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I Wanna Be Your Dog, The Stooges, 1969

November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM

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I'm glad we talked.
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Alive, Pearl Jam, 1991

WALT ALDRIDGE: The song is king

November 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM

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Walt Aldridge changed my life.
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Remembering Walt Aldridge today and every day. That afternoon I spent with him back in 2017 was life-changing. It was such a profound experience for me as a music lover and writer. Thank you, Walt.

November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM

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I need some kind of kindness.
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Crossfire, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, 1989

November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM

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So deep like dirty water.
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Awful, Hole, 1998

November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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Ahh. One of my favorite performances from Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s.
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Breaker Breaker 1-9

November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM

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Walk with me. It's time to learn.
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We're Going to Be Friends, White Stripes, 2002Well, I didn't see this one coming. Really? Of all the great performances at this weekend's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, one of my least f...

November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM

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Words to live by.
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Words to live by

November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM

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His wicked sense of humor suggests exciting sex.
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Venus as a Boy, Bjork, 1993"Venus as a Boy" is playing at full volume inside my head right now. "He believes in beauty." Cool cool cool. Having Bjork and all her dramatic bigness with me this morning ...

November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM

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I think we're one and the same.
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Perfect Pair, Beabadoobee, 2022Well, hey there, Bea. Thank you for the cool, jazzy, shoegazey tune rousing me from my slumber. Perfect Pair is one of my favorite songs in recent memory. It's a dream s...

November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM

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I'll be your Emmylou.
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Emmylou, First Aid Kit, 2012Well, how about that? Thank you, universe, for waking me with the strength of Emmylou looping in my brain. Ahhh, Emmylou ... a song for the ages. Such a brilliant song fill...

November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM

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I am a pioneer.
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Today's Song of the Day Faster, Manic Street Preachers, 1994I am ... an architect? I am a pioneer? I am stronger than Mensa, Miller, and Mailer? Whoa. Maybe I am ... I’m thinking I am not quite awake,...

November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM

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I think I love you.
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I think I Love You, The Partridge Family, 1970So, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's something knocking at my brain. "This morning I woke up with this feeling ... " Oh my goodness, earworm gods, what is happen...

November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM

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I think I love you.

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Watch this

MSM 70s rewind night two set one

October 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM

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Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind Night two
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October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM

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Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind Night one
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MSM 70s rewind night one

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October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM

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Welcome to the human race.
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Finale: Welcome to the human raceThe final performance of the Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s Labor Day weekend stand – ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky” – was the epitome of ending on a high note. What an uplifting s...

October 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM

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Go play those trouts!
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Cold Gin, KISS, 1974Brrrr. The chill in the house this morning forced me from under the covers long enough to sprint to the thermostat and turn on the heat for the first time this season. I'm so glad ...

October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM

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Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind -- Night one, my personal lookbook
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Hello, music-loving friends. One of my community's local/regional famous bands, The Fiddleworms, asked me to attend their annual fundraiser concerts Labor Day weekend and review their Muscle Shoals Me...

October 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM

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I've been to Oklahoma.
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Never Been to Spain, Three Dog Night, 1971I woke up from a nightmare with this old song jockeying to be my new friend. Hmmm. How about that? "Never Been to Spain" is a bluesy odd sort of power ballad ...

October 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM

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I'll try to love again.
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Part 20: I’ll try to love againJust when we thought it was safe to go back into the water, Angela Hacker's final performance of the Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s two-night stand absolutely devoured us. ...

October 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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Sing along all night long.
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Part 19: Sing all night longAs the Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s two-night stand was drawing to a close, the world-famous Fiddleworms and friends had the audacity to ask all the thought-provoking questi...

October 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM

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Writing's on the wall
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Part 18: Writing’s on the wallMuscle Shoals Meets the 70s highlighted so many of the spicy ingredients that went into making me who I am. Did the MSM the 70s two-night stand do that for you, too? Both...

Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s

October 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM

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Mother, mother Singing River
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Part 17: Mother, mother Singing RiverHey, friends. In case I didn’t tell you, it was really good hanging out with y'all Labor Day weekend. Thank you to Kelvin Holly and the Fiddleworms for giving us a...

October 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM

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Dancing in the sand.
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Part 16: Dancing in the sandMuscle Shoals Meets the 70s had me firmly planted in a sea of blue jean babies longing to be the seamstress for the band. I closed my eyes and exhaled in the moment when Cl...