Nov. 10, 2026
Grace Bowers on Slash, Gibson, and Booking Her Own Gigs at 17
From the archives
Grace Bowers thought her "Sweet Child O' Mine" video was terrible. Gibson saw it and offered her an endorsement. In this 2023 conversation from the World Saving Podcast archives, Grace tells Andy how Slash made her pick up a guitar at nine, how discovering B.B. King sent her down a blues rabbit hole, and why her first sit-in at SXSW was terrifying even with only 20 people in the room. They also get into booking her own Nashville gigs while still in high school and what she wanted her first record to sound like.