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Gig Hoes
The good, the bad, the funny; the inside stories of being in a wedding band in the ’80’s and ’90’s as told by Marla Jo and Willa, two professional freelance musicians.
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Episodes
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Taking a left turn, the Hoes interview comedian Susie Felber, who proves that you don’t have to be a musician to be a Gig Ho. Whether she’s performing in a club, a laundromat or a prison, Susie leaves them rolling in the aisles, even when there aren’t any.
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
From playing nightmare bowling alley gigs to heavy metal festivals for thousands of screaming fans, prolific guitarist, bassist and singer Tia Clark has seen it all, and lived to tell the Hoes about it.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
What do you do when your instrument is bigger than you are? Renowned harpist Claudia Wigent brings ‘the coolest toy to the party’, but getting it in, out, up and down can be quite a challenge.
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Special Video Version on Youtube! Street closures, flaming trucks, a bottleneck of human flesh: an in-depth look at one epic New Year’s gig in midtown Manhattan with the Hoes and podcast alumni Larry Ballereau and Warren Odze.
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Just like the postman, neither sleet nor snow nor dark of night stops the Hoes from delivering holiday cheer.
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Willa's brother Larry Bassen, the original club date rocker, tells tales of larcenous band leaders, Brazilian showgirls, epic practical jokes, and more.
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Downed trees, mudslides, blizzards, ice storms, 12 hour traffic jams: sometimes the hardest part of the gig is getting home.
Credit Of The Week: https://youtu.be/pXxm1bHWN-4
Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gig-hoes/id1691015332
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Trumpet player and preeminent music agent Norman Spizz has seen it all, from dinner with Joe DiMaggio to ‘bark’ mitzvahs to primate ushers.
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
23 hour plane rides. Communicable diseases. Wrong side of the road mishaps. From Hawaii to Cancun to Thailand, from hurricanes to Hershey squirts, when gigging out of town, anything can happen, and usually does.
Credit Of The Week Link:
https://on.soundcloud.com/DrK3E
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Balancing dual careers of educator and freelance musician and excelling at both, the multi-talented Larry Ballereau keeps the Hoes in stitches over the pitfall, pratfalls and perils of club dates.
Winter Gigging
On the road again, the life we love is making music with my friends, and they were all in the band that day. Nothing better than doing an outdoor gig in Florida in the middle of February.
ah-hoey!🎶🌈