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The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers counts down Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time with comedians, actors, and musicians.
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Oct 8, 2025 • 1h 18min
139 - The Meters - Rejuvenation - Jonathon “Boogie” Long
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The Meters had become a name as Allen Toussaint’s backing band, but by the time they released their fifth album, Rejuvenation, in the mid-1970s, they had successfully merged groovy funk with swamp rock. Boogie Long talks about the impact The Meters have had on his writing and style.
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Oct 1, 2025 • 1h 52min
140 - Blondie - Parallel Lines - Courtney Taylor-Taylor
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Although Blondie had been on the scene for over four years and already released two albums with a cult following, Parallel Lines, shot them into pop-superstardom. Courtney Taylor-Taylor of the Dandy Warhols discusses the album with Josh and talks about collaborating with Debbie Harry for a track on their most recent album.
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Sep 24, 2025 • 1h 21min
141 - B.B. King - Live At The Regal - Wayne Federman
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Universally hailed as the king of the blues, B.B. King was one of the most important electric guitarists of the last half of the 20th century. Wayne and Josh discuss how this album marked the beginning of his rise to a household name, and the impact it had on the late 1960s music scene and beyond.
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: Eric Gales featuring Joe Bonamassa
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Sep 17, 2025 • 1h 22min
142 - Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector - Wayne Federman
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Spector used his “Wall of Sound” production approach on some of the more secular Christmas standards and featured the vocal performances of Spector's regular artists during this period. Wayne Federman returns to discuss what Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys said was his favorite album of all time.
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Sep 10, 2025 • 1h 18min
143 - Dr. John, the Night Tripper - Gris Gris - Wayne Federman
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Dr. John first became a star by taking the sounds and traditions of New Orleans blues, jazz, and R&B and twisting them into new forms. The style of Gris-Gris is a hybrid of traditional New Orleans R&B elements and psychedelia. Wayne Federman returns to talk about one of New Orleans’ proudest sons.
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Sep 3, 2025 • 1h 16min
144 - N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - Rickey Smiley
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Straight Outta Compton was considered controversial upon its release due to the explicit lyrics that were seen as glorifying criminal behavior and degrading women. Despite little airplay, the album still went triple platinum. Rickey Smiley joins josh to discuss the first and only N.W.A. album to include Ice Cube, who left the group in 1989 due to a financial dispute before he went on to have a successful solo career.
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: GOLO
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Aug 27, 2025 • 1h 22min
145 - Steely Dan - Aja - Big Jay Oakerson
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Donald Fagen & Walter Becker built the early part of their career on quirky pop tunes and jingles, but made a creative shift towards jazz-rock fusion that still appealed to a mass audience on the 1978 Grammy winner for Best Engineered Non-Classical recording. Big Jay Oakerson discusses the critically acclaimed album in his first appearance since 2022!
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: Chris Berardo
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Aug 20, 2025 • 1h 27min
146 - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow - Cathy Richardson
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Several of Jefferson Airplane’s most famous songs, including “Somebody To Love,” “Today,” and “White Rabbit,” can be found on this album. Josh and Cathy discuss those tracks, as well as Jefferson Airplane’s impact on San Francisco’s counterculture movement of the 1960s.
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: Jefferson Starship
What Are We Waiting For (Official Video)
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Aug 13, 2025 • 2h 3min
147 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà vu - Jeff Daniels
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The second (and last) studio album by rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash and their first as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, contains songs that span from soft folk to hard rock. Jeff Daniels makes his debut to discuss how the album impacted the music he writes.
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Audio memoir, Audible’s “Alive and Well Enough” - https://tinyurl.com/mw8aayxv
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Aug 6, 2025 • 1h 20min
148 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy - Bill Burr
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Houses Of The Holy is the first Led Zeppelin album to have an actual title. Several songs went on to become staples in their concerts, including "The Song Remains the Same", "The Rain Song", and "No Quarter". Bill Burr makes his fourth appearance to discuss Led Zeppelin’s fifth album.
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: The Rasmus
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