One week after the unofficial start of summer, we offered up a selection of music that sounds like it was made for enjoying with beer, barbecue and backyards. We also remembered the recently departed Rick Derringer and gave some well-deserved airtime to local artists you need to know. Click here to listen to the restream. (Please excuse the microphone issues we had in the first hour – it’s the music that matters most – and it came through loud and clear.)
- PLASTIC FLAMINGOS Are You Ready for the Summer?
- ALICE COOPER School’s Out
- FUNKRUST BRASS BAND Riptide
- MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD Shine
- THE DEADNOTES Easy Summer
- MOTLEY CRUE Public Enemy #1
- SUPERSUCKERS Play That Rock and Roll
- ALEXIS P. SUTER BAND Some People
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Land of Hope and Dreams
- IAN HUNTER Cleveland Rocks
- INEZ FOXX Mockingbird
- THE AQUABATS Whatever Forever
- THE WAYWARD STRANGERS We’re Through
- LED ZEPPELIN The Ocean
- MICHAEL DAVID WOLF Undeniable
- RICK DERRINGER Rock ‘n’ Roll Hootchie Koo
- RICK DERRINGER Hang On Sloopy
- THE EDGAR WINTER GROUP Free Ride
- RICK DERRINGER Everything
- OUR OWN YOKOS Snack Dad
- BYE BYE EMPIRE Around
- SPUTNIK THE BAND Listening to NRBQ
- NRBQ RC Cola and a Moon Pie
- GRAND PEPPER OF REALITY Elephants Fly
- KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Deadstick
- FOGHAT Fool for the City
- TRAPPER SCHOEPP Loaded
- BROTHER DYNAMITE What are You Waiting For?
- BEAT BRIGADE Just Got Lucky
- SAVE FERRIS Get Dancing
- BLEACHERS I Wanna Get Better
- FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION Perfect
- MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Dominoes
- FUN BOY THREE Summertime
- THE DANLEERS One Summer Night
- SOFI TUKKER Summer in New York
- KISS Firehouse
- ELTON JOHN Grimsby
- GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Some Kind of Wonderful
- BLACK ROSE BURNING Ad Astra