{"id":6478,"date":"2016-07-07T14:12:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T19:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2016-07-11T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T18:57:33","slug":"songs-and-stories-160-scott-cooper-on-batik-in-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-160-scott-cooper-on-batik-in-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #160: Scott Cooper on &#8220;Batik in Blue&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6452\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6478-1\" 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_stories160.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories160.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories160.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_stories160.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=6478-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories160.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories160.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories160.mp3\">Click here to listen to the interview with Scott Cooper<\/a>\u00a0(time = 58:22)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sentinel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sentinel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"sentinel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I continually find myself amazed and amused at what a small world this music tribe is. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volumemedia.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Cooper<\/a> and I go back aways. I was recently cleaning off my desk, sifting through old memorabilia and clippings, and found THIS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Cruz Sentinel<\/a> page with articles by both Scott and I. He interviewed the late <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danhicks.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Hicks<\/a>. I did a piece on <a href=\"http:\/\/buddymiller.com\/release\/buddy-and-julie-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buddy and Julie Miller<\/a>. Again, small world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/scott-cooper.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/scott-cooper-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"scott cooper\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Cut to a decade (or two later). Scott and his fine band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volumemedia.com\/scotty---the-barrelmakers.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Barrelmakers<\/a> played one of the last shows we hosted at our concert series. And then we finally got together to talk shop here at the home office around the kitchen table. A veteran of the bay area music scene, and very much a local favorite here in Santa Cruz, we got together to talk about his latest CD, <a href=\"https:\/\/scottcooperjams.bandcamp.com\/album\/batik-in-blue\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Batik in Blue&#8221;<\/a>. First, of course, we reminisced about how we both ended up at the Sentinel, how a little farther back he started as a DJ at KLRS in Santa Cruz (before it became KSCO) after the 1989 earthquake &#8211; I did warn you we go back a little in history, yes? &#8211; and how he, initially a drummer, had to step away from the kit to get his songs properly heard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/batik.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/batik-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"batik\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/batik-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/batik.jpeg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Scott&#8217;s spent a LOT of time as a utility side player and and as a rhythm guitarist in the powerhouse Grateful Dead tribute band, the China Cats. Doing his own records allows him to showcase his songwriting, wrapping it in a jam band-ish package. You&#8217;ll get a good taste of that in this episode, which features &#8220;The Ghosts of La Honda&#8221; and &#8220;You Never Give Me the Blues&#8221; from the new record. We&#8217;ll also discuss our mutual adoration for the late, great genius <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenzevon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Zevon<\/a>. Scott closes this episode with a live version of a new song, &#8220;Warren Zevon,&#8221;, a tribute to the man himself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have comments on this episode?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019d love to hear from you. Call and leave a message at <strong>(831) 288-2226<\/strong>, and I\u2019ll play your comments on-air during the next show.<\/p>\n<p><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\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-160-scott-cooper-on-batik-in-blue%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 the interview with Scott Cooper\u00a0(time = 58:22) I continually find myself amazed and amused at [&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-6478","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\/6478","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=6478"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6507,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions\/6507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}