Fiesta Ballroom. Montevideo, Minnesota.

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Fournier's Ballroom. Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

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 Kato Ballroom. Mankato, Minnesota.

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Eagles Ballroom. Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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George Devine's Miracle Ballroom. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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The late Buddy Holly's glasses had been missing for more than 20 years when Iowa Sheriff Jerry Allen came upon them in a misfiled envelope. As a part of this episode, I spoke with Sheriff Allen's daughter Jennifer about that discovery and its aftermath.

This episode serves as a prelude to what comes next: beginning on Thursday, January 23, we’re going to go on that fateful tour with Buddy Holly and the others, with an episode per day from January 23rd to February 3rd, one for each show, as we follow those young pioneers of rock and roll on their ill-fated journey, a terribly planned criss-crossing tour of the Midwest: The Tour From Hell.

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Before the Velvet Underground, before Zappa, The Fugs were the first underground band, sort of, or a series of bands, but it was really a subversive art project, obnoxiously irreverent, a direct challenge to the establishment, investigated by the FBI.

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It's time for another digital mix tape ripped from BJ's vinyl collection.

RON BOLTON BAND - WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT

TRICKSTER - BUMP IN THE NIGHT

TABOO ZOO - BLUE EYES

BIG STREET - CAMOUFLAGE

RADIO BANDITS - SUZY

JIM QUEALY BAND - BUSTED

THE ONES - TOMORROW'S HEROES (ARE TODAY'S JERKS)

ROBIN LANE - HARD COVER 

IDLE TEARS - FINGERS ON THE PULSE OF AMERICA

THE REPUBLIC - CALLING OUT TO YOU

THE RAIN - TOO LATE TO SURRENDER

THE SHAKE - SO INTOXIFYING

EXODUS - FOREVER AND A DAY

PAPER DOLLS - I THOUGHT YOU KNEW

BITTER PLEASURES - GUILT REACTION

FAILSAFE - GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVE

THE TOES - HEADS

FLYING TIGERS - GOLDEN TOUCH

BLEACHED BLACK - YOU COULDN'T TELL ME

VELVET CRUSH - OUT OF MY HANDS

JEREMY MORRIS - PART OF ME/PART OF YOU

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Just in time, a Christmas playlist for you to enjoy, or put on in the background.

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Originally released in 2013.

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