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Episode 2113: Perfect Pop: Waco Brothers “Death of Country Music”
It’s been a long week, so how about a little Perfect Pop to send us into the weekend? Patrick inducts a beautifully ragged country rock tune from the Waco Brothers.
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Episode 2112: Happy 60th Birthday to … the First Music Video?
A clip from the movie Don’t Look Back was filmed 60 years ago today in London. Many believe Bob Dylan’s so-called “Subterranean Homesick Blues” film was the forerunner of the music video movement that came to prominence in the 1980s.
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Episode 2111: Coop’s Concert Corner: April 2025
Adam Coop goes to a lot of shows. And he is nice enough to round them up for you, listener. In this installment, he recounts his experiences seeing Neal Francis, Brett Newski, Jack White, Cake and My Morning Jacket.
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Episode 2110: Happy 80th Birthday Jimmie Dale Gilmore
We wish many happy returns to a one-of-a-kind Texas musician, who celebrates the Big 8-0 today.
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Episode 2109: Old Time Music Redux: Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Harris King takes over the hosting chair today, giving us a great overview of the old-time musician Bascom Lamar Lunceford, the “Minstrel of the Appalachians.”
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Episode 2108: The Alarm’s Mike Peters – Rest in Power
Mike Peters, frontman for The Alarm, died at age 66. Jim pays tribute, along with guests Craig Rosen, Joe Basso and Bud Verge.
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Episode 2107: Book Nook: The Golden Age of Rock Instrumentals
It’s time to dive into Patrick’s Book Nook, peoples! Today, the spotlight is on a volume published in 1997: The Golden Age of Rock Instrumentals by Steve Otfinoski. Come explore the world of songs with no vocals, twangy guitars, honking sax and wicked piano.
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Episode 2106: Bob Dylan Album Hall of Fame: Nashville Skyline with Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson joins Patrick to induct Dylan’s left-turn into country music – the short but oh-so-sweet Nashville Skyline – into the Bob Dylan Album Hall of Fame.
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Episode 2105: Bob Dylan Album Hall of Fame: Slow Train Coming with Kurt Gallagher
Listen as our good friend Kurt Gallagher checks in from the suburbs of NYC, inducting Dylan’s 1979 LP, Slow Train Coming, the first of his so-called Christian albums.
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Episode 2104: Rest in Power: David Thomas of Pere Ubu
Patrick pays tribute to David Thomas, who passed away recently at the age of 71. His vocals, songwriting and live presence in Pere Ubu were enormously influential on a generation of post-punk artists.