Here is Part Two of our conversation with Doug Stanhope. In this segment, Doug spends much of his time essentially interviewing us, which again shows you what a genuine person he is. Can't wait to have him on the show again.

Topic list:

• Congratulations to our friends Kelly & Debbie Howe on their 30th anniversary


• Doug asks about our mutual friends in Houston-based band RAT RANCH


• Doug's history at Chilkoot Charlie's in Anchorage, Alaska


• The challenges of having too many people in a band


• Paddy: being a comedian is the hardest job in the world


• How old-school casette audiobooks changed Doug's life on the road in the early days


• The joy of exploring backroads locations while on tour (how Doug found Bisbee, AZ)


• Doug and Paddy compare their (very close) ages


• Doug asks how long Blaggards have been together


• Eric's frustration with joining the band right before the pandemic kicked in


• Why our former drummer Mike McAloon left the band


• Doug asks what 'Blaggards' means


• 'Plausible deniabilty' for band names before the internet


• Doug asks what "Behind the Music" dirt Blaggards might have


• Doug asks if any of us are sober or single


• Is music a young man's sport?


• Doug asks what cover songs we love doing in our own style


• How Blaggards side-step Irish rock clichés


• Doug's love of Irish Rock (despite his disinterest in music in general)


• What Irish rock band does Paddy dislike the most


• Overplayed bar-band songs


• How cover songs are often better than the originals


• The complicated issue of comedy theft


• How Australian comedian Jim Jeffries blatantly stole a routine from Doug


• Comics have no recourse to copyright infringement


• How joke theives are effectively drummed out of the business


• Doug asks if anyone has ever stolen from Blaggards


• How we came up with our version of "Drunken Sailor"


• How young comics often try impress Doug with similar material


• How language barriers can create conflicts in comedy material

Show Notes

• dougstanhope.com


• Doug Stanhope Podcast (Patreon)


• Doug Stanhope on Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast (May 12, 2014)


• Digging Up Mother - Doug Stanhope


• No Encore for the Donkey (audio book on Audible) - Doug Stanhope


• The Dying of a Last Breed - Doug Stanhope (Amazon Prime Video)

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