{"id":7540,"date":"2019-05-11T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T15:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2019-05-11T12:08:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T17:08:03","slug":"songs-and-stories-185-christie-mccarthy-talks-about-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-185-christie-mccarthy-talks-about-the-big-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #185: Christie McCarthy Talks About the &#8220;Big Picture&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7032\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7540-1\" 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_stories185.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories185.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories185.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_stories185.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=7540-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories185.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories185.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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/michael-gaither-songs-and-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-11-at-8.26.27-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7545 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-11-at-8.26.27-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>We are SO lucky to have such a rich talent pool in our humble little Santa Cruz community, so you can file this episode under &#8220;cool local people I finally had a chance to hang with&#8221;. Local songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiemccarthy.com\/index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christie McCarthy<\/a> is another one of those artists whom I&#8217;ve known of for years and share lots of real friends with. But we just haven&#8217;t had a chance to hang and talk shop. So we decided to remedy that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-11-at-8.28.34-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7548 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-11-at-8.28.34-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-11-at-8.28.34-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-11-at-8.28.34-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-11-at-8.28.34-AM-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-11-at-8.28.34-AM.png 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>We recently sat and did the &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; thing, discussing what went into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiemccarthy.com\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Big Picture&#8221;<\/a>,&#8221; her newest (and fourth) album of original tunes. It was produced by Christie and local favorite and goto drummer Jimmy Norris, and was recorded and engineered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-stories-139-keith-greeningers-soul-connection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Greeninger (no stranger to this podcast)<\/a> at his Wind River Studios in Santa Cruz. This release also features two other powerhouse locals, <a href=\"http:\/\/yujitojo.com\/about_me\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuji Tojo<\/a> (guitar and bass) and <a href=\"http:\/\/pattimaxine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patti Maxine<\/a> (lap steel guitar).<\/p>\n<p>Christie and I talked about what led up to this new record, including her time on a small label, and how she finally decided to balance a normal day job with her songwriting and performing, in lieu of trying to have music pay the bills completely. In her own words, &#8220;well, I like expensive wine.&#8221; (I can relate &#8211; it&#8217;s one of the reasons I like to play wineries.&#8221;) \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/kuumbwa-show.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7546 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/kuumbwa-show-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Christie has a knack for attracting the best of the best to accompany her. On May 31st, she&#8217;s doing a special show at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuumbwajazz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuumbwa Jazz Center.<\/a> Dubbed &#8220;A Celebration of Equality,&#8221; this benefit for the <a href=\"http:\/\/pajarovalleypride.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pajaro Valley Pride<\/a> Scholarship Fund will feature Christie and her band The Wielders which includes, Jimmy Norris, Patti Maxine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-170-all-in-good-time-with-rhan-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhan Wilson<\/a> (bass), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/glennmacpherson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenn MacPherson<\/a> (lead guitar), and Stephen Bigger. Details and tickets are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/a-celebration-of-equality-with-christie-mccarthy-the-wielders-tickets-57064109287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eventbrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find &#8220;Big Picture,&#8221; along with the rest of Christie&#8217;s music, at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.cdbaby.com\/Artist\/ChristieMcCarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD Baby<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Christie-McCarthy\/e\/B000APOXVM\/digital\/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sn=d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5cnQ8QLSMOR0xsdWXTt7aF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-185-christie-mccarthy-talks-about-the-big-picture%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 We are SO lucky to have such a rich talent pool in our humble little Santa [&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-7540","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\/7540","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=7540"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7553,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7540\/revisions\/7553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}