Who needs a miracle? This Throwback Thursday is DEAD-icated to jam bands

This week, we’re getting loose with a day DEAD-icated to jam bands, from the Grateful Dead, Phish, and the Allman Brothers Band to Goose, Billy Strings, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, and more. Expect deep cuts, legendary live recordings, unexpected covers, and plenty of long songs.

What will be the longest song we play? Tune in to 88.5 or stream the broadcast right here on the WXPN website starting at 6 a.m. to find out.

And if Thursday leaves you wanting more, Bruce Warren returns Monday nights to host JamNation. First launched by Warren in the early 2000s, the show is built around artists new and old, with a focus on improvisation, long-form live performance, and the jam scene in all its forms, spanning rock, funk, jazz, bluegrass, reggae, prog, electronica, and beyond.

Weeks 5

It was the year Peter Frampton came alive, Stevie Wonder released one of the greatest albums ever made, and disco and punk were both on the rise, pulling music in opposite directions at the same time. Half a century later, the songs still hold up.

Tune in to 88.5 or stream the broadcast right here on the WXPN website starting at 6 a.m. every Thursday to fill your ears with songs from back in the day.

Weeks 3 & 4

For two weeks, we highlighted the ABCs of R&B, from Jackson 5’s “ABC” to The Trammps’ “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart.

Week 3

With Independence Day nearing, we got a wee bit cheeky and played songs from our across-the-pond counterparts with a British Invasion Throwback Thursday.

While the Brits don’t call the shots anymore, their influence on American music is undeniable. From The Beatles to Duran Duran, we be played Great Britain’s finest musical exports all day.

Week 2

The perfect song choice can make or break a scene, so we highlighted the songs filmmakers and show runners leaned on to make their visuals hit even harder.

For the second week of Throwback Thursday, you hears songs from iconic needle drop moments in movies and shows such as Reservoir Dogs, High Fidelity, and The OC.

Week 1

For the first week of Throwback Thursday, we traveled back in time… to 1986. Can you believe that was 40 years ago already?!

Spandex and big hair ruled, and a ton of great music came out, too. The year saw big releases from Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, R.E.M., Janet Jackson, Madonna, and Metallica. Hip-Hop also moved into the mainstream a bit more when Run-DMC taught us to “Walk this Way,” and the Beastie Boys invited us to fight for the right to party.