How Good It Is

Recent Episodes

173: Wichita Lineman

Posted January 18, 2024 • 00:15:58

By 1968, Glen Campbell had moved from session musician to a star in his own right. His single “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” written by Jimmy Webb,...

172: A World War Two Christmas

Posted December 25, 2023 • 00:23:11

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!

Today we’re looking at three Christmas songs that are born from the anxieties of World War Two. Two...

171: Save the Last Dance For Me

Posted December 22, 2023 • 00:16:56

…before we were so rudely interrupted…

This is a song that I’m long-overdue in covering, if only because of the backstory it has. It’s...

170: I Fought the Law

Posted September 21, 2023 • 00:15:30

How many times now have I gone into the backstory with a song and learned that the person who wrote it says something akin to, “Yeah, I knocked that...

169: Tiny Dancer

Posted August 13, 2023 • 00:20:20

I don’t often play favorites on this show; in fact there have been a couple of songs I genuinely disliked, but I covered them anyway because the story...