Skagit Storytellers Liz Rankin

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2! Jim and I sat down near the end of 2023 to chat about music and life. Learn about his various jobs he's had, hear stories of local music (and musicians) and enjoy a tune on the mandolin. You should go see Jim with his band mates, Undecided, at the Birdsview Brewery on Friday, May 3rd.

Here is the video of the Barefeet show on the roof of the Hub.

Be safe, be of use, and go do something hard.

Love music? Go to Washingtonesrecords.com and score some sweet merch, cool tunes and support locals following their passion.

Love my intro song and my logo? Check out Clay Work. He is incredibly talented. He also hosts Trivia at Lyman Tavern on Tuesdays, and at District Brewing on Wednesdays. 

Send me a message through our IG account: Skagit Storytellers. If you have a question, maybe I'll answer it in my intro, or if you have a comment, maybe I'll mention that too.

Check out all of our books and merch here: www.linktr.ee/lizrankin

Disclaimer: Skagit Storytellers is a personal podcast and any views and opinions belong only to the host (or guests) and do not represent views and opinions of people, institutions or organizations that the host (or guests) may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated.

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Enjoy these stories, show up at the artists gigs, say hi, support them!

As Steve Chambers would say "Purch the Merch" 🙂

(Listed in random order!)

Dylan Dalgarn from Nurhachi, Shane Gildnes from Fanny Alger, Scott Storie from Pavlov Jones, Matt Specht from Pavlov, Jeff Spradlin from Lazy Acres, Selena Mac from Dangerous Curves and Cats Like Us, Spencer Duffy from Pretty Much Nothing, Barefeet, *and* Cascade Cody & His Unpulled Bootstraps, Zach Michaud, Michael Dayvid, Aida Miller, Sandy Rowe, Cory Vincent (& The Electric Band), Sonny Brown from The Dimes, Trevor Lance from Lazy Acres, Dain Norman (& The Chrysalis Effect), Jack Mattingly from Nurhachi and the Warthogs, and Miguel Garibay from Pretty Much Nothing and Cats Like Us.

Be safe, be of use, and go do something hard.

Love music? Go to Washingtonesrecords.com and score some sweet merch, cool tunes and support locals following their passion.

Love my intro song and my logo? Check out Clay Work. He is incredibly talented. He also hosts Trivia at Lyman Tavern on Tuesdays, and at District Brewing on Wednesdays. 

Send me a message through our IG account: Skagit Storytellers. If you have a question, maybe I'll answer it in my intro, or if you have a comment, maybe I'll mention that too.

Check out all of our books and merch here: www.linktr.ee/lizrankin

Disclaimer: Skagit Storytellers is a personal podcast and any views and opinions belong only to the host (or guests) and do not represent views and opinions of people, institutions or organizations that the host (or guests) may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated.

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Enjoy these songs! Here are the creators names. Show up at their gigs, say hi, support them!

Shane Gildnes from Fanny Alger

Charlie Krengel from Cory Vincent & the Electric Band and Friends for the Ghost

Selena Mac from Dangerous Curves and Cats Like Us (she also plays solo!)

Zach Michaud

Michael Dayvid

Aida Miller

Cascade Cody

Sandy Rowe

Cory Vincent (& The Electric Band)

Shane Gildnes from Fanny Alger

Zach Michaud

Conrad Gruener

Cory Vincent (& The Electric Band)

Wes Jones from Friends for the Ghost, Lazy Acres and he also plays solo!

Dain Norman (& The Chrysalis Effect. He also plays solo)

Jack Mattingly from Nurhachi and the Warthogs

Miguel Garibay from Pretty Much Nothing, Cats Like Us and a new project that I'm so excited about. Stay tuned 🙂

Zach Michaud (No typo. He's on here 3x)

Be safe, be of use, and go do something hard.

Love music? Go to Washingtonesrecords.com and score some sweet merch, cool tunes and support locals following their passion.

Love my intro song and my logo? Check out Clay Work. He is incredibly talented. He also hosts Trivia at Lyman Tavern on Tuesdays, and at District Brewing on Wednesdays. 

Send me a message through our IG account: Skagit Storytellers. If you have a question, maybe I'll answer it in my intro, or if you have a comment, maybe I'll mention that too.

Check out all of our books and merch here: www.linktr.ee/lizrankin

Disclaimer: Skagit Storytellers is a personal podcast and any views and opinions belong only to the host (or guests) and do not represent views and opinions of people, institutions or organizations that the host (or guests) may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated.

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Episode 54!

Selena Mac was recommended to me by several musicians in this area. I'm so glad I sat down and heard her story about how she became a musician. I'm always under the assumption that good musicians are good because they started playing at a young age. Selena has only picked up the guitar within the last 5 years and she not only has her own band, Dangerous Curves, she also plays with Leo Bootes and Co AND in Cats Like Us with podcast favorite Miguel Garibay, Bob Paltrow and Stone Jones. This weekend they are playing up in Bellingham at Ramble Tamble from 7-10pm on Saturday night. To keep track of her upcoming gigs, go follow her on IG (@selena_mac_) or on Facebook. She's also playing solo at Brando's BBQ in Bow Edison on January 27th. Thank you for coming over Selena! I'm glad your story is out there (so far!) and I can't wait to see what 2024 brings. Check out her tunes on Spotify too.

This is my last episode of Season #1 of Skagit Storytellers. I am happy to be ending this season with Selena's great story. I'll see you guys in the Spring.

Be safe, be of use, and go do something hard.

Love music? Go to Washingtonesrecords.com and score some sweet merch, cool tunes and support locals following their passion.

Love my intro song and my logo? Check out Clay Work. He is incredibly talented. He also hosts Trivia at Lyman Tavern on Tuesdays, and at District Brewing on Wednesdays. 

Send me a message through our IG account: Skagit Storytellers. If you have a question, maybe I'll answer it in my intro, or if you have a comment, maybe I'll mention that too.

Check out all of our books and merch here: www.linktr.ee/lizrankin

Disclaimer: Skagit Storytellers is a personal podcast and any views and opinions belong only to the host (or guests) and do not represent views and opinions of people, institutions or organizations that the host (or guests) may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated.

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Episode 53!

This episode will change someone's life. Todd Barnett is an ambassador for a charitable organization called Consequence of Habit. He had weight loss surgery in September of 2021, and ran/walked his first 10k one year later. I'm proud to say that Todd is now an ultra runner (His next race is Saturday and it's a 50k on Amelia Island in Florida). We talk about my terrible geography skills, doing hard things, failure, etc. Enjoy this episode, and please reach out to Todd on IG if you need to have some motivation in your life or tell him if you have a goal and he'll cheer you on.

Love music? Go to Washingtonesrecords.com and score some sweet merch, cool tunes and support locals following their passion.

Love my intro song and my logo? Check out Clay Work. He is incredibly talented. He also hosts Trivia at Lyman Tavern on Tuesdays, and at District Brewing on Wednesdays. 

Send me a message through our IG account: Skagit Storytellers. If you have a question, maybe I'll answer it in my intro, or if you have a comment, maybe I'll mention that too.

Check out all of our books and merch here: www.linktr.ee/lizrankin

Disclaimer: Skagit Storytellers is a personal podcast and any views and opinions belong only to the host (or guests) and do not represent views and opinions of people, institutions or organizations that the host (or guests) may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated.

Support us on PayPal!

Episode 52!

Welcome to the final installment with my four friends, Clay, Wes, Cody and Charlie. Just like in the two previous episodes, it's sweet, funny and offensive. I love these guys and I am so thankful that I get to call them my friends. Please enjoy the music at the end of the conversation.  The first song is Animal by Wes. It was recorded in Walker's studio in Bellingham by Subdued Sessions. The instrumental guitar is Charlie, and you'll find him playing in Friends For the Ghost and Cory Vincent and the Electric Band. Finally, listen to this raw Cascade Cody tune called Don't Let Me Freeze. Lastly, in my intro, I also squeezed in a brand new song by Zach Michaud called Time of Year. As you all know, I'm a huge Zach Michaud fan so go see him play and check out his rad merch at www.zachmichaudmusic.com

Love music? Go to Washingtonesrecords.com and score some sweet merch, cool tunes and support locals following their passion.

Love my intro song and my logo? Check out Clay Work. He is incredibly talented. He also hosts Trivia at Lyman Tavern on Tuesdays, and at District Brewing on Wednesdays. 

Send me a message through our IG account: Skagit Storytellers. If you have a question, maybe I'll answer it in my intro, or if you have a comment, maybe I'll mention that too.

Check out all of our books and merch here: www.linktr.ee/lizrankin

Disclaimer: Skagit Storytellers is a personal podcast and any views and opinions belong only to the host (or guests) and do not represent views and opinions of people, institutions or organizations that the host (or guests) may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated.

Support us on PayPal!