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Song Of The Day: July 22, 2018

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“I went home with the waitress, the way I always do. How was I to know she was with the Russians too?”:

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Song Of The Day: July 21, 2018

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Maybe you’re cheatin’, maybe you’re lyin’, maybe you have lost your mind…  

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Song Of The Day: July 20, 2018

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‘You’ve got a monkey for a president’:  

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Song Of The Day: July 19, 2018

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I’d like to dedicate this one to Maria Butina, who would have been right at home in this band:

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Song Of The Day: July 18, 2018

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Home is where you go when nobody else will take you in:

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Song Of The Day: July 17, 2018

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This song seems more prescient every day:

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Song Of The Day: July 16, 2018

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What song do you think should be the theme for the Putin-Trump summit? Here is my wife’s pick:

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Song Of The Day: July 15, 2018

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When you write songs as well as Graham Parker, you can escape the bar scene.  Here we catch him and the Rumour just as they were making that transition. As you can see/hear, Graham had great taste in soul covers as well:

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Song Of The Day: July 14, 2018

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Most bar bands never escape the bar circuit b/c they just don’t have the ‘it’ factor.  I never understood how this band made their escape, but they did, and Thorogood is pretty cool, so that’s OK. And, if you’re gonna channel somebody, Hound Dog Taylor ain’t a bad choice:

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Song Of The Day: July 13, 2018

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Another great British pub-rock band:

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Song Of The Day: July 12, 2018

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Pretty sure that’s Nick Lowe on bass guitar. And Dave Edmunds might be up there as well. Pub rockin’ at its best:

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Song Of The Day: July 11, 2018

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Hey, no list of great bar bands would be complete w/o these cats from Asbury Park, NJ:

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Song Of The Day: July 10, 2018

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London pub-rockers Ducks Deluxe with a slab of pure adrenaline:

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