Hagar Family Pick

This Pick is the Hagar Family the way I hear it, not Horrible, just my favorites from Sammy pulled from across the whole Hagar universe because they naturally sit together for me. Solo stuff, bands, side roads, b-sides, different moments (not ALL the big hits, but some) all tied together by the same voice and the same attitude that first hooked me and never really let go, including a little unspoken Van Hagar energy baked in whether you notice it or not. I’m only sad I didn't sneak Helga into the background somewhere, because she probably would've rocked with this, sipping mead (or a Waborita).

Hagar Family Pick

01 Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter

02 Van Halen - Summer Nights

03 Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Crazy Times

04 Sammy Hagar - Birthday

05 Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Can't Hang

06 Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box

07 Sammy Hagar & The Waboritos - Shag

08 Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love

09 Montrose - Space Station #5

10 Chickenfoot - Soap On A Rope

11 Sammy Hagar & The Waboritos - Mas Tequila

12 HSAS - Top of the Rock

13 Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

14 Sammy Hagar with Nancy Wilson & Mickey Hart - All We Need Is An Island

15 Sammy Hagar - Don't Get Hooked

16 Sammy Hagar - High Hopes

17 Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way To Rock

18 Sammy Hagar - Red

19 Sammy Hagar - Encore, Thank You, Goodnight

What's The Connection? Baby Blue

This Connection is all about Blue Babies, and yes, the elephant in the room is Bob Dylan. Once that door is open, a lot of other artists walk through it in very different ways. Some follow the path closely, some take a hard left, and others just borrow the color and the attitude. Lined up together, the similarities and the differences both matter. I didn’t build this one to be tidy; I built it to be interesting. If you’ve followed my other blue connections, you already know how this works. If not, listen through once and see where your ear lands.

What's The Connection? Baby Blue

01 Badfinger - Baby Blue

02 Virgin Prunes - Baby Turns Blue

03 Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

04 Jerry Wallace - Blue-Jean Baby

05 Beach Boys - Baby Blue

06 Mel McDaniel - Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On

07 Chocolate Watch Band - Baby Blue

08 Eurythmics - Baby's Gone Blue

09 Bad Religion - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

10 Jeff Beck & The Big Town Playboys - Baby Blue

11 SPK - Baby Blue Eyes

12 George Strait - Baby Blue

13 The Cramps - Baby Blue Rock (Live)

14 Bryan Ferry - It's All Over Now Baby Blue

15 Giorgio Moroder - Baby Blue

16 Stray Cats - Baby Blue Eyes

17 Echoes - Baby Blue

18 Graham Bonnet - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

19 Micky Moonshine - Baby Blue

20 Steve Howe with Annie Haslam - It's All Over Now Baby Blue

21 King Krule - Baby Blue

Digging Your Groove 5

I'm already on Volume 5 and this series keeps moving for the same reason the others exist. I loved the groove on these songs, but they didn’t quite fit anywhere else, so this pick is where they landed. A lot of this one leans into extended mixes, club versions, and strange hybrids where the rhythm or bass line is doing something just a little different. Some of these tracks were big, some barely registered, and some only ever really worked in the right room at the right time. If you’ve been following along with Digging Your Groove, you already know the headspace I’m in. If not, just listen and you’ll hear it.

Digging Your Groove 5

68 Cameron Paul - Bonus Beats 112 BPM

69 Herbie Hancock - Autodrive

70 M - Pop Musik Remix (12 inch)

71 D-Train - You're the One for Me (Special Dub Vocal)

72 Max Graham & Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

73 Kraftwerk Vs Human League - Don't You Want The Robots

74 Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf

75 SSQ - Fire

76 Pat & Mick - On the Night

77 The Clash - Rock The Casbah (Ultimix)

78 Rock The Party - Word (Original Mix)

79 Yazoo - Situation (US 12-Inch Remixed by Francois Kevorkian)

80 Lounge Lizards - Incident On South Street

Groundhog Day 2 (again?)

Also posted at 6:00 AM this is a continuation of the volume one pick and also a repeat posting of Groundhog Day 2 last year. Nothing more to say, just read last year's post (or the year before or before that). Do it again. For Punxatawney Phil if no one else. There are slight differences, but you will not notice them. Are you Goofus or Gallant today? Is that the Hi-Light?

Groundhog Day 2

22 George Benson - Let's Do It Again

23 Elevation Worship - Do It Again (Radio)

24 R5 - Repeating Days

25 Wall Of Voodoo - Do It Again

26 Nightlife Unlimited - Let's Do It Again

27 Beach Boys - Do It Again

28 Prince - History Repeats Itself

29 R5 - Do It Again

30 Steely Dan - Do It Again

31 Queens Of The Stone Age - Do It Again

32 Kinks - Do It Again

33 David Guetta - Repeat

34 Herbie Mann - Do It Again

35 Nada Surf - Do It Again

36 Budgie - On Repeat

37 Sweet - Do It All Over Again

38 Camera Obscura - Do It Again

39 Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again

40 Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat

Groundhog Day 1 (Wait, haven't you seen this before?)

This is a loop reposting of the pick Groundhog Day. Go look at it. It's almost exactly the same, with slight differences only you will be able to see. LOL. Based on the premise in the Bill Murray movie the next two volumes will repeat every year. Here you go again. Something you won't play, but once a year. And it probably won't ever change. How many Groundhog Day songs could possibly be left? BTW, I love that I posted this at 6:00 am again.

Groundhog Day 1

01 Eminem - Groundhog Day
02 Injury Reserve - Groundhog Day
03 Big Sugar - Groundhog Day
04 Double Trouble - Groundhog Day
05 Street Talk - Groundhog Day
06 1000Mods - Groundhog Day
07 Melanie - Groundhog Day
08 Bob Dylan - Groundhog Day
09 Simon Lynge - Groundhog Day
10 Tom T. Hall - Happy Groundhog Day
11 The Rifles - Groundhog Day
12 Lane 8 - Groundhog Day
13 D.O.A. - Groundhog Day
14 Primus - Groundhog's Day
15 Paul Hardcastle - History Keeps Repeating It's Self
16 John Mccutcheon - Groundhog Day
17 Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
18 Spirit - Groundhog
19 We Are Scientists - History Repeats
20 Corin Tucker Band - Groundhog Day
21 The Alarm - History Repeating

Pop Rocks 6

I certainly am cleaning up my holding area. I last made a Pop Rocks pick in 2022. It's not that there aren't millions of candidates waiting to be added, it's just I saw a squirrel and went another direction for awhile. Go check out the other ones and please if you get this, tell me what's the difference between Pop Rocks and Yacht Rock. I think one might be a subset of the other, or maybe not. There definitely is a difference, but I am not sure I can articulate it. I do have an unposted pick of Yacht rock (150 tracks so far), I even have a cool cover, but I never finished it up to be ready for posting here. A couple of overlaps, nyacht many. Anyway I ran out of real flavors, so grape will have to do for this one.

Pop Rocks 6

106 Don Felder - You Don't Have Me

107 Chicago - Harry Truman

108 Reed Nielsen & Mark Pearson - Hasty Heart

109 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing

110 David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us

111 Exile - Kiss You All Over

112 Redbone - Come And Get Your Love

113 Bad Business - Turn it On

114 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

115 Jefferson Starship - Count on Me

116 Gary Wright - Dream Weaver

117 Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You

118 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves

119 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful

120 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart

121 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun

122 Billy Swan - I Can Help

123 Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line

124 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

125 Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes

126 Pages - You Need A Hero

Paisley 7

It's been awhile since I posted a new volume in this Paisley series. The last pick was a few years ago, but there have been tracks in my "holding area" ready to go. I have a few really long tracks I want to post too. A couple of longish tracks on this one, but not as long as the ones I have waiting. Someday I will get to them, when I get the guts to put out a three to four track playlist. If you want my definition of Paisley go see the other volumes. I explain the whole story. Just know I love this stuff. Did you notice the cover? There is a pattern...

Paisley 7

127 Spirit - Life Has Just Begun

128 Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen

129 Todd Rundgren - International Feel

130 Doors - The End

131 The Temptations - Runaway Child, Running Wild

132 Prince & the Revolution - Paisley Park

133 Cream - Strange Brew

134 Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters

135 The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Your Gold Dress

136 Grateful Dead - What's Become Of The Baby

137 Country Joe And The Fish - Flying High

138 The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday

139 Nirvana - Wings Of Love

140 Donovan - The Trip

141 Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil

142 Gal Costa - Cinema Olympia

143 Bubble Puppy - Keep Your Mouth Shut Once In A While