Gramps Just Makes Shit Up!
Yet another podcast. Geez, Gramps!

Listening to the creative voices of Americana music

Gramps Just Makes Shit Up! invites listeners into the world of Americana music, weaving together heartfelt stories, engaging interviews, and eclectic tunes. Join Gramps as he explores the colorful lives of singer-songwriters and shares his unique musings along the way.

When Music Has Color: Meet Cheryl Kaldahl
Gramps Just Makes Shit Up!
When Music Has Color: Meet Cheryl Kaldahl

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When Music Has Color: Meet Cheryl Kaldahl
Oct. 13, 2026

When Music Has Color: Meet Cheryl Kaldahl

Send us Fan Mail What if you could hear colors, see music, and turn a painting into a musical composition? On this episode of Gramps Just Makes Shit Up, Gramps welcomes Cheryl Kaldahl, a remarkably talented composer, pianist, songwriter, and visual artist from Lafayette, Indiana, whose creative world brings music and painting together in fascinating ways. Cheryl shares stories of growing up in a large Indiana farm family, where her father's love of music and art inspired a lifetime of creativ...
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"The Long View" with Leslie Zane
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Sept. 20, 2026

"The Long View" with Leslie Zane

Send us Fan Mail The Long View is Leslie's latest of three published poetry collections. I suspect she also has enough unpublished material tucked away in notebooks, folders, computer files, and possibly a reinforced concrete bunker to keep the publishing industry busy for another decade. Leslie's poetry reflects a life spent hiking, observing nature, and paying close attention to the flora, fauna, and friends around her. She notices things most of us walk right past, usually while checking o...
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What Was It Like? Hank Christen Shares His 9/11 Story - 8 Minutes
Sept. 10, 2026

What Was It Like? Hank Christen Shares His 9/11 Story - 8 Minutes

Send us Fan Mail Hank Christen shares a description of what it was like supporting the aftermath of 9/11 as a member of the one of the Federal Disaster Medical Teams. This is an excerpt of a longer conversation with Hank in 2024 where we shared a few stories of our service to the Atlanta Fire Department that started in the early 1970's. A Questionable Podcast Production of Peaches Patio Presents
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Aireene Espiritu And Her Color Coded Symphony
June 26, 2024

Aireene Espiritu And Her Color Coded Symphony

Send us a text I revisit my conversation with singer-songwriter, Aireene Espiritu. She's an inspiration and I just had to listen to more of her words and music. A Questionable Podcast Production of Peaches Patio Presents
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Angie & Cas of The Blushin' Roulettes
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Feb. 7, 2024

Angie & Cas of The Blushin' Roulettes

Send us a text Regarding Americana music singer-songwriters, do you enjoy discovering and being moved by stories that include love, eclectic music, tragic loss of friends, banjos and amputations? Who doesn't? Well, Angie Heimann and Cas Sochacki, share such stories in this interview as The Blushin' Roulettes. Oh, did I mention they saved their dog's life the morning of the interview? Angie and Cas, both beautiful humans, have been making Americana and Bluegrass music and traveling for...
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Tommy Womack: Cockroach After the Bomb
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June 20, 2023

Tommy Womack: Cockroach After the Bomb

Send us a text Meet Tommy Womack! I love this guy! He's an extremely talented musical and literary creative that let's you into his head and heart without filters. His head and heart, by the way, are very interesting places...you should visit the souvenir store on the way out. Founder and front man for the 80'-90's rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, Government Cheese, Tommy shares a few stories about his time with his friends Billy Mack Hill, Joe Elvis King, and Skot Willis. Tommy sha...
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About the Host

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Louis "Gramps" Cuneo

Creator and Host

Gramps has had a few lives. He had 25 fun years as a firefighter. After which he went back to school to become a hospital adminstrator and paper pusher. Hated it! Then he worked as a security and safety director at the International Broadcast Center for the 1996 Atlanta 100th Anniversary of the Modern Olympic Games, Loved that! Then, he drifted into biomedical manufacturing. Sorta liked that. Then he retired. He loves that! But, he's also a singer-songwriter, a wedding officiant, and a house keeper at Casa de Cuneo. Oh, and he started this podcast thing. Loves it!

Reviews

Soothing

"Being the niece of the host has nothing to do with my sincere review of this podcast. But if I do say so myself, the host was born for show business with his soothing voice and charming character. Ve…"

Brittany | July 14, 2022

Late for Late for the Train

"Hi Lou Just now discovering your podcast series after becoming aware via the recent Pacific Songwriting camp. My wife and I sat together and listened to the Late for the Train episode. Her comment…"

Bruce Tulloch | Jan. 25, 2023
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