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November 15, 2025

Songs Using Non-Standard Rock Instruments

HOST: The Todd

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SHOW PLAYLIST

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Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Sitar)

Sympathy for the Devil (Single Edit) - The Rolling Stones (Shakers/Bongos)

(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Single Edit - Blue Oyster Cult (Cowbell)

Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney (Fluglehorn)

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Goodbye Girl - Squeeze (Bottles/Pieces of metal)

Groove Is in the Heart - Deee-Lite (Slide Whistle)

Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (Electro-Theremin)

Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson (Vibraphone)

It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Want to Rock & Roll) - AC/DC (Bagpipe)

The Laughing Gnome - David Bowie (Bassoon)

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Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck (Marimba)

Stonehenge - Spinal Tap (Madnolin)

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And We Danced - The Hooters (Hooter aka Melodica)

Polkas on 45 - Weird Al Yankovic (Accordian)

Rattled - Traveling Wilburys (Refrigerator)

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot [50th Anniversary of the wreck this week]

Rikki Don’t Lose That Number - Steely Dan (Flapamba)

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Spoonman - Soundgarden (Spoons)

Strange Way - Firefall (Flute)

Poundcake - Van Halen (Makita Drill)

Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes (Xylophone)

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Here Comes the Weekend - Roxette (Samsonite Suitcase)

Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver (Banjo)

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Non-Standard Instruments-2
00:00 / 27:51
Non-Standard Instruments-3
00:00 / 08:13
Non-Standard Instruments-1
00:00 / 22:36
Non-Standard Instruments-4
00:00 / 28:28
Non-Standard Instruments-5
00:00 / 21:17
Non-Standard Instruments-6
00:00 / 07:41
Week of August 15, 2020: Shows
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