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Six-Pack of Rush, Volume Five Feb 04, 2020

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Six-Pack of Rush, Volume Five On this Six-Pack episode, friends of the show Ken Cole and Ross Feickert join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to celebrate the life and work of Neil Peart and Rush. The impact and breadth of Rush's musical career is beyond measure, and Neil's words particularly resonate in the hearts and minds of millions of fans around the world. Oh, plus he's the Drum God-iest of Drum Gods - a unique talent that elevated what one could do behind the kit and beyond the light stage as a creative force. Who's the greatest rock drummer ever? C'mon. We all know.

Rush is an eternal brotherhood. Three young to older men that lived a life of philosophical growth, musical exploration, joy, tragedy, and friendship on record and on stage - the real relation. We're all blessed to have witnessed and have been inspired by it - now and forever. So, join us as we grieve the loss of Neil and praise the work of Rush.

Air drumming highly encouraged, in fact required.

"Some are born to move the world To live their fantasies But most of us just dream about The things we'd like to be"

Six-Pack of Rush, Volume Four Feb 03, 2020

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Six-Pack of Rush, Volume Four On this Six-Pack episode, friends of the show Jack Broad and Michael Bagford join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to celebrate the life and work of Neil Peart and Rush. The impact and breadth of Rush's musical career is beyond measure, and Neil's words particularly resonate in the hearts and minds of millions of fans around the world. Oh, plus he's the Drum God-iest of Drum Gods - a unique talent that elevated what one could do behind the kit and beyond the light stage as a creative force. Who's the greatest rock drummer ever? C'mon. We all know.

"Suddenly, you were gone From all the lives you left your mark upon"

Six-Pack of Rush, Volume Three Jan 29, 2020

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Six-Pack of Rush, Volume Three On this Six-Pack episode, Brad Page of the I'm In Love With That Song Podcast and Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast, join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to celebrate the life and work of Neil Peart and Rush. The impact and breadth of Rush's musical career is beyond measure, and Neil's words particularly resonate in the hearts and minds of millions of fans around the world. Oh, plus he's the Drum God-iest of Drum Gods - a unique talent that elevated what one could do behind the kit and beyond the light stage as a creative force. Who's the greatest rock drummer ever? C'mon. We all know.

Air drumming highly encouraged, in fact required.

"I don't have faith in faith I don't believe in belief You can call me faithless You can call me faithless I still cling to hope And I believe in love And that's faith enough for me And that's faith enough for me"

Six-Pack of Rush, Volume Two Jan 28, 2020

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Six-Pack of Rush, Volume Two On this Six-Pack episode, Lee McCormack of the Tramps Like Us Podcast and Dan Miles of the Friends of Dan podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to celebrate the life and work of Neil Peart and Rush. The impact and breadth of Rush's musical career is beyond measure, and Neil's words particularly resonate in the hearts and minds of millions of fans around the world. Oh, plus he's the Drum God-iest of Drum Gods - a unique talent that elevated what one could do behind the kit and beyond the light stage as a creative force. Who's the greatest rock drummer ever? C'mon. We all know.

Air drumming highly encouraged, in fact required.

"A planet of playthings We dance on a string Of powers we cannot perceive. The stars aren't aligned Or the god are malign. Blame is better to give than receive."

Six-Pack of Rush, Volume One Jan 27, 2020

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Six-Pack of Rush, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Mark Anthony K of the Projekt Gemineye and Corey Nowlin of The Seven Notes of Separation podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to kick of a series of Six-Packs celebrating the life and work of Neil Peart and Rush. The impact and breadth of Rush's musical career is beyond measure, and Neil's words particularly resonate in the hearts and minds of millions of fans around the world. Oh, plus he's the Drum God-iest of Drum Gods - a unique talent that elevated what one could do behind the kit and beyond the light stage as a creative force. Who's the greatest rock drummer ever? C'mon. We all know.

Air drumming highly encouraged, in fact required.

"The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect So hard to earn, so easily burned In the fullness of time A garden to nurture and protect"

Six-Pack of Jethro Tull, Volume One Jan 23, 2020

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Six-Pack of Jethro Tull, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Alex Alt of the Sly Dog Music-Cast and Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle podcast rejoin Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to explore the music of Jethro Tull. From their original blues based configuration through their expansive 50 year career, Tull have been an ever-evolving but constantly interesting and unique artist. Ian and Martin and crew have delivered some great music - mixing Celtic flavors with progressive rock, literary lyrics with head-bobbing killer riffs, flights of fanciful flute and charm and intellect and humor and introspection, and so, soooo much more!

So sit back and discover or rediscover the prog-leaning brilliance of Jethro Tull.

Six-Pack of Jerry Reed, Volume One Jan 09, 2020

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Six-Pack of Jerry Reed, Volume One Ten four Good Buddy!!

On this Six-Pack episode, Lee McCormack of the Tramps Like Us Podcast and Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle podcast rejoin Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to head east-bound and down to talk about the unique character and musicianship of the Country Music Hall of Famer, Jerry Reed. Jerry was an early, innovative guitarist that worked with Elvis long before he popped up in TV's Alice or Scooby Doo and long before he was the Snowman in Smokey and The Bandit. A uniquely charming voice, a unique talent, full of humor and overflowing with an every-man talent, we put the hammer down and celebrate everyone's favorite cigarette smokin', poker playin', truckin' guitar man!

So sit back and discover or rediscover the guitar wizardy and charm of Jerry Reed.

Six-Pack of John Hiatt, Volume One Jan 08, 2020

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Six-Pack of John Hiatt, Volume One

On this Six-Pack episode, friend of the show John Bolsar and Brad Page of I'm In Love With That Song podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to school him on the unique brilliance of John Hiatt. John has been a prolific songwriter for decades, with some of his songs being covered by the biggest in the biz, but he's quite the recording artist and performer in his own right. In this episode we cover tracks spanning his wonderfully unique career and variety of styles - rocker, singer-songwriter, early new wave, blues-roots-rock, Americana before there was such a term, and much more..

So sit back and discover or rediscover the brilliance of Mr John Hiatt.

Six-Pack of a-ha, Volume Two Jan 07, 2020

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Six-Pack of a-ha, Volume Two

On this Six-Pack episode, Brian and Sarah Linnen of The Permanent Record Podcast and Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle podcast rejoin Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to enlighten him on the work of a-ha beyond their glorious pop masterpiece, Take On Me. In this Volume Two, Jon and Sarah are each bringing their picks covering the band's long career. Lots of fun facts, music geekery, and laughter in this one.

So sit back and discover or rediscover the pop mastery of a-ha.

Six-Pack of Dan Hartman, Volume One Jan 06, 2020

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Six-Pack of Dan Hartman, Volume One I Can Dream About You is one of the greatest songs of all time, but there is so much more to Dan Hartman.

On this Six-Pack episode Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast, and Jeff Harris of Behind The Grooves rejoin Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to celebrate the fuller body of Dan Hartman's work. From his rockier days alongside Edgar Winter to his incredible disco era stuff to his iconic soundtrack work to his brilliant songwriting and production, Dan is criminally under-recognized for his work. We get into his life, career, work and discuss his place in music history. Bonus mentions of Stevie Wonder, Vinnie Vincent, Joyce Hyser, and James Brown, lol.. we're even treated by Jeff Harris singing a little Loleatta Holloway!!

So relight your fires, hit the dancefloor, and enjoy some classic Dan Hartman.