# Classic Rock Internet Radio Stations like XM's "Deep Tracks" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723 "2016-04-20T14:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/1 "2016-04-20T14:03:18Z")
Starting this discussion as an offshoot of [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=790732) thread, to hopefully provide relief from the banality of classic rock radio. I agree with Leaffan…I’m not keen on paying for (Sirius/XM) radio in the car, but I do have the TuneIn radio app on my phone and can listen via bluetooth and/or my AUX jack. I’ve been on the hunt for internet stations, or local stations around the world that broadcast over the web, that make an effort to play more obscure classic rock tracks, similar to XM’s Deep Tracks. I’m anticipating that some college and public radio stations will be mentioned here…for those unaware, these tend play a much wider variety of genres, usually according to the whims of the DJ. These should be indicated as such…as should any station that shouldn’t be classified as “classic rock” or “adult alternative” first and foremost. A recent playlist (sometimes easily found on the station website) would be helpful. So, just a few to kick things off… [Classic Deep Cuts](http://classicdeepcuts.com/) - a “Radionomy” station Hard Working Americans - Play a Train Song Supertramp - Ain’t Nobody But Me The Beatles - Hello Goodbye Norman Greenbaum - Country Lad Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus and Mars / Rock Show / Jet (Live) [Deep Nuggets](http://www.streamlicensing.com/stations/deepnuggets/listen.html) Steely Dan - Chain Lightning The Vandals - Lady Killer Zombies - Hold Your Head Up Nils Lofgren - Goin’ Back Spiraling - Tempus Fugit [WXPN](http://xpn.org/music-artist/listen-live) - UPenn Last 5 songs: Charles Bradley - Ain’t It A Sin - Changes Leon Bridges - Smooth Sailin’ - Coming Home Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express - Happiness Is Just Around The Bend - Closer To It Bonnie Raitt - Unintended Consequence of Love - Dig In Deep The Rolling Stones - Jumpin’ Jack Flash - Forty Licks John Hiatt - Let It Slip Away - Sdtk Where The Heart Is XPN2 (same link as above) Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home - A Few Small Repairs The Clash - Hitsville U.k. - Sandinista! Albert Lee - Luxury Liner - Heartbreak Hill Primal Scream - Trippin’ On Your Love - Chaosmosis Jackson Browne - I Thought I Was A Child - For Everyman not true classic rock, but close… [Deep Jams Radio](http://deepjams.net/) Lots of Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule, Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, and blues [WNCW](http://wncw.org/listen-live) Public Radio from Charlotte, NC Similar to a college station…see their [Programs](http://wncw.org/programs) page for more info Currently playing Wilco’s “Impossible Germany” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/2 "2016-04-20T14:08:11Z")
The best thing on “Deep Tracks” is Jim Ladd. - Sirius XM Radio announced on December 2, 2011 that Jim Ladd would host a live, daily free-form music show on Deep Tracks, channel 27 beginning in January 2012. Jim can now be heard weeknights from 7pm-11pm Eastern and 4pm-8pm Pacific.\* Too bad you can’t just pay for his show. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/3 "2016-04-20T15:33:07Z")
[WVLI](http://player.listenlive.co/42211) Kankakee, IL My go-to station when I’m working, plays plenty of obscure tracks from the Fifties to the Eighties. Occasionally tosses in some Rat Pack and has an entire block devoted to them on the weekend. [WARE](http://www.realoldies1250.net/category/8870&jswindow=true/real-oldies-1250-live-stream.htm) Ware, MA “True Oldies” from the very early days of Rock [181.FM](http://tunein.com/radio/181FM-Good-Time-Oldies-s90409/) Waynesboro, VA Internet-only “Good Time Oldies” with hardly any commercial interruptions. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/4 "2016-04-20T15:47:47Z")
More… [CRDC Radio](http://www.crdcradio.com/) - Classic Rock Deep Cuts The Amboy Dukes - “Journey To the Center of the Mind” Rick Deringer - “Rock’N’Roll Hoochi-Koo” Booker T. & The MG’s - “Booker-Loo” Blind Willie McTell - “Statesboro Blues” The Darkness -" I Believe In A Thing Called Love" Motorhead - “Ace of Spades” [Okemos Brewing Radio](http://www.okemosbrewing.com/index.html) (returns May 1) [ClassX Radio](http://classxradio.com) - Cincinnati Neil Young - “Harvest Moon” [NEW]Denim Road Band - “Blame It On The Stars” Beatles - “Hello Goodbye” George Harrison - “Wah-Wah” Beach Boys - “Good Vibrations” [WPPP - Athens Alternative Radio](http://www.athensrock.com/) Guns and Roses - “Sweet Child O’ Mine” Foo Fighters - “Monkey Wrench” Cheap Trick - “Dream Police” Audioslave - “Like a Stone” Guns and Roses - “Paradise City” [KOPO - Maui](http://pyccmaui.org/php/radiopio.php) Commercial free radio with DJs ages from 9 to 21 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/5 "2016-04-20T17:01:44Z")
[KCDX](http://www.kcdx.com/), out of Florence, AZ. They play classic rock, basically, but DEEP cuts. They play deep album tracks, stuff I’ve never even heard OF. Obscure bands, obscure albums by known bands. And they never have commercials, never. And the only talking is station ID. I don’t know how they do it. However, they must not have any full time employees. I noticed one time that they kept repeating the same playlist every day, in the same order. For like a week. I sent emails through their website, but nothing happened. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Radio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Mr.Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Radio)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/6 "2016-05-09T17:04:55Z")
This site: [http://stlouisclassicrock.com/](http://stlouisclassicrock.com/) offers seven stations, six of which are of the classic rock deep trax flavor. All free and commercial-free. The site lists the last ten songs played, so you get a taste of what is on each station stream. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/7 "2016-05-09T22:53:13Z")
_Hold Your Head Up_ is by **Argent** ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/8 "2016-05-10T14:06:24Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _Hold Your Head Up_ is by **Argent** I know _that_!🙂 To elaborate…I merely copied the recent songs played as they displayed on the corresponding websites. If there was a mistaken song/band name, it occurred on the site itself. Also, I’m reading that the Zombies (with Rod Argent) have been performing [it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHPFyQH69Hg) for a while now…perhaps they found and played a live version? That particular station, “Deep Nuggets” (one that I’ve been listening to more and more), plays whatever strikes their fancy, and certainly doesn’t censor their DJs - this morning I heard Marianne Faithfull’s “Why’d Ya Do It” - I’ll leave it to the reader to look up those caustic lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/9 "2016-05-10T16:35:15Z")
[3WK](http://www.3wk.com/) has a Classic Rock station that plays more obscure stuff. Here’s their recent playlist: sacred mushroom/i’m not like everybody else music machine/talk talk nick drake/place to be donovan/cosmic wheels captain beefheart and his magic band/zig zag wanderer canned heat/catfish blues john mayall/counting the days deep purple/fireball jefferson airplane/eskimo blue day b.b. king/lucille ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/10 "2016-05-10T23:55:42Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _Hold Your Head Up_ is by **Argent** They don’t own it. "The Zombies" were led by Rod Argent, who unsurprisingly, also founded, "Argent". ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/11 "2016-05-11T03:41:58Z")
When I lived in Ann Arbor I always listened to [WCBN](http://www.wcbn.org/). They played pretty much anything, anytime. Classic rock, country, electronic, polka, whatever. And somehow they played it all uncensored. No beeps on swearing, or anything. You could listen to The Archies, Air, Frank Zappa and Conway Twitty all in the same hour. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/12 "2016-05-11T12:05:34Z")
[Classic Rock Deep Cuts](https://play.google.com/music/r/m/Laogpizataleham63455r7avssi?t=Classic_Rock_Deep_Cuts) on Google Play Music. First 10 tracks Long Hot Summer Night - The Jimi Hendrix Experience Alison Gross - Steeleye Span That’s The Way - Led Zeppelin It’s Never Too Late - Steppenwolf Love Of The Common Man - Todd Rundgren Waiting For The Sun - The Doors Soul Love - David Bowie Empty Pages - Traffic Burn Down The Mission - Elton John Squonk - Genesis ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/13 "2016-05-11T17:33:11Z")
Deep Cuts from KLPX 2 in Tucson, AZ. It’s a 24 hour channel you can pick up on HD radio. You can also stream it [here](http://www.klpx.com/listen-live-klpx-2-deep-cuts/). There are apps for iPhone and Android as well. What kind of music will I hear on KLPX2: Deep Cuts? You’ll hear Classic Rock tunes from artists that aren’t played much anymore like The Count Five, Iron Butterfly, Uriah Heep, Lou Reed, Robin Trower, and King Crimson among others. We’ll also play those deeper cuts from Pink Floyd, Rush, Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull and even Led Zeppelin. The station will focus on songs from the late 1960’s through the 1970’s. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-internet-radio-stations-like-xms-deep-tracks/752723/14 "2016-07-10T22:26:58Z")
Sometimes WVLI still surprises me and plays something I never knew existed. The Beach Boys singing about drive-in theaters, for example.