EP 12: Mara Kaye, Tim McNally, and Alfred Howard

Recorded Live on 2/11/21 Rest in Power Chick Corea

We knew this was going to be a special night but I'd have to say my breath was taken away multiple times and my body was being filled with chills constantly. Mara Kaye, who has the voice of an angel, hails from Brooklyn, NY. She met and fell in love with local Encinitas legend Tim McNally while they were both teaching at a blues festival. Mara sings for her grandfather who was a phenomenal vocalist that never got the opportunity to do it out. The love and music these two share really gives us hope for the future. Along side them was master wordsmith and avid bird watcher Alfred Howard. Al is a true staple of San Diego and beyond. He finds meaning and love in writing lyrics and playing percussion for the talented bands in the Redwoods Music Label, as well as collecting music and slanging records at Vinyl Junkies. With some convincing we talked him into opening the show with a spoken word piece entitled "I love America". You'll hear for your self why we were so thrilled when Al agreed to coming on the show. Since the global pandemic has struck and the world seems to have ended for musicians Al had the idea to put out 2 songs a week by sending lyrics to musicians he enjoys and having the write a tune to them. The coolest part of the project is that his mother Marian Howard creates an original art piece for each song. You can subscribe to get the whole year of songs or just buy them individually as well as purchase the original artwork at: ALFREDHOWARDWRITES.COM So many incredible musicians are involved in this project including Mara and Tim. They performed a few songs from the project and it was a crazy experience for all of us because it was even the fist time Al had heard some of them. It was also the first time Mara and Al has met in real life which was very special. We got to chat about so many meaningful things so we hope you really enjoy this episode and please check out BE AN ARTS HERO : https://beanartshero.com/

Thank you to our crew: Andrew Ware: Producer/Sound Engineer

Ryan Borrel: Director of Photography/Live Camera Switching

Noah Schuler: Camera Operator

Scott McDonald: Executive Producer

Recorded live on the QSC Touch-Mix 16 https://www.qsc.com/live-sound/products/touchmix-mixers/

Big thank you to Prager Brother Artisan Bread for the incredible sandwiches https://www.pragerbrothers.com/

Big thank you to June Lake Brewing for the amazing beer https://www.junelakebrewing.com/