HeyJaredOut of the Main
“Out of the Main” is a podcast celebrating one of the most proficient and accomplished eras of musicianship and studio production, including yacht rock, west coast AOR, and related sophisticated music from the 1970s and 80s.
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- Sep 24, 2026
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S7.E15: Dane Donohue, California Gold (opens the original)
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Dane Donohue returns! The first member of the Four-Time Guest Club, Dane is back to talk another album with us—this time, his third full-length LP, “California Gold,” dropping any day now! Dane still manages to regale us with even more untold stories from yesteryear, including his earliest recording sessions, his brush with Miles Davis, the one that got away in Woodstock, and many more! Listen as he and John break down from the inside the making of, and pending release for, “California Gold!” Th
S7.E14.b: The Joy of Sax (Vol. II) (opens the original)
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Back for our second session of group sax! Let’s pick up right where we left off last week… We’ve covered the session sax cats for 7 seasons. But what about the sax players from our era that were permanent fixtures in their respective bands—and in some cases, inextricably cemented in the band’s identity?! …With one glaring and regrettable omission. Can you identify it? Lay it on us in the comments! Listen and Subscribe: Find the podcast platform of your choice here . Referenced and Related:
S7.E14.a: The Joy of Sax (Vol. I) (opens the original)
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Look who’s coming to dinner! Listener Mike is back, and this time he’s here to talk about the joy of group sax! We’ve covered the session sax cats for 7 seasons. But what about the sax players from our era that were permanent fixtures in their respective bands—and in some cases, inextricably cemented in the band’s identity?! …With one glaring and regrettable omission. Can you identify it? Lay it on us in the comments! N.B.: Here’s the video of Rahsaan Roland Kirk playing three saxophones at the
S7.E13: The Lore and Canon of Laurel Canyon (opens the original)
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Tom and John return to a topic they’ve mentioned in passing scores of times over the course of our first seven seasons (assuming everyone was familiar with the lore and canon of one of the most historic eras in modern music history). Is Laurel Canyon a place—or a movement? A sound, or a slice of history? A definitive timeline, or a roster of defined artist names? And what, pray tell, is its adjacency to yacht rock? All of that and more, during our brief recap and basic overview of Laurel Canyon—
S7.E12: Toto Under Cover (opens the original)
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Let’s talk about "Toto Songs that Weren’t.” The Toto Multiverse examined, explored and explained through the prism of songs we grew up on that were actually some version of Toto themselves: The Boz Universe, the Quincy Universe, and the Foster Universe. What percentage of songs did we listen to growing up, without band attribution, that were actually The Extended Toto Universe? But, specifically, John and Tom will focus on those songs that actually sounded like Toto…but weren’t, technically. Lis
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