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EX39 - Wide Mouth Mason - not your typical, run of the mill 12-bar blues band - two songs - Midnight Rain and Companion - Lay Me Down - External Version When one thinks of the epitome of a ‘blues band’, the first thing that comes to mind is not a couple of Canadian kids coming of age in the 1980s. This is not your typical, run of the mill 12-bar blues about lost lovers, big-legged women, whiskey,...

EX38 - The Box - From Montreal Quebec Canada - Closer Together and Carry On - External Version  The Box is a new wave group from Montreal , Quebec . Founded in 1981, they achieved commercial success in Canada, recording four charting albums and 10 charting singles between 1984 and 1990. The group broke up in 1992, but a new line-up was founded in 2005. This iteration of the group has released...

EPISODE 37 -  The Christian rock band Whiteheart was formed in 1982 by singer Steve Green , guitarist Dann Huff, bassist Gary Lunn , keyboardists Mark Gersmehl and Billy Smiley , and drummer David Huff , most of the members alumni of Bill Gaither's group.  After debuting with a self-titled effort issued on the Home Sweet Home label, Green exited the line-up, and was replaced by vocalist...

EPISODE 36 - External Version Jake and Shelby from Nashville TN - Cover Sway and Drops of Jupiter Sway - Michael Bublé This song is about dancing, and being infatuated with your dance partner - Martin sings that when they sway together on the dance floor she is all he sees. Drops of Jupiter - Train In an interview with VH1, lead singer Pat Monahan revealed that he wrote this song about the death o...

EPISODE 35 - External Version Wolfgang Van Halen - Mammoth - Being his own musician and two songs - Distance and Don't Back Down Distance Named in tribute to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wolfgang Van Halen is the only child of the late musician Eddie Van Halen. Wolfgang first joined his father's band Van Halen as their bassist in 2007, and started work on his debut solo album about a dozen years...

EPISODE 34 - External Version - UZEB - Canadian Jazz 3 Piece - Riff 55 and Don't Be Bop The Add To My Playlist Podcast Features UZEB - Canadian Jazz 3 Piece UZEB is a Canadian jazz fusion band from Montreal, Quebec who were active from 1976 to 1992, and reunited in November 2016. The members are Alain Caron (bass guitar), Michel Cusson (guitar), and Paul Brochu (drums). The band won a number...

EPISODE 33 - Big Wreck - All Canadian Band - Wolves and The Oaf - External version The Add To My Playlist Podcast features - Big Wreck - a Canadian-American rock band formed by Ian Thornley and Brian Doherty in Boston, Massachusetts in 1994. The band was rounded out with David Henning and Forrest Williams. They disbanded in 2002 and Ian Thornley pursued a solo career with his own band Thornle...

EPISODE 32 - External Version - Ken Tamplin Magdallan - Two songs Radio Bikini and Shake The Add To My Playlist Podcast features Ken Tamplin and Magdallan - Radio Bikini and Shake Magdallan is a Christian hard rock/glam metal band from the USA, that was formed in 1990 as a studio project. After the departure of vocalist Ken Tamplin in 1992, the project changed its name to Magdalen and became...

EPISODE 31 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners JD Fortune Shares His Riches With Us - Pretty Vegas and Drift Away Two songs from JD Fortune - Pretty Vegas - written during the filming of Rock Star: INXS and JD's Solo Song Drift Away Rock Star: INXS Fortune was living in his car, under a bridge, when he applied for and was selected as a contestant on CBS's TV show Rock Star: INXS . On Sept...

EPISODE 30 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners High energy Rock and Roll, best when played at full volume.  Moxy and The Influence are four young Southern California rockers who bring it with power and drive to every performance.  Their original all-female sound is a modern mix of all that was great in the 80’s hard rock scene, and all that continues to move audiences today...

EPISODE 29 -  Spotify is rolling out a new feature called “Enhance” which will automatically spiff up your playlists with recommended songs that (theoretically) fit in with your music’s existing style and theme. The feature works through a new Enhance button that now appears at the top of playlists. Tap it to toggle it on, which causes Spotify’s algorithm to automatically add recommended song...

EX28 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners A star-studded line-up, including Paul McCartney and Liam Gallagher, joined the Foo Fighters for an emotional tribute to the band's drummer Taylor Hawkin s at a concert in London on Saturday night. Hawkins, 50, died in March in Bogotá, Colombia, hours before the Foo Fighters were set to take the stage at the Festival Estereo Picnic. The band immedi...

EPISODE 27 - Moxy Anne - Pulling the Covers off Def Leppard and A Song for Bella EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners!   Today we welcome a great guest!  Moxy Anne is here to talk about her musical career and the great things yet to come! Moxy Anne's newly released acoustic cover of Def Leppard - Hysteria and a song written for her sister Bella! About Moxy Anne Moxy Anne is a 25-year-old...

EX 26 - Max Gowan - Musician First, Audio Engineer, Song Writer - Ornamental, No More Chirping, Snakes and Steely Dan - Dirty Work Hi, my name is Max and I'm an audio engineer based in Raleigh, NC. I received my BA in Communications as well as a minor in Audio Technology from American University in Washington, DC in 2019. I'm also a musician and producer and have been making records under my own n...

EPISODE 25 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners! Eric Johnson has been traveling on a prolific odyssey over the course of more than four decades. Along the way, his creations have encompassed repertoire that cross pollinate genres which include rock, blues, jazz, fusion, soul, folk, new-age, classical and even country. Inevitably E.J. says it best himself in sharing. “It really boils down...

EPISODE 24 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners! LIFEHOUSE Jason Wade:  Singer/songwriter/guitarist/piano  Rick Woolstenhulme:  Drums  Bryce Soderberg:  Bass “And we turn it inside out/To take it back/To the start.”  “Who We Are” With the release of  Lifehouse: Greatest Hits  on Universal Music Enterprises, a chronological collection of the band...

EPSIODE 23 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners! Jude Cole is an American singer-songwriter, manager and record producer who started out as a four-sets-a-night musician, sideman and session guitarist, graduated to solo artist with three albums on Warner Bros. in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, one release on Island Records, (1995) and one independent effort before he became manager, producer...

EPISODE 22 - EXTERNAL VERSION - for all non-Spotify Listeners Welcome back! Today we are featuring a very special guest, Emma G!  Emma G shares two songs with us today - The Wolf I Feed - Fighter This is the Spotify External version - to hear this podcast head over to Spotify and by signing up for a paid membership, you can hear this podcast with the music imbedded into the actual episode! Ab...

EPISODE 21 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners! We welcome, from my hometown area! Honeymoon Suite! Honeymoon Suite is a Canadian rock band formed in 1981 in Niagara Falls, Ontario . The band's name was a nod to the fact that Niagara Falls is the unofficial honeymoon capital of the world. Next time they roll through your town with a live show - go check them out - they are amazing to...

EPISODE 20 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners! Bryan Adams is bothering the neighbours by Waking Them Up with this album! Waking Up the Neighbours is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams , released on September 24, 1991. The album was recorded at Battery Studios in London and The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver , mixed at Mayfair Studios in London, and mast...

EPISODE 19 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners! Hey did you catch the promo for Steve Yusko's great podcast - Long Island Sound !  Eager to discover new music from a wellspring of talent? Learn the backstory of the musicians you love from Long Island. In this podcast, we uncover new original music as well as the backstories of each artist and their journey to deliver their art....

EPISODE 18 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners! The band began in 1983 originally as a solo project for singer-songwriter/guitarist Steve Plunkett (also known as "Plunk"), who had recently left the band Silver Condor , due to his frustration with their lack of interest in recording his songs. Plunkett then began playing and recording his own material with a group of his musician frie...

EPISODE 17 - EXTERNAL Version for Non-Spotify Listeners! We get knee deep into the whole - Roth vs Hagar Van Halen debate in this episode - check out two great songs post 1984 featuring Sammy and the Van Hagar Years... Roth fans, we will be back with an episode just for you! Summer Nights and Love Walks In - right here on the Add to My Playlist Podcast Join the community on Facebook and Insta...

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EX16 - Featured - Turning Up The Heat With Firehouse and these two songs - Don't treat me Bad and Love of a Lifetime 16 Gold & Platinum Records 7 Million Sales Worldwide 2 Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 Hits 4 Billboard Hot 100 Top 25 Hits 7 Billboard Hot 100 Top 100 Hits Winner of the American Music Awards 1991 Best New Hard Rock Heavy Metal Band 2 Time Winner ASCAP Songwriter's Award Love Of A Life...