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Episode #13 is up- This week Matt sits down with David “The Lone Monk” Portolano, a Prescott AZ musician & poet originally from NYC.

David talks about his early musical & poetic influences, his early trips to the Big Apple to hear and then play music in some of the city’s famed Rock & Roll night spots like CBGB’s, and how visiting Jim Morrison’s final resting spot while visiting Paris at 16 was a pivotal moment in his life.

This week’s Mile High Show is brought to you by The Bird Cage, one of the best places on Prescott’s Whiskey Row to see & hear live music and experience firsthand Arizona’s thriving artistic scene.

Our Intro & Outro music this week is from“Barrel of Monkey” by the Vicious Hippies, an 80’s CA band that came up in our conversation.   

Episode #12 is up- This week Matt sits down with Jim Sobo, local musician and force behind The Howling Coyote Tour.

This summer Jim & his fellow Howlers will hit the road for the 10^th anniversary of the tour that brings Arizona singer-songwriters to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Listen in as Jim tells how a SoCal skate rat picked up the guitar and took a ride from Hollywood to the Bay before landing on Whiskey Row.

This week’s episode was recorded at The Raven, a fantastic venue to check out local artists & musicians while enjoying some great local cuisine, micro brews, and wines.

Episode #11 is up- This week Matt sits down with Dan Fraijo, former Fire Chief & current mayoral candidate for the City of Prescott, AZ

Fraijo was thrust into the national & international spotlight on June 30, 2013 when the city and his department suffered one of the greatest tragedies in firefighter history- the loss of the entire Granite Mountain Hotshots crew, now known as the Yarnell Hill 19.

Listen in as Fraijo talks about his history and how he became a firefighter. How he, his department, and his city dealt with the loss of 19 friends and family members, and how he believes he can help his city if elected mayor.

Episode #10 is up- This week Matt sits down with Nick DeMarino, loc
al journalist, founder & publisher of 5enses Mag, a Prescott Based science, arts, & culture magazine.

Nick, a newlywed & new father explains how he landed in Arizona, why he stayed, how waking up in an Absinthe haze one morning in Japan set him on his journalistic path, & why Godzilla is the ideal dad.

This week’s episode was recorded at Brick & Bones Moonshine Bar & Bistro on Prescott Arizona’s Historic Whiskey Row.

Episode #9 is up- This week Matt sits down with Road 1 South, the Prescott, AZ Blues Band that bills itself “Rare Blues Well Done”.

Road 1 South is comprised of Dwight Develyn (drums), John Wurtz (guitar), Ron Green (bass), Gregson “Notes” Gordon (harp), Chris Russo (guitar), & Ofer Harel (percussions).

Listen in as they talk their roots, inspiration, road stories, love of vinyl, & John’s heartfelt tribute to the Yarnell 19.

Watch the YouTube video of that tribute HERE & more videos of the band as well

Episode #8 is up- Listen to Dr. Dan “The Brit Comedy Doc” Nightingale as he tells us about his days growing up in the UK, the medical practice he and his wife have in Prescott, AZ, and his thoughts on  US health care system.

Check him out February 7th at Brick & Bones Moonshine Bar, the Tempe Improv, and his headliner show at the Elks Theater this coming June.

Enjoy the show, please take a minute to drop us a line through our CONTACT page.

PK Gregory is a singer/songwriter whose childhood took him from Alaska to the Oklahoma oil fields to a Norwegian high school.

After playing in teen metal bands, PK landed in Texas where his style took shape in what has been described as “kinda like listening to Johnny Cash meets John Prine with a smattering of Townes Van Zant thrown in.”

PK sat down with The Mile High Show recently at Cork & Cuisine to talk music, world travel, the Arizona music scene, and his upcoming album.

Check out PK at www.pkgregory.com & The Mile High Show at www.milehighshow.com

San Martin is one of the most active locals on social media, he runs several local businesses and projects including Thumb Butte Hand Wash & Detailing & Locals Only Wear. He is also one of the promoters of this years 2nd Annual Unity Fest Arizona being held in Lake Havasu during Spring Break March 13-15, 2015.

Today’s episode, recorded at Brick & Bones features Cynthia Sobo, founder & director of The Mile High Comedy Theater in Prescott, AZ.

Cynthia tells us about her days as an open mic comic in LA, sets at the famed Ice House Comedy Club & The Comedy Store , writing for Network Television, and her eventual move to Arizona where she founded her theater and began teaching at a local high school.

So sit back and enjoy!

Ted Leonard, owner of Prescott Pro Sound joins us at the Bistro St. Michael on the famed Whiskey Row in Prescott, AZ.

Teddy talks about his days as a teenager in Rhode Island opening for rock legends Aerosmith & Styx, selling cars at his dads dealership, rehab, and standing up to the Secret Service.

This and much more on this week’s Mile High Show.