Green Chili Chisme

Twelve years. That’s how long it’s been since I last saw Shy Pilgreen — and the second she opened her mouth, it felt like no time had passed at all.
The giggle. The “y’all.” The Alabama sunshine in her voice. The way we slipped right back into calling each other “dude.”
This episode is pure chemistry, pure joy, and pure GCC energy from the moment she says “Hi! Can you hear me?”
A reunion twelve years in the making. Episode out now. 🎙️💚 #GreenChiliChisme
 

Bull Diego Avello steps into Desert Rose Studios for a raw, electric conversation about music, identity, and the long road of becoming. Armed with his Gibson ES‑335 and a lifetime of stories, Bull opens up about the grind, the glory, and the grit that shaped him into a true Rock and Roll Avenger.
This Legacy Project episode dives into the crossroads of culture, sound, and survival — from the early days of chasing riffs to the spiritual weight of carrying a family name. Bull brings humor, heart, and a warrior’s honesty to the mic, reminding us why artists like him don’t just play music… they live it.
A mythic portrait of a man built for the stage, the struggle, and the story.

This episode opens with something truly rare: an unreleased performance of “You’re Cheatin’ Heart” by Dr. Patsy Torres herself. And from there… it only gets better.
I sat down with Patsy to talk about the life behind the legacy — from her earliest memories of her grandmother’s cinnamon‑and‑egg bottles, to choosing the trumpet from her grandfather’s closet, to accidentally becoming a lead singer and landing a number‑one hit while still in medical school.
We talk school rivalries, family, faith, forgiveness, Augie Meyers, Texas Tornados, and the moment her doctor‑grandfather helped her choose between two futures. And yes… she may be receiving lifetime achievement awards, but she’ll be the first to tell you she’s got a lot of life left.
Stay to the very end. You’ll understand why when you get there.
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Skunk is on the pod this week. He shows up with a snowy background, runs through a whole litany of names, and before we even start he’s already faking me out.
From there it gets wild:
He’s flying to Europe THIS WEEKEND for a Battle of the Bands finals showdown
Grew up like Conan O’Brien was his dad
His real dad tried to name him after the American Civil War
His grandad designed military installations in the Philippines
Guns N’ Roses rewired his brain
We shout out my 3rd grade teacher Ms. Rosenbloom
He breaks down my self‑taught music style like he’s discovering a new species
Sinatra, Rush, Kimberly Freeman, Jason…
This episode is chaos, heart, and pure lore. You’re gonna love it.

Author Jeff Messick joins me to talk about the darkness that shaped his first novel, the faith he found afterward, and how every word we write can become a weapon or a prayer. Two old friends, one deep conversation about purpose, prose, and grace.

In one of the most emotional episodes of Green Chili Chisme to date, host Dave Pedraza sits down with Gil Jimenez, son of the legendary Flaco Jimenez, for a conversation that spans four generations of musical lineage, cultural weight, and the emotional cost of carrying a dynasty.
The episode opens with both men unexpectedly breaking down as Dave shares how Flaco became the pillar of DB Media — from the Tardeada Music Festival to the night Flaco walked into a Michael Guerra show and changed the trajectory of everything that followed.
Gil takes us deep into the Jimenez Dynasty, tracing his family back to his 4x great‑grandfather Patricio Jimenez, one of the earliest accordionists in Texas. He shares the story of the last song he recorded with his father, a rock‑leaning track Flaco encouraged him to pursue to stay different.
Dave opens up about learning drums at Fort Ben Harrison, stepping up his songwriting by learning guitar, and the early days of DB Media — including the Michael Guerra origin story and the night Michael played drums for his two idols, Flaco and Steve Jordan, on the same stage.
Gil responds with a never‑before‑told story: a late‑night hotel room on Hwy 90 where Flaco and Steve Jordan traded riffs until Steve finally put down the box and said, “Flaco, you’re a bad motherfucker.”
The episode crescendos with Gil breaking down while recounting the last conversation he ever had with his father — a promise to carry the Jimenez name forward. He reveals that Flaco left him a vault of songs written by both his father and grandfather Santiago, entrusting him to bring them to life.
This is an episode about fathers, sons, legacy, lineage, and the emotional truth behind the music that shaped generations.
 

Some episodes stay on the rails. This one… absolutely did not.
From the moment we said hello, Natasha and I were talking tacos, tequila, spirit guides, cooking, Europe, Hendrix, Joplin, and the left turn that will take her into Texas this summer.
We talk childhood, culture, film sets, touring, and the music that shaped her — and then she hits me with a brand new song, performed live, for the first time ever, right there in the studio. Subscribers get it free.

This week’s Green Chili Chisme guest is former DCCW Champion Solrac Thunder — and this conversation goes deep. We talk about him losing his dad at four, being raised by his mom and grandparents in Los Lunas, and how wrestling became the place where performance and identity finally clicked.
We dive into NWA territory roots, the Guerreros, the Romeros, and what it means to carry a legacy in the ring. A powerful, honest episode with one of New Mexico’s most compelling performers.