{"podcast":{"title":"Troubled Men Podcast","slug":"troubled-men-podcast-799372","podcast_index_feed_id":799372,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/27d58","website_url":"https://troubledmenpodcast.castos.com","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/60d5656cb8fad2-85317444/8515ju25WDijPKnlLr4F87VBwDse01DAo1CHKRqM.jpg","author":"René Coman and Manny Chevrolet","episode_count":378,"summary":"René Coman sits down with the original Troubled Man, Manny Chevrolet, over cocktails at the Ring Room, in the heart of an old-school New Orleans social haunt. Manny is an L.A. native who had been through the Hollywood wringer by his late 20s. He then moved to New Orleans to become a perennial candidate for mayor and make a feature film about it. René is a New Orleans native who's been in the music biz wringer since he was a child. They are the Troubled Men for Troubled Times.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:21:09.842497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372"},"episode":{"title":"Feral Zone 29 JEFF BOUDREAUX: A NEW ORLEANIAN IN PARIS","slug":"feral-zone-29-jeff-boudreaux-a-new-orleanian-in-paris","published_at":"2026-01-29T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372/feral-zone-29-jeff-boudreaux-a-new-orleanian-in-paris","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372","url":"https://troubledmenpodcast.castos.com/episodes/feral-zone-29-jeff-boudreaux","audio_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/60d5656cb8fad2-85317444/2340423/c1e-89z5dhvrv92c1d806-9jw3m077c34r-pcv2m9.m4a","summary":"The acclaimed drummer, percussionist, bandleader, and instructor has played with an astounding list of artists including Randy Brecker, John Scofield, Astrud Gilberto, Liza Minnelli, and Sammie Davis Jr. as well as New Orleans heroes James Booker, George Porter, Willie Tee, Earl Turbinton, and Wynton and Branford Marsalis. He's also played on dozens of soundtracks including the Oscar-winning score to \"The Shape of Water.\" Living in Paris for the last 25 years, Jeff returns to New Orleans for a visit and enters the Feral Zone with René and guest cohost Dave Clements for a thorough debriefing. Topics include Doug Belote, the Buddy Boudreaux Band, Mose Alison, Carl Fontana, hustling gigs, AI fakes, a Baton Rouge childhood, double bass drums, Broadmoor High School, Cary Boquet, a dying bass player, Nicky Sanzenbach, studying with Johnny Vidacovich, Gary Peacock, a dropped beat, Loyola University, older musicians, Tiki Tuesday, Dave Watson, Bobby McFerrin, Leah Chase, a house fire, Ricky Sebastian, Eugene Chadborne, mental clarity, the unconscious mind, Jimmy Bolero, the Blue Room, Zigaboo, Herb Tassin, Red Skelton, moving to Vienna, the Musicians Institute of Technology, visiting Paris, Rick Margitza, Glenn Ferris, Emily Remler, Tyler's Beer Garden, Sed Sedlak, Gary Brown, the 544 Club, Alexandre Desplat, Brian Blade, a Sam Butera quote, and much more. Break Music: \"Istanblues\" from \"New\" by Glenn Ferris (with Jeff Boudreaux) Outro Music: \"San Francisco\" from \"Movin' On\" by the Michel Zenino Quartet (with Jeff Boudreaux) Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here. Shop for Troubled Men Shirts here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Tro…","meta_description":"The acclaimed drummer, percussionist, bandleader, and instructor has played with an astounding list of artists including Randy Brecker, John Scofield, Ast…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4855,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/troubled-men-podcast-799372/episodes/feral-zone-29-jeff-boudreaux-a-new-orleanian-in-paris/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372/feral-zone-29-jeff-boudreaux-a-new-orleanian-in-paris.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}