{"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":"TMP328 JOE ASHLAR GETS HAPPY","slug":"tmp328-joe-ashlar-gets-happy","published_at":"2025-11-13T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372/tmp328-joe-ashlar-gets-happy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372","url":"https://troubledmenpodcast.castos.com/episodes/tmp328-joe-ashlar","audio_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/60d5656cb8fad2-85317444/2202046/c1e-rdxvkcwvw8gt2kwr5-kpnpjp3wbdw-1bnieo.m4a","summary":"The organ and piano ace who's toured with Bonerama, Dr. John's final band, and the Take Me to the River AllStars has also played or recorded with Nicholas Payton, Nora Jones, Stanton Moore, Johnny Vidacovich, Big Chief Donald Harrison, several Marsalises, and his own Joe Ashlar Organ Trio. He first became obsessed with keyboards at 4 years old after seeing Herbie Hancock perform \"Rockit\" on Sesame Street, and was averaging two gigs a week by age 10. Coming to New Orleans in 2007 to play on a Galactic side project with Simon Lott, he quickly found a welcoming music scene and a full calendar of gigs. Tonight Joe drops in for a visit with the Troubled Men, the Bert and Ernie of degenerates. Topics include elections, the Turks and Caicos Islands, a whistleblower, the Dodgers’ World Series win, escaped infected monkeys, Diane Ladd RIP, Dick Cheney's death, a musical father, a cruel joke, a scavenger grandfather, movie and TV themes, bass pedals, the Yamaha Electone organ, Berklee College of Music, the Northeast circuit, Good Enough for Good Times, the Maple Leaf, Frenchmen St., the Happy Organ Hour, DJ Logic, Lyrics Born, Robert Mercurio, Dr. Lonnie Smith, John Papa Gros, the Bayou Bar, and much more. Intro Music: \"Just Keeps Raining\" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: \"Root Down\" and \"Ain't It Funky Now\" by the Joe Ashlar's Happy Organ Hour Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here. Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks 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. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Joe Ashlar Facebook","meta_description":"The organ and piano ace who's toured with Bonerama, Dr. John's final band, and the Take Me to the River AllStars has also played or recorded with Nicholas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4892,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/troubled-men-podcast-799372/episodes/tmp328-joe-ashlar-gets-happy/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/tmp328-joe-ashlar-gets-happy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}