Suddenly, Eddie Money Was Everywhere

Dave's Side One · Sep 10, 2026 · 5m

Do you remember when an artist could seem to appear on the radio almost overnight? In this episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave goes back to Eddie Money’s 1977 debut. At first, nobody in Dave’s circle really knew who Eddie Money was. Then the songs were suddenly on the radio—and “Two Tickets to Paradise” became more than something Dave heard. The band Dave was playing in learned to cover it. That changed the song. Listening to a record is one experience; learning somebody else’s song forces you inside the arrangement. Where does the change happen? What is the guitar really doing? How do the parts…