365 Days of Song Recommendations: Dec 19

Private Idaho—The B-52s

There is a v.1 to the career of the second most famous band from Athens, and there is a v.2. The dividing line makes for a tragic marker. Founding member Ricky Wilson—brother of singer Cindy Wilson—died of AIDS as the band was completing what would be released as Bouncing Off the Satellites the following year. It would then be three more years before the…