In this week’s episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with reclusive singer-songwriter Buggy Jive, who enjoys a seltzer and an espresso and revisits his 2018 album The Buggy Jive Mixtape. He talks about making music from his basement, meeting his manager through a Joni Mitchell fan group and his big beef with Lenny Kravitz.
FEATURED SONGS
- The White Album (For Joan Didion)
- Black Spaces (For Ava Duvernay)
- This Is Not a Pipe (For René Magritte)
- We Wear the Mask
GALLERY
SHOW NOTES
- Learn more about Buggy Jive and purchase his music directly: https://www.buggyjive.com/
- Livestream Concert (The Buggy Jive Mixtape performance): https://www.buggyjive.com/video/v/the-buggy-jive-mixtape
- Official Video for “This Is Not a Pipe”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQQaO6VgXvw
- Joan Didion Documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7253506/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_2
- “We Wear the Mask” (poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44203/we-wear-the-mask
- 🎉 Join the party on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/backcataloglisteningparty