Do you study album credits? Do you sit in your driveway waiting to hear the rest of a good song? Get annoyed when someone refers to "Baba O'Riley" as "Teenage Wasteland?" You may want to listen to the monthly Jukebox Graduate podcast that longtime friends Eugene Edwards (Dwight Yoakam) and Dave Rayburn co-host. It will be two friends talking about music with guests and an attempt to share our discoveries and experiences. Sometimes music helps us understand our world, sometimes ourselves. Thi ...
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Episode 18: It's A Sound Salvation (Part 2)
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Part 2 of 2:Well, the boys most certainly made up for lost time in Part 1. An hour and a half later... they finally get into the meat of their 2023/24 Winter Pledge Drive. In this segment, you will learn how the ol' podcast morphed into a 24/7 curated internet radio station with themed and hosted programming, but you also get an insight into what t…
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Episode 18: It's A Sound Salvation (Part 1)
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Part 1 of 2:Three years since their last co-hosted podcast, Dave and Eugene return with a very special Pledge Drive edition of The Jukebox Graduate. The boys catch up on what they've been up all this time, how their podcast has evolved into it's current 24/7 entertainment resource, and how Artificial Intelligence is impacting the world of music... …
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SINGLES: Episode 04 (Everyday Is Like Sunday)
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Welcome home, everybody!Uncertain times call for certain measures. We know that many of you have more time your hands than usual, or maybe you just need something to keep your mind busy while the world sorts itself out. Dave and Eugene have just the thing!With SINGLES, the Jukebox Graduate will be coming to you more frequently with bite-sized mini …
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SINGLES: Episode 03 (Islands In The Stream)
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Welcome home, everybody!Uncertain times call for certain measures. We know that many of you have more time your hands than usual, or maybe you just need something to keep your mind busy while the world sorts itself out. Dave and Eugene have just the thing!With SINGLES, the Jukebox Graduate will be coming to you more frequently with bite-sized mini …
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SINGLES: Episode 02 (Teach Your Children)
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Welcome home, everybody!Uncertain times call for certain measures. We know that many of you have more time your hands than usual, or maybe you just need something to keep your mind busy while the world sorts itself out. Dave and Eugene have just the thing!With SINGLES, the Jukebox Graduate will be coming to you more frequently with bite-sized mini …
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Welcome home, everybody!Uncertain times call for certain measures. We know that many of you have more time your hands than usual, or maybe you just need something to keep your mind busy while the world sorts itself out. Dave and Eugene have just the thing!With SINGLES, the Jukebox Graduate will be coming to you more frequently with bite-sized mini …
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The only thing that could stop Elvis Costello in 1979 was himself. So he did. Crawling from the wreckage of an unfortunate scandal, he and his band made a curious document, 1980’s GET HAPPY!! Costello’s fourth album was propelled by the runaway train of his band, the Attractions. It was a musical romp of classic soul vibes but a lyrical tangle of w…
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Episode 16 of the Jukebox Graduate is a lovely, simple dialogue between Dave and Eugene. The talkie twosome go over a range of topics:Dave’s incredible Dylan concert experience, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, Juliana Hatfield and her album of Police covers, Eugene’s Fender videos and telecasts, Outlaw Country, and their favorite new music…
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In episode 15 of The Jukebox Graduate, Dave and Eugene host their guest, producer Carl Alvarez, in order to discuss the new Ken Burns documentary Country Music. The duo of dialogue first cover other topics: the Raconteurs at Amoeba, recent movies/upcoming music documentaries, Bryan Ferry at the Greek, recent suicides, and Eugene’s Fender Facebook L…
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Episode 14 of The Jukebox Graduate finds the babbling boys of summer at Humble Hill studios on a grey drizzly day. Dave recalls his trip to Detroit and shares the Third Man recording that he made in the Voice-O-Graph while there. They talk about the Universal fire of 2008. Then it’s a discussion of the recent Martin Scorcese/Bob Dylan Rolling Thund…
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In Episode 13 of The Jukebox Graduate, the lucky lads welcome Ted Russell Kamp to their show. Ted and Eugene go back many years and they comb through old memories. After discussing Bruce Springsteen’s new release news and Dave’s Record Store Day escapades, the discussion turns to Ted’s story of figuring out where he wanted music to take him and how…
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In Episode 12 of The Jukebox Graduate, Dave and Eugene run through the news of the first couple of months of the year. The prattling pair briefly go over Dave’s trip to NAMM. Eugene complains about the film Bohemian Rhapsody and that begets a discussion about Rock ‘n’ Roll and movies, and the glory of the Monkees. Then, they interview Brad Sample a…
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In Episode 11 of The Jukebox Graduate, Dave and Eugene put a cork on 2018. This couple of cut-ups talk about rock memoirs, concept albums, Roy Clark and the best music they heard all year. There is also a tally of who got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a couple of Burt Reynolds stories to boot.We will hear songs from Brad Sample and Clover…
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In Episode 10 of The Jukebox Graduate, Dave and Eugene go over a few things as they head towards the end of the year. The personable pair discuss meeting up in Orange County and the wrap-up of the LSD tour. They look back at the late Geoff Emerick and the great recordings that he helped bring to us. Then it’s a run down of the Rock and Roll Hall of…
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Side Pod 01: Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
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Enter at your own risk of eye-roll. In this special “side pod” episode of The Jukebox Graduate, Dave and Eugene dive into the abyss of 1978’s Darkness On the Edge of Town album and tour by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Upon the 40th anniversary of that annus mirabilis the Goons of Tunes talk about what it means to them to this day. The ill…
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In the ninth episode of The Jukebox Graduate Dave and Eugene get caught up on a few things. Eugene talks about the Greater Bakersfield show on SiriusXM and the Bakersfield sound in general. Then we hear a little about the LSD tour that began this summer. After a brief discussion of sidemen musicians we hear music from the Mastersons and Brad Sample…
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Episode 08: There's No Place Like Home
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Episode 8 of The Jukebox Graduate brings the blabby boys to The Sharktank in Los Angeles for a very special in-studio session with Bloodshot Records recording artist Ruby Boots. Things kick off with a quick recap of Eugene's tales from the road, Dave's Record Store Day triumphs, as well as the latest happenings in the world of Spinal Tap bassist De…
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In Episode 7 of The Jukebox Graduate the Telecommunicating Twosome chat over the phone about a smattering of topics and have a very special guest with a very special documentary.Eugene calls from the road and talks with Dave about “The Searcher,” the new HBO documentary about Elvis Presley and his music. Eugene announces this summer’s LSD tour. The…
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Episode 06: Even Better Than The Real Thing
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In this episode Dave Rayburn and Eugene Edwards reflect on recent trips. Eugene goes to Nashville to perform at the Ryman and bumps into old friends. The duo of dialogue go over the Grammys. Dave goes to the NAMM convention and thinks he sees a U2 concert. Eugene gets corrected by a listener. Dave gets hold of a legendary Deejay’s records and Eugen…
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Episode 05: A Hairy Spector Christmas
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After a bit of a sabbatical Dave and Eugene sit down at Mystery Ship studios for the 5th episode of the Jukebox Graduate. The talkative twosome discuss Dave’s move into his new house, Eugene’s great time at the Heritage Festival in Iowa, music anachronisms in film, a visit to the Birthplace of Country Music museum in Bristol TN, hecklers, holiday m…
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Episode 04: The House That Built Elvis
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Episode four of The Jukebox Graduate is a good old-fashioned conversation about music and how it makes us think. After explaining why John Stamos does the intro Eugene talks about his visit to Elvis's childhood home. Cindy Wasserman briefly graces the show to introduce a song by her band Dead Rock West, plus we get to hear a track from the Sadies. …
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Episode 03: My Rock 'n' Roll Dreams
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In the third episode of the Jukebox Graduate Dave and Eugene welcome Brian Whelan into Pollywood Studios for a fun-filled fragment of their ongoing discussion of all things music. You'll hear about the history between Brian and Eugene and how Brian soldiered through life changes to produce his two great albums, Decider and Sugarland. You'll also he…
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Episode 02: Remember, This Is Important (To Me)!
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From Pollywood Studios in Eagle Rock, California it's the second episode of the Jukebox Graduate. Dave and Eugene discuss why Chuck Berry matters, how Willie Nelson and X remind us of singularity and legacy, NAMM 2017, and the 10th annual Record Store Day. We listen to tracks from Tift Merritt and Abel Franco. And, we discuss the new stuff that has…
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Episode 01: We're Jukebox Graduates. Do You Know What That Means?
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In this first episode of the Jukebox Graduate, Dave and Eugene discuss how music has been a guiding light in their lives, how they met, the first moment that they caught the bug, how they consume music, what they can still learn from great records, the losses of 2016, the unknowable legacy of rock and roll, and the relevance of outtakes. After list…
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