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Reelin' In The Years (RITY)
Hosted by Ryan Janson · EN
Reelin' In The Years (RITY) is your weekly dose of music education! Enjoy a blend of Rock, Blues, and Americana. Plus stories about the songs and artists. Give it a listen! I promise you'll learn something! For more information on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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At The Library: Episode 81 - May 8, 2026
2w ago01:57:59Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is At The Library... Plus, A band that gets their name from a term they found in a TV Guide Magazine... The story behind one of Bob Seger's most well-known songs... The Tubes will give us a deep cut about rich kids in Hollywood with drug problems... Music from a guy who worked in a factory installing toilets on airplanes prior to his big break... New music from Deer Tick and Samantha Fish. Deep cuts from The Black Keys, Sharon Jones, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Rilo Kiley, Mojo Nixon, Leon Bridges, and more!... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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Gone Fishin': Episode 80 - May 1, 2026
3w ago01:57:59Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Gone Fishin'... Plus, a song inspired by Peter Fonda's near-death experience that happened when he was a kid... A Bowie tune that's nearly a reworking of "I'm Waiting For The Man" by Velvet Underground... What influential Delta Blues musician simply vanished in the early 1940s?... The band - Heart - and a song inspired by the rumor of an incestuous relationship... New music from Kurt Vile, Jack White, Duane Betts, and Bruce Hornsby... Deep cuts from Chris Cornell, Bobby Womack, Big Star, Wilco, Freedy Johnston, Kaiser Chiefs, The Undertones, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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The State Line: Episode 79 - April 24, 2026
4w ago01:57:59Tap to summarizeThis week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is The State Line: Songs that mention "state line" in the lyrics... Also, The Beatles give us a diss track inspired by the illegitimacy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi... An 80s hit inspired by the story of a murderous plastic surgeon who steals his victim's skin... Charlotte Caffey - of The Go-Go's - shares the inspiration behind, "We Got The Beat"... New music from Peter Frampton and it's a tribute to the legendary, Tom Petty... More new tunes from Band Of Heathens, Tyler Ballgame, Robert Plant, and more!... Deep cuts from The Byrds, Devo, Jeff Beck, and more!... For more info, visit reelinwithryan.com
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The Ocean: Episode 78 - April 17, 2026
Apr 1701:57:58Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Reelin'... The Featured Five is The Ocean... Plus, a Steely Dan song inspired by the rise and fall of LSD Chemist, Owsley Stanley... An ode to a train caboose that's been turned into a vacation rental in WA... Music from a guy who enjoyed occasionally streaking on stage... What Beatles song was inspired by the group learning they were nearly bankrupt?... New music from Iron & Wine and Charley Crockett... Deep cuts from The Police, Grateful Dead, The Pretenders, Spoon, and more... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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Bootlegs: Episode 77 - April 10, 2026
Apr 901:58:02Tap to summarizeThis week on Reelin' In The Years, The Featured Five Theme is Bootlegs. These are considered some of the best Bootlegs of all-time according to multiple sources online... Also, a song inspired by a dream that involved Jimi Hendrix and a Holiday Inn bathroom... A Collective Soul song inspired by a two hour stroll around New York City... What White Stripes song gets it's name from a North-English expression?... New releases from MT Jones, Altered Five Blues Band, & Kashus Culpepper... Deeper tracks from Fleetwood Mac, Ringo's All-Starr Band, Doc Watson, CCR, Black Pumas, Counting Crows, and much more! For more information on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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American Folk Heroes: Episode 76 - April 3, 2026
Apr 301:57:57Tap to summarizeOn this week's edition of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is American Folk Heroes... Plus, Rock 'n' Roll muse - Annabella Corro - shares the true meaning behind "Spill The Wine"... Music from an artist who sadly took his own life by jumping from his hotel room window... The Byrds, Art Reynolds Singers, and Gene Parsons - What's the connection?... How Phil Spector - quite literally - took advantage of the "Be My Baby" recording sessions... New releases from Aerosmith, Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Black Keys, and more!... Deep tracks from Lou Reed, Miles Davis, The Byrds, Tom Petty, Ruthie Foster, Jackie Venson, Eddie 9V, Joe Jackson, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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The CIA Theme: Episode 75 - Mar. 27, 2026
Mar 2701:58:05Tap to summarizeThis week on Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is Secret Agent Man: The CIA Theme... Plus, who was John Sinclair and how John Lennon had a role in getting him out of prison... A song written for the 1989 film, Say Anything, but was omitted from the movie... A song that was inspired by a ghostly visit from the songwriter's mother... Dickey Betts, Boz Scaggs, and a random grave - What's the connection?... Speaking of a ghost and a grave, how about a song about a headless soldier?... New Music from Johnny Blue Skies, Hiss Golden Messenger, and Tyler Ballgame Deeper cuts from Charles Earland, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, The Subdudes, Paul Westerberg, Elvis Costello, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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In Bloom: Episode 74 - Mar. 20, 2026
Mar 1901:58:00Tap to summarizeThis week on Reelin'... The Featured Five Theme is In Bloom: The Spring Theme... Plus, music from a former mailman who used to write songs in his head during routes... A young and relatively unknown Angelina Jolie appeared on what band's album cover?... How a child running wild in a grocery store inspired the title of an Allman Bros. hit... A song written at the historic Lorraine Motel during a stormy night in Memphis... New music from The Altered Five Blues Band and St. Paul and The Broken Bones... Deep cuts from Elton John, Nina Simone, Billy Strings, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs: Episode 73 - Mar. 13, 2026
Mar 1201:57:55Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is songs that correspond with the five levels of Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs... A song that Van Morrison nailed in one take!... Idol turned Rival? Todd Rundgren's beef with John Lennon in the 70s... The song that was the end result of being stuck in Tulsa during a snowstorm... Who was Ann Cole and why didn't she follow the directions given by her music publisher?... New music from Tedeschi Trucks & The Red Clay Strays... Deep cuts from Jude Cole, Canned Heat, The Buckinghams, Eric Johnson, John Hiatt, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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At The Diner: Episode 72 - Mar. 6, 2026
Mar 501:57:59Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Reelin' In The Years... The Featured Five Theme is At The Diner: Song titles that mention something you could probably order from the menu... Also, a cut from the newly released soundtrack to the McCartney documentary, Man On The Run... Music from an artist who had a habit of starting bar fights, unfortunately it cost him his life... A song that marked the final time CCR played together, but it's not even a CCR song... What song was recorded and released five different times in 1974?... New music from St. Paul & The Broken Bones - do you enjoy Coke with your sushi?... We'll go deep with cuts from Dead & Company, R.L. Burnside, Ruthie Foster, Free, James McCartney, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com
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