Wanz In Seattle The Early Years. Tower Records, Grunge, and More.

01/18/21 • 61 min

Exploring Washington State episode 36

Part 3 Featuring my long time friend, former roommate, and family member Michael "Wanz" Wansley. We are going to cover over 40 years of his musical journey.

In Part 3 we chat about more of his early experiences and bands in Seattle from the late 1980's until the early 2000's Wanz's first job was at Tower Records in the U District. Many of his connections in the business were first made while working at Tower.

Settle in grab a beverage and keep listening as Wanz shares more of his early musical career.

Every Monday we will be interviewing a Washington State musician, producer, venue owner, author, anyone who lives and breathes music in our great state.

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Exploring Washington State episode 36

Part 3 Featuring my long time friend, former roommate, and family member Michael "Wanz" Wansley. We are going to cover over 40 years of his musical journey.

Settle in grab a beverage and keep listening as Wanz shares more of his early musical career.

Every Monday we will be interviewing a Washington State musician, producer, venue owner, author, anyone who lives and breathes music in our great state.

Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ExploringWash)

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Meet Mindy: Orcas Island Leather Goods. DIY Kits For You. Conversation about Orcas Island and the San Juans

In this episode Scott Cowan has a conversation with Mindy Sonshine one of the owners of Orcas Island Leather Goods.

Based On Orcas Island in the beautiful San Juan Islands. Mindy and her husband moved their family to Orcas Island based on a family summer camp. This was a French speaking summer camp.

Mindy is a lot of fun and this was a very enjoyable episode where we chat about how they started Orcas Island Leathers and how the business has grown during COVID-19. They are finding that people really are enjoying the idea of a DIY leather kit that they can work on and have a final product that they are proud to show to others.

We talk about life on Orcas and the amount of opportunities to learn about a wide range activities. She shares her kids activities and they sound amazing.

Listen in and learn more about Orcas Island and island life.

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Cider and Hiking. Conversation with Ava Davis PNW Cider Girl

In this episode Scott Cowan has a conversation with Ava Davis or as she is known online PNW Cider Girl.

Ava is an avid hiker and cider enthusiast. She combines her love for hiking and ciders. Many of her cider reviews show the cider at some location on one of her hikes. Ava also completed 52 hikes in 52 weeks in 2020. We chat about what it takes to go for a hike and complete such a large goal.

Lots of conversation about ciders and how Washington State is one of the hot spots in the world for cider. We chat about good places to get a cider in Tacoma.

If you like hiking you will like this episode. If you like cider you will like this episode. You will like this episode because Ava is lot of fun to listen to.

If you want other great ideas of places to visit, or to find out more about people who are making amazing things in Washington State you can visit Explore Washington State.

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