Records Revisited

The guys are joined by Kaston and Nick from My Politic to discuss the third Townes Van Zandt album – the self-titled album from 1969.   Plenty of other discussion including t-shirts with pockets, Pittsburgh and leaving Nashville, chasing storms, the Ozarks, peroxide, insulin shock therapy, songs from “For the Sake of the Song” redone for this album, Marty Robbins, and more.   Check out My Politic...

The guys are joined by Jordan Foley to discuss Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit’s stellar “The Nashville Sound.”  Plenty of other discussion including the Sanford Porchfest, the singles “Loners” and “Our Last Dance,” being a different species, energy vampires, anxiety, the Grammys, taking the road less traveled and hoping it’s the high road, and Wayne surprises us with his top dog.  We've been tryi...

The guys are joined by JP Ruggieri to discuss Nick Drake’s final album “Pink Moon” from 1972.  Plenty of other discussion including self-promotion (or lack of), Jarrod Dickinson, JP’s medical condition and Dr. Miracle, VW commercials & Serendipity, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, incredible guitar work, on the ledge moments, and Wayne has empathy?   Check out JP here: https://jpruggieri.com/home Check o...

The guys are joined by repeat revisitor Michael Citro of Michael’s Record Collection podcast to discuss Rush’s “Signals” - our very first Rush episode  Plenty of other discussion including being on the wrong side of medium, Wayne and the band Foreigner (we think Wayne wants to know what love is), did George Michael sing any love songs, our girlfriends in the Niagara Falls area, Rush’s 2 highest ch...

The guys are joined by Ruthie Foster discuss the Rickie Lee Jones self-titled debut record from 1979.  Plenty of other discussion including Belize, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, what are you listening to (we want Ruthie to record us a jingle), discovering Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits, The Grammys (a win and some losses for Rickie), doyt doyt, Wayne and Ruthie tank a Ben favorite from the To...

The guys are joined by repeat revisitor Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast to discuss Adam Ant’s 1982 album “Friend Or Foe.”  Plenty of other discussion including baseball and podcasting, baseball card collecting, songs not to sing at weddings, name dropping, Solid Gold, seeing Adam live, front doors and back doors, Wayne’s many lists, the golden era of MTV videos, and throwing a bone to Marco. C...

The guys are joined by Brian and Nicholas of France Luke Accord to discuss another Anais Mitchell record….this time “Young Man in America.”  Plenty of other discussion including their new album “Safe In Sound,” seeing Bruce and seeing shows “cold turkey,” Bon Iver and Midwest bands, Vibe (show your jazz hands), streaming services shafting musicians, Darlinside, God of Abraham, Take Her To The Hosp...

The guys are joined once again by Greg, Kyle and Zack from Blue Water Highway (remember our Ryan Adams & The Cardinals episode) to discuss The Killers 2012 album “Battle Born.”  Plenty of other discussion including breakfast tacos, why Catherine didn’t join us for this episode, Wayne’s ridiculous t-shirt collection, transmission issues, please no talking on “Pressure Machine,” Springsteen (a f...

The guys are joined by Mark Erelli and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame to discuss “Mystery Girl" from Roy Orbison.  Fair warning: Ben and Jeff recorded in Jeff's studio in Cali so some insanity and inside jokes did occur.  Plenty of other conversation about Bill Morrissey, Justin Townes Earle, RP, finding catharsis, "Boys of Summer," the Wilbury's, Bono & Benmont, Elvis Costello, lots of love song...

The guys are joined by Jarrod Dickenson and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame to discuss “The Last DJ" from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Plenty of other conversation about Texas football and Steve Sarkisian, selling a hat to Spike Lee, writing about other people (not just autobiographical), Christmas music, songs about grandparents, concept record and the thread that weaves it all together – excep...

The guys are joined by Matthew Fowler to talk about the Blake Mills album “Heigh Ho.” Plenty of other conversation about Tom Petty, Orlando, Jordan Foley, Who is Cassie, managing Heartwood in Gainesville, Shane Leonard, going from zero to a hundred, Susana in Havana, I looked past the Mariachi Band, Blake’s production work and taking risks.  It’s safe to say that Matthew is a HUGE Blake Mills fan....

The guys are joined by Patreon Revisitor Kevin Peters and repeat guest Joe Royland along with Michael Gurley of Dada to talk about Dada’s underappreciated album “Puzzle.”  Plenty of other conversation including being on IRS Records and Miles Copeland, being big in Portugal, San Quentin and Dizz Knee Land, playing a concert in a spaceship, playing guitar solos in the 90s when it wasn’t cool to solo...

The guys are joined by former MLB pitcher and current Red Sox NESN Analyst Lenny DiNardo to talk about Alvvays latest album “Blue Rev.”  Plenty of other conversation about the Red Sox and other baseball talk, getting the NESN gig, bonding over Nada Surf, the Lemonheads, Bill Janovitz, The Baseball Project, Television, finding out that the pronunciation is just "Always," lost loves and longing, KEX...

The guys count down their most listened to songs of 2022.  Plenty of former guest appearances in the lists including Caroline Spence, Matt Nathanson, liv., Michael McArthur, Drew Kennedy, and Ken Yates (among others).  Ben once again talks about Anais Mitchell and John Fullbright (shocker, I know) and Will Hoge makes another Wayne list?  Will Mr. Hoge ever come on the podcast?  Also discussed: pot...

While Wayne is away, bestie Jeff Frame (@jeffmakesjokes) guest co-hosts again and is joined by Chelsea Gilliland of CHLSY to talk about her album “quantum entanglement” and Radiohead’s “In Rainbows.” Plenty of other discussion including lower case letters, The Smile, is a job in Alaska a promotion, the Ryman and Exit-In, DJ’ing in Nashville, summer problems, the Grammys (did Radiohead win any of t...

We tackle our first AC/DC album on the show...the last Bon Scott album "Highway to Hell" from 1979.  Discussion and derailments including conversation about Mutt Lange, backseat rhythms, Axl Rose brings out a song from this album to the live show, John Hughes, eating everything in the Hungry Man TV dinners, and Foreigner.  And, LISTENER SCORES!  Find out why Wayne drops a F bomb on one of the scor...

We tackle another album from Mr. Mellencamp - this time the album, American Fool, that really put him on the map.  We essentially had like a day and a half to prepare and big kudos to Pateron Revisitor Karli Anderson for joining us on this episode.  Other topics of discussion include Tastee Freeze, winning a Grammy over some major heavyweights, being vulnerable and needing someone, the Midwest, ha...

This episode is a bit different but still fits the "revisited" aspect of the podcast.  We chat with Alan Anton of Cowboy Junkies to discuss their recent album called "Songs of the Recollection" which is the band covering some of their favorite artists including Bowie, Uncle Neil, the Stones, and The Cure.  We go track by track discussing their record and get some fun stories along the way like son...

The guys are joined by Bo Armstrong to discuss his new album “If Your Tired Heart Is Aching” and to revisit The Wallflowers “Bringing Down the Horse.” Plenty of discussion about covering well known songs from Billie Eilish and Mary Chapin Carpenter, why Dallas?, discovering that Jakob has a famous dad, how sick are we of “One Headlight” yet also acknowledging its greatness, T-Bone, where exactly i...

Ben and Wayne welcome liv. *(yes, we spelled it right) to discuss Caamp's "By and By" (2019) along with her latest album "Young, Dumb, and in Love." Plenty of other discussion including red hoodies, story songs, Van Plating, Scorpions, vanilla ice cream (is it a compliment), sequencing (we're counting on you Tim!), go political if you want to, 3 different 12s, banjos, and the beauty and genius of...

Ben and Wayne welcome Emily Scott Robinson to discuss the self-titled album from Anais Mitchell (2022) along with Emily’s album “American Siren” and latest project with Violet Bell and Alisa Amador.  Plenty of other discussion including faith, hotels in Little Rock Arkansas, learning things the hard way, Ben's potential most listened to song of 2022, words like revenant and gloaming, nostalgia, Fe...

The guys are joined by repeat revisitors Shawn Brown and Kasey Anderson for not one but two episodes about the Seattle band “Brad.”  Did you listen to the "Shame" episode first?  This episode we’ll tackle Brad’s second release from 1997 “Interiors.” Plenty of discussion about Kasey’s new EP “The Vibromonk Sessions,” buying records from Regan from the band, Brendan O’Brien & Nick DiDia, Satchel...

The guys are joined by repeat revisitors Shawn Brown and Kasey Anderson for not one but two episodes about the Seattle band “Brad.”  This episode we’ll tackle Brad’s first album “Shame.” Plenty of discussion about Shawn’s new EP “The Rain Parade,” trying to figure out the music industry, the Mariners, “I’m 42 and not gonna have a Tik Tok,” remove April 5th from the calendar, the genius of Shawn Sm...

The guys are joined by Derek Hoke to discuss his new album "Electric Mountain" and his album choice of "Colossal Head" from Los Lobos.  Plenty of other discussion including Florida Man, Cocks, Manifest Records, Lillie Mae, No "Wagon Wheel" in East Nashville, cool Spanish words, Joe Walsh, Marcia Marcia Marcia, we're all gringos here, songs about rain, and Jon Latham.   Check out Derek at: https://...

The guys are joined by repeat revisitor Joe Royland to discuss Flickerstick’s major label debut “Welcoming Home The Astronauts.”  Plenty of discussion about the June reunion shows, Bands on the Run (naturally), albums that just didn’t get a shot, Charlie Sexton, Chris Young, dealing with our kids, a song that gets a wink and a point, and the excitement Joe and Ben have for a new Flickerstick lineu...