The Weekly List with Rich Larson and Daniel G. Moir

Danny takes the week off so Rich can sit with Kristi Pursell and Annie Larson, his beloved wife, to debrief about their experiences at Farm Aid 40, which was in Minneapolis on September 20th, and even share some of the performances from the show. Maybe not surprisingly, it gets pretty emotional right off the bat, because this is a cause that is dear to all three of them.

Tonight’s show is programmed and co-hosted by Jonathan Reppe, who won the chance to work with Rich & Danny at a recent fundraiser. As it is right around Labor Day, Jonathan chose to focus on a man who dedicated his life to extending summertime as long as possible. While Danny is not all that familiar with JB, Rich is right in his element. All three have a great time, because it’s impossible to play Jimmy Buffet and not have a good time.

Neither Rich or Danny claim to be massive fans of Elvis Costello. They both really like his music, but for whatever reason they have only been cursory fans. This show is as much about them discovering some of Elvis Costello’s music as it is presenting the stuff they like. Also there’s a whole thing in there about the pronunciation of Steve Nieve’s name.

Recorded on the day another hard rock giant passed away, Rich and Danny wax poetic about the hard rock Australian band from Scotland. Despite the fact that there is a little bickering (mild by their standards), they agree on the fact that neither of AC/DC’s singers was better than the other, and both eras of the band have great merit. All in all, it’s a pretty fair and balanced show. Even if Angus and Malcolm Young are both ugly as sin.

This week, to celebrate his birthday, Rich invites his wife Annie back onto the show as they talk about the music she grew up on and Rich’s surprising, but deep love for Southern Rock. Not a lot more to say than that, but if you’re the guy in the back yelling “FREE BIRD!,” the bartenders have been instructed to cut you off. Thanks y’all.

Rich and Danny are joined by former Twin Cities newsman, fixture on KYMN in the morning and all round super hero Tim McNiff, for a friendly debate. The music that came from the United Kingdom in the 1960’s, was the best music being made in the world. Right…?That is the position taken by our guy Tim, while Danny and Rich counter with some truly wonderful music that was made right her in the U.S. during that same time. You’re going to want to give this a listen and then weigh in on this.

This week, Rich and Danny take a deep dive in to the weird, devolved, techno world of Devo. There’s nothing else to say. You can’t translate robotic movements to the written word. It is recommended that you listen to this show while wearing your red energy dome and a sleeveless turtleneck with the collar pulled up to your nose.

This week Rich and Danny finally feel ready to pay homage to one of the great musical minds of our time. Quincy Jones passed away in November, and the boys have taken the time to bring together what they feel is a good representation of his career through the music that he wrote, produced and arranged. And folks the music this week is just superb. This show doesn’t get to work with a catalog that is this deep and this diverse very often. Rich and Danny take full advantage of its magnificence.