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The Tragically Hip Top Forty Countdown: Song 26 — Alan from Federal Way

Hey, it’s jD — and this week we head west. All the way to Federal Way, Washington, to meet a Hiphead who’s been flying the maple leaf in the Pacific Northwest since Saturday Night Live beamed Gord into his living room back in ’95. Meet Alan, a die-hard fan whose story begins with “Grace, Too” on SNL — and just keeps rolling from there.

From watching that legendary set to yelling at his bank over blocked ticket purchases, Alan’s journey is packed with the kind of fire you only get from someone who’s felt the music. This one’s got it all: karaoke tales, epic setlists, concert roadblocks, poutine mishaps, and more than one fateful nod from Gord himself.

You’ll hear about:

• The heartbreaking ticket fiasco that nearly kept him from The Final Show™
• His run-in (maybe?) with Paul at a venue in Seattle
• Why Lake Fever floored him on a random Tuesday night
• The rainstorm that conjured a lyric in real-time
• And yes… that time he ended up yelling at StubHub

It’s funny. It’s moving. It’s everything this countdown is built to hold.

🎙️ Next week, we flip the dial to Red Deer for a very special guest with a very familiar voice: Ron MacLean. Yes, thatRon MacLean. And yes, it’s everything you hope it is.

💬 Pull Quote

“Their songs made me want to learn about the stars of Algonquin and Tom Thomson and Paris of the Prairie… I just needed to know.”

👤 About Our Guest

Alan from Federal Way is a U.S.-based Hip historian and superfan whose reverence for the band spans decades, cities, tours, and blurry online forums. He’s attended shows across North America, documented setlists with obsessive precision, and once got Gord to point at him from the stage. Yeah. He’s one of us.

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Transcript follows below.

The Tragically Hip Top 40 Countdown

2025-05-24, 8:52 AM

The Tragically Hip Top 40 Countdown

Join jD beginning Monday, January 6th, 2025 while he counts down the top 40 songs by The

Tragically Hip as voted by you! Every week on The Tragically Hip Top 40 Countdown, jD

welcomes a new guest to discuss their TTH origin story (hipstory) and dissect,

Artist: jD

Year: 2025

Transcript

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