'90S Episodes
Feb. 8, 2023
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" w Darryl Jones of The Rolling Stones
Season 11 kicks off with a bang and a big ol' tongue! Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones joins Rob and JP for some conversations about auditioning for the Stones some 30 years ago, playing for Sting, and flexing on Miles Da…
Nov. 30, 2022
Too High to Die (w Derrick Bostrom of Meat Puppets) - Episode 1017
This week we're dissecting one of Rob's favorite albums, the Meat Puppets 1994 album Too High to Die , the album that, along with Nirvana's Unplugged in New York , cast the band into the national spotlight. Meat Puppets drum…
Oct. 5, 2022
Billy Sheehan (Talas, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, etc.) - 5 Year Anniversary Show
The greatest hard rock bassist of ALL TIME joins the show to celebrate five years of The Great Song Podcast! Billy Sheehan's cred is unquantifiable, and his work with David Lee Roth, Steve Vai, Mr. Big and SO many others pro…
June 15, 2022
Pocket Full of Kryptonite (w Chris Barron of Spin Doctors) - Season 9 Finale
Our Season 9 finale finds us in deep conversation with Spin Doctors frontman Chris Barron, as part of our loving coverage of 1991's firecracker album "Pocket Full of Kryptonite," an album we both dearly love. And the hits, o…
June 8, 2022
Rivalry Week - Matchbox Twenty vs Rob Thomas - Episode 919
The time has come in which once per season we agree to disagree, and season 9 has led us to The Great Rob Thomas Showdown. One of us loves the Matchbox 20 era, one the Rob Thomas solo era, and we will make our cases for and …
June 1, 2022
Soulshine (w Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule/Allman Brothers) - Episode 918
Our 200th episode comes with a very special guest, guitar and jam band icon Warren Haynes! We're talking about a song that somehow it feels like everyone knows from birth, the Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule classic, "Soulshi…
May 11, 2022
Mother Mother (w Tracy Bonham) - Episode 915
Tracy Bonham is the woman who broke the algorithm. After "Mother Mother" in 1996, no other female solo artist topped the modern rock charts until Lorde in 2013(!). In this week's episode we break down her breakout single and…
May 4, 2022
Kiss Me (w Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer) - Episode 914
"Kiss Me" is one of the biggest hits of the '90s, and the self-titled Sixpence None the Richer album is an enduring classic full of rich songs and complex emotions, a real standout in the CCM genre, and a major pop crossover…
![All For Love (from The Three Musketeers) [Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting] w Dave Barnes - Episode 908](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/d30b94700dd64226bd25787f9e45ca4f.jpg "All For Love (from The Three Musketeers) [Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting] w Dave Barnes - Episode 908")
March 23, 2022
All For Love (from The Three Musketeers) [Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting] w Dave Barnes - Episode 908
The ultimate trio of adult contemporary powerhouse dudes gave us one of the absolute hardest movie songs of all time, so it's only fitting that we become a trio once again with our very own D'Artagnan, mister Dave Barnes! We…
March 9, 2022
God Gave Rock and Roll to You (KISS) w Russ Ballard
From Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey comes our next Movie Month entry, the grand, uplifting power ballad, "God Gave Rock and Roll to You"...2? We'll answer all the questions and cover the significant versions leading up to this…
Feb. 23, 2022
The Freshmen (w Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe)
Let’s be honest, there was a lot of brooding going on in the ’90s. But this week’s track may have been the most brooding thing to come out of the whole decade, and we all loved it. The grim story of The Verve Pipe’s “The Fre…
Dec. 1, 2021
Home Sweet Home (Motley Crüe) - Rivalry Week 1, Episode 817
The gloves are off, and we go head-to-head in the first installment of Rivalry Week for Season 8! This week it's Vince Neil, Tommy Lee and the boys of Motley Crüe, with one of the iconic proto-power ballads, "Home Sweet Home…
Nov. 17, 2021
If You Could Only See (w Emerson Hart of Tonic)
This episode gets burst wide open by JP's brilliant analysis of the guitar riff to this iconic '90s track, and Tonic frontman Emerson Hart joins us to talk about his favorite video memories, roller skating, and getting inter…
Sept. 29, 2021
Good (w Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra) - Episode 808
One of the great alt-rock songs of the '90s is the topic this week, and we do our usual deep-diving and off-roading, as well as a great chat with lead singer (and writer of modern hits for Sugarland, Howie Day and many other…
Sept. 6, 2021
Finally (w Cece Peniston)
Get Rob's new album "Also-Ran Bluesman" here! _______ We snagged a diva! The great Cece Peniston was kind enough to sit with us for a few minutes and chat about her '90s Dance/R&B classic "Finally," regarded as one of the gr…