and "now"...the codetalkers

“it's crazy. i got put into the jam-band scene by my association with bruce hampton. i play a lot of guitar, but i really focus on songwriting. that’s what’s lacking in the jam-band scene. we need a lot of writers out there. that’s what made the grateful dead really great – they had hundreds of songs. the more songs we can get into a genre, the better off the genre’s going to be. the more tunes we have out there, the more we can raise the scene to a really high level.”

--bobby lee rodgers

the latest installment from the camp of hampton will drop on june 13th with the release of the codetalkers' new studio gem - now. while visiting with honest tunes radio on kxua in fayetteville, arkansas, the colonel and bobby talk about the new release amongst other items of business like the concept of a concept, the average rainfall in hawaii, and addictions to crystal math.

click here to listen to the full webcast from 04-08-06 (31 min.) and here to listen to the first installment with daniel gold from 02-12-05 (14 min.).

"ike stubblefield", "million dollars", and "sound sister" are currently in high rotation on radioioJAM.com. tune in 24/7 to hear these selections by the codetalkers from their brand-new studio release - now.

...and another great article on the new release by brian baker of the cleveland free times.