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If you're tired of hearing the same 40 songs on satellite radio or your local "classic rock" station, tune in to ROCK AND ROLL RADIO today because here we go, y'all - the last four ROCK AND ROLL RADIO shows of the year will absolutely, positively prove to the world that we really are living in the Second Golden Age of Classic Rock! We're playing nothing but songs released in 2024, and we've got about 200 of them to choose from. The depth of great rock and roll right now is ASTOUNDING.

I'll put the songs that came out in 2024 against the body of work from ANY YEAR you want. That's right - I am telling those of us who came of age in the '60's, the '70's and/or the '80's (it took some of us longer to come of age than others) that the kind of music we loved back then is being made and it's being made in BUNCHES.

Today you'll hear bands like The Midnight Devils, The Steel Crows, Goodbye June, Jayler, Crossbone Skully, The Darbies and Gorilla Riot. And that's just the guys!

The Ladies That Rock have put out so much INCREDIBLE rock this year that of the four remaining shows, one of them will be nothing BUT songs from the Ladies That Rock! That comes in a couple weeks but today we're going to hear from Broken Hearts Club, Velvet Rush, Roxx Revolt & The Velvets, Tabloited, and The Loyal Cheaters.

Like I said - if you like the classic rock stations out there but have been wondering "Has anyone made anything since Aerosmith released 'Pump'?" then have I got news for you. Tune in to www.highvolumemusicradio.com at 4 PM CST today or listen any time, all the time on the High Volume Music Radio app. Don't delay - this show is up for only a week. But there's more great rock where this came from!
 
If you're superstitious and worried about Friday the 13th or Jason Voorhees, don't worry - we've got you covered with brand new rock and roll!

Today is show #2 of 4 in a row on ROCK AND ROLL RADIO that focuses on ***great*** rock released this year. That's right - in case you've been living under a rock, you already know we're living in The Second Golden Age of Classic Rock. Today we continue to prove it!

We'll blast new stuff from Mach 22, Andy Alexander, Hat Stealers (what a great name!), Quiver, Mars Needs Women (another great name!), Doomsday Outlaw and The Karma Effect. And that's just from the first two sets!

When we get to the Ladies That Rock, you'll hear instant classics from Turning Jane, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, Blues Pills, Spiders and a great band from France called Chey 'N' Shiners.

Enjoy those Ladies but get ready - next week is nothing BUT Ladies That Rock. Who else can do that but ROCK AND ROLL RADIO? Nobody!

The show drops at 4 PM CST on www.highvolumemusicradio.com and of course, it's available for a week either there or on the High Volume Music Radio app. Get it, and get it on!
 
Ho ho ho - it's a full show from the Ladies That Rock!

That's right - today's ROCK AND ROLL RADIO is nothing but the best from the Ladies and have I told you lately that no one rocks harder than the Ladies That Rock?

It's true and to bring the point home, everything you'll hear today was released this year - yes, THIS YEAR. Twenty-six - that's 26 for those of us into numerals - brand-new songs and are you sitting down? That's less than half of the new stuff we played from the Ladies this year! Now, I ask you - can you EVER remember a year when rock and roll ladies put out so much music? I can't!

So you know beyond any doubt that you, me and everyone else really IS living in The Second Golden Age of Classic Rock!

Get your holiday rock on with Rebel Queens, The Hot Damn!, Femmes Voyous, Bywater Call, Spend Money on Circus (is that a cool name or what?), Hannah Fairlight and nineteen more rocking bands!

The fun drops at 4 PM CST today on High Volume Music Radio. Listen on the HVMR app or if you're chained to a desk, vector on over to www.highvolumemusicradio.com. Nowhere else but ROCK AND ROLL RADIO!
 
It's the last ROCK AND ROLL RADIO SHOW of 2024 or as I like to look at it - the fourth show in a row with nothing but rock released THIS YEAR!

When I started this show four (?!?) years ago, I figured I'd be playing mostly stuff from my archives since I thought I had more rock music than anyone. So that's what I played - for about three shows and then I ran out of archives!

That led me to look for stuff I didn't have and then that led me to new music. Long story short - I found out there are bands releasing songs RIGHT NOW that are as good as anything from the '70's or '80's. And tons of it, too!

Join us today as we wrap up this year's output in The Second Golden Age Of Classic Rock. Finish the year strong with Goodbye June, The Karma Effect, The Midnight Devils, The Southern River Band, Doomsday Outlaws, Red Voodoo, Classless Act and Atomic Freak. Are those names new to you? Then are you in for a treat! I promise you'll dig them just as much as you dug the bands from yesteryear!

If that's not enough, how about the Ladies That Rock? They've been as prolific as ever! We've got Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, Go Betty Go, Turning Jane, Pretty Velvet and Dear Robin.

Four years and 177 episodes - it feels like we're just getting started! Join the fun today, 4 PM CST when we drop on the High Volume Music Radio app or, of course, you can listen on the HVMR site.

Send out 2024 in style and buckle up for 2025!
 
Just a quick heads-up and a sincere wish for a Happy New Year from ROCK AND ROLL RADIO!

We're taking this week off but should be back next week (1/10/25) with Episode 178/2025 Show #1. We've already got a plethora - a PLETHORA - of new releases! I do have to say though - there were so many great songs released in 2022 and 2023 that I'm just going to have to dip into that archive (archive?!?) and frankly, I can't wait!
 
ROCK AND ROLL RADIO'S 2025 starts NOW!

What an incredible year we had in 2024 so hang on to your Telecasters and Les Pauls because 2025 is shaping up to be even better!

We truly are STILL living in The Second Golden Age of Classic Rock. If you loved the stuff from the '70's and '80's and want to feel young again, good news - you can! Just tune in to ROCK AND ROLL RADIO and for two hours, I promise you're going to feel 21 again!

The Fountain of Youth today is brought to you by Rebel Angels, Black Eyed Sons, Overdrivers, De Piratas, Ace Monroe, The Lazys and Dirty Honey, just to name a few.

What's that? You haven't heard of those bands? Guess what - there was a time when you hadn't heard of Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Bad Company or Styx either. Are these new guys as good as those guys? I think so but you'll only know for yourself if you tune in!

If I were you, I'd tune in for those reasons AND because we are the ONLY show in the WORLD that brings you a full set of the Ladies That Rock each and every week. Today we've got Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, The Cocktail Slippers and Turning Jane - plus more!

Join us today starting at 4 PM CST at www.highvolumemusicradio.com or on the High Volume Music Radio app. Of course, you can listen ANY TIME after that - isn't technology wonderful? I bet you feel younger already!
 
Here I go again, doing something I don't normally do but I just can't help myself!

I've just finished programming this week's ROCK AND ROLL RADIO show and as promised, it's all-international. That's right - 26 songs from 26 different countries. Who else can do this? Probably nobody!

But doing something that no one else can do isn't what's got me all fired up - it's the quality of the songs! Think about it - 26 countries from six of the seven continents (and we're going to give Antarctica a pass, obvs) and yet the quality of the music is simply ASTOUNDING. We have literally traveled the WORLD this week and everywhere we went, we found GREAT ROCK AND ROLL!

Classic rock isn't just thriving - it's thriving the world over! Can't wait til y'all hear this week's show!
 
Today's the day - we International like no one has ever Internationaled before!

ROCK AND ROLL RADIO presents a show unlike any other - great songs from more than two dozen countries, each of which giving us fantastic rock and roll!

Rather than tell you some of the bands we're playing, how about some of the countries that are represented? You bet!

We've got bands from Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Argentina, Japan, the Ukraine, India, New Zealand and Singapore. And that's not even the half of it!

This show represents lots of things but most of all it represents that great rock is a universal language. Think about it - is there another genre that could produce an international set list like this? I really don't think so, but rock and roll can - and does!

Join us and see...or HEAR...for yourself. The show drops at 4 PM CDT at www.highvolumemusicradio.com or, of course, you can jam any time, all the time on the High Volume Music Radio app. Let's go internationaling!
 
The Houston snow has mostly melted, and I promise the music on ROCK AND ROLL RADIO today is so hot that it'll not only melt ears (in the good way!), but the rest of the snow!

2025 has started with a bang in many ways, not the least of which is some incredibly great new rock and roll. Today features new stuff from Crossbone Skully, The Commoners, Sweet Electric (you NEED to hear their story) and others.

They're joined by friends like Daxx & Roxanne, The Karma Effect, The Dreadful Tides, Ramblin' Preachers and Justin Cody Fox.

Now, you might be saying "Who?" but remember - there was a time you didn't know who Aerosmith or ZZ Top was, either! The new stuff we play ranks right up there with the old stuff we grew up on - that's why I play it! I love it and I guarantee you will do - money back if you don't!

SPOILER ALERT - No one ever asks for their money back. Also, the show is free.

The best things in life are free and that includes The Ladies That Rock. Today's set includes JOANovARC, The Interrupters, Chey 'N' Shiners and a brand new GREAT song from Thundermother.

So hop on the bandwagon and let's rock! You'll be glad you did - who doesn't want to feel 23 again? You can get that feel-like-a-23-year-old feeling today at 4 PM CST or any time after that for the entire next week. Just log on to www.highvolumemusicradio.com or fire up your phone and engage the High Volume Music Radio app.

Ain't life great!
 

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