Our special guest this week is Brandon Dannals!!!
And we talk about:
The year we met, way back in grade school
His world travels as a musician
Western European countries
Portugal and Spain’s beef
Brandon lands in Spain on a work exchange program
Working for free at an off grid property for a homeless man
Alternative communication methods when you don’t know a language
The journey continues from Spain to Mexico
Destinos video series and getting bit by the travel bug
Being a people person and meeting all kinds of people
The meaning of Kamuela
Collective consciousness
Free style traveling with Brandon
The story about the “friendly” Guatamalan gangster
Performing Hotel California for a room full of gangsters
Heavy rains turn to floods in Central America
Brandon serenades use with some chords
His friend Aldo: The Jimmy Hendrix of Central America
Our favorite bands and musical influences
Why did so many bands sing about 17 year olds?
CCR, Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Hawaiian music
The Beach Boys
The Buena Vista Social Club
Maná
Surfing with a full head of hair vs being bald
Bald surfers have less water resistance
Dave Berry’s Book of Bad Songs
America’s “Horse With No Name”
Erik’s story about going to the “Gangster Hotel”
Quentin Tarantino’s “From Dusk Till Dawn”
The problem with being really really really good looking
Mistaking a guy with long hair for a woman
Jokes we used to tell in High School
Cachly: the geocaching app
Putting our friends on blast
Barely aging in the past 20 years
Buying name brands vs cheap options
A many beaches of the Big Island of Hawaii
The End of the World (in Spain)
Playing music for meals while traveling the world
Eating Pulbo in Spain
Erik once thought Santana was “Satana”
Growing up in a conservative christian home and thinking everything was evil
Jimmy Hendrix and his “possessed” guitar
False beliefs about worldly things being bad
England and Washington state look similar
The stories about how our grandmothers came to America from England and Germany
Good things in life we take for granted
Brandon plays the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England
Big bands from Liverpool
The rivalry between bands from different cities in England
Wonderwall: the universal song in Ireland
The Pound vs the US dollar exchange rate
Bicycling in Lynnwood can be dangerous
Brandon’s trip to Harborview Medical Center
Wear a helmet kids!!!
Most people don’t enjoy their jobs
And much more…
