Enjoy This “Simple” Download From Phish ’94 Chicago Box Set [Free Download]
Phish has been one of the top bands of the jam band scenes since the early to mid 90′s, this six disc box set is just one of the many albums that can display the [...]
Best Album Covers of 1972
As we were enjoying "Ziggy Stardust" on 40 Years in 40 Days this morning, I reflected on how much time we spent looking at album...
Mick & Lin [Listen]
Did I ever tell you about the time that I spent an hour interviewing Mick Jagger one on one in October of 2001? Actually, I know...
Vintage Bryan [Listen]
The coolest and most fashionable man in modern art-rock, Bryan Ferry talked with XRT's Frank E. Lee back in 1988. Click below...
Lin Talks With R.E.M [Listen]
1987 was the year that Rolling Stone magazine called R.E.M. America's Best Rock & Roll Band. The album Document became their...
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The Story Behind Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’
Carly Simon’s biggest hit, “You’re So Vain,” was released in November of 1972 and became the number one record in the country this week in 1973. Who the song is about, however, remains a mystery. [...]
Rock And Roll Obituary 1991
As we conclude our celebration of the 40 years of XRT today, it is only appropriate to note in passing and with a bit of the macabre, those whose life stories also ended that year. [...]
End Of The Replacements [Listen]
For 25 years, WXRT has staged free concerts during the Taste of Chicago, mostly at the Petrillo Music Shell (which was originally intended as a temporary structure). Many of these shows were broadcast live, usually on the Fourth [...]
Lolla Look Back: 1991, The First Festival
Lollapalooza is a very well known music festival that people travel long distances to expose themselves to new and unique artists that is now held in Chicago. Lollapalooza wasn’t always held in Chicago, in fact [...]
XRT Listener Poll Results: 1991
We wrap up 40 years in 40 Days today with one great year. 1991, noted for Nirvana’s Nevermind as well as Lin Brehmer’s introduction to Chicago listeners as XRT’s new morning host, The Debut Of [...]
Lin’s Hit List: The Worst Songs Of 1997 [Listen]
40 Years in 40 Days. I have spent my career trying to avoid bad songs. Yet here we go again, descending into the pits of recorded hell to exhume some hit songs from the featured [...]
40 Year In 40 Days: 1997. Honors Galore
In 1997 we were honoring some of our heroes. James Brown and David Bowie each got their star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. And that wasn’t it for Mr. Bowie. On January 9th they [...]
40 Years in 40 Days: Chicago Bulls Starting Lineup Intros, Game 6, 1997 NBA Finals
Back in 1997, I didn’t live in Chicago, but I sure as hell was familiar with the starting lineup “FOR YOUR CHICAGO BULLS!!!!!” Goose bump city, right here. The Bulls won their fifth title in [...]
40 Years In 40 Days: 1997 Headlines
In 1997, three white teenagers in Bridgeport beat a 13-year-old African American boy into a coma while shouting racial epithets. His name was Lenard Clark, and he was walking by Armour Square Park when the [...]
