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The Newsletter That Sends You Back to the Classic Rock, Prog, Pop, & Punk Rock '70s!
Music exploration + discover what it was like hanging with Iggy Pop, Peter Gabriel, Ramones, Sex Pistols & many more! Home of the popular "Audio…
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Tina Turner, The Link Between Legends, 1966: Phil Spector's "River Deep-Mountain High"
One superstar was overwhelmed to the point of being inspired to produce her. Another legend just wanted to be around to simply watch. Somehow, history…
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Inside Tracks #24: Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day" Turns 66: Covers by Quarrymen, The Crickets, Foghat, Rodney Crowell & More
13 versions out of the 116 extant! We line 'em up chronologically, starting with 1957 Holly, and end with The Crickets in 2004, with rock, country…
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It's 2010: "I Need My Father's Guitar"🎸Billy Strings, 17, and His Impassioned Search for Dad's Beloved Martin
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Audio Autopsy, 1966, Warner Bros. Records: The Pre-Teen Bantams, Rock's First Boy Band
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Houston Astros' Jeremy Peña Clearing Flight Path For Landing Rookie of the Year Hardware
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"Level Up": Houston Astros Unveil New Team Slogan, Apparently Just For the H of It
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"Baseball's My Life": Ramones Guitarist, Johnny Ramone, Was All About Diamond Action
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Video to Vinyl, 1974: "Happy Days" Theme With Pratt & McClain + Henry Winkler and Milwaukee's "Bronze Fonz"
How a snappy tune turned into a theme! Plus, how a 29-year-old "Ayyyyyy"-list actor turned a high school student with a leather jacket and an attitude…
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Graham Nash, 81, Releases New Album, "Now"
With old friends joining in, the former Hollies/CSNY Rock Hall-of-Famer asserts his 21st-century relevance. Hear the album, and enjoy some '70s Nash…
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👂GROW BIGGER EARS #16👱‍♀️The "Jessica" Playlist with Rick Springfield, Elliot Minor, Seals & Crofts, Chuck Leavell
Rick was into Jessica long before he coveted "Jessie's Girl," who may have, herself, been named Jessica! Plus, other artists have recorded paeans to…
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🎤The Singer Wears a Lab Coat🥼Joshua Sanford, YouTube Songwriter & Musician...The Interview
He's 26, funny, musically-gifted, engaging, and smart. With a chemistry degree, imagining a Bunsen burner resting on his piano shouldn't have been a…
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Audio Archaeology, 1960s-1971: The Steely Dan & Becker/Fagen Songwriting Team Origin Story
Producer Richard Perry, leaning Barbra Streisand into a decidedly rock arena, discovers a song by a new duo that'll fit perfectly on an LP with songs by…
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Audio Autopsy, 1986: XTC "Season Cycle" from Skylarking LP, Produced by Todd Rundgren
One song from XTC's 1986 Skylarking LP has fingers that reach not only deep into the music of the 1960s, but back again to a trend-setting band that…
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Audio Archaeology, 1973: The Legacy of Jobriath as Morrissey, Numan, Def Leppard Remember
Misunderstood or mis-managed? The first openly gay rocker to sign with a major label should be someone you've heard of before. And, then there's his…
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Rare access & exclusive interviews! It's rock, records, and radio, as we go behind the scenes of my years in FM rock radio and the record biz in the '70s & '80s! Plus, in "Behind the Astros Dugout," enjoy deep dives into the players who take the field!
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