Stage Vault

Every night, before the lights go down, something happens. Stage Vault launches May 6. Conversations with musicians about the moment before and after they walk on stage. Lawrence Gowan @STYXtheBand · Ronnie Platt @KansasBand · Colin Blunstone @TheZombiesMusic · Carmine Appice @carmineappice1 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@StageVaultPod

Last call — James Bartholomew & Tyler Arrowsmith of JAYLER, still streaming. youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU @jaylerband 📸 Photo by Andy Ford

Alan Stern asked Brian May for music for the flyby. He put down an instrumental that felt like rushing through space. Then dinner with Don Black. The melody was too high. It came together anyway. Archive audio. music.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z… @DrBrianMay @QueenWillRock

Brian May, a box of cereal, and two pictures of a hippopotamus. He sent away one and sixpence for a viewer. It felt like he could touch the animal. He has never really let that go. Archive audio. music.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z… @DrBrianMay @QueenWillRock

“I wish I did more now. I want to go back and do it.” Tyler Arrowsmith of @jaylerband on his very first time on stage — at 12 years old. Full episode: youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU

“I'm just here to be me — and hopefully spread peace and love.” James Bartholomew of @jaylerband, ahead of opening for Deep Purple this fall. Full episode: youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU

Brian May used to beg to stay up for The Sky at Night. Patrick Moore. Ten o'clock. Sibelius at both ends. Music and astronomy, already linked. Archive audio. music.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z… @DrBrianMay @QueenWillRock

Their first-ever crowd chant. James Bartholomew & Tyler Arrowsmith on the one JAYLER moment they'd replay forever. Full episode: youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU @jaylerband

“Make it your life.” Verdine White still practices at night, and still goes to see people play. Earlier interview: youtu.be/S-Wx2yLGLlk @EarthWindFire

“We are the voices of the unheard” — James Bartholomew on where the title Voices Unheard actually came from. Full episode streaming now: youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU @jaylerband

Louis Satterfield taught him bass. Verdine White on Ron Carter, James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, and Chicago. Earlier interview: youtu.be/S-Wx2yLGLlk @EarthWindFire

Still time to catch it — James Bartholomew & Tyler Arrowsmith of JAYLER, out now on Stage Vault. youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU 📸 Photo by Andy Ford This episode is sponsored by Musicologie → go.musicologie.com/

NEW EPISODE. James Bartholomew (@jaylerband) on walking out to open for Deep Purple this fall — the biggest stage of his life so far. Watch now: youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU Also on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Vq… This episode is sponsored by Musicologie → go.musicologie.com

He was 12 years old. A Strat copy the same size as him. One AC/DC cover. Tyler Arrowsmith on his very first time on a stage — before JAYLER, before Deep Purple arenas, before any of it. @jaylerband Watch the episode: youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU

This Wednesday, we open the Vault with @jaylerband. Two founding members, one of the fastest rises in UK rock, and the real story of what it feels like before the lights go down. 🔐 📸 Photo by Andy Ford Watch the episode: youtu.be/EOCr4-yvNzU

Weddings, parties, and a parrot dancing on the beat. Verdine White on why September belongs to Earth, Wind & Fire. Earlier interview: youtu.be/S-Wx2yLGLlk @EarthWindFire

Still worth a listen: Chris Poland (Megadeth, Nuclear Messiah) on Stage Vault. youtu.be/HQc98uWfaO0 📸 Anabel D. Flux

“I was chosen. I was called upon.” Ralph Johnson on the mission. Earlier interview: youtu.be/kJSqsC71rh0 @EarthWindFire

Ricky Nye’s Stage Vault episode is still up if you missed it Wednesday. youtu.be/CKgMXCbPLAk Photo by Lisa Duesing

“Get with a good teacher and do a lot of listening.” Ralph Johnson on the library drummers have now. Earlier interview: youtu.be/kJSqsC71rh0 @EarthWindFire

“I could feel like a million bucks… and then I get there and it’s magic.” — Ricky Nye. Full conversation: open.spotify.com/episode/37O… Watch the episode: youtu.be/CKgMXCbPLAk