{"id":6700,"date":"2017-02-13T20:51:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T01:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=6700"},"modified":"2017-02-15T10:53:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T15:53:46","slug":"songs-and-stories-167-russell-brutsches-bucket-of-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-167-russell-brutsches-bucket-of-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #167: &#8220;Russell Brutsche&#8217;s &#8216;Bucket of Gold&#8217; &#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_863\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6700-1\" 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_stories167.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories167.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories167.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_stories167.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=6700-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories167.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories167.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories167.mp3\">Click here to listen to the interview with Russell Brutsche<\/a>\u00a0(time = 54:59)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/maxresdefault.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/maxresdefault-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"maxresdefault\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6707\" \/ target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Ever the humble artist, Santa Cruz&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/members.cruzio.com\/~russellb\/gallery2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Brutsche<\/a> refers to himself as &#8220;an eternal beginner&#8221;. Very humble. A double threat painter and award-winning songwriter, Russell&#8217;s environmental and political stories work themselves into both songs and prints. Always with a gentle touch and often with a bit of humor. Which medium a particular story or angle finds itself &#8220;depends,&#8221; as you&#8217;ll learn in this podcast interview. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/river-st.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/river-st-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"river st\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6709\" \/><\/a>Russell dropped by right after attending &#8220;Wintersongs West,&#8221; one of four songwriting camps that take place on the east and west coast. (&#8220;Summersongs&#8221; is the east coast counterpart.) The gatherings were created by songwriter\/teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennynichols.com\" target=\"_blank\">Penny Nichols<\/a>. This past event included instruction from <a href=\"https:\/\/susanmariereeves.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Reeves<\/a> (who&#8217;s also the Co-Director of the west coast camps), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songnet.info\/network\/guest\/ed-tree\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Tree<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.severinbrowne.com\" target=\"_blank\">Severin Brown<\/a>. We talked about the camp, focused on a bit of advice Russell received from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teresatudury.net\" target=\"_blank\">Teresa Tudury<\/a> about how &#8220;everything that can go wrong onstage will at some point,&#8221; then learned how that advice came into play at Russell&#8217;s very first performance AFTER the camp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/russellbrutsche3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/russellbrutsche3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"russellbrutsche3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/russellbrutsche3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/russellbrutsche3.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Russell&#8217;s latest record, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/russellbrutsche3\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Bucket of Gold,&#8221;<\/a> features local favorites <a href=\"https:\/\/steveuccello.com\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Uccello<\/a> (bass and cello), <a href=\"http:\/\/dayankai.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dayan Kai<\/a> (clarinet), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/brucewandmayer\/songs\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Wandmeyer<\/a> (pedal steel) providing the instrumentation on eleven new songs that mix songs, stories, and spoken word interludes about painting the Golden Gate Bridge, forgoing a massive stadium build to instead farm the land (&#8220;Sam&#8217;s Cornfield,&#8221; which you&#8217;ll hear in the intro to the actual interview), to a few tunes that poke fun at singer\/songwriter culture itself. The interview concludes with a live take on &#8220;Center of the Universe,&#8221; a song about humility from the record reminding all of us that we&#8217;re &#8220;eternal beginners&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to purchase &#8220;Bucket of Gold&#8221;?<br \/>\n<\/strong>CDs and downloads are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/russellbrutsche3\" target=\"_blank\">here at cdbaby.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to learn more about the Wintersongs and Summersongs camps?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Details on both (Summersongs West takes place June 1-4) are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summersongs.com\" target=\"_blank\">summersongs.com<\/a>.<\/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-167-russell-brutsches-bucket-of-gold%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 Russell Brutsche\u00a0(time = 54:59) Ever the humble artist, Santa Cruz&#8217;s Russell Brutsche [&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-6700","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\/6700","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=6700"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6718,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6700\/revisions\/6718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}