SONGS WITH PLACES IN THE TITLE (12/31/08)

So this week we end the year by playing "Where's Coach?" and every song has a place name in it - the rule was supposed to be 'real' places but...well...I'm sure there's a Zenland somewhere Coach...

To set the theme, we started off with Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs covering Everybody Knows This is Nowhere from their duet Under the Covers Volume 1 album.

And then we kicked off with me on the "A" list and Coach with the "B" alternates:

Taneytown: Albuquerque, New Mexco
Counting Crows: Raining in Baltimore
Junior Wells: Sweet Home Chicago
Warren Zevon: Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Treat Her Right: Everglades
Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues
Steve Earle: The Galway Girl
AC/DC: Highway to Hell
They Might be Giants: Istanbul Not Constantinople
Jackson Browne: Jamaica Say You Will
Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston
Leslie West: Louisiana Blues
Chuck Berry: Memphis
Eric Johnson: Cruise The Nile
Chrissie Hynde: Nebraska
Neil Young: Ohio
The Exit: The Sun Will Rise in Queens
Van Halen: Panama
U2: Red Hill Mining Town
The Clash: Spanish Bombs
Swamp Cabbage: Tallahassee
Sex Pistols: Anarchy in the UK
Louis Armstrong: West End Blues
ZZ Top: Viva Las Vegas
Olivia Newton John: Xanadu
Bruce Springsteen: Youngstown
Eric Johnson: Zenland

Plus, as a bonus in this show you got to hear Coach singing Xanadu... ouch. If you missed it, don't worry it will definitely show up in a future intro :)

-Fess

SONGS ABOUT THE SKY (12/17/08)

In celebration of the anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC, which just happened to fall on our show day, we did songs about flying and or the Wright Brothers. At least that was the theory when I threw Mystery Achievement in there... Coach wouldn't let me play Bicycle Race ;)

Van Halen: Light Up The Sky
Tom Petty: Learning to Fly
Ozzy Osbourne: Flying High Again
David Bowie: Life on Mars?
Mudcrutch: Bootleg Flyer
REM: Man on the Moon
Toots & The Maytals: Take a Trip
Lenny Kravitz: I Want to Get Away
Jimi Hendrix: Night Bird Flying
Sly & the Family Stone: I Want to Take You Higher
The Pretenders: Mystery Achievement
Steve Miller Band: Jet Airliner
Cowboy Junkies: To Live is to Fly
Led Zeppelin: Ozone Baby
AC/DC: Shot Down In Flames
Paul McCartney & Wings: Jetairliner
Joni Mitchell: This Flight Tonight
Cowboy Junkies: December Skies
Boston: Cool The Engines

- Da Prof

Killer Covers (12/10/08)

We've done plenty of cool cover shows, but this one had some greats... Can you name all the original artists?

Hootie and the Blowfish: Hey, Hey What Can I Do?
The Flaming Lips: (Just Like) Starting Over
Leslie West: The Sky is Crying
Atomic Kitten: Dancing in the Streets
Sheryl Crow: D'yer Mak'r
North Mississippi Allstars: Boomers Story (Chris Robinson guests!)
Buddy Guy: Red House
Big Head Todd & the Monsters: Tangerine
Cowboy Junkies: One
Antigone Rising: Rock n' Roll
Eric Clapton: Don't Think Twice It's Alright
Eric Clapton & J.J. Cale: Sporting Life Blues
Robben Ford: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
Keb' Mo': (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
Pearl Jam: Money (That's What I Want)
Warren Zevon & David Lindley: Casey Jones
Duran Duran: Thank You
Jane's Addiction: Ripple
ZZ Top: Dust My Broom
Cowboy Junkies: Thunder Road
Black Crowes w/Jimmy Page: Celebration Day

Sooner or later we'll find all the rest of the playlists for cover shows... we've done some great ones over the years!

- The Professor

Through Week Tres

So here's the list of 41 "Must Own" albums since 1967 through our first 3 weeks of fun-filled, radio programming.

David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

AC/DC: Highway to Hell

The Allman Brothers: Live at the Fillmore East

The Band: The Last Waltz

Black Sabbath: Paranoid

Derek & the Dominos: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

Eagles: Hotel California

Grateful Dead: American Beauty

Joe Jackson: Look Sharp!

BB King: Live at the Regal

Lynyrd Skynyrd: One More For/From the Road

Bob Marley: Legend

Muddy Waters: Hard Again

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes

The Who: Quadraphenia

ZZ Top: Tres Hombres

Boston: Boston

Jeff Beck: Wired

Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run

Queen: A Night at the Opera

Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers

Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy

Robert Palmer: Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley

Dire Straits: Dire Straits

Now get out there and start shopping!

41 Albums You Must Own - Since 1967

So Professor and I both agree that 1967 was the year that rock music changed forever. Using that year as the starting point, each week on ITR, we will be providing our loyal listeners with the 41 (since there are two of us, 82), albums that anyone worth their musical salt must own.

When we say own, that means that these are the kind of compilations that go in your CD player and come out in say, a month at least....they are that good from Track 1 to the finish.

Each week following the show, look here to see what was added to our list. Hey, here's a better idea...listen to the show and find out first hand.

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