WOW! The OG BUDDY HOLLY Chirping Crickets + The Counting Crows + The Tragically Hip (2FGA #22)

🎙️ Welcome to Two Fat Guys and an Album – the only fat guys podcast that matters! 🎧🎸

This week, hosts Mike Blackburn and Maestro Brek Hufnus dive into:

• The Chirping Crickets' 1957 rock & roll masterpiece, The Chirping Crickets

• The Counting Crows' new album Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets

• The Tragically Hip's indie-pop tour de force Fully Completely

Entertaining reviews, thoughtful analysis, and plenty of laughs—because these guys just love to talk about music, no matter the genre.

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📼 Episode Breakdown

🕒 Time stamps so you can jump right in:
0:00 Welcome and Nuggets – Graceland, Phil Collins' drum sound, Billy Strings' guitar sound
16:34 Death Legacy of Rock Stars?
28:45 Side One: The Chirping Crickets – The Chirping Crickets (Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Chuck Willis, Don McLean)
1:05:47 Landmark? Perfect?
1:08:55 Side Two: What's Going On: Counting Crows – Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets
1:21:38 Fixing your vinyls → Watch here
1:24:07 The Sheepdogs' challenge
1:27:54 Side Three: Beyond Classic Rock: The Tragically Hip – Fully Completely
1:47:00 Side Four: Ranking and Thank You 🙌

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🎼 The Maestro's Current Album Ranking

1. Sgt. Pepper (1967) – The Beatles

2. Moondance (1970) – Van Morrison

3. The Doors (1967) – The Doors

4. Wish You Were Here (1973) – Pink Floyd

5. Aqualung (1971) – Jethro Tull

6. Graceland (1986) – Paul Simon

7. Violent Femmes (1983) – Violent Femmes

8. London Calling (1979) – The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde (1966) – Bob Dylan

10. American Beauty (1970) – Grateful Dead

11. The Sunset Tree (2005) – The Mountain Goats

12. Moving Pictures (1981) – Rush

13. Bat Out of Hell (1977) – Meat Loaf

14. Brothers in Arms (1985) – Dire Straits

15. Automatic for the People (1992) – R.E.M

16. The Chirping Crickets (1958) – Buddy Holly

17. Discipline (1981) – King Crimson

18. OK Computer (1997) – Radiohead

19. Joshua Tree (1987) – U2

20. What’s the Story (1995) – Oasis

21. Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) – Sting

22. Breakfast in America (1979) – Supertramp

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🎶 The Show's Current Top Ten

1. London Calling (1979) – The Clash

2. Blonde on Blonde (1966) – Bob Dylan

3. Aqualung (1971) – Jethro Tull

4. Bat Out of Hell (1977) – Meat Loaf

5. The Doors (1967) – The Doors

6. Moving Pictures (1981) – Rush

7. Breakfast in America (1979) – Supertramp

8. Moondance (1970) – Van Morrison

9. Brothers in Arms (1985) – Dire Straits

10. Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) – Sting

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