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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.

Highlights from Part 2:

• The Rhodes’ comeback in modern music
• ⁠Watch Stefan Olofsson do his Al Jarreau and Steely Dan medleys on the Rhodes⁠ (scroll down once you click that link)
• The Jay Graydon “sonicscape” that transcended artists and eras
• Listen to Jay’s KILLER solo on Steve Kipner’s “Knock the Walls Down” - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsv1m544xw&t=1980s⁠
• And someone even wrote the music out to the solo in “The Ending!” - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hcOSvNV-vE⁠
• Marc Jordan’s Blue Desert
• Synching up Al Jarreau and the Jerry Hey horns
• The palm-mute and Jay’s list of the “best rhythm guitarists of all time”

All things Jay Graydon:

• ⁠https://www.jaygraydon.com⁠
• ⁠https://www.jaygraydon.net⁠
• ⁠https://www.jarzone.com⁠
• ⁠https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jay-Graydon/272790622135⁠
• ⁠https://www.orangetreesamples.com⁠

The Lightning Round:

• Does It Float Your Boat?
• Buried Treasures
• Off the Map (even more so!)

References and Related:

• ⁠John’s Spotify Yacht Rock Playlist⁠
• ⁠Tom’s Spotify Yacht Rock Playlist⁠
• Yacht or Nyacht? ⁠The Official Yachtski Scale⁠
• ⁠Playlist of songs featured on Out of the Main⁠
• Intro/outro music: ⁠Nothing You Can Do About It⁠(Airplay cover), by Page99.

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• The Mainland: ⁠YachtRockPodcast.com⁠
• Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/yachtrockpodcast⁠
• Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/yachtrockpod⁠
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