Hello everybody! In our new episode, Gary & Brian embark on another album assignment mission. Like previous shows, we gave each other three new albums to listen to and review. It was a lot of fun. Artists exchanged included Wondermints, Strangefolk, The Love Language, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros,  Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Phish. Brian's encore was a review of a recent Black Pumas show he attended and Gary reviewed the 2014 move, Whiplash, that he finally saw on Netflix and tickled his loves of drumming and jazz. Enjoy!

Greetings everyone! Gary & Brian wrap up the great music year of 2023 by discussing our best album and new find picks along with many honorable mentions. Some of the artists covered include Peter Gabriel, Haken, New Pornographers, Steven Sanchez, The Clientele, Agusa, Jenny Lewis, Jethro Tull, Sufjan Stevens and Squeaky Feet. For our encores, we shared what music related things we are looking forward to in 2024. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays! Gary & Brian, celebrating the spirit of the season, discuss their Top 3 favorite Christmas albums. Like our previous Favorite Holiday Songs episode, we had a lot of fun discussing these and explaining why they are important to us.Our choices included Charlie Brown Christmas, The DBs, Johnny Mathis, Beach Boys, The Philly Specials and John Denver & the Muppets. Brian's encore was a review of an ensemble group called The Salt Collective and Gary reviewed a Netflix documentary on Hipgnosis, the famous 60's and 70's album cover artists, called Squaring the Circle. Highly recommend you check out both of these! Enjoy!

Hello everyone! Gary and Brian took on a new topic; selecting three of our favorite bands, reviewing each member's solo work and choosing the solo album we liked the most. In this episode, we deliberately chose a different band member's album to spark a lively discussion. The three bands were Traffic, Yes and Pink Floyd. Members included Steve Winwood, Chris Squire, Roger Waters, Dave Mason, Steve Howe and David Gilmour. For our encores, Brian reviewed the band, Glass Harp, whose music he recently discovered and Gary described a wonderful night seeing Pat Metheny live in a small local theater. Enjoy!

Hello everyone! Gary & Brian return to our singer/songwriter favorite album topic. Last time we covered The Boss, Dylan and Neil Young - this show discusses Lou Reed, Jackson Browne and Van Morrison. Albums included Reed's New York & Transformer; Browne's Late for the Sky & Jackson Browne and Van the Man's Moondance & Saint Dominic's Preview. Brian's encore is a review of book on the band, Whiskeytown and Gary pays tribute to Robbie Robertson who unfortunately passed last month. Enjoy!

Hello everybody! Gary & Brian return with another episode of the Name That Band Game. Only bands are covered, meaning no solo artists or their backing bands.  Test your musical knowledge as you play along with us, post your score on our Facebook page and feel free to add clues of your own for others to guess!We covered all new groups, ranging from Culture Club to Steppenwolf to Foreigner to Squeeze and many others. Brian paid tribute to Randy Meisner, the legendary bass player for The Eagles and Poco; both of us paid tribute to Sinead O'Connor and Tony Bennett as well and Gary reviewed a fascinating documentary of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival called Jazz on a Summer's Day. Enjoy!

Hello everybody! Gary & Brian celebrate summer by putting together their favorite mix tape of songs that represent summer to them. Historically, one would use a cassette tape, but people still make compilations on CD, MP3 or digital playlists too. Choosing the songs and deciding in what order they flow always makes this extra fun. Our choices are wide ranging, from artists including Don Henley, Katrina & the Waves, Beach Boys, The Lovin' Spoonful, Bryan Adams, Chicago, B-52's, Sheryl Crow, Beatles and Eddie Cochran amongst others. For our encores, Brian reviewed a Peter & Jeremy show he saw recently and Gary discussed a new Netflix documentary on drumming called Count Me In. Enjoy!

Hello everybody! In our new episode, Gary & Brian, discuss the topic of famous musical collaborations. Many artists enjoy working with each other; either as peers or to help younger artists launch their careers or create great music with one of their heroes. Collaborations we highlighted include: Michael Jackson & Eddie Van Halen; David Bowie with Queen and, separately, with Stevie Ray Vaughan; Kiki Dee & Elton John; Eric Clapton & George Harrison and, separately, with Duane Allman;  Rob Thomas & Santana; Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty; Paul McCartney & David Gilmour; Run DMC & Aerosmith and Steve Winwood & Chaka Kahn. For our encores, Brian reviews the book, Charlie's Good Tonight, an authorized bio of Charlie Watts by Paul Sexton and Gary offers a recap of a fun night at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club to see Bill Frisell shred on his guitar. Enjoy!

For our 60th show,  Gary & Brian review 10 of our favorite 1993 releases, explain how we found them, why we like them and how they fit into the music scene at the time. The artists included Uncle Tupelo, Donald Fagen, The Roots, Roseanne Cash, Counting Crows, Paul Weller, Phish, Matthew Sweet, Paul Westerberg and Lenny Kravitz. For our encores, we both review recent live shows - Brian saw Josh Rouse and Robbie Fulks and Gary saw Snarky Puppy. Enjoy!

Hello everybody! Gary & Brian tackle another Album Assignment episode this month. We gave each other three albums to listen to, find about the artists and provide reviews on the show including our Buy or Sell vote. Feel free to play along; YouTube links to all of these albums will be posted on our FB page. Let us know your votes!The artists covered include Herbie Hancock, Muse, Guided by Voices, Gerard Love (Teenage Fanclub), Gorky's Zyngotic Minci and Lewis Taylor. Our encores include a stellar recap of Brian's visit to the Martin guitar facility in Nazareth, PA and Gary's review of a documentary on Ben Fong-Torres, of Rolling Stone fame, on Netflix. Enjoy!

Greetings all, Gary & Brian debate 8 of the 14 nominees for the 2023 RRHOF class and provide their votes on induction. We pick a diverse range of artists from the group, comment if they fit the RRHOF and discuss still excluded bands that we hope get in eventually.   The artists discussed are Kate Bush, Joy Division/New Order, Sheryl Crow, Iron Maiden, Warren Zevon, George Michael, Willie Nelson and The Spinners. Our encores include Brian's tribute to Tom Verlaine and Gary's review of Bob Dylan's new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song. Enjoy!

Hello everyone! For our February episode,  Brian and I each selected three artists and then chose our favorite five songs from each one. It was really difficult to widdle down the list to just five for all of these artists, but a fun exercise overall. Artists included Metallica, Cheap Trick, Bob Marley, Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Billy Joel and REM. Our encores come with a heavy heart, paying tribute to music legends, Jeff Beck and David Crosby, who we lost in January.

Hello everybody, Happy New Year! For our first monthly episode, Brian and I review 2022, a very interesting year in music. We discuss both our albums of the year and our best new find of the year along with multiple honorable mentions. Our encores include a tribute to Christine McVie and a big thank you to our listeners for all their input, topic ideas, feedback and fun stories in 2022. Enjoy!

For their 55th show, Gary & Brian go back 55  years to review the musically insane year of 1967. Imagine multiple waves of the British invasion mixed in with San Francisco's psychedelic rock movement and the folk, soul and blues melting pot of Los Angeles at the same time. Arguably, every seed of influential popular music for the next five decades was planted or started to bloom in 1967.  Artists covered: The Grateful Dead, The Beatles (2 albums), Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, Jimi Hendrix (2 albums), The Byrds, The Doors (2 albums) and Buffalo Springfield. Our honorable mention list is so long we decided not to mention them all in the show. Yes, there was that much great music made this year. In our encores, Brian provides a review of a recent Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees fame show and Gary celebrates the music of legend Jerry Lee Lewis who we lost on October 28th.  Enjoy!

Hello everyone! We have a new Name That Game episode for you: this time you need to Name That Album. Please play along, have fun and post your scores on our Facebook page. Since this is more difficult than naming an artist or band, you also get points for naming the artist/band. If you get both that and the album, you are a true star. Our encores include Brian's review of Dawes' new album, Misadventures of Doomscroller, and Gary's tribute to the great, Loretta Lynn, who we lost on October 4th, 2022.

Hello everyone! Gary & Brian took on a new challenge for this show. We both put together a fantasy band that would not only rock in the studio, but roll through your town by providing an amazing live show. Please post your fantasy band on our Facebook page; we'd love to see who our listeners would pick and why. It was a very fun exercise - the only rule was not having multiple musicians from the same band or that had played together extensively over their careers. Our encores include Brian's review of attending the Xponential Festival in Camden, NJ and seeing Patti Smith along with War on Drugs perform. Gary reviewed a Netflix documentary on Credence Clearwater Revival (CCR) called Travelin' Band: Live at the Royal Albert Hall. That famous 1970 London show had been previously unreleased and it was a thrill to see them play their hearts out. Enjoy!

Gary & Brian cover a new topic in this episode: tackling several what if scenarios from music history. We had tremendous fun discussing the alternate universes these scenarios could have  produced and the potential impact on the music, artist careers and larger cultural trends. Our encores include Brian's interesting review of Nick Duerden's new book, Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars and Gary's review of the Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage documentary from HBO. Enjoy!

Greetings everyone! Gary & Brian discuss a second group of our favorite underrated albums. These releases get overlooked,  rarely get talked about or mentioned when talking about a certain artist or band's best output.  Musicians and bands covered include Led Zeppelin, Phish, Randy Meisner, The Who, Bob Mould, Van Halen, Counting Crows and Radiohead. Our encores include Gary's review of Umphrey McGee's new album, Asking For a Friend, and Brian's discussion of Steve Van Zandt's autobiography called Unrequited Infatuations. Enjoy!

For their 50th show, Gary & Brian go back 50  years to review the musically incredible year of 1972. Legendary releases from many genres, including progressive rock, psychedelic rock, folk, country, soul, hard rock and jazz came out that year and still influence music and culture today. Artists covered: Paul Simon, Neil Young, Jethro Tull, Nick Drake, Frank Zappa (2 albums), Manassas, Stevie Wonder (2 albums) and Richard Thompson. Our honorable mention list is lengthy!In our encores, Brian celebrates the live & career of the great Lamont Dozier and Gary reviews the recent Bela Fleck concert he saw on the My Bluegrass Heart tour.  Enjoy!

Gary & Brian tackle a new topic in this episode; exploring the music created by musicians born in or associated with a particular city from the 1950's-2000's. We start with the Big Apple, New York City, and it's rich and diverse music history of jazz, hard rock, folk, punk, new wave, rap,  progressive rock, indie and hip hop genres. Our encores cover Brian's fun review of a J.D. Souther concert he saw recently and Gary's review of the wonderful PBS American Masters documentary on Brian Wilson called Long Promised Road. Enjoy!