Rock & Roll Shin-Soo Choo (Audio)

We hold the Choo-In Hall of Fame inductions every year around the time of the actual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions. The Choo-In Hall of Fame is intended to recognize artists that are unlikely to ever be enshrined into the actual Rock Hall, but we feel are equally deserving of the recognition. This year, Levi inducts guitar god Roy Buchanan, Jonathan inducts Seattle mainstay Mudhoney and Gabe welcomes Tesla. We then conduct our first ever Build-A-Band by holding a fantasy draft which includes all of the 2017 Rock Hall inductees. Jonathan also shares a story of an unlikely encounter with a Royals player outside Kauffman Stadium earlier in the week.

Pearl Jam nerds unite! Guest panelist Michael Davis joins us for our Field Guide to Pearl Jam on the heels of the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We talk about what we feel makes Pearl Jam great, including the band's studio work, live shows, attention to detail and activism. We then hold the requisite Desert Island Album Draft of Pearl Jam LPs. Finally, Michael provides his dream Pearl Jam Bridge Benefit setlist.

Guest panelist Ricky Cobb joins us again as we prepare for the 2017 MLB season. Ricky is the host of the Super 70s Sports podcast. In this episode, Ricky helps us decide which current Major Leaguers should be zapped with a '70s ray gun and what acts would've played at a 1977 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. Finally, we dig deep into predictions for the upcoming 2017 MLB season, including awards and playoff contenders.

Hope springs eternal, especially at Major League Baseball's Spring Training. In this episode, we recap the MLB offseason and discuss some relatively anonymous Spring Training heroes of yesteryear. Levi shares some Spring Training factoids. Gabe dishes out some Arizona and Florida rock and roll trivia. We close with stories of failed comebacks from Babe Ruth and Bret Saberhagen.

While the 1970s were a period of grand experimentation for rock and roll, country music was also going through its own metamorphosis. The social upheavals that molded much of pop music during the 1960s found their way to Nashville and Texas the following decade. We discuss artists ranging from Porter Wagoner, Don Williams and Ronnie Milsap to Waylon, Willie, Jerry Jeff Walker and many, many more. Tag along as we scratch the surface of one of country music's most important decades.

The Beatles and Elvis were some of the first two-way entertainers - both on the stage and on the screen. In this episode, we discuss some of the lesser known attempts at juggling the two talents - from Bruce Willis and Don Johnson to David Johansen and Dwight Yoakam. We also discuss the various baseball players who have also taken the plunge into acting, notably Bob Uecker and various Mets and Yankees on Seinfeld. We wrap up with a casting of the 2016 MLB season, calling on the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Alec Baldwin to help fill out our film of the Cubs championship season.

Three is the magic number for this episode. We start by discussing some of the most significant trios to ever play together in MLB outfields, from the 1961 New York Yankees to the 1995 Cleveland Indians and several before and since. We then discuss power trios in rock, including all-time bands like Rush and Nirvana, as well as lesser known acts like Radio Moscow and Taste.

We recap the MLB transactions during the hot stove season, which included all three of our teams. We then pitch trades where we suggest swapping musicians between bands. Finally, we bid adieu to the often soulless year that was 2016. Alas, we find the high points, recapping our favorite moments in MLB, album releases and live shows from the year.

We kick back and have some fun discussions about the recent MLB awards, including Kris Bryant's MVP and a continuing string of Dodgers winning Rookie of the Year. We then offer our own MVPs of rock for 2016. On the heels of a significant hidden track discovery on Pink Floyd's new box set, we share our favorite hidden tracks. Finally, we go around the horn discussing our MLB teams' offseason needs.

Not sure if you heard, but the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Lifelong Cubs fan Levi Leach shares his emotions during the roller coaster ride. We then remember Black Crowes keyboardist Eddie Harsch, who passed away at age 59.