Bob Schneider on Music, Tacos, and Deer
In this episode I'm joined by the legendary Bob Schneider, an Austin-based musician, producer, visual artist, and podcaster.
Bob has won 58 Austin Music Awards to date, and has been a resident at the Lonelyland Saxon Pub for 20 years now, where he plays every week.
He is the host of two podcasts, I'm OK You're OK, I'm Not OK, You're Not OK, and The Song Club. Bob Schneider's most recent album Blood & Bones was released in 2018.
I brought in some home-made breakfast tacos, and we went on chatting for almost two hours. We talked about many things, from what kind of food Bob like to eat, how it was to be a musician on the KISS Cruise, how he tried to bury a deer once, to how much music awards mean to him.
Although we didn't get to eat the tacos in the end from too much talking, we had some great laughs and an awesome conversation.
Time stamps:
1:00 - Introducing the guest, Bob Schneider, and the food we’re eating
4:05 - When was when we first tried drugs and alcohol
8:08 - The most expensive food we’ve ever eaten
10:44 - Bob’s attitude towards food
15:20 - Bob’s favourite fast food
19:30 - What Bob eats when he’s on the road
20:03 - Our attitudes towards vegan diet
26:25 - How it feels to play on a KISS cruise
35:02 - Cursing on stage and how it’s perceived in the music industry
39:30 - The status of Bob’s new album
43:35 - Bob’s weekly residency at Lonelyland Saxon Pub as a way to be a better musician
49:50 - Bob’s approach to music awards
56:10 - The story about deers on Bob’s property
1:00:25 - Racoons, rats and snakes
1:05:25 - How Bob achieves balance between music, art and everything he does
1:10:55 - How Bob writes his songs and how he performs them
1:13:25 - The relationship between music and visual arts
1:16:01 - Cake or pie
1:20:00 - Giraffes, zebras, camels
1:24:00 - Why talking in the crowd over a music set is so annoying for musicians
1:28:44 - Rapid fire questions