2022, you sucked! At least from the point of view of number of artists lost last year. Wow, it was hard to select songs for my tribute ride—I had to leave so many out. But here it is and I think you’ll enjoy it. As always, feel free to switch out songs from the bucket playlist of all the artists we lost—you may have some preferences different than mine.Read more…
Today, the world lost one of the most amazing and talented singer-songwriters of the past seven decades. Here is a list of Christine McVie’s iconic songs to add to your tribute ride.Read more…
My 2021 tribute ride seemed to fall together quite well this year; the energy, tempo, and variety of the tracks fit perfectly into a longer-interval profile. There are tracks from just about every genre we love to use in cycling classes.Read more…
Alas, here is my annual tribute to artists we lost the previous year. They include numerous classic rock band members including the Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, The Moody Blues, The Monkeys, Bay City Rollers, and The Animals. We also lost epic artists from numerous other genres: R&B, disco, hip-hop, reggae, pop, country, and more. Read more…
Well, this is upsetting. Two tribute posts in two days, and both from the same era. We’ve lost another rock legend, this time Ric Ocasek. If you don’t know the name, you for sure know his music—The Cars, one of the most essential new wave rock bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s.Read more…
Eddie Money had a series of big hits in the late 1970s to 1980s. Throw a few of these tracks in your playlist this week as a tribute to this rocker. Read more…
Best known for the song “Woke Up This Morning” which became the theme song for the HBO series The Sopranos, Alabama 3 has a number of tracks that should be in your indoor cycling repertoire. Jake Black was a clever song writer; the music industry has lost a great soul.Read more…
The musical world lost Ranking Roger of The English Beat and General Public this week; another terrible loss to cancer. If you’re not in my age group (ahem…) and don’t know the depth of Roger’s repertoire from the 1980s, you might be surprised how many songs are perfect for indoor cycling! Here are my favorites and how I use them.Read more…
Every year we pause to say thank you for the music by artists we lost. Here’s our tribute to the artists we lost in 2018. Read more…
Today we lost Ed King, the guitarist for the iconic southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. He’s the one whose voice can be heard counting down at the very beginning of their most famous hit, “Sweet Home Alabama.” Here are a few tracks you can sprinkle into your playlists as a tribute to one of the more recognizable southern rock groups in the country.Read more…