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How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode Finale: Music for the End of the RoadDear Music Lover:It’s with pleasure and a touch of sadness that I bring you this last episode of my “How to Tour America Through Her Music” podcast.It’s been a fun ride, and I enjoyed hanging out with you on the magic bus. We had some good times, didn’t we? But the road calls me to other places, and I must move on. Before I go, I want to convey important information about the podcast, the show notes, and the playlist.An Important NoticeAs you may kn...
2025-05-1714 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode 12: The Music of MotownDear Music Lover:This is the next to the last episode in my “How to Tour America Through Her Music” podcast, and I’m on a roll! We have a rendezvous with destiny planned for the last show, at the famous Woodstock Music Festival of 1969. If you want to start the tour from the beginning, just tap the magic button below:For now, Detroit City and Motown’s music are a must-stop on our musical tour of the United States. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Temptations, the Four Tops, the Marvelettes, the Spinners...
2025-05-1009 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode 11: The Music of America's Pacific NorthwestDear Music Lover:Thanks again for joining me on this tour of America’s music and of the country itself. Before we get underway, allow me to plug my latest book, which I co-wrote with the love of my life, the Italian pirate lady Fabiana Capuano. Called “Far and Wild,” our book tells the story of Fabi’s twenty years of travel as a single woman through 100+ countries.Fabi posts a lot of fun pictures and videos from her travels, along with excerpts from the book, on her Substack. Check it out! It’s free!
2025-05-0311 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicPodcast Episode Ten: The Music of Northern CaliforniaHello Music Lover! Thanks for listening to Episode Ten about the music of Northern California. In it, I feature the San Francisco sound, the 1967 Summer of Love, and songs of revolution, defiance, and change.Please feel free to listen to just this episode, or if you prefer, start the tour from the beginning and follow our spirit guide Woody Guthrie on a musical tour of America.Either way, it’s nice to have you come along.As with all the episodes, the “Show Notes” feature links to the complete recordings of the songs, additi...
2025-04-2616 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode Nine: The Music of Southern CaliforniaStart AnywhereWelcome to this episode of the “How to Tour America Through Her Music” podcast. You can listen to just this one episode, or if you prefer, start the tour from its beginning.A Gentle ReminderAlthough I add a lot more content in the show notes, the real “meat” of the show is in the audio. Remember the hot dog from last week?So if you are short on time, please just listen to the audio and skip the show notes.Show NotesI featured “So You Wan...
2025-04-1912 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicPodcast Episode Eight: The Music of TexasAttention Cowboys and Cowgirls!Heavens to Murgatroyd! I just learned some folks are skipping the podcast’s audio and only reading the show notes! ¡Ay, caramba!Is this because they mistakenly believe the audio contains only music?The audio is the best part! If you are not playing the audio, then you are not hearing the show. Yikes!Think of the podcast like a hotdog in a bun. The show notes are just a complement, like mustard or relish.I offer show notes so that it’s easy...
2025-04-1218 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode Seven: New Orleans & the BayouHi Everyone!We have a lot of music to cover in this episode, but before we get into it, allow me to thank you for sharing this show with your friends. Here’s the share button again in case you missed it last time.If you are just joining me and want to start the tour from the beginning, just tap the magic button below.Show NotesWhen possible, I provide links to videos accompanying the songs featured in the episode. Here’s the list of songs as they appear.“U...
2025-04-0515 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode Six: The BluesThank You!Before we get to this episode’s show notes, I want to thank you for joining the tour. It’s nice to have you!If you are just joining me…welcome! If you’d like to start the tour from its beginning, just tap the big orange button below. Otherwise, stay with me and we’ll rock on through this episode on The Blues.Episode Six Show NotesThe first song you hear is from Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues: “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom.” Yes, I think it...
2025-03-2916 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode Five: Florida and Music CityHello again!Welcome to Episode Five of my “How to Tour America Through Her Music” podcast. We cover a lot of distance this time, so let me jump into it. But first, if you are just joining me and want to start at the beginning, just tap on the jolly orange button below and you’ll be whisked to Episode One, just like magic!Bo and the BBQI spent a lot of time looking for “Bo’s music” and decided on “Three Cool Cats” by Ry Cooder. It just seemed to fit. L...
2025-03-2213 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode Four: The Music of Virginia and GeorgiaGet Caught Up!If you are just joining me and want to hear the show from the beginning, just click on the orange button below.Episode FourIn this episode, we leave Washington DC behind and move south into The Commonwealth of Virginia, otherwise known as “The Old Dominion.” While I was not born there, I proudly consider myself a Virginian, joining the company of famous Virginians like Thomas Jefferson, the author of America’s Declaration of Independance, and George Washington, America’s first president.I also attended The University of Virginia...
2025-03-1518 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode Three: The Music of Washington, D.C.Dear Listener:My feathers get ruffled when some people, like overzealous Facebook Group Admins, object to mentioning politics or other controversial subjects in music. What do these people want? Just nice, polite, wishy-washy songs with nothing important to say?Well, those wimps can have every bubblegum song ever recorded by The 1910 Fruitgum Company, but you won’t find that kind of music in this podcast. In my opinion, the best songs have something important and powerful to say. Great songs move you. They change you. If they don’t, then they belong in the...
2025-03-0818 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode Two: The Music of New York CityWelcome!If you are just joining the podcast…welcome! It’s nice to have you here. You can start listening now, or if you prefer, jump back to the beginning and get caught up.Episode TwoAs mentioned in Episode One, our tour guide is the spirit of the legendary songwriter, protester, idealist, itinerant hobo, and family man, Woody Guthrie.In the 1950s, we follow Woody to Greenwich Village in America’s “Big Apple” — New York City. There we find a young Paul Simon about to make it big with songs like:...
2025-03-0110 min
AdventureFreaksss.com (Budget Friendly Living & Retiring Abroad)They Live in Italy Under $1000ADVENTUREFREAKSSS.COMImmigration & Visas “Lexidy”: https://adventurefreaksss.com/form-page-11/ Brant Huddleston Substack: https://substack.com/@brantx Fabi’s Substack: https://fabi27.substack.com/ Buy Fabi’s Book “Far and Wild” https://www.amazon.com/Far-Wild-Travel-Fabiana-Capuano/dp/B0DL3FZK5W Buy Brant’s Book “Blue Skyways” https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Skyways-airfare-answers-calling-ebook/dp/B09111946X/ ================================= How to work with me: ================================= 😎One-on-one Consulting for planning your move abroad: https://calendly.com/adventurefreaksss/50min
2025-02-2654 min
How to Tour America Through Her MusicEpisode One: IntroductionHello! Great to have you join me. My name is Brant Huddleston, and I’ll be your host on this limited series podcast titled “How to Tour America Through Her Music.”As it says in my Substack bio, I am a grandpa with a guitar and an attitude. That’s my smiling face below.I am married to the fabulous Fabiana Capuano, a tattooed Italian pirate lady, who also has an attitude.Together, we travel the world and write about what we see. But then, if you’ve been following either one of us, you al...
2025-02-2211 min
Becoming a Sage with Dr. Jann FreedBecoming a Sage: Brant HuddlestonBrant Huddleston is the author of three books, scads of short stories and other mad musings, and the host of a podcast on how death taught him to thrive in the second half of life.
A former rock & roll guitarist, classic car restoration mechanic, tropical fish tank cleaner, inventive engineer, and business professional with IBM, he now lives with a pirate lady on Turkey's turquoise coast.
You can find him at www.dancepastsunset.com
2022-01-1242 min
AdventureFreaksss.com (Budget Friendly Living & Retiring Abroad)Living Abroad on a Budget - TurkeyAdventure Freaks with Ré Esordi presents Living Abroad on a Budget with Author and Expat Brant Huddleston. Brant currently resides on Datca Turkey, and shares details on what the culture, life and costs of living are in this beautiful sea town on the Mediterranean. Most recent book: Blue SkywaysBuy here: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Skyways-a...Map of Dreams by Paul Caruso (Brant Huddleston)Buy here: https://www.amazon.com/Map-Dreams-Pau...
2021-09-011h 05
Exploring DeathEnjoying Peak Life Experiences in your Sunset Years with Brant HuddlestonBrant Huddleston is the host of the podcast and blog “Dance Past Sunset” for active, older adults who want to enjoy peak life experiences well into and even past their sunset years. As a boomer, he is chin-deep in all the issues that affect his generation, staying healthy so he can travel, caregiving for an ailing parent, being there for his kids and grandkids, deciding future care preferences, and how to pay for it all. On each of his shows, he interviews an expert who shares best practices, tools, tips, and technologies for how to make the most...
2019-08-2832 min