It's Simple, It's Dumb, It's the Podcast

Kurt Foster, musician and close personal friend of Jason Lytle discusses how he became friends with Jason, Jason's short time in Portland, and his time on the Lost Machine Orchestra tour. Things to click: Go Progress Chrome (https://open.spotify.com/track/44xcTeO7TNMlLW5wNCMRwq?si=4f11d0ea6fcb48ff) by Grandaddy on Spotify Long Gone (https://open.spotify.com/track/41Ynrr0JDdrRDpQRzONRh3?si=d6aa...

Tyler Labine, actor, musician, and teller of stories shares the impact Grandaddy has on his past, present, and future. Things to click: Go Progress Chrome (https://open.spotify.com/track/44xcTeO7TNMlLW5wNCMRwq?si=4f11d0ea6fcb48ff) by Grandaddy on Spotify Everything Beautiful Is Far Away (https://open.spotify.com/track/3oVx2dIhFBwksPvI7MRyBa?si=3d2e56c84f1f4b8f) by Grandaddy on Spotify A.M. 180...

Ron Cameron, legendary graphic designer and skateboarder, tells skateboarding stories from his encounters with Jason and gives us the full story of the "Music Meant to Accompany the Art of Ron Cameron" CD (+ loads more!). Things to click: Go Progress Chrome (https://open.spotify.com/album/32xzfjENpVMzOCMAiiY1YA?highlight=spotify:track:4l6VKudh2c6u4i1trEKPHW) by Grandaddy on Spotify Skateboard...

Bob Farley, longtime fan, friend, tourhand, Yankee dirtbag (and more) to Grandaddy talks about some of his memories with the band. Things to click: Go Progress Chrome (https://open.spotify.com/album/32xzfjENpVMzOCMAiiY1YA?highlight=spotify:track:4l6VKudh2c6u4i1trEKPHW) by Grandaddy on Spotify Disconnecty (https://open.spotify.com/track/5Gb11NBFoF4soxUxmzgNfo?si=bd4944de1ffe4606) by Grandaddy ...

Aaron Espinoza of Earlimart and Admiral Radley shares his thoughts and some stories about Grandaddy and his good friend Jason Lytle. Things to click: Go Progress Chrome (https://open.spotify.com/album/32xzfjENpVMzOCMAiiY1YA?highlight=spotify:track:4l6VKudh2c6u4i1trEKPHW) by Grandaddy on Spotify Ending of Me (https://open.spotify.com/track/1MLvUjzlUbMlnjp8DzWwyK?si=706c937f2394473b) by Admiral...

Daryle Bascom is Grandaddy's tour manager, and he shares loads of insights from his time on tour with Grandaddy.  Through a series of connections in which Daryle explains, he ended up on the crew for the legendary Elliott Smith/Grandaddy tour, in support of Figure 8 (https://open.spotify.com/album/7DC0pE943VR5tAKIvQXHts?si=um20k-t8QTigPdPT-SwwCw&dl_branch=1) and The Sophtware Slump (https://ope...

Brad Sucks writes indie rock songs while recording things himself. Needless to say, he views Jason Lytle as a huge influence and is prepared to explain why.  He also talks about the bizarre circumstances in which he and Jason came to collaborate on "In It to Win It", a single from his most recent LP, A New Low in Hi-Fi.   Things to click: Go Progress Chrome (https://open.spotify.com/album/32x...

Eric Pulido is a guitarist/vocalist for the band Midlake.  Midlake has shared a close relationship with Jason Lytle over the last decade, and Eric joins us in this episode to share the hard-to-believe story of how that relationship came about as well as what it has grown into.  He also talks about BNQT, the unique collaboration that included Midlake, Jason, and others.   Things to click: Go P...

Jim Fairchild is a guitarist in the band Grandaddy.  He's also worked extensively with Modest Mouse over the years, and he's released music himself under the names All Smiles and (most recently) Small Isles.  Jim's role in the band Grandaddy gives him the opportunity to share commentary and offer up first-hand stories about the band and Jason's songwriting.   Things to click: Go Progress Chro...

Johnny Lynch records music as The Pictish Trail.  He also runs Lost Map Records from the Isle of Eigg.  In 2019, Jason Lytle - as part of the Arthur King Collective - visited and recorded music as a joint production of Lost Map's "Visitations" series and Arthur King Production's "Changing Landscapes" series.  Pictish Trail provides his insights on his interactions with Jason during these unique...

Drew Brown of OneRepublic shares his candid thoughts on the band Grandaddy and Jason Lytle's music.  He offers an honest perspective on Grandaddy's track in the music industry, and we also talk plenty about the "mythology" of Jason's creativity. Drew also has an interesting choice for his favorite song written by Jason - something he refers to as his "mantra".   Things to click: Go Progress C...

Kyle Field of Little Wings regales us with stories of early Grandaddy with a level of detail that will leave you both impressed and wanting to listen once more to make sure you heard it all.  He talks about his first band Rodriguez (with M Ward and Mike Funk) and the formative interactions with Grandaddy that took place over 20 years ago.  There's so many great anecdotes about early Grandaddy t...

For Father's Day, we are speaking with Jason's own father, Jerome Lytle.  We'll talk about what Jason was like growing up, what it was like to parent someone trying to break into the music industry, and we do our best to pin him down on what his favorite song of Jason's is.   Things to click: Go Progress Chrome (https://open.spotify.com/album/32xzfjENpVMzOCMAiiY1YA?highlight=spotify:track:4l6...

On this episode, we speak with Daniel Ash, who records indie pop songs under the name Teenage Waitress.  Despite never having met Jason Lytle, he has loads to say about Jason's music and its influence on his own work.  He also goes in-depth on his favorite song of Jason's, and it's not one that you'd probably expect.   Things to click: Go Progress Chrome (https://open.spotify.com/album/32xzfj...

For this episode, we are speaking with Kramies, the folk singer/songwriter who has worked with Jason occasionally over the last 10 years. Kramies shares his perspective on the type of jaw-dropping impact that Jason can have on a song during its production.  Additionally, he'll explain what is perhaps the greatest metaphor anyone could possibly come up with to explain Grandaddy.  To wrap up, Kra...

In our second episode, we speak with Stevie Scullion, better known as Malojian. In 2019, Malojian recorded Humm, his fifth studio album, with Jason Lytle producing. Having been a Grandaddy fan for many years, he shares some of his thoughts on Jason's own music as well as what it was like to work and tour with one of his biggest influences. Malojian also talks to us about definitively one of the...

Our initial guest is none other than Ben Bridwell from Band of Horses.  He's been friends with Jason Lytle for a long time and a fan of Jason's music for even longer.  He offers up some interesting stories about the first time he heard Jason's music (Grandaddy), the first time they met, and other stories about being out on tour or in the studio with Jason.  Of course, Ben also walks us through ...

An insight as to both what spawned It's Simple, It's Dumb, It's the Podcast as well as what's in store in the episodes ahead