Rock And/or Roll

David Johansen was a true icon. He will be missed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released October 2015: Let's spend some time together. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC - HOT ROCKS POLKA DEL SHANNON - OUT OF TIME NAZARETH - RUBY TUESDAY TRUTH AND JANEY - UNDER MY THUMB LITTLE RICHARD - BROWN SUGAR THE FOLKSMEN - START ME UP JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS - STAR STAR LINDA RONSTADT - TUMBLING DICE PUSSY GALORE - TORN AND FRAYED EXODUS - BITCH TESLA - MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER STEVE EARLE AND THE SUPERSUCKERS - BEFORE THEY MAKE ME RUN JOSEFUS - GIMMIE SHELTER SOUNDGARDEN - STRAY CAT BLUES JOHNNY THUNDERS - AS TEARS GO BY JERRY GARCIA - LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER MONTROSE - CONNECTION ELLEN FOLEY - STUPID GIRL ROD STEWART - STREET FIGHTING MAN THE POGUES - HONKEY TONK WOMEN THE RESIDENTS - SATISFACTION KISS - 2000 MAN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Led Zeppelin's landmark 1975 double album turned 50 years old this week. BJ tells the story of that period for the band, including the launch of their own record label and release of a feature film, then discusses the recording of the album and breaks it down track by track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VOTE HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released October 2015: This episode is more popular than Jesus. TATER TOTZ - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE/WE WILL ROCK YOU STONEBOLT - PLEASE PLEASE ME AL GREEN - I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND PROCOL HARUM - EIGHT DAYS A WEEK CHAKA KHAN - WE CAN WORK IT OUT PETER SELLERS - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT ZOOT - ELEANOR RIGBY DAVID LEE ROTH - I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE LONE STAR - SHE SAID SHE SAID ROY ORBISON - HELP ASH - HELLO GOODBYE FRANK ZAPPA MEDLEY TROUBLE TRIBE - DEAR PRUDENCE DESMOND DEKKER - OB LA DI OB LA DA FATS DOMINO - EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT FOR ME AND MY MONKEY IAN GILLAN - HELTER SKELTER GEORGIA SATELLITES - DON'T PASS ME BY BONEY M - TWO OF US JOHN DENVER - LET IT BE JAMES BROWN - SOMETHING THE RUNAWAYS - HERE COMES THE SUN DILLARD & CLARK - DON'T LET ME DOWN THE UNDEAD - ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE TEENAGE FANCLUB - THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO CHEAP TRICK - MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Armory. Moorhead, Minnesota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surf Ballroom. Clear Lake, Iowa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Riverside Ballroom. Green Bay, Wisconsin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duluth Armory. Duluth, Minnesota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laramar Ballroom. Fort Dodge, Iowa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Capitol Theater. Davenport, Iowa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Promenade Ballroom. St. Paul, Minnesota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fiesta Ballroom. Montevideo, Minnesota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fournier's Ballroom. Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Kato Ballroom. Mankato, Minnesota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eagles Ballroom. Kenosha, Wisconsin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Devine's Miracle Ballroom. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The late Buddy Holly's glasses had been missing for more than 20 years when Iowa Sheriff Jerry Allen came upon them in a misfiled envelope. As a part of this episode, I spoke with Sheriff Allen's daughter Jennifer about that discovery and its aftermath. This episode serves as a prelude to what comes next: beginning on Thursday, January 23, we’re going to go on that fateful tour with Buddy Holly and the others, with an episode per day from January 23rd to February 3rd, one for each show, as we follow those young pioneers of rock and roll on their ill-fated journey, a terribly planned criss-crossing tour of the Midwest: The Tour From Hell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before the Velvet Underground, before Zappa, The Fugs were the first underground band, sort of, or a series of bands, but it was really a subversive art project, obnoxiously irreverent, a direct challenge to the establishment, investigated by the FBI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for another digital mix tape ripped from BJ's vinyl collection. RON BOLTON BAND - WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT TRICKSTER - BUMP IN THE NIGHT TABOO ZOO - BLUE EYES BIG STREET - CAMOUFLAGE RADIO BANDITS - SUZY JIM QUEALY BAND - BUSTED THE ONES - TOMORROW'S HEROES (ARE TODAY'S JERKS) ROBIN LANE - HARD COVER  IDLE TEARS - FINGERS ON THE PULSE OF AMERICA THE REPUBLIC - CALLING OUT TO YOU THE RAIN - TOO LATE TO SURRENDER THE SHAKE - SO INTOXIFYING EXODUS - FOREVER AND A DAY PAPER DOLLS - I THOUGHT YOU KNEW BITTER PLEASURES - GUILT REACTION FAILSAFE - GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVE THE TOES - HEADS FLYING TIGERS - GOLDEN TOUCH BLEACHED BLACK - YOU COULDN'T TELL ME VELVET CRUSH - OUT OF MY HANDS JEREMY MORRIS - PART OF ME/PART OF YOU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices