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Dancing and Crying with Singer-Songwriter Sean Hayes

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2726 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Bay Area singer-songwriter Sean Hayes has been singing the blues for the last 30 years, but his music seems especially necessary these days. “Pain, suffering, worry meet pain again,” he sings on his newly released album “Be Like Water.” Hayes describes himself as a songwriter who “makes music to dance to or cry to, or maybe both at the same time.” He joins us in the studio to play live from his new album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.6

Bay Area singer-songwriter Sean Hayes has been singing the blues for the last 30 years.

1:15.0

On his latest album, Be Like Water, his songs take us on a healing journey, from suffering to acceptance, from letting pain fester to letting it go.

1:19.6

Oh, the book said it said, be like water, said, be like water, be like water.

1:28.3

Come on, hey, the book said, it's set, be like water, said, be like water,

1:34.3

say, be like water, be like water.

1:39.3

Hayes has been playing cafes, clubs, and bars in San Francisco throughout his musical career.

1:45.8

He describes his songs as ones that you can dance to or cry to, or maybe both at the same time.

1:52.1

And I can confirm this from personal experience.

1:55.2

I find his music deeply moving.

1:57.5

And I am so excited that Sean Hayes is with us in the studio today with his guitar

2:02.7

to talk about his music. Sean, welcome to Forum. Thank you for having me. What a pleasure.

2:08.4

So that title song that we just heard is from your new album, Be Like Water. What does that phrase

2:13.8

mean to you? What did it mean to you when you wrote the song? And what does it mean to you now?

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