Dustin Garrett comes on to talk about songwriting and some of his most memorable words to live by, heavily influenced by the late Don Caldwell, and other greats of the Lubbock scene. Dustin is a West Texas boy who was in the last graduating class in Spade, TX, yodeled on the Grand Ole Opry at 10, made it to the finals in LA at the House of Blues (before it was torn down) for the Guitar Center King of the Blues competition, and has toured with many bands as a lead guitar player, including Rick Trevino most recently. The first half of the interview was actually lost, so I plan to head out to NMJC in Hobbs, NM where Dustin is now Professor/Director of Entertainment & Music Technology, in order to redo the first half. In good spirits, Dustin was great with that idea. Personally, as a songwriter and musician, this has been one of my favorite episodes and Dustin is the epitome of work ethic and professionalism combined with pure skill and talent that I aspire toward. I cannot wait to get ya'll part 2 from Hobbs in a couple weeks. For now, enjoy! Check out Dustin's music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5PYP443kj4vRNyPtJMar41?si=bnR6oDzcTJKy1_TgJOWFOw Check out the program in Hobbs, you could end up with an Associate of Applied Science in Entertainment and Music Technology: https://www.nmjc.edu/program/entertainment/index.aspx Dustin is endorsed or sponsored by Breedlove guitars and EMG pickups, feel free to check them out To support the podcast, as always, stream music and buy merch: www.jordanrobertkirk.com