Season 2 - Ep. 7 :: "Engineer Extraordinaire w/ Clark Rigsby"

Season 2 - Ep. 7 :: "Engineer Extraordinaire w/ Clark Rigsby"

From The Burning Nerve Ending Magic Podcast :: A Sun City Girls Story by The Self Portrait Gospel

February 18, 2026 · 50 min · Season 2 · Episode 7

About this episode

The episode features an interview with engineer and musician Clark Rigsby, discussing his connection to the Sun City Girls and their early work.

On this episode, we speak to local legend, engineer, musician, and founder of Tempest Recording, Clarke Rigsby, who knew the band before their prolific output of metaphysical material in the 1980s with the Cloaven Tape series. With the release of the legendary compilation "Ominous Clouds - Produced For Citizens For A Non-Nuclear Future", which featured the Sun City Girls' first vinyl appearance, at the time, when the group was a quartet with LInda Cushma, as well as local groups like Hans Olson, who founded the influential Sun Club in Tempe, Jamaican-based blues singer Big Pete Pearson, Pete Cannon, who played in Poet's Corner, and Rigsby himself, we virtually travel 1,708 miles across country to better understand the genesis of the band, and their heroic history.

People in this episode

Host: The Self Portrait Gospel

Guest: Clark Rigsby

Topics covered

  • music
  • engineering
  • band history
  • local legends
  • recording
  • 1980s

Keywords

  • Sun City Girls
  • Clark Rigsby
  • Tempest Recording
  • Ominous Clouds
  • 1980s music
  • Cloaven Tape series
  • local music history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tempest Recording

Books & works: Ominous Clouds - Produced For Citizens For A Non-Nuclear Future

Places: Tempe, Sun City Girls

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