Magic Mushroom Hour with Omega
Magic Mushroom Hour w/ Omega On North Carolina Public Radio
You are stepping beyond the Dial, buckle up, the trip starts now!
This isn’t background music.
This isn’t safe rotation.
This is Magic Mushroom Hour w/ Omega.
Three hours of deep-cut Classic Rock and Progressive Rock — stretched out, remastered, and set free from the algorithm.
We step into epic, long-form prog. We let the blues breathe. We honor the weird. We celebrate the forgotten.
No radio edits.
No corporate fingerprints.
No playlists built by committee.
Just flow.
Omega guides the journey — sometimes mellow, sometimes heavy, sometimes beautifully strange — moving through extended prog explorations, blues-drenched grooves, Southern soul, cosmic rock, and the kind of tracks FM radio used to take chances on.
Every song is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. The quiet parts stay quiet. The loud parts hit hard. Headphones recommended. Car systems encouraged.
If you miss when albums were experiences…
If you like songs that stretch past seven minutes…
If you believe radio should still surprise you…
Welcome to Magic Mushroom Hour w/ Omega.
Turn it up. Let it breathe. Take the trip.
Podcast Description
Magic Mushroom Hour w/ Omega On North Carolina Public Radio
You are stepping beyond the Dial, buckle up, the trip starts now!
This isn’t background music.
This isn’t safe rotation.
This is Magic Mushroom Hour w/ Omega.
Three hours of deep-cut Classic Rock and Progressive Rock — stretched out, remastered, and set free from the algorithm.
We step into epic, long-form prog. We let the blues breathe. We honor the weird. We celebrate the forgotten.
No radio edits.
No corporate fingerprints.
No playlists built by committee.
Just flow.
Omega guides the journey — sometimes mellow, sometimes heavy, sometimes beautifully strange — moving through extended prog explorations, blues-drenched grooves, Southern soul, cosmic rock, and the kind of tracks FM radio used to take chances on.
Every song is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. The quiet parts stay quiet. The loud parts hit hard. Headphones recommended. Car systems encouraged.
If you miss when albums were experiences…
If you like songs that stretch past seven minutes…
If you believe radio should still surprise you…
Welcome to Magic Mushroom Hour w/ Omega.
Turn it up. Let it breathe. Take the trip.
Episodes

Sep 4, 2024
Sep 4, 2024
3hr 20 min
Digging Deep for the Classic 70’s Sound beginning with Uriah Heap(Magician & Left me here to cry),,Carlos Santana ( Singing Winds/Crying Beasts, Black Magic Woman) Greg Lake( From the Beginning) Yes ( Yours is no Disgrace), This Lizzy(Jailbreak),Jim Morrison( Whiskey Bar, Moonlight Drive), Fogerty( Suzie Q), Iron Butterfly(Soldier in Town), Zeppelin( Babe I’m going to leave you), More Morrison( Texas Radio), Lennon(Everyone’s got something to hide except me and my monkey), Beck( Think I am in love), Robinson Brothers ( Sweet Nuthin), Iron Butterfly( Butterfly Beau), Van Morrison( St. Dominic’s Review), Some Classic Petty highlighting Mike Campbell),Don Henley( Lost Resort), Some Wallflowers, Stone Temple Pilots( Dancin Days),
Last Hour, Orange Wedge, Blues Image, 3 Man Army, Orange Bicycle, More Petty Classics, Chris Robinson & Blackberry Smoke, Train(Drops of Jupiter, Eagles, Eric Burton and the Animals, Finishing with a little Freddie Fender.
Magic Mushroom Hour is a mission. Music from the 60's & 70's encompassed the Golden Age of Progressive Rock! Better focus, production, and artistry. Help keep it alive for all! Not saying that there are not good musicians outside this time period, but the proof is in the pudding. Let’s get it on the airwaves.
Excellent night of Classic Rock! Kick Back and enjoy!
Classic Rock and Progressive Rock from North Carolina Public FM Radio! If you like long form plays, this is your station, sometimes mellow, sometimes hard. 3 hours of nonstop commercial-free music with a flow you will enjoy and a little weirdness for fun to break the tunes. If you are into headphones, this is your venue, as all the music played is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. It's all about the music and nothing more; you will feel the flow! Music that hasn't seen the light of day on any radio station for many years, along with the weirdness of the "70s.... Join us today!
Thank you for Joining our Cause!
Greg S. Held

Aug 13, 2024
Aug 13, 2024
3hr 11 min
Magic Mushroom Hour is a mission. Music from the 60's & 70's encompassed the Golden Age of Progressive Rock! Better focus, production, and artistry. Help keep it alive for all! Not saying that there are not good musicians outside this time period, but the proof is in the pudding. Let’s get it on the airwaves.
Great Set tonight starting with the Young Rascals (Spooky), Beach Boys(Sail on Sailor), Young Bloods(Come Together), Long set from Tull(Wondering Aloud, To Cry You a Song, Bungle in the Jungle), Steve Winwood/Traffic( Mr. Fantasy, Low Sparks of High Healed Boys), Beatles( Come Together, my favorites from Abby Road), Young Rascals(You had better Run), Ozzie & Sabbath( Mr. Crowley), Greatest War Song by Mason Profit(Last Night I had the Strangest Dream), Warren Haynes( Beautifully Broken), Neil Young( When you Dance), Set from Moody Blues( Never Comes the Day, Isn’t Life Strange, Timothy Leary), John Lennon ( Bulldog, I’m Only Sleeping),Young Rascals( Beautiful Morning, Lonely too Long, Good Lovin), Big Head Todd w/ John Popper( Rosalita, Bittersweet), Weather Report, Bowie( Width of a Circle), Steely Dan( Cousin Dupree), Trower( Day of the Eagle, About to Begin), Young Rascals( I love you more than yesterday), Beach Boys( Wouldn’t it be Nice)
Excellent night of Classic Rock! Kick Back and enjoy!
Classic Rock and Progressive Rock from North Carolina Public FM Radio! If you like long form plays, this is your station, sometimes mellow, sometimes hard. 3 hours of nonstop commercial-free music with a flow you will enjoy and a little weirdness for fun to break the tunes. If you are into headphones, this is your venue, as all the music played is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. It's all about the music and nothing more; you will feel the flow! Music that hasn't seen the light of day on any radio station for many years, along with the weirdness of the "70s.... Join us today!
Thank you for Joining our Cause!
Greg S. Held

Jul 29, 2024
Jul 29, 2024
3hr 27 min
Magic Mushroom Hour is a mission. Music from the 60's & 70's encompassed the Golden Age of Rock! Better focus, production, and artistry. Help keep it alive for all! Not saying that there are not good musicians outside this time period, but the proof is in the pudding.
Great Show Tonight! Starting with Day in the Life ( Beatles), A World without Love ( Paul McCartney song by Peter & Gordon, Dancing in the Moonlight( King Harvest), Rattlesnake Shake ( Early Fleetwood w/ Peter Green), All Your Love( John Mayall w/ Clapton), World in Harmony ( Another Peter Green Fleetwood), Living on a Thin Line ( Kinks), Keep on Tryin ( Poco ), Laughing ( Burton Cummings & Guess Who), Albert Flasher ( Guess Who), One of my favorites, Same Ole Wine ( Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina), Guinevere ( CSN&Y), One of my favorite albums, Court & Spark( Joni Mitchell Classic). Matthews Southern Comfort ( Take Me Home), Strange Way( Firefall), Remember I Love You ( Firefall), See the Changes ( CS&N ), Wasted on the Way ( CS&N) Acoustic Good People ( Yes ), Wizard ( Uriah Heap), Temple of the King ( Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Still You Turn Me On, ( ELP), Heart of the Sunrise Trilogy ( Yes ), Voices ( Russ Ballard), Physical Graffiti ( Most of the cuts from the album by Led Zeppelin, Classic Beaker Street song from the 70’s , USS Titanic ( Jamie Brocket. What a set, what a night, Kick back and enjoy!
Classic Rock and Progressive Rock from North Carolina Public FM Radio! If you like long-form plays, this is your station, sometimes mellow, sometimes hard. 3 hours of nonstop commercial-free music with a flow you will enjoy and a little weirdness for fun to break the tunes. If you are into headphones, this is your venue, as all the music played is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. It's all about the music and nothing more; you will feel the flow! Music that hasn't seen the light of day on any radio station for many years, along with the weirdness of the "70s.... Join us today!
Thank you for Joining our Cause!
Greg S. Held

Jul 2, 2024
Jul 2, 2024
4hr 19 min
4th of July 70’s Rock Fest! 3 Hours of Classic Rock!
Opening with Frank Zappa, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, Steven Wilson( Porcupine Tree), Lightening up with Ballad of John & Yoko, Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp with John Lennon’s Isolation, Cobain (Bloom), then a long set with Steve Miller, Steppenwolf, Bob Seger, Mark Farner (Grand Fund Railroad), Joe Walsh( James Gang), moving ahead with the Smithereens, Pink Floyd, Angry Eyes (Loggins & Messina, more of Greg Lake ( ELP), Steppenwolf, and finishing the night with a long set from David Bowie. Have a Wonderful 4th of July, Rock On! Kick back, put your feet up, and listen to the great music from the Golden Age of Rock!
Classic Rock and Progressive Rock from North Carolina Public FM Radio! If you like long-form plays, this is your station, sometimes mellow, sometimes hard. 3 hours of nonstop commercial-free music with a flow you will enjoy and a little weirdness for fun to break the tunes. If you are into headphones, this is your venue, as all the music played is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. It's all about the music and nothing more; you will feel the flow! Music that hasn't seen the light of day on any radio station for many years, along with the weirdness of the "70s.... Join us today!

Jun 17, 2024
Jun 17, 2024
3hr 28 min
Back to the origins of Country and Folk Rock.
The Artists names are a history of Rock!
Neil Young, David Crosby, Ritchie Furry, Randy Meisner, Jim Messina, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Graham Parsons, Steven Stills, Timothy B. Schmidt. Bands like Buffalo Springfield, Poco, the Birds, Pure Prairie League, Eagles, the Dead, Mathews Southern Comfort, Manassas; This is where it all started in the 60’s and 70’s.
Classic Rock and Progressive Rock! If you like long-form plays, this is your station, sometimes mellow, sometimes hard. 3 hours of nonstop commercial-free music with a flow you will enjoy and a little weirdness for fun to break the tunes. If you are into headphones, this is your venue, as all the music played is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. It's all about the music and nothing more; you will feel the flow! Music that hasn't seen the light of day on any radio station for many years, along with the weirdness of the "70s.... Join us today!

May 27, 2024
May 27, 2024
4hr 43 min
Memorial Day Rock Fest! Starting with Fixing a Hole( Beatles), Young Stevie Winwood with Spencer Davis(Keep on Running), Steve Marriott with Small Faces(Itchy Goo Park), Winwood( I’m a Man), Bowie(Pretty Girl), Train(Drops of Jupiter), Traffic(Many Miles to Freedom), Church(Milky Way Tonight), Traffic(John Barley Corn), Tull(Wondering Out Loud/ My God), Ozzy(Blind Man), Robinson Brothers(Baby Blue), Traffic(Low Spark), Steven Wilson & Porcupine Tree, Several cuts from Alice in Chains, Steve Winwood(Georgia on my Mind), Day in my Life, Terry Kath ( Hour in the Shower), Bittersweet, A couple of cuts from Elton, Closing the evening with some early Beatles,
This was a great show, come in, kick back and enjoy! Have a great day!
What more could you ask for? I hope you love it as much as I did! Enjoy!
This is a FM Broadcast on North Carolina Public Radio. No Ads, no Promotion, No Money involved. Just the Love of Music.
Classic Rock and Progressive Rock! If you like long-form plays, this is your station, sometimes mellow, sometimes hard. 3 hours of nonstop commercial-free music with a flow you will enjoy and a little weirdness for fun to break the tunes. If you are into headphones, this is your venue, as all the music played is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. It's all about the music and nothing more; you will feel the flow! Music that hasn't seen the light of day on any radio station for many years, along with the weirdness of the "70s.... Join us today!

May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024
3hr 6 min
Don’t miss tonight’s show featuring Hendrix! Set starting with Moody Blues, ELP(Lucky Man), Jimi(Wind Cries Mary), Led Zeppelin(Lemon Song), Jimi(Castles Made of Sand), a couple of great songs from Thin Lizzy and T Rex(Electric Warrior), Jimi(Electric Ladyland/Little Miss Strange), Uriah Heap(Stealin), UFO, 3 Man Army, Humble Pie(Tin Soldier), Mark Farner(Mean Mistreater), Jimi(Manic Depression), Spooky Tooth(Mirror/Walrus), Ozzie, Zappa(Dirty Love), Sound Garden(Fell on Black), ZZ Top(Just Got Paid/Master of Sparks), Finishing with Jimi(Are You Experienced/ Bold as Love), Greg Lake(Fanfare for Common Man), Moody Blues(Timothy Leary), Spirit(Got a Line/ Natures Way, ELP(Trilogy). What more could you ask for? I hope you love it as much as I did! Enjoy!
Classic Rock and Progressive Rock! If you like long-form plays, this is your station, sometimes mellow, sometimes hard. 3 hours of nonstop commercial-free music with a flow you will enjoy and a little weirdness for fun to break the tunes. If you are into headphones, this is your venue, as all the music played is decompressed and remastered before it hits the airwaves. It's all about the music and nothing more; you will feel the flow! Music that hasn't seen the light of day on any radio station for many years, along with the weirdness of the "70s.... Join us today!

May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024
4hr 22 min
Tonight’s Show is a little less progressive as I have been wanting to spend time with those great tunes a lot of us grew up listening to on AM radio before long play. Happy Music from the past 3 hours that I thought you would enjoy. No setlist tonight but here are the Guess Who, Young Rascals, Creedence, Hollies, First Addition, Zombies, Jay & the Americans, Marmalade, Human Beinz, Grassroots, Buckinghams, Young Bloods, Orange Room, Boyce & Hart, Brewer & Shipley, Rare Earth, Steppenwolf, Maria Muldaur, Gerry Rafferty, Iron Butterfly, Toto, and the last hour Firefall. Some really good music that I don’t often play, I hope you love it as much as I did and do.
Nice set, songs, and night! Beam on up and kick back!







