Wavy Train: The Politics of Music & Kona Lowell: Author, Humorist & Musician

When we started The #SocialSpitballShow, it was to be "your forum to discuss politics, religion, democracy and sometimes even music, sports & culture." On this episode of The Social Spitball Show, we will still be discussing politics as usual, but we have two special guests who will guide us in the world of both music and comedy.

Our first featured guest will be Cal Taylor, founder/singer/songwriter of the band Wavy Train out of Charlotte, NC, possibly joined by some bandmates. After taking a few years off to tend to families and life and general, The band's sound has evolved into more progressive, funk, rock, more influenced by bands like Radiohead, Rage, Talking Heads, Primus, Beck, Black Keys, Gorillaz..but still perform live w/ crescendos & decrescendos, segues from one song to another, & other exploratory jam techniques similar to The Dead & Phish. You won't be able to describe them w/ a specific genre. And that's exactly what they are shooting for.

You'll get to hear plenty of their music and their thoughts on the politics of music, as well.

Kona Lowell, The Sleeping Poet of Kealakekua, hides out on the Big Island, Hawaii, with his miniature wife, Chee, an assortment of odd cats and one rather small cat-like creature named Miu. He is also the author of Don’t Pet the Sharks, the followup to The Solid Green Birthday & Other Fables. A musician and composer as well, Kona is the leader of the progressive rock band, No Empty Sky, whose first CD, Empire, contains the only progressive rock song ever written about Hawaii, Yellowbird (Hawaii Nei) and is not nearly as silly as the rest of the stuff he does.

Sounds like an entertaining show! Let's get the conversation going...