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Episode 140

This Week’s Playlist

  1. Kick Out the Jams – MC5 – Kick Out the Jams (1969)
  2. Family – Noah Gunderson – Family (2011)
  3. Anarchy In the U.K. – Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
  4. Boston Accent – Matt Nathanson – Boston Accent (2022)
  5. People Who Died – The Jim Carroll Band – Catholic Boy (1980)
  6. Bottom of the Sea – Acoustic Version – Sean McConnell – Undone (2017)

Show Notes

(18:14) Noah Gundersen – Family EP – Common Folk
(39:08) Matt Nathanson – Boston Accent (Acoustic Version) – YouTube
(42:05) Matt Nathanson // Boston Accent Carter Vintage Guitar – YouTube
(57:03) Sean McConnell: The songwriter reflects on the last year and looks forward to his stripped down record ‘Undone’. – Six Shooter Country

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MC5
Sex Pistols
The Jim Carroll Band
Noah Gunderson
Matt Nathanson
Sean McConnell

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Videos Mentioned

(39:08) Matt Nathanson – Boston Accent (Acoustic Version) – YouTube
(42:05) Matt Nathanson // Boston Accent Carter Vintage Guitar – YouTube
Bands Mentioned
  • Sex Pistols
  • MC5
  • The Jim Carroll Band
  • Noah Gunderson
  • Matt Nathanson
  • Sean McConnell
  • Lori McKenna
  • Donovan Woods
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