Two Fat Guys & An Album

WOW! The OG BUDDY HOLLY Chirping Crickets + The Counting Crows + The Tragically Hip (2FGA #22)

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🎙️ Welcome to Two Fat Guys and an Album – the only fat guys podcast that matters! 🎧🎸

This week, hosts Mike Blackburn and Maestro Brek Hufnus dive into:

  • The Chirping Crickets' 1957 rock & roll masterpiece, The Chirping Crickets

  • The Counting Crows' new album Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets

  • The Tragically Hip's indie-pop tour de force Fully Completely

    Entertaining reviews, thoughtful analysis, and plenty of laughs—because these guys just love to talk about music, no matter the genre.

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    📼 Episode Breakdown

    🕒 Time stamps so you can jump right in:

    0:00 Welcome and Nuggets – Graceland, Phil Collins' drum sound, Billy Strings' guitar sound
    16:34 Death Legacy of Rock Stars?
    28:45 Side One: The Chirping Crickets – The Chirping Crickets (Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Chuck Willis, Don McLean)
    1:05:47 Landmark? Perfect?
    1:08:55 Side Two: What's Going On: Counting Crows – Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets
    1:21:38 Fixing your vinyls → Watch here
    1:24:07 The Sheepdogs' challenge
    1:27:54 Side Three: Beyond Classic Rock: The Tragically Hip – Fully Completely
    1:47:00 Side Four: Ranking and Thank You 🙌

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    🎼 The Maestro's Current Album Ranking

    1. Sgt. Pepper (1967) – The Beatles

    2. Moondance (1970) – Van Morrison

    3. The Doors (1967) – The Doors

    4. Wish You Were Here (1973) – Pink Floyd

    5. Aqualung (1971) – Jethro Tull

    6. Graceland (1986) – Paul Simon

    7. Violent Femmes (1983) – Violent Femmes

    8. London Calling (1979) – The Clash

    9. Blonde on Blonde (1966) – Bob Dylan

    10. American Beauty (1970) – Grateful Dead

    11. The Sunset Tree (2005) – The Mountain Goats

    12. Moving Pictures (1981) – Rush

    13. Bat Out of Hell (1977) – Meat Loaf

    14. Brothers in Arms (1985) – Dire Straits

    15. Automatic for the People (1992) – R.E.M

    16. The Chirping Crickets (1958) – Buddy Holly

    17. Discipline (1981) – King Crimson

    18. OK Computer (1997) – Radiohead

    19. Joshua Tree (1987) – U2

    20. What’s the Story (1995) – Oasis

    21. Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) – Sting

    22. Breakfast in America (1979) – Supertramp

      🎶 The Show's Current Top Ten

      1. London Calling (1979) – The Clash

      2. Blonde on Blonde (1966) – Bob Dylan

      3. Aqualung (1971) – Jethro Tull

      4. Bat Out of Hell (1977) – Meat Loaf

      5. The Doors (1967) – The Doors

      6. Moving Pictures (1981) – Rush

      7. Breakfast in America (1979) – Supertramp

      8. Moondance (1970) – Van Morrison

      9. Brothers in Arms (1985) – Dire Straits

      10. Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) – Sting

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