Album Rock WXYG

01/17/2025

Former GOAT Guest DJ Bill Justin on vacation and representing in Belize.

01/16/2025

Two venues. One night. Your favorite artists coming together for music & solidarity. Shows start at 6pm. Tickets go on sale January 22nd at noon PST. Donations can be made via the link in our bio. Stay tuned for more artist announcements in the coming days.

*Contributions made to FireAid 501(c)(3) in connection with the FireAid benefit concert and other direct donations will be distributed under the advisement of the Annenberg Foundation and will be distributed for short-term relief efforts and long term initiatives to prevent future fire disasters throughout California.

01/16/2025

“Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself
When you're old enough to repay, but young enough to sell?”

01/16/2025

GOAT Grandad Jerry with GOAT Kid Emmett shopping for VINYL.

01/15/2025

While details are still coming together, expectations are running high ahead of the star-studded “FireAid” benefit on 1/30 at L.A.'s Intuit Dome.
Produced by the Azoff family in conjunction with Live Nation and AEG Presents, the event has already drawn comparisons to Live Aid, USA for Africa (“We Are the World”), the post-9/11 Concert for New York City and other historic convergences of music and philanthropy.
Venue owner Steve Ballmer, a driving force behind the event, estimates it could raise $50m, a goal that several insiders believe is highly attainable. Super-producer Joel Gallen, who produced and directed the 9/11 special America: A Tribute to Heroes, is rumored to be attached as well.
Proceeds from FireAid will go to a newly created 501(c)(3) dedicated to “rebuilding infrastructure, supporting displaced families and advancing fire-prevention technologies and strategies to ensure L.A. is better prepared for fire emergencies.”
The Azoff-managed Eagles are the first artists out of the gate to make a donation, pledging $2.5m to the cause.

While few details have yet been made official about the FireAid benefit slated for L.A.’s Intuit Dome on 1/30, expectations are high for a star-studded slate of performers and heavy-duty...

01/15/2025

Our thoughts are with those affected by the fires in California. If you or a broadcaster you know has been affected by the wildfires, remember Broadcasters Foundation of America is here to help with our Emergency Grant Program. Learn more at

Broadcasters Foundation of America - Homepage - Devoted to helping radio and television broadcaster in need

01/15/2025

Almost a year ago (February 24, 2024), we had the pleasure and honor to welcome Rickey Medlocke (Lynyrd Skynyrd/Blackfoot/Rickey Medlocke Band) to the airwaves of ALBUM ROCK WXYG The GOAT as our Celebrity GOAT Guest DJ. He spent more than two hours with Al spinning, singing and playing. It was wonderful. We’ve been asked many times in the last year when we might play it again as an ENCORE PRESENTATION.
The answer is TOMORROW, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18th starting at NOON. (It’s super sized). Tune in. If you heard it last year, you’ll want to hear it again. If you missed it last February, congratulations. You get to hear Rickey and Al and Rickey’s pal and bandmate Mark Woerpel Tomorrow.
Spinning, Singing and Playing. Exclusively on ALBUM ROCK-WXYG-The GOAT. IT’S OUR CELEBRITY GOAT GUEST DJ SHOW.

01/13/2025

Cheez The Goat merch king.

01/13/2025

Al and Tess at China Rider show at Red Carpet.

01/13/2025

Tune In this week for "INTO THE MUSIC" with Al Neff,
Monday through Saturday at 8:00 PM,
Exclusively on ALBUM ROCK WXYG The GOAT.
Monday & Tuesday & Wednesday : Van Morrison
Thursday & Friday : Muddy Waters
Saturday : AC/DC
We look forward to being your source for in-depth, carefully researched and professionally produced Audio Documentaries each week ONLY on WXYG, The GOAT! Listen Live or Stream it! You can also catch deep tracks and the very best of Album Rock from “Golden Age of Progressive Rock Radio”.
http://www.thegoatwxyg.com/

01/13/2025

This year, Every Sunday Evening, Album Rock WXYG, The GOAT will feature a full album at 8:00 PM from the halcyon musical days of 1975.
1975 was one of the top Years in Album Rock history. Another year of tough choices every week. So many great ones to choose from.
We hope you’ll tune in the evening of Sunday, January 19th for “Fleetwood Mac”, the tenth studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released on July 11,1975. It is the first album featuring Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as a vocalist, after Bob Welch departed the band in late 1974. It is also the band's last album to be released on the Reprise label until 1997's The Dance; the band's subsequent albums until then were released through Warner Bros. Records, Reprise's parent company.
There's no denying that 1975's Fleetwood Mac represents not just the rebirth of the band, but in effect a second debut for the group -- the introduction of a band that would dominate the sound of American and British mainstream pop for the next seven years. In fact, in retrospect, it's rather stunning how thoroughly Buckingham and Nicks, who had previously recorded as a duo and were romantically entangled in the past, overtook the British blues band. As soon as the Californian duo came onboard, Fleetwood Mac turned into a West Coast pop/rock band, transforming the very identity of the band and pushing the band's other songwriter, keyboardist Christine McVie, to a kindred soft rock sound. It could have all been too mellow if it weren't for the nervy, restless spirit of Buckingham, whose insistent opener, "Monday Morning," sets the tone for the rest of the album, as well the next few years of the group's career. Surging with a pushily melodic chorus and a breezy Californian feel, the song has little to do with anything the Mac had done before this, and it is a positively brilliant slice of pop songwriting, simultaneously urgent and timeless. After that barnstorming opener, Buckingham lies back a bit, contributing only two other songs -- a cover of Richard Curtis' "Blue Letter," the second best up-tempo song here, and the closer, "I'm So Afraid" -- while the rest of the album is given over to the wily spirits of Nicks and McVie, whose singles "Rhiannon," "Say You Love Me," and "Over My Head" deservedly made this into a blockbuster. But a band member’s contribution can never be reduced to his own tracks, and Buckingham not only gives the production depth, he motivates the rest of the band, particularly Nicks and McVie, to do great work, not just on the hit singles but the album tracks that give this record depth. It was diverse without being forced, percolating with innovative ideas, all filtered through an accessible yet sophisticated sensibility. While Rumours had more hits and Tusk was an inspired work of mad genius, Fleetwood Mac wrote the blueprint for Californian rock of the late '70s and was the standard the rest were judged by.
Tune In and Turn On the evening of Sunday, January 19th, and every Sunday evening at 8:00 PM for The GOAT'S "The Long Play with Al Neff.”

01/13/2025

THANKS FOR THE AMAZING VIKES SEASON.
Skol

01/12/2025

Tim, Al and Cheez Truckin’ at The Red Carpet Night Club Saturday Night.

01/11/2025

's most prolific session day.

– “After we did “The Girl Is Mine,” Paul took a shine to me and Jeff (Porcaro), and he hired us to be in his movie, “Give My Regards to Broad Street”. We were like, “Wow, pinch us, we get to be in the movie with .” He flew us overseas and we were set up on the soundstage. We had been told, “Whatever you do, don’t say anything about the Beatles to Paul.” I looked at Jeff and said, “What? We can’t say anything about the Beatles? Not even one thing?” Absolutely not allowed. So we’re on the soundstage and we had this ridiculous makeup on for the shoot. I happened to be standing next to Linda. I adored her. Anybody that says anything sh*tty about her, f**k them. We were palling around and I finally said, “They told us we couldn’t say anything to Paul about the Beatles. We were bummed out because that’s the reason why we all play.” And she goes, “Who told you that?” “Well, the manager guy.” And she said, “That’s ridiculous. Paul loves to talk about the Beatles. Go ask him about the Beatles!” The Mellotron was plugged in. So I leaned over and I played the intro to “Strawberry Fields Forever.” Paul turned around, and I thank God I didn’t f**k it up. He was like, “Hey, that’s pretty good.” And I go, “Yeah, man, it’s because it’s the greatest thing ever.” We got to talking and then I thought, F**k it, and I started playing “Please Please Me.” He jumped right in. Then the whole band and the soundstage jumped in. There must’ve been about 50 people in the room jamming. I started singing the Lennon part. At the end of it, the place erupted in this massive applause. He had a big smile on his face. I thought, man, this is a moment.” (Vulture, August 2024)

01/11/2025

"Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star,
And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are.
There are stars in every city,
In every house and on every street,
And if you walk down hollywood boulevard
Their names are written in concrete!"

01/10/2025

As wildfires continue to engulf the Los Angeles area, the NFL announced on Thursday night that it has decided to relocate the playoff game between the Vikings and the Los Angeles Rams in the interest of public safety.
Monday night in Arizona.