{"id":7008,"date":"2017-09-26T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=7008"},"modified":"2018-03-07T16:09:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T21:09:44","slug":"songs-and-stories-171-jeffrey-halfords-lo-fi-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-171-jeffrey-halfords-lo-fi-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #171: Jeffrey Halford&#8217;s &#8220;Lo Fi Dreams&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3584\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7008-1\" 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_stories171.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories171.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories171.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_stories171.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=7008-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories171.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories171.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Subscribe: <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\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/michael-gaither-songs-and-stories\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jeffrey_halford_bw_2.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jeffrey_halford_bw_2-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"jeffrey_halford_bw_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7014\" \/><\/a>When you spend years with a fellow musician trading emails, crossing paths with mutual friends, and only occasionally having a real phone call (remember those?)&#8230;plan to take a lot of time catching up when you finally get a chance to sit and visit. Case in point: This episode of &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; is a years-in-the-making (heh) chat with bluesy songwriter <a href=\"http:\/\/jeffreyhalford.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Halford<\/a>. Have a seat. Long chat in this one, but we had fun. Hope you do, too.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey is out touring in support of <a href=\"http:\/\/jeffreyhalford.com\/discography\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Lo Fi Dreams,&#8221;<\/a> his latest (his eight) record of original tunes. As we speak, he&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/jeffreyhalford.com\/calendar\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">making his way through Holland and Germany<\/a> with his band, The Healers. He&#8217;ll be back in the bay area in time for a CD-release party at <a href=\"https:\/\/throckmortontheatre.org\/events\/2017-11\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Throckmorton<\/a> in Mill Valley on Saturday, November 4th.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview, Jeffrey and I both talked about our gratitude for <a href=\"http:\/\/kpig.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KPIG radio<\/a> &#8211; both of our new records at getting tons of support &#8211; and how these little indie and Americana stations really do keep this music out there. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lofi-dreams.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lofi-dreams-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"lofi dreams\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7015\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Low Fi Dreams&#8221; is being released through the Sausalito-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floatingrecords.com\/about\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floating Records<\/a>, which has not only given Jeffrey&#8217;s record an extra push, but it&#8217;s also allowed him to release this new project on vinyl in addition to CD. The episode also includes the CD track of &#8220;Elvis Shot the Television,&#8221; a fun tune that&#8217;s getting lots of airplay. Jefferey talks about the Elvis festival and <a href=\"https:\/\/lisawallerrogers.com\/tag\/elvis-shooting-tv-with-robert-goulet\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the real-life details that he worked into the song<\/a>. Yes, Elvis had an issue with Robert Goulet. You&#8217;ll have to listen for the details. Stay tuned to the end of the interview, too. Jeffrey sneaks in a live take on an unreleased track.<\/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<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-171-jeffrey-halfords-lo-fi-dreams%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>Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher When you spend years with a fellow musician trading emails, crossing paths with mutual friends, and [&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-7008","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\/7008","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=7008"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7129,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7008\/revisions\/7129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}