Music Adventure

Greetings everyone! Gary & Brian wrap up the great music year of 2023 by discussing our best album and new find picks along with many honorable mentions. 

Some of the artists covered include Peter Gabriel, Haken, New Pornographers, Steven Sanchez, The Clientele, Agusa, Jenny Lewis, Jethro Tull, Sufjan Stevens and Squeaky Feet. 

For our encores, we shared what music related things we are looking forward to in 2...

Happy Holidays! Gary & Brian, celebrating the spirit of the season, discuss their Top 3 favorite Christmas albums. Like our previous Favorite Holiday Songs episode, we had a lot of fun discussing these and explaining why they are important to us.

Our choices included Charlie Brown Christmas, The DBs, Johnny Mathis, Beach Boys, The Philly Specials and John Denver & the Muppets. 

Brian's encore was a re...

Hello everyone! Gary and Brian took on a new topic; selecting three of our favorite bands, reviewing each member's solo work and choosing the solo album we liked the most. In this episode, we deliberately chose a different band member's album to spark a lively discussion. 

The three bands were Traffic, Yes and Pink Floyd. Members included Steve Winwood, Chris Squire, Roger Waters, Dave Mason, Steve Howe and David...

Hello everyone! Gary & Brian return to our singer/songwriter favorite album topic. Last time we covered The Boss, Dylan and Neil Young - this show discusses Lou Reed, Jackson Browne and Van Morrison. 

Albums included Reed's New York & Transformer; Browne's Late for the Sky & Jackson Browne and Van the Man's Moondance & Saint Dominic's Preview. 

Brian's encore is a review of...

Hello everybody! Gary & Brian return with another episode of the Name That Band Game. Only bands are covered, meaning no solo artists or their backing bands.  Test your musical knowledge as you play along with us, post your score on our Facebook page and feel free to add clues of your own for others to guess!

We covered all new groups, ranging from Culture Club to Steppenwolf to Foreigner to Squeeze and many others. 

Hello everybody! Gary & Brian celebrate summer by putting together their favorite mix tape of songs that represent summer to them. Historically, one would use a cassette tape, but people still make compilations on CD, MP3 or digital playlists too. Choosing the songs and deciding in what order they flow always makes this extra fun. 

Our choices are wide ranging, from artists including Don Henley, Katrina & the Waves...

Hello everybody! In our new episode, Gary & Brian, discuss the topic of famous musical collaborations. Many artists enjoy working with each other; either as peers or to help younger artists launch their careers or create great music with one of their heroes. 

Collaborations we highlighted include: Michael Jackson & Eddie Van Halen; David Bowie with Queen and, separately, with Stevie Ray Vaughan; Kiki Dee & Elto...

For our 60th show,  Gary & Brian review 10 of our favorite 1993 releases, explain how we found them, why we like them and how they fit into the music scene at the time. 

The artists included Uncle Tupelo, Donald Fagen, The Roots, Roseanne Cash, Counting Crows, Paul Weller, Phish, Matthew Sweet, Paul Westerberg and Lenny Kravitz. 

For our encores, we both review recent live shows - Brian saw Josh Rouse and Robb...

Hello everybody! Gary & Brian tackle another Album Assignment episode this month. We gave each other three albums to listen to, find about the artists and provide reviews on the show including our Buy or Sell vote. Feel free to play along; YouTube links to all of these albums will be posted on our FB page. Let us know your votes!

The artists covered include Herbie Hancock, Muse, Guided by Voices, Gerard Love (Teenage F...

Greetings all, Gary & Brian debate 8 of the 14 nominees for the 2023 RRHOF class and provide their votes on induction. We pick a diverse range of artists from the group, comment if they fit the RRHOF and discuss still excluded bands that we hope get in eventually.   

The artists discussed are Kate Bush, Joy Division/New Order, Sheryl Crow, Iron Maiden, Warren Zevon, George Michael, Willie Nelson and The Spinners. 
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Hello everyone! For our February episode,  Brian and I each selected three artists and then chose our favorite five songs from each one. It was really difficult to widdle down the list to just five for all of these artists, but a fun exercise overall. 

Artists included Metallica, Cheap Trick, Bob Marley, Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Billy Joel and REM. 

Our encores come with a heavy heart, paying tribute to mus...

For their 55th show, Gary & Brian go back 55  years to review the musically insane year of 1967. Imagine multiple waves of the British invasion mixed in with San Francisco's psychedelic rock movement and the folk, soul and blues melting pot of Los Angeles at the same time. Arguably, every seed of influential popular music for the next five decades was planted or started to bloom in 1967.  

Artists covered: The Gra...

Hello everyone! We have a new Name That Game episode for you: this time you need to Name That Album. 

Please play along, have fun and post your scores on our Facebook page. Since this is more difficult than naming an artist or band, you also get points for naming the artist/band. If you get both that and the album, you are a true star. 

Our encores include Brian's review of Dawes' new album, Misadventure...

Hello everyone! Gary & Brian took on a new challenge for this show. We both put together a fantasy band that would not only rock in the studio, but roll through your town by providing an amazing live show. 

Please post your fantasy band on our Facebook page; we'd love to see who our listeners would pick and why. It was a very fun exercise - the only rule was not having multiple musicians from the same band or that...

Gary & Brian cover a new topic in this episode: tackling several what if scenarios from music history. We had tremendous fun discussing the alternate universes these scenarios could have  produced and the potential impact on the music, artist careers and larger cultural trends. 

Our encores include Brian's interesting review of Nick Duerden's new book, Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars and G...

Greetings everyone! Gary & Brian discuss a second group of our favorite underrated albums. These releases get overlooked,  rarely get talked about or mentioned when talking about a certain artist or band's best output.  

Musicians and bands covered include Led Zeppelin, Phish, Randy Meisner, The Who, Bob Mould, Van Halen, Counting Crows and Radiohead. 

Our encores include Gary's review of Umphrey McG...

For their 50th show, Gary & Brian go back 50  years to review the musically incredible year of 1972. Legendary releases from many genres, including progressive rock, psychedelic rock, folk, country, soul, hard rock and jazz came out that year and still influence music and culture today. 

Artists covered: Paul Simon, Neil Young, Jethro Tull, Nick Drake, Frank Zappa (2 albums), Manassas, Stevie Wonder (2 albums) and Rich...

Gary & Brian tackle a new topic in this episode; exploring the music created by musicians born in or associated with a particular city from the 1950's-2000's. We start with the Big Apple, New York City, and it's rich and diverse music history of jazz, hard rock, folk, punk, new wave, rap,  progressive rock, indie and hip hop genres. 

Our encores cover Brian's fun review of a J.D. Souther concert he ...