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Michael Gaither

Music. Trivia. Humor. Gratitude.

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Michael Gaither was raised on the central California coast and takes the “write what you know” idea to heart, wrapping songs around small-town life and humorous takes on everyday stuff. His love of animals and active involvement with local animal rescue work also find their way into Michael’s songs. He has released three independently produced CDs: "Spotted Mule and Other Tales" (2006), "Dogspeed" (2009), and "Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night" (2012). In addition, Michael books and hosts the Corralitos Cultural Center Music Series. Offstage, he produces and hosts the “Songs and Stories” podcast, which features stories behind his songs and interviews with other independent songwriters.

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June 1, 2010

And the winner is…

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File this under “careful what you ask for”. My friend Edie and I thought it would be fun to ask […]

May 24, 2010

Name that donkey – Win a “Got Mule?” t-shirt

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Edie W., one of my favorite equestrian folks from back east, emailed me this morning with the proud news that […]

May 20, 2010

Stalked by Cello

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Okay, “stalked” is a bit much. Maybe just “smitten” by? It just seems that lately the cello is my new […]

May 8, 2010

Songs and Stories #89 and #90: “Along the Way” with Sharon Allen

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Back in episode #42, singer/songwriter Sherry Austin referred to Sharon Allen as “Santa Cruz’s own Emmylou”. After listening to these […]

May 3, 2010

“Californiascapes” In Painting and Song – This Saturday 5/8 at The Art League

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One thing I dig about running a local open mic is that you never know who’ll walk in the door. […]

April 24, 2010

New Concert Series: “An Evening of Songs and Stories…”

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The other night at Jansen Music, I mentioned that between writing and playing music, putting out a regular podcast, maintaining […]

April 9, 2010

Songs and Stories #87 and #88: James Hurley – Under the influences (pop and classical, that is)

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Another two-parter, and another couple of episodes filed under “cool folk you meet along the way”. James Hurley first appeared […]

April 2, 2010

Radio interviews: Now on the Press page

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Behind the scenes here on the web site, I’m slowly (very slowly) migrating this bloggy front page over to WordPress, […]

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