Episode 101 – Pokey LaFarge

Pokey LaFarge Walking the Floor

This Week On Walking The Floor

Pokey LaFarge didn’t want to play music as a teenager because he thought it would be too easy.  Now he plays hundreds of gigs a year… and started out busking all over the country…makes you wonder what he thought was hard?

About The Guest

Pokey LaFarge was born Andrew Heissler in Bloomington, Illinois. The nickname “Pokey” was coined by his mother, who would scold him to hurry when he was a child.

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Chris Shiflett
Audio7 years ago Walking The Floor

Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters, Dead Peasants, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, hosts Walking The Floor, where he engages a wide range of musical guests, writers, athletes, and artists in one-on-one interviews exploring their creative inspirations, struggles, successes, and everything in between.

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