Get Ready to Dance to The Radio Gunners! - a podcast by Other World Computing

Music for our happy souls!



In this episode of OWC RADiO, host Cirina Catania talks with Paul Shreve and Jeff Weber from The Radio Gunners.The Radio Gunners – Jeff Weber, Pete Nalda and Paul Shreve combined musical roots include Western Swing, Basque, Folk, Country, Rock, Americana, Sinatra’s Rat Pack, Musical Theater and New Wave. This high-The Radio Gunners – Jeff Weber, Pete Nalda and Paul Shreve combine musical roots that include Western Swing, Basque, Folk, Country, Rock, Americana, Sinatra’s Rat Pack, Musical Theater and New Wave. This high-spirited soulful trio brings their unique melodies to audiences with guitar, accordion, and mandolin arrangements. Their diverse backgrounds join together to play music that touches our souls.







Jeff Weber, a Texas based singer/songwriter, actor and former rodeo cowboy, learned to sing and play guitar, while on the rodeo circuit. In addition to his cowboy skills, this licensed pilot and published author appears in a variety of national and regional television commercials as well as feature films. During his solo career in the early 2000s Jeff opened for some of biggest names in country music.



Pete Nalda’s contribution to The Gunners is rooted in Basque, Cajun and Hispanic music with a touch of New Wave influence. Nalda, who grew up seeing impaired, learned to play the accordion and keyboard early on. He's been performing most of his life.



Paul Shreve moved to Austin five years ago to play, compose and produce music. His instruments of choice -- guitar, mandolin, bass and harmonica. His music background includes conducting choirs, performing in musical theater and playing in diverse musical groups from Pubs in the UK to bars in the USA. His record label is: https://goosecreekmusic.comIn This Episode



00:19 - Cirina introduces Paul Shreve, musician, composer, and producer music. Guitar, mandolin, bass, and harmonica are his instruments of choice. And Jeff Weber, a Texas-based singer/songwriter, actor, and former rodeo cowboy learned to sing and play guitar while on the rodeo circuit. 03:22 - Paul talks about the song Mon Chére, Ma Belle, and Cirina plays the music for you to listen to.08:27 - Paul shares the studio where they recorded their album, The Radio Gunners, in 12th Street Sound in Austin, Texas.11:58 - Jeff shares the inspiration behind their lovely song, Talk to Me with Your Eyes.16:05 - Cirina and Paul describe good music as one of the best therapies to make you feel better after listening.20:03 - Paul explains their song's meaning, Mr. Abraham, one of their most requested songs, and a dedicated song to the veterans.25:05 - Paul talks about Goose Creek Music; captures high-quality audio and video recordings of original Americana music by emerging artists.29:00 - Paul shares his early years growing up as a Navy brat and how he started getting into the music industry.33:08 - Jeff tells the story of how he got his love of music from his dad back when he was a kid. 35:51 - Follow The Radio Gunners on their social media accounts and visit their website, theradiogunners.com, to learn more about them. 



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This is Cirina Catania with OWC Radio. I am in a great mood today. I have to tell you, I have been listening to The Radio Gunners new album, and I love it on so many levels. Hi, guys, how are you today? Can you tell people, so they recognize your voices who I have on the line with me?JW: Thanks, Cirina, and thanks to all your listeners for tuning in. My name is Jeff Weber. I'm a member of the Radio Gunners. 



PS: And I'm Paul Shreve. And thank you, Cirina, for having us. It's wonderful. And I'm also one of the Radio Gunners.



This is awesome. And we're missing one person, there's three of you. So where's our other guy?



PS: We got to chase Pete down sometimes. But Pete Nalda is the third member of the Radio Gunners. And unfortunately, he couldn't make this one.



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