Podcast Episodes

Song 172, Hickory Wind by the Byrds: Part 3, The Parsons Tale

For those who haven’t heard the announcement I just posted , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Song 172, “Hickory Wind” by the Byrds: Part Two, Of Submarines and Second Generations

For those who haven’t heard the announcement I just posted , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Song 172, “Hickory Wind” by the Byrds: Part One, Ushering in a New Dimension

For those who haven’t heard the announcement I just posted , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Announcement Regarding Schedule

This is just a brief announcement. The fact that I’ve released stuff so inconsistently over the last year, along with the last episode being so long …

2 years, 6 months ago

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Episode 171: “Hey Jude” by the Beatles

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Episode 171 looks at “Hey Jude”, the White Album, and the career of the Beatles from August 1967 through November 1968. Click the full post to read l…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Episode 170: “Astral Weeks” by Van Morrison

Episode 170

Episode 170 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Astral Weeks”, the early solo career of Van Morrison, and the death of Bert Be…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Episode 169: “Piece of My Heart” by Big Brother and the Holding Company

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Episode 169 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Piece of My Heart” and the short, tragic life of Janis Joplin. Click the full …

2 years, 8 months ago

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Episode 168: “I Say a Little Prayer” by Aretha Franklin

Episode 168

Episode 168 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “I Say a Little Prayer”, and the interaction of the sacred, political, and secu…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Episode 167: “The Weight” by The Band

Episode one hundred and sixty-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “The Weight” by the Band, the Basement Tapes, and the c…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Episode 166: “Crossroads” by Cream

Episode 166 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Crossroads”, Cream, the myth of Robert Johnson, and whether white men can sing…

3 years ago

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