Monthly Archives: December 2022

For the 34th year, it’s A Rock & Roll Christmas with Andy Olson. Join Radio Free Phoenix for a 30 hour slice of the deepest and wildest Christmas Rock & Roll in existence! The show start at 6 pm Christmas Eve and runs to Midnight Christmas Day (AZ-MST).

Expect to hear music from:

Jackson Browne  – Monkees – U2 – Adam Sandler – Greg Lake – Dan Hicks – Sting –Belle & Sebastian – Smithereens – Cheech & Chong – John Mellencamp – Steve Barton – Old 97’s – Fountains of Wayne – Ramones – George Harrison – Dave Edmunds – Graham Parker – Payolas – Crash Test Dummies – XTC – John Lennon – Dar Williams – The Kennedys – Waitresses – Jethro Tull – REM – Ringo Starr – Royal Guardsman – Kinks – DB’s – Paul McCartney – Bruce Springsteen – NRBQ – T Rex – Jesse Ed Davis – Sting – Max Headroom – Ramones – Bob Rivers – Shawn Phillips – Kenny Vance & The Planotones – Elton Duck –  Leon Redbone & Dr John – Freddy Cannon – Pet Shop Boys – Weezer – Tom Waits & Peter Murphy – The Weeklings – Bobby Lloyd & The Skeletons – Mojo Nixon – Chris Issak – Doug & The Slugs – Bruce Cockburn – Little Charlie & The Nightcats – Smoking Popes – Talking Meds – Andrew Gold – Keb’ Mo – Riders In The Sky – The Band – Aimee Mann & Michael Penn – Jim Bachmann and the Hot Rod Zambonis – Chris Squire & Alan White – Loudon Wainwright III – Smithereens – Andrew Gold – Fab Four – The Killers – Glenwood Crowe – The Martells – Max Headroom – Freddy Cannon – Dan Frank & The True Believers – Jack Scott – Cheap Trick  – Lindsey Stirling  – Donovan – The Kennedys – Keith Richards – – The Tacoma Four – Simon & Garfunkel – Jerry Garcia Band – Billy Gibbons – Bob Peek Thing – The Bodeans – Payolas – Roy Wood & Wizzard – Graham Parker – Flaming Lips – Jorma Kaukonen – Smashing Pumpkins  – Darts – El Vez – Jan & Dean – Lowen & Navarro – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Rooks – Jigsaw Seen – The Reducers – The Cavedogs – Nick Lowe – The Geisels –  The Empty Hearts, and much more!

This idea for this show came while working at KSTM (The Storm) when I first discovered there were more Rock N Roll Christmas songs then I was aware of, as picked out by Jeff Parets, the program director of this legendary Phoenix area station. A Rock N Roll Christmas first aired in 1988 on Phoenix radio on KSLX and also KDKB and KZON (the Zone) and then back to KSLX and then on Radio Free Phoenix! Join Us at 6pm, this Christmas Eve through Christmas night at 12 midnight (AZ-Mountain Time).