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.

Things Discussed in Part One:

• Dane’s big break
• The first album you never got to hear
• Keith’s impetus for telling this story, and how it’s influenced him.
• Amazing stories during the making of the Dane Donohue record
• The lost single from the lost prince: ⁠I’m Easy, by Dane Donohue⁠
• ⁠A short twitter thread⁠full of factoids and narratives that didn’t make the final cut
• Whatever happened…

The Lightning Round:

• Does It Float Your Boat?
• Buried Treasures
• Off the Map

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: ⁠When the Music’s On by Page99⁠

Find and Follow:

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

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