On Side A: We find some common threads that led to the rise in fame and success of Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Ike & Tina Revue. Each group had breakout hits by performing cover songs. That’s right, folks. Cover Songs. Susie Q was a song written by Dale Hawkins in 1957. In 1968, Creedence decided to cover the song for their debut album. The song went on to be one of their biggest hits and earned them plenty of air time on the radio. Similarly, when Ike & Tina first entered...

Episode Eight takes us out of the blue and into the black. Out of Canada into California and all around the heartland with one of the most iconic singer-songwriters and rock and roll heroes of the last four decades, Mr. Neil Young. On Side A we have a classic late night porch banter about Neil Young's My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) which was covered by the Chromatics. On side B we take a jaunt to London to have a little fireside chat about Freddie Mercury and the band Queen to talk about...

Episode 7 takes us back down South in the early 1970s then on over to England in the 1980s.  On Side A, we have fun discovering the original Little Feat song, "Willin." Willin’ is a song written by the guitarist & singer, Lowell George, in 1970 and was a mainstay of the band Little Feat. The song is about a truck driver in the American southwest who makes some extra cash smuggling cigarettes and transporting Mexicans illegally across the border. In the liner notes of the 1993 album, As...

The temp on the porch may be arctic but Episode 5 is a little Sip of Sunshine.  In the midst of a rare Bomb Cyclone, we head back to 1967 on Side A to chat about Simon & Garfunkel’s Hazy Shade of Winter which the Bangles covered for the soundtrack to the iconic 80s film - Less Than Zero. Filler waxes poetically about one of his favorite authors, Bret Easton Ellis, while I just try to keep up with him & stick with the program. On Side B, we take you from Rome to Nashville for some...

Today’s episode features two incredible songs, On Side A we will be chatting about: Nothing Compares 2 U with our very special guest, Paul Peterson. For those of you that have listened to Episodes 1, 2, & 3, you’ll know that I am a sucker for dark, brooding, haunting, and chilling songs about pain, love, & loss. I challenge you to find a better song that conveys a terribly fragile & broken heart more than Nothing Compares 2 U. We also pay homage to the brilliance of Chris Cornell...

So, Is there anyone out there that hasn’t had his or her heart broken? If so, perhaps this episode won’t speak to you. But I am pretty sure that heartbreaks (like music) are a universal language and truth that we all can feel and reflect upon once we have crawled out from the rubble. We hope you enjoy today's episode which discusses some truly beautiful cover songs that thematically touch upon break ups, loss of love, and heartache. On Side A, we will be chatting about Ryan Adams' brilliant...

Today we will be discussing two influential cover songs we really dig. On Side A, we discuss Nirvana’s poignant, deep, and dark cover of Lead Belly’s, “Where did you sleep last night?” And, on Side B, we discuss The Band’s cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Atlantic City.

We kick off Season One of Cover Story with some NIN, Johnny Cash, Dylan, and GnR...