Jon Stickley - Chords For Callum - WTRFT S3E4

🎸🔥 Jon Stickley finally made it onto WTRFT and this one goes DEEP.

We talk Broke Mountain, learning bluegrass on the fly, the difference between East Coast and Colorado bluegrass, the influence of Jeff Austin, and what happens when a guitar player gets so good that he starts casually discovering new things he didn’t even know he could do. 😂

We also get into:

🪕 The absolutely ridiculous Broke Mountain lineup

🎶 Going from punk and indie rock to flatpicking bluegrass

🏔️ How Colorado changed the way he heard the music

🔥 Playing the Jeff Austin tribute and trading licks with Courtlyn

🥁 Why the Jon Stickley Trio basically said “nah” to the normal bluegrass rulebook

🎸 Building a sound around weird rhythms, different chords, and late-night festival chaos

🤝 Playing with Larry Keel and trying to make your heroes laugh onstage

And then the episode takes a much more personal turn.

Jon opens up about his son Callum, his STXBP1 diagnosis, and how his family turned one of the hardest moments of their lives into Strings for Callum, using the music community to raise awareness and money for research. ❤️

That part really says everything about this scene.

When somebody needs help, people show up.

We also talk about Jon’s new teaching platform, where he’s taking everything he learned the hard way and breaking it down for the rest of us regular wooks who need the video slowed down another 37 times. 😂🎸

🎧 New episode with Jon Stickley is live now

Go watch it. Go listen to it. Support Team Callum.

And if you’ve ever wondered how somebody becomes an absolute monster on guitar, apparently the answer is practice for 20 years and then still tell everyone you’re figuring it out. 😂🔥