KUPL Overnights

(Today's word will be in red, and bold.)

One of my favorite things about KUPL's overnight show, (midnight to 5am, Monday through Friday), is hearing new music. Whether it's an established artist's latest single, or the first single from a brand new artist, it's always fun to hear something new.

Over the past few months there have been some songs that I've really liked.  Some have gone on to do well, while others have, sadly, fallen short, not to be heard of again.

For example, Trace Adkins had the single, "Million Dollar View" out to radio.  I heard it a few times on KUPL overnights; for some reason though the song just didn't take off.

For at least a couple months I've been hearing "Underdog" by the Lost Trailers.  This song is finally getting some recognition outside overnights; however it's been slow going.  I'm glad it's still around though.

One of the latest new tunes from an established artist is "Don't Miss Your Life", by Phil Vassar.  This is probably my #1 favorite song on the radio right now.  I'm really hoping it picks up momentum and goes beyond just being played overnights.  Love this song!

Whenever I hear a new song on the radio, I try to guess who the artist is.  Sometimes I already know, because I've heard about the song and/or artist somewhere before hearing it on the radio.  Other times, the artist's voice is so distinctive, I recognize it immediately.  That was the case with Alison Krauss' latest single, "My Love Follows You Wherever You Go". 

Then there's Aaron Lewis from Stain'd and his latest single, "Endless Summer".  I first heard Aaron's voice on "Country Boy", and thought how "country" he sounded; didn't know at the time that he was with Stain'd; just knew I liked the song.

Now KUPL is playing "Endless Summer" on overnights, and I had no idea who it was.  Aaron sounded totally different than on "Country Boy"; still love this song just as much though.

There are other songs that have come and gone recently that I could list here, though this post would end up way too long; so I'll end this for now; and possibly add an update at a later time.

The Lost Trailers

Wow! For someone who's a huge fan of country music, and the Lost Trailers, I sure missed the mark on this one!

What I'm talking about is the break up of the band last year; a fact I didn't know until today.

Jake asked me if I knew anything about the Lost Trailers, because he'd heard they'd broken up. I said I love the band, and follow them on Twitter, but hadn't heard about a break up.

Of course this got me curious, so I went looking on the internet during lunch. Didn't even take me 5 minutes to find out the band announced their split in June, 2010. Boy, do I feel really dumb right now!

The funny thing, even though the original Lost Trailers, (Stokes Nielson, Drew Nielson, Ryder Lee, Jeff Potter and Manny Medina), are all persuing individual interests, the Lost Trailers do still exist.

Stokes,(who originally formed the band with Ryder), has now teamed with Jason Sever and they're known as the Lost Trailers.

Though I didn't know the things I just mentioned, I did know that the Lost Trailers have a new single they're shopping to radio called, "Underdog". I just thought it was the original band, not the new duo.

"Underdog" is a song written by Stokes Nielson and tells a story many can relate to on several levels.


I know none of this is new to die-hard Lost Trailers fans; however, I feel it necessary to pass the info on anyway, in case there's anyone else out there like me, who didn't have a clue.

I'd also like to thank Jake for asking me about this; otherwise I'd still be in the dark about the whole thing!