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Social Distortion — Hidden Gems from the B-Side (Week 35) 🖤

🎧 Making Believe • Born to Lose

As we search for meaning and purpose… some things are inevitable in life, like change.

In the pursuit of connection, some things are instinctual… like trying to bond with others, to feel understood, to love, and to be loved.

Some things have always been so from the beginning… like heartbreak, for example. It’s just as timeless.

“Making Believe” is a country song originally written by Jimmy Work in 1955, and it became a massive hit that same year for Kitty Wells. I love Mike’s version of it… it’s one of my favorite Social D songs.

The second song is “Born to Lose.” Although it shares a title with another country song from the ’40s by Ted Daffan and his Texans… it’s an original Mike Ness song.

I also added two great rare live performances of these songs. Mike has a great stage presence and really connects with the fans at his shows. He’s always seemed like just one of the guys… a fan himself.

Some things we just inherently understand, right? Whether we’ve lived long or are trying to figure it all out today.

Hope you enjoy.

Thanks for listening.

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Social Distortion — Hidden Gems from the B-Side (Week 32) 🖤

I Was Wrong 🎧 Don’t Drag Me Down

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I believe “I Was Wrong” was the first song I ever heard from Social Distortion—probably around ’96 when it first came out. It was also the first song by them I ever learned on guitar.

I liked the song right away, but I didn’t really get into these guys until the early 2oO0s. Looking back, I wish I’d discovered them sooner.

So here you go… here’s two more for you.

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🖤 I Was Wrong
💿 White Light, White Heat, White Trash 1996

🖤 Don’t Drag Me Down
💿 White Light, White Heat, White Trash 1996

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I’ve also included a video from Joe Sib. He’s a comedian and former punk rock frontman who’s a great storyteller. In it, he tells the crazy story of one night at a Social Distortion show—a night that involved a car crash and other crazy stuff… with Mike Ness actually coming to his aid and helped his friend get into the show. It’s a great story… you should check it out.

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Tenth Avenue North… Week 30 🎧

No Man Is An Island 💯 I Have This Hope

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No matter your beliefs… I like you… I’m for you. Together… we can lift each other up. We’re not meant to live this life alone.

Work on trying to let someone in… even if it’s just one.

Ain’t no life outside each other.

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I have two excellent songs for you today

🎵 No Man Is an Island 2o14
🎵 I Have This Hope 2o16

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Be blessed… and don’t forget.

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Hebrews 10:24–25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side ⛽ — Fuel (Week 29)

Featuring “Again” from Angels & Devils and “Quarter” from Natural Selection 🎵

Hey yall… this is the final fuel post… I hope you’ve enjoy them… next week something super special… probably my favorite band… but today I have these last two for you…

Again from Angels & Devils 2oO7 🎶

Quarter from Natural Selection 2oO3 🎶

Thank you for the support… 😎

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Matthew West (Week 26) 🎧

The Motions 🎶 Stop the World

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Life really flies by… fleeting in a way that makes everything else fade for me… except the things that matter…

and I’ve concluded… these “things” are people…

not just my family and friends… but everyone.

because who am I… if I only care about and love those inside my own little circle?

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Do others not have circles?

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They do.

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Let’s get inside them… you and me.

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The Motions 🎶— Something to Say 2oO8

Stop the World 🎶— Something to Say 2oO8

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Philippians 2:3

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves.

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side ⛽ — Fuel (Week 26)

I Should Have Told You 🎶 Angels Take a Soul

So… it’s 3am… here at my spot on earth… and I’ve been listening to Fuel for the past hour… figuring out which songs I want to use…

I decided on the album “Angels & Devils” from 2oO7… it’s the first album featuring lead singer Toryn Green… instead of Brett Scallions… and honestly… it’s a great one… loaded with badass songs…

I chose two for you…

🎶 “I Should Have Told You”
🎶 “Angels Take a Soul”

Former Godsmack drummer Tommy Stewart was announced as the band’s new drummer… but was unable to perform on the album due to other commitments… so Josh Freese and Tommy Lee performed drums in his place.

Also it’s cool how Toryn joined the band… there’s a bonus video about it below… check it out…

Also I have a famous friend who’s friends with Tommy Lee… well… he used to be my friend… we don’t talk anymore… story for another time…

Hope yall enjoy… I’m going to bed…

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Toryn Green

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Matthew West (Week 25) 🎧

Happy 🎶 The Turnaround

What’s up yall… just want to say thank you… truly…
I appreciate your faithfulness and the support… always checkin’ my stuff out…

Matthew West is up again this week…
figured I’d dig a little deeper this time… pull out a couple real hidden gems…

I think he’s got a lot of ‘em… you just gotta go lookin’…
especially those early records… man, I really enjoy those…

Seems like most folks go straight to the radio hits…
and I get it… they’re hits for a reason… they’re great songs… I like ‘em too…

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it’s the lesser-known ones that hit me the hardest…
the ones tucked away a little…
those are the ones I keep comin’ back to…

Here’s two of ’em…

Happy 🎵
Happy 2oO3

The Turnaround 🎶
Happy 2oO3

Also… I got a super awesome bonus video of him…
with a couple ladies killin’ it on the background vocals in this song…
just found this one… 🔥

Hope you enjoy… yall be blessed…

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter…
but the glory of kings is to search it out.

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — ⛽️ FUEL (Week 22)

Falls On Me 🎵 Sunburn

Hey yall… thanks for joining me again…

So before Fuel was even Fuel…
they moved through a couple early names like…
“ReelTooReal”…
and “Small the Joy”…
before everything finally settled into place.

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And right at the center of it all—

was Carl Bell.

Lead guitarist…
but more than that—the architect.

The one writing the songs…
lyrics… music… structure…
building the sound from the ground up…

and even producing along the way.

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Because Fuel…
was never just a band…

it was Carl Bell’s vision—
brought to life through the voice of Brett Scallions.

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Today—I’ve got two good ones for you 🎧🔥

🎵 Falls On Me — Natural Selection (2003)
🎵 Sunburn — Sunburn (1998)

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I’ll be here a while with these guys…
hope yall enjoy 🔥

Carl Bell… the mastermind

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — Drivin N Cryin (Week 18)

Honeysuckle Blue ♪ Straight To Hell

Ok yall… get ready for greatness.

If you don’t know these awesome dudes yet… you soon will.

I grew up in the same town as them and have seen them live many times over the years. They remain one of my all-time favorite bands — and one of the most underrated to ever come out of the South.

Atlanta’s own Drivin N Cryin formed in 1985 and quickly became one of the South’s most distinctive rock bands, blending Southern rock, folk storytelling, and punk-edge energy into a sound completely their own. Led by singer-songwriter Kevn Kinney, the band built a loyal following through heartfelt lyrics and powerful live performances.

Their 1989 album Mystery Road produced enduring fan favorites like “Honeysuckle Blue” and “Straight to Hell,” two songs that perfectly capture the band’s mix of grit, heart, and Southern storytelling.

Songs Featured

🎶 Honeysuckle Blue — from Mystery Road (1989)

🎶 Straight to Hell — from Mystery Road (1989)

These are two of their more popular songs… later on we’ll dig into the hidden gems.

Hope you enjoy.

The black widow and the
Ladies man
Met down at the laundromat
And tried to make me
Understand ♪

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