Season 2 of It's Only Rock n Roll commences with Russell Mason & Phil Blizzard catching up with guitarist and songwriter Brynn Howarth on the hard graft behind a music career, from sleeping at Victoria Coach Station to sharing stages with some of the biggest names of the 60s and 70s. Along the way we talk about Jimi Hendrix, Nashville sessions, Bob Dylan’s Christian records, and the turning points that lead Brynn into faith, prison work, and campaigning to protect trees.

He arrives in London with a guitar, no contacts, and nowhere to sleep, then ends up trading solos with Jimi Hendrix. That is the kind of real world rock and roll journey we get into with guitarist and songwriter Brynn Howarth, a true “musician’s musician” whose story runs from Denmark Street hustle to America’s post Woodstock live circuit. We talk about what it meant to chase gigs before the internet, how auditions worked in Tin Pan Alley, and why those early years taught grit that still applies to any music career today.

Brynn takes us inside a Speakeasy residency where the after hours crowd includes the biggest players of the era, and he shares an unexpectedly human insight about Hendrix: the loneliness that can sit behind fame. From there we follow his move to the United States, the freedom of mixed genre bills at venues like Fillmore West and Winterland, and the thrill of being accepted on musicianship alone. We also dig into Nashville recording, the value of session musicians, and what happens when great players turn a good song into something unforgettable.

The story turns personal as Brynn talks about meeting Sally, a vivid dream that pulls him back to England, and the quiet Welsh “time out” that sparks searching questions about anger, drink, drugs, and meaning. That path leads to a gospel tent meeting, a deep change in direction, and eventually to worship music, church work, and a prison ministry that starts at Wandsworth and continues for decades. We also touch on Jerry Rafferty studio work, Old Grey Whistle Test memories, music rights and why some albums vanish from Spotify, plus where to find music on Bandcamp.

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