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This is a topic sent in by Patreon mixtaper 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:41.200 Sean Goff and the topic songs for a late night 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:46.019 solo drive. Believe it or not, Sean, I have this 00:01:46.019 --> 00:01:49.799 exact playlist on my phone and it's one that 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.760 I've cultivated over many, many years. So this 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:56.640 is going to be a really fun episode for me. But 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.239 I want to talk about where my mind is at when 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:03.540 I think about a late night drive. When my wife 00:02:03.540 --> 00:02:05.859 and I were dating, we did the long distance thing 00:02:05.859 --> 00:02:09.039 for a little over a year and changed before we 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:12.800 got engaged and started planning our future together. 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:17.199 And during that time that we were dating, every 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:19.520 other week we would drive up to see each other. 00:02:20.139 --> 00:02:23.219 Now, given the time I was working in network 00:02:23.219 --> 00:02:25.800 radio, there was no such thing as weekend or 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.780 holidays or sleep. You worked whatever shift 00:02:30.780 --> 00:02:33.259 you were able to get. And my shift at that time 00:02:33.259 --> 00:02:37.919 was Wednesday through Sunday, 4 p .m. till midnight. 00:02:38.659 --> 00:02:42.360 My wife at the time was working a regular Monday 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.939 through Friday 9 to 5 shift. So we never shared 00:02:45.939 --> 00:02:49.659 the same days off. For I want to say the first 00:02:49.659 --> 00:02:54.039 maybe nine months we were dating. So she would 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:58.340 drive down on a Friday night. park at my house, 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:01.740 take the bus in, meet me at the studio. And when 00:03:01.740 --> 00:03:04.680 my shift ended at midnight, we would go out on 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.800 a date starting at midnight. And usually, thank 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:09.879 God, we were in New York City. So we would end 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:13.560 up at the 1 a .m. Dangerfield show to catch a 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.460 few comedians, then go to a restaurant, get back 00:03:16.460 --> 00:03:20.259 to my house around, I don't know, 4 or 5 a .m., 00:03:20.259 --> 00:03:24.180 go to sleep, get up, have breakfast, and I would 00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:27.110 head back into work. Then on Saturday night, 00:03:27.229 --> 00:03:29.870 we would rinse, lather, and repeat again. We 00:03:29.870 --> 00:03:32.250 would head out around midnight, maybe go see 00:03:32.250 --> 00:03:34.969 a movie, maybe just walk around Times Square, 00:03:35.250 --> 00:03:38.030 go see a band. There were still bands playing. 00:03:38.169 --> 00:03:40.629 Go back into New Jersey, head into Hoboken because 00:03:40.629 --> 00:03:43.110 the bars were open until around 2. Hang out with 00:03:43.110 --> 00:03:46.409 some friends, go to a diner, come back. And then 00:03:46.409 --> 00:03:49.949 on Sunday morning, she would drive back home. 00:03:50.409 --> 00:03:52.710 I would head back into the city and go to work. 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:55.939 Now, when I got out of work on Sunday night at 00:03:55.939 --> 00:04:00.960 midnight, I would drive up to her and arrive 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.419 just about the time she was getting up to head 00:04:03.419 --> 00:04:06.780 out to work. I would sleep all day. She would 00:04:06.780 --> 00:04:09.419 come home and we would go out to dinner and a 00:04:09.419 --> 00:04:12.180 movie or hang out with her friends up there. 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:14.340 And we did this for about nine months before 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:17.459 we realized it was unsustainable. We were both 00:04:17.459 --> 00:04:21.519 exhausted. However, the reason I told that whole 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:25.790 story. is every other week I was driving for 00:04:25.790 --> 00:04:30.029 five to six hours at night, overnight. And there 00:04:30.029 --> 00:04:33.189 was a certain vibe that I would burn onto my 00:04:33.189 --> 00:04:35.970 mix CDs at the time, because this was pre -iPod. 00:04:36.209 --> 00:04:40.230 There were no playlists. I was creating mix CDs, 00:04:40.610 --> 00:04:43.649 putting them into a book, and hitting the road. 00:04:43.810 --> 00:04:47.029 But I needed something that kept me awake, but 00:04:47.029 --> 00:04:50.899 also kept me in a good mood. And I ended up following 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:54.759 this kind of vibe that, in time, ended up on 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:58.100 playlists and stayed with me through all the 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:00.660 years. And I think through the songs I choose 00:05:00.660 --> 00:05:03.360 tonight, I don't necessarily have to explain 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.920 the vibe, but I think it's going to be pretty 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:08.779 evident. Consider this the musical equivalent 00:05:08.779 --> 00:05:11.660 to Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I didn't want 00:05:11.660 --> 00:05:14.759 anything that was too amped up or too hot, and 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:16.500 I didn't want anything that was too slow and 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:18.120 mellow that would put me to sleep behind the 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:20.850 wheel or... too cold. I was trying to find that 00:05:20.850 --> 00:05:23.629 sweet spot. And there's definitely a vibe in 00:05:23.629 --> 00:05:25.589 all the songs I'm going to be talking about tonight, 00:05:25.829 --> 00:05:29.389 usually involving a lot of guitar work. And I'm 00:05:29.389 --> 00:05:33.089 usually staying in a mid -tempo area or slightly 00:05:33.089 --> 00:05:35.990 slower than mid -tempo. Nothing that's really 00:05:35.990 --> 00:05:40.430 fast or crazy. I saved that for when I needed 00:05:40.430 --> 00:05:42.329 a pick -me -up towards the end of the drive. 00:05:42.509 --> 00:05:45.069 You know, the sun was starting to rise. I was 00:05:45.069 --> 00:05:48.649 exhausted from driving all night. I had So much 00:05:48.649 --> 00:05:50.550 caffeine in me, I didn't know if I was quite 00:05:50.550 --> 00:05:53.610 tired or still shaking from the caffeine. That's 00:05:53.610 --> 00:05:55.870 when you would do the heavier side of things, 00:05:56.069 --> 00:05:59.449 the 90s hip -hop, the metal, the punk, anything 00:05:59.449 --> 00:06:02.230 to keep me going just to get to the finish line. 00:06:02.470 --> 00:06:05.870 However, most of the night involved this nighttime 00:06:05.870 --> 00:06:08.910 drive. You're driving by moonlight. The roads 00:06:08.910 --> 00:06:11.470 are a little bit more open, less obnoxious drivers 00:06:11.470 --> 00:06:14.660 on the road. Your biggest fear is trying not 00:06:14.660 --> 00:06:16.860 to get hypnotized by the headlights coming in 00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:19.740 the other direction and keep focused. And these 00:06:19.740 --> 00:06:22.259 are songs that kind of do that. But also because 00:06:22.259 --> 00:06:26.000 it's nighttime and you're alone, that's a big 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.339 part of this playlist. So when you're on a nighttime 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:32.300 drive with other people, the vibe might be totally 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:33.779 different. But when you're alone, it's a little 00:06:33.779 --> 00:06:37.120 bit more introspective. Think about this. Everybody 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.939 at this point was sleeping. At least most people 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:42.019 were. I worked, again, the later shifts, sometimes 00:06:42.019 --> 00:06:45.220 overnights. So my sleep schedule was a lot different 00:06:45.220 --> 00:06:48.300 than everybody else's. But this was also at the 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:52.519 time when cell phones weren't as prominent. And 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.779 you were lucky if you had a plan at the time 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:57.819 that you weren't paying by the minute to be on 00:06:57.819 --> 00:07:01.959 said cell phone. So there was no hopping on a 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:04.120 call with someone who happened to be awake and 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:06.019 shooting the breeze all night long. You were 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:08.199 on your own. And there was a certain amount of 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:11.540 freedom to that. And it's something that I think 00:07:11.540 --> 00:07:14.699 it's lost in this day and age. Because people 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:18.519 are so used to being connected, freedom is almost 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:21.500 scary to people. But there is something about 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:24.800 these songs that put me in this mode, even if 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.319 I'm just listening to this playlist and I'm not 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.540 in the car. So that's the vibe I'm aiming for 00:07:30.540 --> 00:07:32.379 tonight. But I also want to know, those of you 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:35.040 listening out there, what are songs you listen 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.839 to on a late night drive? You remember all those 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:39.420 channels I mentioned at the beginning of the 00:07:39.420 --> 00:07:42.180 show? This is where you use them. I want to hear 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:45.300 the songs that fuel your late night drives. That 00:07:45.300 --> 00:07:47.660 keeps this conversation going after the show. 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.339 I'm not going to go through them all again, but 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:52.040 in case you forgot them already because you're 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:53.899 so busy enjoying what you're hearing from the 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:56.439 show right now, just remember anything you need 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:58.860 to know about My Weekly Mixtape, along with a 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:02.300 back catalog of 160 plus episodes you can find 00:08:02.300 --> 00:08:08.319 at myweeklymixtape .com. All right. So the sun 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.740 has set. The keys are in the ignition or in your 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:13.660 pocket, depending on if you have a newer car 00:08:13.660 --> 00:08:16.500 or not. And you're hitting the road for this 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:20.279 late night solo drive. And I've got the perfect 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:23.600 song to kick things off for tonight. And that 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.579 is by the one and only Joe Bonamassa, former 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:30.579 My Weekly Mixtape guest. He was on and we talked 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:33.539 about this song in length. On our episode, if 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:35.799 you want to check it out in the My Weekly Mixtape 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.460 archives, I am going to go with the title track 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:42.440 from his album Slow Gin, which was a cover originally 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:47.440 recorded by Tim Curry. Yes, that Tim Curry from 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.980 Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue, Muppets Treasure 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:54.600 Island, Home Alone 2, you name it. That Tim Curry, 00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:57.879 which was brought to Joe by his producer, Kevin 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:01.220 Shirley. and Joe did a cover of it, and it's 00:09:01.220 --> 00:09:04.299 absolutely incredible. Joe goes into the story 00:09:04.299 --> 00:09:06.519 behind this cover on our episode, so I'd much 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:09.259 rather you hear it from him than me. But this 00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:11.399 is one of those songs that as soon as I hear 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:15.320 it, even if I'm not in a car, it makes me feel 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:17.799 like I need to be in one, and it needs to be 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:21.340 at night. The vibe of this song encapsulates 00:09:21.340 --> 00:09:25.440 what I'm aiming to capture from this playlist. 00:09:25.740 --> 00:09:29.029 So if you already know the song, And you know 00:09:29.029 --> 00:09:32.409 the vibe that it gives off in the music. The 00:09:32.409 --> 00:09:34.970 rest of the songs on my playlist might not be 00:09:34.970 --> 00:09:37.590 very shocking to you. But if you haven't heard 00:09:37.590 --> 00:09:40.110 this song, this is one of the ones that I always 00:09:40.110 --> 00:09:42.669 tell people, if you're going to go down the Joe 00:09:42.669 --> 00:09:45.389 Bonamassa rabbit hole, but you're not the biggest 00:09:45.389 --> 00:09:48.009 blues fan, you're more of a rock fan, I send 00:09:48.009 --> 00:09:51.789 them here. This album as a whole is amazing. 00:09:52.129 --> 00:09:56.820 But this title track stopped me. dead in my tracks 00:09:56.820 --> 00:09:58.940 the first time I heard it. And believe it or 00:09:58.940 --> 00:10:01.860 not, kid you not, the first time I heard it was 00:10:01.860 --> 00:10:04.779 after I picked up the CD at Vintage Vinyl in 00:10:04.779 --> 00:10:07.480 Fords, New Jersey, which, rest in peace, they're 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:10.379 sadly no longer there, right before they closed 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:14.700 at 9 p .m., listening to the album at night on 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:18.019 the Garden State Parkway, headlights coming at 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:21.100 me, brake lights in front of me. This is the 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:24.220 vibe we're talking about here. It's the fifth 00:10:24.220 --> 00:10:26.240 track on the album, and it's a longer track. 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:28.820 It's almost eight minutes long. But for those 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:30.879 of you that don't like longer songs, don't stress. 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:32.879 It's one of those eight -minute songs that feels 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:35.179 more like a three -minute song. There's just 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:38.019 so much packed into it, you have no idea you've 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:39.620 been listening for as long as you have by the 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:42.759 time it's done. The one warning I will give with 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:45.919 this song, because this happened to me the night 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:49.120 I was driving home listening to this CD, be careful 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:54.299 of the sirens. in the song itself that leads 00:10:54.299 --> 00:10:58.419 into the guitar solo. Because I'll tell you what, 00:10:58.580 --> 00:11:01.539 I had this thing cranked so loud, I honestly 00:11:01.539 --> 00:11:03.899 thought I was getting pulled over. I started 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:06.679 looking in my rear view mirrors, trying to find 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:09.840 where the lights were to match. Then I realized 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.840 it was part of the song. So don't let that happen 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:15.210 to you. Just be aware it's in there. Because 00:11:15.210 --> 00:11:17.110 the last thing I want is for you listening to 00:11:17.110 --> 00:11:19.590 this song, you're getting into the vibe, you're 00:11:19.590 --> 00:11:21.389 feeling the music, you're behind the wheel. And 00:11:21.389 --> 00:11:24.269 all of a sudden you're completely caught off 00:11:24.269 --> 00:11:25.870 guard and you're jumping out of your skin because 00:11:25.870 --> 00:11:27.529 you're now paranoid thinking you're getting pulled 00:11:27.529 --> 00:11:30.149 over. No, it's not happening. I mean, if you 00:11:30.149 --> 00:11:31.909 happen to be speeding when you're listening to 00:11:31.909 --> 00:11:33.889 it and you are getting pulled over, maybe that 00:11:33.889 --> 00:11:36.129 would be some weird musical real life synergy. 00:11:36.509 --> 00:11:40.269 But I digress. Slow Jim by Joe Bonamassa is the 00:11:40.269 --> 00:11:44.799 perfect way to start. this late night drive album. 00:11:44.940 --> 00:11:48.100 Now, these type of episodes, if you haven't figured 00:11:48.100 --> 00:11:50.799 it out yet, is me just talking off the cuff. 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:54.340 I have no notes in front of me. It's just my 00:11:54.340 --> 00:11:56.980 microphone. And in this case, because I have 00:11:56.980 --> 00:12:00.059 a playlist that's similar to the topic, my phone 00:12:00.059 --> 00:12:02.059 in my hand, and I'm just scrolling up and down, 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:04.519 kind of seeing where I want to go next as I'm 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:08.299 talking here. However, something about this style 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:11.360 of playlist. It always made me wonder, when I 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.740 was doing those long drives at night, what would 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:19.379 the daytime equivalent song be to the nighttime 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:23.039 track? So I think tonight I'm going to try something 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:27.460 completely different and create two simultaneous 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:31.620 playlists at once. The one that Sean provided, 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:35.679 which is a solo late night drive, and then one 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:38.240 that I'll put at the bottom of the episode page. 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:42.019 under the also mentioned in this episode section. 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:46.320 And I'm going to call this the daytime alternative 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:50.059 version. And each artist I talk about tonight, 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:53.539 I'm going to drop a second song by that artist 00:12:53.539 --> 00:12:56.539 that I think will be better if you were doing 00:12:56.539 --> 00:13:00.580 this road trip during the day. I'm not going 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:02.879 to get into these songs too much, but just throw 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.159 it out in the universe. And for Joe Bonamassa, 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:08.000 I am going to go off of his Dust Bowl album. 00:13:08.490 --> 00:13:11.750 and go with his extremely fun cover of Tennessee 00:13:11.750 --> 00:13:16.309 Plates featuring the original artist John Hyatt 00:13:16.309 --> 00:13:19.710 on the track. The song just has Road Trip written 00:13:19.710 --> 00:13:24.110 all over it. It's the yin and yang 180 opposite 00:13:24.110 --> 00:13:28.629 of everything Joe is doing on Slow Gin. And it's 00:13:28.629 --> 00:13:30.990 also a cover, so there's some synergy in that. 00:13:31.629 --> 00:13:34.289 And it gives you, if you haven't listened to 00:13:34.289 --> 00:13:38.940 Joe's music before, two different extremes. something 00:13:38.940 --> 00:13:43.240 that is really slow and drawn out and meant to 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:47.039 evoke that nighttime spirit, and something that's 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:50.120 more upbeat and sing -along and top -down and 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:53.360 sunshining, which he perfectly captures with 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:56.120 the help of one of the greatest songwriters of 00:13:56.120 --> 00:14:00.340 all time, John Hyatt, covering one of his classic 00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:07.340 tracks. Now, we're talking road trip music. So 00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:09.460 let's get the elephant in the room addressed 00:14:09.460 --> 00:14:13.120 to anybody who's listened to this show more than 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.559 once. There is no way I'm getting through a road 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.620 trip episode and not sneaking some Tom Petty 00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:23.240 and the Heartbreakers into the fold. Coming out 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:25.860 of Slow Gin, you already have an idea of the 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:28.940 vibe I'm going for. Now, this will be a little 00:14:28.940 --> 00:14:32.740 faster and a little more upbeat than Slow Gin 00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:37.649 because Slow Gin is a... slow burn of a song 00:14:37.649 --> 00:14:41.149 and while it's not to the extreme that slow gin 00:14:41.149 --> 00:14:44.629 is in comparison to the rest of the album it's 00:14:44.629 --> 00:14:49.049 from fits perfectly in the number two slot and 00:14:49.049 --> 00:14:51.230 i'm going to go off of tom petty's hard promises 00:14:51.230 --> 00:14:54.570 album and go with the song a woman in love it's 00:14:54.570 --> 00:14:58.929 not me the masterful mike campbell guitar work 00:14:58.929 --> 00:15:03.169 on full display in this track And I think that's 00:15:03.169 --> 00:15:05.710 important because coming out of a song with guitar 00:15:05.710 --> 00:15:09.529 work like Joe Bonamassa, you can't take a huge 00:15:09.529 --> 00:15:12.610 jump from track one to track two, or this playlist 00:15:12.610 --> 00:15:14.649 is going to go off the rails before you even 00:15:14.649 --> 00:15:18.830 get three tracks in. And Mike Campbell, while 00:15:18.830 --> 00:15:21.289 not talked about in the same breath as the Joe 00:15:21.289 --> 00:15:23.929 Bonamassas and the guitar wizards out there, 00:15:24.070 --> 00:15:28.049 is an incredible lead guitarist and one of the 00:15:28.049 --> 00:15:31.110 best to do it. He knows how to play to the song. 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:35.019 He knows how to build the song up with his guitar 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:38.480 work. Sometimes it's flashy. Other times it's 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:42.559 restrained. But he knows, in almost a masterful 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:46.299 sense, how to deliver the perfect guitar work 00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:49.639 for whatever song is on tap. And it's on full 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:53.840 display in A Woman in Love, It's Not Me. Little 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:55.879 fun fact about this one as well, if you like 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:59.159 going down that nerd music rabbit hole. Ron Blair 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.419 is the bass guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:04.639 on this entire album. However, on A Woman in 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:08.720 Love, It's Not Me, it's Donald Duck Dunn on bass. 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:11.240 So maybe it's something you knew, maybe it's 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:13.179 something you didn't. The song did crack the 00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:16.539 top 100, but was not a top 40 hit for the band. 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:19.980 Surprising, but kind of not because it is a pretty, 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:23.059 I don't know, dramatic track, I guess you'd call 00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:25.399 it, compared to everything else on Hard Promises. 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.080 Although Night Watchmen also has kind of a vibe 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:31.200 that I could have used on this playlist as well. 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:34.080 So it all depends on kind of where you want to 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.519 take this. But for me, it's all about Mike Campbell 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.000 on this track. And that's where I'm going to 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:42.419 come out of Joe Bonamassa with. Because as I 00:16:42.419 --> 00:16:44.460 look at a lot of the songs that I have in this 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:47.519 playlist on my phone here, if I were to go from 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:50.700 Joe Bonamassa to some of these, it might not 00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:54.529 make as much sense. And while personally... I 00:16:54.529 --> 00:16:56.669 wouldn't care because I put them all on this 00:16:56.669 --> 00:16:59.289 playlist to kind of just shuffle it at my will 00:16:59.289 --> 00:17:02.210 for the sake of the discussion in this episode. 00:17:02.350 --> 00:17:04.730 I want to be a little bit more deliberate with 00:17:04.730 --> 00:17:10.410 my approach. Now, in terms of a day trip alternative 00:17:10.410 --> 00:17:14.029 song, I mean, a Tom Petty road trip playlist, 00:17:14.190 --> 00:17:17.470 that's a topic in and of itself that I'm going 00:17:17.470 --> 00:17:19.910 to put a pin in for now because I am definitely 00:17:19.910 --> 00:17:23.230 going to hit that up for this summer. But for 00:17:23.230 --> 00:17:26.880 now, Let's just go with a day trip alternative 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:31.019 song of King's Highway from Into the Great Wide 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:35.740 Open. Going back to back from Joe Bonamassa and 00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:38.720 John Hyatt doing Tennessee plates into Tom Petty 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:42.019 and the Heartbreakers, King's Highway. Chef's 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:44.220 kiss right there musically, as far as I'm concerned. 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.140 But moving on, we're going to dig a little bit 00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:51.980 more into the blues, or at least the bluesier 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:55.880 side of rock. And the song is a massive worldwide 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:59.920 hit, number one in the U .S. and several countries 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:02.900 around the world. And I mention that so matter 00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:04.859 -of -factly not because I have a head full of 00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:08.019 worthless music knowledge, which is true, but 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:10.940 we did talk about this on the Billboard number 00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:14.400 one hits of the 80s episode of the show. But 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:16.859 along with those chart numbers, it also won a 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:21.180 Grammy and a Juno and put a lot of miles on the 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:25.039 map. and created a song that would become an 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:29.099 absolute staple for thousands of female singers, 00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:34.359 along with maybe some really, really drunk male 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:39.019 singers from karaoke bars to reality TV shows. 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:42.059 And it's one of those songs, kind of like Hearts 00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:44.500 Alone, that every time you hear someone else 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:47.519 do it, you go, that's good. It's not the original. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:50.980 Or, well, Hearts is a cover. I've talked about 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:54.140 that many a times on the show, but Heart made 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:58.420 it their own. So it's good. It's not Heart or 00:18:58.420 --> 00:19:02.839 it's not Alana Miles, but it's good. Alana Miles 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.960 set the bar. And I'll be honest, this is one 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:08.519 of those songs that I would welcome if a newer 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:12.619 artist wanted to put their spin on it. But my 00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:15.799 God, you would really have to bring something 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:19.480 unique to even come close to the perfection. 00:19:20.089 --> 00:19:23.869 That is Black Velvet. Now, for daytime alternative 00:19:23.869 --> 00:19:27.369 tracks, this is an interesting one. Because I 00:19:27.369 --> 00:19:29.690 very easily can go with the album opener Our 00:19:29.690 --> 00:19:32.349 World, Our Times from her second album, Rocking 00:19:32.349 --> 00:19:35.430 Horse. But I think I'm going to stick with her 00:19:35.430 --> 00:19:38.349 self -titled album and go with Still Got This 00:19:38.349 --> 00:19:41.049 Thing. Just happens to be the album opener on 00:19:41.049 --> 00:19:43.829 that as well. I mean, it's pretty obvious between 00:19:43.829 --> 00:19:45.750 those two albums that Alana knows how to kick 00:19:45.750 --> 00:19:49.640 her albums off. And Still Got This Thing? While 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:52.339 a bit more on the rock side in comparison to 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:56.000 Joe Bonamassa and Tom Petty definitely works 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.240 for a daytime road trip experience. But putting 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:03.579 us back into that solo late night drive mindset, 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:07.519 gonna stay with that bluesy vibe coming out of 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:10.759 Black Velvet and go with another former My Weekly 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:14.819 Mixtape guest and the incredible track Nothing 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:18.059 But The Night. featuring the unmistakable vocals 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:20.900 from the one and only Noah Hunt and the guitar 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:24.299 mastery of the artist and band's namesake, the 00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:28.460 one and only Kenny Wayne Shepard. This track 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:31.059 comes from his Lay It On Down album, one of my 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:33.380 favorites in his catalog. We talked about this 00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:36.559 album at length on the episode, along with a 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:39.980 ton of stuff from Kenny's discography. Really 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:43.799 fun episode if you're into blues rock. He, along 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:47.000 with Joe Bonamassa, Johnny Lang, really have 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:49.880 helped carry the torch for blues rock from the 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:52.940 90s and beyond. And I'm so grateful for that. 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:56.299 But once again, this song is a vibe that I don't 00:20:56.299 --> 00:21:00.259 necessarily consider this a blues song. Blues 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:03.519 rock for sure. But as soon as you hear the groove 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:06.700 that Chris Layton, apologies for the pun given 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:09.559 the album name, but lays down for this track, 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:13.019 you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. Because 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:16.779 as soon as it kicks in, you feel this as a late 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:20.700 night drive song. And I hope you see now where 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:23.900 I'm going, putting these songs back to back here. 00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:26.900 Because when I think of late night drives, this 00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:30.140 is the sound that comes to my mind. Now, I'm 00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:32.519 sure there's people out there that have completely 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:35.519 different thoughts about what a nighttime playlist 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:38.000 should sound like. And that's, again, where I 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:40.599 want to hear from you. Remember, myweeklymixtape 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:44.359 at gmail .com. myweeklymixtape .com. You know 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:47.480 all the other places. Hit me up. Keep this conversation 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:51.380 going. But my God, the guitar work on this track 00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:54.839 is on another level, as is pretty much anything 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:58.220 that Kenny Wayne Shepard, I'm just going to say 00:21:58.220 --> 00:22:01.799 it again, sorry, lays down on an album. And you 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:03.539 could stop groaning now. I promise that's the 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:05.880 last time I use that pun in this episode. At 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:11.130 least I hope. For the flip side, though. And 00:22:11.130 --> 00:22:14.109 that Daytime Alternative mix. I'm going to stay 00:22:14.109 --> 00:22:17.750 with the exact same album and go with a, I'm 00:22:17.750 --> 00:22:19.289 sure you're going to be shocked at this one, 00:22:19.430 --> 00:22:24.609 album opener, but Baby Got Gone. This time Noah 00:22:24.609 --> 00:22:27.309 Hunt is not singing lead vocals on it and it's 00:22:27.309 --> 00:22:30.250 Kenny Wayne. So he's pulling double duty guitar 00:22:30.250 --> 00:22:35.250 and lead vocals and he slays this one. And this 00:22:35.250 --> 00:22:36.950 song is the impetus for one of the questions 00:22:36.950 --> 00:22:39.779 I asked Kenny when he was on the show. And that 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:43.460 was how he decides what songs go to him and what 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:47.259 songs go to Noah vocally. It was something I 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:49.180 was sure as hell excited to hear the answer to, 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:51.920 and I hope you listening as well. But alongside 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:55.579 of that, Baby Got Gone has a little bit of that 00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:58.099 rock vibe that Still Got This Thing by Ilana 00:22:58.099 --> 00:23:01.160 Miles has. So coming out of Tennessee Plates 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:03.819 and King's Highway, I'm still staying in that 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:06.589 same universe musically. but kind of weaving 00:23:06.589 --> 00:23:08.549 in and out of the sounds I want to incorporate 00:23:08.549 --> 00:23:12.670 on that day trip alternative mix. Now, before 00:23:12.670 --> 00:23:14.490 I go on to the next song, I want to do a quick 00:23:14.490 --> 00:23:18.150 aside here as something that goes through my 00:23:18.150 --> 00:23:21.670 mind as I'm doing this on the fly. In the moment, 00:23:21.750 --> 00:23:25.210 sometimes the temptation's there to just be extremely 00:23:25.210 --> 00:23:27.950 literal with your song choices. And I'm doing 00:23:27.950 --> 00:23:30.829 my best to not go down that road tonight, although 00:23:30.829 --> 00:23:33.549 there are some pretty tempting options to lead 00:23:33.549 --> 00:23:36.890 me down that path. especially when you take into 00:23:36.890 --> 00:23:39.950 consideration the fact that several songs on 00:23:39.950 --> 00:23:44.170 my Night Drive playlist already have the word 00:23:44.170 --> 00:23:47.009 night in the title. And in my defense, as I'm 00:23:47.009 --> 00:23:49.670 looking at these songs in this playlist on my 00:23:49.670 --> 00:23:52.710 phone, a lot of these songs with night already 00:23:52.710 --> 00:23:56.990 in the title tend to lean musically in the same 00:23:56.990 --> 00:23:59.730 area as the rest of the songs on this playlist. 00:23:59.849 --> 00:24:03.640 Maybe by design, maybe not. For example, Heat 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:06.339 of the Night by Bryan Adams. It's not the night 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:09.160 by The Cars. If you want to go a little heavier 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:11.619 on that side of the spectrum, Night Songs by 00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:14.859 Cinderella. But I didn't want to be literal Bryan 00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:17.700 tonight too much. So I'm going to try to make 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:19.619 a promise to you, and I can't guarantee it because 00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:21.460 I have no idea where the rest of this playlist 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.180 is going to go. But I'm going to do everything 00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:27.440 I can to not shoehorn in any other songs with 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:29.539 the word night in it, even though all those three 00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:33.309 that I mentioned. are killer tunes. So we'll 00:24:33.309 --> 00:24:35.569 see if I can keep this promise through the rest 00:24:35.569 --> 00:24:38.589 of this episode here. But I am still going to 00:24:38.589 --> 00:24:41.430 be literal for this next pick. So while Night 00:24:41.430 --> 00:24:46.029 was in my last song, Drive is in my next song. 00:24:46.589 --> 00:24:49.769 And no, once again, it's not the cars. Even though 00:24:49.769 --> 00:24:53.470 It's Not the Night and Drive are absolutely perfect 00:24:53.470 --> 00:24:56.089 for this mix, I'm going in a different direction 00:24:56.089 --> 00:24:58.569 musically, at least for what I'm creating for 00:24:58.569 --> 00:25:02.009 these 10 songs. So to follow up Nothing But The 00:25:02.009 --> 00:25:04.410 Night by Kenny Wayne Shepard, I'm actually going 00:25:04.410 --> 00:25:07.789 to slow things down just a little bit more because 00:25:07.789 --> 00:25:10.269 I don't want every song to hit the exact same 00:25:10.269 --> 00:25:13.410 vibe and tone or else the playlist won't have 00:25:13.410 --> 00:25:16.109 any peaks and valleys to it. And even though 00:25:16.109 --> 00:25:18.509 you're going with this mid -tempo to slower vibe, 00:25:18.809 --> 00:25:22.089 I still want there to be some movement in between 00:25:22.089 --> 00:25:26.730 songs so it doesn't feel too repetitive. And 00:25:26.730 --> 00:25:29.089 with that, we're going to slow it down and... 00:25:29.289 --> 00:25:32.769 Go with a track that opens my favorite album 00:25:32.769 --> 00:25:35.869 from said band. Now, I already said the track 00:25:35.869 --> 00:25:39.650 is Drive. Now, I said it's not The Cars, and 00:25:39.650 --> 00:25:43.450 it's also not Joe Bonamassa. So, yes, I've got 00:25:43.450 --> 00:25:47.089 multiple songs on this Night Drive playlist with 00:25:47.089 --> 00:25:50.390 the word night and the word drive in the song 00:25:50.390 --> 00:25:54.769 titles. And, to further complicate things, it's 00:25:54.769 --> 00:25:57.930 not the same song. This isn't the car's drive 00:25:57.930 --> 00:26:00.450 that's also done by Joe Bonamassa and another 00:26:00.450 --> 00:26:02.769 artist. These are three completely different 00:26:02.769 --> 00:26:05.390 songs that just happen to share the same song 00:26:05.390 --> 00:26:09.210 title. But that's besides the point. I've got 00:26:09.210 --> 00:26:11.589 two reasons why I'm not going with Joe Bonamassa. 00:26:11.750 --> 00:26:15.130 One, I've already talked about him tonight. And 00:26:15.130 --> 00:26:18.410 two, it's track three on his Blues of Desperation 00:26:18.410 --> 00:26:21.829 album, not track one. So, care to guess who it 00:26:21.829 --> 00:26:25.190 is? Once again, it's an album opening track. 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:29.660 to what I consider to be a classic album, and 00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:33.200 the album opening track is called Drive. In case 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:37.380 you haven't guessed it, it's R .E .M. Automatic 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:40.740 for the people. As far as I'm concerned, this 00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:44.539 song is perfect when you are driving at night. 00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:48.700 There's just something about it that is so hypnotic 00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:51.970 in this song. Now, I know that there are some 00:26:51.970 --> 00:26:54.369 REM fans that'll go towards some of their earlier 00:26:54.369 --> 00:26:57.710 stuff as their favorite album, but for me, Automatic 00:26:57.710 --> 00:27:01.950 for the People is an absolute masterpiece, front 00:27:01.950 --> 00:27:05.109 to back, start to finish, my all -time favorite 00:27:05.109 --> 00:27:10.029 REM album. And like every song tonight, the guitar 00:27:10.029 --> 00:27:13.609 work in this track is masterful, from the acoustic 00:27:13.609 --> 00:27:17.809 opening riff to the lead guitar in it. I don't 00:27:17.809 --> 00:27:21.369 know about you, but guitars really command the 00:27:21.369 --> 00:27:25.569 night solo drive playlist in my universe. I'd 00:27:25.569 --> 00:27:27.750 be curious if there are any instruments that 00:27:27.750 --> 00:27:31.710 might be different in yours. However, for a day 00:27:31.710 --> 00:27:33.809 trip alternative track, I am going to go back 00:27:33.809 --> 00:27:37.049 a little bit in REM's catalog, and I'm going 00:27:37.049 --> 00:27:39.990 to channel the movie Tommy Boy and just go with 00:27:39.990 --> 00:27:41.869 the obvious. It's the end of the world as we 00:27:41.869 --> 00:27:44.619 know it, and I feel fine. There's nothing like 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:47.500 trying to nothing like screwing up all the lyrics 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:49.859 to the song. No matter how much you think you 00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:53.000 know it, you probably don't. And I'm sure there's 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.579 people out there that can nail it all the way 00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:57.920 through. And if you can, bravo to you, because 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:00.279 I don't think I've ever gotten that one right. 00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:02.700 And I'm pretty good when it comes to karaoke. 00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:06.680 I can do naughty by nature's OPP and Eminem is 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:09.180 without me. But for some reason, it's the end 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:11.619 of the world as we know it. And I feel fine has 00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:17.170 been my. Achilles heel of karaoke tracks. And 00:28:17.170 --> 00:28:18.789 I need to remedy that. I'm going to have to keep 00:28:18.789 --> 00:28:21.670 working on that one. But from a musical standpoint, 00:28:21.769 --> 00:28:25.430 it ups the ante a little bit from Baby Got Gone 00:28:25.430 --> 00:28:27.930 into a little bit more punk rock frantic energy. 00:28:28.490 --> 00:28:32.569 And it's perfect to close out the side for the 00:28:32.569 --> 00:28:35.569 day trip alternative playlist. Now, with that 00:28:35.569 --> 00:28:37.230 being said, I hope you guys don't want to drive 00:28:37.230 --> 00:28:40.029 off a cliff considering I'm creating two simultaneous 00:28:40.029 --> 00:28:42.390 playlists here. And I'm going to make sure to 00:28:42.390 --> 00:28:45.170 wrap them both up in this next part because there 00:28:45.170 --> 00:28:48.490 you have it, folks. The first half of this solo 00:28:48.490 --> 00:28:51.789 night drive playlist, which kicked off with Joe 00:28:51.789 --> 00:28:55.430 Bonamassa's Slow Gin, followed by Tom Petty and 00:28:55.430 --> 00:28:57.589 the Heartbreakers, A Woman in Love, It's Not 00:28:57.589 --> 00:29:01.809 Me, Alana Miles' Black Velvet, Kenny Wayne Shepard's 00:29:01.809 --> 00:29:04.730 Nothing But the Night, and R .E .M.'s Drive. 00:29:05.609 --> 00:29:07.990 And for those of you that are looking for a daytime 00:29:07.990 --> 00:29:11.230 alternative version, it's Joe Bonamassa's Tennessee 00:29:11.230 --> 00:29:14.410 Plates featuring John Hyatt, Tom Petty and the 00:29:14.410 --> 00:29:17.509 Heartbreakers' King's Highway, Alana Miles' Still 00:29:17.509 --> 00:29:20.470 Got This Thing, Kenny Wayne Shepard's Baby Got 00:29:20.470 --> 00:29:23.869 Gone, and R .E .M.'s It's the End of the World 00:29:23.869 --> 00:29:28.470 as We Know It and I Feel Fine. Head over to myweeklymixtape 00:29:28.470 --> 00:29:31.450 .com to hear all the songs I've discussed, both 00:29:31.450 --> 00:29:34.470 the day and night versions, over on the episode 00:29:34.470 --> 00:29:41.049 page. at myweeklymixtape .com. And now here we 00:29:41.049 --> 00:29:44.549 are for the second half of this solo night drive 00:29:44.549 --> 00:29:47.730 playlist, and I'm going to stay in this vibe 00:29:47.730 --> 00:29:51.490 that we've established across the first half 00:29:51.490 --> 00:29:55.210 of this playlist. However, while it's still going 00:29:55.210 --> 00:29:57.109 to be guitar -driven, it's still going to have 00:29:57.109 --> 00:29:58.930 that blues vibe, and it's still going to be in 00:29:58.930 --> 00:30:01.730 that same kind of tempo, I'm going to bring in 00:30:01.730 --> 00:30:04.009 a little bit of the hip -hop element. at least 00:30:04.009 --> 00:30:08.970 for this next track. The problem is which song 00:30:08.970 --> 00:30:12.529 to go with. Because when it comes to this vibe, 00:30:12.930 --> 00:30:18.150 Everlast fits the bill to a T. I could have went 00:30:18.150 --> 00:30:22.509 with Blinded by the Sun, What It's Like, Ends, 00:30:22.509 --> 00:30:28.029 It Ain't Easy, The Climb, or Saving Grace, as 00:30:28.029 --> 00:30:30.309 any one of those songs would work perfectly in 00:30:30.309 --> 00:30:33.069 this playlist. But I have two that I'm... sitting 00:30:33.069 --> 00:30:36.049 here on right now trying to decide which way 00:30:36.049 --> 00:30:41.009 to go. The first, I can't move from his Eat It 00:30:41.009 --> 00:30:45.150 Whitey's album. And the second, his duet with 00:30:45.150 --> 00:30:49.369 Santana, Put Your Lights On. I'm torn because 00:30:49.369 --> 00:30:54.349 both songs are perfect for this playlist. And 00:30:54.349 --> 00:30:57.210 I think what's going to drive this pick is where 00:30:57.210 --> 00:31:00.650 I go next, not necessarily where I've been so 00:31:00.650 --> 00:31:04.359 far. Because if you look at what I've had on 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:07.299 side A between Joe Bonamassa, Mike Campbell, 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:11.279 Kenny Wayne Shepard, hell, even the Ilana Miles 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:13.180 and R .E .M. songs have great guitar in them. 00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:17.440 So you would think Santana would be the go -to. 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:21.440 However, I am going to go with I Can't Move. 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:25.960 The groove of this track is completely undeniable. 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:28.660 And it brings something a little bit different 00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:31.579 to start side B because side a ended on a little 00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:34.559 bit of a downer note with drive. It's a darker 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:37.539 song. So I wanted something that picks up the 00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:41.720 pace a little bit, but stays in the same universe 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:45.700 as everything we've heard on side a and put your 00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:49.480 lights on is still slightly darker, maybe a little 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:52.839 slower where yes, it would feel really nice coming 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:56.450 out of drive, but where I plan to go next. I 00:31:56.450 --> 00:31:59.690 think might be too much of a jump. But I should 00:31:59.690 --> 00:32:02.690 say, regardless of which of these songs I go 00:32:02.690 --> 00:32:04.470 with, I don't think I can go wrong with either 00:32:04.470 --> 00:32:09.630 one. However, for a daytime song, I'm going to 00:32:09.630 --> 00:32:12.089 go with the same album as well. Eat It Whitey's 00:32:12.089 --> 00:32:16.069 just hit an anniversary mark. Can't believe I'm 00:32:16.069 --> 00:32:20.930 saying this. 25 years. Unbelievable. Feels like 00:32:20.930 --> 00:32:23.829 it just came out yesterday and still hits like 00:32:23.829 --> 00:32:27.640 it did. Two and a half decades ago. But for that 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.380 day trip alternative, we're going to go with 00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:34.319 Black Jesus. That song just has a swagger to 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:36.839 it. And when you're driving, it makes you lower 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:40.480 the sunglasses and just kind of kick back. But 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:42.900 it still fits in with some of the other songs 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:45.400 I've talked about for the daytime alternative 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:50.200 version of this playlist. Now, coming out of 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.710 Everlast. There's going to be a pivot kind of 00:32:52.710 --> 00:32:55.769 no matter which direction I go. So I think I 00:32:55.769 --> 00:32:59.029 might do a little bit of a pivot for this next 00:32:59.029 --> 00:33:03.670 song. But the vibe is still there. And lyrically, 00:33:03.849 --> 00:33:06.890 it's really there. And this is a group that I 00:33:06.890 --> 00:33:09.109 was introduced to opening for Blues Traveler. 00:33:09.130 --> 00:33:11.789 And back in the TuneStyles days, Jay and I were 00:33:11.789 --> 00:33:13.910 fortunate enough to have the singer of this band 00:33:13.910 --> 00:33:17.049 on the show. That being Patricia Lynn, lead singer 00:33:17.049 --> 00:33:20.750 of The Wind and the Wave. It was one of my oldest 00:33:20.750 --> 00:33:24.289 first concerts. We were sitting front row. She 00:33:24.289 --> 00:33:28.569 was maybe six, turning seven at the time. And 00:33:28.569 --> 00:33:31.650 she was absolutely hypnotized by this group. 00:33:31.769 --> 00:33:34.609 And I think the song that caught my attention 00:33:34.609 --> 00:33:38.829 and the look on her face watching them was the 00:33:38.829 --> 00:33:41.349 song I'm going to choose next. And that is It's 00:33:41.349 --> 00:33:44.890 a Longer Road to California Than I Thought. As 00:33:44.890 --> 00:33:47.970 soon as their set was done, we whisked our way 00:33:47.970 --> 00:33:50.799 to the back. to make sure we were able to grab 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.059 a copy, and Patricia was kind enough to sign 00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:55.779 it to my daughter, and we still have it framed 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:58.839 up in our house. Musically, the wind and the 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:03.480 wave kind of veer from Americana to indie. So 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:05.759 musically, this could have probably come out 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:09.699 of REM a little easier than Everlast. But I don't 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:11.900 necessarily feel like this was a side starter. 00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:14.840 I feel like I had to go with Everlast to kind 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:18.739 of pivot and start Side B. This is definitely 00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:22.599 one of the more ethereal, dreamy, mellow songs 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:25.699 on the playlist. But there's a beauty to it. 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:29.280 And when you're driving by yourself alone at 00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:32.460 night, sometimes you just want to get lost in 00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:36.639 the lyrics. And this is one that really works 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:40.840 for that assignment. The chorus alone. I want 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:43.519 to know what you're going to say. Know where 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:46.590 this road is going to take us. Blue skies and 00:34:46.590 --> 00:34:50.070 the moon out in the distance and a sunset few 00:34:50.070 --> 00:34:54.269 and far behind. Now, my reading of the lyrics 00:34:54.269 --> 00:34:58.090 in no way, shape, or form does any service to 00:34:58.090 --> 00:35:01.590 the way she sings the lyrics to this song. Because 00:35:01.590 --> 00:35:04.030 you feel this song in your soul when she sings 00:35:04.030 --> 00:35:07.829 it. It is a beautiful track. And yes, their music 00:35:07.829 --> 00:35:09.769 was featured on a couple of different TV shows. 00:35:09.829 --> 00:35:12.469 I want to say it was the Vampire Diaries and 00:35:12.469 --> 00:35:16.909 Heart of Dixie. Unfortunately, I don't feel like 00:35:16.909 --> 00:35:19.710 they've gotten there just due. They did have 00:35:19.710 --> 00:35:21.670 a group a couple of years back called Far From 00:35:21.670 --> 00:35:26.150 Saints, which was the trio of The Wind and the 00:35:26.150 --> 00:35:28.610 Wave, which is Dwight Baker and Patricia Lynn, 00:35:28.829 --> 00:35:32.849 alongside of Kelly Jones, who is the lead singer 00:35:32.849 --> 00:35:35.690 and guitarist for Stereophonics. They had that 00:35:35.690 --> 00:35:38.389 project that was really good. But the band's 00:35:38.389 --> 00:35:41.309 been kind of quiet since then. And that sucks 00:35:41.309 --> 00:35:44.730 because I love their music. They have some fantastic 00:35:44.730 --> 00:35:48.429 albums. So for the flip side, I kind of want 00:35:48.429 --> 00:35:50.469 to go to something different and go to a different 00:35:50.469 --> 00:35:53.230 album because it's a longer road to California 00:35:53.230 --> 00:35:55.650 than I thought is from their 2014 album from 00:35:55.650 --> 00:35:59.150 the wreckage. I am going to go up to 2016 and 00:35:59.150 --> 00:36:03.250 happiness is not a place for the day trip alternative 00:36:03.250 --> 00:36:07.869 song and go with before the world explodes. This 00:36:07.869 --> 00:36:10.389 song was produced by the incredible Butch Walker, 00:36:10.570 --> 00:36:13.630 who at some point down the road, I know Sean 00:36:13.630 --> 00:36:17.230 also submitted an episode to The Wheel, the songs 00:36:17.230 --> 00:36:19.889 of Butch Walker. And I am waiting for that episode 00:36:19.889 --> 00:36:23.550 to pop up on this randomizer because just between 00:36:23.550 --> 00:36:26.769 Marvelous 3 and Butch Walker's solo material 00:36:26.769 --> 00:36:30.550 alone, I could do 10 songs, not counting all 00:36:30.550 --> 00:36:34.309 the incredible work that he has produced. So 00:36:34.309 --> 00:36:36.610 that is a tough one. And I cannot wait for that 00:36:36.610 --> 00:36:39.849 one to pop up on the randomizer here. Hell, I 00:36:39.849 --> 00:36:42.010 might have to force it and just do an episode. 00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:44.539 in and of itself coming up down the road here. 00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:48.000 However, the day trip alternative before the 00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:51.579 world explodes and for the solo night drive, 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.500 the wind in the waves, it's a longer road to 00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:59.179 California than I thought. Now, speaking of waves, 00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:02.440 it probably feels like coming from Everlast into 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:04.199 the wind in the wave and to where I'm going to 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:07.280 be going next, that the playlist has a little 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:10.079 bit of a wave to it. But like I said, the vibe 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:12.840 is there. But I wanted there to be some valleys 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:16.139 and peaks. And that's happening here on side 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:18.880 B. And I'm going to bring things up a little 00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:21.800 bit from the wind and the wave and go a little 00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:25.039 bit more into the rock side of things. And I'm 00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:28.739 going to go back to masterful guitar work, a 00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:33.079 driving beat, and a hypnotizing bass line. And 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:35.639 I'm going to go with some John Mayer. Now, I 00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:37.059 know some of you are thinking, wait a minute. 00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:41.000 A driving beat and hypnotizing bass line with 00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:43.039 John Mayer? Yeah, I know, you're thinking your 00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:46.519 body is a wonderland. Trust me when I say, from 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:50.539 Continuum on, but even woven through Room for 00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:53.480 Squares and Heavier Things, there's a lot more 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.659 to John Mayer than your body is a wonderland. 00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:59.179 But the song I'm going to go with is the opening 00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:04.059 track from his 2009 album, Battle Studies. The 00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:08.929 song? Heartbreak Warfare. And it features the 00:38:08.929 --> 00:38:12.909 legend Steve Jordan on drums, who just so happens 00:38:12.909 --> 00:38:15.389 to be playing with some band called the Rolling 00:38:15.389 --> 00:38:18.409 Stones as of late. Maybe you heard of them. And 00:38:18.409 --> 00:38:22.530 Pino Palladino on bass, who plays for this other 00:38:22.530 --> 00:38:24.610 band, I don't know, The Who. Maybe you heard 00:38:24.610 --> 00:38:29.050 of them too. This is a backing section that could 00:38:29.050 --> 00:38:32.150 be up there with the likes of A Double Trouble 00:38:32.150 --> 00:38:35.269 for Stevie Ray Vaughan. They're that incredible. 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:41.239 So for them to join forces with John Mayer speaks 00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:43.780 volumes to what John Mayer offers musically. 00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:46.659 So I think when people automatically assume that 00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:49.539 he's the Your Body's a Wonderland guy, you're 00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:52.480 missing out on a lot of great music. And Heartbreak 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:55.659 Warfare is definitely one of those songs. The 00:38:55.659 --> 00:39:00.000 guitar work that goes throughout this song is 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:02.980 hypnotizing. I could have went with a ton of 00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:07.139 songs from John Mayer in this slot. Belief and 00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:11.159 Vultures from Continuum, Queen of California, 00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:13.539 if I wanted to stay in that acoustic vibe that 00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:16.659 the wind and the waves set. But Heartbreak Warfare 00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:21.320 is right in the middle of the spectrum of John 00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:23.079 Mayer that I think I wanted to bring to this 00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:26.500 playlist tonight. Now, as a day trip alternative 00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:30.440 song, I'm going to highly suggest the studio 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:33.699 version. of a song that was originally featured 00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:36.980 on the John Mayer Trio album, Try, which is a 00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:40.380 live album. The song is called Good Love Is On 00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:42.940 The Way. And while the live version's incredible, 00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:47.920 the studio version is just perfect. They really 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:51.039 captured all the essences of the live performance 00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:54.880 in the studio track. And the fact that it didn't 00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:58.280 make Continuum is a crime in and of itself. But 00:39:58.280 --> 00:40:02.059 this version you can find... as the B -side to 00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:04.699 the Waiting on the World to Change single, as 00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:07.900 well as a John Mayer box set that you can get 00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:11.460 from Sony Music that features his first, I want 00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:14.579 to say, four or five albums with some bonus tracks 00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:17.260 on it. It's actually not an expensive box set 00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:20.079 either. I think it was like $30 for all the discs, 00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:22.440 and it's got a lot of additional stuff that you 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:25.400 don't get on the regular albums. But I digress. 00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:28.440 That is your day trip alternative song because... 00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:31.679 I have road tested that one. When my wife and 00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:34.480 I were driving up from North Carolina, I picked 00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:36.880 up the CD single at a Best Buy at the time. I 00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:38.239 think that was the only place you can get the 00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:41.059 CD single, if I'm not mistaken. Might have been 00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:43.840 an exclusive. And I knew Waiting on the World 00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:46.579 to Change, so we enjoyed that. When I heard this 00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:51.400 song, I repeated it so many times, back to back 00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:54.380 to back, that my wife actually reached out and 00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:56.239 hit the eject button at one point. Said, find 00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:58.659 something else. So yeah, it hit that point with 00:40:58.659 --> 00:41:02.659 me. But to this day, it's probably my all -time 00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:06.219 favorite John Mayer song. But with that being 00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:10.039 said, it's perfect for a daytime drive. And you 00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:12.619 know what? It could probably work for a night 00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:16.320 drive as well. However, when you listen to this 00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:20.420 song, you'll understand where musically, it's 00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:23.260 in a little bit of a different place than Heartbreak 00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:26.469 Warfare. But yeah, for the nighttime drive, Heartbreak 00:41:26.469 --> 00:41:29.289 Warfare fits this vibe so well. And I'm sorry, 00:41:29.389 --> 00:41:31.349 I've used the word vibe probably way too many 00:41:31.349 --> 00:41:34.449 times in this episode, but that's what this topic 00:41:34.449 --> 00:41:37.969 is. You're not just simply creating a playlist 00:41:37.969 --> 00:41:42.090 here. This is creating a musical vibe to go along 00:41:42.090 --> 00:41:46.449 with a solo late night drive. And Heartbreak 00:41:46.449 --> 00:41:49.590 Warfare captures everything I'm looking for when 00:41:49.590 --> 00:41:51.590 paired with the seven songs I've already talked 00:41:51.590 --> 00:41:54.570 about. But if I do that math, because I'm pretty 00:41:54.570 --> 00:41:58.190 good, I've got two tracks left. Technically four, 00:41:58.329 --> 00:42:00.170 because I'm going to do the day trip alternatives. 00:42:00.289 --> 00:42:04.630 But I digress. This next song, coming out of 00:42:04.630 --> 00:42:06.869 Heartbreak Warfare, I think is going to be the 00:42:06.869 --> 00:42:10.510 heaviest of the night. And certainly the most 00:42:10.510 --> 00:42:14.269 upbeat. But once again, that vibe word comes 00:42:14.269 --> 00:42:18.010 into play here. Because it fits. And it fits 00:42:18.010 --> 00:42:20.849 perfectly, as far as I'm concerned. First time 00:42:20.849 --> 00:42:23.840 I heard this song. I didn't even have to finish 00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:27.239 it. It got added to my night drive playlist because 00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:30.579 it checks all the boxes that every song I've 00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:33.139 talked about tonight checks. It's got great guitar 00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:37.199 work. It's hypnotic, kind of sucks you into the 00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:40.900 music and the lyrics. And it's by a band that 00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:44.880 I have become a huge fan of over the last decade. 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:49.440 That band is the struts and the song is the title 00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:55.409 track. to their 2023 album, Pretty Vicious. This 00:42:55.409 --> 00:42:59.369 song, spoiler alert, made my The Sound of 2023 00:42:59.369 --> 00:43:02.130 episode with D .T. Carell from Space Castle, 00:43:02.309 --> 00:43:06.110 and it is still one of my favorite strut songs 00:43:06.110 --> 00:43:10.429 across their entire catalog. The one thing I 00:43:10.429 --> 00:43:13.570 think about this song, though, it sits at track 00:43:13.570 --> 00:43:16.030 two on the Pretty Vicious album right after the 00:43:16.030 --> 00:43:17.889 album opener, Too Good at Raising Hell, which 00:43:17.889 --> 00:43:22.210 is another incredible song. This feels like the 00:43:22.210 --> 00:43:26.130 perfect side A closer if you were listening to 00:43:26.130 --> 00:43:31.230 this album on vinyl. It just has that sound all 00:43:31.230 --> 00:43:35.349 over the song. It's the longest song on the album, 00:43:35.389 --> 00:43:39.150 clocking in at over five minutes, and the guitar 00:43:39.150 --> 00:43:44.829 work on it is just amazing and fits right in 00:43:44.829 --> 00:43:47.070 line with all the tracks I've talked about tonight. 00:43:47.949 --> 00:43:50.570 From the opening riff alone, which is hypnotic, 00:43:50.590 --> 00:43:53.489 to the guitar solo when the song picks up at 00:43:53.489 --> 00:43:56.570 the end. There's also a great piano solo in the 00:43:56.570 --> 00:43:59.730 song. The song just has all the elements. And 00:43:59.730 --> 00:44:02.110 it's definitely the fastest song of the night. 00:44:02.309 --> 00:44:06.829 And the most rockin' song of the night. But everything 00:44:06.829 --> 00:44:11.610 that leads into it makes it work. And as the 00:44:11.610 --> 00:44:14.969 penultimate song on this playlist, you need something 00:44:14.969 --> 00:44:19.409 big and... Dare I use the word cinematic before 00:44:19.409 --> 00:44:22.849 bringing us home for the last song of the night. 00:44:23.610 --> 00:44:25.809 But before I get to that last song of the night, 00:44:25.849 --> 00:44:28.510 I need the day trip alternative. And I'm going 00:44:28.510 --> 00:44:31.909 to go with Could Have Been Me. Not only was it 00:44:31.909 --> 00:44:34.030 the song that introduced me to the Struts music, 00:44:34.230 --> 00:44:37.909 it's still one of their most popular songs. And 00:44:37.909 --> 00:44:41.090 hell, Brian May from Queen just did a new version 00:44:41.090 --> 00:44:44.849 of it back in 2025 with the band to celebrate. 00:44:45.469 --> 00:44:48.050 the 10 -year anniversary of the Everybody Wants 00:44:48.050 --> 00:44:52.250 album. So I think that speaks for the breadth 00:44:52.250 --> 00:44:56.090 of that song. The fact that the lead guitarist 00:44:56.090 --> 00:44:59.630 from Queen is blessing it with his masterful 00:44:59.630 --> 00:45:03.210 guitar work as well. And I've been saying this 00:45:03.210 --> 00:45:05.230 for the better part of 10 years, and I'll continue 00:45:05.230 --> 00:45:08.349 to say it. If you haven't gone down the Struts 00:45:08.349 --> 00:45:11.829 rabbit hole yet, you are missing out on one of 00:45:11.829 --> 00:45:17.539 the most exciting... glam, hard rock bands of 00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:21.500 the last 10 years. Hands down, hard stop. These 00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:25.239 guys are so much fun, and they put on such an 00:45:25.239 --> 00:45:28.900 incredible live show. I promise you will not 00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:30.780 be disappointed, even if you've never heard a 00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:33.119 song. If they're coming through your area, just 00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:38.239 buy a ticket. Just go. Sight unseen. I have a 00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:40.420 funny feeling you'll message me during the show 00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:43.269 to thank me. That's how much I believe in the 00:45:43.269 --> 00:45:46.150 music that the Struts are putting out. So for 00:45:46.150 --> 00:45:49.110 the daytime drive, could have been me. And for 00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:51.869 the nighttime drive, the main theme of this playlist, 00:45:52.210 --> 00:45:56.429 the title track to their 2023 album, Pretty Vicious. 00:45:58.130 --> 00:46:00.949 And now we come to the final song of the night 00:46:00.949 --> 00:46:05.849 for your solo late night drive. And believe it 00:46:05.849 --> 00:46:08.730 or not, as soon as I read the topic that Sean 00:46:08.730 --> 00:46:11.460 provided, Thank you once again, Sean. This has 00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:14.699 been great. I knew which song I was closing with. 00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:17.719 As one of the musicians on this song was one 00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:20.760 of the first handful of guests I've had on my 00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:22.460 weekly mixtape, and I've had the pleasure of 00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:26.159 having this gentleman on twice, one of my favorite 00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:29.559 bass players on the planet, the one and only 00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:34.320 Billy Sheehan, Mr. Big, Sons of Apollo, Niason, 00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:39.099 Tallis, and obviously... the backing band for 00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:42.380 David Lee Roth on Eat Em and Smile and Skyscraper. 00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:47.760 My first ever concert was the Skyscraper tour. 00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:52.139 And while Billy wasn't on that tour, he played 00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:56.659 on the album. And Skyscraper was a cassette at 00:46:56.659 --> 00:47:00.260 the time that I just wore out. One of my favorite 00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:03.630 songs on the album. is probably the last song 00:47:03.630 --> 00:47:05.449 you would think of when you think of David Lee 00:47:05.449 --> 00:47:07.809 Roth, because he was always big and bombastic. 00:47:08.409 --> 00:47:11.889 And I apologize for this old school reference 00:47:11.889 --> 00:47:13.449 I'm going to go with here, but if you were to 00:47:13.449 --> 00:47:16.429 look up the word frontman in the dictionary, 00:47:16.789 --> 00:47:19.030 I think there should just be a picture of David 00:47:19.030 --> 00:47:22.389 Lee Roth, because he defines what I think about 00:47:22.389 --> 00:47:25.590 when I think of the word frontman. And maybe 00:47:25.590 --> 00:47:27.690 that opinion's colored slightly, considering 00:47:27.690 --> 00:47:30.750 Poison and David Lee Roth were my first concert 00:47:30.750 --> 00:47:34.360 ever. But that said, tucked in the middle of 00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:38.960 the Skyscraper album is this incredible, dare 00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:42.760 I say Zeppelin -esque type song that takes David 00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:44.880 Lee Roth's vocals down to a register that you're 00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:48.519 not used to hearing them in. And the song is 00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:53.059 called Damn Good, with no other word to describe 00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:58.000 it, masterful guitar playing by Steve Vai, hypnotizing. 00:47:58.019 --> 00:48:00.780 I know I've used these words a lot, but that's... 00:48:01.050 --> 00:48:04.449 part of the sound of all of these songs. And 00:48:04.449 --> 00:48:06.329 I'm starting to run out of adjectives at this 00:48:06.329 --> 00:48:10.429 point. But you put Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, 00:48:10.610 --> 00:48:13.949 Greg Bissonette, and Brett Tuggle together, it's 00:48:13.949 --> 00:48:18.050 magic. And this album is great, but Damn Good 00:48:18.050 --> 00:48:24.710 is just that. It's a damn good song. And it's 00:48:24.710 --> 00:48:27.809 one that, considering David Lee Roth is still 00:48:27.809 --> 00:48:31.280 out touring as of this recording, I'm shocked 00:48:31.280 --> 00:48:34.500 he doesn't put into the set. I know he's doing 00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:37.139 mostly Van Halen songs when he goes out, which 00:48:37.139 --> 00:48:39.679 is disappointing because he's got a lot of great 00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:42.880 solo material that he does kind of play around 00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:45.159 with his register in. And I wonder, a song like 00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:49.940 Damn Good, I could see him pulling off very easily 00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:53.420 given the fact that as he's aged, his vocals 00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:56.679 aren't quite what they were in the heyday of 00:48:56.679 --> 00:49:00.780 Van Halen and the rest of... his solo catalog. 00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:05.199 Musically, it's one of those songs when you're 00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:08.139 driving by moonlight. And I talked about the 00:49:08.139 --> 00:49:10.920 lyrics and I talked about the sound just kind 00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:13.760 of engulfing you and taking you to a place where 00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:16.980 you're kind of looking inward. This song is very 00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:21.920 reflective. It's very calming. And it's one of 00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:26.400 those songs that I always put on my mixes when 00:49:26.400 --> 00:49:29.480 I had to drive. Five and a half hours at night. 00:49:30.059 --> 00:49:33.500 Because it just put me in a good place. Still 00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:37.599 does. Every time I hear it. And I hope it does 00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:39.559 the same thing for you when you listen back to 00:49:39.559 --> 00:49:43.119 this playlist. Because that's where this conversation 00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:47.519 kind of begins. After the show's done. However, 00:49:47.760 --> 00:49:50.920 I have to go with the day trip alternative. And 00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:52.739 I'm just going to stay with the same album here. 00:49:53.300 --> 00:49:56.260 And go with the obvious pick. Just like Paradise. 00:49:57.460 --> 00:49:59.940 Yes, I know it's the big hit. Yes, I know it 00:49:59.940 --> 00:50:02.639 was in Rock of Ages. Yes, I know it's not off 00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:06.119 of Eat Em and Smile. But Just Like Paradise is 00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:08.559 one of those songs that when you think road trip, 00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:11.960 it just fits in so well, especially during the 00:50:11.960 --> 00:50:13.960 day when you're going down to the beach, have 00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:16.159 that playing as you're driving down the parkway. 00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:18.739 I know I'm talking very New Jersey here, but 00:50:18.739 --> 00:50:21.940 wherever you're going during the summer, it's 00:50:21.940 --> 00:50:25.559 a perfect road trip song. But for nighttime? 00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:30.579 And the perfect way to land this 10 -song playlist? 00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:36.440 Some damn good David Lee Roth. And that, my friends, 00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:40.219 concludes the second half of this solo night 00:50:40.219 --> 00:50:43.960 drive playlist, which kicked off with Everlast's 00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:46.920 I Can't Move, followed up by The Wind in the 00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:49.440 Waves' It's a Longer Road to California Than 00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:53.260 I Thought, John Mayer's Heartbreak Warfare, The 00:50:53.260 --> 00:50:56.110 Struts' Pretty Vicious, and David Lee Roth's 00:50:56.110 --> 00:50:58.750 Damn Good. Now, if you want the day trip alternative 00:50:58.750 --> 00:51:02.369 to that, you have Everlast's Black Jesus followed 00:51:02.369 --> 00:51:05.230 up by The Wind in the Waves Before the World 00:51:05.230 --> 00:51:08.530 Explodes, John Mayer's Good Love is On the Way, 00:51:08.829 --> 00:51:11.989 The Struts Could Have Been Me, and David Lee 00:51:11.989 --> 00:51:16.210 Roth's Just Like Paradise. Head over to myweeklymixtape 00:51:16.210 --> 00:51:19.090 .com to hear all the songs I've discussed in 00:51:19.090 --> 00:51:21.909 both of these mixes, the night and daytime version, 00:51:22.190 --> 00:51:25.829 through the playlists embedded on the episode 00:51:25.829 --> 00:51:30.809 page. And there you have it, my friends, 10 songs 00:51:30.809 --> 00:51:34.670 to sum up a solo nighttime drive. Thank you very 00:51:34.670 --> 00:51:37.750 much to Patreon mixtaper Sean Goff for chiming 00:51:37.750 --> 00:51:40.090 in with this one. I hope this playlist lived 00:51:40.090 --> 00:51:42.530 up to your expectations, and I can't wait to 00:51:42.530 --> 00:51:45.269 hear what songs you chose for your playlist. 00:51:45.429 --> 00:51:47.610 And you know what? While you're doing it, create 00:51:47.610 --> 00:51:50.809 the day trip alternative as well. That just kind 00:51:50.809 --> 00:51:52.829 of came out on the fly as I was recording this, 00:51:52.889 --> 00:51:55.730 but now I want to hear yours as well as everyone's 00:51:55.730 --> 00:52:00.110 solo nighttime drive, as well as daytime alternative 00:52:00.110 --> 00:52:04.590 playlists. Hit me up. My weekly mixtape at gmail 00:52:04.590 --> 00:52:08.869 .com at my weekly mixtape on all the social media 00:52:08.869 --> 00:52:11.730 haunts. You can also use the contact page at 00:52:11.730 --> 00:52:15.070 my weekly mixtape .com. Or like my friend Sean 00:52:15.070 --> 00:52:17.489 Goff did, you can join the Mixtaper community 00:52:17.489 --> 00:52:21.530 at patreon .com forward slash myweeklymixtape. 00:52:21.570 --> 00:52:24.070 It's free to join. 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