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UK Guitar Teacher, Tom Moloney, 25, Hears & Reacts to Jethro Tull For the First Time
A lifelong fan of the band (and a self-taught flute player) challenges a clever Gen Z guitar player to a first-hearing of several '70s-era Ian…
 • Brad Kyle and Tom Moloney
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…
 • Brad Kyle
Tune Tag #120 with Thea Wood of Herizon Music: Sonny & Cher, Maxine Weldon, Rita Coolidge, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Karen Carpenter…
She's an incredible #MusicStack supporter, and an impressive writer/interviewer! She's making her first appearance on Tune Tag, and we couldn't be…
 • Brad Kyle and Thea Wood
Tune Tag #59 with Rich Headland of "Record Shop Stories": The Specials, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu, Massive Attack, Jellyfish, Young Gun…
Today, meet a band heavily influenced by XTC, an Austrian named Peter the Human Boy, and a couple entries in the '70s glut of jazz fusion that once…
 • Brad Kyle
Tune Tag #100 with Flipped Out Phil: Beckies, Chris Stamey, Other Side, Micky Dolenz, Montage, Lemon Twigs, Bongos, Mark Eric
🎉Celebratin' the Century mark, y'all! It's #100, and we're pullin' out all the stops! Highlights? Ten...count'em, TEN+ BONUS TAGS! Meet TWO veteran…
 • Brad Kyle and Flipped Out Phil
Tune Tag #122 with Heard Follower: Tom Petty, Concrete Blonde, Jackie DeShannon, Allman Brothers, T-Bone Walker, Dead Milkmen, John Hammond…
He's only been on 'Stack for 3 months, and he's already made quite a splash for himself by collecting an early congregation of dedicated subscribers…
 • Brad Kyle and Heard Follower
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…
 • Brad Kyle and Jorge Garcia
Tune Tag #103 with Hugh Jones of The Record Store Years, Pt. 2: Cheri Knight, XTC, J. Geils Band, Jason Crest, Zuider Zee, Millennium…
These 2 record store management veterans from the '70s & beyond go bin diving so deep that scuba gear may be needed. You'll get some faves here, but…
 • Brad Kyle and Hugh Jones
Tune Tag #95 with Greg Nix of Chortle: The Kinks, Ricky Skaggs, Scary Pockets, Camille Yarbrough, Roy Wood, The Wombles, Grace Cummings
It's Songs in the Key of Funny with the tuneful hijinks of Chortle's Greg Nix! A veteran comedy writer & performer, he's toiled for Netflix …
 • Brad Kyle and Greg Nix
Tune Tag #102 with Mark Edward Randall, Pt. 3: Robbie Williams, Raspberries, Isaac Hayes, Beach Boys, Mott the Hoople, Van Duren, Tommy…
A mix of the known and new, harmonies, like blueberries (or Raspberries), are in rich and proper summer abundance with this one!
 • Brad Kyle and Mark Edward Randall
Tune Tag #62 with Peter C. Baker of "Tracks on Tracks": Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, Jethro Tull, Tweedy, Smog, Alan Parsons, Jeremy Jordan
🚀Houston, we have a Tune Tag! An honest-to-goodness published author joins us to Tag Tunes across the decades and genres! I think it's safe to say that…
 • Brad Kyle
Tune Tag #119 with Steve Bradley: Jane's Addiction, Spinal Tap, Marshall Tucker Band, Gene Clark, Cidny Bullens, Credibility Gap, Japan
Eclectic turns electric in this one! The new and the little-known, featuring a male singer who was a female when I owned her 1979 album that year! Oh…
 • Brad Kyle and Steve Bradley
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