Seas. 4 - Ep. 22 - Pumping Out Great Music for Decades While Battling Chronic Lyme Disease with Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish and The Littlest Man Band
Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with a man who has had a great impact on my musical life today in Scott Klopfenstein of The Littlest Man Band and who was also a former member of the legendary ska band Reel Big Fish as well as a player in various other influential bands in the 90’s California ska scene like The Scholars.
I still remember watching “Sell Out” on MTV for an entire summer and rocking out to every Reel Big Fish album that came out for the next 15 years or so.
Scott left Reel Big Fish in 2011 but has been fronting The Littlest Man Band since 2003 or so with some gaps in there to pursue other areas of life like starting a family and dabbling in other artistic endeavors.
I recently saw him perform in Las Vegas, and I was very impressed with how much his style and sound had evolved…especially for a guy who I came to know as the goofball trumpet player in my early years.
He is truly a legend of ska and very much an icon of the scene in my eyes.
Today, I am honored to welcome Scott Klopfenstein to the show.
Intro Music: "Colorado" by Birds Love Filters
Outro Music: "Snail Mail" by Speedway Sleeper
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"Just Like You" broadcast with direct consent from The Littlest Man Band
Scott's Links:
- The Littlest Man Band - https://linktr.ee/thelittlestmanband
- His Website - https://www.scottklopfenstein.com/
- GoFundMe to Help Scott Fight Lyme Disease - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-scott-beat-lyme-disease
- Creative Coaching - klopfensteincoaching@gmail.com
Checkout Scott's Recommendations - Gabriels, Anohni
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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Segment 1 - Scott Klopfenstein of The Littlest Man Band and Reel Big Fish talks about battling Chronic Lyme Disease and how it affects him personally and as a musician as well as discussing his solo music project
30:55 - "Just Like You" by The Littlest Man Band
35:03 - Segment 2 - Scott Klopfenstein gets put in the hot seat to answer questions about a possible Reel Big Fish reunion and more
1:01:45 - Reverend Guitars
1:02:36 - diyrockcareer.com
1:03:09 - Segment 3 - What's coming up for The Littlest Man Band and what new music does Scott Klopfenstein recommend
1:20:15 - Outro