Reelin' In The Years (RITY)

This week on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is It's All Greek To Me: Songs with references to Greece... The future Monkee whose song was rejected for not sounding enough like The Monkees... The soul album recorded in a basement for a grand total of $452.11 - that includes the beer!... The one-off benefit performance that unexpectedly turned into an 11-year comeback... Why Geddy Lee never understood the appeal of one of Rush’s enduring classics... A throwaway line from an old episode of Rhoda that inspired a band's biggest hit... New music from Sheryl Crow/Jesse Welles, The Rylee Bapst Band, Alabama Shakes... Deep cuts from The Stones, Otis Brown, Santana, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Friday Night Lights: Songs that make some sort of reference to high school football in the lyrics... Also, the basement recording that became an indie-rock phenomenon - thanks to a movie scene... David Bowie’s eye patch looked like a fashion statement - but the truth was far less glamorous... The 19-year-old thief, a diamond ring and a deadly 1921 robbery that inspired a Grateful Dead classic... The suburban road that inspired a songwriter’s attack on similar houses, perfect lawns and status symbols... The hit single written in just fifteen minutes - while its songwriter nursed a hangover on a plane... New music from Keb' Mo' and Train. Deeper cuts from The Kinks, Black Crowes, The Smiths, Gov't Mule, XTC, George Harrison, Sister Hazel, Dire Straits, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is "Bay" Watch... Plus, the deliberately “uncommercial” song written in a room at a Holiday Inn that became a hit... The accidental guitar tuning that left Pete Townshend and David Gilmour searching for answers... The soul classic secretly powered by Motown's The Funk Brothers and a big stack of cash... The upbeat hit followed by a mysterious death - and questions that remain unanswered... The song that connected a band’s British-blues past with its polished California future... New music from Brandon Flowers, Eddie 9V, and the sibling duo Sam & Louise Sullivan... Deep tracks from Van Morrison, Morphine, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Paying The Bills... Also, the reggae legend who refused a Chuck Berry classic - until Louisiana became Jamaica... The New Orleans classic featuring a future superstar - still in her teens - singing backup with her mother... The late-night hotel room lyric that went from “walking around the room” to something more memorable... The song title overheard during a high-speed ride with a drug dealer nicknamed “The Count"... New music from Billy Strings and The Womack Sisters... Deep cuts from The Allman Brothers, Men At Work, Wilco, Michelle Shocked, and much more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is "Back To School"... Also, The song inspired by an open window, a missing cat and one very worried songwriter... How a trip to Elvis’s home helped a songwriter turn a broken relationship into a journey toward healing... How a childhood memory of gathering wild plants in rural Louisiana inspired a swamp-rock classic... The ordinary airplane ride that became a confrontation with anxiety, mortality and the imagination... New music from American Aquarium, Rolling Stones, and Kevin Morby... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... For the Featured Five Theme, we explore the roots of rock 'n' roll... Plus, The ancient empire, missing verse and faulty mixing console behind a Neil Young epic... The Linda Ronstadt hit that began when six encores left her band with nothing else prepared... The road anthem that began as an idea for a Ford commercial... The Guns N’ Roses co-founder who traded stadium chaos for a return to basics... New music from Wyatt Flores and Buffalo Traffic Jam... Deep cuts from The Black Crowes, The Call, The Blasters, Rolling Stones, Beth Hart, Flamin' Groovies, and more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Lucky No. 7... Also, the phone call that arrived just before a songwriter’s phone service was disconnected... A hit song from 1991 that was inspired by two events that reshaped the world in 1989... The story behind a famous “bass line” that wasn’t actually played on a bass guitar... The studio accident that unexpectedly made room for the biggest song of Jonathan Edwards’ career... Deep tracks from Pete Townshend, Elton John, Iron & Wine, MT Jones, Mac Demarco, Jesse Welles, Lemonheads, and more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Smoke From A Distant Fire... Plus, The Waterboys revive a Prince recording that sat unheard for nearly 40 years... The Canadian band that landed on the cover of Rolling Stone before they even had a record deal... What song by Andrew Gold was inspired by growing up in a Hollywood family - and feeling overlooked?... A Pixies classic that they nearly left off an album because they thought it was too "pop"... New music from Role Model and Slap Dragon... Deep tracks from Jason & The Scorchers, T. Rex, Sheryl Crow, Fats Domino, 10CC, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Finding Some Shade... Plus, what band got its name from an Aboriginal Australian expression?... How a single overheard sentence became one of rock's greatest mysteries... What Queen song nearly featured backing vocals from David Bowie?... New music from The Revivalists, Trey Hensley & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Johnny Blue Skies... Deep cuts from Little Feat, Junior Wells, Van Morrison, and more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Making The "Cut"... Also, the day Paul McCartney unknowingly became Nirvana's lead singer... Why Berry Gordy almost kept a Stevie Wonder classic off the radio... The strange story behind Jefferson Airplane's most unusual song title... A Bryan Adams classic born from a happy accident that felt so right... New music from The Rolling Stones, Houndmouth, Jeff Tweedy, and Bartees Strange... Plus deeper tracks from Pavement, J.J. Cale, The Velvet Underground, Jackson Browne, Dire Straits, The Black Keys, Sturgill Simpson, The Beatles, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Boom!... What Beatles song was inspired by a phrase uttered by reggae singer, Jimmy Scott?... A Motown song that had to be recorded three different times before it passed quality control... Amphetamine abuse + Occultism = A 1968 title track by The Velvet Underground... Music from a soul singer who got his big break as a backing singer for CeeLo Green... New music from King Tuff and Low Cut Connie... Deeper tracks from Bad Company, Poco, Buffalo Springfield, Turnpike Troubadours, Dirty Honey, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness: Celebrating America's Independence... Also, music from a singer who's been out of the public eye for 16 years! I'll tell you why... What Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' tune was inspired by a quote from Janis Joplin?... What song by Wings is named after Paul McCartney's old Labrador Retriever?... A song that John Sebastian wrote on a dreary November day when he was feeling depressed... New music from Jesse Welles, The James Hunter Six, and Johnny Marr... Deep cuts from Free, Bob Mould, 10,000 Maniacs, Kalapana, The Only Ones, My Morning Jacket, Steely Dan, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Hiking... Also, the story of Johnnie Taylor's death and the lengthy legal battle that ensued... A Smashing Pumpkins song that was initially titled "Strolling" and nearly cut from the album... What band formed in England, but shares their name with their native country?... How the Traveling Wilburys evolved out of a proposed George Harrison European bonus track... New music from Aaron Lee Tasjan... We'll go deep with Dan Auerbach, Missing Persons, Dawes, The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Huey Lewis & The News, and more! For more information, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is A Backyard Barbeque... Also, a 90s hit song that was inspired by the disappearance of Lela & Raymond Howard... A tune that went from a love song to one of the creepiest songs ever thanks to alcohol... One of three Pink Floyd tunes to feature a guest lead vocalist. Cigar, anyone?... That time when the Stone Temple Pilots recorded with the legendary Glen Campbell... New music from Red Stray Clays, Stella Lefty, and Blues musician - Amani Burnham... Deep cuts from Flo & Eddie, Tyler Childers, and many more! For more information on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this edition of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Subconscious Behavior: Song titles that represent responsibilites of the subconscious... Also, a demo of the most played song in the history of American radio... What Stevie Ray Vaughan song is inspired by "shaggin' wagons" from the 70s?... A song by The Who that's named after Meher Baba and Terry Riley... New music from Devon Gilfillian... Deep cuts from Billy Strings, The Jam, Arcade Fire, The Bird and The Bee, McCartney & Wings, The Impressions, and much more! For more info, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is What's Your Fortune: Song titles that could serve as a message inside of a fortune cookie... Also, who is the woman on the cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan?... A song about an alternate universe where J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. is president... What Blue Oyster Cult song was inspired by a drug deal gone horribly wrong?... Ringo and Paul McCartney reunite for a new song on McCartney's new album... More new music from Michael Stipe, Vince Gill, and Thee Sacred Souls... Deep cuts from Little Feat, R.E.M., and more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this edition of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Playing "Favorites": Songs that mention the word "favorite" in the title... Also, Paul McCartney talks about partnering with John Lennon to write "A Day In The Life"... Paul Simon on finding love on the set of Saturday Night Live... What band gets their name from a passage in the Spanish novel, Don Quixote?... New music from Marcus King, The Lone Bellow, and more!... Deep tracks from Blues Traveler, Mudcrutch, Mike Doughty, Split Enz, Gregg Allman, Mavis Staples, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of RITY... The Featured Five Theme is Car Trouble: Songs that mention some sort of car-related issue in the lyrics... Also, Norman Greenbaum explains the process of writing his big hit from 1970... What do people from Vermont call the period between Halloween and the winter snow?... We know Tommy was the deaf, dumb, and blind kid, but why was he the pinball wizard?... What Joni Mitchell song was inspired by her first trip to Hawaii?... New music from The Rolling Stones, Goose, Linda Perry, and Kirk Fletcher... Deep cuts from Steely Dan, M. Ward, Jose Gonzalez, Alabama Shakes, The Beatles, and much more! For more information on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is At The Library... Plus, A band that gets their name from a term they found in a TV Guide Magazine... The story behind one of Bob Seger's most well-known songs... The Tubes will give us a deep cut about rich kids in Hollywood with drug problems... Music from a guy who worked in a factory installing toilets on airplanes prior to his big break... New music from Deer Tick and Samantha Fish. Deep cuts from The Black Keys, Sharon Jones, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Rilo Kiley, Mojo Nixon, Leon Bridges, and more!... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Gone Fishin'... Plus, a song inspired by Peter Fonda's near-death experience that happened when he was a kid... A Bowie tune that's nearly a reworking of "I'm Waiting For The Man" by Velvet Underground... What influential Delta Blues musician simply vanished in the early 1940s?... The band - Heart - and a song inspired by the rumor of an incestuous relationship... New music from Kurt Vile, Jack White, Duane Betts, and Bruce Hornsby... Deep cuts from Chris Cornell, Bobby Womack, Big Star, Wilco, Freedy Johnston, Kaiser Chiefs, The Undertones, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com