The Ragman Show - Podcast-125

Have you seen Rush on their latest 50ish tour yet?  Join Ragman this week as he reviews the show he saw.  Next Ragman discusses the recent King Diamond line up change.  Will Andy LaRocque leaving, make a major impact on the sound?  Will bringing in Gus G to take his place make King more melodic?  Tune in to get Ragman's thoughts.  If that weren't enough Ragman talks about the new Tony Iommi solo project featuring Jorn Lande on vocals.  All of this and much more on this episode.  So grab a beer, buckle in and get those horns up..

Beer of the Show:  Hitchhiker - Airwave All Citra Hazy  Beer Rating: 4

Featured Tracks: Shores of Null - Bleed to Life, Swallow the Sun - Innocence Was Long Forgotten, Rush - Witch Hunt, The Warning - Ritual, Tony Iommi - World Alone, Lex Legion - Sleep Eternally, Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic Mission, King Diamond - Welcome Home, Gus G - What If, King Diamond - Spider Lilly, Sinner - All Night Long

Shazam of the Show: Margada - Evil Seed

-Ragman is ready for the East Coast...

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The Ragman Show - Podcast-124

Isn't it great when new bands remind you of older bands?  I love when I hear a song from a newer band that reminds me of a band I used to listen too.  Check out a couple new bands that Ragman recently disovered.  Also, when is it time to hang it up?  Time and time again we ponder the question.  When should the leather jacket and mic be put away?  Tune in to get Ragman's thoughts.  Next Ragman welcomes in guitar extrodinaire Harry Cody of Zan/Cody (Shotgun Messiah and Rhino Bucket) to discuss Zan/Cody's debut release Beautiful "N Damned.  Harry talks about reuniting with Zinny Zan as well as providing insight about several songs on the new album.  All of this and much more on this episode.  So grab a beer, buckle in and get those horns up..

Beer of the Show:  Autodidact Beer - Colossus  Beer Rating: 4

Featured Tracks: Arion - Into the Fire, Dokken - Into the Fire, Dynazty - Presence of Mind, Toxikull - Midnight Fire, WASP - Show No Mercy, Shotgun Messiah - Living Without You, Enemy In Me, Voodoo Queen - Bright Cage, Shotgun Messiah - Nowhere Fast, Zan/Cody - Sever, Damn, Shotgun Messiah - Nervous

-Ragman is itching for a show...  Don't ask where...

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The Ragman Show - Podcast-123

Have you ever had tickets to a show and it got postponed?  If it got postponed a second time, what do you do?  Join Ragman as he discusses his battle with trying to see Rush.  After 2 postponements, what does he do?  Tune into find out.  Next Ragman unboxes his 40th anniversary box set of Kiss' - Creatures of the Night.  You won't believe how cool it is.  All of this and much more on this episode.  So grab a beer, buckle in and get those horns up..

Beer of the Show: Track - Luminescence   Beer Rating: 4

Featured Tracks:  Sleeping With Sirens - House of Matches, Rush - La Villa Strangiato, Venus Colapse - The Sky We Burn, Return to Dust - Sweet Escape, Rush - Bravado, Kiss - Goin' Blind, Rush - I Think I'm Going Bald, Kiss - Deadly Weapon (Penny Lane Demo), Love's a Deadly Weapon, Saint and Sinner, It's My Life (Demo), It's My Life, Mr. Right Tonight - Dangerous Curves 

-Ragman is frustrated...

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The Ragman Show - Podcast-122

Ragman has gone global!  That's right, Rag's travels to Manchester, UK this episode to hang with Shape of Water vocalist/bassist Rox Capriotti.  Ragman and Rox bar hop and talk music as well as what's next for Shape of Water.  the boys also tackle the subject of AI and how it can help and hurt artists.  All of this and much more on this episode.  So grab a beer, buckle in and get those horns up..

Beer of the Show:  Too many consumed to rate.

Featured Tracks:  Motionless in White - R.I.P., Pink Floyd - Echoes, Shape of Water - Naked, Gus G - Nothing Can Break Me, Shape of Water - Out of Time, Words of Eternity, Silence of the Lambs, Scar

-Ragman is jet lagged....

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The Ragman Show - Podcast-121

Should a band get back togther again and tour, even if they're not physically able to do it again?  If so, what is the reason, or end game?  Money?  Unfinished business?  Join Ragman as he gives his review of the recent Triumph reunion show in Dallas?  Next, what band can say they created heavy metal?  Most say it was Black Sabbath, but Roger Daltery thinks it was The Who.  Get ready for Ragman's take.  All of this and much more on this episode.  So grab a beer, buckle in and get those horns up..

Beer of the Show: Shelton - Yappin' Away  Beer Rating:  4

Featured Tracks: Sinner - Wait, The Nature of Evil, Triumph - Follow Your Heart, Harsh - Forever Yesterday, Triumph - It's Over, Zan/Cody - Damn, The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again, Antrax - It's For the Kids, Saosin - Starting Over Again

Shazam of the Show: 3OH!3 - Don't Trust Me

-Ragman is getting his passport ready...

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