The Great Song Podcast

Jan 29 2025 300 ep. 60 mins 185
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Celebrating the greatest songs in modern music history and the creators behind them.

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Rock and Roll Fantasy (w/Simon Kirke of Bad Company)

Jan 29 2025 53 mins  
Bad Company and Free drummer Simon Kirke joins us to wrap up the Winter Explosion and this iteration of The Great Song Podcast. Plus: Our rock and roll fantasies, and the "Beautiful Nightmare" that is David Lee Roth.

Brian Dunne - Loser on the Ropes

Jan 22 2025 62 mins  
Rob and JP chat with a recent discovery artist who's fast become a favorite. Plus...Fantastic Cat, Adam Duritz, and sad bananas!

Jim Croce (w/ A.J. Croce)

Jan 15 2025 72 mins  
A legendary artist with a massive impact over a minuscule amount of time--Jim Croce finally gets his due on The Great Song Podcast. Episode 4 of our Winter Explosion EP.

Second Chance (.38 Special) w Max Carl

Jan 08 2025 61 mins  
Get your feels ready, because Max Carl and .38 Special are coming for ALL of them. Rob and JP chat with then-.38-Special-now-Grand-Funk frontman Max Carl about the song that made the biggest commercial success for the band, why rewrites are a good thing, and his career of amazing work.

The Full Monte (Monte Montgomery)

Jan 01 2025 78 mins  
Rob and JP gush over one of the most underrated guitarists and songwriters in the world, and chat with the Alvarez-beating, acoustic-slinging madman known as Monte Montgomery.

Thunderstruck (AC/DC) w Chris Slade

Dec 25 2024 82 mins  
Back for a good time, but not for a long time--the boys are back and kicking off a new EP season with an absolute smash from one of the greatest rock bands of all time--AC/DC's "Thunderstruck." The man behind the pounding beat of the "Razors Edge" era sits down with us to talk about his time with Angus and Malcom Young and company, his latest release with the Chris Slade Timeline,

Slow Ride (Foghat) w Roger Earl

Jul 30 2024 72 mins  
Alright alright alright! Your favorite Guitar Hero track brings our 5-episode EP run to a close--we're talking all things "Slow Ride" with Foghat's Roger Earl! Thanks for hanging with us for a short run of episodes. See you--soon? Your friends, Rob and JP

Kansas 25 w Jennifer Knapp

Jul 24 2024 77 mins  
25 years from the landmark release of her mainstream debut Kansas, Jennifer Knapp returns to the source to release Kansas 25, a re-envisioning of the CCM classic. And she's here to tell us all about the process, her holy grail guitar, and her amazing gas station snack food of choice. Episode 4 of our special 5-episode July 2024 run.

Sunshine of Your Love (Cream) w Malcolm Bruce

Jul 17 2024 85 mins  
One of the great supergroups and classic rock acts of all time breeds one of our greatest side conversations of all time, and we talk Cream and legacy with Malcolm Bruce, son of Cream's legendary bassist and vocalist Jack Bruce. Episode 3 of our 5-episode limited 2024 EP.

Fall to Pieces (Velvet Revolver) w/Matt Sorum

Jul 10 2024 72 mins  
Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver, Guns 'n Roses, and a million other amazing bands joins us to talk about VR's signature hits, trying to outdo Slash, playing to the song, and his gas station snack food of choice. This is episode 2 of 5 in our limited-run EP return.