The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman Walters
A lipstick pickup is an electric guitar pickup with a captivating sound and appearance that has a devoted cult following that grows with each passing year. True to their name, they were originally chrome lipstick tubes stuffed with magnets and electronics that were the inspired invention of Nathan Daniel, founder of Danelectro. Born from his genius instinct for innovation as well as his devotion to a "rigid cost control" philosophy, they were an essential component of the guitars that helped stoke an affordable rock-n-roll revolution.
The Lipstick Pickup Podcast is an amateur (but very inspired), unscripted, rarely edited conversation devoted to the entirety of the subject. Hosted by Emily Vardaman Walters, The Lipstick Pickup Podcast is a fan-friendly primer on the subject of Danelectro guitars and their impact on the history of popular music of all genres.
The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman Walters
Sympathetic String: Emily and Robert talk to John Cowsill about Vinnie Bell, electric sitar and The Family Business
On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Robert and Emily host their first "Party Line" with John Cowsill of the original family band the Cowsills. John shares details from a lifetime spent in show business, starting with his family's band which inspired the Partridge Family, and playing drums alongside session gurus such as Vinnie Bell and others.
You can find out more about John Cowsill here.