Did the VIOLENT FEMMES create one of the GREATEST 90s albums in the 80s? + BLUES TRAVELER. (2FGA #16)

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

This week, hosts Mike Blackburn and Maestro Brek Hufnus shine the spotlight on:

The Violent Femmes' self-titled 1983 folk-punk masterpiece, Violent Femmes
Mumford and Sons' brand-new album Rushmere
Blues Traveler's underrated gem 💎 Traveler's Blues

Three sides of reviews, discoveries, and laughs, plus plenty of nuggets of music history along the way!

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📼 Episode Breakdown

🕒 Jump right in with these time stamps:
0:00 Welcome! Nuggets – Garth Hudson. Lowery Pump Organ? Hammond Organ
7:53 Richard Wright, Pink Floyd, The Wall
10:29 Did Poison/MTV kill Heavy Metal?
18:54 Side One: Violent Femmes – Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, Big Johnson Acoustic Bass Guitars, Trancephone, Dream Syndicate, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
Landmark? Perfect?
58:56 Side Two: What's Going On: Car Seat Headrest – The Scholar, Bright Eyes live at The Salt Shed Chicago, Mad Season – River of Deceit, Tom Waits – Wrong Side of the Road
1:11:31 Review of Mumford and Sons – Rushmere
1:17:23 Side Three: Beyond Classic Rock: Blues Traveler – Traveler’s Blues with mentions of Son Seals, J.J. Cale, Lil Jimmy Reed, Freddy King, Big Momma Thornton, Kingfish Ingram, Gnarls Barkley, John Scofield, Warren Haynes, War and Treaty, Little Willie John, Keb’ Mo’
1:30:20 Side Four: Ranking and Thank You 🙌

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