*The track from this famous group was inspired by an affair one of the band members had with the band's lighting director.  To avoid a flare-up, she told her then husband that the song was about her dog.  The song was described by Casey Kasem as 'an emotional biography of the love lives of all five band members.  Name the band and extra credit if you can guess the song...
 
*Folk singer Tim Hardin wrote and performed this song at Woodstock and it is covered by another extremely popular pop/rock artist.  The song is about a relationship with a girl who is a straight-faced liar...but he still can't get over her.   Our hero knows if he just gives her a chance..she'll prove she's not that kind of person.  He has his reasons.   Name the covering artist and song from 1971...
 
*The famous singer/songwriter Jackson Browne claims that this track is one of his most personal songs.  There was one phrase that he came up with it and he used that phrase to create the song.  The track plays in the movie 'Taxi Driver' with Robert DeNiro...
 
*This singer/songwriter's track was inspired by Roy Orbison's 'Only the Lonely'.  The artist said when he first heard Orbison...it was magic.  He had sarcastic and adventurous songs and great arrangement, and then that beautiful, almost operatic voice.  The song maintains the 'Lonely' theme.  Name the artist and song...
 
 
 Battle Of The Bands!
The Weight by The Band  vs  Oh Atlanta by Little Feat
 
 
Answers:
1.You Make Loving Fun by Fleetwood Mac  2. Reason To Believe by Rod Stewart
3. Late for the Sky   4.  You’re Only Lonely by J. D. Souther
The Band won the Battle by a single vote

​Since many of our listeners are in the most vulnerable age range it seems fair that a certain amount of anxiety is on our minds.  I have observed that nearly everyone I have seen are taking the precautions seriously.  Paramount among the actions is staying at home except for limited trips for groceries or medicines.  Big Canoe normally has a wealth of opportunities to join with other residents for activities, meetings, entertainment, clubs, etc.  With few exceptions, these have all been shut down in response to the virus threat.
So how do we cope with this sudden change in our lifestyles?  One option is to follow every gut-wrenching report from the front lines of the crisis.  This will certainly amplify our fears and anxieties.
Another option is to imagine how you will feel when the crisis is over.  Will you look back and be proud of the way you handled yourself during these turbulent times?  Did I do what I could to protect my family, friends and neighbors from the spread of the virus?  Did I use this time to enrich myself personally?
Some suggestions include :

• Improve your learning about areas you have been curious about.
• Creative expression can elevate your mood, be it writing, organization or a new recipe.
• Delve into a project, hobby or other endeavor you have had on the back burner.
• Stay fit during this time.  Maintaining or improving your health will improve your odds if infected

Another response is provided by the great music library of Inside The Gates Radio.  The ways music impacts our mood is one of the main reasons people love listening to it!  Listening to music, despite your ability to play it or not, increases brain function. It improves critical thinking skills as we analyze what we are hearing, and makes our minds work to decipher the different melodies and arrangements—just like retaining information through reading or thinking.  Just like a photo, a song can spark a specific memory or thought. Some artists remind us of our childhood, some songs of our college days, some bands of a concert we attended. The distinctive sound of each musical genre can trigger memories in our brains associated with that sound—what a cool way to remember something!  Plus you can listen to this music alone or you can have it accompany you while you pursue some of the suggestions above.
 
To illustrate the power of music we can look to recent reports from Chicago, a city under stay-at-home orders.  People scattered throughout the Chicago metro area belted out Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer” at 7 pm on Saturday night, standing at windows, in yards and on balconies in freezing weather.  A radio station played the song at the designated time set by a Facebook Event that attracted some 20,000 people.
While “Livin’ On A Prayer” is not considered a great song, it is a good universal anthem song that people will sing along.  One participant said the sing-along was a “beautiful way to join together and share a brief moment of happiness in unity”.
 So please avail yourself of this great community resource whenever you like 24/7.  If you don’t already have the App, visit insidethegatesradio.com for all listening options.  And it is free!

*Eddie Holland of the famous songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland made the original recording of this song in 1964.  Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers recalled, I had been a fan of that song since it came out somewhere in the 60's.  I just loved that song.  His constant lobbying to get the band to perform a cover of the track actually happened in 1975.  Name the song
 
*Gregg Allman played this song on one of Duane's old guitars at Duane's funeral in 1971.  Gregg said it was his brother's favorite song he ever wrote.  While it was never a big hit in the US...it has endured exceptionally well over time...Name the song
 
*This artist was an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in the daytime and sang with a local band, The Esquires Combo at night.  On one such night, he was so distraught with a broken relationship, he stopped in the middle of a song and asked his band if they could play a slow blues backing...any key, their choice...to which he could sing.  After a quick conference, the band started to play and the singer vented for about 6 minutes.  The song was later recorded in famous Muscle Shoals, Alabama.  Name the artist and the song.
 
*Women did get the right to vote in England until 1918 and until 1920 in the U.S.  The term used to describe the movement became the title of a song by this artist, who wrote it, but actually offered the song to another band, Mott The Hoople...who passed on it.  Name the artist and the song
 
 Battle Of The Bands!
Hitch A Ride by Boston  vs  Eldorado by Electric Light Orchestra
 
 
Answers:
1.Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)  2. Melissa
3. Percy Sledge  When A Man Loves A Woman     4.  David Bowie   Suffragette City
Boston won the Battle with 60% of the votes

*If you didn't know it, the hardest working man in show business, James Brown, was also an accomplished producer.  He produced and recorded a song for Yvonne Fair, one of his backup singers in 1962.  And just 2 years later, he changed the title and tune a bit and recorded a classic, iconic version himself.  What was the song?
 
*This great American duo struggled with their newfound fame back in the 80's, as they preferred privacy and more or less being "the strangers at any party".  And these feelings came with a sense of alienation as they played to the masses.  By 1983, they were darlings of MTV and 5, #1 hits to their credit.  The song we'll play is their motivation for keeping their core identity with the masses wanting more.  Name the artists and the song.
 
*A great 60's-70's band released a great, very popular song of theirs that told the tale of a government agent and a femme fatale.  It also contains one of the classic indecipherable lyrics in rock history....Who was the band and what was the song?  (Hint...had something to do with being 5'9")
 
*This band gave us a very cool collection of songs in their 1979 album.  One song is about a guy who thinks he's really cool, but it seems that he's the only one who thinks that.  Implied is the fact that our hero avoids getting home because when he's on the road, he has more moments of being alone with his dreams...where he is a superstar...Name the band and the song
 
 
 Battle Of The Bands!
Cold by Annie Lennox  vs  Show Me by The Pretenders
 
Answers:
1.I Got You (I Feel Good)   2. Say It Isn’t So by Hall & Oates
3. Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) by The Hollies     4. Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp
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The Battle Ended Up in Our First Tie with the Largest Vote Total Yet

*The Rolling Stones first recorded this song in 1977, even doing a take with a reggae beat...but didn't like the result.  They shelved it for 4 years until they needed an additional song for their next album, Tattoo You.  It took them 38 takes to get this track ready for inclusion on the album.  Any guesses as to which song it is?
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*A 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast in early 1988, starred this triple HOF inductee.  Other special guests appeared, Bruce Springsteen and K.D. Lang to name just 2.  The special was filmed entirely in black and white.  We'll play a great track from it.  Who was the artist?
 
*From this Texas rocker's first professional stage appearance in 1957 to his most recent national tour in 2018, this artist has singles that have reached both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Charts.  Oh, throw in the fact that 4 of his albums have been Number 1 on the Blues chart.  He is now 79 years young.  Who is he?
 
*Iggy Pop wrote a track with David Bowie and Iggy's version was the first recording of it in 1977.  Bowie's version, to no one's surprise, became an absolute commercial success in 1983.  Name the song.
 
 Battle Of The Bands!
Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan  vs  Whenever God Shines His Light by Van Morrison
 
Answers:
1.Start Me Up   2. Roy Orbison
3. Delbert McClinton     4. China Girl
Van Morrison won the Battle with 53% of the votes

​*This artist was the co-leader of this fantastic band that illuminated the '70's music scene.  But as the 1980's dawned, the band's golden days were dimming, leading this artist to his first solo album.  And it's success carried over with additional albums, until the band came back together.  Name the band and the artist.
 
*A school teacher previewed an assignment to their class one day.  The teacher played this song and instructed the class to analyze what the songwriter was feeling.  One student was inspired to write from the perspective of what the song meant to his home town.  This track might even inspire thoughts of your home town.  Name the song and the artist if you can.
 
*This band had 3 lead singers and their name is fashioned after a 'rudimentary nightly temperature gauge."  Hugely popular band in the 70's.  What was the name of the band?
 
*The artist Sting got along quite well with another musician that not many people would have guessed.  They shared a drummer (Vinny Colaiuta) , who came to Sting's band from the other artist. And Sting made a guest appearance at one of the mystery artist's live shows.  Name the artist.
 
 
Battle Of The Bands!
Keeping The Faith by Billy Joel  vs  Dancing In The Dark by Bruce Springsteen
 
Answers:
1. Steely Dan  Donald Fagen   2. My Little Town by Simon & Garfunkel
3. Three Dog Night   4. Frank Zappa
Bruce Springsteen won by the slimmest of margins

*The brother of this band's frontman wrote a poem when he was 15 that his brother and this band used as the basis for this song.  The song contrasts what its like to live in a large city during the day and during the night.  The particular city in question...New York City.   Name the band and the song
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*The story of this great track from 1973 is about a man who meets the woman he believes is the true love of his life in the lobby of a Hotel...and he immediately makes a lifelong commitment to her, promising her the storied house on the edge of town with the white picket fence.  In the end, she leaves his crying in his beer.  Name the song and the band
 
*This song from 1977 begins with the guy getting kicked to the curb by his girl, presumably because he won't tell her he loves her.  He makes the case that even though he will never love her, he's good enough, since after all he does want her and need her, and happy endings are only for fairy tales.  All this translates into the title of the track...can you name it?
 
*This artist grew up in Seymour, Indiana, where he claims nobody had ever become famous.   Ignoring the many naysayers, he went to New York and earned a record deal, which turns out was not that big a deal, as labels were hiring photogenic young rockers by the hundreds.  While he got fed up and did not play the games the industry deemed necessary, he clashed with the establishment, but in the end...became a huge success.  Name the artist
 
 
Battle Of The Bands!
I Can’t Quit Her by Blood, Sweat & Tears  vs  Another Rainy Day by Chicago
 
Answers:
1.Summer In The City by Lovin’ Spoonful   2. Dixie Chicken by Little Feat
3. Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad by MeatLoaf      4. John Mellencamp
Blood, Sweat & Tears won by the slimmest of margins

​*This artist did not play baseball, but he loved watching it and hearing the stories his father would tell him about the legendary New York Yankees.  This song honors the players that were heroes to him as long as he can remember.  Name the artist and the song.
*Ghost Riders In The Sky was a 1948 Cowboy song by Stan Jones, but the more famous versions were later recorded by Johnny Cash and Bing Crosby.  The song was also an inspiration for an early 70's rock band, whose version was a big hit with a slightly different title.  Name the band, their famous front man and the song.
 
*This artist sold over 3,000,000 copies of his 1994 album in the US alone.  He had plans to re-release it as a double album and then play it straight through on a special tour.  He kept it a secret from everyone, including his band, thinking they could read about the plan in Rolling Stone magazine, kind of like everyone else.  Unfortunately, the artist passed away prior to this all coming together.  Name the artist and the album if you can.
 
*This song had a title and lyrics inspired by an oft-use expression by Jackie Gleason.  The song created a fantasy world where the artist was the object of all of his woman's affections.  Name the artist and the song.
 
Battle Of The Bands!
What It Is by Mark Knopfler  vs  Let’s Dance by David Bowie
 
Answers:
1.Centerfield by John Fogerty   2. Riders On The Storm by The Doors Jim Morrison
3. Wildflowers by Tom Petty     4. How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You by Marvin Gaye
David Bowie came out ahead in the Battle by 15 - 11

​*This popular duo, both of whom were born in Texas, had great hits in the early to mid 1970's and then disbanded in 1980.  They reunited on two different occasions, the last time in 2004.  Both artists have long been advocates of the Baha'i Faith.  Name the band
 
*This artist was quoted saying..."Before there was organized religion, there was the moon.  The Indians knew about the moon.  Pagans followed the moon.  I've followed it for as long as I can remember, and that's just my religion."  Name the artist.
 
*Country Singer/Songwriter Marty Stuart wrote a song...The Observations Of A Crow...in 1999.  Shortly after that, he realized how many melodic similarities his song had with a track from a huge musical icon.  Stuart got to hang out with that artist who told him that he might borrow something out Stuart's song someday.  We'll play the track.  Any guesses on the artist to whom Stuart was referring and if you know the song...wow for you!
 
*This song starts with layers of clock noises...each clock being recorded separately at an antiques store and then the band and their famous engineer blended them together.  The clocks were used to demonstrate a new quadraphonic sound system.  Name the song and the band
 
 
Super Ball Battle Of The Bands!
 Kansas City by Paul McCartney  vs  San Francisco by Scott McKenzie
 
Answers:
1.Seals and Crofts    2. Neil Young
3. Things Have Changed by Bob Dylan        4. Time by Pink Floyd
Kansas City prevailed in the Battle by 21 – 20 and On the Field by 31 - 20