Reelin' In The Years (RITY)

This week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is "Bay" Watch... Plus, the deliberately “uncommercial” song written in a room at a Holiday Inn that became a hit... The accidental guitar tuning that left Pete Townshend and David Gilmour searching for answers... The soul classic secretly powered by Motown's The Funk Brothers and a big stack of cash... The upbeat hit followed by a mysterious death - and questions that remain unanswered... The song that connected a band’s British-blues past with its polished California future... New music from Brandon Flowers, Eddie 9V, and the sibling duo Sam & Louise Sullivan... Deep tracks from Van Morrison, Morphine, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Paying The Bills... Also, the reggae legend who refused a Chuck Berry classic - until Louisiana became Jamaica... The New Orleans classic featuring a future superstar - still in her teens - singing backup with her mother... The late-night hotel room lyric that went from “walking around the room” to something more memorable... The song title overheard during a high-speed ride with a drug dealer nicknamed “The Count"... New music from Billy Strings and The Womack Sisters... Deep cuts from The Allman Brothers, Men At Work, Wilco, Michelle Shocked, and much more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is "Back To School"... Also, The song inspired by an open window, a missing cat and one very worried songwriter... How a trip to Elvis’s home helped a songwriter turn a broken relationship into a journey toward healing... How a childhood memory of gathering wild plants in rural Louisiana inspired a swamp-rock classic... The ordinary airplane ride that became a confrontation with anxiety, mortality and the imagination... New music from American Aquarium, Rolling Stones, and Kevin Morby... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... For the Featured Five Theme, we explore the roots of rock 'n' roll... Plus, The ancient empire, missing verse and faulty mixing console behind a Neil Young epic... The Linda Ronstadt hit that began when six encores left her band with nothing else prepared... The road anthem that began as an idea for a Ford commercial... The Guns N’ Roses co-founder who traded stadium chaos for a return to basics... New music from Wyatt Flores and Buffalo Traffic Jam... Deep cuts from The Black Crowes, The Call, The Blasters, Rolling Stones, Beth Hart, Flamin' Groovies, and more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Lucky No. 7... Also, the phone call that arrived just before a songwriter’s phone service was disconnected... A hit song from 1991 that was inspired by two events that reshaped the world in 1989... The story behind a famous “bass line” that wasn’t actually played on a bass guitar... The studio accident that unexpectedly made room for the biggest song of Jonathan Edwards’ career... Deep tracks from Pete Townshend, Elton John, Iron & Wine, MT Jones, Mac Demarco, Jesse Welles, Lemonheads, and more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Smoke From A Distant Fire... Plus, The Waterboys revive a Prince recording that sat unheard for nearly 40 years... The Canadian band that landed on the cover of Rolling Stone before they even had a record deal... What song by Andrew Gold was inspired by growing up in a Hollywood family - and feeling overlooked?... A Pixies classic that they nearly left off an album because they thought it was too "pop"... New music from Role Model and Slap Dragon... Deep tracks from Jason & The Scorchers, T. Rex, Sheryl Crow, Fats Domino, 10CC, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Finding Some Shade... Plus, what band got its name from an Aboriginal Australian expression?... How a single overheard sentence became one of rock's greatest mysteries... What Queen song nearly featured backing vocals from David Bowie?... New music from The Revivalists, Trey Hensley & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Johnny Blue Skies... Deep cuts from Little Feat, Junior Wells, Van Morrison, and more! For more info on the program, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Making The "Cut"... Also, the day Paul McCartney unknowingly became Nirvana's lead singer... Why Berry Gordy almost kept a Stevie Wonder classic off the radio... The strange story behind Jefferson Airplane's most unusual song title... A Bryan Adams classic born from a happy accident that felt so right... New music from The Rolling Stones, Houndmouth, Jeff Tweedy, and Bartees Strange... Plus deeper tracks from Pavement, J.J. Cale, The Velvet Underground, Jackson Browne, Dire Straits, The Black Keys, Sturgill Simpson, The Beatles, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Boom!... What Beatles song was inspired by a phrase uttered by reggae singer, Jimmy Scott?... A Motown song that had to be recorded three different times before it passed quality control... Amphetamine abuse + Occultism = A 1968 title track by The Velvet Underground... Music from a soul singer who got his big break as a backing singer for CeeLo Green... New music from King Tuff and Low Cut Connie... Deeper tracks from Bad Company, Poco, Buffalo Springfield, Turnpike Troubadours, Dirty Honey, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness: Celebrating America's Independence... Also, music from a singer who's been out of the public eye for 16 years! I'll tell you why... What Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' tune was inspired by a quote from Janis Joplin?... What song by Wings is named after Paul McCartney's old Labrador Retriever?... A song that John Sebastian wrote on a dreary November day when he was feeling depressed... New music from Jesse Welles, The James Hunter Six, and Johnny Marr... Deep cuts from Free, Bob Mould, 10,000 Maniacs, Kalapana, The Only Ones, My Morning Jacket, Steely Dan, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com