{"id":5401,"date":"2014-03-28T15:26:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T20:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2014-03-29T10:25:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T15:25:37","slug":"songs-stories-134-re-rockin-re-stompin-kvmr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-stories-134-re-rockin-re-stompin-kvmr\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #134: Re-rockin&#8217; and Re-stompin&#8217; on KVMR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6319\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5401-1\" 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_stories134.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories134.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories134.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_stories134.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=5401-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories134.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories134.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories134.mp3\"><b>Click here to listen to Wesley Robertson and Michael Gaither on KVMR<\/b><\/a> (time = 33:22)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/high-shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4938\" alt=\"high-shot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/high-shot-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Whenever I play up in the lower Sierras, I have a standing offer to show up at Wesley Robertson&#8217;s &#8220;Rockin&#8217; and Stompin&#8221; on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kvmr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">KVMR radio<\/a>. It&#8217;s always fun and always appreciated. This &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; is one of those &#8220;me being interviewed for a change&#8221; episodes. It&#8217;s a recent stop on Wesley&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>I realized during this chat that he and I go back more than a few years now. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kvmr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4910\" alt=\"kvmr\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kvmr-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>We met back when I finished my first CD, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/gaither\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Spotted Mule and Other Tales&#8221;<\/a> (2006) through a mutual dear friend at The Strawberry Music Festival. We&#8217;ve been pals ever since, crossing paths both at the station and at more than one late night in various music festivals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/michael-wesley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4940\" alt=\"michael-wesley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/michael-wesley-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In this podcast, we reminisce about two very fun nights that I was lucky to capture as podcasts: A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/archives\/161\" target=\"_blank\">Strawberry Stroll through various camp jams<\/a>, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/archives\/228\" target=\"_blank\">song circle at one of the first American River Music Festivals<\/a>. (Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanRiverMusicFestival\" target=\"_blank\">ARMF Facebook page<\/a> for a teaser about who&#8217;s coming to this year&#8217;s fest in September.)<\/p>\n<p>This episode also features live takes of &#8211; and some of the stories behind &#8211; my songs &#8220;Broke,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/gaither3\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221;<\/a>, &#8220;Now It&#8217;s a Taqueria&#8221;, along with a cover of Warren Zevon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GHo9BtI9VwY&amp;list=UUtzseDzL8qakcgMxy03e_eA\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t Let Us Get Sick&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming soon on &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221;:<\/strong> Interviews about the new releases from the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimdyarband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Dyar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amyobenski.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Obenski<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/laurazucker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Zucker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><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-stories-134-re-rockin-re-stompin-kvmr%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 Wesley Robertson and Michael Gaither on KVMR (time = 33:22) Whenever I play up in [&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-5401","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\/5401","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=5401"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5412,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401\/revisions\/5412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}