TOUCHDOWNS ALL DAY w/ JON BARBER & MAX DAWSON

E074 - Everybody Plays a Role w/Rich Hartranft - The Disco Biscuits are more than just the four guys on stage. "Everybody Plays a Role" is Touchdowns All Day's ongoing series showcasing the contributions of the men and women who work tirelessly behind the scenes to create the live Disco Biscuits experience. Joining us this week is Biscuits Front of House (FOH) Engineer Rich Hartranft. Since joining the crew in 2022 Rich has overseen a massive upgrade of the band's sound, both on stage and on tape. In this episode he shares some of his sonic secrets, as well the story of how he earned his position at the helm.

Hey musicians? Wanna hear yourself on Touchdowns All Day? Share your cover of a Biscuits song with Max on Instagram or X and we might play it on the air. Got a question or comment? Call the TDAD hotline, 424-666-SIYD, and make sure to leave your name and tell us where you're calling from!

This October, the Biscuits will be hitting the road for an eighteen-show fall tour! For dates and tickets, see https://www.discobiscuits.com/shows.

Batten down the hatches and put on your life preservers, we're going to Alaska! In September 2025 The Disco Biscuits and friends set sail for Alaska aboard the inaugural SeaBisco Cruise. SeaBisco will take place from September 9-15, 2025, sailing from Seattle to The Last Frontier and back. Sign up here to be among the first to secure priority access to pre-sale cabins!

This episode features excerpts of the following live Disco Biscuits' performance, available on nugs.net:

• Evolve, from March 3, 2022 at The Worcester Palladium, Worcester, MA
• Who's In Charge, from June 10, 2022 at Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, MD
• The Great Abyss > Leavemealone > Crickets > Photograph, from August 11, 2024 at Elements Music and Arts Festival, Long Pond, PA

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TOUCHDOWNS ALL DAY w/ JON BARBER & MAX DAWSON.

E073 - Country Royale - On August 29, 2024 the Disco Biscuits debuted "Country Royale," the latest in a long string of collaborations between the band and lyricist Joey Friedman. In this episode of the podcast, keyboardist Aron Magner, Joey, and Max trace the song's long journey from its conception last January through its first live performance in Chicago. You'll hear the earliest instrumental loop, an initial incarnation called "The King and Queen of New Jersey," Joey's vocal demoes, and snippets of backstage rehearsals, culminating with Aron's analysis of the song's live debut.

Hey musicians? Wanna hear yourself on Touchdowns All Day? Share your cover of a Biscuits song with Max on Instagram or X and we might play it on the air. Got a question or comment? Call the TDAD hotline, 424-666-SIYD, and make sure to leave your name and tell us where you're calling from!

This October, the Biscuits will be hitting the road for an eighteen-show fall tour! For dates and tickets, see https://www.discobiscuits.com/shows.

Batten down the hatches and put on your life preservers, we're going to Alaska! In September 2025 The Disco Biscuits and friends set sail for Alaska aboard the inaugural SeaBisco Cruise. SeaBisco will take place from September 9-15, 2025, sailing from Seattle to The Last Frontier and back. Sign up here to be among the first to secure priority access to pre-sale cabins!

This episode features excerpts of the following live Disco Biscuits' performance, available on nugs.net:

• Country Royale, from August 29, 2024 at Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL

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TOUCHDOWNS ALL DAY w/ JON BARBER & MAX DAWSON.

E071 - New Springfield Boogie Stop Shuffle - Alex Mazer is a creative polymath who works across an array of visual and audio mediums, including digital mashups and memes, video production, fashion, poetry, and songwriting. While he's probably best known by his online moniker New Springfield Boogie (or, alternatively, "that Simpsons guy from Shakedown"), Alex is also a frequent collaborator of the Disco Biscuits. In this episode Max and Alex discuss his contributions to such Biscuits songs as Falling, Another Plan of Attack, and In the End We Have Forever. Along the way, they delve into the evolution of jamband lot art from bootleg merch to high fashion, the origins of the Biscuits' custom CornerTwelve jumpsuits, and how Alex got tapped to officiate Barber's wedding.

Hey musicians? Wanna hear yourself on Touchdowns All Day? Share your cover of a Biscuits song with Max on Instagram or X and we might play it on the air. Got a question or comment? Call the TDAD hotline, 424-666-SIYD, and make sure to leave your name and tell us where you're calling from!

This October, the Biscuits will be hitting the road for an eighteen-show fall tour! For dates and tickets, see https://www.discobiscuits.com/shows.

Batten down the hatches and put on your life preservers, we're going to Alaska! In September 2025 The Disco Biscuits and friends set sail for Alaska aboard the inaugural SeaBisco Cruise. SeaBisco will take place from September 9-15, 2025, sailing from Seattle to The Last Frontier and back. Sign up here to be among the first to secure priority access to pre-sale cabins!

This episode features excerpts of the following live Disco Biscuits' performances, all available on nugs.net:

• Cyclone, from November 19, 2006 at The Fox Theater, Boulder, CO
• Morph Dusseldorf, from March 13, 2024 at Empire Live, Albany, NY

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