Ted and John welcome Drew Harrison from The Beatles tribute band The Sun Kings to countdown their top five hard rockin’ tunes by the Fab Four.
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Ted and John welcome Michael McGauley back to the ‘cast to talk about their top five Rolling Stones songs where Charlie Watts shines.
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Ted Asregadoo and John Young get into some deep soundtrack talk with Jeff Johnson — one of the managers at Intrada Records in Oakland, CA
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What is it about the Grateful Dead that makes its fans so obsessive about the band. Ted and John find out by talking to the biggest Deadhead they know: Don Potter
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Ted and John’s brother from the same mothers and fathers join them to talk songs, bands, artists, and albums they got hip to because of their siblings.
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Ted and John welcome the editor-in- chief of Ultimate Classic Rock, Matthew Wilkening, to the show to talk about the A&E documentary and the hard rockin’ band, KISS.
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Ted Asregadoo, John Young, and special guest Jeff Giles take you sailing on the smooth seas of Yacht Rock songs.
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From the double ohs to the teensies, Ted, John and special guest Michael list their top three albums from the 2000s.
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The guys stop off in the ’90s tto pick their top three from the dot com decade.
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Ted and John talk to author Annie Zaleski about her book “Rio,” Duran Duran’s second album.
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Ted Asregadoo, John Young & special guest Michael McGauley revisit the Decade of Greed for their Top Three Albums of the 1980s.
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How to choose the top three albums from the 1970s taken from a list that contains the 500 greatest albums of all time? Not easy, mate…not easy. But Ted, John and special guest star Michael do their best.
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Picking a top three from the 1950s and 1960s ain’t easy, but Ted Asregadoo, John Young, and special guest Michael McGauley do their very best.
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What makes for an outstanding live album? Ted and John list their top three and make the case for their brilliance.
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The swan song is the final artist statement from a band or singer. Ted and John spotlight two and chew over the details.
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Episode 12 finds Ted Asregadoo and John Young talking about some uncomfortable truths: the follow-ups to massively successful albums. Though these records weren’t necessarily bad, they did fall way short of their blockbuster predecessors. So in fine, top-five form, the guys list five disappointing records that followed blockbuster hits. Sure, you might disagree at first….
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In this episode: Ted and John get into the Time Machine and head back to 1981 — one of rock’s biggest years — to spotlight five of their favorite albums in the year they got their license to drive. Ted waxes nostalgic on records by The Go Go’s, Pretenders, Rush, and others, while John makes…
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In this episode: Ted and John draw upon their years of working in the radio industry — and in John’s case, being in bands — to chat in-depth about song structure and why it’s so difficult to get your song on the radio. The guys springboard off a New York Times opinion piece titled “The…
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Ted, John and guest Michael McGauley talk Tom Petty in a roundtable about his music and the use of the Confederate flag during the Southern Accents Tour
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In this episode: Ted speaks to music journalist and writer Martin Popoff about two books in his Rush trilogy: “Anthem: Rush in the ’70” and “Limelight: Rush in the ’80s.” The conversation also touches on his book on the Glam-rock band, Sweet (“Rebel Rouser: A Sweet User Manual”), and some late-career albums by The Who….
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How did classic rock come to an end? Ted digs into Steven Hyden’s 2018 book “Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock” for answers
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Ted and John wonder if rock is truly dead…or maybe on the cusp of evolving into some new form.
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Ted talks playlists with a guy who knows a lot about how to make one that doesn’t suck: his brother, Steve.
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Featured in this episode: Prince’s 2019 autobiography, The Beautiful Ones. In records: Michael McGauley joins Ted for a deep discussion on the albums The Who released in the post-Keith Moon and John Entwistle years. The discussion centers on Face Dances, It’s Hard, Endless Wire, and WHO (1981-2019).
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