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Nashville Cats – The Wrecking Crew of the South

The Nashville A-Team is an umbrella sobriquet for the loose collective of ace session musicians who gravitated to the country music capital of the world…

Jan 16 • Music Influence

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November 2025

Impressions of a Man Named Vince Guaraldi

In 1963, a Bay Area piano player composed the theme for a shelved documentary called A Boy Named Charlie Brown, and in doing so, created a definitive…

Nov 24, 2025 • Music Influence

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October 2025

Hooters, Zombies and My Mother

Halloween is upon us. Let’s do something about Zombies.

Oct 31, 2025 • Music Influence

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins--The Father of Shock Rock...and 57 Biological Children

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was famous for performing with props. Contraceptives were not among them.

Oct 29, 2025 • Music Influence

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September 2025

Before there was Mazzy Star…

Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” swept onto the charts in 1994 as if from nowhere, bubbling up like sea foam before retreating into the velvety moonlit…

Sep 25, 2025 • Music Influence

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Football Players Rapping About Being Football Players

In the late 80s, it was totally a thing.

Sep 8, 2025 • Music Influence

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August 2025

Songs the Grateful Dead Covered

A short history lesson and a long playlist...

Aug 22, 2025 • Music Influence

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Casey Kasem's Top 40 Countdown--August 12, 1972

A clutch of evergreen rockers, gentle one-hit-wonders, soaring soul tunes, and an above-average number of songs with parenthetical titles in this…

Aug 12, 2025 • Music Influence

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Land of 1000 Hotsteppers

The early-to-mid-60s marked the absolute pinnacle of the American Dance Craze. But what's that got to do with iNi Kamoze's 1994 global chart-topper…

Aug 1, 2025 • Music Influence

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July 2025

A Day In Detroit--The Unsolved Murder of Rusty Day

Rusty Day was a Michigan-born singer with an incredible resume. But by most accounts, the opportunities he passed on were even greater than those he…

Jul 22, 2025 • Music Influence

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Weekend Playlist: Mercury City

No homework this weekend. Just a playlist.

Jul 11, 2025 • Music Influence

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Casey Kasem's Top 40 Countdown--July 4th, 1987

In July of 1987, the global population surpassed 5 billion, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 2500 for the first time ever, and “Lady in…

Jul 4, 2025 • Music Influence

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