Two People Walk Into a Guitar Store...

Okay - so heads up folks, this is a long one. Feel free to skip to 1:26:567 if you want to get into the heart of this absolutely delightful romp all over the map with my guest Calvin Simonson, guitar hero/sound "engineer"/music aficionado and all around great guy. While knowing one another for all of 5 minutes prior to this show, we manage to hit all the major themes of personal growth, dropping out of school, musical influences, ghost stories, X-files, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Nickleback, Charlie XCX, why learning how to play the guitar can be hard - but worth it, and so much more. Oh yeah - it's a jam-packed episode. So hope you take the plunge and make it all the way to the end because it's a fun exploration of themes that will inspire and hopefully resonate with you on a bunch of different levels. There's even a guest appearance by the Fact Checker from over at Tapeheads - he spotted a fact that needed checking and kindly obliged :) Enjoy!

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Walking Alongside is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home.

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