Three Drinks In...Where Wisdom & Truth Intersect

Send us Fan Mail As we travel through life, we oftentimes bump into some situations that could have been handled in a better manner. From these situations, we hopefully learn a lesson and are able to avoid those types of unfortunate mistakes if we find ourselves staring at them again,  down the road a piece. We call these Life Lessons and that's what today's episode is all about. Good so...

Send us Fan Mail Green Day...American Idiot The Kinks...Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) David Bowie...The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spider From Mars Tim Rice / Andrew Lloyd Webber...Jesus Christ Superstar All of these incredible Rock Operas have a few things in common. First of all, there's some pretty serious genius going into the whole thing. Secondly, t...

Send us Fan Mail When you think you have a favorite song,  you can convince yourself that it might always be your favorite song. But what if someone comes along and takes that great song and turns in a cover that somehow transcends the original? Believe it or not, it happens all the time. Here are some of the songs we felt were as good as the original...or just a little better. Our final choices a...

Send us Fan Mail You know your favorite songs by heart. Fact is, you probably know a lot of songs...if not by heart, then at least by sound. Especially, the first sound. Today we explore those songs you know as soon as you hear that first note. There are so many to talk about, but today we will be chatting about some of our favorites. So sit back and tune in to yet another episode of views after b...

Send us Fan Mail Here at Three Drinks In, we try to keep close track of all the folks that help us out. Especially the folks down here at The Iowa Tap Room. We are very much into name recognition, whether it’s the name of our servers or the name of our favorite Iowa brew. It’s important to keep them all straight and to differentiate between one another. So with that in mind, the crystal ball which...

Send us Fan Mail The world we walk in is bursting at the seams with all sorts of good people and quite a few bad ones. The music to which we are drawn generally reflects various situations where the quality of these people is brought into focus. It's world where Saints & Sinners are constantly in the news and in our everyday lives. Sit back and enjoy BillyBobb and Neighbor Jerry as they c...

Send us Fan Mail You gotta love those folks who come to every tailgate party and have that kick-ass playlist that you wish you would have taken the time to compile yourself. While theirs may be good, you know that yours would be just a little bit better, because you'd have added this tune or that tune. Well, folks, tune in to our show today and you'll hear a little history about the art...

Send us Fan Mail There is so much history in the art of rock and roll, that it's difficult to find where one phase begins or another leaves off. Who were the artists or what are the songs that have most clearly demonstrated these seismic shifts? These are questions that are NOT for the faint of heart. Fortunately, we have the wherewithal to take the deep dive into this one and tell you all ju...

Send us Fan Mail A legacy might come in one of many forms. It might be a monetary gift of wealth. It might be a physical gift of property. At Three Drinks In, we wish to bequeath to our offspring the gift of music. We hope this episode and the playlist that supports it, will serve as a stepping off point that allows our kids to learn more about who we are and what we value. Granted, we have defini...

Send us Fan Mail Whoever said, “Attitude is everything,” knew something about the importance of finding the right frame of mind to succeed. In today’s episode, my Neighbor Jerry and I will try to walk you through some of our favorite musical enhancements that address this topic as we present to you a variety of songs that we feel might help you lay the groundwork for a highly successful DATE NIGHT...

Send us Fan Mail In the world of music, some songs are meant to be heard over and over…and over…and over…well, you know what I mean. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes these are fantastic songs and most usually deserve that repeated airplay. We all have our favorites. Which brings us to today’s episode. Neighbor Jerry and I have culled through our own stacks upon stacks of vinyl, as well as our own str...

Send us Fan Mail This is a club to which very few belong and even fewer are applying to join. Our 30th Episode at Three Drinks In takes us into the darkness that is a category of successful musical artists who all died at the untimely age of 27. It's a sad story, but the music they left behind will live forever. We hope you'll give us a listen and enjoy the show. Thanks again.

Send us Fan Mail Are you old enough to remember when Ronald Reagan told an audience, "America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside our hearts. It rests in the message of hope in the songs of a man so many young Americans admire: New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen. And helping you make those dreams come true is what this job of mine is all about." Wow...Reagan had no idea...

Send us Fan Mail We all have those moments when being alone is a good thing. You can breathe in and out without the everyday pressures stampeding across your brain. Might be in the evening hours on the veranda watching the stars climb into the sky...might be in you kayak rolling across a calm lake. If you are so inclined, you might have a drink sitting next to you and you might choose to put on so...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s world, most people and kids especially have the luxury of being able to pop in a couple of ear buds and stream up a playlist on their phone and voila, they are the commander of their own musical starship. It hasn’t always been that way, has it? Most of you listening to this know that there was always a hierarchy in who got to choose the music to which the entire family...

Send us Fan Mail When Neighbor Jerry randomly chose this topic, I knew we'd be having fun. As by-products of the 1960s, the two of us have special recollections of the events that were constantly unfolding on our native soil and in a small jungle 8,000 miles away. We saw turmoil...we saw resistance. We saw signs of hatred...we saw attempts at peace. And all around us, what we saw with our eye...

Send us Fan Mail The radio has started to fill up with the usual suspects for Christmas music, so Neighbor Jerry and I decided we'd dive in and give you an episode where we share what we like that may or may not be on your radar screen of Christmas music. We hit upon some of the ones you know, but at least we delve into some that are new to us, and hopefully new to you. Be sure to click on th...

Send us Fan Mail Pilamayaye is a Native American term used to express thanks. In this episode, BillyBobb and his Neighbor Jerry look to the culture of the Indigenous Americans in an effort to "give thanks" for their contributions to what is the tapestry of American music...specifically to rock and roll music. Theirs is a deep and rich history of pain and injustice that is carried forward...

Send us Fan Mail This month, Jerry and I take on the formidable task of selecting three songs that MUST be on any road trip playlist that we might make. As you can imagine, our individual playlists for any road trip would be pretty long, so boiling it down to our three must-haves was as an exercise in futility. We had tons of songs…but for this show, while we will discuss dozens, we will only high...

Send us Fan Mail Here at Three Drinks In, Neighbor Jerry and I are always talking about "a time and a place." We all know that music triggers so many emotions in the human psyche...it grabs us by the ear and drags us back to a time or a place in our memory. Today's program is our reflection on the songs that stand out to us. We invite you to join us as we visit those moments and mem...

Send us Fan Mail It is like looking for your own shadow. It's been there all along, but we have become so accustomed to it that it is now a part of how we live, but rarely acknowledge. We're talking about the influences that are the village that helped us become who we now are. In this particular case, we are talking about our musical influences. Why do like the music we like? How did it...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to July in the USA. Happy Independence Day...hopefully without space aliens, this time. BillyBobb and his Neighbor Jerry are drinking beers and discussing the songs that bring all of what is good about our country into sharp perspective. They've talked, on past episodes, about the dark side of life for some Americans, but this episode is all about that unique freedom...

Send us Fan Mail Music and meals should always coexist. Whether it's in the preparation stage or the actual sitting down stage, there is always a place for good music to cohabitate a good meal. The selection of the music will likely be guided by the menu itself. That's where the fun begins. This month, Neighbor Jerry and BillyBobb travel to Norse country up in Story City, Iowa and invade...

Send us Fan Mail With every new election comes a new opportunity for politicians to gain momentum not only through their policy choices but also through the choices they make for the music that is played to the crowds during their appearances. Neighbor Jerry and BillyBobb take on the political powers to bring forth the type of songs that just might get them elected. Here is our episode for Preside...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on many occasions used a modern revision of the words of abolitionist minister, Theodore Parker, when he told us, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."  In today's episode, we join our guest host, Brian Fox of Fox Brewery in West Des Moines as we seek to understand just what we mean by social justice and w...