{"id":3659,"date":"2012-09-25T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T00:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2012-11-22T13:50:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T18:50:26","slug":"songs-and-stories-119-antsy-mcclains-living-the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-119-antsy-mcclains-living-the-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #119: Antsy McClain&#8217;s &#8220;Living the Dream&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1573\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3659-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories119B.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories119B.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories119B.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories119B.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=3659-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories119B.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories119B.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories119B.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here to listen to episode #119<\/strong><\/a> (time = 32:25)<\/p>\n<p>Though he&#8217;s based in Nashville, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhitched.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Antsy McClain<\/a> of The Trailer Park Troubadours is no stranger to folks around here. He tours the west coast several times a year and always makes a run through our little burg. He recently did his fifth appearance at the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santacruzcountyfair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Cruz County Fair<\/a>, and his annual New Year&#8217;s Eve shows at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riotheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rio Theater<\/a> always sell out and are big fun parties full of happy &#8220;Flamingo-heads&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Antsy&#8217;s also no stranger to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221;<\/a> podcast. He appeared way back in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/archives\/246\" target=\"_blank\">episode #51 and #52<\/a>, then dropped by podcasting headquarters for a kitchen-table chat  during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/archives\/1386\" target=\"_blank\">episode #101<\/a>.<!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.unhitched.com\/product.sc?productId=284&#038;categoryId=2\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1337025909181912809502.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1337025909181912809502\" width=\"175\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3662\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We recently got together backstage at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz, CA and discussed his new record, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhitched.com\/LIVING_THE_DREAM.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Living the Dream&#8221;<\/a>. Antsy affectionally describes this one as &#8220;songs written by a man who looked mortality in the face, saw his own reflection, and then took his friends out for ice cream&#8221;. As in previous records, Antsy brings a lot of warmth, humor, and fun to a great collection of stories, then adds a few unexpected things. This time he&#8217;s included a couple of rap songs &#8211; no kidding &#8211; and pulls them off effortlessly. <\/p>\n<p>This episode includes clips of &#8220;We&#8217;re All Gonna Die&#8221; and &#8220;Hanging with My Friends Again&#8221; off the new record, as well as some interviews with happy fans waiting in line before the show. (Okay, I was bored.)  If you&#8217;d like to see (and hear more) from Antsy, his next run out here will be the big New Year&#8217;s Eve show at the Rio Theater &#8211; that would most likely be on December 31st. Keep an eye out at <a href=\"unhitched.com\" target=\"_blank\">unhitched.com<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-119-antsy-mcclains-living-the-dream%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to episode #119 (time = 32:25) Though he&#8217;s based in Nashville, Antsy McClain of The Trailer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3659"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3842,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions\/3842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}