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September 20, 2023

Bob and Bill spent an inordinate amount of time celebrating National One-Hit Wonder Day, created by friend of the show Steve Rosen, including a consensus on the No. 1 song.

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September 6, 2023

Bob and Bill paid tribute to Jimmy Buffett, the troubadour of sun, surf and sand, who passed away last week at 76. Cincinnati always took pride as the home of “Parrothead,” the term coined by then-bass player Timothy B. Schmitt at Kings Island’s TimberWolf in the 1980s.

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August 30, 2023

 

Bob saluted the working men and women of America as Labor Day approached, and then marked the anniversary of Hank Williams recording “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” at Cincinnati’s Herzog Studios.

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August 23, 2023

Bob and I have said for years that Senovia Byndon’s “I Hear U,” which precedes BS&B each Wednesday from 5-6 p.m., is the best show on WAIF because of her commitment to the community. On Aug. 23, Bill joined Canita Alexander and Jacqueline Hawthorne-Evans to talk with Senovia about their cancer stories. It was a special experience for me and I hope you’ll take to listen.

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August 23, 2023

A week after devoting almost the entire show to people who passed away, we returned to the joy of music as it was intended: Fun.

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August 16, 2023

It was a bittersweet evening as Bob and Bill paid tribute to John Fay, their former Enquirer colleague, plus Robbie Robertson of The Band, Rodriguez of “Searching for Sugar Man,” and David Flamme of It’s a Beautiful Day.

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August 2, 2023

 

Bob and Bill reunite in the studio for the first time in more than a month to celebrate the 86th birthday of The Band’s Garth Hudson and the day that Bob Zimmerman changed his last name to Dylan.

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July 26, 2023

Mick Jagger celebrated his 80th birthday and Bill joined in with four of his favorite Rolling Stones songs, headlined by “Gimme Shelter.”

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July 19, 2023

Bill again recounted his family visit to the Rev. Al Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Memphis ahead of the legend’s visit to the Cincinnati Music Festival this week.

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July 5, 2023

Is there a radio show where you can hear Lucinda Williams, Teddy and the Rough Riders, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Miko Marks, Bruce Springsteen and the Four Tops? Yes, there’s one.

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ABOUT BLUE SNAKES & BANJOS

Each week, Bob Hust and Bill Thompson feature the best songs – old and new – from artists they have loved for many years and others they have just discovered. The best songs transport people to a time and place. That’s the foundation of BS&B.

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