About this podcast
Welcome to Only In The Green Room - Backstage conversations from popular music venues around the country curated by Mount Tam Media.
Buckle up and listen in, as host Dennis Strazulo and Mount Tam Media founder, Tami Larson, dig up conversations with artists - before and after shows - in the exclusive confines of the green room. Barriers are down with stories abound!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 64 episodes
- Skeleton Crewe · 58 min · Episode 68In this episode of Only in the Green Room, we sit down with Stephen Inglis, Barry Sless, Rob Barraco, and Pete Sears of Skeleton Crewe to explore the unlikely beginnings of the…
- “THEY STOLE MY DRUMMER!” IVAN NEVILLE & TONY HALL OF DUMPSTAPHUNK · 24 min · Episode 67In this episode, we sit down with Ivan Neville and Tony Hall of Dumpstaphunk backstage at the High Sierra Music Festival for a lively conversation about friendship, family, and…
- Cassandra Lewis: The Radicalization of Vulnerability · 33 min · Episode 66What happens when an artist stops trying to be perfect and starts trusting exactly who she is? Cassandra Lewis joins Only in the Green Room for an unfiltered conversation about…
- Maisy Owen:MY BIGGEST INFLUENCE ISN’T WHAT YOU THINK · 21 min · Episode 65Nashville-born singer-songwriter Maisie Owen joins Only in the Green Room at High Sierra for a conversation about finding her own voice, making music without hiding behind…
- Paul McDonald: From Hollywood to High Sierra · 36 min · Episode 64What happens when the spotlight takes you away from the music that made you want to step onstage in the first place? Backstage at High Sierra Music Festival, Paul McDonald joins…
- Boy Golden on The Church of Better Daze, Creativity & the Healing Power of Music · 31 min · Episode 63In this episode, we catch up with Boy Golden backstage at High Sierra Music Festival for a conversation that goes well beyond the music. The Winnipeg singer-songwriter opens up…
- Steve Poltz & Jay Blakesberg on the Grateful Dead — Then Everything Goes Off the Rails · 14 min · Episode 62What was supposed to be a conversation about the Grateful Dead quickly becomes something else entirely when photographer Jay Blakesberg and singer-songwriter Steve Poltz join us…
- Don Was & Jay Lane on Bob Weir: The Stories, Lessons & Legacy · 22 min · Episode 61What if a dream changed the course of a band? Don Was joins Jay Lane and Only in the Green Room for a remarkable conversation about Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Wolf Bros and the…
- Jay Lane on Bob Weir, RatDog & the Adoption Story That Changed Everything · 34 min · Episode 60What started as a conversation about Bob Weir and RatDog turned into one of the most personal stories we've ever captured. In this episode of Only in the Green Room, drummer Jay…
- Michael Mullins & Bradford Lewis on Building the Legacy Coalition | OITGR · 17 min · Episode 58Michael Mullins (trombone) and Bradford Lewis (guitar) — two more members of the Legacy Coalition, and bandmates in their own project — join us to fill in the rest of the story…
- The Next Generation of New Orleans Music: New Orleans Legacy Coalition: Cyril & Omari Neville, Jake Eckert + River | OITGR-Part I · 30 min · Episode 57Backstage at the New Orleans Jazz Museum during French Quarter Fest, we caught up with Cyril Neville, his son Omari Neville, guitarist Jake Eckert, and his son River — the…
- Jennifer Hartswick on Meeting Phil Lesh, Christian McBride & Why New Orleans Feels Like Its Own Planet | OITGR · 22 min · Episode 55Trumpet player and vocalist Jennifer Hartswick sits down with us in the green room at Jazz Fest to talk about her decades-long love affair with New Orleans — a city she calls…
- Kristin Diable: She Lost Her Voice for Years. Here's What Brought It Back · 29 min · Episode 53Singer-songwriter Kristin Diable joins Only In The Green Room at the New Orleans Jazz Museum during French Quarter Fest — and the conversation goes deep. We talk about what it…
- Eric Krasno & Wally Ingram on Phil Lesh, Aaron Neville's Grammy, and the New Orleans–Dead Connection | OITGR · 30 min · Episode 54Recorded live at Bayou Boogaloo during Jazz Fest in New Orleans — two of our favorites in one green room. Eric Krasno (Soulive, Lettuce) and Wally Ingram (percussionist…
- High Sierra Music Festival Founder Dave Margulies: New Orleans, New Venue & July 2026 Lineup · 18 min · Episode 52🎟 WIN PIT ACCESS + A SEAT AT OUR FESTIVAL INTERVIEW Buy tickets at highsierramusic.com and enter code GREEN at checkout. You’ll be automatically entered to win front-of-stage pit…
- Meels Interview (Backstage) | Only In the Green Room Podcast · 22 min · Episode 51🎧 Listen + full episode, transcript & more: https://onlyinthegreenroom.com/episodes/meels-interview Only in the Green Room interviews Mill Valley-raised artist. "Meels" after her…
- Pink Talking Fish Interview (Backstage)|Only In The Green Room Podcast · 38 min · Episode 3🎧 Listen + backstage photos, transcript & more: https://onlyinthegreenroom.com/episodes/pink-talking-fish-interview A playful, lively, and informative conversation with all…
- STEVE POLTZ Interview (Backstage at Sweetwater Music Hall)|Only In The Green Room Podcast · 28 min · Episode 50🎧 Listen + backstage photos, transcript & more: https://onlyinthegreenroom.com/episodes/steve-poltz-interview Backstage at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, “Only in the…
- Greg Loiacono and Stingray Interview (Backstage) | Only In the Green Room Podcast · 17 min · Episode 49🎧 Listen + backstage photos, transcript & more: https://onlyinthegreenroom.com/episodes/greg-loiacono-stingray-interview In this episode of Only in the Green Room, we sit down…
- Jon Chi Interview (Backstage) | Only In the Green Room Podcast · 43 min · Episode 48🎧 Listen + backstage photos, transcript & more: https://onlyinthegreenroom.com/episodes/jon-chi-interview Marin County singer-songwriter, community and music collaborator Jon Chi…
