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Steven O’Reilly has been a musician for 35 years and he, along with his friends, have some great stories. Listen on Thursday, or whenever he feels like releasing a show to stories that are full of opinions, heavy sarcasm and a lot of truth; you can’t make this sh*t up! If you want a look into the lives of working musicians, The Bar Star Podcast is the show for you... Lit’trally.
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Wednesday Apr 04, 2018
Wednesday Apr 04, 2018
This week on The Bar Star Podcast, I sit down with the former MVP Bartender from the now gone Phoenix Hill Tavern, Robann Meyer. We have a great, and somewhat aggravated conversation about all things from a venue that stood for almost 40 years in Louisville and hosted countless shows. PHT has a great history and legacy, which we discuss as well as sharing some great stories from inside.
Social Media Issues – Robann is what she calls a “half generation” when it comes to facebook and she has a love/hate relationship with it.
Stories From The Stage – I ask Robann about the best and worst shows she’s seen.
What Am I Listening To? Robann talks about Angie Aparo and me raving about him made her a fan.
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
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Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
The Bar Star Podcast is proudly sponsored by Prophecy Ink. Check them out at facebook.com/prophecyink and prophecyink.com
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Today on The Bar Star Podcast, I have a great conversation with my buddy, Dave Moody. We talk about all kinds of different stuff, including his time playing with Billy Ray Cyrus, our time playing together in Jefferson Tarc Bus and his new band, Thunderstruck. There’s a lot of information in this one, so strap in and hang on! This week’s a good one!!
Social Media Issues – Be good to one another…
Stories From The Stage – Dave has a great story about playing The Grand Ole’ Opry.
What Am I Listening To? Dave is digging on the new Judas Priest record, Firepower
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
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Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
The Bar Star Podcast is proudly sponsored by Prophecy Ink. Check them out at facebook.com/prophecyink and prophecyink.com
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
This week on The Bar Star Podcast, I sit down with my beautiful wife, Staci. I wanted to hang with her because she has a real perspective of what it’s like to be in a relationship with a working musician. It takes a special person to be able to be with a working musician and Staci has figured it out and gives her insights on it. Oh, and she manages to toss me under the bus in the process.
Social Media Issues – Staci hates the hate.
Stories From The Stage – I ask Staci about the best and worst shows she’s seen.
What Am I Listening To? Staci talks about Angie Aparo and what he means to her.
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com
I want to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
The Bar Star Podcast is proudly sponsored by Prophecy Ink. Check them out at facebook.com/prophecyink and prophecyink.com
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Today on the show I rant about what I call “elitist music snobs” and all that goes with people saying everything sucks. This episode may annoy some of you and that’s okay. It’s good to be rattled every now and then.
Social Media Issues – Too much negativity towards music and art.
Stories From The Stage – Opening for national bands isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.
What Am I Listening To? I get detailed about an artist named Angie Aparo
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
I want to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
The Bar Star Podcast is proudly sponsored by Prophecy Ink. Check them out at facebook.com/prophecyink and prophecyink.com
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
This week on The Bar Star Podcast I’m hanging with my friend, Jessica A. She’s a great singer with the band Wax Factory and she has an interesting musical history. Coming from theater to fronting a Pop Cover band was a new world for her. She made the transition very well and she’s got a great mind for such a young singer. We also talk about her musical history and what motivated her to be a singer.
Social Media Issues – Jess talks about picture filters and pretending to be someone else.
Stories From The Stage – Jess has a great train wreck from a theater show.
What Am I Listening To? Jess talks about making playlists and ‘90s music, then I talk about Anouk.
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
I want to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
The Bar Star Podcast is proudly sponsored by Prophecy Ink. Check them out at facebook.com/prophecyink and prophecyink.com
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
On today’s episode of The Bar Star Podcast I’m hanging with my buddy, my tattoo artist and owner of Prophecy Ink, Travis King. We talk about his art history and how he got into tattooing along with his influences. We also talk about how much of a wuss I am when I’m getting tattooed. We also talk a good deal about Prince, which is one of the many things Travis and I bonded over. And, Travis has a huge announcement at the end of this episode that is very cool!!
Social Media Issues – Streaming and living in the moment then I tell a cool story about my wife’s first real musical feeling experience.
Stories From The “Chair” – Travis has two great stories from clients in his tattoo chair and I give a story from being in his chair.
What Am I Listening To? Prince, of course, Neil Diamond, Meatloaf and others…
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
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Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
This week on The Bar Star Podcast, I’m hanging with my buddy, Bryan Guess. In this fun episode we talk about how I feel Bryan is underrated as a player, how he started and the fact that he has a great memory. We get into some history of his band Planet and why they reformed for one special show in Sept. of 2017. Bryan is full of stories and man, are they awesome!
Social Media Issues – Social media as a whole is an issue.
Stories From The Stage – Don’t taunt Bryan while he’s on stage… It doesn’t end well.
What Am I Listening To? Old school funk.
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
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Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
This week on The Bar Star Podcast, I hang out with my buddy, Carl Stuck. We talk about his musical background, how guitar was not his first instrument, taking lessons and influential bands. We also discuss how we met and played together at the same time.
Social Media Issues – Carl has a Love/Hate relationship with it.
Stories From The Stage – Carl has a great story about a pee break that turned into a fight.
What Am I Listening To? Carl has too many to list here…
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
I want to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Today on The Bar Star Podcast I am hanging out with my buddy, Chris Evans. I decided the best way to tell the story of how I wound up in Louisville is with Chris because it’s all his fault. We talk in depth about the band that caused me to move to Louisville, Heaven Hill, and how it never did what it should have. We cover the band’s beginnings through it’s end and all sorts of fun stuff in between!!
Social Media Issues – The moment is gone.
Stories From The Stage – A fight with Santa, some elves and a black eye on purpose.
What Am I Listening To? Chris talks about Highly Suspect & Nothing More then I talk about Eddie Trunk.
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
I want to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
On this episode of the Bar Star Podcast, I’m having some hang time with my buddy, David Hoback. We get into a little of his drumming background, how he left Louisville, moved to Los Angeles and then came back to "Loueytucky." We dig into some really cool conversation about all kinds of cool music talkage, yapping about touring, “Big Box Drumming” word usage, musical maturity and a whole gaggle of other stuff!!
Social Media Issues – Online forum arguments.
Stories From The Stage - David has a great story about a bar brawl he sort of started.
What Am I Listening To? David talks about Old School Funk and then I talk about Tori Amos.
You can find me at facebook.com/oreillydrumsbarstar to leave any thoughts, comments, nastygrams or opinions. You can also email me at barstarpodcast@gmail.com.
I want to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Thanx for listening and enjoy the show!!!!