Digging through the archives as we get ready to launch Season 5 in a couple weeks and found this buried treasure — our first interview with Dane Donohue!

The yacht rock legend joined the podcast to discuss life after rock and roll, his big break, the making of a masterpiece with hall of famers, and much, much more. Keith Barry, journalist with ⁠Narratively.com⁠, told the story we all needed to hear: whatever happened? Part one of a two-part interview with “the lost prince of yacht rock.”

Read the article to get the entire story: ⁠https://narratively.com/the-lost-prince-of-yacht-rock/⁠

Part 2 is here.

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Our tour of the archives continue, while we prepare for Season 5. Here is Part 1 of our chat with Tamara and Bill Champlin when we caught up to them backstage before a concert in Dayton Ohio in 2022.

Part 2 is here.

Listen in to clips from their conversation: everything from singing technique to songwriting to performing live and working in the studio. We covered a lot and learned a lot, and you will two. It’s not just The Champ...it’s The Co-Champs!

Keep tabs on Bill and Tamara and check out Bill’s new record, “Livin’ for Love,” at ⁠billchamplin.com⁠.

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During the inter-season hiatus, we will continue to post interviews from the archives. Here is one of our all-time favorite guests: Jay Graydon!

We pick the conversation up with Part 2 of our three-part interview.

Part 1 is here.

Part 3 is here.

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For those new to the podcast, we are republishing previously released episodes until we kick off Season 5 in a few weeks. This week is Part 1 of our two-episode interview with Kenny Loggins, covering most of what was revealed in his memoir, "Still Alright," published in 2022.

If you'd like to continue along with the conversation, part 2 can be found here (wherever you get your podcasts).

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Our favorite convention from the late 70s and early 80s: Everything had a Christmas Special! And every year, they would rerun the same holiday special specials and we never got tired of them. It was tradition!

Our yacht rock podcast should be no different! John and Tom scour music-dom for the yachtiest yuletide merriment to bring your season glad “tide”-ings, including songs from the era and modern buried treasures from classic yacht rock artists.Who’s on your yachty list?

Tell us tunes, albums and compilations we missed on our Facebook page! ⁠facebook.com/yachtrockpodcast⁠

Also, you thought Tom was kidding about the ⁠Fat Albert Christmas Specia⁠l and the ⁠Star Wars Holiday Special⁠? Think again!

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Tom and John close out the fourth season of Out of the Main by clearing the decks of various odds and ends they’ve saved up over the course of the year but never got to. PLUS, some discussion of new music to come, as well as a look ahead to Season 5.

NOTE: Here's that funk playlist John made.

Thank you all for listening, and especially to those for supporting the podcast. We literally couldn’t do it without you! 

See you all in 2024 for Season 5!

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E23.46: Monkey House’s Don Breithaupt

Tom knew him as one of the members of Monkey House. You might know him as the Emmy-award-winning composer and musician who has worked with the likes of Chicago, Marc Jordan, Jay Graydon and Manhattan Transfer. Others know him as the author of the “Aja” book, having interviewed Donald Fagan himself.

And if you still don’t know him, tune in to get to know Don Breithaupt, a buried treasure hidden in plain sight and well worth learning all about!

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The Grammy-Award-winning first-call brass maestro Jerry Hey rejoins the podcast for part two of our  interview. Learn the back story, hear his process, and tune in for some intriguing and informative anecdotes. Beginning even before yacht rock all the way up to recent gigs, you won’t want to miss a beat!

If you want to hear our original tribute episode to Jerry Hey “Beast Mode,” that can be found here.

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The man behind countless memorable horn arrangements and countermelodies, Jerry Hey, joins the podcast for a two-part interview. Learn the back story, hear his process, and tune in for some intriguing and informative anecdotes. Beginning even before yacht rock all the way up to recent gigs, you won’t want to miss a beat!

If you want to hear our original tribute episode to Jerry Hey “Beast Mode,” that can be found here.

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John Zaika, the filmmaker behind the forthcoming Bobby Kimball documentary “Kite on a String,” returns to the podcast to answer the most-asked question on our YouTube channel: “When is the Bobby Kimball story coming out?!” John provides updates, shares new stories, and reveals things we never knew about the living legend who once fronted Toto.

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