1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: When I'm listening to music, I don't want to have 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: to think about what I'm playing next. I don't want 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: to think at all. I just want to feel it. 4 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: That's why I love my Sonos Rome. It has a 5 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: hands free voice control and voice helps so I don't 6 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: have to think twice if I need to set a 7 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: timer or turn up a volume. Experience the best sound anywhere, 8 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: everywhere with Sonos Rome, the ultimate portable smart speaker for 9 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: all your listening adventures. Visit Sonos dot com to learn 10 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: more and shop Rome in three new exclusive colors. Double 11 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: Elvis as Rock and Roll Royalty succumbs to an overtaxed 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: heart on the toilet. One city in America was in 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: rapture waiting for tomorrow to come. They were waiting for 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: the King. Elvis was to arrive August seven for two shows. 15 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: The stage was set, the crew was there. Tickets for 16 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: two nights of the Cumberland County Civic Center were sold 17 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: out well in advance. Fans waited in the line for 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: days to grab them, especially amped because he just played 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: the state's diminutive capital of Augusta back in May, skipping 20 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: its largest city, Portland. Elvis was supposedly getting it going again, 21 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 1: and by it I mean it's life unhealthy, isolated, artistically stagnant, 22 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 1: and losing money. He had to get back out there 23 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: and work, but August sixteen would be his last day 24 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: on earth. And no city was left more at the 25 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: altar than Portland, Maine. When I'm playing a show or 26 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: going to a show in the Forest City, it has 27 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: never lost on me that I'm going to play some 28 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: songs in the last next place Elvis was going to 29 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: be Portland, Maine. I don't know where that is. Leave 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: your bags in the car, keep it running. I won't 31 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: pretend that I won't miss this for Portland, Maine. I 32 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: don't know where that is, Donovan Woods, I couldn't find 33 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: a lot of songs if it's in Portland, Maine. Hell, 34 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: there aren't a lot of songs that reference Maine. But 35 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: in digging around this song in particular reinforce my sense 36 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: of the ports city. It seemed to hold some power 37 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: with others too, because it has been covered at least 38 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: three times, including a version by Tim McGraw. It's not 39 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: a song about Portland, though, it's a song about not 40 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: knowing where the hell Portland is. The allure and beauty 41 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: of Portland is that it doesn't need you to know 42 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: where it is. It already has everything it needs. Whether 43 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: you want blue grass or the blues, heavy metal or 44 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: good old rock and roll, they have got a band 45 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: for that. The state of Maine in Portland has given 46 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: us Patty Griff had Rush, The Govertones, Ellis, Paul Sley, Cleaves, 47 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: Amy Allen, Genevieve Stoke, smell Stone, The Worst Week and Friends, Paranoids, 48 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: Social Club, Golden Oak and a Lombard, The Mallet Brothers Band, 49 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 1: Nigel Hall, Oshima, ray La Montaigne, Ryan Zoidis, the ghost 50 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: of Paul Revere, Cindy Blinds, and Jeff Coffin, to name 51 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,839 Speaker 1: a few. And a lot of people think Maine gave 52 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: us lobsters. Um will correct that by the end of 53 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: this episode. So artists like Tim McGraw just gave up 54 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 1: on love because they didn't know geography. If there's a 55 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: reason the King died on a toilet just before testing 56 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: his abilities in the city, McGraw can't find on a map, 57 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: Elvis's manager hope for a soft launch back to stardom, 58 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: away from the bright lights that show all your faults 59 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: in a place like Madison Square Garden. You wouldn't be 60 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: faulted for thinking there isn't gonna be a lot of 61 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: live music or thriving music culture awaiting you on a 62 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: trip to Portland, But you would be missing out one 63 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,239 Speaker 1: of the best music scenes in America if you do 64 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: not plan to fill your soul up while you're in town. 65 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: And that is precisely what this podcast is here for. 66 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: Portland knows how isolated it is, and it turns that 67 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: into its strength. It's music, it's food and drink. Take 68 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: full advantage of being the last city before you drift 69 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: towards Canada. If the world won't come to you, you 70 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: must ensure that your world has everything it needs. They 71 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: do that with the tagline you feel everywhere you go 72 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: more than you see made in Maine. An avalanche of 73 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,119 Speaker 1: musical acts come out of l A, New York, and Nashville. 74 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: When a band or artist comes out of Maine, it 75 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: immediately says something about them. That is what I heard 76 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: every time I could catch a band like Rustic Overtones Alive, 77 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: a relentless, rocking cavalcade of rhythm, horns and groove triumphantly 78 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: served upon by the Bandshee punk rock vocals of Dave 79 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: Gutter before I understood the true heart of Portland, Maine. 80 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: I could understand what Maiden Maine meant by listening to 81 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: the Rustic Overtones. And I'm not alone in that, because 82 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: David Bowie thought the same thing and joined them on 83 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: their record. It drew me to Portland after hearing them 84 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: on tour. Once you're there, floating through the mist and 85 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: fog coming off the ocean at night, it's clear that 86 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: Maiden Maine is not a brand, but a way of 87 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: life from which music like Rustic Overtones sprung forth, real 88 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: in both its rawness and its comfort. Maybe when Elvis 89 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: drops dead on you, you're left with no plans. You 90 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 1: realize nobody is coming. Tim McGraw can't even find it 91 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: on a map, and you think we better plan our 92 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: own party, supply our own music. When I play there now, 93 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: I feel that welcome to our small, cozy city. We 94 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: don't really need you here to show us why you came. 95 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: The food, the beer, the crafts, the art and music. 96 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: Portland's is its own perpetual motion machine, a single energy 97 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: source feeling. It's vibrant live city music scene, dependable as 98 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: the tides in one visit. You can catch it all yourself, 99 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: and this is how you do it. Welcome to episode 100 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: one of Sound of Our Town. We are visiting Portland, Maine. 101 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: The Sound of Our Town is a podcast about the 102 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: music that has shaped the city you're touching down in, 103 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: or your move to, or you want to go to. 104 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: It is about finding, hearing, and experiencing its best music 105 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: happening right now. What sounds and places have shaped that 106 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: city's culture, and what new sounds continue to define it. 107 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: It's about getting together in a room to listen and 108 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: why that matters whether you're quickly dropping in or landing 109 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: for a long stay. In each episode of Sound of 110 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: Our Town, I'll introduce you to the real places in 111 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: sonic stories echoing in a particular town, so that your 112 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: travel is enriched with music. If we've all been through 113 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: a lot, and we are going through a lot, and 114 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: music gives the challenges that inevitably befall us some perspective, 115 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: grace and healing. My name is Will Daily. I'm working 116 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: in the artists the Sonic Traveler, UH foolish and relentless 117 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: true door from one of you. I'm looking for that 118 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: spot to go to in that spot to play. We 119 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: want to get lost and found in the same night. 120 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: We start our first episode in Portland, Maine, and by 121 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 1: the time we are done walking along it's cobblestone streets 122 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: where there's always someone playing something, you'll know why we 123 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: started here. So let's listen in on Portland. This humble 124 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: East Coast city possesses a true ocean side winner with 125 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: the spirit of the mighty Atlantic beating at your door 126 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: and finding an energy and a food sources a must 127 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: and thankfully easy to do in Portland. This is what 128 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: makes the city thrive. Yes, when certain icons use a 129 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: city to get their act together, only to die the 130 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: night before the show, that city will inevitably learn to 131 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: provide for itself. It is the only way. Anytime I 132 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: played Portland, I feel like I'm invited into someone's home. 133 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: But it's board game night and you have to bring 134 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: something interesting and nobody's going to talk to you until 135 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: like the second drink. So let's get you settled and going. 136 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: Any new destination could be overwhelming and you only have 137 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: one chance to make your first stop. Where does one 138 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: go when first arriving in Portland's the unwind the first pint, 139 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: your first real taste of not only knowing the live 140 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: music scene, but the vibe of the city itself. You flew, 141 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: drove bike to sauntered into town. You don't want to 142 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: waste a minute. We could start with mains drinking problem. 143 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: Portland has so many breweries and impress of seventeen micro breweries, 144 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: the most per capita of any city in the US. 145 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: It would be fair to assume that prohibition never stood 146 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: a chance here, except that the father of prohibition was 147 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: the former mayor. In eighteen fifty, Mayor Neil dow co 148 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: founded the Main Temperance Society, which is hopefully an indie 149 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: band or going to be an indie band. Soon. Dal 150 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: used his political power to turn Maine into America's first 151 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: dry state in eighteen fifty one. No beer, no wine. 152 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: But four years later it was discovered that he had 153 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: allowed the city to buy medical and mechanical alcohol for 154 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: him to store and you know, look after, just just 155 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: in case, thus marking the only time in US history 156 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: where a leader dramatically opposed to something was himself indulging 157 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: in that very thing. Eventually, angry and sober protesters surrounded 158 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 1: city Hall on June two, eighteen fifty five, Mayor dow 159 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: ordered his state militia to shoot, killing one protester and 160 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 1: injuring seven more. Everything went downhill from there. A year 161 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: after that incident, dal lost his reelection bid and Maine 162 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: got drunk again. The day at protest is remembered as 163 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: the Portland run Riot. Our first entry of evidence that 164 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: Portland knows how to take care of itself. So what 165 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 1: better way to honor that than to let this city 166 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: welcome me with a pint. Portland has a number of distilleries. 167 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: All the better many of them have live music. If 168 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: you're in Portland on Tuesday night, you can check out 169 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: Maincraft Distilling, which has bluegrass as long as it's warm 170 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: enough to play outside, and mayonnerds have a different definition 171 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: of warm enough than a lot of the country. Or 172 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: try Gritty mcduffs on a Thursday night for a band 173 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 1: beyond description and a guy in Jason Phelps who does 174 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: the best Jerry Garcia You're going to hear for free 175 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: in a brewery just about anywhere in America. There's even 176 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: something called Affirmatory that has bands in the parking lot 177 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: all summer and specializes in types of booze that I've 178 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: never even heard of. But I don't want you to 179 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: suffer from too many options, so I will share with 180 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: you my favorite place to grab a drink and wake 181 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: my ears up before catching the show in Portland, place 182 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: that immediately ingests you into the ventricles of the city, 183 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: with the ocean pumping outside, while you still got that 184 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: ocean air and your lungs. Maps. Ocean there in your lungs. Maps. 185 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: The bar is one of Portland's many small pubs, but 186 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: it's the only Subterrainean bar decorated with Maps. Simple and unpretentious, 187 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: the bar has a healthy selection of all of the 188 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: fine Portland beers out there. But integral to our auditory 189 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: needs is the music Maps supplies via classic turntable and 190 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: a stellar record collection. Some people say they're grilled cheese 191 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: is of legend. I'll let you decide. Maps is underground. 192 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: It's in the soil, speakeasy vibe with the bartender who 193 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: will spin records for you, welcoming you into this strong 194 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: and humble city and priming you for what comes next. 195 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: By the time you walk out of Maps, you are 196 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: a tuned to the Portland peninsula and ready to see 197 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: some live music. Ready to listen in every city we visit. 198 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: In sound of our town, we are first finding the 199 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: listening rooms where magic happens in intimacy is of value. 200 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: In most cities, you really have to plan your night 201 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: because a cab right across town from one place the 202 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: next really sucks up your time. But Portland built itself 203 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: around a culture that values being there over getting there. 204 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: What I mean is this city is walkable. The majority 205 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: of your music exploration is less than a mile from maps. 206 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: The spine of the city that is actually its nickname 207 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: is Congress Street cuts through the heart of Portland. In 208 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: a country that suffers from an over homogenization of main streets, 209 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: the crimson brick sidewalks of Congress offer you walk on 210 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: the home grown side. It has two thirds of your 211 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: live music stops. I've been in Portland and gone to 212 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: three different shows in one night, like I'm walking room 213 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 1: to room through a beautiful Victorian brick house. That is 214 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: why I think it's best to start at one Longfellow Square. 215 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: It's one of the city's most charming and versatile nonprofit 216 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: performing arts venues. Ols his position to what feels like 217 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: the gateway to the arts district Portland It has a 218 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: warm and intimate atmosphere, setting up unforgettable experiences featuring some 219 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: of the best talent from Maine and the world. I 220 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: personally love playing that stage. It has a mini arena 221 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: type seating with chairs on the floor and an elevated balcony. 222 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: You can played to a whisper there and you can 223 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: whip it up to a scream if the moment compels you. 224 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: It's one of the best listening rooms in New England, 225 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: featuring folk, jazz, rock, blues, spoken word and beyond. Masters 226 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 1: a song like ted Leo Melissafic lore Viers two masters 227 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: of the instrument like Leo Cocky, Johnny A and Lucy Kaplansky. 228 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: They all find a Portlands home at one Longfellow Square, 229 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: and those local heroes goes the power Vier, who now 230 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: hold legendary status like Rustic Overtones, learned they can't be 231 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: contained much longer when they filled this room beyond its 232 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: eight five capacity. In two thousand and twelve, Dave Garter 233 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: from Rustic plays solo shows in between projects and rappers posts. 234 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: Wants to to show here with a nine piece backing band. 235 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: If there's something that deserves to be listened to, you 236 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: can find it at one Longfellow Square and just five 237 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: hundred steps away from OLS is one of Portland's top 238 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: alternative arts venues. Space side note, I don't know if 239 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: we will have that many cities to visit throughout this 240 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: season where I actually have to think about which alternative 241 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: arts venus to not include. That's how special Portland is. 242 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: You don't create that kind of problem for a podcast 243 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: about live music in a city without having a robust culture. 244 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: The mission of Space is to present contemporary, unconventional and 245 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: emerging arts artists and ideas. It's multidisciplinary, kind of a 246 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: fancy wave saying, come here to expand your consciousness. They 247 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:27,079 Speaker 1: show films that remind you to watch, not stream, or 248 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 1: spoken word nights that remind you to stop speaking and 249 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: listen even internally. And when they host music, you pay 250 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: attention because any unit of the week is prime real 251 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: estate because the music they're booking there is of the 252 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,839 Speaker 1: truest soil. They main only book about seven to twelve 253 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: concerts a month, but they all count. Shows can also 254 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: be all ages depending on the event, so you will 255 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: likely align with something special at Space no matter when 256 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: you arrive. Acts like my favorite living guitarist Mark rabou 257 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: Yasmin Williams, dear hoof Jonathan Richmond, all frequent Space and 258 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: you feel connected to the cult you there. It has 259 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: a warmth about It's Portland's spoon fed to your heart 260 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: and mind. And look, if one Longfellow Square and Space 261 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 1: is your night, then that's a beautiful evening on the peninsula. 262 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: One or two stops at one of the kind venues 263 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: in a bar that spends vinyl, that's that's amazing. You 264 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: did it, and you've done a lot, and you can 265 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: finish off with some late night eats at a place 266 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: like Nash because you need food and there's no way 267 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: I'm not dropping some food in our journeys before or 268 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: after between shows. You need fuel to listen. I don't 269 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: want you hungry or malnourished. And I don't want you 270 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: to listen to a food podcast about Portland. You don't 271 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: have time for that. There's too much music. Nash is 272 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: a Portland's stop for the live music level because it's 273 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: open till eleven on Fridays and Saturdays, and it has 274 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: the hardiest of main sandwiches and burgers. And you'll notice 275 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: that you passed a lot of places on your Congress 276 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: Street walk so far. Because Portland, as with its breweries, 277 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: has a high per capita account of venues for a 278 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: small city, all concentrated for your sonic comfort. What do 279 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: you do if you don't have a ticket? You didn't 280 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: plan ahead. That's me, I don't plan ahead and you 281 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: want the comfort of live music right now? Where in 282 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: Portland town is the coveted no cover spot. As with 283 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: any live music venue in town, and particularly with Ports 284 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: City Blue or just Blue for the locals, many people 285 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: come to really listen. It battles one long Fellow Square 286 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: for the most intimate venue, and it might have the lead. 287 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: It's quiet enough so you can sometimes hear somebody take 288 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: a leak in the bathroom in the back, but it 289 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: has no cover, and it's known to unleash that now 290 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: and then via one's fellow listeners. And don't take it personally. 291 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: It's just the love of the moment. Even the bartender 292 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: can get the zippets sign once in a while. The 293 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: lost art of deep listening remains contagious in Blue. In 294 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: ports City, Blue holds jazz jams, singer songwriters, electro funk, 295 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: and Irish music. I think there's zero rules as to 296 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: what they'll host. With each city we visit in this 297 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: season and sound of our Town, we will find that 298 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: no cover spot where like Blue, the curation focuses on 299 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: the love of the moment and not a genre or scene. 300 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: There is a minimum purchase of at least one drink 301 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: or topics items just like any old school Greenwich village 302 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: club has passed around which all proceeds go to musicians. 303 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: And yes you should feel obligated. I've walked out of 304 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: Blue with more than I make at a sold out 305 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: two person venue, so thank you Mry Daddy Warbucks. So 306 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: places like Blue, it's always there for you. You can 307 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: slip in and out any time. But if you're coming 308 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: to Portland on purpose, it's worth checking out what the 309 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: local clubs have on offers so you can plan to 310 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: see one of the dozens of bands who either make 311 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: Portland's home or swing through periodically because they built up 312 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: a fan base from their home in Brooklyn or Boston 313 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: or Northampton or Burlington, Vermont because it is a regional 314 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: hub nowadays thanks to that Made in Maine investment. And 315 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: let's say you roll into a beautiful city like Portland 316 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: and you only have one night and you want to 317 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: get your face melted. One place that's always reliable is 318 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: the apply named port House of Music and Events or 319 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: PE Home to the locals. It really is a home 320 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: for musicians who have who have been supported by owner 321 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: ken Bill sin see open the Big Easy now sadly 322 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: a West Elm furniture store. Especially if you dig big 323 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: bands with horns and keyboards and R and B singers, 324 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: this is your joint. Plus it's one of the best 325 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: rooms in town in terms of set up. An elevated stage, 326 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 1: easily accessible bar and bathrooms to the back stage right 327 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: in a balcony that wraps around the back for those 328 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: you'd rather sit down than pogo stick. And they have 329 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: a smoking area, so bring your weed, which is legal 330 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 1: in Portland. Remember all right, I'll tell you that part. 331 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,360 Speaker 1: I don't think I did. You can also try out 332 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: sun Tiki, which is just maybe a bit outside of 333 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: the walking distance that we've been talking about from Congress Street, 334 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: but it's among the best new entrants into the scene. 335 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: Maybe it's because it started out as a practice space, 336 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: So Suntiki feels like a home for the wayward musician, 337 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 1: a place where you can always find a bill to 338 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 1: hop on and play three or four songs of new 339 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: material on a six band show and no one will 340 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: ever seem out of place. This is where indie rock 341 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: meets Americana and one of the last places where there 342 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: is clearly a taste that governs every book decision and 343 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: you can reliably show up for a group of bands 344 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: you've never heard of and come away impressed. And obviously 345 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: members of bands like Rustic Overtones and goes to Power 346 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: review frequent Santiki with their side projects. Santiki certainly encapsulates 347 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: everything we've been talking about regards to Portland's Maine and 348 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: that made in main vibe. But you want to get 349 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: your face melted right off, Well, there's one spot in 350 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: Portland to really get a flavor for the city's legacy 351 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,239 Speaker 1: of music, to be in a building where everyone from 352 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: Modest Mouse to Cap Power play before they got too big, 353 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: but before we get to that. And when I'm on 354 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: the road, I'm always bringing my favorite current albums with me, 355 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: but sometimes my car speakers just don't do the music justice. 356 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: Or that hotel thing that if I ever managed to 357 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: get my phone hooked up too and never really does 358 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: the music justice. But with my Sonos Rowan portable smart speaker, 359 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: I can experience the best sound everywhere and anywhere, no 360 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: matter the conditions of the location. The sound quality on 361 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: the sun Room is perfection. The room is about six 362 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: inches tall and it delivers amazing vocal quality and depth. 363 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: When I was listening to the latest from Ghosts to 364 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: Paul Revere Field Notes Going Free, a full Sunic spectrum 365 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: is represented, and I felt like I was up front 366 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: that one longfellow square. The room also has a shock 367 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: resistant design that protects it against accidental drops or turbulence, 368 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: which is my standard mode of operation. So if you're 369 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: like me, you don't have to worry if you drop 370 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: it or it gets tossed around in your back. So 371 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: get room and get ready for your next adventure. Learn 372 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: more and shop three new exclusive colors at Sonos dot com. 373 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: The winter wind is biting at your cheeks as you 374 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: try not to slip on the slick brick sidewalk. You 375 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: make it to the most unpretentious facade on the block, 376 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: just before you can't feel your fingers. The heat from 377 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: inside is boiling out the front door and the body 378 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: parts of flyers from shows past blowing the wind, nothing 379 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,360 Speaker 1: has been groomed. A well worn regular who likely knows 380 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: every touring band with a loud guitar, is leaning against 381 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: the brick, getting some air with a filterless lucky strike 382 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: in a leather jacket, totally inappropriate for the weather. You 383 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: pull open the glass door, leaving the cold and possibly 384 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: the real world. Maybe there's nothing and no one inside. 385 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 1: At first, only darkness greets you, but then the essence 386 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: of sonic sweat hits your eyes. Adjusted for one second, 387 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: it feels like you're walking onto a stage in metal 388 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: is life. This isn't dinged, it's purity. The black and 389 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: red walls extend to the checkerboard floor, but there's no chest. 390 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: It's more primal than that. And just make sure you've 391 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: got enough cash for the bouncer. You brought cash, right, 392 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: because that's the only currency that works here. And you think, 393 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: is this it? But is that? The strokes at the 394 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 1: pool table post sound check just time. Burlesque dancers pray 395 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: the checkerboard eye contact all the way they might love you. 396 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: They might The foodsball table is alive tonight, each player 397 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: on the rod arguing who saw black flag more Back 398 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: in the day, a thrash four pieces, finishing a set 399 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: hair that reaches the floor, flying in a windmill. The 400 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: singer's voice sounds like a chainsaw playing through a broken speaker, 401 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: loud as hell. It's beautiful. The rest of the bill 402 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 1: is stacked to night, three bands all trying to outpunk 403 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: the other to you. Suddenly that is peace. Gray metal 404 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: heads and wet behind the ear d i y rockers 405 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: decorate the bar all the while the ghost of nineteen 406 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: seventies sexual exhibitionism flirts at the bar with a never 407 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: ending glass of seven and seven stickers and skulls plasters 408 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: of the wall. Death is everywhere. Let's be honest, how 409 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: can it not be? And you you feel alive, you 410 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: have found your way to Genos or you have a 411 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: good chance of having your face melted right off. Originally 412 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 1: it was a basement spot under Brown Street. Open in three, 413 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: Geno's was intended as a restaurant cat to the downtown 414 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: shopping crowd, but the main mall came into being and 415 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: gutted Portland's downtown. So Gino, who run numerous drinking and 416 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: eating establishments, said fuget, let's just let the punks play 417 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: here at night, and that spot had to pack up 418 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: shop in two thousand and twelve and move a mile 419 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: up the block to its current location, all a few 420 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: years before Gino died and left it to his son 421 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: j R. Who recently sold it. But to like minded individuals, 422 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: of course, there are some townies who will never recognize 423 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: Geno's new location as anything but the new Genos, even 424 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: though it's been in place for a decade now and 425 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: most people hardly remember the Brown Street location that's been 426 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: turned into condos. But this spot on Congress has history too. 427 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: Not only did it used to be the Skinny, a 428 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: club run by Portland legends Johnny and Melo Lamba for 429 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: a white hot minute, but it was also the so 430 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: called fine arts cinema where you go to see X 431 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: rated movies before they were freely available everywhere. It turns 432 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: out a porn theater offers great sight lines for live 433 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: music fans. But maybe the coolest thing about Geno's is 434 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: how legitimately welcoming it is. No matter how weird you are, 435 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 1: They've got a place for you, and the newcomers that 436 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: bought the place from Geno's Jr. Are not only keeping 437 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: the spirit alive, but also making it even more of 438 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,199 Speaker 1: a place where everyone is accepted. You will never not 439 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: once walk into Genos and not feel a kind of 440 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: connection to that beautiful rock and rule freedom that America fears. 441 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: Of course, Elvis was not coming to melth Faces but 442 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: Mouth Hearts, and he wasn't planning on playing the local club. 443 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: He was set up to play the Civic Center, where 444 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: locals have seen everyone from Kiss to Dolly Pardon, but 445 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: which is called the Cross Insurance Arena now and hasn't 446 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: held a big show anyone's really cared about since the 447 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: Black Keys played in and at least twenty thod people 448 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: claimed to have been at that show that holds less 449 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: than ten thousand, but certainly dates hold legends. So with 450 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: every city we visit in this season and Sound of 451 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: our Town, I'll be setting you up with a calendar 452 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: highlights that make your time wherever you are special, and 453 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: also giving you these target dates in case you want 454 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: to plan your trip. So if you want a big 455 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: show in Portland, you have two main options, one of 456 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: which is the storied State Theater, and should you find 457 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: yourself in town over Thanksgiving weekend, make yourself available for 458 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: the annual Beatles Night, which is actually a series of 459 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: three shows with the matinee by local gut about Spencer Albi, 460 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: who puts together a family of fifteen or twenty musicians, 461 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: a sort of all star game for the Portland music scene, 462 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: where they played the hell out of your favorite Beatles 463 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: tunes and a family friendly atmosphere. There is a reason 464 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: the legend of these shows has made it to the 465 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: pages of Rolling Stone. As far as fests go in 466 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 1: the Portland's summer, a historic night is waiting for you 467 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: this September for ghost Land. It will be the end 468 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: of something in the beginning of another. The outdoor micro 469 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: Festival's grounds are called Thompson's Point, a big show option 470 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: all summer where you can listen to big bands with 471 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: seven thousand of your friends and munch on food truck 472 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: fair right by an ocean side inlet. Just make sure 473 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: to bring a sweater or something because it gets cold 474 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 1: when the sun goes down. And along with the State Theater, 475 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: Thompson Point is run by the impeccable Lauren Wayne, Portland's 476 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: pre eminent and humble tastemaker. She made people like Brandy 477 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,439 Speaker 1: Carlyle and Lake Street Dive stars in Portland before the 478 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: rest of the country had much heard of them. Now 479 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 1: they come to Thompson Point almost annually and you can 480 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: see right there that Made in main dedication courtesy of 481 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: Miss Wayne, and this Labor Day weekend serves as the 482 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 1: retirement party for the aforementioned Ghost of Paul Revere, one 483 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: of Portland's truest success stories, founded by a trio of 484 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: guys from a high school out in the Sticks who 485 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 1: turned themselves into national alt country darlings after crawling through 486 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: and then flying through places like the dog Fish Cafe, 487 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: one Longfellow Square, and far beyond places like Playing Conan 488 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: in the Austin City Limits Festival. They host their very 489 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: own festival every year. I think I played their first one, 490 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: but this year will be their last as they've decided 491 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: to do what of bands we love eventually do break up, 492 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: So this September you can be part of the Bond Voyage. 493 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: It would be an awesome way to celebrate their hometown 494 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 1: with the party where they've invited all their friends to. 495 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: The night is made in Made in its purest form, 496 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: and every music fan there will be there to also 497 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: instill that ghost Land continues beyond the band to not 498 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: only keep their legacy alive, but also Portland's and independent artists. 499 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: Everywhere in Maine obviously opens up in the summer. Hopefully 500 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: by the time you make it there, Congress Square will 501 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: be fully rehabilitated and expanded already. It's a real downtown 502 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 1: park in a European way, and a great place to 503 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: find some random things happening, everything from hip hop hosted 504 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: by Monday of the Minds. Look for everyone from old 505 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: indie heads like mc soul in DJ Paine to rising 506 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: stars like Miles Bullen two random swing dances with legends 507 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 1: King Memphis who were originally known as the Memphis Mafia. 508 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: Speaking of Elvis but in the Portland's summer, bar hopping 509 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: and venue hopping down Congress Street is considered an outdoor 510 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 1: activity which brings me to the Vatican of the city. 511 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: The Vatican that that precious spot that a town will have. 512 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: We'll be finding a lot of them and for this episode, 513 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: and if it's a Thursday, while you're there, make your 514 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 1: way to the Vatican of Portland, Maine, a humble gazebo 515 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: in Portland's Eastern Promenade. You just follow Congress Street up 516 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: Montjoy Hill until it hits the ocean. They're overlooking Casco 517 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: Bay and all its sailboats. You can see any number 518 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: of local bands on fired during the Magic hour, and 519 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: as many as like three people will show up with 520 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: baskets and blankets in the whole shebang. See the ocean here, 521 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 1: the music win win, and it's all free. And then 522 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: there's our hidden gem. We have covered a lot, and 523 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: every lover of live music understands that silence is also musical, 524 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: so please don't forget to rest your ears on a 525 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: long stay. The town has plenty of things that don't 526 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: involve live music if you need to break out. Next 527 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: to Thompson's point is the Children's Museum. Portland is super 528 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 1: kids friendly, f y I. But next to that is 529 00:27:54,880 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: the Quirky and Weird Cryptozoology Museum, where where America's foremost 530 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 1: expert on Bigfoot, Lauren Coleman, has collected all men are 531 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: of artifact relating to not just Bigfoot, but other magical creatures, 532 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: including Jack Lopietti's sasquatches. Those might be big foots too, 533 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, but just go there and learn something 534 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 1: about our distant cousins. But a real hidden gem for 535 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: live music fans lies down in Portland's up and coming 536 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 1: Bay Side neighborhood, but Appahadian has been the little venue 537 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,959 Speaker 1: that could. It was founded by a Portland artist who 538 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: has done cover artwork for the Rustic Overtones named Patrick 539 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: Corgan in the late Dave Noyez, who is not just 540 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: the trumbone player for Rustic Covid Tones, but in many 541 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 1: ways the heart of Portland's music scene. He died suddenly 542 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: just before the pandemic started, but the Appahadian carries his 543 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: legacy by putting on weird Outsiders shows, screening films you'll 544 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: never see anywhere else in Maine, and serving plenty of 545 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: PBR from a makeshift bar that only came to be 546 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: legal a short while ago. Mayor dal would have been furious. 547 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: You're looking for a place where someone might play a 548 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: saw on stage with the bow, this is your spot. 549 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: And again, no matter where you're going, you have to 550 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: restock your stomach. Importantly, you'll find amazing food every two feet. 551 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: But if you've got some time in the morning and 552 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: you don't mind waiting in line a little bit, then 553 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: just go to the Holy Donut where main potatoes made 554 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: Main potatoes. See see what we're doing here? Are turned 555 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: into delicious donuts that are hardy enough. You just might 556 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: have to save something for later. And if you're real Pharaoh, 557 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna want to listen to the past and prep 558 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: for your trips. So I'll always give you something to 559 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: help you get ready. And just like every city, Portland 560 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: was changed by the pandemic, and the music scene felt 561 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: that change more than most. As you give up for 562 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: a visit to Portland, I'd be remiss if not mentioning 563 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: the way things used to be. A little bit you 564 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: might hear about the Old Court now are shopping and 565 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: find dining district, I'm here to tell you used to 566 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: be a lively place for music, with cool places like 567 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: the Basement, the Big Easy, the bitter End in the 568 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,959 Speaker 1: ale House. Now all loss of the dust been a history. 569 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: I share that truth because it adds value to what 570 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: you have in front of you right now, and why 571 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,959 Speaker 1: your presence alone is Valuedland lost what might have been 572 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: its best room for real music. Fans of ports City 573 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 1: music hall pace where you saw bands on the come 574 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: up at also legacy acts touring through just a place 575 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: where you played before you got too big, or you're 576 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: on your way to the state theater. Maybe good Old 577 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: war who always loved to do in acoustics set in 578 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: the middle of the floor, the crowd in a circle, 579 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: or the late great justin towns Earl, who once played 580 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 1: ports City with shovels and rope opening the places in 581 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: arcade now digital boops and beeps and craft beer flowing. 582 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: If you squint you can see how awesome the shotgun 583 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: arrangement was. I love playing that room. I'm sad it's 584 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 1: gone and I'll never roll into town without thinking about it. 585 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: The Portland's City animal is not a phoenix for nothing. 586 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: Stuff tends to rise from the ashes here. That is 587 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: as much a part in the mad and main ethos 588 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: as anything. And if you want more flavor, find John 589 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: Duncan's Take It Easy. It's a book of photographs from 590 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: Portland's downtown in nineteen seventies, a time when five bucks 591 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 1: a day driving cabs wasn't a bad way to make 592 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: a living. You can see the through line to today's 593 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: thriving music scene in every black and white image. Or 594 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: see if you can get your hand on an old 595 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: compilation record from two thousand Greetings from Area code to 596 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: zero seven. On it you will hear a selection of 597 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: bands who laid the city's current foundation, from Darien Brahm's 598 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: The Psychology Teacher Now to the McCarthy's Two Slave Cleaves 599 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: who moved to Austin but still comes home to play 600 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 1: shows in summer and escape that Texas heat. And while 601 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: we're visiting places in Sound of Our Town, I will 602 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: keep you sonically prepared, not just dreaming about Portland, but 603 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: taking in something ahead of time, and after you can 604 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: listen to goes to Paul Revere rustic overtone. Suppose Debt 605 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: gowns all of my playlists that are posted up on 606 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: the Sound of Our Town pod dot com, or just 607 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: dm me on Instagram at will Daily Official, and I'll 608 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: send you links. You'd think we all be used to 609 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: shock by now. The sudden loss of an icon, finding 610 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: out a political leader denying let's say alcohol in this 611 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: example is strongly storing, said Contraband in the basement, those 612 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: kind of things aren't that big of a deal, and 613 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: the ocean has swalled up countless fishing boats full of 614 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: friends and family over the years. Instead instilled in a 615 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: community is how much the real stuff of life truly matters, 616 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: The food sitting down for a pint together the music, 617 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 1: both creating, performing and taking it all in. It is 618 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: power and comfort. Mainline, Portland wears its heart on its sleeve. 619 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: A community this small and tightly knit, where everyone plays 620 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: in five different bands and half the audience could step 621 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 1: in for your bass player and a pinch feels things acutely. 622 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 1: COVID did a number on everyone, of course, but Portland's 623 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: seemed to take it more personally than some places. What 624 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: do you mean we can't play a gig downtown at Gritty's? 625 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: Are we really not getting together for a movie at 626 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: Appahadian tonight? What are we gonna do? But now Portlands 627 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: has come storming back with a vengeance. Ask any musician 628 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 1: in Maine and they've got more gigs than they knew 629 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: what to do with right now. And if you're smart 630 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 1: an adventurous, you'll get up there and make sure that 631 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: continues to be the case. I know what you're thinking. 632 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: You never never got to lobster, I said, like, maybe 633 00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: i'd tell you where to get some, but look, if 634 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: you can't for our way to get lobster within five 635 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: minutes of being in this town, then I can't help you. 636 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: But I suppose the best place to get lobster and 637 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: see some music. That's got to be Portland Lobster Company, 638 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: right on Commercial Street next to the water, and somehow 639 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: able to sometimes fit a whole five or six piece 640 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: funk band or solo artists like Eric Bettencourt home from 641 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 1: Austin because you can't stay away from Portland for too long, 642 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: which is sort of how Portland does things in general. 643 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: You never know what's right around the next corner, in 644 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: the basement bar or up that side street. And sometimes 645 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: this little city might seem like it doesn't need you 646 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: there at all. It will be just fine whatever Elvis. 647 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: And sometimes like anyone who's just putting on a good 648 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 1: face in case they get burned again, Portland can seem 649 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: like it needs you and you and you more than 650 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: anything else in the world. How else are they going 651 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 1: to show off what they made? And one more thing, 652 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: the reason why lobsters are associated with Maine so prominently 653 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: isn't because of anything in the water. I mean, lobsters 654 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 1: get around there are other parts of the world, but 655 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:11,279 Speaker 1: it's because they take care of their supply. They don't 656 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 1: pull out too much. In quality is preserved and there's 657 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:30,359 Speaker 1: always a richness and what they bring into shore. All right, 658 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: you've been listening to Sound of Our Town, We're coming 659 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: at you with twelve episodes this first season, covering ten 660 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 1: different cities and all in. New episodes drop on Thursdays. 661 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: If you want to chat about the music scene in 662 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: your city, hit us up on Instagram at Double Elvis 663 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,799 Speaker 1: and at Will Daily Official, or on Twitter at Double 664 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: Elvis FM and at Will Daily. Sound O Town is 665 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 1: a production of Double Elvis and I Heart Radio. The 666 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and 667 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 1: Carl Karioli for Double Elvis Production, assistant by Matt ta 668 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 1: Hainey and Matt Boden. The show is created, written, hosted, 669 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: and scored by me Will Daily. Additional writing on this 670 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 1: episode by Sam Feiffel. For sources see the show notes 671 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,359 Speaker 1: special Thank you Dil Spencer, alvi, Anna Lombard and Dave 672 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,240 Speaker 1: Gutter on this episode. Music for this episode was composed 673 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 1: and performed by me Will Daily. You can check out 674 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: my music just by spelling my name correctly. Anywhere you 675 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,280 Speaker 1: listen to music, just spell Daily with all the vowels 676 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 1: D A I L E Y. I'm on Spotify, Apple 677 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: band Camp. And always at Sound of our Town pod 678 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: dot com and will Daily dot com. Okay, I'm off 679 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: to the next town and the next show. I will 680 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 1: see you out there. Thank you for your ears.