
The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman Walters
A lipstick pickup is an electric guitar pickup with a captivating sound and appearance that has a devoted cult following that grows with each passing year. True to their name, they were originally chrome lipstick tubes stuffed with magnets and electronics that were the inspired invention of Nathan Daniel, founder of Danelectro. Born from his genius instinct for innovation as well as his devotion to a "rigid cost control" philosophy, they were an essential component of the guitars that helped stoke an affordable rock-n-roll revolution.
The Lipstick Pickup Podcast is an amateur (but very inspired), unscripted, rarely edited conversation devoted to the entirety of the subject. Hosted by Emily Vardaman Walters, The Lipstick Pickup Podcast is a fan-friendly primer on the subject of Danelectro guitars and their impact on the history of popular music of all genres.
The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman Walters
It's January 20th, 2025 and we're dropping the mic and the ball on a new and improved Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Nashville's Ray Duncan. She's a committed Danelectro Tone Ambassador with a brand new single called Used To It and Emily get's to help her "
It's January 20th, 2025 and we're dropping the mic and the ball on a new and improved Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Nashville's Ray Duncan. She's a committed Danelectro Tone Ambassador with a brand new single called Used To It and Emily get's to help her "swear it in" on Inauguration Day. Enjoy...Lipstick Pickup Citizens of The World!
More on Ray on her forthcoming EP Laundromat can be found here:
https://rayduncan.bandcamp.com
https://rayduncanmusic.com
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Born in Cambria, California, Ray has been performing all her life. Playing her first shows at only 13 years old, by 16 she had formed the duo Ranchers for Peace with her father, songwriter Charles Duncan. In 2019 Ray moved to Nashville to find new inroads for her career, where she now works as a background singer and freelance composer, in addition to performing as a solo artist. Ray also co-hosts podcast “Book of Jude,” which is a series of interviews with her mother, hit songwriter Jude Johnstone, that tells the story of Johnstone’s career in the music business.
Since moving to Nashville, Ray has recorded and released several projects, including her 2022 single “Don’t Let It Get To You,” co-written with Johnstone and featuring performances from legendary musicians such as drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, guitarist David Keary, and bass player Nick Scott.
After 2 crowd funding campaigns, Ray is now preparing for the 2025 release of her long anticipated Laundromat EP, recorded at Starbird Sound with producer Mike Fahey (Phish, Chris Stapleton).
Composing work: Twelfth Night (Workshop at Mercury Store, 2024;) Two Noble Kinsman (Workshop at The Public Theater, in collaboration with HVSF, 2023;) Romeo and Juliet (HVSF Spring Tour, 2023;) Much Ado About Nothing (Opera House Arts, 2022;) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Connecticut Shakespeare Festival 2021;) As You Like It (Scranton Shakespeare Festival;) Much Ado About Nothing (Easy Leap Theatre Company/The Brick;) Othello (Easy Leap Theatre Co/The Underground Lounge.) Musical arrangements: Henry IV (Scranton Shakespeare Radio Plays, 2020.)