We have all gone through various phases in our graduated taste for music. For some of us, there was no greater classroom than the sounds wafting in and out of the open doorways in our residence halls at college. Our ears were opened to new sounds and our collective souls were lifted to a different level of appreciation. So return with us to those t…

Everyone wants to love that slow transition from cool weather to warm, and we are here to help you hear that love. Join us for an episode where we talk about some of our favorite songst that celebrate the coming of warmer weather.By BillyBobb Jumpback, Jr.

When the discussion about the glamorous lifestyles of professional musicians really gets rolling, it often centers around that 1960's mantra of "Drugs, Sex, and Rock & Roll." But they often forget that one of the main vehicles (pardon the pun) for the stories in the music is the physical presence of a car. That's right... many a great rock song oft…

Join us for a fairly in-depth look at the wonderful world of bar bands. Some of them are enjoying much success on the local scenes, while others that started there have found some degree of luck to move on to a larger regional or national audience, while still holding onto that talent and energy that made them stand out. We think we'll hit upon som…

Who would have thought that we'd be doing a fiftieth episode of Three Drinks In. Back in 2018, it was just a number on a piece of paper. But here we are. We thank those of you who actually listen to the episodes, and we encourage those of you who are curious to give us a try. It's been a lot of fun for us, so far. So here is Number 50. A relection …

We occasionally fall victim to that cultural faux pas of "name dropping" in polite company, but have you ever paid attention to how many songs are out there dropping the title of a different song into its own lyrical maze? We tried to dig deep, but probably left a few songs untouched that maybe should have been covered as well. Whatever... we just …

PLAYLIST FOR EPISODE 048 In our latest episode, we wanted to salute all of the great cities of America and points beyond by focusing on songs that have the name of a city in the title. Some of these are really big places and some are not so big, but they all have one thing in common... they WILL be remembered. Lots of different artists and musical …

Click HERE to access the Spotify playlist for Labor of Love. Welcome to our salute to the folks who keep us all running.. the working class of the world. We took a deep dive into songs that seemed to reflect attitudes about working in general and maybe the occasional pro-union song. Any way you look at it, you have yourself a great playlist for whe…

Even on your best day in the shower, you weren't as good as the folks we'll be talking about today. Sure you were a soloist in your high school or church choir. Sure you may have dazzled some folks in the audience of your 6th grade talent show. Sure you may have given yourself a hernia trying to hit the high end of Sweet Caroline at another Cyclone…

To "Jones" for something is to have an unusual need for it. Cheech and Chong once described in song a Basketball Jones. Many movies from the 60's and 70's explored the seamy side of society with flics about characters needing a fix or a Jones to keep themselves going. In today's episode, we talk about the desire to pick up and visit or move away fr…

Sometimes you just need to unleash your inner badass, so we proudly present an episode all about that. Do you have neighbors that ten to annoy you on a pretty much daily basis? This episode will help you find your way to a nasty bit of revenge. We proudly bring you our fact-finding mission of the songs that will best be played at an inconvenient lo…

Have you ever stopped to think about all the cool things that come out of Texas? Yeah... me neither. That being said, however, this month finds one of our favorite episodes as Neighbor Jerry and I took to the open highway and ended up in the Lone Star State with just enough beer and whiskey to manage a decent bribe. We took advantage of my cowboy f…

My wife and kids think I'm a classic. I am not entirely certain that the guffaws at this compliment really sell the title. But, it's true, I guess. I've been around for awhile. Is that all it takes to make something a classic? I think there is more to it. Let's look at music. Just because it is 200 years old, doesn't automatically make a song into …

As we travel through life, we oftentimes bump into some situations that could have been handled in a better manner. From these situations, we hopefully learn a lesson and are able to avoid those types of unfortunate mistakes if we find ourselves staring at them again, down the road a piece. We call these Life Lessons and that's what today's episode…

Green Day...American Idiot The Kinks...Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) David Bowie...The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spider From Mars Tim Rice / Andrew Lloyd Webber...Jesus Christ Superstar All of these incredible Rock Operas have a few things in common. First of all, there's some pretty serious genius going into …

When you think you have a favorite song, you can convince yourself that it might always be your favorite song. But what if someone comes along and takes that great song and turns in a cover that somehow transcends the original? Believe it or not, it happens all the time. Here are some of the songs we felt were as good as the original...or just a li…

You know your favorite songs by heart. Fact is, you probably know a lot of songs...if not by heart, then at least by sound. Especially, the first sound. Today we explore those songs you know as soon as you hear that first note. There are so many to talk about, but today we will be chatting about some of our favorites. So sit back and tune in to yet…

Here at Three Drinks In, we try to keep close track of all the folks that help us out. Especially the folks down here at The Iowa Tap Room. We are very much into name recognition, whether it’s the name of our servers or the name of our favorite Iowa brew. It’s important to keep them all straight and to differentiate between one another. So with tha…

The world we walk in is bursting at the seams with all sorts of good people and quite a few bad ones. The music to which we are drawn generally reflects various situations where the quality of these people is brought into focus. It's world where Saints & Sinners are constantly in the news and in our everyday lives. Sit back and enjoy BillyBobb and …

You gotta love those folks who come to every tailgate party and have that kick-ass playlist that you wish you would have taken the time to compile yourself. While theirs may be good, you know that yours would be just a little bit better, because you'd have added this tune or that tune. Well, folks, tune in to our show today and you'll hear a little…

There is so much history in the art of rock and roll, that it's difficult to find where one phase begins or another leaves off. Who were the artists or what are the songs that have most clearly demonstrated these seismic shifts? These are questions that are NOT for the faint of heart. Fortunately, we have the wherewithal to take the deep dive into …

A legacy might come in one of many forms. It might be a monetary gift of wealth. It might be a physical gift of property. At Three Drinks In, we wish to bequeath to our offspring the gift of music. We hope this episode and the playlist that supports it, will serve as a stepping off point that allows our kids to learn more about who we are and what …

Whoever said, “Attitude is everything,” knew something about the importance of finding the right frame of mind to succeed. In today’s episode, my Neighbor Jerry and I will try to walk you through some of our favorite musical enhancements that address this topic as we present to you a variety of songs that we feel might help you lay the groundwork f…

In the world of music, some songs are meant to be heard over and over…and over…and over…well, you know what I mean. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes these are fantastic songs and most usually deserve that repeated airplay. We all have our favorites. Which brings us to today’s episode. Neighbor Jerry and I have culled through our own stacks upon stacks…

This is a club to which very few belong and even fewer are applying to join. Our 30th Episode at Three Drinks In takes us into the darkness that is a category of successful musical artists who all died at the untimely age of 27. It's a sad story, but the music they left behind will live forever. We hope you'll give us a listen and enjoy the show. T…

Are you old enough to remember when Ronald Reagan told an audience, "America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside our hearts. It rests in the message of hope in the songs of a man so many young Americans admire: New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen. And helping you make those dreams come true is what this job of mine is all about." Wow...Reagan…

We all have those moments when being alone is a good thing. You can breathe in and out without the everyday pressures stampeding across your brain. Might be in the evening hours on the veranda watching the stars climb into the sky...might be in you kayak rolling across a calm lake. If you are so inclined, you might have a drink sitting next to you …

In today’s world, most people and kids especially have the luxury of being able to pop in a couple of ear buds and stream up a playlist on their phone and voila, they are the commander of their own musical starship. It hasn’t always been that way, has it? Most of you listening to this know that there was always a hierarchy in who got to choose the …

When Neighbor Jerry randomly chose this topic, I knew we'd be having fun. As by-products of the 1960s, the two of us have special recollections of the events that were constantly unfolding on our native soil and in a small jungle 8,000 miles away. We saw turmoil...we saw resistance. We saw signs of hatred...we saw attempts at peace. And all around …

The radio has started to fill up with the usual suspects for Christmas music, so Neighbor Jerry and I decided we'd dive in and give you an episode where we share what we like that may or may not be on your radar screen of Christmas music. We hit upon some of the ones you know, but at least we delve into some that are new to us, and hopefully new to…

Pilamayaye is a Native American term used to express thanks. In this episode, BillyBobb and his Neighbor Jerry look to the culture of the Indigenous Americans in an effort to "give thanks" for their contributions to what is the tapestry of American music...specifically to rock and roll music. Theirs is a deep and rich history of pain and injustice …

This month, Jerry and I take on the formidable task of selecting three songs that MUST be on any road trip playlist that we might make. As you can imagine, our individual playlists for any road trip would be pretty long, so boiling it down to our three must-haves was as an exercise in futility. We had tons of songs…but for this show, while we will …

Here at Three Drinks In, Neighbor Jerry and I are always talking about "a time and a place." We all know that music triggers so many emotions in the human psyche...it grabs us by the ear and drags us back to a time or a place in our memory. Today's program is our reflection on the songs that stand out to us. We invite you to join us as we visit tho…

It is like looking for your own shadow. It's been there all along, but we have become so accustomed to it that it is now a part of how we live, but rarely acknowledge. We're talking about the influences that are the village that helped us become who we now are. In this particular case, we are talking about our musical influences. Why do like the mu…

Welcome to July in the USA. Happy Independence Day...hopefully without space aliens, this time. BillyBobb and his Neighbor Jerry are drinking beers and discussing the songs that bring all of what is good about our country into sharp perspective. They've talked, on past episodes, about the dark side of life for some Americans, but this episode is al…

Music and meals should always coexist. Whether it's in the preparation stage or the actual sitting down stage, there is always a place for good music to cohabitate a good meal. The selection of the music will likely be guided by the menu itself. That's where the fun begins. This month, Neighbor Jerry and BillyBobb travel to Norse country up in Stor…

With every new election comes a new opportunity for politicians to gain momentum not only through their policy choices but also through the choices they make for the music that is played to the crowds during their appearances. Neighbor Jerry and BillyBobb take on the political powers to bring forth the type of songs that just might get them elected…

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on many occasions used a modern revision of the words of abolitionist minister, Theodore Parker, when he told us, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." In today's episode, we join our guest host, Brian Fox of Fox Brewery in West Des Moines as we seek to understand just what we mean by soc…

We all gotta go sometime...right? Well, maybe we gotta go, but that doesn't mean we can't have a good time when we're gone. BillyBobb and his Neighbor Jerry hand pick a variety of songs that will serve to enhance their trip across that final river. Imagine being at the memorial service for either of these cool cats and NOT having really good music …

It's February, so romance, if not spring is in the air. Today, BillyBobb and his neighbor Jerry invite their beautiful wives onto the podcast. Listen as Alice (Jerry) and June (BillyBobb) sit in and discuss the artists and songs that played some role in helping to shape those "Ties That Bind" as the relationships began to blossom. It's all about ho…

Happy Anniversary to all of you cats and kittens out there in Pod Land. It was on October 25th, 2018 that Neighbor Jerry and I first recorded an episode of Three Drinks In. It was published then and boom...the wheels fell off. Over a year later, we finally recorded episode #002 and since then, we've been off to the races with a new episode airing n…

Well, we never said we were only beer drinkers, now did we. So today you can stumble through Episode 013 right along with us. We take a trip to Jimmie Jett's Petro Palace for a prolonged bourbon tour. And let me tell you...it was a GREAT tour. So it is only fitting that right along with a tour of various whiskeys that we spend some time talking abo…

For those of us of a certain age, was there anything more relaxing in our years of innocence and escapism than wandering off to the local record store and flipping through countless racks of vinyl LPs? Not for me, at least. I was fortunate enough to have a great place to go hunt for new or sometimes used records and just avoid the responsibilities …

Imagine, if you will... You've been granted the power to call back from the great beyond, one of your favorite musical artists. You can call them back and drop them into any venue of your choice and they will play one song only...of your choosing. Who do you recall? Where do want them to play? What song will you request? Join BillyBobb and his Neig…

Last month the boys regaled our fantastic listeners to stories about the three concerts that each of them wanted to attend, but for various reasons (lethargy and ignorance being primary in that area) just could not. This month, BillyBobb and his neighbor Jerry switch gears and fill us with their three favorite concerts that they have ever attended …

Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody! Sometimes it's our own fault and sometimes it's just the nature of things. Among those saddest mistakes are the "opportunities missed" for whatever reason. In this month's episode, BillyBobb and his neighbor Jerry sip some cool ones and reminisce about the shows that got away. They're talking about concerts that…

It might be in the title or in the message or just a passing mention in a particular line of a song, but BillyBobb and his neighbor Jerry have pulled together their suggestions for songs to be played as "last call" is announced at your favorite watering hole. There are sooooooo many from which to choose, that it becomes a little daunting. In the en…

Billybobb and his Neighbor Jerry slide back into earshot with their staggeringly self-centered views on what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has gotten so terribly wrong up to this point. Join them as they wander into another briar patch of controversy by telling their listeners (both of you) just who SHOULD be there and why. Please enjoy our Spotif…

In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, the boys at Three Drinks In seek to find meaningful works to help lift the spirits of their loyal listener. Please enjoy our Spotify playlist to hear some of the music we loved, but couldn't squeeze into this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zZR4pHE48QMzYoIPIYQhD?si=cbae50152e3b40c7…

When Billybobb and his Neighbor Jerry sat down to record this episode back in the middle of March 2020, the ugly truth of racism in America was still largely under the covers of a pandemic still growing wild. With the death of George Floyd (among others), the covers have been pulled back and the protests that are currently a daily happening across …