ari Teitel, Aurelien Barnes, Andriu Yanovski, and Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.), and our friend Blake Quick from The Quickening. Steven also spent some time with the fine vendors for Miss River restaurant, festival goers Michele and Tula, and the incomparable and wonderful Malik Mingo, host of Great Day Louisiana on CBS’s WWLTV. Also a special shoutout to The Big Easy Boys and their leader Rich Arnold who Steven had the honor of performing with at the festival.And as always thank you to Colton Gray from Flipped Car Marketing for all of his help with making these festival episodes happen.You can find out more about this festival and these great artists at the links below:https://frenchquarterfest.org/https://johnpapagros.com/https://therumbleband.com/https://www.bigeasyboys.com/https://www.flippedcarmarketing.com/

New Orleans actress, singer, producer and podcaster J.Mix (Jessica Mixon) joins Steven to talk about being open and honest on her podcast 'The Self-Aware Millennial', juggling creativity and entrepreneurship, and her new residency for “Multi-Hyphenate Mondays” at The AllWays Lounge in New Orleans. You can catch J.Mix’s podcast 'The Self-Aware Millennial' on all podcast platforms. You can find out more about Jessica, her podcast, and her production company Triple Threat Media on her website https://www.jessicamixon.com

Longtime friends Dreadless Dave and tattoo artist Michael J. Kelly join Steven on this episode of Crooked Conversations and they definitely get some drinking done while telling stories and sharing laughs. In addition to swapping party stories that involve drinking (among other things) they also talk about bathroom habits, music, and the Barbie movie.You can find out more about Michael and his art at https://michaeljkellyart.comThank you to Dreadless Dave for recording, mixing, and mastering this episode.

The third in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Kenny Jefferson about his band Hash Cabbage and where their name came from, why he classifies them as Kozmic Psychedelic American music, and his delta blues influences from growing up in Mississippi.You can find out more about Kenny and his band at https://www.hashcabbage.comThis episode was recorded live on Saturday November 18th 2023 at Gryphon’s Nest Campground in Springfield, Louisiana.Today’s episode is brought to you by Flipped Car Marketinghttps://www.flippedcarmarketing.com

The second in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Sam Price about the challenges of playing standup bass, splitting his time between different musical projects such as The Tanglers and Honey Island Swamp Band, and his own pursuits with his group Sam Price and the True Believers.You can find out more about Sam at https://sampricemusic.comThis episode was recorded live on Saturday November 18th 2023 at Gryphon’s Nest Campground in Springfield, Louisiana.Today’s episode is brought to you by Flipped Car Marketinghttps://www.flippedcarmarketing.com

The first in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Mr. Johnny Sketch himself Marc Paradis about what it takes to put on a camping festival such as Wild Things, the importance of getting out of the city and into nature, and marrying his music with his passions. Marc is a festival organizer and one of the leading members of New Orleans jam funk rock band Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes.You can find out more about both at https://www.johnnysketch.comThis episode was recorded live on Sunday November 19th 2023 at Gryphon’s Nest Campground in Springfield, Louisiana.Today’s episode is brought to you by Flipped Car Marketinghttps://www.flippedcarmarketing.com