Cardboard Sessions

No rehearsal. No plan. No rules.

World-class musicians playing fully functional instruments made entirely out of cardboard. Lightning in a bottle. Recorded once, captured forever.

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Billy Gibbons ✦Matt Sorum ✦J Mascis ✦Robby Krieger ✦Marcus King ✦Meg Myers ✦Brad Wilk ✦Reignwolf ✦Stephen Perkins ✦Derek Day ✦Isaiah Mitchell ✦Jon Theodore ✦Cory Henry ✦Pete Yorn ✦Terry Reid ✦LP ✦Ray Barbee ✦Daru Jones ✦DJ J. Rocc ✦Dave Catching ✦Owen Barry ✦Failure ✦MACKandgold ✦The Dandy Warhols ✦Return to Dust ✦Dale Crover ✦Sarah Linton ✦Dogstar ✦Preservation Hall Jazz Band ✦Crescent City All Stars ✦The Soul Savages ✦The Marcus King Band ✦Billy Gibbons ✦Matt Sorum ✦J Mascis ✦Robby Krieger ✦Marcus King ✦Meg Myers ✦Brad Wilk ✦Reignwolf ✦Stephen Perkins ✦Derek Day ✦Isaiah Mitchell ✦Jon Theodore ✦Cory Henry ✦Pete Yorn ✦Terry Reid ✦LP ✦Ray Barbee ✦Daru Jones ✦DJ J. Rocc ✦Dave Catching ✦Owen Barry ✦Failure ✦MACKandgold ✦The Dandy Warhols ✦Return to Dust ✦Dale Crover ✦Sarah Linton ✦Dogstar ✦Preservation Hall Jazz Band ✦Crescent City All Stars ✦The Soul Savages ✦The Marcus King Band ✦

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Billy F Gibbons & Matt Sorum on Cardboard Sessions

EP 15

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Billy F Gibbons & Matt Sorum

ZZ Top legend + GnR thunder. The cardboard summit.

Blues

Meg Myers, Chris Chaney, Shawn Barry & Gil Sharone on Cardboard Sessions

EP 20

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Meg Myers, Chris Chaney, Shawn Barry & Gil Sharone

Full band. Cardboard guitar, cardboard keys, atom-splitting vocals.

Indie

EP 22

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Marcus King

F*ck My Life Up Again

26 years old, 60 years of soul, one cardboard guitar.

Blues

Robby Krieger & The Soul Savages on Cardboard Sessions

EP 25

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Robby Krieger & The Soul Savages

Little Red Rooster

The Doors' guitarist. Live from Love Street Sound. Goosebumps.

Blues

What is this

Legendary musicians. Instruments made of cardboard.

A free-form jam series where world-class artists play fully functional instruments built entirely from corrugated cardboard. No setlists. No second takes.

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The Rig

Built from boxes.

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Master-Built at Fender, Corona, CA

Cardboard Stratocaster

Built with Masters of Maple × Sahir

Cardboard Drum Kit

Low end, low waste

Cardboard Precision Bass

Hollow-body, kraft-resonant

Cardboard Acoustic Guitar

Electromechanical, fully voiced

Cardboard Wurlitzer

Master-Built at Fender, Corona, CA

Cardboard Telecaster

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