10/17/25

Written By Ryan Janson

This week on RITY…

  • The Featured Five Theme is A Rock And A Hard Place: The Between Theme

  • The song D'yer Mak'er: it's meaning and how it's pronounced?

  • The tragic story of how a fallen Vietnam soldier inspired a big Motown hit

  • Burton Cummings and the origin of the Guess Who song, American Woman

  • A song by The Beatles that was inspired by hippies and Brian Epstein's wealth

  • Speaking of The Beatles, an American who was described as the "one-man Beatles"

  • Gil Scott-Heron will answer the question - Will the revolution be televised?

  • Deep cuts from The Hold Steady, Todd Rundgren, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Shuggie Otis, Albert King, Allen Toussaint, and much more!

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