{"id":4097,"date":"2013-03-13T17:15:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T22:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2013-12-13T18:08:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T23:08:19","slug":"songs-and-stories-123-stevie-coyles-mighty-fine-guitars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-123-stevie-coyles-mighty-fine-guitars\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #124: Stevie Coyle&#8217;s &#8220;Mighty Fine Guitars&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9793\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4097-1\" 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_stories124.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories124.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories124.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_stories124.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=4097-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories124.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories124.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories124.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here to listen to episode #124<\/strong><\/a> (time = 35:40)<\/p>\n<p>There are two ways to setup this interview: 1) Why would a successful touring artist like\u00a0Stevie Coyle, after spending decades on the road, suddenly say, &#8220;I&#8217;m done&#8221;? OR&#8230;2) &#8220;Why would it take a performing artist decades on the road to FINALLY say &#8220;I&#8217;m done?&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Stevie-Promo-color.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4099\" alt=\"Stevie Promo color\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Stevie-Promo-color-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll find out soon enough in this &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; field trip. In this return visit with the very funny and very talented fingerstyle guitar player <a href=\"http:\/\/steviecoyle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stevie Coyle<\/a> &#8211; we first chatted back in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/archives\/109\" target=\"_blank\">Episode 14<\/a> &#8211; we learn about a recent epiphany he had on the return trip from an Oregon tour. Stevie has spent years as a traveling performer, first with the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Lichtenstein_Quarter-Ring_Sidewalk_Circus\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Lichtenstein Circus<\/a>, then with bay area favorites <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waybacks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Waybacks<\/a>, and for the past six years as a solo performer. But he realized he was ready for a change. He&#8217;s now a friendly local merchant, running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MightyFineGuitars\" target=\"_blank\">Mighty Fine Guitars<\/a> in Lafayette, California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MFG-interior2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4112\" alt=\"MFG interior2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MFG-interior2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The store is a perfect fit for Stevie, whose passion for fine instruments has found the perfect home. His high-end store shares a wall with his niece, Colleen McCormick, who runs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamorindamusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lamorinda Music<\/a>. They&#8217;ve also created a performing space in the back of their complex, which is now a regular house concert-type series that allows Stevie to also feature performances from many of the luthiers and guitars that are showcased in the shop out front.<\/p>\n<p>Note: This episode features clips of &#8220;Rue du Romie&#8221; and &#8220;Penny Wishes&#8221; from Stevie&#8217;s solo record, &#8220;Ten In One&#8221;. It also includes Stevie demo&#8217;ing guitars from luthiers <a href=\"http:\/\/rodmanguitars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Rodman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaeldunnguitars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Dunn<\/a>. Mighty Fine Guitars is at <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ie=UTF-8&amp;gl=us&amp;daddr=85+Lafayette+Cir,+Lafayette,+CA+94549&amp;panel=1&amp;f=d&amp;fb=1&amp;dirflg=d&amp;geocode=0,37.890148,-122.120740&amp;cid=0,0,18093581630408917048&amp;hq=mighty+fine+guitars&amp;hnear=0x8085607ca3fa8f85:0xf928585d03e46927,Lafayette,+CA\" target=\"_blank\">85 Lafyette Circle<\/a> in Lafayette, CA. You can call &#8211; and talk to Stevie himself at (925) 268-8226<\/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\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-123-stevie-coyles-mighty-fine-guitars%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 #124 (time = 35:40) There are two ways to setup this interview: 1) Why [&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-4097","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\/4097","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=4097"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5256,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions\/5256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}