{"id":5842,"date":"2015-01-16T19:16:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T00:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2015-01-16T22:52:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T03:52:33","slug":"songs-stories-142-drive-ins-mountain-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-stories-142-drive-ins-mountain-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #142: &#8220;Drive-Ins and Mountain Lions&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7566\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5842-1\" 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_stories142.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories142.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories142.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_stories142.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=5842-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories142.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories142.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories142.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Click here to listen to&#8221;Drive-Ins and Mountain Lions&#8221;<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(time = 20:33)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gaither-rayburns.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gaither-rayburns-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"gaither-rayburns\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5851\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re kicking off 2015 at &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; with a quick episode and a preview of upcoming projects &#8211; a show at Moss Landing&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hauteenchilada.com\/michael-gaither-and-the-rayburn-brothers.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Haute Enchilada<\/a> on January 24, a Santa Cruz Valentine&#8217;s Day house concert with my pal <a href=\"http:\/\/stevekritzer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Kritzer<\/a>, and a wonderful hosting gig: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuckbrodsky.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Brodsky<\/a>, one of my favorites, plays our <a href=\"http:\/\/corralitoscultural.org\/performance-hall-final\" target=\"_blank\">local series<\/a> on Friday, January 30. Details are on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/shows\" target=\"_blank\">Calendar page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Music-wise, this episode goes a few months back to a fun, Friday morning appearance I made on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzsc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">KZSC&#8217;s<\/a> &#8220;Bushwacker&#8217;s Breakfast&#8221;. I was on air-to promote our the annual &#8220;Bow-Wowapalooza&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seabrightbrewery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seabright Brewery<\/a> helped sponsor this event, which raised over $1500 for the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter. We&#8217;re planning another one for this fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/atlas.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/atlas-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"atlas\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5849\" \/><\/a>On the show, I played <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Xtan46myn7I?list=UUtzseDzL8qakcgMxy03e_eA\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221;<\/a>, and a newer song, &#8220;The Ghost of 17&#8221;. This a true story of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/20120825\/the-ghost-cat-mountain-lion-slips-across-highway-17-regularly\">a mountain lion named Atlas<\/a>, and is also a nod to UCSC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/santacruzpumas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Puma Project<\/a> research group.<\/p>\n<p>A few new podcast interviews &#8211; and more shows &#8211; are in the works for this year. 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