Bryan Truta / JACK's Big Breakfast

First off, thank you to everyone who contributed to 105.1 JACK FM's Feed The Children campaign on Thursday. Thanks to your generosity we raised over $76,000 for Operation Breakthrough and hungry children in Kansas City!

Thanks to all of those who called in or e-mailed and were able to share what they could even though gas prices suck and bills are getting more and more out of control for our own families.

JACK's Big Breakfast will be on a little hiatus until Monday, July 7th, so enjoy the "Best of" JACK's Eight Tracks next week, and we'll pick up new after the Fourth of July Holiday. Today's Eight Tracks celebrated vacations, holidays, trips, etc.

JACK's Eight Tracks Friday, June 27th: Vacation, Trips, etc

1. Go-Go's "Vacation"
2. Green Day "Holiday"
3. Ray Charles "Hit The Road, Jack"
4. Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
5. Madonna "Holiday"
6. AC/DC "Highway To Hell"
7. Talking Heads "Road To Nowhere"
8. Lindsey Buckingham "Holiday Road"


JACK's Eight Tracks Thursday, June 26th: Songs With A Social Message
For Feed the Children Day on JACK FM

1. Temple Of The Dog "Hunger Strike"
2. Bob Dylan "Blowin' In The Wind"
3. Arrested Development "Mr. Wendal"
4. USA For Africa "We Are The World"
5. Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love"
6. Band-Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
7. Prince "Sign O' The Times"
8. John Lennon "Imagine"


JACK's Eight Tracks Wednesday, June 25th: Songs From The Millenium
For Vh1's "I Love The Millenium" series

1. Sisqo "Thong Song" (2000)
2. Train "Drops Of Jupiter" (2001)
3. Pink "Get The Party Started" (2002)
4. Outkast "Hey Ya" (2003)
5. Maroon 5 "This Love" (2004)
6. Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone" (2005)
7. Daniel Powter "Bad Day" (2006)
8. Beyonce "Irreplaceable" (2007)

What is something you can't do that you wish you could, if only for the reason that you feel like you should know how to do this particular thing?

Happy Monday everyone!

Yes, what you've been hearing on the radio from Nine Finger Charlie is indeed true...last Thursday night, Media Mix of Kansas City held their annual awards banquet at the Intercontinental Hotel on the Plaza.

Media Mix is made up of the advertising, print, radio and TV industries and holds this banquet to honor managers and personalities in their respective fields.

It was, then, a big honor to accept from my peers the award for "Radio Personality of the Year" at last week's banquet. Thank you to Jon and Steve-O, to our Promotions Director Jamie Cox, our managers Pat Gibbs, Maurice DeVoe and Donna Baker, and to you - our loyal listeners - because without listeners radio wouldn't exist in the first place. And there to satisfy Charlie is a picture of my beautiful award.

JACK's Eight Tracks Monday, June 23rd: Songs Whose Titles Are Questions

1. Baha Men "Who Let The Dogs Out?"
2. R.E.M. "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"
3. Linda Ronstadt "When Will I Be Loved"
4. Dave Matthews Band "Where Are You Going"
5. War "Why Can't We Be Friends"
6. Heights "How Do You Talk To An Angel"
7. Rod Stewart "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"
8. Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"


JACK's Eight Tracks Friday, June 20th: Songs Of Summer

1. Don Henley "Boys Of Summer"
2. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince "Summertime"
3. Bananarama "Cruel Summer"
4. Kid Rock "All Summer Long"
5. Mungo Jerry "In The Summertime"
6. Bryan Adams "Summer Of '69"
7. Diesel "Sausalito Summernight"
8. New Kids On The Block "Summertime"

Last week the Kansas City Wizards invited me to play in their annual Media Game during halftime of the Wizards/New York Redbulls game on July 10th. Now, it may be true that I bragged a bit about my soccer prowess, seeing as I had about 9 years of playing under my belt.

On Wednesday the Wizards allowed me to come to their beautiful practice facility in Swope Park to work out some of the kinks that inherently set in after, oh...say, 15 years of not kicking a soccer ball. They never could've prepared for what was to happen.

Yes, you may have heard me talking on JACK's Big Breakfast about the damage, which was mostly to Kerry Zavagnin's face. See it in the VIDEO BLOG for yourself:



Many thanks to the Wizards for letting a rank amateur invade their space. How about another practice next week guys?

This morning's Eight Tracks began as a challenge. Bob called me on Monday and said he dreamed up a great theme: songs where the title is never mentioned in the actual lyrics. He could only think of one song to back up his theme, though: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Never one to back down from a challenge I put the crack Research Department to work and spit out today's list.

JACK's Eight Tracks Thursday, June 19th: Songs Where The Title Is Never Mentioned In The Lyrics

1. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2. Rod Stewart "Young Turks"
3. DNA f. Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner"
4. Chumbawamba "Tubthumping"
5. Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"
6. Toadies "Possum Kingdom"
7. Five For Fighting "Superman (It's Not Easy)"
8. Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody"

JACK's Eight Tracks Wednesday, June 18th: Bands From Boston
For the Celtics beating the Lakers for the NBA Championship

1. Aerosmith "Cryin'"
2. New Kids On The Block "Hangin' Tough"
3. Pixies "Here Comes Your Man"
4. J. Geils Band "Freeze-Frame"
5. Mighty Mighty Bosstones "The Impression That I Get"
6. New Edition "Cool It Now"
7. Breeders "Cannonball"
8. Boston "More Than A Feeling"

Yesterday I got to attend a sneak-peak of the new Midland Theater. Now called The Midland By AMC it promises to marry great, new, up-to-date amenities with the heritage and beauty of the old performance venue.

We've already announced Melissa Etheridge as the opener of The Midland By AMC (Sept. 9th) but stay tuned for more announcements to come soon!

JACK's Eight Tracks Tuesday, June 17th: Water

1. Doobie Bros. "Black Water"
2. PJ Harvey "Down By The Water"
3. Eddie Money "Walk On Water"
4. Boyz II Men "Water Runs Dry"
5. Deep Purple "Smoke On The Water"
6. TLC "Waterfalls"
7. Elton John "Madman Across The Water"
8. Melissa Etheridge "Bring Me Some Water"

I hope everyone had a great Father's Day weekend! This great guy to the right is my grandpa, Art, whose name I carry as my middle name (yes, Bryan Arthur Truta..my initials are BAT thankyouverymuch).





On a tangent, I got a chance to attend my first Wizards game this weekend at Community America Ballpark. Wow! The crowd was a sell-out of over 10,000, the weather was perfect, and while Kansas City didn't win I did get to cheer on my boy Kerry Zavagnin, a great friend of JACK's Big Breakfast.

If you listen to the show, you know that the Wizards have asked me to play in the annual Media Game at halftime of the July 10th game. I have set it up already that Kerry is going to give me some pointers after practice this week. Don't worry, we will be recording it for the video blog and it will be posted here first!

JACK's Eight Tracks Monday, June 16th: Bands Using Initials As Names

1. OMC "How Bizarre"
2. INXS "Listen Like Thieves"
3. BTO "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"
4. ABC "The Look Of Love"
5. AC/DC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
6. LFO "Summergirls"
7. U2 "With Or Without You"
8. Run D.M.C. "It's Tricky"

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 2008!

Today was not just the Big Breakfast's early celebration of Father's Day but Friday the 13th! Oooh, scary! One caller we had today actually has more lucky things happen to her on Friday the 13th than any other day. On this, the creepiest of dates, she's actually gotten a promotion, won money in a lottery, and had other assorted good luck things happen.

If only I were that lucky!

This morning's Eight Tracks had nothing to do with luck, it was all about dear ol' Dad. Peppered with funny commentary on fathers from Chris Rock and Bob Hope (opposite ends of the comedic scale represented here!), I present our Father's Day list.

JACK's Eight Tracks Friday, June 13th: Dad

1. Cat Stevens "Father And Son"

2. Everclear "Father Of Mine"

3. George Michael "Father Figure"

4. Harry Chapin "Cats In The Cradle"

5. Eric Clapton "My Father's Eyes"

6. Madonna "Papa Don't Preach"

7. Mike & The Mechanics "Living Years"

8. Johnny Cash "Boy Named Sue"

Kerry Zavagnin from the Kansas City Wizards stopped by for a chat about their game against Columbus, songs that get him fired up, great guitar riffs, and Truta's shot at playing during the Wizards annual Media Game.

Check out Kerry in today's VIDEO BLOG:



JACK's Eight Tracks Thursday, June 12th: Songs With The Talkbox (Talking Guitar)

1. Joe Walsh "Rocky Mountain Way"
2. Midnight Star "No Parking On The Dance Floor"
3. Alice In Chains "Man In The Box"
4. Tupac f. Dr. Dre "California Love"
5. Bon Jovi "Living On A Prayer"
6. Zapp "Doo Wah Ditty (Blow That Thang)"
7. Weezer "Beverly Hills"
8. Peter Frampton "Show Me The Way"

It was another Cherryh day here on JACK's Big Breakfast. Check out our new video blog to see/hear some suggestions for Father's Day Weekend JACKtivities:



Today in JACK's Dilemna, Lisa wrote in asking for help with her 15-year old daughter. The girl wants to date an 18-year old boy she met at church. A single mother of two, Lisa doesn't think this is a good idea, though her husband feels it's OK.

This morning's listeners were unanimous in saying that it wasn't cool and she should not let her daughter continue dating this guy! Tune in at 6:20a for another dilemna tomorrow morning!

Due to the "tomato crisis" (is there one?) today's Eight Tracks dealt with bands named after food.

JACK's Eight Tracks Wednesday, June 11th: Bands Named After Food

1. Bananarama "I Heard A Rumor"
2. Cream "Sunshine Of Your Love"
3. Cranberries "Linger"
4. Taco "Puttin' On The Ritz"
5. Lemonheads "Mrs. Robinson"
6. Meatloaf "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth"
7. Black Eyed Peas "Pump It"
8. Wild Cherry "Play The Funky Music"

We had a lot of fun with a story in Tuesday's Celebrity Crap that said Clay Aiken wanted to buy a baby. Babies definitely influenced this day's Eight Tracks.

JACK's Eight Tracks Tuesday, June 10th: Baby Songs

1. Peter Frampton "Baby, I Love Your Way"
2. TLC "Baby-Baby-Baby"
3. Huey Lewis & The News "Doing It All For My Baby"
4. Jackson Browne "Somebody's Baby"
5. No Doubt "Hey Baby"
6. Eddie Money "Baby Hold On"
7. Jude Cole "Baby It's Tonight"
8. Jordy "Dur Dur D'Etre Bebe! (It's So Tough To Be A Baby)"

Monday morning came news that Governor Mike Huckabee saved a guy's life over the weekend by giving him the Heimlich maneuver during a Republican fundraiser. Life held sway over the Eight Tracks list.

JACK's Eight Tracks Monday, June 9th: Life Songs

1. The Fray "How To Save A Life"
2. Iggy Pop "Lust For Life"
3. Bon Jovi "It's My Life"
4. Soul II Soul "Back To Life"
5. Talking Heads "Wild Wild Life"
6. Tom Cochrane "Life Is A Highway"
7. Better Than Ezra "A Lifetime"
8. Sheila E. "The Glamorous Life"

The Big Breakfast $5 has been spent...although not at the casino as promised. Oops! ")

Instead we can all see what happens after dropping $5 at Kansas City institution D'Bronx! Keep checking back as we follow this bill across the U.S. through WheresGeorge.com.

As I told you this morning there are almost literally a thousand different JACKtivities options this weekend...from the Berry Festival to Old Shawnee Days, Lee's Summit Downtown Days to Wakrusa, Slavic Fest to Festa Italia you should not be clamoring for anything to do! In celebration, JACK's Eight Tracks today was filled with bands performing in concert here just this weekend!

JACK's Eight Tracks Friday, June 6th: Bands Performing In Or Near Town This Weekend

1. Stone Temple Pilots "Interstate Love Song" (see them Saturday at RockFest)
2. Arrested Development "People Everyday" (Friday at Wakarusa)
3. James Taylor "Fire And Rain (Live Acoustic)" (Monday night at Starlight)
4. Rush "Limelight" (Saturday night at Starlight)
5. Cake "I Will Survive" (Friday at Wakarusa)
6. Foghat "Slow Ride" (Saturday at Old Shawnee Days)
7. Eve 6 "Inside Out" (Saturday at Lee's Summit Downtown Days)
8. Ben Folds Five "Video Killed The Radio Star" (Saturday at Wakarusa)

Thursday night was Sheryl Crow at Starlight Theater. Sheryl has always pretty much been considered a "local girl," having grown up in Kennett, Missouri. As I related on the air, she was once a music teacher to make extra money and taught my college friend Angie in that subject.

Over the course of her career Sheryl has always had an affinity for covering songs. She has done a lot of these for movie soundtracks or just performed them in concert. We found eight of them for the the Eight Tracks.

JACK's Eight Tracks Thursday, June 5th: Original Songs Sheryl Crow Has Covered

1. Beatles "Here Comes The Sun"
2. Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine"
3. Rolling Stones "Get Off My Cloud"
4. Cat Stevens "The First Cut Is The Deepest" (and a little Rod Stewart, too)
5. Fleetwood Mac "Landslide"
6. Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" *
7. Led Zeppelin "D'yer Mak'er"
8. Bobbie Gentry "Ode To Billie Joe"

* - This was actually the only non-original version of a song played. Jeff Buckley covered Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" in 1992 and it became big when he drowned and died at a young age. Then, in March of 2008 it became huge again when Jason Castro sang it on American Idol. For the week of March 22, 2008 Jeff Buckley's version became the #1 song on the Billboard Digital Songs chart and the most downloaded song on iTunes. Most music fans consider this to be the definitive version of the song. No offense to Leonard. ")

OK, it's official - the Big Breakfast $5 is going to be spent at the casino... Now I just have to figure out how to get it there and which one!

You can see the bill to the right. I got it over the weekend and it was stamped with the website WheresGeorge.com. I put the serial number of the bill into the site and found out it has also been in Moorseville, North Carolina.

Now, thanks to your suggestions I am going to take it to the boats and see if we can't get someone else to track it on the website and we'll follow where it goes!

Stay tuned as we follow the Big Breakfast $5.

Did you catch the election coverage last night? Senator Barack Obama became the presumptive Democatic nominee for President of the United States of America, while Hillary Clinton made a fiery, eloquent speech. What great television! It was almost like a sporting event - real human drama unfolding before our eyes.

Every four years the Presidential election is like my Super Bowl and this year's version will be no different. Expect me to be up with a tub of popcorn and a lot of caffeine for this year's Election Day!!!

In the meantime, notice how everyone is preaching change; change is ringing out for those striving for Capitol Hill on everything from war policy to gas prices, health care and everything in between. Thanks to this call for "change" today's Eight Tracks were all about the c-word.

JACK's Eight Tracks Wednesday, June 4th: Change

1. Sheryl Crow "A Change"
2. Eric Clapton "Change The World"
3. REO Speedwagon "Roll With The Changes"
4. John Mayer "Waiting On The World To Change"
5. Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"
6. Sister Hazel "Change Your Mind"
7. David Bowie "Changes"
8. Bruce Hornsby "Gonna Be Some Changes Made"

This morning I was talking about a $5 bill I received for change over the weekend. It had a stamp on it that said

"See where I've been! Track where I will go next! Enter my serial number at http://www.wheresgeorge.com/"

Intrigued, I went to the website and the found the United States Currency Tracking Project. To play along, go to the website and enter the serial number of any number bill in your wallet or purse. If someone else has already put that number into their database it will add your name and location to the list of people who have handled that particular bill and make a map of where it's been you can literally follow your bill around the country!

Turns out my bill used to be in Mooresville, North Carolina. Now I am very interested in tracking this to see where it goes next...listen Wednesday at 7:10a as we discuss the next step in getting this bill into circulation and following it around the world!

JACK's Eight Tracks Tuesday, June 3rd: Rain Songs

1. Eurythmics "Here Comes The Rain Again"
2. Credence Clearwater Revival "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"
3. Counting Crows "Rain King"
4. Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"
5. Heather Nova "London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)"
6. The Cowsills "The Rain, The Park, and Other Things"
7. Guns N' Roses "November Rain"
8. Milli Vanilli "Blame It On The Rain"

So, over the weekend I was reading through Rolling Stone's "Top 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time" and had immediate inspiration for an Eight Tracks list.

JACK's Eight Tracks Monday, June 2nd: 8 of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time
Inspired by Rolling Stone magazine

1. Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze" (#2)
2. Police "Message In A Bottle" (#65)
3. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (#10)
4. Santana "Black Magic Woman" (#34)
5. Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine" (#63)
6. Prince "Purple Rain" (#19)
7. Weezer "Say It Ain't So" (#72)
8. Chuck Berry "Johnny B. Goode" (#1)

It was no question...Sex And The City would be the #1 movie of the weekend. SATC took in $55 million to nab the best debut for an R-Rated, female-targeted film ever.

Friday afternoon I was at Trolley's in Overland Park (135th Street) for JACK FM's Sex and the City Pre-Party, and the ladies were out in style! To commemorate the event, JACK's Eight Tracks for Friday were all about New York!

JACK's Eight Tracks Friday, May 30th: Songs About New York
For the "Sex And The City" opening

1. Ace Frehley "New York Groove"
2. Ryan Adams "New York, New York"
3. matchbox twenty "Bright Lights"
4. Simon & Garfunkel "Only Living Boy In New York"
5. u2 "Angel Of Harlem"
6. Don Henley "New York Minute"
7. Rolling Stones "Shattered"
8. Frank Sinatra "New York, New York"

The 105.1 JACK FM premiere of "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" is tomorrow night at AMC Town Center Plaza. In the movie, Adam Sandler plays an soldier of fortune who goes undercover as a hairdresser in a salon. To celebrate the movie and giveaway passes to the premiere, I solicited an Eight Tracks of the best hair bands of the 80's/early 90's.

JACK's Eight Tracks Thursday, May 29th: Hair Bands
For "You Don't Mess With The Zohan!"

1. Cinderella "Gypsy Road"
2. Great White "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
3. Sheriff "When I'm With You"
4. Poison "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
5. Warrant "Cherry Pie"
6. Britny Fox "Girlschool"
7. Mr. Big "To Be With You"
8. Skid Row "18 & Life"

On Wednesday, Earl Hagen, the writer and producer of more than 3,000 television theme songs passed away at the age of 81. Hagen was known for great themes like "The Mod Squad" and one of the greatest whistling tunes of all time..."The Andy Griffith Show" theme song!

As an homage, I pulled out an Eight Tracks of songs with great "whistle parts."

JACK's Eight Tracks Wednesday, May 28th: Songs With Great Whistling Parts
For Earl Hagen

1. Guns N' Roses "Patience"
2. Paul Simon "Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard"
3. Bobby McFerrin "Don't Worry Be Happy"
4. J. Geils Band "Centerfold"
5. Scorpions "Wind Of Change"
6. Otis Redding "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay"
7. Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian"
8. John Lennon "Jealous Guy"