Music Detective

05/12/2026

Hey friends, don’t miss THIS WEEK’s Music Detective – Wednesday @ 2pm – KNONNOW.ORG

We have a great one planned: Solo Freddie Mercury plus his FINAL recording, The Artistics (before they changed their name to Talking Heads), supergroup HeadCat featuring Lemmy + Stray Cats members, rare early John Denver demo of Leaving On A Jet Plane PLUS singing lead in the Chad Mitchell Trio, extremely rare McCartney from the McCartney III sessions PLUS Paul’s tribute to Sun Records, The Squares (pre-guitar god Satriani) and Neil Diamond orchestrates his biggest hits. OUTSTANDING!

05/05/2026

How cool is this? First time I've seen a Music Detective sticker on someone's car! (Sorry for the poor resolution)

05/05/2026

Ladies & Gentlemen, The Music Detective will be LIVE again THIS WEDNESDAY @ 2:00 bringing the best in obscure rock! KNONNOW.ORG

We’ll hear Christine Perfect (McVie) pre-Fleetwood Mac from 1969! along with some Fleetwood Mac alternate takes, Crosby Stills Nash &Young alt-Woodstock & live Southern Cross, The Cars outtakes of their hits PLUS solo guitarist Elliott Easton, and Peter Cetera updates Chicago hits solo!

PLUS, we’ll answer the music questions…Who the heck is Legion Of Mary and what rock legend started that band? And what if Susan Tedeschi had fronted Double Trouble following Stevie? We’ll hear the answers THIS WEEK! I hope you’ll join the fun!

05/01/2026

Thanks to all who tuned in Wednesday – it was special! You can still catch the episode (or a replay) anytime 24/7 here: https://spinitron.com/KNON-NOW/pl/22353863/Music-Detective

Hits and lots of rarities from David Bowie, pre-Beach Boys Brian Wilson as Kenny & The Cadets, Christopher Cross acoustic and with his great band Freedonia, James Griffin with his bands Bread, The Remington’s, and rare solo of his Grammy winning song for the Carpenters, Deep Purple, pre-Purple band Episode Six, Randy Bachman, trailblazer all-girl hitmakers F***y, PLUS a new Foreigner single with Lou Gramm, Kelly Hansen & Luis Maldonado ALL sharing the vocals – it’s magic! DON’T MISS THIS ONE – available to stream 24/7!

04/20/2026

Music Detective – Trivia Edition – Wednesday @ 2pm, KNONNOW.ORG: What one superstar rocker has appeared on hits by Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, Frida (and many others)? We’ll play the songs that have this artist in common, PLUS his own hits!

Beatles rooftop performance with NO EDITS, NO OVERDUBS, NO POLISH – just the way it happened with no fixes! All of the Let It Be / Get Back releases have used edits with studio versions to enhance the tracks. We’ll let you hear the REAL DEAL.

PLUS rarities by: John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson), Roxette, Joe Elliott (Def Leppard) and the Stylistics. It’s a GREAT one – PLEASE…join us!

04/15/2026

Today’s MUSIC DETECTIVE SHOW was a hit – cool tracks, some rare, some were a smash – and it’s just waiting for you! Anytime it’s convenient 24/7 – DON’T MISS IT! https://spinitron.com/KNON-NOW/pl/22282403/Music-Detective

Michael McDonald 1st single from 1972 before Doobies or Dan, McCartney rarities, British Invasion GIRLS, NY Dolls/David Johansen supergroup?, Rick Nelson + Don Everly revisit an Everly Brothers classic, EARLY Guess Who with Cummings & Bachman before that was their name!!!, Hues Corporation from obscure soundtrack, live Joe Walsh from the Strat Pack Concert and more surprises!

If you love rock & roll, you’ll love the Music Detective Show – an exclusive of KNONNOW.ORG!

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04/14/2026

Hits & Rarities on Tomorrow’s MUSIC DETECTIVE SHOW – Wednesday 2 to 4pm, exclusively at KNONNOW.ORG

McCartney demo + rough mix + alt version, early Michael McDonald single from 1972 (released as “Mike McDonald”) before Doobies or Dan, British Invasion GIRLS, NY Dolls/David Johansen supergroup?, Rick Nelson + Don Everly revisit an Everly Brothers classic, EARLY Guess Who (with Cummings & Bachman) before that was their name!!!, Hues Corporation from obscure soundtrack, live Joe Walsh from the Strat Pack Concert and more surprises!

If you love rock & roll, you’ll love the Music Detective Show – an exclusive of KNONNOW.ORG!

04/07/2026

A BIG giant THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by the KNON booth to say “howdy” at the Deep Ellum Arts Fair last weekend. It was a blast…just ask Ranger Randell (Monday afternoons 4-6 pm KNON 89.3 FM) and the Music Detective!

Don’t miss tomorrow’s Music Detective show – Wednesday, 2-4 pm, KNONNOW.ORG – when we’re going to investigate the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame’s snub of some very important artists. We’ll play the music that SHOULD be in the Hall of Fame (but isn’t) – like Boston, Foreigner, Styx, Tommy James, The Commodores, Devo, Jim Croce, Kenny Loggins, The B-52’s and many more!

The phone lines will be open – we’d like to hear YOUR thoughts on the Hall of Fame and these successful and influential bands! Join us TOMORROW 2-4pm, KNONNOW.ORG

04/02/2026

Hey Music Detective friends and fans – I’ll be at the DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY ARTS FAIR tomorrow - FRIDAY 4/3, from 11 to 2. Come say hello, share your favorite obscure music with the Detective, get autographs from the KNON jocks, and check out the exclusive shirts that will be available. Four stages of live music. Look for the KNON booth near the Blues Alley stage at Crowdus & Clover. Map and more information here https://www.deepellumfair.com/fair-guide/ I’ll see you there!!!

DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY ARTS FAIR 2026 Friday Apr 3rd 11am - 10pm Saturday Apr 4th 11am - 10pm Sunday Apr 5th 11am - 8pm FAIR MAP   WHAT TO CHECK OUT: 4 MUSIC STAGES at Crowdus @ Indiana, Crowdus @ Clover St, Crowdus @ Taylor St, and Taylor @ Malcom X 140 ARTIST BOOTHS, numbers starting at Indiana (No...

04/01/2026

Music Detective Radio, WEDNESDAY @ 2pm, exclusively at KNONNOW.ORG

Awesome rare Tom Petty, Pleasure Seekers feat. 15yo Suzi Quatro, solo Robin Gibb, FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, George Jones & Alan Jackson (together sorta…we’ll explain) live at the Grand Ole Opry…and we’ll hear Alison Krauss, Keith Whitley, and Randy Travis cover this guy’s songs…but who is he? Hint: He also wrote a big one for Kenny Rogers which we’ll hear the songwriter himself sing with Vince Gill. It’s action packed…hope you’ll join us!

03/25/2026

TODAY! Music Detective Streaming Radio – KNONNOW.ORG
LIVE Every Wednesday 2-4 pm, stream past shows 24/7

Paul Rodgers & Bad Company rarities, Steve Perry revisits the Journey catalog with a friend, rare Bono & The Edge duo performance, Led Zeppelin alternates, Chuck Negron orchestral Three Dog Night, Ray Charles, Aaron Neville, PLUS…

Have you heard the Lennon/McCartney 2.0 track? That’s James McCartney (Paul’s son) and Sean Ono Lennon (John’s boy). Some are calling it the 2nd coming of the Fabs. They have recorded a duet that you should hear – and we will THIS AFTERNOON after 2pm.