Sam Brigger

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1,127 appearances 24 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 6 Jun

Sam Brigger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Fresh Air · Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy · 6 Dec 2024 podcast

So, as I said, you've released a few albums before, but this is your first album of your own compositions. Have you been writing all along but just recently decided to release these songs?

Can you talk about how you approach the guitar? Is there a particular guitar player that was very influential to how you play?

I was wondering if you could show us perhaps with an instrumental like how you approach the blues. And the blues can be played lots of different ways. Like one of the ways that it's often played is like a simple three-chord song. But there's a lot going on in the way you play the blues. So could you demonstrate that? I know you brought a guitar with you.

And I heard when you were getting ready that this is quite an old guitar, huh?

And when you say $4.95, I think you mean $4.95. $4.95, half a week's wages. So how old is this guitar then?

So not yet a century yet. So you said that when you're playing a guitar solo, you want it to sound like a bunch of instruments kind of playing together. Could you show us what that's like on the guitar?

That's Jerron Paxton with his guitar joining us today. He's a new album of all original compositions called Things Done Changed. Jerron, you grew up in South Los Angeles near Watts. What was your home like?

Well, you've said that you're a throwback from a family of throwbacks. What does that mean?

You're going back pretty far.

It sounds like you were particularly drawn to the country blues. What do you think it was that spoke to you?

When did you start playing banjo?

And you said your grandfather played the banjo?

Well, you brought a banjo with you today. It's kind of a special banjo. Can you tell us about it?

On the song that you play on the album, It's All Over Now, in the liner notes, you say that you play this stroke style. Can you explain what that is or demonstrate that for us?

Ah, that's called Brand New Shoes. Jaron, that was great. Our guest today is Jaron Paxton. His new album is called Things Done Changed. We'll hear more of the interview after a short break. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air Weekend. When you were a teenager, you started having trouble with your eyesight. What was happening?

What's your eyesight like now?

Well, I think because of your eyesight, you had to reconsider what you wanted to do for work. Is that correct?

Since you were so interested in trains or you were interested in being a train driver as a kid, do you particularly like train songs?

Would you mind playing one that you like particularly?

Before you play the harmonica, I just want to say that, like all the instruments you play, you seem to be able to make it sound like you're playing two different parts on the harmonica. I don't know if you do that in the song, but I just wanted listeners to keep an ear out for that.

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