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Who Ordered the Pie? is a classic rock music history podcast that explores the hidden stories behind legendary songs and the artists who shaped rock history.
Each episode dives deep into rock history, Billboard chart performance, and behind-the-song storytelling, exploring the real-life moments that shaped legendary tracks and classic rock culture.
Part narrative storytelling, part music documentary, and part barstool conversation, the show blends classic rock history with craft cocktail culture in a way that feels both nostalgic and fresh.
If you love discovering what really happened behind the songs, tracing their rise on the charts, and hearing the stories that shaped music history, pull up a chair. This is your show.
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Send us Fan Mail Episode 52: Songs You Endure | Part Two | Halloween Special Some songs give you chills. Others make you wish you'd never pressed play. Last Halloween, we explored 5 songs that took us into the darker corners of music history. This year, we're going back for more. In “Songs You Endure | Part Two,” Christopher uncovers the disturbing stories behind 5 unforgettable recordings, from murder and madness to obsession, psychological horror, and mysteries that refuse to be explained. ...
Send us Fan Mail Episode 51: When Soul Got Fuzzy: R&B with the Guitar Turned Up Motown had a sound of its own. Then fuzz guitar started cutting through the polished soul, adding a rougher, louder edge. In this episode, Christopher follows the Isley Brothers’ “Who’s That Lady?” from its swanky 1964 original to the guitar-driven 1973 reworking, “That Lady.” Then we hear how the Temptations moved from the psychedelic soul of “Cloud Nine” to the restless, urgent “Ball of Confusion.” We clos...
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever heard something in a song that made you stop, back it up, and wonder, “What the hell was that?” This week on “Who Ordered the Pie?” we’re exploring the creepy sounds and studio legends hiding inside familiar records. From the haunted streets of The Specials’ “Ghost Town” to the unsettling world of Peter Gabriel’s “Intruder,” we’ll hear how musicians turned studio experiments, unexpected accidents, and a little imagination into something wonderfully strange. Alon...
Send us Fan Mail 1 year. A lot of music. And a wife whose suggestion to start a podcast turned out to be an excellent delegation strategy. For this anniversary episode of “Who Ordered the Pie?” I’m sharing how a lifelong love of liner notes and music trivia became a show about the stories behind the songs. Go behind the microphone to hear how I handpick songs I believe deserve an audience, find the connections that turn them into episodes, and sneak little jokes into the music. There’s also m...
Send us Fan Mail Before Cheap Trick, The Cars, The Knack and the power pop bands that followed, a handful of artists were already combining loud guitars, huge hooks and ’60s-inspired harmonies into something that would help define the genre. In this installment of “Right Song, Wrong Timing,” Christopher goes back to the power pop pioneers who had the songs and the sound, but ran into bad timing, record label problems, changing musical trends and some truly bizarre twists of fate. This episode...
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