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UK Guitar Teacher, Tom Moloney, 25, Hears & Reacts to Jethro Tull For the First Time
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Audio Archaeology, 1960s-1971: The Steely Dan & Becker/Fagen Songwriting Team Origin Story
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Tune Tag #90 with Ellen from Endwell, Pt. 2👩Ladies Night👵: Heart, Fanny, Bonnie Raitt, Shirley Eikhard, Pat Benatar, Pursuit of Happiness…
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🐰Audio Autopsy, 1970: Before Dr. Demento, He Was Warner Bros. Records PR Writer, Barry Hansen
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Tune Tag #59 with Rich Headland of "Record Shop Stories": The Specials, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu, Massive Attack, Jellyfish, Young Gun…
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Tune Tag #100 with Flipped Out Phil: Beckies, Chris Stamey, Other Side, Micky Dolenz, Montage, Lemon Twigs, Bongos, Mark Eric
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"Free From Radio": The Vinyl Room's Andy Interviews Brad Kyle in This EXCLUSIVE 1/2-Hour Video!🎤💿
Exclusive, free-wheeling half-hour video interview, available only to Paid Subscribers! Hear Brad describe, among many other things, growing up around…
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Andres
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Tune Tag #112 with Jorge Garcia of Geekatune: Judas Priest, The Who, Rush, Doobie Brothers, Billy Newton-Davis, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Keith…
Looks like a right proper cornucopia of classic rock to me! You? "Things aren't always as they seam" said the tailor. Don't skirt the issue. Hem'n'haw…
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The Cheap Trick Paradox™
Surrender, But Don't Give Yourself Away
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Tune Tag #111 with David Fore of Bubble Puppy: Pink Floyd, The Shirts, Queen, GoodBye Lenin, Tall Dwarfs, Incubus
📻David & Brad: Two Texans Tune Tag tussle! Bubble Puppy's 1969 hit broke out of Houston's Top 40 KILT-AM Radio....which Brad heard on heavy rotation…
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David Fore
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Remembering Flo & Eddie
You think we're diving for gold, we know we're diving for pearls...
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Tune Tag #110 with Steve Goldberg of Earworms & Song Loops, Pt. 4: Eddie Murphy, 10cc, Melissa Manchester, Nick Mason, Joe Piscopo, Jennifer…
With a league-leading 4 Tune Tags under his belt (or wherever he keeps them...I'm not one to pry), Steve is back to help us weave through some…
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Steve Goldberg
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🎙Audio Autopsy, 1980: Linda Ronstadt, "Mad Love," and Her New Wave Hired Gun, The Cretones' Mark Goldenberg
From fronting early Eagles to topping pop charts with bold ballads & rockers, Linda signals this hard left toward New Wave with Mad Love, but hires a…
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Dan Pal
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Tune Tag #109 with Matt Thompson of Critical Hit Parader, Pt. 2: Dust, Jethro Tull, Gunhill Road, Rush, The Kinks, Johnny Thunders, Quacky…
Today's Tune Tag is wearing corduroy bell bottoms with platform shoes! You got it: We're inhabiting the '70s! Oops, we do have one song from 1968! Hop…
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Matt Thompson
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Redd Kross in 5 Songs: Brad Kyle Reacts to Hearing SoCal Rockers for 1st Time: A Dan Epstein Collab
I may have seen them open for Jellyfish in '91. I may have heard a tune or two. But, instead of rushing out to buy their catalog, I stifled a yawn. Dan…
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