Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season)

Barrett Martin is a musician, producer and author. He is best known as the drummer of Seattle bands Screaming Trees and supergroup Mad Season with Layne Staley & Mike McCready. He has also played with R.E.M., Stone Temple Pilots, Duff McKagan and Queens of the Stone Age. He has a new book out now about his time with Screaming Trees titled “The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn’t.” He also has some one man shows scheduled that consist of music, storytelling and film. We discuss all this plus a project he did with Duff McKagan and Sen Dog of Cypress Hill and more!

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:14 - Aging, Health & Exercise
0:04:00 - Pacific Northwest
0:05:25 - Skin Yard, Thin Men & Seattle Scene
0:10:20 - Seeing Dave Grohl in Scream
0:14:00 - End of Skin Yard & Joining Screaming Trees
0:16:10 - Sweet Oblivion Album
0:18:45 - Playing Drums & Songwriting
0:23:21 - New Screaming Trees Book
0:25:25 - Bad Shows & Alice In Chains Tour
0:28:35 - Layne Staley & Mad Season
0:30:10 - Second Mad Season Album
0:32:30 - Peter Buck of R.E.M.
0:33:50 - Screaming Trees Break
0:35:50 - Lollapalooza, Oasis, & Bumpershoot
0:40:40 - Photography
0:42:30 - Meditation & Sobriety
0:48:10 - Transformation, Creativity & Consistency
0:53:25 - Projects with Duff McKagan
0:55:45 - Speaking, Visual & Music Tour
0:58:25 - New Book Out Now & Website
1:00:39 - Outro

Barrett Martin website:
https://barrettmartin.com/

Chuck Shute website:
https://www.chuckshute.com/

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