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Reelin' In The Years (RITY) is your weekly dose of music education! Enjoy a blend of Rock, Blues, and Americana. Plus stories about the songs and artists. Give it a listen! I promise you'll learn something!
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- 3 weeks ago1h 57m
Fortune Tellers: Episode 105 - Oct. 23, 2026
On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Fortune Tellers... Also, A Grateful Dead mining song so convincing, a miner thought it was an old standard... Stevie Wonder's one beer recording strategy and the effect he wanted it to have on his voice... The young fan Chrissie Hynde left standing in the snow and the Pretenders song he inspired... Thousands turned away, fans trying to enter through the roof, and a chaotic Hendrix concert in Berkeley... How a dad’s nickname for his buddies (borrowed from Cheech & Chong) gave Blind Melon their name... New releases from Hiss Golden Messenger, Zach Bryan, and Bela Fleck & Billy Strings... Deep tracks from Gregg Allman, Lightnin' Hopkins, Wilco, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
- 4 weeks ago1h 57m
Pavlov's Dog: Episode 104 - Oct. 16, 2026
On this episode on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Pavlov's Dog... Also, A shipping clerk, his record-label boss’s rejection, and the $2,500 that launched Alligator Records... A Jimi Hendrix recording that spent nearly 44 years in the vault before reaching listeners in 2013... A Chicago Blues standard about a man whose five years of paychecks still got him shown the door... A roadside sign in Chicago that helped Roger Miller write a classic... New releases from John Prine and Greta Van Fleet... Deep cuts from Charley Crockett, The Outfield, Steppenwolf, The Cars, Southern Culture On The Skids, and more! For info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
- Oct 9, 20261h 58m
The Suburbs: Episode 103 - Oct. 9, 2026
This week on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is The Suburbs... Plus, Robert Plant, a fifteen-foot tree, and a song title born out of a winter firewood problem... Six four-hour sessions and a day job - the making of Elvis Costello’s debut album, My Aim Is True... A Hall & Oates song about existential boredom and how an idealized escape can still leave a person empty... The afternoon political conversation that inspired John Lennon’s next protest anthem... New music from Richard Thompson, The War On Drugs, Rolling Stones, and Paul Weller... Deep tracks from The Long Ryders, Bonnie Raitt, Marcus King, The Beatles, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Bobby Parker, John Hiatt, JD McPherson, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
- Oct 2, 20261h 58m
A Needle In A Haystack: Episode 102 - Oct. 2, 2026
On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is A Needle In A Haystack: Songs that were hidden on albums... Plus, the Beatles song that changed animals after Paul McCartney started barking... Music Stevie Wonder left off Songs in the Key of Life - finally seeing the light of day 50 years later... The strange recurring dream of shattering bottles that inspired a Peter Gabriel classic... The long drives between two Australian cities that inspired a Little River Band favorite... Freak Out! turns 60 - the unrest in L.A. that inspired one of Frank Zappa’s fiercest songs... New music from Leon Bridges, Eric Bibb, and Israel Nash... Deep tracks from Arc Angels, The Dream Syndicate, Gov't Mule, Allen Toussaint, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
- Sep 25, 20261h 58m
Commercially Brewed: Episode 101 - Sept. 25, 2026
This week on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Commercially Brewed: Songs and beer commercials... The ’90s hit whose title can be traced all the way back to a second-grade book report... What happened when someone sent one of John Prine’s fictional problems to the Dear Abby... The ’60s dance song whose original title was probably a little too risqué for radio... New music from St. Paul & The Broken Bones and Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band... Deep tracks from Gordon Lightfoot, CCR, Buddy Guy, and more! For more information on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
- Sep 18, 20261h 58m
100!: Episode 100 - Sept. 18, 2026
This week on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is 100: Songs that mention that number in the lyrics... Plus, Johnny Cash, a cocaine-fueled murder and a 99-year prison sentence - recorded LIVE at Folsom... A spontaneous rehearsal-room jam captured on tape then rebuilt with an Atari computer... The Bad Company tune revisited nearly 50 years later with Paul Rodgers & Blackberry Smoke... A number-one disco hit reimagined as though it had been recorded at Muscle Shoals... How a snowbound Dexter binge supplied Marcus King with a song title... New music from Eli Reed, U2, Sonny Landreth, and Eddie 9V... Deep cuts from Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Whiskeytown, Josh Ritter, Ted Leo, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
- Sep 11, 20261h 58m
It's All Greek To Me: Episode 99 - Sept. 11, 2026
This week on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is It's All Greek To Me: Songs with references to Greece... The future Monkee whose song was rejected for not sounding enough like The Monkees... The soul album recorded in a basement for a grand total of $452.11 - that includes the beer!... The one-off benefit performance that unexpectedly turned into an 11-year comeback... Why Geddy Lee never understood the appeal of one of Rush’s enduring classics... A throwaway line from an old episode of Rhoda that inspired a band's biggest hit... New music from Sheryl Crow/Jesse Welles, The Rylee Bapst Band, Alabama Shakes... Deep cuts from The Stones, Otis Brown, Santana, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
- Sep 4, 20261h 58m
Friday Night Lights: Episode 98 - Sept. 4, 2026
On this episode of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Friday Night Lights: Songs that make some sort of reference to high school football in the lyrics... Also, the basement recording that became an indie-rock phenomenon - thanks to a movie scene... David Bowie’s eye patch looked like a fashion statement - but the truth was far less glamorous... The 19-year-old thief, a diamond ring and a deadly 1921 robbery that inspired a Grateful Dead classic... The suburban road that inspired a songwriter’s attack on similar houses, perfect lawns and status symbols... The hit single written in just fifteen minutes - while its songwriter nursed a hangover on a plane... New music from Keb' Mo' and Train. Deeper cuts from The Kinks, Black Crowes, The Smiths, Gov't Mule, XTC, George Harrison, Sister Hazel, Dire Straits, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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