The Drive's A to Z Now at Letter "R": 'Ramblin' Gamblin' Man'

Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM is now up to the letter "R" on its annual year end A to Z countdown.

RAINY WOMEN NOS. 12 AND 35--  Bob Dylan

RAMBLE ON--  Led Zeppelin

RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN--  Bob Seger     (Did he say "Funkin' World/")

RAMBLIN' MAN--  Allman Brothers

READY FOR LOVE--  Bad Company

REAL LOVE--  Doobie Brothers

REASON TO BELIEVE--  Rod Stewart

REBEL REBEL--  David Bowie

RED BARCHETTA--  Rush

RED HOUSE--  Jimi Hendrix

RED RAIN--  Peter Gabriel

RED RED WINE-- UB40     (Reggae, Mon!)

REELING IN THE YEARS--  Steely Dan   (Always reminds me of driving the Ramblin; Wreck back and forth between Palatine and Des Plaines when I was doing my student teaching in 1973.)

REFUGEE--  Tom Petty

It streams.  Give it a listen.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Was Born In The Back Seat Of A Greyhound Bus Rolling Down Highway 41."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Ramblin' Man"

JSS: A to Z Continues-- Snowblower Started-- Snow-- Didn't 'Woke' But Found My Gloves, Boots and Knit Hat

JSS--  Just Some Stuff.

1.  A TO Z CONTINUES

The Drive's Rock A to Z continues and is up to the letter "L" right now with Peter Frampton's "Lines On My Face: playing.  They are thinking it might end on Monday, Jan.5, at this time.  Great music done alphabetically.  It streams at www.wdrv.com.  Give it a listen.  "Listen to Her Heart" by Tom Petty right now.  "Listen to the Music"--  Doobie Brothers.  "Listen to What the Man Said"--  Paul McCartney & Wings.

2.  SNOWBLOWER STARTED

Always a scary thing this time of the year.  Will the snowblower start after sitting idle (and without gas/oil mixture with the two-stroke engine).  I found out the hard way about ten years ago that you HAD BETTER run the mixture out or getting it started the next season is not going to be easy.

Yesterday, it would not start.  Last night we got 3-4 inches of heavy snow.  Just a short time ago, it started on first pull.  Yea for me.

3.  SNOW

Like I said, the imminent arrival of forecast snow got me to moving on the snowblower project yesterday.  We've been fortunate so far this winter season and only had about an inch in one snowfall.  Last year we had two snowfalls of 5-6 inchers before December:  one on Halloween and one on Veterans Day.

We ended up with 3-4 inches of snow.

4.  DIDN'T "WOKE" BUT FOUND MY GLOVES, BOOTS AND KNIT HAT

Another tradition this time of the year is finding out where I put my knit hat, gloves and snow boots.   You tend to forget over the spring, summer and fall.  I have plenty of those hats and gloves because of many purchases in the past, but for some reason, they can still find a place to hide come search time.

But, this year I found one pair of gloves and one knit hat within a reasonable time.

--RoadDog

STUDENT TEST GUESSES:  The Pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain.

The Drive's A to Z-- Part 3: 'Good Times Roll'

Over 2,000 songs for over a week.  That's Music.  That's Music.

GOOD TIMES ROLL--  Cars

GOODBYE BLUE SKY--  Pink Floyd

GOODBYE STRANGER--  Supertramp

GOODBYE TO YOU--  Scandal

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD--  Elton John

GOODBYE TONIGHT--  Paul McCartney & Wings

GOT ME UNDER PRESSURE--  ZZ Top

GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU--  George Harrison

GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE--  Beatles

GRAND ILLUSION--  Styx

GREEN EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf

GREEN GRASS & HIGH TIDE--  Outlaws

GREEN MANILISHI--  Judas Priest

GREEN RIVER--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "When Are You Gonna Come Down?  When Are You Gonna Land?"  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

The Drive's A to Z, 2020-- Part 2: 'Good Lovin' '

Continuing with the letter "G" in WDRV's A to Z.

GOLD--  John Stewart

GOLD DUST WOMAN--  Fleetwood Mac

GOLDEN SLUMBERS MEDLEY--  Beatles

GOLDEN YEARS--   David Bowie

GONE, GONE, GONE--  Bad Company

GONE SHOOTING--  AC/DC

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE--  Beatles

GOOD GIRLS DON'T--  Knack

GOOD LOVIN'--  Young Rascals

GOOD LOVIN' GONE BAD-- Bad Company

GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING--  Beatles

GOOD MORNING STARSHINE--  Oliver

GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES--  Led Zeppelin

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Nights Are Warm And The Days Are Young (Come Get Up My Baby)."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Golden Years"

The Drive's A to Z Rock Countdown, Dec. 28, 2020, the Letter 'G'-- Part 1: 'Godzilla'

This is Day 5 of the countdown and we're in the letter "G."  Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  It streams.

I have done some of the letter 'G' on my RoadDog's RoadLog blog from today, so it you want to see them, go to My Blogs on the right of this and click on that blog.

GIVE IT TO ME--  J. Geils Band

GIVE ME LOVE--  George Harrison

GLAD--  Traffic

GLASS ONION--  Beatles

GLORIA--  Them

GLORY DAYS--  Bruce Springsteen

GO ALL THE WAY--  Raspberries

GO NOW--  Moody Blues

GO YOUR OWN WAY--  Fleetwood Mac

GODZILLA--  Blue Oyster Cult

GOING MOBILE--  Who

GOING TO CALIFORNIA--  Led Zeppelin

GOING UP THE COUNTRY--  Canned Heat

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Like To Tell Ya About My Baby You Know She Comes Around."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Gloria"

Between 'A Christmas Story' and All That Christmas Music, Are You Ready for A to Z Rock?

I have been listening to my many, many Christmas albums, cassette tapes and CDs the last three weeks.  I love them, but am a bit to the Had Enough Stage. I put them away tomorrow until December next year.

Plus, since 7 pm last night I've been watching may favorite seasonal movie of all time, "A Christmas Story."  This sure takes you back to another time.  Imagine parents leaving their young kids in a line to see Santa these days and then going elsewhere in the huge store.  They'd be arrested in this day and age.

Anyway, I've seen the movie two full times and watched parts several more times.  I've almost got the dialogue down by now.

Yesterday, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM started their annual end-of-the-year Rock and Roll A to Z Countdown.  It will go until sometime after the new year starts, they don't at this time know exactly what.  They add lots of songs every year, so its not the same old, same-old.  Lots of deep cuts as well.

They are up to the letter C  "Chicago, We Can Change the World" by Graham Nash right now.

I'll be listening to this a lot starting tomorrow.  It streams, of course.

TRIVIA TEASER:  What Everly Brothers song includes the lyrics:  "When I Want You In My Arms, When I Want You And All Your Charms."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"All I Have To Do is Dream"