We're late with this week's episode, but luckily our good friends at Alka Seltzer are at the ready with a salute in song to the island of the red hibiscus, Hawaii! We'll get the next episode up later this week and we'll be back on schedule next week.  And why are we late? Well, our host Doug Cooper spent a lot of his free time this week getting married and Tony and J.M. were involved in some of the events, which ate into the time we spend editing and mixing the podcast. If you're so inclined, send Doug a congratulatory message on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or wherever you download this podcast. Thanks for your patience and enjoy the song stylings of Curt and Martha.

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The Kinks were known in their earliest days for power chords and songs about lust. But the main song writer, Ray Davies, began to turn his attention to his native England and life there after WWII. On this album, we explore the circumstances that gave rise to this often praised and often overlooked masterpiece by the four original members of the Kinks.

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This episode focuses on Paul Simon's masterpiece, Graceland, an album that found Simon at his peak as a song writer. The making of this album was an adventure starting with a cassette lent to Simon, which resulted in a trip to South Africa during the height Apartheid, with stops in London, Louisiana, Los Angeles, and New York along the way.

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In this episode, we examine Bob Dylan's second, and perhaps most influential album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. It was a harbinger of things to come, not just for Dylan, but for rock, country, and folk artists for decades to come. Plus, find out why Dylan may be one of the funniest songwriters ever.

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The second album from the band that dominated much of the eights and nineties.

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In this episode, we look at the second album by the quintessential British band who were not so big in the native country, the Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed. This band and album has a pretty fascinating history and it makes prodigious use of a new electronic keyboard originally intended for use at parties: the Mellotron. Find out more about how this album was made and how a rhythm and blues band became an art rock pioneer in just a few months.

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On this episode, we explore the unlikely 1968 masterpiece the Byrds released with the heavy influence of a new and fleeting member of the group. Gram Parsons was an Ivey League, trust-fund baby who followed his own drummer. He was a member of the Byrds for a short time, but in that time, he  helped create one of the most influential albums of all time. Without this album, it's unlikely we'd see the country rock of the Eagles or the alt country movement of the late 80s. Find out more about this fascinating album, this fascinating band, and this one of the most fascinating people in popular music.

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In this episode we delve into the debut album by The Cars. Find out about the unusual beginnings of this band; how they went from a folk band from Ohio to a huge rock band in Boston to perhaps the must popular new wave band in the world.

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In this episode we turn our attention to Rush's 1980 album Permanent Waves, the album made before their breakthrough album, Moving Pictures. Rush fans are a unique in their fervid devotion to this band and we try to explore that devotion.

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Willie Nelson’s most remarkable album, stripped  of all Nashville flash and clichés. 

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