Repeatone

Hide the Wine by Carly Pearce is a great summer song to listen to by the pool. Find out a little bit about the artist and the first country song on the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

Daisy is a song by Goodbye June.  Listen to hear a clip and the story behind the music. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

Africa has maintained its popularity to this day. The song has been featured on South Park, Family Guy, Community, Stranger Things and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, among others. It’s been streamed over 270 million times on Spotify - more than any song by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2, or Madonna. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

The song “Rocket Queen” is one of a number of infamous, salacious, and shocking tunes from the controversial rock n roll band Guns N Roses. It's the last track off of their first megahit album, Appetite for Destruction. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

Every parent has their own rules for their children that will differ from someone else's. In the case of musician Angelica Allen, she grew up in a household where the only music allowed was the soundtrack to Phantom of the Opera, Vivaldi, and Marc Anthony. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

The Go-Go’s, formed in 1978, are widely considered the most successful all-female band ever. By the beginning of 1984, the band had released two massively popular studio albums with accompanying tours and were on the cusp of releasing a third, titled “Talk Show.” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

Despite Isaak being active since the late 80s, you’ll find that the sophisticated algorithms powering Pandora or Google will play his tracks alongside hits from the 50s and 60s. His music is so unlike that of his contemporaries that his style is more accurately compared to that of Elvis or Roy Orbison. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

At the age of 15, Mike Hadreas was the only openly gay student at his high school. He received death threats, was spit upon, and beaten regularly by players on the football team. Due to the constant harassment, he dropped out of school entirely by his senior year... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

One night, at two in the morning, Sammy hears someone calling his name from the house next door.  He opens the doors to his balcony, and looks down to see Eddie, guitar slung around his neck and cigarette in his mouth.  Eddie says he's got a good song idea, so Hagar grabs his acoustic guitar and heads down to join him on the porch by the beach. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

For 13 years, Tim Hardin battled a number of health problems, including heroin addiction and psychological trauma.  He struggled to maintain his musical career after the initial humble success of his first two albums during the mid 60s.  His live performances were often erratic due to the combination of drug use and stage fright.  In December of 1980, he passed away at the age of 39 of an overdose. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message

RepeatOne is a short form podcast where the host (Ben) tells the true origin stories behind music he loves so much he’s played them on repeat for hours and days at a time. Credit for the cover illustration goes to LadyOrlandoArt: https://ladyorlandoart.deviantart.com/art/Cassette-106378653 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/repeatone/message