Lin Brehmer, Our Best Friend in the Whole World, 1954-2023

Lin Brehmer
Photo credit Lin's Family

It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you that we all lost our best friend. Lin Brehmer fought cancer as long as he could. He passed early Sunday morning, peacefully, with his wife and son by his side. Today at 10am, his XRT family celebrated the incredible life of our best friend in the whole world. We hold each other up through this heart-breaking time. Lin would want that. Take nothing for granted.
~Terri Hemmert

REPLAY SEGMENTS FROM THE TRIBUTE BROADCAST HERE

SUNDAY PLAYLIST FROM 10AM TO 7PM FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF LIN'S PASSING
10:06 AM JOHN FAHEY Sunflower River Blues
10:10 AM FOO FIGHTERS Times Like These (Acoustic)
10:14 AM ROLLING STONES Moonlight Mile
10:26 AM TALKING HEADS This Must Be The Place...
10:31 AM WILCO Jesus, etc.
10:35 AM STORYVILLE Good Day For The Blues
10:39 AM PEARL JAM Black
10:51 AM EMMYLOU HARRIS The Road
10:56 AM LOS LOBOS Will The Wolf Survive?
11:00 AM FREDDY JONES BAND In A Daydream
11:05 AM CLASH Train In Vain (Stand By Me)
11:08 AM FLEET FOXES Can I Believe You
11:12 AM JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT Hope The High Road
11:22 AM VAN MORRISON Into The Mystic
11:25 AM NOAH KAHAN Stick Season
11:28 AM BLUES TRAVELER Hook
11:33 AM TALK TALK Life's What You Make It
11:37 AM CRANBERRIES Linger
11:42 AM DAVID BOWIE Starman
11:46 AM U2 One
11:57 AM SUFJAN STEVENS Chicago
12:03 PM BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Three Little Birds
12:06 PM SMASHING PUMPKINS 1979
12:11 PM JERRY GARCIA The Wheel
12:21 PM TUFF DARTS All For The Love Of Rock...
12:25 PM R.E.M. Nightswimming
12:29 PM ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN Lips Like Sugar
12:34 PM BEATLES In My Life
12:36 PM CURE Pictures Of You
12:47 PM LED ZEPPELIN Rain Song
12:54 PM SPOON My Babe
12:58 PM CROWDED HOUSE Weather With You
1:02 PM LYLE LOVETT If I Had A Boat
1:05 PM COLDPLAY Fix You
1:16 PM MICHAEL MCDERMOTT A Wall I Must Climb
1:20 PM THE KILLERS All These Things That I've ...
1:25 PM ROLLING STONES Champagne & Reefer f/Buddy Guy
1:31 PM GOMEZ How We Operate
1:35 PM ROXY MUSIC Out Of The Blue
1:40 PM MY MORNING JACKET I'm Amazed
1:51 PM TOM PETTY Wildflowers
1:54 PM PATTI SMITH People Have The Power
1:59 PM PETER GABRIEL In Your Eyes
2:05 PM JAYHAWKS Blue
2:08 PM MARSHALL CRENSHAW Whenever You're On My Mind
2:11 PM OASIS Wonderwall
2:20 PM STAPLE SINGERS I'll Take You There
2:25 PM NEIL YOUNG Harvest Moon
2:30 PM MODEST MOUSE Float On
2:34 PM VELVET UNDERGROUND Rock N' Roll
2:38 PM PIXIES Here Comes Your Man
2:41 PM JIMI HENDRIX Hear My Train A-Comin' (Acous)
2:50 PM SIMON & GARFUNKEL Bookends
2:51 PM TEARS FOR FEARS Sowing The Seeds Of Love
2:58 PM BLACK CROWES Soul Singing
3:02 PM B. RAITT/J. PRINE Angel From Montgomery (Live)
3:06 PM SUGAR If I Can't Change Your Mind
3:10 PM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Spirit In The Night
3:20 PM POI DOG PONDERING Be The One
3:25 PM WARREN ZEVON Lawyers, Guns And Money
3:28 PM WHITE STRIPES We're Going To Be Friends
3:31 PM REPLACEMENTS Can't Hardly Wait
3:34 PM LORD HURON Mine Forever
3:45 PM DAVID BOWIE Heroes
3:51 PM WILCO I Got You (At The End Of...)
3:54 PM GRATEFUL DEAD Ripple
3:59 PM SMITHEREENS A Girl Like You
4:04 PM LUCINDA WILLIAMS Can't Let Go
4:07 PM MUDDY WATERS Mannish Boy
4:18 PM JACKSON BROWNE The Load Out
4:24 PM JACKSON BROWNE Stay
4:27 PM HOZIER Nina Cried Power
4:31 PM XTC Senses Working Overtime
4:36 PM GEORGE HARRISON Give Me Love (Give Me Peace..)
4:39 PM BLIND MELON No Rain
4:43 PM NIK KERSHAW Wouldn't It Be Good
4:53 PM DAVID CROSBY & GRAHAM NASH Carry Me
4:57 PM 10,000 MANIACS These Are Days
5:00 PM KINKS Picture Book
5:03 PM RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON I Want To See The Bright...
5:06 PM ROLLING STONES Loving Cup
5:11 PM ENGLISH BEAT Save It For Later
5:20 PM ROBERT PALMER Sailing../Hey.../Sneakin'...
5:29 PM SPOON Do You
5:32 PM ALICE IN CHAINS No Excuses
5:37 PM ROY ORBISON Crying
5:40 PM BLACK PUMAS Colors
5:43 PM SMITHS There Is A Light That Never...
5:53 PM ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Soulshine
6:00 PM ALABAMA SHAKES Hold On
6:03 PM LED ZEPPELIN In The Light
6:17 PM BRUCE COCKBURN Wondering Where The Lions Are
6:21 PM WHO Song Is Over
6:27 PM MUMFORD & SONS Lover Of The Light
6:32 PM STEVIE WONDER Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
6:37 PM JOHN HIATT Have A Little Faith In Me
6:47 PM WORLD PARTY Put The Message In The Box
6:51 PM JOHN LENNON Stand By Me
6:54 PM VAMPIRE WEEKEND Harmony Hall
6:58 PM JOHN C MELLENCAMP Minutes To Memories

MONDAY PLAYLIST DURING TRIBUTE BEGINNING AT 10AM
10:08 AM THE RECORD COMPANY Off The Ground
10:14 AM ROLLING STONES Gimme Shelter
10:22 AM WHO Blue Red And Grey
10:26 AM ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN Lips Like Sugar
10:35 AM STORYVILLE Good Day For The Blues
10:43 AM STEVE EARLE Someday
10:55 AM LOWEN & NAVARRO Walking On A Wire
11:04 AM GARLAND JEFFREYS R-O-C-K
11:08 AM BEATLES In My Life
11:14 AM KURT VILE How Lucky f/John Prine
11:25 AM PETER GABRIEL That Voice Again
11:32 AM EDDIE VEDDER Someday We'll Go All The Way
11:37 AM SUZANNE VEGA Marlene On The Wall
11:48 AM GOMEZ See The World
11:54 AM JOAN BAEZ Night They Drove Old Dixie...
11:57 AM RICHARD THOMPSON 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
12:05 PM LED ZEPPELIN Friends
12:14 PM TUFF DARTS All For The Love Of Rock...
12:18 PM SUFJAN STEVENS Chicago
12:32 PM SMASHING PUMPKINS Cherub Rock
12:39 PM CHEAP TRICK On The Radio
12:48 PM WARREN ZEVON Mohammed's Radio
12:51 PM ROLLING STONES Loving Cup
1:01 PM GODFATHERS Birth School Work Death
1:05 PM WORLD PARTY Put The Message In The Box
1:11 PM AVETT BROTHERS No Hard Feelings
1:22 PM GRATEFUL DEAD Music Never Stopped
1:28 PM MIKE DOUGHTY Light Will Keep Your Heart...
1:33 PM JAMES MCMURTRY Candyland
1:39 PM GUSTER Careful
1:43 PM U2 Satellite Of Love
1:49 PM LITTLE FEAT Time Loves A Hero
1:54 PM STEVE EARLE Hard-Core Troubadour
1:58 PM STAPLE SINGERS I'll Take You There
2:03 PM WARREN ZEVON Keep Me In Your Heart
2:09 PM GEORGE HARRISON All Things Must Pass
2:13 PM FLEET FOXES Mykonos
2:25 PM POI DOG PONDERING Complicated
2:30 PM PRINCE Let's Go Crazy
2:35 PM WHITE STRIPES We're Going To Be Friends
2:37 PM QUEEN You're My Best Friend
2:42 PM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Glory Days
2:51 PM LED ZEPPELIN How Many More Times
3:05 PM FOO FIGHTERS My Hero
3:09 PM DAVID BOWIE Starman
3:19 PM LYLE LOVETT If I Had A Boat
3:34 PM BEATLES Golden Slumbers Medley
3:45 PM WHO Pure And Easy
3:50 PM IKE & TINA TURNER Proud Mary
3:55 PM LOS LOBOS Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
4:00 PM IGGY POP Lust For Life
4:06 PM BOB MOULD See A Little Light
4:10 PM THE HEAVY HEAVY Miles And Miles
4:23 PM ROLLING STONES Can't You Hear Me Knocking
4:31 PM TOM PETTY Wildflowers
4:34 PM POLICE Voices Inside My Head
4:38 PM HEAD AND THE HEART Virginia (Wind In The Night)
4:51 PM VAN MORRISON Into The Mystic
4:54 PM LONNIE BROOKS Sweet Home Chicago
5:00 PM MARSHALL CRENSHAW Whenever You're On My Mind
5:04 PM JOEY RAMONE What A Wonderful World
5:07 PM TEARS FOR FEARS Sowing The Seeds Of Love
5:14 PM SMASHING PUMPKINS Cherub Rock
5:18 PM GRATEFUL DEAD Ripple
5:22 PM ROXY MUSIC Out Of The Blue
5:28 PM WORLD PARTY Put The Message In The Box
5:33 PM M.STAPLES/W.BUTLER/R.CHASSAGNE Slippery People
5:38 PM SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Dance To The Music
5:41 PM REPLACEMENTS Can't Hardly Wait
5:50 PM U2 I Will Follow
5:53 PM XTC Senses Working Overtime
6:04 PM BAND I Shall Be ..(Live)(LastWaltz)

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Featured Image Photo Credit: Lin's Family