This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could.
Today's imaginary playlist collects tracks by a number of performers whom I've never had the pleasure of seeing in concert. But, in each case, the performer has some legit musical connection to some other performer who is in my Virtual Ticket Stub Gallery. To the best of my effort, the tracks listed do not include direct involvement or participation by anyone I've ever seen live. I'm pretty sure I fudged a few here and there, but I did make a good-faith stab at limiting the choices below to performers from whose in-concert experience I am separated by precisely one degree.
These connections had to be specifically musical; a lover or friend or casual acquaintance of a performer I saw wouldn't cross the required one degree unless there was a musical collaboration of some kind. Accepted collaborations include recording together and/or playing together, whether a thousand times or just once; it does not include merely touring together, unless the act I saw and the act I never saw both appeared together on stage. Nor do songwriters count--Carole King's "Natural Woman" doesn't get me to Aretha Franklin--but producers do count, and so do managers. I made the game, so I make the rules.
As always: at no point in this process am I under oath. But it was fun! Welcome to a fake TIRnRR playlist dedicated to my Virtual Ticket Stub Gallery...one step removed.
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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Virtual Ticket Stub Gallery (One Degree Of Separation)
[performer from my actual Virtual Ticket Stub Gallery listed in brackets]
THE SEX PISTOLS: God Save The Queen [Chris Spedding]
ARTHUR CONLEY: Sweet Soul Music [Lou Whitney]
SYD STRAW: String Of Pearls (Future 40's) [D. Clinton Thompson]
JOHN LENNON: Power To The People [Earl Slick]
STEVIE WONDER: Uptight (Everything's Alright) [Paul McCartney]
NICK LOWE: So It Goes [John Hiatt]
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P. P. ARNOLD: The First Cut Is The Deepest [Ron Wood]
ROGER McGUINN: Somebody To Love [Elvis Costello]
WAR: Low Rider [Eric Burdon]
RONNIE SPECTOR: Something's Gonna Happen [Joey Ramone]
DEL SHANNON: Runaway [Tom Petty]
ROY ORBISON: Oh, Pretty Woman [Bob Dylan]
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CHUCK BERRY: Johnny B. Goode [Keith Richards]
SLADE: Gudbuy T' Jane [Chas Chandler]
VAN HALEN: Dance The Night Away [Gene Simmons]
DWIGHT TWILLEY: The Luck [Susan Cowsill]
RICK JAMES: Give It To Me Baby [Process and the Doo Rags]
GEORGE HARRISON: Crackerbox Palace [Joey Molland]
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THE SPONGETONES: (My Girl) Maryanne [The Flashcubes]
THE HOODOO GURUS: I Want You Back [The Bangles]
TEENAGE HEADS: Tornado [Marky Ramone]
SUZANNE VEGA: Frankie And Ava [Joe Jackson]
RICHARD X. HEYMAN: All For The Girl [Peter Noone]
JAMES TAYLOR: Fire And Rain [Carole King]
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THE HOLLIES: Look Through Any Window [The Everly Brothers]
GEORGE JONES: The Race Is On [Gene Pitney]
R.E.M.: Radio Free Europe [Mitch Easter]
MEATLOAF: Hot Patootie Bless My Soul [Mark Doyle]
UB40: Red Red Wine [Chrissie Hynde]
RACHAEL GORDON: Dresden Station [Ace Frehley]
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ALICE COOPER: School's Out [Micky Dolenz]
CHRIS BELL: I Am The Cosmos [Alex Chilton]
EARLE MANKEY: Mau Mau [Bruce Gordon]
ELTON JOHN: Saturday Night's Alright For Fightin' [Axl Rose]
LOU REED: Perfect Day [David Bowie]
MICHAEL JACKSON: Billie Jean [Mick Jagger]
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TODD RUNDGREN: Couldn't I Just Tell You [David Johansen]
CHRIS STAMEY: Cara Lee [Peter Holsapple]
DIANA ROSS: Theme From Mahogany [Ray Charles]
MATTHEW SWEET: Girlfriend [Will Rigby]
SIMPLE MINDS: Don't You (Forget About Me) [Iggy Pop]
AEROSMITH: Sick As A Dog [Mark Hudson]
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JERRY LEE LEWIS: Great Balls Of Fire [Andy Paley]
BARRY MANILOW: Some Kind Of Friend [Ron Dante]
WANDA JACKSON: Let's Have A Party [Joan Jett]
SAL VALENTINO: All The Places [The Smithereens]
ELLEN FOLEY: Boys In The Attic [Mick Ronson]
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Girls In Their Summer Clothes [Billy Joel]
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THE WHO: Won't Get Fooled Again [Tina Turner]
CARL PERKINS: Honey Don't [NRBQ]
MADONNA: Dear Jessie [Prince]
THE JAYHAWKS: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me [Ray Davies]
DAVE EDMUNDS: Girls Talk [Albert Lee]
THE MOCKERS: More Important Things [Kurt Reil]
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