Barry, Abigail, and special guests Matt “Matty C” Carlson and Jeff Gower of The Stick Arounds join us to discuss The Sticks’ 2018 album Ways to Hang On, promote their upcoming fall 2025 tour of the southern United States, and sample brews from each Hummel hometown: Strawberry Cider from Dry Wrought Cider in Gainesville, Florida; Antique Alley Amber Ale from 3 Sons Brewing Co. in Dania Beach, Florida; and Hopsic Waste from Wop’s Hops Brewing and Kitchen in Sanford, Florida.

Matt and Jeff initially met around 2003 to promote a show on which Matt’s band The Pantones and Jeff’s band The Gentleman Callers were billed together.

Both Matt and Jeff release music under a number of different names. In addition to The Stick Arounds and The Pantones, Matty is the frontman of Harborcoat. While The Gentleman Callers no longer release music, Jeff currently plays in a country duo called Deer & Elk.

Listen to Deer & Elk’s single, Big Penny, and watch the music video that Matty shot.

Listen to Deer & Elk interviewed on What Am I Making.

Watch Deer & Elk - Live from the Sheddio on What Am I Making.

Learn more about Matt and Jeff’s fall tour, Sheddio in the South.

Learn more about and support Matty’s live album recording with The Wild Honey Collective.

Bands and albums that inspired The Stick Arounds during the writing of this album include The Kink Kronikles, Teenage Fanclub, Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet, Sloan, Guided by Voices, R.E.M., The Posies, and Hüsker Dü. Many of these utilize multiple writers and alternate between writers in their sequencing.

One of the Sticks’ first covers was a country tune: That’s How I Got to Memphis, originally performed by Tom T. Hall.

In 2019, The Stick Arounds released one single per month and then released the compilation as Hot Singles Club.

Barry and Abigail bought an album from the Adiemus project of composer Karl Jenkins in the gift shop of Carlsbad Caverns in 2005.

Up next… Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

Visit Anosmia Awareness for more information on Barry’s condition.

Follow Barry or Abigail on Untappd to see what we’re drinking when we’re not on mic!

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