Reelin' In The Years

This week on RITY... The mini theme is The Investigation... Plus, a song by the son of a Los Angeles furrier who made furs for the stars... The tragic death of guitarist, Randy Rhoads... The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking with Roger Waters... Deep cuts from The KBC Band, Chicago, Elton John, Mofro, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... The mini theme is The Byline: Songs about writers/writing... Also, that one time Phil Collins forgot to wear a special dinner jacket when dining at The Pump Room restaurant in Chicago... A band name inspired by George Harrison's response when notified of faulty recording equipment: 'WE'LL BURY the errors in the mixing process'... A Skynyrd song inspired by the beauty of the Okefenokee Swamp... Paul McCartney's response to being challenged by his Aunt Lil to write a song that wasn't about love... Deep cuts from Glenn Frey, Steppenwolf, Brinsley Schwarz, Poco, Todd Rundgren & Edgar Winter, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... The mini theme is Brick By Brick... Also, Steve Miller & Sir Paul McCartney discuss their collaboration on the song, "Young Boy"... The Longest song in the history of rock music, but I'll be playing the single... A song inspired by two episodes of the Twilight Zone... Plus deeps cuts from Tesla, Counting Crows, Piper, Izzy Stradlin, The Dukes Of Stratosphear and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... The mini theme is The Life Cycle Of A Cicada... A hit Beatles song inspired by a photo inside the January 1965 issue of National Geographic Magazine... A Little Feat song that was partially written at CVG airport... A song Ace Frehley wrote after being electrocuted... Deep cuts from Joe Walsh, Storyville, The Henry Paul Band, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Blackberry Smoke, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... The mini theme is Mayday! Songs with titles that are a cry for help... A brand new song from Sammy Hagar that pays tribute to his former bandmate, Eddie Van Halen... Who would have thought that driving down Lake Shore Drive while high on cocaine would inspire a hit song!... Who was Chicken Man and why was he blown up by a nail bomb?... Deep cuts from Artful Dodger, Orion The Hunter, Spys, Little Village, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, and much more!... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... The mini theme is Down On The Farm... Plus, the opening track from what's considered to be one of the first rock operas of all-time, S.F. Sorrow... What do businessmen, Margaret Thatcher, and Mary Whitehouse have in common?... Elvis Costello talks about collaborating with Paul McCartney and how the two of them wrote a song for Costello's grandma... Deep cuts from Larkin Poe, Streetheart, Brian Auger, Smokie, Steve Miller, and more! For info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... The mini theme is Celestial Navigation... Plus, from "Seven League Boots" to "Southern Cross": The story behind the final Top 20 hit for Crosby, Stills & Nash... Music from a band that shares their name with the Irish-American gangster, Jack "Legs" Diamond... Deep cuts from Blodwyn Pig, Robert Fripp, Zebra, Rodriguez, Sharon Jones, Paul Westerberg, Gordon Lightfoot, and more! For info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... The mini theme is Time To Call Pest Control!... Plus, a Beatles song inspired by the poem, The Shooting Of Dan McGrew... That one time when REO Speedwagon pulled a prank that went wrong... Neil Young filled-in for Eddie Vedder?!?!... Deep cuts from Brand X, Clear Light, Fastway, John Hammond, Duke Jupiter, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the mini theme is Allergens: Songs with a common allergen in the title... Also, the story of how one of the most covered songs in the history of popular music started with the working title of "Scrambled Eggs"... A tune that The Police wrote/recorded as a diss at Rod Stewart... A song inspired by the Three Mile Island Accident... Plus deep cuts from FM, New York Dolls, Procol Harum, Lucinda Williams, Marshall Tucker, Foo Fighters, The Badlees, and much more! For more information on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the mini theme is Batter Up! Songs that relate to baseball... Plus, the incredible story of how Missing Persons frontwoman - Dale Bozzio - escaped an attacker by falling out of her hotel room window... Who was Clancy and how did he lose his ability to sing?... Music from a local band who chose a name that would get their albums placed next to The Beatles on alphabetically-arranged record store racks... Deep cuts from The Eagles, Link Wray, Eric Martin, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the mini theme is "The Public Eye": Songs that mention the public eye in the lyrics... Also, a band whose name is a combination of BO Diddley and James DEAN... Music from a group that unknowingly hired a drug-addicted fugitive who wound up giving the band their name... Have you ever seen a Squonk's tears? Plus deep tracks from Styx, Journey, Moon Martin, Wilco, Prism, Mike Doughty, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this week's episode of Reelin' In The Years, this mini theme is Heavy Metal: Songs with a type of metal in the title... Plus, what was an Apple Scruff?... Why did the Jeff Beck Group cancel their plan to play at Woodstock?.... Why was R. Dean Taylor Wanted in the state of Indiana?... Deep tracks from The Beach Boys, The Allman Joys, The Beach Boys, Todd Rundgren, Audioslave, Dave Mason, Heart, Robert Randolph, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... Our mini theme is The "I'ds" Of March... Plus, a hit song that was the end result of a Neil Young Impersonation... Who was Jimmie Nicol and how he inspired a popular Beatles song?... You've heard of Green Eggs and Ham, but would consider putting Vaseline on Toast?... Music from Joe South, Tommy Bolin, John Prine, Billy Strings, Phish, The Outsiders, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this week's edition of RITY, our mini theme is Down By The Railroad Tracks... Also, music from three Cincinnati area bands... How Paul Simon found love on Saturday Night LIVE... Mr. Sardonicus and his connection to rock 'n' roll... Music from a group named after a random 93 year old woman... Deep cuts from Hall & Oates, Belly, Jesse Ed Davis, Genesis, Richard & Linda Thompson, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, our mini theme is Soccer... Plus, the link between Tom Petty and U.S. Navy Admiral - David Farragut... An alt. rock anthem inspired by a parallel universe where J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. is President of the U.S... A song about journalists that was written by a former journalist who left that job to become one of the greatest guitarists of all-time... Deep tracks from School Of Fish, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Shoes, Cheap Trick, Derek & The Dominos and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

On this week's episode of RITY, our mini theme is What Makes The World Go 'Round?... Plus, a song written from the perspective of a couple "doing the deed" seconds before a nuclear disaster... A song that's the end result of a rock band trying to remain relevant as the disco era was taking over... A George Harrison song inspired by the home of comedian, Lord Buckley... Deep cuts from Hall & Oates, Steve Hackett, MC5, Tom Jones, Bob Mould, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, our mini theme is "Too Late." Plus, a song written by a guy who shares his name with a Monopoly property... Who is Sananda Maitreya and what happened to Terence Trent D'Arby?... What number is the answer to "the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything" and how it relates to an 80's jazz-funk band... Deep cuts from LeRoux, Sheriff, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Gary Moore, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the mini theme is Planets! Also, a solo hit from a guy who had three other hits with three different bands... A David Bowie tune that's a parody of Frank Sinatra's "My Way." Does anyone know if there's life on Mars?... The connection between Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna" and a major hit from 1969 by a Dutch rock band... Plus deep cuts from Zephyr, Eagles, Mink DeVille, John Mayer, Cactus, Stories, Joan Armatrading, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on the show, the mini theme is Under The Weather - Song titles that relate to illness... Plus, music from a band whose lead singer died of a heart attack while performing on stage... A song inspired by Influenza A, which hit the United States in 1957... How is Ginger Baker not considered a veteran when he spent time in the Air Force and Army? Deep tracks from Bloodrock, Dixie Dregs, STP, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, I'll be spotlighting blind musicians for the mini theme... Plus, a song by the son of Doris Day. Plus, his connection to Charles Manson... The original version of Zeppelin's "Lemon Song"... A rare song credited to Suzy And The Red Stripes, but sung by Linda McCartney... Plus deep cuts from Cream, Fanny, Del Shannon, Jo Jo Gunne, Ohio Players, Foghat, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... The mini theme is The Weatherman... Plus, a song that Van Morrison was inspired to write after having a nightmare about an assassination attempt on Ray Charles... Music from a group named after the 400 Unit of the Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, Alabama... A brand new segment called "Out Of Left Field" where I play a random song that I normally wouldn't play... Plus deep cuts from Lonnie Mack, B. W. Stevenson, Pages, The Rockets, and the combo of Huey Lewis & Hank Williams Jr... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY... Our mini theme is What Time Is It?... Also, music from an English band who got their big break after David Gilmour overheard them playing a wedding... Someone actually wrote a song about the food at Howard Johnson's!?!?... A rarity from the band, Lynard Skynard. Yes, I spelled that correctly... Plus deep tracks from Neutral Milk Hotel, Unicorn, Dog's Eye View, The Cure, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, to correspond with the upcoming ball drop, our mini theme is The "Ball." I'll be playing songs with the word "ball" in the title... Also, "Kindred Spirits": A collaboration between Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck... The story of how an unfinished Bob Dylan bootleg was transformed into a massive hit... "Soulful Strut" is one of the greatest instrumentals of all-time, but was it really recorded by Young-Holt Unlimited? The answer will surprise you!... Plus deep tracks from Nils Lofgren, Manassas, The Golliwogs, Hoodoo Gurus, Les Dudek, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY: A weekly theme has returned! However, it'll only apply to a few songs in the playlist. Also, music from a group that gets their name from a Monty Python sketch... A David Bowie tune inspired by a dream where Iggy Pop's girlfriend gets eaten by a TV... What do you get when you stuff a mattress full of weed?... Plus deep cuts from The Law, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Dawes, The Rubinoos, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY: Who was the Butter Queen and what did she use the butter for? The answer will shock you!... Music from a child prodigy who played guitar for the Allman Brothers at the age of 10!... I'm calling my shot that you will hear a song from a band named after The Great Bambino!... Plus deep cuts from Crow, The Band Of Heathens, REO Speedwagon, and Sea Level... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY: A Christmas song written by a guy who lives in the former childhood home of Jeffrey Dahmer in Akron... The inspiration for Rick Nelson's "Garden Party"... A duet by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss... Music from a short-lived band that John Lennon formed while he was still a member of The Beatles... Plus deep cuts from Batdorf & Rodney, Trooper, Iain Matthews, Eric Clapton, XTC, and Peter Green... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY:We all remember Chuck Woolery as a game show host, but what if I told you he was also part of a duo that scored a Top 40 hit!A song inspired by a normal human body temperatureA song by a heavy metal band name after a parakeet. I hope you're a fan of bread!The second single from a band that gets their name from a street in Athens, OhioPlus deep cuts from Dennis Wilson, Hindu Love Gods, Missouri, Steve Gibbons, American Flyer, and much more!For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY:A Steely Dan song you'll never listen to the same way again once you hear it's meaning!A song Mark Knopfler was inspired to write after reading Ray Kroc's autobiographyWe're going to have an early Thanksgiving dinner with Alice Brock and her husband. Plus some guy named Arlo and his friend. I hope you have 18 minutes to spare.For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY:Music from a band named after a brand of steamrollersA song John Lennon wrote that was partially inspired by his enconcounter with a UFO A story about how the early 70s pop rock band - Looking Glass - transformed into a hard rock band that inspired groups like Bon Jovi, Poison, and Motley CruePlus deep tracks from Cactus, Touch, RTZ, and Al Di MeolaFor more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY:The story of Loverboy and those red leather pants What's big and purple and lives in the ocean? Dan Rather, what is the frequency?!?! Who was Uncle Remus? Plus deep cuts from Daryl Hall, J. Geils, Larsen-Feiten, and much more!For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY:What is Backmasking and is it linked to the occult?David Lee Roth tells us the clever reason why Van Halen was against having brown M&M's backstageAn all new LIVE performance from Rock Hall Of Famer, Peter Frampton Music from a group that's named after a phrase often uttered by Yosemite Sam! Plus deep tracks from Michael Stanley, ELP, Captain Beyond, Mason Proffit, and much more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY:Breaking News from Gil-Scott Heron. Plus, a moody weather report from meteorologist, Tom Waits.A song that was the end result of Tom Petty reuniting with his first bandA story about the time George Clinton drove into (what he thought) was the zombie apocalypse.Why in the hell was Terry Kath spending so much time in the shower?Plus deep tracks from John Hiatt, Wilco, Mick Jagger, Donald Fagen, Rory Gallagher, and TrapezeFor more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week marks a new era for the show. There will no longer be a theme. However, there will be a more rock-oriented playlist, deeper tracks, and more information about the bands and their music. For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com.

On this episode of RITY, the theme is Skydiving! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

It's that time of year for Homecoming! This week on RITY, songs that include one of the following phrases: "coming home," "come home," "came home," or the word "homecoming." For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on Reelin', the theme is "Story" Time: Songs that mention the word "story" in the title or lyrics... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, I'm featuring LIVE performances from Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch, which was located in Meigs County, Ohio... For more infomation on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the theme is Through The Ages: Songs that mention a person's age in the title or lyrics. For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

A new season of football is here! To celebrate, the theme this week is Studying Film: Songs Featured In Football-Themed Movies... For more info on the show and to view the playlist, visit reelinwithryan.com

Happy Labor Day Weekend! This week on the show, the theme is Give & Take: Song titles that include either of those words... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, our theme is Goin' Up The Country. Songs that feature the word "country" in the title or the lyrics. And when I say "country," I mean a sparsely populated area. For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, LIVE performances from the Howard Stern Show... For more info on RITY, visit reelinwithryan.com

We're approaching that time of year when school is back in session. To mark the occasion, this week on RITY, the theme is Back To School! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on the show, I'm playing songs with titles that include an inanimate object/item that you can probably find at a yard sale... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the theme is The "B" Hive as I'll be playing two hours of the greatest B Sides ever recorded... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

Campaign season is and has been in full swing. This week on RITY, we hit the campaign trail to make radio great again! I'll be playing songs with a title that includes a U.S. city... For more info, visit reelinwithryan.com

Knock, knock! Who can it be now? That's our theme for the week! Songs about knocking or someone being at the door... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on the program, the theme is "Dress" Code: Songs with lyrics that mention a woman's dress... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the theme is Here We Go Again. To qualify, the song's title must contain the word "Again" or another word OR phrase of similar meaning... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the theme is Fade In To You: Songs That Open With A Noticeable Fade In... For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

This week on RITY, the theme is On The Radio. Songs that include that phrase in the lyrics. For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com