Jay Gogel's guest appearances

Jay Gogel

The Great Albums

Sheryl Crow

Paul Simon

Nick Drake

Willie Nelson

Alanis Morissette

David Rosen

Ben Folds

Chris Fox

Jenny Lewis

Elvis Costello

Quincy Jones

William Shatner

Ralph Sutton

Rod Stewart

Liz Phair

OwlTail

Brian Rothenbeck

Bill takes the weekend off, leaving the program in Brian's questionable hands. But he recruits solo artist, bandleader, and Yarnspinners Podcast maestro Brian Rothenbeck () to be the guest co-host. Together, the two Brians and special guest Jay Gogel (of The Adventuring Party) dig deep into Ben Folds Five's final album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999, 550 Music). Brian recalls a sad breakup that echoes "Don't Change Your Plans," while Rothenbeck recounts his futile attempts to turn his old Sam Goody customers on to the music of The Promise Ring. Gogel breaks down the level of difficulty of some of Ben Folds' music while all three marvel at the writing contributions of drummer Darren Jessee and Moog-playing of bassist Robert Sledge. All this and more as we break this lost classic down track by track!

Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (w/ guests Brian Rothenbeck and Jay Gogel)