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Music In My Shoes
Come be entertained as the host talks about music, bands, and connected stories."It's a really great podcast" - Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin"I appreciate talking to you guys and the good questions" - Mitch Easter of Let's Active and R.E.M. producerLearn Something New or Remember Something Old!!!Please like and follow the Music In My Shoes Facebook page.Contact us atmusicinmyshoes@gmail.com
Episodes
Music In My ShoesThe Beatles Revolver and Final Show, and Deep Purple Reunion E146
We mark 60 years since The Beatles’ last tour stop at Candlestick Park, then trace how each Beatle handles touring after the band stops hitting the road. We…
Music In My ShoesStand By Me, Rolling Stones "Tattoo You", Peter Gabriel "So", Plus Dead & Company Live Citifield 2021 E145
A song can disappear for decades, then come roaring back because a movie director picked the perfect closing credits. That’s where we start, tracing how Ben E…
Music In My ShoesWLIR Summer '81 Screamers Plus The Cure and The Smiths Live at The Pier 1986 E144
A single radio station can explain an entire era if you listen closely enough. We rewind to WLIR 92.7 and the Screamer of the Week, when DJs pitched their…
Music In My ShoesMTV August 1 1981, Mellencamp and RUSH Live, and the Concert for Bangladesh E143
A sold-out arena, a humanitarian crisis, a reluctant Bob Dylan, and a rock star who decides the world can’t wait. We kick off with George Harrison’s August 1…
Music In My ShoesIrish Bobby Cassidy: The Unfiltered Story of a Boxer and Father E142
A lot of people love boxing stories because they’re clean: a tough kid fights his way out, the crowd roars, the credits roll. Irish Bobby Cassidy’s life is not…
Music In My Shoes1996 Olympics Music Connections and The Rolling Stones "Foreign Tongues" E141
Thirty years later, we can still hear it: the roar of Atlanta’s 1996 Summer Olympics, the crowd noise bouncing off concrete, and the way the city felt like the…
Music In My ShoesAnne Harris: A Fiddler and Her Love of Music E140
A rock band is only as good as its ability to surprise you, and Anne Harris is built for surprise. She’s the fiddle player you hear with Cracker, and we talk…
Music In My ShoesAthfest 2026, A Proposal, and A Life of Illusion E139
Athens, Georgia can humble you fast: one minute you’re chasing a band you’ve never heard of, the next you’re packed into a legendary room watching the kind of…
Music In My ShoesBillboard Hits of July 4, 1976: Skyrockets in Flight, Afternoon Delight E138
Fireworks are loud, but the real Fourth of July time machine is a song you haven’t heard in years. We kick off our holiday special by talking Atlanta…
Music In My ShoesPaperback Writer, Carole King "Tapestry", and Somebody Put Something in My Drink E137
We bounce from a killer Cracker and Drivin N Cryin concert to a surreal moment where Heart’s “Barracuda” follows us through LaGuardia. The mailbag sparks…
Music In My ShoesBehind the Strings of R.E.M.'s Out of Time: Violinist David Arenz E136
“Losing My Religion” has one of the most recognizable feels in modern rock, and a big part of that atmosphere lives in the strings. We’re joined by former…
Music In My ShoesFerris Bueller's Day Off 40th Anniversary, Van Halen "Fair Warning", and The Smiths "The Queen is Dead" E135
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off hits 40 years, and somehow it still feels like the kind of perfect stolen day you can step into whenever you need it. We rewatch it…
Music In My ShoesSilly Love Songs, Will Ferrell / Paul McCartney SNL, and The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers" E134
Paul McCartney got dragged for writing “silly love songs” and then turned the criticism into a No. 1 anthem. We start with that 1976 chart run, the irony baked…
Music In My ShoesConversation with The Stifftones: Rock 'n' Rollin’ in a Hearse E133
A band that lives in a hearse sounds like a gimmick until you hear the reasons it happened and the work it takes to keep it going. We’re joined in the studio…
Music In My ShoesBillboard Hits of May 1981: All Those Years Ago E132
The fastest way to time-travel is to press play on a song you haven’t heard in years, then realize you still know every word. We pull up the Billboard Hot 100…
Music In My ShoesTop Gun 40th Anniversary, and Show Me the Way Till the End of the Day E131
Top Gun turns 40, and we can’t talk about it without talking about the soundtrack that still punches through your speakers. From the first seconds of Kenny…
Music In My ShoesMore In-Studio Chat with Laura Slade Wiggins, Jonathan Spencer, and Vaylor Trucks: Slightly Famous Somebodies E130
What happens when musicians stop trying to look cool and start trying to tell the truth? We continue our sit down with Slightly Famous Somebodies for a…
Music In My ShoesSlightly Famous Somebodies: Laura Slade Wiggins, Jonathan Spencer, and Vaylor Trucks In-Studio Chat E129
We’re joined in the studio by Jonathan Spencer, Laura Slade Wiggins, and Vaylor Trucks from Slightly Famous Somebodies, and the story starts with a simple ask…
Music In My ShoesHey Ho, Let's Go: Ramones Debut 50th Anniversary, Jan and Dean Dead Man's Curve, and Del Shannon Runaway E128
A record can be simple and still change the world, and the Ramones proved it in 1976. We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Ramones’ self-titled debut…
Music In My ShoesDavid Bowie Station to Station, The Addams Family, Cartoon Music: Pop Culture Time Machine E127
A two-season black-and-white sitcom leaves a 60-year shadow, a band logo becomes more famous than the band name, and a random music reference boomerangs back…
Music In My ShoesDreams So Real: Trent Allen Reminisces about the Band, the Scene and the Dream E126
Athens, GA didn’t just produce great bands; it produced a whole value system. When Trent Allen from Dreams So Real joins us, we get into why Athens carried…
Music In My ShoesThe Ed Sullivan Show, Beatles Anthology 2, Jethro Tull, and Rush Tom Sawyer E125
One TV host with a stiff posture and a sharp instinct helped rewrite the map of American pop culture. We’re talking about The Ed Sullivan Show, the variety…
Music In My ShoesDavid Lowery and Dennis Herring Discuss Cracker’s The Golden Age and More, Plus Camp-In 12 E124
We’re coming to you from Cracker’s Campout, where the music is loud, the stories are better than any liner notes, and the distance between the crowd and the…
Music In My ShoesKevn Kinney And Johnny Hickman Talk Music and More in the Classic City E123
We hang with Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin and Johnny Hickman of Cracker in Athens, GA and trace how songs and scenes shape a life, from new releases to punk…
Music In My ShoesMichael Shannon and Jason Narducy Athens R.E.M. Tribute, Plus Kinney and Buck, and California Dreamin' E122
The room lifted before the first chord. Athens came alive with a storyteller’s spark, a stripped-down trio threading classics and new cuts, and two…
Music In My ShoesMay Pang on John Lennon and "The Lost Weekend", A Love Story E121
We sit down with May Pang to unpack John Lennon’s misnamed “Lost Weekend” and reveal a season of creative fire, repaired friendships, and family reconnection…
Music In My ShoesPretty In Pink, Drink The Sea, and Steal My Sunshine E120
We revisit Pretty in Pink at 40 and admit the movie’s plot is fine while the soundtrack is legendary. We trade takes on Ducky, Blaine, Spader’s chill menace…
Music In My ShoesLeft of the Dial, Beetlejuice's Day-O, and Jeremiah was a Bullfrog E119
Grief has a soundtrack—and so does joy. We open with a heartfelt salute to Catherine O’Hara, tracing how a single scene, a laugh line, or a voice can linger…
Music In My ShoesFrom Led Zep IV vs Dark Side to Nevermind vs Ten: Wax Wars! The Rock Album Battles E118
A listener threw down the gauntlet and we answered: Wax Wars, the ultimate rock album face-off. We’re talking full-catalog giants and needle-drop…
Music In My ShoesThe Uncle Floyd Show, and I Can't Live Without My Radio E117
We trace the scrappy brilliance of the Uncle Floyd Show and how a UHF oddity opened doors for punk and pop heroes, then jump across decades of songs that…
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Challenger Shuttle Disaster, Batman TV Series, and Dire Straits "Skateaway" E116
A countdown, a cheer, and then a white bloom in the sky. We start with that January morning when Challenger lifted off with a teacher aboard and a nation…
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40 Most-Played Classic Rock Songs Of 2025, Joan Jett "Bad Reputation", and Been Caught Stealing E115
What do the 40 most-played classic rock songs of 2025 say about our listening habits? We dive into the national radio data and find a universe powered by…
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Remembering Bob Weir: Grateful Dead to Dead & Company E114
Bonus EpisodeWe share stories, setlists, and tributes to honor Bob Weir, who passed away on January 10, 2026, and explore moments that made the music feel like…
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80s Music Trivia, Snoop Dogg Bowl, and The Clash "Sandinista" E113
We crack open a brand-new 80s music trivia game, celebrate Snoop Dogg’s endzone catch, and honor a 104-year-old sax performance while revisiting Elton John…
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2025 Best Selling Rock Vinyl, The Sound of Silence, and Once in a Lifetime E112
We pull apart 2025’s top rock vinyl list, trace why greatest hits still rule turntables, and celebrate the albums that outlived their moment. Along the way, we…
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WPLJ Top 95 Albums of 1980 and Favorite MIMS Episodes of 2025 E111
We count down WPLJ’s Top 95 Albums of 1980 and trace how New York’s buying habits shaped a year when punk, new wave, and classic rock all shared the shelf…
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A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch, and Bruce Springsteen Sings Santa Claus is Comin' to Town E110
The holidays don’t just look a certain way—they sound a certain way. We dive into how a fragile cartoon tree, a swingy piano motif, and a handful of offbeat…
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Van Halen Vs. Guns N’ Roses and Why AC/DC 'Back In Black' Still Rules, Plus Elton John and The Jim Carroll Band E109
We roll into our 80s hard rock showdown, where we put ACDC’s Back in Black, Van Halen’s 1984, and Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction under the brightest…
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December 8: John Lennon, Loss, and Legacy, And The Beatles Anthology E108
A smiling John Lennon on Monday Night Football. A blunt 1970 interview that cut through the post‑Beatles haze. A late‑night Bermuda epiphany triggered by the…
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1970: Velvet Underground 'Loaded' to George Harrison 'All Things Must Pass' to Derek and the Dominoes to The Partridge Family E107
Some years don’t just produce great records—they redraw the map of how we listen. We dive into 1970 as a living, breathing turning point, starting with the…
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R.E.M. Live 1995, U2 Live 2005 and Howl Owl Howl Live 2025 E106
A fast-moving tour through concerts, songs, and stories that still echo: REM’s 1995 blowout, U2’s 2005 highs, a supergroup surprise with Darius Rucker, Mike…
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Kevn Kinney and Anna Jensen: Her Living Tribute to the Art of His Sound E105
What if a tribute didn’t wait for the final chapter? We sit down with artist-producer Anna Jensen and songwriter Kevn Kinney to unpack Let’s Go Dancing, a…
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From Paul McCartney’s Stage to The Doors to Grateful Dead American Beauty to U2 Boy E104
The lights drop in Atlanta and Paul McCartney steps into a room full of memory—and invention. We unpack how an icon in his eighties still delivers a…
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Monte A. Melnick - Ramones Tour Manager Interview - E103
A leather jacket, an iconic eagle logo, and a three-chord blur that changed everything—tour manager Monte A. Melnick joins us to reveal how the Ramones became…
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E102 Chatting with Johnny Hickman of 'Cracker'
A band doesn’t thrive for thirty plus years by accident. Guitarist/Singer and cofounder Johnny Hickman opens up about the simple pact that kept Cracker…
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E101 A RUSH Presale Queue, a Plastic Surgeon, and a Backwards Guitar
A rush of tour news collides with ticket chaos, memories from Nassau in ’82, and why certain songs outlast the charts. We dig into supergroups, The Jam’s…
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E100 From Stones vs. The Who to Prince vs. Bowie: Our Ultimate Rock Face‑Off
A listener’s mailbag turns into a rapid-fire set of rock face-offs as we celebrate 100 episodes, relive moments from the show, and crack up at studio bloopers…
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E99 CBGB Festival, The Minus 5 and The Baseball Project Live, and My Friends
We trace a loud, joyful route from under a bridge in Brooklyn to an Atlanta club, catching legends who still hit hard and a tight-knit indie circle that turns…
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E98 Remembering Janis Joplin, and Top Female Vocalists of All-time
Janis Joplin's untimely death on October 4, 1970, marked a profound loss for rock music just sixteen days after Jimi Hendrix's passing. We explore her…
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E97 John Bonham, Top Drummers, Almost Famous, The Odd Couple, Plus APB and Camper Van Beethoven Live
Music shapes our memories and creates connections across generations, from legendary drummers who defined rock to the venues that launched careers and the…
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E96 Remembering Jimi Hendrix, Get Smart and The Golden Girls
We remember Jimi Hendrix's final performances and lasting legacy as arguably the greatest guitarist of all time. From his final show in Germany where fans…
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E95 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks of September 1995 and Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
We dive into a musical time capsule exploring the Billboard Modern Rock tracks from September 16th, 1995, highlighting the songs that defined a generation and…
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E94 Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, You Shook Me All Night Long, and Silverchair
The Rolling Stones' "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" changed rock history as the ultimate live album experience, capturing the raw energy of their November 1969…
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E93 Isle of Wight 1970, HORDE Festival 1995, Blotto, and This Beat Goes On
Journey back to the summer of 1970 as we explore the legendary Isle of Wight Festival, where music lovers converged on a small island off England's southern…
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E92 I Want My Two Dollars!, Cheap Trick Live, Squeeze, Queen and The Cars
There's something magical about a determined paperboy chasing John Cusack down, saying "I want my two dollars!" That's the power of an unforgettable movie…
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E91 The Beatles Help! and Live in Atlanta 1965
We welcome special guest Lucy, who attended The Beatles' historic concert at Atlanta Stadium on August 18, 1965, sharing her firsthand experience of…
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E90 MTV Top Videos of 1990: U Can't Touch This
We take a nostalgic journey through the MTV top videos of 1990, revealing fascinating behind-the-scenes stories and cultural impacts of songs that defined a…
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E89 Ozzy Osbourne's Final Encore and Weird Science
Ozzy Osbourne's triumphant final performance and sudden passing just 17 days later highlights his remarkable journey from heavy metal pioneer to beloved…
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E88 July 1980: WPLJ, The Kinks, and the Gopher Dance
Journey back to the summer of 1980 through a recently listened to hour of WPLJ radio from July 18, highlighting the soundtrack of that era and the memories it…
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E87 Live Aid - July 13, 1985: Rockin' All Over the World
The day the world stopped to listen. July 13, 1985 stands as a pivotal moment when music transcended entertainment to become a global force for humanitarian…