Episode #80, Duke Ross

Duke Ross is a son and a brother and a husband and a father and an all-around righteous dude.When he's not otherwise occupied behind the steering wheel of a tow truck, he can likely be found in the crowd at a Dead & Company show, or -- perhaps -- on a Mexican beach with a cold cocktail in his hand.Duke and I connected a little over two years ago via a Facebook group called Kansas City Dead Heads. He was pedaling some merch', and I said, Yes, please.Fast forward about 30 months, and I'll be darned if he wasn't down to swing by the studio to record a podcast episode with me.And I couldn't be happier than him choosing to do so.We had a great time chatting and getting to know one another. Or at least I did.We talked a fair amount of Dead & Co., but we also reminisced about growing up in the '80s and MTV and the funny paths life sometimes takes us down. And, of course, we talked about a few of Duke's favorite albums.They were these:Queen's The Game (1980)Get Lucky (1981), LoverboyDuran Duran's Rio (1982)Hysteria (1987), Def LeppardMilli Vanilli's All or Nothing (1988)The 20/20 Experiment (2013), Justin TimberlakeReally good time. Thanks to Duke, and to those of you who stopped by to give Episode No. 80 (a special number for Duke!) a listen.copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to either the promo or the intro/outro audio. They are clips taken from a live performance of the title track to Phish's second studio effort, Lawn Boy (1990).This version was recorded on July 25, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY as part of The Baker's Dozen 13-night run of shows, but the studio version comes c/o Elektra Records, marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.