This Monday (July 9th), Dan Epstein will be a guest on Listen Up!. Dan is an award-winning journalist and contributing columnist to Rolling Stone. His latest book, Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s, has just been released in paperback. We will be talking about his book, his Rolling Stone column "High and Tight " - where Rock & Roll Baseball experts talk about the national pastime and the worlds where baseball and rock music collide and mesh.   Tune in for the chat, as well as a dose of sludgy 70's space rock, crunchy glam stompers, supernatural prog fairytales, and other sounds from the 70's. It is even possible that a couple tunes about baseball could be found in this labyrinth of sound.  Streaming live from 2pm to 4pm.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album - Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman  -  Maximum Radiation Level  - Experiment Zero - 1996

Robert Calvert - The Right Stuff - Captain Lockheed and The Starfighters - 1974

UFO - Timothy - UFO 1 - 1970

Blue Öyster Cult - The Red and The Black - Tyranny and Mutation - 1973

Pink Floyd - Fat Old Sun - Atom Heart Mother - 1970 

Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless - Sufficiently Breathless - 1973

Be-Bop Deluxe - Sister Seagull - Futurama - 1975

Amon Düül II - Jalouise - Viva La Trance - 1973

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - The Faith Healer  - Next - 1973

Iggy and the Stooges - Gimme Danger - Raw Power - 1973

Mott The Hoople - Thunderbuck Ram - Mad Shadows - 1970

The Edgar Winter Group - Sundown - Shock Treatment - 1974

Interview with Dan Epstein (Interview only portion can be heard by clicking here)

Warren Zevon - Bill Lee - Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School -  1980

The Baseball Project - Fair Weather Fans - Volume 2: High and Inside - 2010

The Skeletons - Take Me Out To The Ballgame - In The Flesh - 1988

The Baseball Project - 1976 - Volume 2: High and Inside - 2010

Bob Dylan - Catfish -  The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 - 1976

The Nightmares - Baseball Altamont - Baseball Altamont /Hold On and Pray  - 1985

Roy Harper -  When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease - HQ - 1975

Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song - Jailbreak - 1975

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