Join hosts and guests on an entertaining journey through the world of male solo artists. In this episode, we celebrate legendary musicians like Dan Fogelberg, Bob Marley, and Johnny Cash, rediscovering what makes their music timeless. Enjoy lively banter and trivia that will engage both the young and the seasoned listener, as our hosts recall personal memories tied to these iconic tunes.
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This is Rush to Reason.
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You are going to shut your damn yapper and listen for a change because I got you pegged, sweetheart. You want to take the easy way out because you’re scared. And you’re scared because if you try and fail, there’s only you to blame. Let me break this down for you. Life is scary. Get used to it. There are no magical fixes. With your host, John Rush.
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It’s Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush. Presented by High Five Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, and Electric. Where every call ends with a high five.
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Actually, it’s Andy Pate. Party of choice.
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And welcome to hour number two on Rush to Reason. I’m Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Luke Cash. Man. And Ashley. Carter. That’s right. What were you going to say? Like, I’m back or something like that, Carter? I’m back. She’s back.
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I’m back, back, back, back again.
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I’m back, back, back, back again. Okay. This hour, folks, we are doing, what is it again? Best male recording artist. I was seeing if you knew. Obviously, I know. I’ve got it right in front of me. Best male recording artists. And these are solo acts. They can have a band with them, obviously. But these are mainly, they’re known for the solo act. And I’m not going to start with one of the super popular ones. I’m going to. Yeah, I know. I’m going to make it a little easy for the crowd out there. I’m going to start with somebody a little less popular, but who for a while there had some of the most beautiful music I’ve ever heard. Dan Fogelberg. Here we go.
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The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I’m just a living legacy
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Now, as you know, pretty much everything I like will be way before your time because you guys, well, it’s serious. We can combine your ages and you’re still much younger than me. That’s true. That’s how old I am. So that’s the way it is. So get used to old music.
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Luke, you’re up. Practically ancient. I’m surprised you found direct translations for old cavemen names. Thank you. Thank you. We will go with someone my brother really enjoyed. I liked him a lot, too, but my brother was a huge fan. Bob Marley.
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Bob Marley. Guess what? I got him. Here we go. Let’s go. I love Bob Marley.
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Bob Marley’s awesome. Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
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Good vibes all around. Yeah. If you want to just feel good, you listen to Bob Marley.
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Apparently his grandson’s really talented, too.
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Really? That’s very nice. How cool. Ashley, you’re up.
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I’m going to say this because we just got out of the season that this guy kind of owns. It’s Bing Crosby.
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Bing Crosby. Now, the reason I’m not playing Bing is I played him last time. Yeah, and I played a lot of Bing last time. I watched two Bing Crosby movies on Christmas.
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Who is that?
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Holiday Inn and White Christmas.
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You don’t know who Bing Crosby is? I’m not going to know who a lot of these people are.
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The singer for White Christmas, Luke. Come on.
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Oh, okay. I guess I don’t know names. I just listen to songs and then… What, aren’t you an American?
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No. Oh, okay, okay. Not a good American. All right, here we go. Up next is John from Cheyenne. John, what do you got for us this week?
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Hey, guys. Well, I got two for my wife and two for me. Is that okay?
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That is totally okay, and I will hopefully be able to play a clip or two. Go ahead.
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Okay, my wife’s first one is Jim Croce.
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Oh, yes. But I can’t find it. Go ahead.
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And her second one is Meatloaf.
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Oh! I should have gotten a Meatloaf song. I am such a failure. Okay. They’re both really good. What do you got?
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Oh, yeah. I got two. My first goes way back. I don’t even know if these kids would know who this is, but it’s Frank Sinatra.
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Oh, yeah.
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Of course we know who Frank Sinatra is.
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Now, hang on here. This is really hard because I’m having to scroll, scroll, scroll through about 10. I’ve got like 40 clips in front of me, and it’s hard to find it. And I thought for sure I had one for Frank Sinatra.
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Oh, surely you do.
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All I’m saying is I think my mom would be very disappointed in me if I didn’t know who Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack were.
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Oh, yeah, you’ve got to know who Frank Sinatra is. But go ahead, give us another one, sir.
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Here’s a little quick trivia question.
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Yeah.
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At Yankee Stadium, when the Yankees win, they play Frank’s version of New York, New York. Oh! When they lose. When they lose, they play Liza’s version.
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That’s funny. Now, hang on for a second. I just got to play a little Frank. Here we go.
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Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars. Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars. In other words… Hold my hand.
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Boy, he had blue eyes. That’s why they called him Old Blue Eyes.
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He was terrific. He couldn’t. There was the only cover of another song I ever heard him do that I never want to hear again. Yeah. It’s his cover of Yesterday. Oh, okay. Interesting. It’s not great. Okay. Here’s my other one. It’s George Strait.
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Oh, yes. I don’t have a song for him because I had to put together so many. George Strait was great. Oh, he still is.
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Andy, you and your family have a happy new year.
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You have a happy new year, sir. Thank you so much. OK, let’s we got to do this one’s going to be a little different. Once again, I’m not doing the totally obvious ones. I’m doing one that’s a real favorite of mine. And that’s Stevie Wonder. And here he is with Sir Duke. I just love Stevie Wonder. He was incredible. What a voice. I mean, my gosh, he could just roll around. He could roll around on the notes with his voice almost as fast as he could with a piano. It’s impressive. It was impressive. Luke, you’re up.
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Kind of a cop-out, I’ll admit. But we did just talk about his movie, so someone has to say Bob Dylan.
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Bob Dylan, absolutely. Let’s see if I got a clip here. Knowing me, I don’t. It’s all right.
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We heard so many of his clips when we were listening to the trailer of his movie.
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I know, but here we go. Here’s Bob Dylan. He was a classic. Absolutely a classic.
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Ashley, you’re up. I’m going to go with the artist that inspired me to play guitar, John Denver.
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John Denver? I must have John Denver. If I don’t, of course I am a failure.
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If you don’t, we’re all just going to start singing Country Road right here.
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It’s actually not Country Road. Doggone it.
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Ironically, Country Road, a very popular karaoke song in Ireland.
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Really? Yeah. You know, I’m not surprised. All right, here we go.
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While they try to tear the mountains down They’re bringing a couple more More people, more scars upon the land In the Colorado Rocky Mountain High I’ve seen it raining fire in the sky I know he’d be poor of land If he never saw an eagle fly Rocky Mountain High.
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Oh, man, did I love his voice. Oh, yeah. I grew up on him, and he was one of my absolute favorites. Now, here’s somebody who’s way before my time, but was also one of my favorites, and that is Johnny Cash. Here we go.
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I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you’re mine, I walk the line
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You know what I’m going to start doing on some of mine is I’m going to just start playing them, and you guys got to guess who it is.
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Oh, no. Go ahead, Luke. I’ll be able to get some of them. All right. We’ll switch it up. We’ll go someone new, only because it’s become culturally relevant again with his newer album, old Kendrick Lamar.
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Oh, yes.
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Oh, yeah.
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All the Drake beef that was going on.
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Really well done. Well done. Well done. Ashley, you’re up.
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I’m going to go with Phil Collins.
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My list is dwindling. I’m dying. Here we go.
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She calls out to the man on the street. He can see she’s been crying. She’s got blisters on the soles of her feet. She can’t walk, but she’s trying.
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It’s another day for you We’ll meet in paradise Oh, think twice It’s just another day for you
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All right, Phil Collins. Hey, tell you what, when we come back, I’m going to play a few, and you guys got to try and guess them. Sound good? All right.
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Legends of the 60s and 70s. Love is a burning thing.
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putting reason into your afternoon drive this is john rush
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And welcome back to Rush Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Luke Cash and Ashley Carter. That’s right. And by the way, that was once again Johnny Cash, who I grew up with.
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Yeah, really good artist.
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Okay, now what I’m going to do is I’m going to make you both miserable because we old people, we like to do that to you youngins, okay? We just like seeing you sad. And for some reason for us old people, when we see you sad, we feel happy. It’s kind of hard to explain, really. Okay. Let’s see if you can guess this one. Here we go. Oh, boy.
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I know the song.
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If I don’t play this song every time I play Guitar Hero.
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I know the song. I know all the lyrics. I don’t know who sings it.
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Are you serious? I know who sings it. I just can’t think of their name.
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He’s also an excellent actor. Charlie Grimes sings this? No. It is Bon Jovi.
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Bon Jovi.
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And he’s also a terrific actor. I mean, really, very, very good. Very impressive. Here we go. Next one. You’ve got to get this.
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I got it. This is Elvis.
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What’d you say?
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This is Elvis Presley.
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Thank you. Let’s let him sing. You should have heard your knocked out jailbird sing that. Okay, he was one of, in my opinion, the two greatest performers of the 20th century. I’m about to play the other one. Here we go.
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Michael Jackson.
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Michael Jackson.
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Okay, you’re throwing a softball.
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Yeah, the last two were softballs.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. There’s going to be easy ones and hard ones. Could anybody outdance Michael Jackson?
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No.
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Me.
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Five shots of vodka deep.
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Yeah, that might do it.
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I’m going to hold you to that. I got him beat any day of the week.
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Okay, well, yeah, that might actually do it. Okay, I’m going to do one before your time. A little before your time. Here we go.
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And the good girls are home with broken hearts.
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You two are looking confused. I know all the lyrics. I know all the lyrics.
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I don’t know who sings it.
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Tom Petty.
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Tom Petty.
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And the Heartbreakers. You haven’t heard of Tom Petty? I’m sure I have. Okay, I’m doing an easy one for you again because you really blew it on that one.
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So here we go. Easy. I’m disappointing my father.
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I’m going to really embarrass myself if I have this wrong.
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Do it. Say it. Embarrass yourself. Live on radio.
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It’s Billy Joel, isn’t it?
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No! No.
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I don’t know. Think crazy leftist. That doesn’t help.
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Yeah, that doesn’t help. They’re all crazy leftists.
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That’s true. Bruce Springsteen.
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Bruce Springsteen. Oh, that’s that. I knew it was a B name.
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Okay, in that case, you didn’t get Bruce Springsteen. I’m hurt. Okay, okay. We’re going to go even easier. I’m going to go even easier. Even easier, huh? Oh, come on. Here we go.
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All right. Sing us a song. You’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight.
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Ashley. I don’t know. Who is it?
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This one’s Billy Joel.
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Thank you.
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Okay, there you go. I don’t know. I don’t know who any of these people are. I just listen to the songs.
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This one’s Billy Joel.
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Yeah, that was Billy Joel. I’m sure it is. You could look me in the eye and tell me that was Prince, and I’d be like, yeah, sure, I can. I don’t know who these people are.
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Gosh, you two are so young. Okay.
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I listen to the music.
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I don’t know their names. Look, nobody out there is going to want to drive once you two can drink.
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Just so you know. Okay. If you drink and drive every day, statistically, you’ll get better at it. Never forget that. 90% of accidents are caused by sober drivers.
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We do not condone.
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KLZ does not condone drunk driving. Thank you. Views and opinions.
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Okay.
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Worth the disclaimer.
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But drinking is so cool. I actually don’t drink. I need to learn. Okay, here we go. You’ve got to get this one.
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You said that about the past three. You got no when to hold up. No when to fold up.
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No when to walk away. No when to run.
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You never count your money. Nope. Once again, I will say I know the song. Are you serious? Nah, I’m just joshing.
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I know who it is.
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It’s you.
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Then you got me.
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Kenny Rogers.
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Kenny Rogers.
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I wouldn’t have gotten that in a million years.
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Really? No. I know. It’s before your time. Okay. I’m going to go before my time. Way, way back.
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There is no time before your time. The world hadn’t been created then.
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Actually, it was newly formed at this time. And here we go. Paleo punk.
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I see trees of green. Red roses too I see them bloom I don’t expect you to get this For me and you And I think to myself
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That is the great Louis Armstrong.
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I was going to guess that. I just didn’t want to embarrass myself.
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No, no, no, no, no. It’s okay. You’re not embarrassing yourself. You’re throwing out good names. You’re taking a good shot at some of these. But these are kind of hard. Here’s the thing. These are hard for your age group. Okay? So let’s do one that even your age group should get. Here we go.
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Leave it for Luke.
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You’re going to be leaving it to the end of the song, buddy. Luke, come on. I don’t know the names of people.
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There was a biopic done about him.
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I just talked about how good this biopic was. You did, you did. Do I remember 30 minutes ago?
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He was not straight.
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That really narrows it down. It doesn’t narrow things down. It does a little bit. I mean, not as much as you’d hope. Okay, go ahead, Ashley.
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That is Elton John.
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Elton John. Sir Elton John, actually. That’s right.
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Sir Elton John?
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Elton John was… Wow. He was really one of the better songwriters of the last century. Okay. I mean, he was a factory of music. Go ahead, Charlie. Bernie Taupin, well, that’s right, because Elton wrote, he wrote the music and Bernie wrote the lyrics. Is that right, Bernie Taupin? Well, still, I mean, the music, though, come on, that’s the hook. He was absolutely, he was incredible. Elton John was really incredible, and so was Billy Joel. Between Elton John and Billy Joel, they put out so many albums so fast, you just couldn’t keep up with it. Every time you turned around, there was another one. And these weren’t like with Taylor Swift, where the music all started sounding the same.
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I mean, they were different, different, different. Cool, cool, cool. They kept reinventing themselves. I loved it. I really did. Good stuff. Okay. Now, when we come back, I’m going to go back to you guys, being able to throw out some names. Sound good?
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All right, I’ve saved all the unique ones for last.
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I think we can all agree Elvis Presley had one of the most distinctive voices ever.
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Oh, yes. Very iconic voice.
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He really did. Hey, folks, welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. It’s Andy Pate, Luke Cashman, Ashley Carter. And, okay, I’m going to play this one, and I’ll just tell you right now, tragic story. And he was in one of the great bands of all time, and he was one of two writers for that band. Here we go. Nothing.
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I’m pretty sure it’s John Lennon.
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It is John Lennon. It was one of them.
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I was like, was this John or was this Ringo? It was John.
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Now, Ringo. Ringo wrote fun stuff.
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Yeah.
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John wrote very serious stuff for the most part. John Lennon. Look, the thing about the Beatles is they had two of the best songwriters of their time in the same band in Lennon and McCartney. And that’s why they were so overwhelming. That’s why they put out so many great songs and such. It was like having Paul Simon and John Denver in the same band or whatever. It’s just crazy. Two great songwriters in one. It was really amazing. And John Lennon, very tragic story, though. He got killed.
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Apparently, the Beatles officially broke up at the Polynesian Resort at Disney World.
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That’s a great place to break up.
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Yeah.
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Everybody does their breakups there. That’s true. It’s all the rage.
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Okay, Luke, you’re up. I’m up. This is someone I grew up with personally. It’s my brother Nick Cashman on SoundCloud. Shout out. Okay. Look him up. He does some good music. All right. Nick Cashman on SoundCloud.
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There you go. You just advertised your brother. I did. And I think you should.
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Gotta do it. He puts me down as his producer on all of his songs. One more time. Nick Cashman. Check him out on SoundCloud. Sounds good.
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All right.
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Shout out, brother. Ashley, do you have a brother whose music you can push?
SPEAKER 09 :
No, I do not.
SPEAKER 06 :
Nice.
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But who I will mention is the heartthrob that me and many other girls my age grew up with, not Justin Bieber, Jesse McCartney.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, you could have also said Justin Bieber.
SPEAKER 09 :
I could have said Justin Bieber, but Jesse McCartney was the first heartthrob. He was the first time that girls my age were like, oh, is this what it’s like to have a crush on a superstar?
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, really? Yes. Okay, well, that’s totally cool. I like that. Okay, I am going to go back to the 60s and 70s and 80s, and he was still writing in the 90s. This guy wrote forever. Let’s see if you can guess it.
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Or you hop on the bus, cause you don’t need to discuss much. Just drop off the key, leave, and get yourself free.
SPEAKER 06 :
And don’t worry, you guys shouldn’t know that one. I know it’s before your time, but that was Paul Simon. And what was he originally part of? It was a twosome. Charlie said it, Simon and Garfunkel. Interesting. Have you ever heard Bridge Over Troubled Waters? Maybe.
SPEAKER 08 :
Maybe.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, but I have heard the Sound of Silence.
SPEAKER 08 :
Sound of Silence. I know that that’s them. I’m more familiar with the Disturbed version.
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s where I heard it first, yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Some would argue that Paul Simon is the greatest songwriter of the last 150 years. Okay, I mean, he’s certainly in the top five. He was unbelievable, an absolute machine. More than Bob Dylan. I mean, I just watched a movie on Bob Dylan. Simon wrote more and faster. He was just amazing. Just unbelievable what a writer. Okay, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hitting you with an oddball. A guy named Arnur Dan out of Iceland. He’s an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Really cool stuff. I understand maybe 10% of the words.
SPEAKER 06 :
But it sounds really cool. What’s his name again?
SPEAKER 08 :
Arnur Dan.
SPEAKER 06 :
Arnur Dan.
SPEAKER 08 :
Spell it. How do you spell it? A-R-N-O-R space D-A-N. Okay. Like I said, I understand 10% of the lyrics, and I feel something every time.
SPEAKER 06 :
But if people Google or YouTube Arne or Dan, they’re going to listen to some good stuff, right? They will. All right. Not as good as your brother, but good stuff.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay. Ashley, you’re up. We’ll do a shout-out to a country music star that wrote the song that my parents used for their wedding, Tracy Bird.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh. I do not know Tracy Bird.
SPEAKER 09 :
He is a country music star. He wrote a song called Keeper of the Stars, and my parents used that for their first dance at their wedding.
SPEAKER 08 :
Very nice.
SPEAKER 06 :
Very nice. Okay, let’s do another longtime country music star before everybody’s time. No, he was part of my time. But you might know this one. Here we go.
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On the road again. Just can’t wait to get on the road again.
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The life I love is making music with my friends. I can’t wait to get on the road again.
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think lots of marijuana.
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This is Willie Nelson.
SPEAKER 06 :
Willie Nelson. Very well. You nailed it. You just had to think lots of marijuana. And Willie was campaigning heavily for Kamala. That didn’t go so well. Thank you, Willie, for apparently helping us out.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, Luke, you’re up. Let’s hit you with something a bit more new because I like a lot of his stuff. Hozier.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh. Yeah, I like Hozier.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I wouldn’t know it. See, I’m old. I don’t know this. He did Take Me to Church. Oh, that I’ve actually heard. Yeah, some of his newer stuff is also really good. New album soon, hopefully.
SPEAKER 06 :
Good, good. Ashley, you’re up. Are you going to do more boy band, super hunky young ones?
SPEAKER 09 :
Maybe sort of. I was going to say David Bowie.
SPEAKER 06 :
David Bowie was great.
SPEAKER 09 :
You know, in a way, that works.
SPEAKER 06 :
Did you ever see him and a very elderly Bing Crosby do Little Drummer Boy?
SPEAKER 09 :
That is my favorite version of the Little Drummer Boy. I play it every Christmas season.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think it’s really charming.
SPEAKER 09 :
It is.
SPEAKER 06 :
I do. Okay. Now, here’s a guy who was, by the way, he was gay, but he didn’t come out until very late in life. And you want to know why? Because he loved his fans, and he knew that would be hard on a lot of them. And that is why he waited on doing that, which is interesting. Here you go. Anybody? I write the songs by Barry Manilow.
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Oh, okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Now, Barry Manilow also wrote a ton, and also, along with writing pop hits, and he wrote a ton of them. You ever heard Copa Copa Cabana?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes, that is the only Barry Manilow song that I know of.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, you would know a lot more. Oh, Mandy. You would know him when you hear him, okay? But he also wrote a lot of the little jingles for businesses. Huh. Interesting. Yeah, McDonald’s or Burger King, have it your way at Burger King. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
He’s the mastermind behind I’m Loving It?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, he wrote before that, but he actually wrote their biggest stuff. What was the song, Charlie, from McDonald’s that he wrote?
SPEAKER 08 :
Who knows?
SPEAKER 06 :
Golly, I forget.
SPEAKER 08 :
But really trying to pull from like the very recesses of the mind.
SPEAKER 06 :
I know. I know. But guys, I mean, Pepsi, Coca-Cola. I mean, just yeah, you deserve a break today. You deserve a break today. He wrote all kinds of them and he was fantastic at it. Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. You know what time it is. Time for another shout out. My cousin. Yes. Kenny Cash on YouTube. Kenny Cash. Her new song, Old News, is out now. Give it a listen. Actually, it’s also, it’s really good. Like, I’ve added it to my normal playlist of music. I really enjoy it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Kenny Cash singing what’s the song? Old News by Kenny Cash. Old News by Kenny Cash. Another one that you can look up. Okay. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 09 :
I’ll do another one that might stump you. It’s Andy Black or Andy Biersack. He is the lead singer of Black Veil Brides, but he’s released a lot of solo stuff, too. That’s really, really good.
SPEAKER 06 :
See, I would probably know if I heard it, but I don’t know him.
SPEAKER 08 :
Probably. It depends. Did you go to high school in, like, you know, 2012? No, no, but… Did you ever go to Vans Warped Tour?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, but actually, I spent, as you know, a lot of years managing at casinos. True. And we played all the top… songs there and so i would i would know a lot of them but all the young people who work there of course they knew who it actually was you see i only knew the song but a lot of the young people actually knew the artist i did not okay up next is jill on line one jill what do you have for us hi it’s actually joe but that’s okay hi joe it’s andre bucelli alan jackson and rod stewart Okay, I meant to get some Bocelli, but I do have Rod Stewart. Here we go. And there we go. Oh, she hung up. Oh, she was giving us such good stuff. And Alan Jackson as well.
SPEAKER 09 :
I love Alan Jackson.
SPEAKER 06 :
Joe, thank you so much. I grew up on Rod Stewart. He was great. Although, actually, my favorite song of his was probably Forever Young. Did you ever hear that?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes. That one, yes.
SPEAKER 06 :
See, I like Forever Young. I know that one. I thought it was so good. Okay, is it my turn?
SPEAKER 08 :
I believe it is.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Let’s see here. Should I go way, way, way, way, way back to make it really hard on you? No. I’ll only go moderately back.
SPEAKER 09 :
It depends on how miserable you want us to be. They’re all going to be hard for me.
SPEAKER 06 :
We’re going 80s. Here we go. Here we go. Simply Irresistible, do you know it?
SPEAKER 09 :
Purely because of the guitar, I’m going to guess Jimi Hendrix.
SPEAKER 06 :
No. It’s actually, good guess though, it’s actually Robert Palmer.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. I think that was the first song that I actually didn’t know, that I didn’t recognize.
SPEAKER 06 :
Robert Palmer always did these videos where the girls were all synchronized. And what they were doing. Yeah, slicked back hair, synchronized girls, red lipstick. Interesting. He was a lot of fun, actually. He was a funny guy. Okay, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. We’ll take it back to like my middle school days. Okay. With a little Bruno Mars for me.
SPEAKER 06 :
I should have gotten Bruno Mars. I should have done some of him. Because I actually really like some of his songs.
SPEAKER 08 :
I like a lot of his stuff. Me and my brothers would jam to him.
SPEAKER 09 :
I was talking, I like his newest song that he did with a member of a girl group. It’s APT, and it’s with Rosé from Blackpink. It’s really good.
SPEAKER 06 :
Very cool. You know what? Also, I really like watching him dance. The guy really has moves.
SPEAKER 09 :
Did he get his start as an Elvis impersonator?
SPEAKER 06 :
I did not know that. Maybe. All I know is this. He could dance well enough. That’s for sure. Okay. You are up, Ashley.
SPEAKER 09 :
Dean Martin.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, Dean Martin.
SPEAKER 09 :
I mentioned the Rat Pack earlier. I got to start rounding it out.
SPEAKER 06 :
I should have gotten a song with him, but I did not because I had like 40 and I just couldn’t get them all. Dean Martin was not only a great singer and a great drinker. A notorious drinker. But Dean Martin was also a very funny guy. And when he did the Martin and Lewis movies with Jerry Lewis, those were hilarious.
SPEAKER 09 :
Did you ever watch his talk show that he had?
SPEAKER 06 :
No.
SPEAKER 09 :
He’s hilarious in that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Was he really?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. He was drunk most of the time, I’m pretty sure.
SPEAKER 06 :
Dean Martin didn’t do sober.
SPEAKER 08 :
A little red in the cheeks.
SPEAKER 06 :
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Music that moves you. Legends of the 60s and 70s on our sister station, 95.3 FM and 810 AM. Live and local, back to Rush to Reason.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver’s Afternoon Rush. KLZ 560. Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Luke Cash. Man. And Ashley. Cart her. Tart cart her. Oh, that’s right. That’s close. Shout out Heather.
SPEAKER 09 :
Shout out Heather in the studio. She gave me that idea.
SPEAKER 06 :
Kind of a chick name.
SPEAKER 09 :
It works.
SPEAKER 06 :
Cart her.
SPEAKER 09 :
It’s brilliant.
SPEAKER 08 :
That’s brilliant. I feel stupid for not having thought of that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Here at Rush to Reason, we believe in two genders. Just so you know.
SPEAKER 08 :
And it’s me and Ashlyn. Exactly. You’re either a Luke or you’re an Ashlyn.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, no way you’re going to get this. Guys, no way you’re going to get this, but one of my favorite singers of all time, and I have to play him. Here we go.
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Oh, woman, oh, woman, oh. You got Ray Charles.
SPEAKER 06 :
Listen.
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I guess if you said so, I’d have to pack my things and go.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s right, hit the road, Jack. And don’t you come back no more, no more.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, it is humanly impossible to be more cool than Ray Charles.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
It cannot be done. No one can do it. That’s funny. Tom Cruise has made a real effort. He struggled through. He’s struggling.
SPEAKER 09 :
Luke, I don’t want you to feel bad for that. The only reason I knew that is because there is a Ray Charles biopic out there that I’ve seen.
SPEAKER 08 :
Fun fact about that song, my mom would sing it when we were in the backyard, and one time I saw the mailman in the backyard. So for the longest time, I thought she was really angry at the mailman and was telling him to get out of there. I don’t know what was going on. Okay, Luke, you’re up. Another shout-out for Heather, specifically, Darius Rucker. That guy, he does country now, but I guess I didn’t know he was part of… Hootie and the Blowfish? Yeah, I didn’t know that, but now he… I loved Hootie and the Blowfish.
SPEAKER 06 :
He’s a good country star.
SPEAKER 08 :
He transitioned into countries of soloing now. He’s really good. He’s really good.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, cool. Ashley, you’re up.
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Toby Keith.
SPEAKER 06 :
Toby Keith. Another country artist. Yes, he’s very big, and I don’t have anything for him, and I feel terribly embarrassed by that. I should be, yes. Here’s one none of you will know, but I don’t care, because he has a beautiful voice. And have you ever heard of Glenn Beck, the talk show host? Yeah. This is his favorite artist. Here we go.
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I just haven’t met you yet.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s Michael Bublé. Yeah, he would actually be on the show. He’d come on the show. Yeah, he’s on The Voice as well.
SPEAKER 09 :
See, I thought Michael Bublé was like Mariah Carey. He’s just frozen until Christmastime every year, and then they thaw him out.
SPEAKER 06 :
He pretty much is. Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, boy.
SPEAKER 08 :
Got two minutes. We’ll keep the country thing going with a little Coulter Wall. If you’ve never heard of him. Good job. He has a couple good ones. He has a voice that sounds like it doesn’t belong to that man’s face. He looks like a 20-year-old with some kind of peach fuzz going on, facial hair. And he sounds like he’s a 60-year-old smoker who has gone through two world wars.
SPEAKER 06 :
Life. What do you know about life? Okay. That sounds great. Go ahead, Ashley.
SPEAKER 09 :
Contestant on American Idol who didn’t actually win, but in our hearts he won, Adam Lambert.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, yes. Him I actually know. Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
Had a big career on his own, and now he’s traveling with the original band members of Queen.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. This one is in black and white. It goes so far back. He was easily the greatest songwriter of his time. Here we go.
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What you got cooking? I’m about cooking something of good.
SPEAKER 06 :
Hank Williams was so dominant out of the top ten songs at a time, you might have five of them be his songs. He wouldn’t be singing them all. But he wrote for himself. He wrote for everybody else. He was absolute dominance personified. Go ahead, Luke. All right, we’ll keep the country train going. Morgan Wallen.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well done. Ashley, go. Jungkook. I’m going to go Peter Gabriel. Luke, go. John Cook. Oliver Tree. Ashley, go. Ed Sheeran. Eric Clapton. Okay, Luke, go. John? I’m used to John. Eminem. Eminem. I like Eminem.
SPEAKER 09 :
Go ahead. NF.
SPEAKER 06 :
NF. How about Sting? Luke, go.
SPEAKER 08 :
A little Post Malone action.
SPEAKER 09 :
Jason Derulo.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Billy Ocean. I like him. Go, Luke. A different Ocean. A Frank Ocean. Nice. Ashley, go.
SPEAKER 09 :
Brad Paisley.
SPEAKER 06 :
Andy Goh. Joe Cocker. Luke Goh. Joe G. Ashley Goh.
SPEAKER 09 :
Neil Diamond.
SPEAKER 06 :
And I’m going to finish us up with Josh Groban, one of the most beautiful voices in America. Have you ever heard him?
SPEAKER 25 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, he’s got a beautiful voice. My wife just loves him. Okay, folks, that’s it for today. Thank you, Luke. Thank you. Thank you, Ashley. Thank you. You bet. Hour one replays next, folks. Hour two is at six. Have a great weekend, and we’ll be back on Monday talking politics and football. Until then, drive safe, God bless, and thanks for joining us at Rush to Reason, KLZ 560.
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I’m a rich guy
