Dan's Bike Rides

Get ready for a long ride with enough people to populate an entire mid-sized city on wheels, it's RAGBRA 2026! Team Strange Brew is the Bike Rides programmer for the day, and did these wild and hearty riders ever pick an amazing soundtrack for the occasion. Included: Waylon Jennings; Waylon Jennings (again); Greg Brown; David Allen Coe; Johnny Jenkins; AC/DC; Luna Chicks; Cream; Kana Jambe; Pogues; Django Reinhardt; Jesus Lizard; Suzuki; George McGill

It's Hank's 92nd birthday show and he doesn't sound a day over 70! Hank decides to spread the "love" this week, playing all love related songs on his new mixer this week. Included: Kerry Lasch; The Flower Kings; Jewels & The Polar Bears; George Michael and Queen; Jason Molina; Ten Years After; The Captain & Tennille (shhhh... don't tell Hank!)

June is PRIDE month so Dan throws down a PRIDE related ride. It's only songs with 'pride' in the title, lyrics and/or as artist, and a surprisingly good mix comes out of it all. Included: The Bicycles; The Black Crows (shhhhhhh.......it); Bamboo; Robert Palmer; Tessa Belifante; George Michael; Etta James; Charley Pride; The Ramones; The Answer; Burton Cummings; The Goo Goo Dolls with Elmo

It's a rando June ride this week as Dan serves up a sweet soundtrack for your listening pleasure. Included: Linda Rondstadt; Doug McCloud; Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia; Xavier Rudd; Jorma Kaukonen; Low; Courtney Barnett; Cleo Reed; Miriam Mandipira & Soul Family

Dan takes a contemplative turn and it's reflected in the music. Included: Bruce Cockburn; Ren; Dawes; Carsie Blanton; Superorganism; J'EM Improv; Kim Karnes; Natalie Merchant/David Byrne; The Onious Monk Septet

Hank and Dan both leave the state, but only one returns in time for the show, and the other may never return. Listen as Dan recalls his recent biking/graduation trip to Sioux Falls and enjoy an entire playlist inspired by the Queen City. Included: The Bare Naked Ladies; Delbert Black Horse & Brian Stoner; Bob Dylan; Timothy Gurshin; David Wright; The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities; Bob Dylan (again); Pat Ventura; Tinder Box; Sioux Falls (the band); Midnite Express; Brian Stoner (again) w/Verdell Primeaux

Shine those shoes and manicure your phalanges before sliding into your white silk gloves, it's a ballroom dance like you've never heard, as the guys skid their bikes across the granite floor to a variety of fine dance songs. Included: Tia Carrere; The Carter Family; Hank Snow; Ella Fitzgerald; Lawrence Ipsum; Todd Snider; Mark Knopfler & Emmy Lou Harris; Idles; T-Rex; Devo; Queen; Pau McCarntey; Sweet; AC/DC (barely)

It's Spring Pledge Drive and the guys go live in what turns out to be a bit of a bumpy ride, technically speaking. But (spoiler alert) everything works out in the end when a matching grant from Key City Bikes is met and then surpassed. Included: Prince; Bee Balm Fields; The Belfast Cowboys; Sting Ray; Carrallee; Leo Kottke; Bob Dylan; Ben Scruggs; Mark Olson/Gary Louris.

Random is not a strong enough word to describe this week's ride that uses the whole trail and occasionally leaves it. Included: The Grateful Cat; Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies; Kevin Ayers; Kasey Chambers; Gorillas (featuring The Sparks); Charlie Chaplin Featuring Bob Dylan; White Stripes; Jonathon Richman; The Ruen Borothers; The Sparks (again)

Local independent musician AND fellow KMSU Radio host/volunteer, Ben Scruggs joins Hank and Dan for conversation and songs from his new album 'Heart River.' Also: Geese; X