Episodes
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Episode 2263: Rockin’ The Suburbs Year-End Picks Add A New Twist
Listener Kevin Porter joins Patrick in this episode to outline an idea he had for Best of 2025 picks: adding an option to include a song or album that you missed when it came out, but discovered at the end of the year. Kevin and Patrick provide some examples in the form of Annie DiRusso, Ned Rothenberg and Prewn.
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Episode 2262: Perfect Pop: Hank Williams ‘(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle’
Patrick is going to add some country music to the Perfect Pop Pantheon and to wrap up the series, he goes to an all-time classic from 1951: Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys doing “(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle).”
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Episode 2261: Perfect Pop: The Carter Family ‘Single Girl, Married Girl’
Patrick is going to add some country music to the Perfect Pop Pantheon and he ventures back to what some scholars call the “Big Bang” of modern country music: The 1927 Bristol Sessions. The Carter Family’s “Single Girl, Married Girl” goes into the Perfect Pop Hall of Fame in this episode.
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Episode 2260: Perfect Pop: Deana Carter ‘Strawberry Wine’
Patrick is going to add some country music to the Perfect Pop Pantheon and today he turns to an artist whose debut single became a number-one hit in the summer of 1996: Deana Carter’s “Strawberry Wine.”
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Episode 2259: Perfect Pop: George Jones and Tammy Wynette ‘We’re Not the Jet Set’
Patrick is going to add some country music to the Perfect Pop Pantheon and what better place to start than with the First Couple of Country Music, George Jones and Tammy Wynette?
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Episode 2258: Rest in Power: Steve Cropper
Paul Hayden joins Patrick to discuss the music and legacy of legendary Memphis guitarist Steve Cropper, who passed away this week at the age of 84.
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Episode 2257: The Montreux Casino Fire’s Place in the History of Rock and Roll
December 4, 1971: Look out the window at that fire … and the smoke on the water.
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Episode 2256: Get Your Rockin’ the Suburbs Christmas EP! Rockin’ the Holidays!
Ho ho ho, peoples! We put out a four-song Christmas EP! On red 7-inch vinyl! It’s called “Rockin’ the Holidays.” Jim explains why Rockin’ the Holidays – featuring original songs by Wingtip Sloat, Frank Muffin, Quartjar and Harborcoat – is the perfect stocking stuffer
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Episode 2255: ‘Yuletunes’ – A Collection of Alternative Pop Christmas Songs
Happy Holidays, peoples! Jim’s gift to you is the 1991 album “Yuletunes.”
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Episode 2254: Rest in Power: Jimmy Cliff
We pay tribute to the influential reggae artist Jimmy Cliff, who passed last week at the age of 81.