Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite instrumentals. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Phil's #8: A jazz-funk classic out of Scotland?
- Jay's #8: Powerful surf rock from the Pixies
- Phil's #7: The Commodores with an early funk workout
- Jay's #7: Dick Dale hit that was revived decades later in Pulp Fiction
- Song originated in the 1920s
- Phil's #6: Instrumental from Phish that evolved in the live setting
- Jay's #6: A sweeping song from Bowie's Berlin period
- Bowie switched genres and sounds with ease
- Phil's #5 and Jay's #3: A revolutionary moment for guitar heroics
- Edward Van Halen changed the game for rock guitar and hard rock
- Jay's #5: Hendrix blowing minds in the early morning hours at Woodstock
- Turning the national anthem into a protest song
- Phil's #4: Music mogul with a horn-driven dance song
- Sampled by Notorious B.I.G.
- Another horn-based song by Chuck Mangione went to #4 in '78
- Jay's #4: Iconic full-band instrumental off Zep II
- Killer riff combined with Bonham's monstrous drumming
- Phil's #3: Elton John with the first part of a two-part suite
- Metallica did a great cover earlier this year
- Phil's #2: Tedeschi-Trunks Band with extended instrumental from experimental project
- Jay's #2: Concise, virtuosic classic from Rush's best album
- Phil's #1: Iconic song released by the Allman Brothers Band after the death of their ace guitarist
- Dickey Betts played song with two fingers as a tribute to Django Reinhardt
- Jay's #1 and Phil's #10: Epic, emotional guitar piece by Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
- J Mascis did a great cover on Mike Watt's 1995 solo album
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
