Happy Birthday, Patti Smith!

My Morning Jacket

Mike Campbell

The former Heartbreaker shares a COVID related tune.

Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday, Rick Nielsen

The one wearing the baseball cap!

DBT Does WZ

Foreigner

Seemed appropriate for this time of year.

The Darcys

This group covered the entire Steely Dan "Aja" album.

Pink Floyd

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

I want a coat like that.

The Kinks

A cut off their early 90's album "Phobia."

The Black Crowes

X

The Velvet Underground and Nico

Gin Blossoms

We Miss You, John

The Civilians

A local Seattle group.

Dream Academy

REO Speedwagon

Supertramp

Cheap Trick

I always thought this should have been a hit.

Def Leppard

Guided By Voices

Rick Derringer

A really enjoyable album, produced by Todd Rundgren.

The Shivas

Sting

REM

Silk Sonic

Rush

Beach House

Aimee Mann

A cut off her brand new album.

Happy Birthday, Joni Mitchell

A cut off one on my all-time favorite albums.

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The Seventh Beyond

Fotoform

Discovered this Seattle shoegaze band on the radio this morning.

Deodato

Jerry Cantrell

New music from the Alice in Chains alumni.

The War On Drugs

A track off the album released 10/29/21.

Al Kooper Does John Prine

A differen take on JP's classic song.

Boz Scaggs

One of my favorite Boz cuts.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters

New music from their forthcoming album.

Todd Rundgren

I feel like TR has always been an underrated guitarist, probably because he can also do so many other things.

Emerson Lake & Palmer

Brandi Carlile

Broken Peach

Fish on Friday

Joe Guido Welsh & Jordan Smith

A track off their new album "The House of Sound."

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Son Volt

Chris Robinson Brotherhood

The Dears

David Bowie

This wasn't a hit for DB but I love it all the same.

Neil Young

Happy 80th Birthday, Paul Simon

Zebra

Happy 75th Birthday, Daryl Hall

Man, how I love this guy's voice!

Saint Etienne

Orleans

Strand of Oaks

A track off their new album.

Steely Dan

I'm pretty sure this tune from 1975 was the first one I ever heard featuring Michael McDonald.

Hello Mary

Doobie Brothers

AC/DC

David Bowie

A track off the album "Toy" due out in late November. It was originally going to be released in 2001 but got held up.

John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen

Ross Jennings

Just discovered this guy today.

Rumer

The Donnas

Jimi Hendrix

Steely Dan

Kurt Vile

A cut off the new Velvet Underground tribute album out 9/24.

Parquet Courts

John Lennon

Victor (Alex Lifeson)

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

Hard to believe this album came out forty six years ago.

The Immediate Family

These guys just released a very solid new album. Reminds me a lot of Warren Zevon's stuff!

Brian May

Southern Culture on the Skids

SCOTS takes on a classic Traffic tune.

Eddie Vedder

Happy 70th Birthday, Chrissie Hynde

Pearl Jam

Dwight Yoakam

DY doing a blistering version of an old timey classic.

Elton John

Robert Palmer

Led Zeppelin

CSNY

Crown Lands

Rest in Peace, Charlie Watts

U2

Stories

Remember the song "Brother Louie"? It was also on this album.

Gladys Knight and the Pips

Crowded House

Dry Cleaning

Doobie Brothers

A cut off the new album due out in early October.

Psychedelic Furs

Supergrass

St. Vincent

Los Lobos

Tom Morello (with Bruce and Eddie Vedder)

A cut off his new album due out in October.

Yngwie Malmsteen

Queens of the Stone Age

Cheap Trick

Rolling Stones

I'm amazed how good this video is considering how long ago it was filmed.

Peter Gabriel

A cut off his amazing debut album.

Son Volt

A cut off the new album due out tomorrow.

Rest in Peace, Dusty Hill

The Doors

Neil Young & The Promise of the Real

James Blake

I remember first hearing this haunting song while watching "The Leftovers" series.

The Moody Blues

Yes

A track off their forthcoming album "The Quest."

Toydrum

ELO

Iron Maiden

Hall and Oates

The Zombies

Tycho and Ben Gibbard

Cinderella

Posting this video as a tribute to Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar, who just passed away.

King's X

One of my favorite 80's albums.

Best Coast

The Cars

Patti Smith Group

Doobie Brothers

I'll never forget the day our son (when he was age 10) discovered there was a band with this name. He thought it was hilarious.

Donner

A nice cover of a Steely Dan classic from 1974.

Rolling Stones

Joe Jackson

A great song and a title that's actually good advice.

Antonioni

Greg Kihn Band

Foghat

One band decided it was time to end the "back to the country" movement.

Zebra

Steve Vai

Utopia

Tears For Fears

Sky Cries Mary

They Might Be Giants

Bruce and the Killers

Fleetwood Mac

Jason Isbell

J.I. covers a classic Johnny Cash tune.

Queen

A cut off their awesome debut album.

Thin Lizzy

Forty five years ago I had just finished my first year of college and was returning home for the summer. This was a hit song and I just thought it was perfect.

Happy 73rd Birthday, Todd Rundgren

Yes

If you have a few spare minutes this is a great song to lose yourself in...

Happy 77th Birthday, Ray Davies

Steely Dan

Sparks

Drive By Truckers

A great cut off the first album DBT album I knew about.

Aerosmith

Rush

Happy 79th Birthday, Paul McCartney

The James Gang

U2, Mick and Fergie

The Pursuit of Happiness

Veruca Salt

Garbage & Screaming Females

Spiritualized

Ambrosia

Posting this as a tribute to David Cutler Lewis, an Ambrosia keyboard player who just passed away. This was the album of theirs he first appeared on.

The Besnard Lakes

Lindsey Buckingham

A cut off his new album due out in September.

The Church

Al Green

Grace Potter

Chrissie Does Dylan

Joe Walsh

Moby

Still Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd tribute album)

Hank Ketchum

Just heard this for the first time today. Not bad!

Big Star

The Aliens

Rush

Elton John

The Cure

Happy 80th Birthday, Bob Dylan

America

Pearl Jam and Neil Young

Bryan Adams

Jackson Browne

Brand new music.

St. Vincent

Porcupine Tree

The Smashing Pumpkins

Black Crowes

The Crowes have reunited and will be back out on tour this year!

Cheap Trick at Daryl's House

Love the vocals on this performance.

Carole King

Probably my favorite CK tune.

Aerosmith

Todd Rundgren

Ronnie Montrose

The Fireman a.k.a. Paul McCartney

Sly and the Family Stone

Beach House

Foo Fighters and a Special Guest

The sound of pure, unadulterated rock and roll joy.

Velvet Crush

Primal Scream

Definitely one of my favorite "Stones influenced" tunes.

David and David

They weren't around long but I really liked this song.

Wolf Alice

The Black Keys

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Nancy Wilson

A cut off her new solo album, due out May 7th.

The Police

War

Genesis

Guided by Voices

A cut off the new album released April 30th.

Randy Newman

The Hollies

Porcupine Tree

Was (Not Was)

Joe Walsh

Margo Price Does Petty

Todd Rundgren & Sparks

World Party

A song to commemorate Earth Day.

Traffic

U2

Foo Fighters

Dire Straits

Lucinda Does Petty

Real Estate

New England

A song from the late 70's it's fun to lose yourself in...

Greta Van Fleet

New album due out tomorrow.

Ann Wilson

The Left Banke

Fleetwood Mac

U.K.

Mammoth

A cut off Wolfgang Van Halen's forthcoming album.

The Beatles

The Band

Pearl Jam

Robert Palmer

Utopia

Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush

Israel Nash

The Tubes

Sufjan Stevens

Deep Purple

Happy Birthday, Angus Young

Poco

Lou Reed

Jackson Browne

The Raspberries

The Wallflowers

Fuxa

Rick Wakeman

Blue Oyster Cult

Kate Bush

The Replacements

Talk Talk

David Bowie

Fernando Perdomo

Monster Magnet

Thurston Moore

Lucinda Williams

XTC

Fleet Foxes

Bruce Hornsby

Teenage Wrist

Wilco & Jason Isbell

Jethro Tull

Drive-by Truckers

Frost*

The Purrs

A Seattle area group I dearly love.

Aimee Mann

Supertramp

Rush

R.E.M.

A truly great "sympathy" song.

Kasim Sulton

KS doing a cover version of a Todd Rundgren song off the album Faithful.

ELP

Van Halen

Dirty Honey

Super Furry Animals

The Cult

Steely Dan

Cheap Trick

A cut off the new album due out in April.

The Motels

Joni Mitchell

Eric Clapton

Box of Frogs

A tune from the 80's I just rediscovered.

The Jayhawks

Victor (Alex Lifeson)

Elton John

Neil Young

Gino Vannelli

Rolling Stones

Happy 75th Birthday, David Gilmour

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Ben Folds on Daryl's House

Doobie Brothers

Florence and the Machine

Jules Shear

World Party

Pete Townshend

Cream

Mark Knopfler

Jim Gaffigan

A piece on belts and suspenders.

Jeff Buckley

Beck

After all these years, this is still my favorite song of his.

The Psychedelic Furs

Jane Weaver

Eels

Don Henley

Jeff Lynne's ELO

Chris Rea

Jerry Jeff Walker

Guns N' Roses

Linda Ronstadt

The title track off my favorite Linda Ronstadt record. A temporary turn toward New Wave.

Queen

SNL: Nicolas Cage Times 2

Prog Collective

Neil Young

Styx

Johnny Cash

I feel like my dad and JC looked a lot alike at the end of their lives.

Steve Winwood

Beach Boys

One of my favorite BB songs. At this point they were a bit older and a bit more world weary.

10cc

Al Stewart

The Lickerish Quartet

John Lennon

Led Zeppelin

Stevie Ray Vaughn

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Hearty Har

A new band featuring two sons of John Fogerty.

Robert Earl Keen

An album I like from start to finish!

Pretenders

Crowded House

A track off their next album, due out in June.

Peter Frampton

Stevie Wonder

Billy Idol

Nico

She covers a Jackson Browne song. Used so well in the film "The Royal Tenenbaums."

Eyelids

A really good band from Portland, Oregon.

The Police

Warren Zevon

WZ unknowingly wrote a great global pandemic theme song back in the 90's.

Jackson Browne

David Bowie

The Church

Wilco

SNL: Pelotaunt

Television

Willie Nelson & Diana Krall

Divinyls

A saucy video to watch with your Valentine!

Robin Trower

Jefferson Starship

Roxy Music

The title cut from one of my very favorite "romantic" albums.

Patti Smith Group

Moby

SNL "Zillow"

Greta Van Fleet

A cut off the new album due out in April.

Black Mountain

Gregg Allman

Thunderpussy

This song reminds me of some of the softer Led Zep stuff.

ZZ Top

Lindsey Buckingham

A soundtrack cut.

Ann Wilson

A cover of a Steve Earle tune.

Smashing Pumpkins

The Who

T. Rex

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Daniel Knox

I really like this song. Guy sounds like a pissed off Robert Goulet (boy, am I dating myself with that comment).

The Clash

Firing Line: Charles Blow

I thought this was an exceptionally interesting interview.

Eagles

Joan Jett

Utopia

Happy Birthday, Alice Cooper

Jim Gaffigan

Screaming Trees

Great name for a Northwest band.

Roberta Flack

Sting

Dwight Yoakam

Remember that song the Soggy Bottom Boys performed in the film "Brother, Where Art Thou?" Here's an amped up version.

Joe Satriani

Hall and Oates

A cut off the 1974 War Babies album. I've always felt like this song was a surreal musical movie of sorts.

Crowded House

Fernando Perdomo

I'm very excited about this album, instrumental versions of many Todd tunes!

The Rolling Stones

My favorite Stones song. It always gives me a little shiver.

Vedder Does Zevon

Key and Peele "When Your Friend Goes Steampunk"

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks

L.A. Witch

A wonderfully cheesy video.

SNL "My Pillow Guy"

Gary Clark Jr.

Emerson Lake and Palmer

Hard to believe this tune was released almost fifty years ago.

Ray Davies with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora

This is a really good duets album.

Besnard Lakes

Nirvana

Great music memory...my friend John Evans and I belting this song out at the top of our lungs at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle.

Cheap Trick

SCTV "Taxi Driver"

The Kinks

A song of faith and hope for a better future.

Rest in Peace, Cloris Leachman

Princess Goes To the Butterly Museum

Dexter does rock and roll.

Steven Wilson

A cut off his new album due out Friday, 1/29.

John Prine and Iris DeMent

Death Valley Girls

Deep Purple

A track off their 2017 album "InFinite".