"Laugh at my trauma, please." Comedian Erin Terry joins us this week! Erin is the brains and beauty behind Eyes Up Here, a stand-up comedy cartel featuring NC-based Lady Comics. She sips on margaritas (hear the ice clink in the glass around 11:02) and reminiscences about painful teen years. Spencer overshares regarding body hair and Rachel forces everyone to listen to Alvin and the Chipmunks' rendition of 90s country hits. 

Erin's pick: I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack, 1999/2000

Rachel's pick: Down at the Twist and Shout by Mary Chapin Carpenter, 1990

Spencer's pick: Did I Shave My Legs for This by Deana Carter, 1996

Follow Eyes Up here and find out when/where you can laugh with some funny ladies: https://www.facebook.com/eyesupherecom/

Grant Emerson of Durham band Delta Rae joins Rachel and Spencer this week. Things get as spicy as a Bojangles Cajun Filet when we discuss our first concerts, meeting music celebrities, and Weekend at Bernie's. Thanks to Durham's Carolina Theatre for hosting us!

Rachel's pick: Callin' Baton Rouge by Garth Brooks, 1993

Grant's pick: Midnight in Montgomery by Alan Jackson, 1991

Spencer's pick: Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) by Joe Diffie, 1993

Listen to Grant and Delta Rae online: https://www.deltarae.com/

Visit The Carolina Theatre: http://www.carolinatheatre.org/

This week, Spencer and Rachel welcome our first special guest, BJ Barham! BJ is a NC-native who grew up on 90s Country and is the lead singer of the band American Aquarium. We talk BJ's songwriting influences, the important and undeniable link between country music and NASCAR, and Southern gothic murder ballads. This episode is full of some real 'twangers.'

BJ's pick: Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind by Confederate Railroad, 1994

Spencer's pick: Sunday Money by Brooks & Dunn, 1993

Rachel's pick: The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Reba McEntire, 1991

Check out American Aquarium online (http://www.americanaquarium.com/) and in Raleigh at the Lincoln Theatre on January 25 and 26.

On this inaugural episode of Neon Boots recorded Veteran's Day weekend, Rachel and Spencer discuss the origin of their love for 90s Country and why they decided to spend their free time creating a podcast devoted to the topic. They also ruminate on Billy Ray Cyrus's flowing locks and tight tight jeans.

Rachel's pick: Romeo by Dolly Parton (featuring  Mary Chapin Carpenter, Pam Tillis,  Kathy Mattea, Tanya Tucker, and Billy Ray Cyrus), 1993

Spencer's pick: Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus, 1992