Boy Blue Probes the Universe

About this episode

Boy Blue joins Brion and Chris to discuss his journey of learning guitar and the Detroit music scene.

Boy Blue (or is that JW Howard?) joins Brion and Chris to discuss the downhill journey of learning guitar. The episode meanders through ghost lights, dog Ozempic, and why the Detroit music scene provided the necessary reconciliation after a wild stint in Grand Rapids. John performs two soulful originals and explains why you’ll likely never […]

People in this episode

Host: Brion

Guest: JW Howard

Topics covered

• guitar
• Detroit music scene
• learning journey
• original music

Keywords

• ghost lights
• dog Ozempic
• Grand Rapids

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Boy Blue

Places: Detroit, Grand Rapids

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