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Our tale begins in the mid to late 40s...
The 1940s
Post War America
The Great Cities of the East are full of electricity and light
And music...
Swing beat is DEAD daddio
Bebop and Blues rule!
Jump Swing
Shout Blues
...but this new thing, as yet, remains undefined
Founded in 1894 (solely sheet music back then kids!) Billboard Magazine didn't know what to do with it or what to call it either...
Although the area of Harlem, situated within the borough of New York City known as Manhattan, only takes up approximately 1.4 square miles (as reported by the New York City Department of City Planning in March of 2019) Billboard Magazine, began publishing a music chart directed towards the entire African American customer base of the United States in 1942.
They called this chart The Harlem Hit Parade.
Close to 50 years after the publication's inception, Billboard Magazine decided the African American music consuming demographic mattered, or rather, their money mattered (cue Randy Newman "It's Money That Matters").
Three short years later, Billboard changed the name of the chart to "The Most Played Juke Box Race Records" followed by "Best Selling Retail Race Records" in 1948. These unfortunate (and possibly even hateful) labels used to categorize a type of music are literally, the very definition of racist (look it up).
While some historians suggest the term "race" was a self referential term used by African Americans in the early part of the 20th Century, the word came to be considered offensive in the post-war world.
This prompted the editorial staff of Billboard Magazine to rename the chart "Rhythm & Blues Chart Listings" in June of 1949...
...which is where our story begins
As this exciting new music slithered out of the primordial sludge of post War rhythm and blues, something MAGICAL happened...
Previously imposed barriers between people gradually, over time, began to shift and erode. And then...
The walls came tumblin' down!
IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF THE GXO MUSIC PODCAST:
Music Charts of 1954 & 1955 EXPOSED! Under the microscope
Come FEEL the NOISE and Celebrate with us 70 Years of Rock N Roll! (1956-2026)
*THE MUSIC
1947 She's The No Sleepin' Est Woman by T-Bone Walker
1947 Good Rockin' Tonight by Roy Brown
1955 I'm Just A Lonely Guy (All Alone) by Little Richard
1954 Work With Me Annie by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
1954 Hey Senorita by The Penguins
1954 Don't You Know by Johnny Ace
1955 I Hear You Knockin' by Smiley Lewis
1955 Ain't That A Shame by Fats Domino
1955 Greenbacks by Ray Charles
1954 Shake Rattle And Roll by Big Joe Turner
1960 Ida Red (1938 original version) by Bill Wills & Tommy Duncan
1955 Maybellene by Chuck Berry
1955 Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
1955 Good Rockin' Daddy by Etta James
1954 Tweedlee Dee by LaVern Baker
1953 Gee by The Crows
1954 I Wonder Why by The Cadillacs
1954 Honey Love by The Drifters (Clyde McPhatter lead vocals)
1955 Speedo by The Cadillacs
1954 Sh-Boom by The Chords
1955 Ling Ting Tong by Otis Williams & The Charms
1954 Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town) by Bill Haley & His Comets
1955 Only You (And You Alone) by The Platters (Tony Williams lead vocals)
1949 Run On For A Long Time by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires
1954 Any Day Now by The Soul Stirrers (Sam Cooke lead vocals)
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Sunday Apr 05, 2026
Sunday Apr 05, 2026
...the road goes on forever and the party never ENDS!
Rock N Roll - Celebrating 70 YEARS of Maximun Rock N Roll (1956-2026)
...in this episode the party CONTINUES with the JUMP BLUES and R&B SWING and SHOUT BLUES of the mid 1940s through to 1953
MAKE NO MISTAKE - this sh*ts ROCK N ROLL!
Louis Jordan
T-Bone Walker (first ROCK N ROLL lead guitarist)
BIG Joe Williams
The Flamboyantly outrageous and openly gay Billy Wright, the ORIGINAL Georgia Peach! Roy (Good Rockin' Tonight) Brown. Little Richard would take what these two GIANTS of the genre created, Louis Jordan too, and define not only himself but the predominant popular music of the MASSES for the next 50 PLUS years!
All THIS and MORE!
...in our continuing saga of the story of ROCK N ROLL
70 Years! Celebrate it MFs!
*THE MUSIC (broken down chronologically by year)
1945 Caledonia by Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
1947 You're My Best Poker Hand by T-Bone Walker
1947 Around The Clock Blues Pt. 1 by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
1947 Around The Clock Blues Pt. 2 by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
1948 Cadillac Boogie by Jimmy Liggins
1949 Rockin' At Midnight by Roy Brown
1949 The Fat Man by Fats Domino
1950 Tee Nah Nah by Smiley Lewis
1950 Do Something For Me by Billy Ward & The Dominoes (lead vocals by Clyde McPhatter)
1951 Rocket 88 by Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm (credited as Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats)
1951 I Want To Rock by Lavern Baker credited as Little Miss Sharecropper
1952 Follow The Rule by Johnny Ace
1952 Ain't Nothing Happening by Little Richard (on RCA Records)
1952 I've Been Your Dog (Ever Since I've Been Your Man) by The Moonglows
1952 Married Woman Boogie by Billy Wright
1953 Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean by Ruth Brown
1953 Mess Around by Ray Charles
1953 Get It by The Royals
1953 Bounce by The Spaniels
1953 Money Honey by The Drifters (lead vocals Clyde McPhatter)
1953 Give Thanks by The Platters (lead vocals Tony Williams)
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Monday Mar 30, 2026
Monday Mar 30, 2026
In this Episode we continue to CELEBRATE 70 Years of Rock N Roll!
1956 - 2026
...from the very first HIT BLUES song ever in 1920 on the deep down low through the murky waters of the Mississippi Delta onto Robert Johnson, FOUNDING MEMBER of the 27 Club, through his TWO HISTORIC Texas Recording Sessions (1936 & 1937), Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Ry Cooder, the Rolling Stones and MORE! MORE! MORE!
Generations in the making, Rock N Roll officially became part of the cultural zeitgeist in 1956, the first year this perpetually evolving NEW MUSIC produced the most popular song of the year.
Rock N Rollers Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, Bill Haley And The Comets, vocal group The Platters, Johnny Ray and British skiffle sensation Lonnie Donegan were also present in the Top 50 Year End Singles Chart of 1956.
This had never happened before in the history of recorded music...
From this point on, Rock N Roll ruled the charts, becoming the most dominant genre of popular music for the next 40 plus years.
To celebrate this milestone. The GXO music podcast will, over the next few episodes, be exploring and expanding upon the ever evolving nature of Rock N Roll from it's humble acoustic beginnings through numerous other incarnations including, but not limited to, pub rock, punk rock, proto punk, post punk, industrial, disco, electronic, hardcore, rap, EDM, post rock, new rock and ultimately where she currently resides in the hills of contemporary NPR = New Post Rock where nary a guitar is likely to be found.
*WORDS AND MUSIC
Keith Richards interview...
1. Paris Texas by Ry Cooder
2. Me And The Devil Blues (1937) by Robert Johnson
Honeyboy Edwards interview...
3. Crazy Blues (1920) by Mamie Smith
4. Shave 'Em Dry (1924) by Ma Rainey
5. Rising High Water Blues (1927) by Blind Lemon Jefferson
6. High Water (For Charley Patton) by Bob Dylan
7. Moon Going Down (1930) by Charley Patton
8. Evil (Is Going On) (1954) by Howlin' Wolf
9. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six by Tom Waits
10. John The Relevator (1930) by Blind Willie Johnson
11. Cocaine Blues by Reverend Gary Davis
12. Cocaine by Jackson Browne
13. You Was Born To Die (1933) by Blind Willie McTell
14. All I Want Is That Pure Religion (1926) by Blind Lemon Jefferson
15. True Religion by Hot Tuna
16. Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan
17. Death Letter Blues by Son House
18. Baby Please Don't Go (1952) by Big Bill Broonzy
19. Baby Please Don't Go by Them
20. Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do by Captian Beefheart And His Magic Band
21. Love In Vain (1937) by Robert Johnson
22. Love In Vain by The Rolling Stones
23. Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter
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Saturday Mar 21, 2026
Saturday Mar 21, 2026
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROCK N ROLL!
1956 - 2026
70 Years of Maximum Rock N Roll!
Years in the making, Rock N Roll officially became part of the cultural zeitgeist in 1956, the first year this perpetually evolving NEW MUSIC produced the most popular song of the year, Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley.
Fellow Rock N Rollers Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, Bill Haley And The Comets, vocal group The Platters and British skiffle sensation Lonnie Donegan were also present in the Top 50 Year End Singles Chart of 1956.
This had never happened before in the history of recorded music...
From that point on, Rock N Roll instantly took over the charts, becoming the most dominant genre of popular music for the next 40 plus years.
To celebrate this milestone. The GXO music podcast will, over the coarse of a number of episodes, be exploring and expanding upon the ever evolving nature of Rock N Roll from it's humble acoustic beginnings through numerous other incarnations including, but not limited to, pub rock, punk rock, proto punk, post punk, industrial, disco, electronic, hardcore, rap, EDM, post rock, new rock and ultimately where she currently resides in the hills of contemporary NPR = New Post Rock where nary a guitar is likely to be found.
In the first of the series: "Its...Rock N Roll 01" we find ourselves milling about the ghastly mellow saxophones of 1973, walking Carnaby Street in fashionable London in the Swinging 60's, trolling the Bowery in 1970s East Village, lower Manhattan, frequenting both Max's Kansas City AND CBGBs, dodging THREE of The Big Four while giving up the ghost to the Heavy Metal strains of ragged orchestral cellos and all that Jazz.
All this and MORE...
In the latest installment of the GXO, Generation X Offender music podcast, offending friend and foe alike since 1966
*THE MUSIC
"It’s... Rock N Roll" by Robyn Hitchcock
1974 by Robyn Hitchcock
Lucifer Sam by Pink Floyd
Brand New Cadillac by The Clash
New Feeling by Talking Heads
See No Evil by Television
Max’s Kansas City by Jayne County
Transmission by Joy Division
Grinding Halt by The Cure
Everybody’s Happy Nowadays by Buzzcocks
Everyday I Love You Less And Less by Kaiser Chiefs
Respectable Street by XTC
Living On A Thin Line by The Kinks
Street In The City by Pete Townshend
A Long Way Down by Lloyd Cole
I Almost Had A Weakness by Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Glass Onion by The Beatles
1000 Umbrellas by XTC
Purple Haze by Kronos Quartet
Prokofiev ~ Romeo & Juliet No. 13 Dance Of The Nights by Mriinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conducting
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Saturday Mar 14, 2026
Saturday Mar 14, 2026
...and so we conclude at the Conclusion of our multi episodic Three Part Dissemination exploring Three Main Ingredients of what 21st Century British Psychedelic Poet Laureate Robyn Hitchcock once famously described as, "the great Civilizing Force of the 20th Century, Rock N Roll"
DRUGS
SEX (parts 1 & 2)
ROCK N ROLL
SEX, humanity's ORIGINAL DRUG, gets a Subsection B, of course. It is what it is.
Sex being Sex, there's gonna be some bad words, degenerate ideation and base behavior voiced in some of the songs. For this we do not apologize, however, we do STRONGLY URGE LISTENER DISCRETION. We got GG Allin in the house today kids so it's time to lock up your doors to protect the youth of tomorrow.
As you may have noticed, after 80 odd episodes of The Generation X Offender, we have finally given up Dancing about Architecture, or rather, talking about music, essentially the same thing. Music is meant to be listened to. FULL STOP.
We will resume talking about music in future episodes...
*THE MUSIC
Sex & Drugs & Rock N Roll by Ian Dury
Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too) by Peggy Lee
Can Your Pussy Do The Dog by The Cramps
Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad by Wanda Jackson
What Do You Do/The Glory Of Love by Lyle Lovell & Francine Reed
Settin' The Woods On Fire by Hank Williams
Matchbox by Carl Perkins
24 Hour Party People by Happy Mondays
Party Out Of Bounds by The B-52s
Beat Crazy by Joe Jackson
Woman Love by Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
Top Floor Bottom Button by Morphine
The Same Thing by Willie Dixon
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn
Leave My Pussy Alone by Jayne County & Jimi LaLumia
I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar by Jonathan Richman
I Got What You Want by Steel Panther
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy by Paris Hilton
Upside Down by Diana Ross
Jungle Fever by Chakachas
How Many Licks by Lil' Kim featuring Sisqo
Caroline & Sue by GG Allin
Do It Again by Marilyn Monroe
Walking In The Rain by Flash And The Pan
One Night In Bangkok by Murray Head
Drugs In My Pocket by The Monks
My Sex by Ultravox
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Saturday Mar 07, 2026
Saturday Mar 07, 2026
In the immortal words of 70's disco singer and pornographic actress Andrea True, "More, more, more. How do you like it? How do you like it?"
Why?
Because more is, MORE!
Right?
Why choose when you can have more?
Why chose when you can have both?
"This is what you want, this is what you get" - John Lydon
MORE SEX please! (no, we're not British)
Back by popular demand, we've extended the Sex segment of our three episode dissemination of "the great civilizing force of the 20th Century, Rock N Roll"
Why?
Because we love you.
We love to love you baby.
Not to mention the oft cited X-Rated tome "Tales From The Camelot Motel" by Dame Mary Gauthier herself, both King & Queen of the storied Ryman
"He's lying on the double bed acting self assuredIn his T-shirt and his underwear he's barely said a wordShe pours a cup of coffee lights the day's first cigarettePicks up the phone and call her kids from the motel kitchenetteAnd there's two guys moving slowly in the room across the hallBoth their heads are pounding from last night's alcoholThey met in a chat room then they took it hereThey both go by pseudonyms and soon they'll disappearCheaters, liars, outlaws, and fallen angelsCome looking for the grace from which they fellSo they hold on to each other in the darknessCuz the morning light is hell
At the Camelot MotelHe met her at the pool hall the guys told him she's touchedNow she's ranting and she's raving 'bout the Devil, Christ and suchHe's thinking 'bout the highway and the way she begged last nightHe's wishing that he'd blown this dump before the morning lightCheaters, liars, outlaws, and fallen angels Come looking for the grace from which they fellSo they hold on to each other in the darknessCuz the morning light is hell
At the Camelot Motel
Lancelot and Guenivere bang their bedpost in my ear
Neon lights the castle walls bug lights in the entrance hallsI lie awake with a troubled mind thinking 'bout what I left behindMe and the royal denizens got damn good reasons for our sinsNow there's a couple counting money in Room 124They're wrapping 10's and 20's throwing their 1's on the floorThey're strung out and they're nervous, they jump at every little soundHe keeps picking up his pistol then putting his pistol downCheaters, liars, outlaws, and fallen angelsCome looking for the graceFrom which they fellSo they hold on to each otherIn the darknessCuz the morning light is hell
At the Camelot Motel
The Camelot Motel"
This episode is dedicated to all those with deep and reoccurring knowledge of the Walk Of Shame. We know who we are.
"He shot me a look Heroes have been shooting Heroes for thousands and thousands of years" - Charles Budderick "Buddy" Cole
"Blessed are those that sex, for they shall be comforted" Marquis 5:4
120 Days Of Sodom
*THE MUSIC
1. Let's Make Love by Marilyn Monroe
2. Peel Me A Grape by Blossom Dearie
3. When You're Good To Mama by Queen Latifah
4. I Get Ideas by Tony Martin
5. Big Dipper by Elton John
6. Street Corner Love by Jobriath
7. Essence by Lucinda Williams
8. Camelot Motel by Mary Gauthier
9. Time O/O Lives by Meryn Cadell
10. 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel by Cowboy Junkies
11. Laid by Matt Nathanson
12. Strokin' by Screaming Jay Hawkins
13. In The Bush by Musique
14. New York By Night by Dennis Parker
15. Where Is My Man (Attack Mix Edit) by Eartha Kitt and Joe T. Vannelli
16. Open Your Box (Orange Factory Club Mix) by Orange Factory and Yoko Ono
17. You Think You're A Man by Divine
18. Adolescent Sex by Japan
19. Candlelighter Man by Fanny
20. Beat My Guest by Adam and the Ants
21. Super Sex by Morphine
22. Johnny Feelgood by Liz Phair
23. Tramp by Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and the Trinity
24. Dr. Feelgood by Aretha Franklin
25. An Occasional Man by Julie London
26. Let's Make Love by Marilyn Monroe, Frankie Vaughan, Yves Montand
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Monday Mar 02, 2026
Monday Mar 02, 2026
WARNING! Proceed With Caution
Today's Podcast contains EXPLICIT CONTENT
NSFW
Listener Discretion is STRONGLY advised due to the ADULT nature of today's show. Contains explicit language and sexually suggestive content
In this week's episode of The GXO we continue with our three part series exploring the three primary ingredients of what British psychedelic poet laureate Robyn Hitchcock once described as, "the great civilizing force of the 20th Century, Rock N Roll"
Part Two: Sex
"If you want to understand a generation, listen to the music they listened to growing up" - Dr. Winston O'Georgeson
"This is our story" - Sean Passmore (16 years old)
"I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours. I said that" - Robert Zimmerman
*THE MUSIC
1. You've Got To Give Me Some by Bessie Smith
2. He's My Secret Passion by Danny Yates Orchestra
3. Aftermath USA by Drive-By Truckers
4. Cherry Bomb by The Runaways
5. Jet Boy Jet Girl by Captain Sensible & The Softies
6. Never Say Never by Romeo Void
7. Wide Boys by Ultravox
8. Tattooed Love Boys by The Pretenders
9. Biology by Joe Jackson
10. Why'd Ya Do It? by Marianne Faithfull
11. Too Drunk To Fu*k by The Dead Kennedys
12. I Love You When You're Loaded by Scorpion vs Tarantula
13. Sex Junkie by The Plasmatics
14. Sex Machine by The Flying Lizards
15. Love To Love You Baby by Donna Summer
16. Orgasm Addict by The Buzzcocks
17. Drag Racing by Big Stick
18. He's My Best Friend by Jellyfish
19. Pink Thing by XTC
20. Slippery by Meryn Cadell
21. Are You A Boy? by Jayne County
22. If I Was A Boy by Eartha Kitt
23. It's Different For Girls by Joe Jackson
24. Power In The Darkness by Tom Robinson Band
25. You're The Top by Cole Porter
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Sunday Feb 22, 2026
Sunday Feb 22, 2026
In this week's episode of The GXO we begin a three part series exploring the three primary ingredients of what British psychedelic poet laureate Robyn Hitchcock once described as, "the great civilizing force of the 20th Century".
Rock N Roll
Part One: DRUGS
"Religion is the opium of the masses" - Karl Marx
"Tune in. Turn on. Drop out" - Dr. Timothy Leary
"I can't be held accountable for all the day to day quotes" - Dr. Timothy Leary
"Never trust anyone over 30" - Jerry Rubin
"Never trust anyone under 30" - Jerry Rubin
"I wanna sniff some glue" - Joey Ramone
*THE MUSIC:
Selections from "No Cure For Cancer" by Denis Leary
Candy Man by Rev. Gary Davis
CCKMP by Steve Earle
Viper Mad by Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingsters
Kicking The Gong Around by Cab Calloway
Smoke Smoke Smoke by Phil Harris
What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again) by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Time To Switch To Whiskey by Corb Lund
A Six Pack To Go by Hank Thompson
Cocaine Blues by Roy Hogsed
White Lines by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue by The Ramones
People Who Died by The Jim Carroll Band
Cocaine by J.J. Cale
Tell It To Me by Old Crow Medicine Show
Sweet Cocaine by Fred Neil
Chinese Rocks by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones
Medicaid Fraud Dogg by Parliament
The Trip by Donovan
Up Against The Wall, Red Neck Mother by Jerry Jeff Walker
Kiss The Children by Gram Parsons
Return Of The Grievous Angel by Lucinda Williams & David Crosby
Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - The Dandy Warhols
U Don't Dans 2 Tekno by Alabama 3
Sunday Morning Coming Down by Alvin Youngblood Hart
The Beast In Me by Johnny Cash
The Road Goes On Forever by Robert Earl Keen
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Saturday Feb 14, 2026
Saturday Feb 14, 2026
Yup. You read that right.
FU*K Valentines Day! Right where the sun don't shine.
Angry? Bitter? Spiteful?
Nah!!!!!!
We're just not buying into the corporate driven cash orgy of spending that tells us all our love isn't valid unless we SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! on February the 14th of every year.
VALENTINES DAY! Yuck! The biggest crock since...
As always, this one is inclusive and, for EVERYONE (that includes you, you happy loving relationship folks) but today's episode is especially directed towards...
All who are hurting and alone today. Today's a tough one. Our darkest, negative voices really do rub our faces in it today, with our isolation and our deeply held ill notions of personal failure. At our worst? Unlovable. Unlikeable. Unable. Unworthy. Don't get us started...
We love you.
We love you.
We love you.
You ARE loved.
And, in the wise words of Maude herself, uttered through the vessel of Dame Ruth Gordon (we're paraphrasing here):
"That's wonderful (Harold!). Now that you know love, go out and love some more! Never let the world deprive you of your right to make an ass of yourself. Otherwise, ya got nothing to talk about in the locker room" - Harold & Maude
*THE MUSIC
One https://music.apple.com/ca/album/one-mono/1296522456?i=1296522894 from Harrry Nilsson's 3rd album Aerial Ballet. Rumor has it future Beatles' publicist Derek Taylor heard the album and ordered a box of the LP to be sent to England for members of the Beatles and their friends to hear. Shortly thereafter, when John Lennon was asked who his favorite American band was, he answered: "Harry Nilsson"
Song For The Dumped https://music.apple.com/ca/album/song-for-the-dumped/193602597?i=193602784 by North Carolina based power trio Ben Folds Five featuring composer/lead singer Ben Folds on piano, Robert Sledge on bass and drummer Darren Jessee. Note the absence of a guitarist. From their sophomore album Whatever And Ever Amen, ALSO a classic track in itself, generation defining perhaps.
Fu*k And Run https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fuck-and-run-2018-remaster/1589236833?i=1589237085 from Chicago raised 25 year old Liz Phair from her debut album Exile In Guyville
Frank & Ava https://music.apple.com/ca/album/frank-ava/716345530?i=716346141 by Grammy Award Winning Best Artist Suzanne Vega from her 7th studio album Beauty & Crime. Her song tells the story of the doomed love affair between buxom Hollywood beauty Ava Gardner and a down on his luck, self described "salon singer from Hoboken, New Jersey" Frank Sinatra, who's failing health and career very near ended for the thirtysomething Sinatra at the time.
As*hole https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-e/891217467?i=891217478 is a song composed by Beck (I'm A Loser Baby) Hansen for his fourth studio album One Foot In The Grave. Tom Petty covered the song for the film soundtrack to Ed Burns American romantic black comedy "She's The One"
I'm Loosing You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/im-losing-you-2010-remix/1440987952?i=1440987966 is taken from the Sean Ono Lennon produced 2010 "Stripped Down" version of his father John Lennon's final album Double Fantasy. This version of the album features only the raw "bed tracks" and vocals recorded for the album with no effects or over dubs.
I Don't Believe You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-dont-believe-you/7058188?i=7058195 is taken from the Stephin Merritt led Boston based The Magnetic Fields and their 7th studio album "i (every song title on the album begins with the letter "i"
Former Weeping Tile member Sarah Harmer's song Coffee Stain https://music.apple.com/ca/album/coffee-stain/1441352309?i=1441352684 from her Platinum selling sophomore solo album You Were Here
Clown And Bard https://music.apple.com/ca/album/clown-and-bard/218120352?i=218120365 by Vancouver based Canadian songerwriter, singer and accordion player extraordinaire Geoff Berner from his debut album We Shall Not Flag Or Fail, We Shall Go On To The End. Berner is perhaps best known for his song Light Enough To Travel, which found chart success through a cover version by Vancouverites The Be Good Tanyas
Humminah https://music.apple.com/ca/album/humminah/1617370878?i=1617370879 by noted Canadian composer, singer, banjo player extraordinaire Kim Barlow from her debut album of the same name. Barlow is perhaps the finest Canadian singer songwriter recording artist you've never heard of. Be sure to explore her entire discography. And see her in concert every chance you get!
In Spite Of Ourselves https://music.apple.com/ca/album/in-spite-of-ourselves-feat-amy-taylor/1802232827?i=1802233320 American Sebastian Murphy led Sweden based punk group Viagra Boys featuring Melbourne based Amy Taylor of Amyl And The Sniffers from their sophomore album Welfare Jazz. The John Prine composition is taken from Prine's 13th studio album of the same name, a series of duets with various female folk and alt country artists including Iris DeMent, Lucinda Williams, Connie Smith, Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane and others
Tracks Little Bubble https://music.apple.com/ca/album/little-bubble/1195309484?i=1195309507 and Keep Your Name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/keep-your-name/1195309484?i=1195309497 are by Brooklyn based indie American rock band Dirty Projectors taken from their album of the same name. The album, their 7th, is the first following the relationship breakup of founding members and co-vocalists David Longstreth and Amber Coffman. This band was first recommended to us by nonother than Sir Paul McCartney who included them in a list of new music he was listening to and enjoying
Ask Her For Some Adderall https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ask-her-for-some-adderall-2018-remaster/1441152874?i=1441153014 by Brooklyn, New York based The Hold Steady from their breakthrough fourth studio album Stay Positive
It's All Over Now Baby Blue https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-all-over-now-baby-blue/1828580897?i=1828581331 the Bob Dylan penned song recorded by Belfast based Northern Ireland rock, rhythm and blues band Them led by 19 year old power vocalist Van Morrison. Taken from their appropriately titled sophomore album Them Again
Somebody That I Used To Know https://music.apple.com/ca/album/somebody-that-i-used-to-know/1474894272?i=1474894566 by The Angel Elliott himself, Los Angeles based, Nebraska born, Texas raised, Academy Award nominated Elliott Smith from his 5th and final completed album Figure 8. Tragically Smith would succumb to two fatal stab wounds to his heart three years later while in the presence of his then girlfriend. Autopsy evidence did not determine whether the wounds were self-inflicted. At the time of his death, Smith was deeply immersed in the making of his nearly finished From A Basement On The Hill, posthumously produced and released the year following his death.
It's A Motherfuc*er https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-a-motherfucker/1660475552?i=1660475562 composed by Mark Oliver Everett, affectionally know by friends as "E" since High School. Releasing music under the band moniker eels, Everett's third eels album Daisies Of The Galaxy contains the aforementioned final song of today's podcast.
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Sunday Feb 08, 2026
Sunday Feb 08, 2026
Ok, so all the Grammy hype has quieted down. But does anyone really care anymore? Really?
Does anyone really care about the darlings and celebrities of Billboard's Top 200?
Do you care?
We don't.
And the majority of the artists in music today who we care about don't care about it either.
What we do care about is Rock N Roll, which is all but completely unrepresented in popular media today, ESPECIALLY at the Grammys.
You know what else is underrepresented? In Rock N Roll?
All the tremendously influential WOMEN who helped build it and shape it into the art form it has become.
Today's show WOMEN! ROCK! gives credit where credit's due.
Do you know who was the first musician to consistently utilize distortion?
Do you know the powerful, uncompromising woman who's song Hound Dog was stolen by Elvis Presley?
Do you know who the first two all female rock band's were?
Do you know who Rock Royalty's First Lady of The Blues is?
YOU WILL!
After listening to the latest episode of The GXO Podcast, your trusted, insider source for all things music, pop culture and current affairs!
In today's show you're going to hear nothing but THE FINEST Rock N Roll has to offer...
THE MUSIC:
American Requiem https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ameriican-requiem/1738363766?i=1738363767 from Beyonce Knowles' Cowboy Carter album, winner of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year as well as Best Country album. She is the first African American woman to win the Grammy for Best Country album
Master Delta Blues musician, vocalist and songwriter Son House classic Death Letter https://music.apple.com/ca/album/death-letter/724061643?i=724061697 newly realized by Cassandra Wilson on her Blue Note Records jazz album New Moon Daughter
The Monkees classic Last Train To Clarksville https://music.apple.com/ca/album/last-train-to-clarksville/724061643?i=724061719 reinvented by Casandra Wilson on her Blue Note Records jazz album New Moon Daughter
Referencing John Lennon and Yoko Ono's attendance at his October 15, 1971 concert in New York City at Madison Square Garden, Rick Nelson shot back at the booing crowd with this Number One song from 1972, his final Top 40 hit, Garden Party https://music.apple.com/ca/album/garden-party/1443878582?i=1443878951 from the album of the same name, the 20th studio album of his career
The Shaggs Sweet Thing https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sweet-thing/1790539349?i=1790539672 from 1969 and their one and only studio album Philosophy Of The World, possibly the first in what has become known as the genre labeled Outsider music
The Frank Zappa produced I Have A Paint Brush In My Hand To Color A Triangle by GTO (girls together outrageously) from the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Hollywood Hills. From their one and only album Permanent Damage released in 1969 (at present not "officially" available digitally) - check YouTube
Sister Rosetta Tharpe's iconic Didn't It Rain performance recorded live May 7, 1964, at the Wilbraham Road Railway Station in Manchester, England. The performance was filmed for the Granada Television program The Blues And Gospel Train featuring Sister Rosetta emerging from a horse drawn carriage in the rain to play her Gibson SG electric guitar (again, check YouTube)
The one. The only. The originator. Herself. Big Mama Thornton and her song Hound Dog https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hound-dog/1444120044?i=1444120215 inspired by and written specifically for her by the then twentysomething songwriting duo Leiber & Stoller
The Empress Of The Blues. Queen. King. Pharaoh. Caesar. Tsar. None other than Bessie Smith herself and one of her many signature songs Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/gimme-a-pigfoot-and-a-bottle-of-beer/650927116?i=650927376 recorded in New York City, November 24, 1933, in what was to be the final recording session before her tragic, untimely death in 1937 at the age of 45
Radiator from the debut album Beauty Pageant https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/the-bobby-lees/1340751343 by the Sam Quartin led Woodstock, New York based rockers The Bobby Lees
Regina Spektor and her definitive version of John Lennon's song Real Love https://music.apple.com/ca/album/real-love/302516167?i=302516362 from the fundraiser Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur. While a two disc physical copy of the album containing 23 John Lennon covers was released, the vastly expanded 60 track version is available as a download only
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