{"id":6550,"date":"2016-08-17T17:54:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=6550"},"modified":"2016-08-18T19:24:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T00:24:19","slug":"songs-and-stories-162-dayan-kais-maui-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-162-dayan-kais-maui-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #162: Dayan Kai&#8217;s Maui Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7282\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6550-1\" 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_stories162.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories162.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories162.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_stories162.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=6550-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories162.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories162.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories162.mp3\">Click here to listen to the interview with Dayan Kai<\/a>\u00a0(time = 47:00)<\/p>\n<p>I think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dayankai.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dayan Kai<\/a> just beat out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-119-antsy-mcclains-living-the-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Antsy McClain<\/a> of The Trailer Park Troubadours as the most frequent guest on this podcast. A brilliant musician and a good pal, Dayan first appeared with <a href=\"https:\/\/steveuccello.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Uccello<\/a> on the show way back in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs_and_stories_25_and_26_dayan_kai_an_1\/\" target=\"_blank\">episodes #25 and #26<\/a>. He was here again with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keithgreeninger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Greeninger<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs_and_stories_85_and_86_keith_greeni\/\" target=\"_blank\">episodes #85 and #85<\/a> to talk about their duo album, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/greeningerkai\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Make It Rain&#8221;<\/a>. Dayan came back to promote his last full-length record, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/dayankai4\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Resonate&#8221;<\/a>, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-stories-129-dayan-kai-resonates\/\" target=\"_blank\">episode #129<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/99HMI1Pg4ag\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<b>The title track from &#8220;Resonate&#8221;<\/b><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nAnd yet the guy just has just not worn out his welcome. <\/p>\n<p>Dayan was a staple of the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area music scene until a few years ago. He moved back to his native Maui, where he keeps busy with several regular projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mauitheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Burn&#8217;n Love&#8221; at the Lahaina Theater<\/a>. Dayan is the Musical Director of this tribute to Elvis Presley that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Attraction_Review-g60634-d5928798-Reviews-Burn_n_Love-Lahaina_Maui_Hawaii.html\" target=\"_blank\">tripadvisor.com<\/a> calls &#8220;the best show on Maui&#8221;. This show plays several times a week. <\/li>\n<li>Dayan solo at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montagehotels.com\/kapaluabay\/?gclid=CNfKnO69yc4CFcVffgods-UGFA\" target=\"_blank\">Montage Hotel<\/a> in Kapalua. Dayan plays every Saturay from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ohana Kai&#8221; &#8211; Dayan&#8217;s weekly radio show that &#8220;airs&#8221; on <a href=\"indieairradio.com\" target=\"_blank\">indieairradio.com<\/a> every Friday at 8:00 pm (Pacific Time).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U09L9VCQ7IY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<b>Dayan and Michael have an extended lunch<\/b><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The last time Dayan was out this way, he and I photobombed local restaurants for my <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U09L9VCQ7IY\">&#8220;Now It&#8217;s a Taqueria&#8221;<\/a> video. For this podcast, we met at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donquixotesmusic.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don Quixote&#8217;s<\/a> in Felton (seems to be a theme with us and Mexican restarants) for a quick update on his newest projects, how he likes being home in Maui, and what we might expect on his next CD. <\/p>\n<p>This episode includes the title track from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/dayankai2\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Living Like a Rat Again&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;The San Juan Song&#8221; from &#8220;Make It Rain&#8221;. It also includes a live take on &#8220;Sun On the Hillside&#8221; (featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/sharon-allen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Allen<\/a>) and a new song, &#8220;Lahaina Hale&#8221;.<\/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-162-dayan-kais-maui-update%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 Dayan Kai\u00a0(time = 47:00) I think Dayan Kai just beat out Antsy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-podcast","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6550","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=6550"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6571,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6550\/revisions\/6571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}