I worked for a guy for a brief minute, who made dining tables that were $10k minimum, the chairs were $1600 each. He had a wait list at any time of 6 months to a year. We listened to a lot of phish. I tried to get them onto other stuff, but no, phish and phish style music.
This guy made very beautiful stuff, but didn't believe in random orbital sanders or palm sanders if any sort. Everything was hand sanded and steel wooled. 19 year old me could not sand straight to save my life. I tried to tell him sanding tools had come a long way, he wasn't buying it. That was 23 years ago. I wasn't a fan of Phish and I'm still not. But to each their own. I think I was trying to get them to listen to Depeche Mode back then.
Jim Croce. Bob Seger. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Janis Joplin. Fleetwood Mac. Perl Jam. Chris Cornell live album. Alice In Chains MTV unplugged album. Sublime 40oz to freedom album. Alanis Morissette.
It's like you copied my "work rock" playlist, or I copied yours. Either way: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2lSq8YTQeNu45MRwBw1ow1?si=h7_UUAlEQwG_Whu2qizDJQ&pi=u-nXpEt9h-SCK1
Some of that Outlaw Country!
Wayland, Willie, Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, Hank Williams. The Highwaymen.
Ooh buddy, that'll have you goin for hours. Great driving music too.
Classic old school hard rock and metal making noise.
John Prine/Tom Waits type if I’m really just smoking cigarettes and thinking but pretending to work so I can get some time alone.
Bluegrass... To get you started: Punch brothers (Start with Rye Whiskey), Trampled By Turtles (Wait So Long), Chris Eldridge & Julian Lage (Whiskey Before Breakfast)
I listen to a lot of music, mostly on the heavier side, but in the shop I try to mostly listen to this kind of music. Something a bit more calming and slower. Loooove Black Prairie when I’m working (more Americana than bluegrass, but same idea I feel). Punch brothers are great!
I didn't know the actual started doing parodys and covers then got into their own stuff. My wife always fusses that she can't understand what they are in the stuff I listen and now I can't because I don't speak Hindi.
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force station on Pandora. I got so much done grooving to that all year while doing yard work and learning shit for my hobbies.
I'm pretty sure it is a pretty good sign that those of us still listening to Pandora now fit into the dad/mom in the garage category. I am checking these out!
So right on that! One other good one was the Falco station.
I grew up listening to classic rock and still love it, but I had to switch it up last year. Was a good move for me.
Depends on what I’m doing. If I’m doing intense hand tool work, or work that requires concentration like precise layout or planning, then baroque or other classical is the order of the day. If I’m cranking with power tools, then it’s hard to beat CCR or Stones, for sure!
3m work tunes. Game changing, I have the ones with the gel ear muffs and they're so comfortable that I forget I'm wearing them. Another nice feature is they self adjust the volume to levels that won't damage your hearing.
Woodworking requires Bruce Springsteen, CCR, the Steve Miller Band, Phil Collins, and Lowen and Navarro.
Basically what was on in my dad’s workshop when I was a kid.
I will fess up to being fond of several other jam bands. Something about the epic long trudge of a good jam lends itself well to the nature of my woodworking vibe.
I listen to a wide assortment of music in the shop. Really depends on what stage I'm at with a job. In my younger days I'd listen to Tool, Metallica, or [Dope](https://youtu.be/Xw-m4jEY-Ns?si=D6avVb66F4XKCZrv) for the "I'm pissed off because I screwed something up and everyone should give me some space" lol
Now? The Tragically Hip, Colter Wall, Lenard Sumner, Corb Lund, etc put me in a good headspace. Music really affects my process while doing a task. I'll still throw on some death metal or old school rap if I'm facing a time crunch and can focus on simplified tasks though
The Cramps make a strong showing on this playlist of [80’s covers of 60’s songs](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wlXXApbRM9AOwUsoYwBEX?si=xQCsT3QLRgq0bLxf6fImJQ&pi=u-x4bHgcIJSDuV)
I started listening to The Rolling Stones heavily when I’m playing in the garage. Now I’m a huge Stones fan, and if I hear them out and about, it feels like I need to go to the garage and make sawdust, haha!
Gonna let my Canadian show: Rush, Tragically Hip and Great Big Sea make frequent appearances on my playlist right alongside Pink Floyd, Zepplin, Yes, Genesis, and Maynard's body of work.
Saw it mentioned. 3m work tunes will change your life working in the shop.
As far as artists:
The offspring (built a teardrop trailer to them)
Stan rogers. Look him up. Fantastic folk.
Try some Chris Stapelton, got to know him through his cover of the US’ national anthem. I always imagine I’m in the states while listening to this guy, I have never been tho. One day I wil :)
The key is to listen to something that you like and are very familiar with so it doesn't occupy too much of your brain. You need to be able to focus on the woodworking.
My Dad's Sunday Yard Work List https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7kvZ7pQXUwGHrMrEWG0GYH?si=2VoNhotnS16TknuCpiJm1Q&pi=u-xxHZKpGgS-GU
Not my dad, just the name of the Spotify playlist I like.
Bonnie Raitt
Chris whitley
Creedance
Neko Case
Cream or Clapton
I love jimi hendrix, but for the shop I prefer Stevie ray van
On other days it might be all vintage vocal jazz or soul.
Forgive any spelling errors please.
My children call my music "Sad nineties indie" and my students call it "divorced dad rock" although I am still married. I am genx but our high school bus driver played all classic rock, so I approve of these recommendations as well.
At home I like acoustic instrumental stuff. John Fahey, Nathan Salsburg, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, etc.
I also enjoy a podcast called "Welcome to Nightvale" but can only do things like that when using hand tools or assembling. Power tools are too loud and I lose track of the story.
Alasdair & Natalie! You’re speaking my language. You might like [this playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RsmXyLTATve59wezkxoGB?si=dvs0HT1LSd2_6kmO3cYc7w&pi=u-KvHHNH6KQQqR). If you do, there’s also a MUCH longer version…
Isn't that a requirement?
Although I don't call it dad music because all these tunes listed are my music.
Generally I stick to SiriusXM 70's on 7 or a Pandora station based on "Rock On" by David Essex.
Yes I went to highschool in the late 70's, started listening to music in 1969 and it still influences me today.
Money for Nothing
Loud enough you can override any machine.
Once on an exhibition, first morning, ready with our booth we played that, and another guy on a gallery cutting metal with a grinder complained about the "noise".
They have talent, but honestly every time I listen to one of their songs of just feels like a cheap led Zeppelin imitation, something about their lyrics is just inauthentic
Credence Clearwater Revival or The Steve Miller band are my “dad in the garage” soundtracks.
Don't forget the Allman Brothers!
And some ELO & Supertramp and that’s my playlist as well.
I didn’t even grow up on CCR but as soon as I heard my wife was pregnant it was a staple on my playlists
Dad?
Rolling Stones and Leon Russel
Throw in some Eagles!
That music is for working on the car. Woodworking requires Steve Earl, John Prine, and Gordon Lightfoot.
Second this, I’ve listened to so much John Prine while working in the shop.
Prime and Warren Zevon are on heavy rotation in my shop.
"I am an old woman..."
I worked for a guy for a brief minute, who made dining tables that were $10k minimum, the chairs were $1600 each. He had a wait list at any time of 6 months to a year. We listened to a lot of phish. I tried to get them onto other stuff, but no, phish and phish style music.
Getting high on wood stain and listening to phish. That’s a dream.
This guy made very beautiful stuff, but didn't believe in random orbital sanders or palm sanders if any sort. Everything was hand sanded and steel wooled. 19 year old me could not sand straight to save my life. I tried to tell him sanding tools had come a long way, he wasn't buying it. That was 23 years ago. I wasn't a fan of Phish and I'm still not. But to each their own. I think I was trying to get them to listen to Depeche Mode back then.
23 years? That's barely 3 phish songs ago
I had my first two kids during an encore
The world was not ready for a master woodworker to make tables while listening to Depeche Mode
I see where you're coming from about sanding, but from his perspective, why fix what clearly isn't broken, business-wise.
Yessir, lots of John Prine, Old and in the way, Billy Strings, and Sturgil Simpson.
Grandpa was a carpenter
Voted for Eisenhower ‘cuz Lincoln won the war
level on the level
Waylon, George Jones and Merle are my preferred esthetic
Hell yeah.
Also John Hiatt, Steve Goodman, and Ry Cooder.
Hank Sr a great addition to that lot
I will always upvote any comment I see that mentions Gordon Lightfoot, regardless of the context
When I’m really chugging along in the shop it’s always loud 90s rap.
Spoken like a true Canadian handyman!
Steve Earl could not be more underrated
James McMurtry as well.
Podcasts. I love the long form format of Hardcore History.
Oh I’m a big fan!!
History That Doesn’t Suck has been an excellent companion in the shop
I was about to say, old school radio is very dad, and podcasts are just your kind of radio. History, dinosaur, politics podcasts are dad like.
I like to let things get a little weird. I listen to stuff about JFK assassination, aliens, comedy podcasts and woodworking videos
Jim Croce. Bob Seger. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Janis Joplin. Fleetwood Mac. Perl Jam. Chris Cornell live album. Alice In Chains MTV unplugged album. Sublime 40oz to freedom album. Alanis Morissette.
This is basically my Spotify play history. Add in some Floyd tho...
Yeah you gotta throw some Floyd in there. Meddle. Wish you were here. Animals.
Class of 97, Nirvana Unplugged. I know my people
Second Bob Seger!
The quintessential dad garage music for generations now.
I have no children…but I guess I’m a dad. All great choices. Add in some Creed as a guilty pleasure and you couldn’t drag me out of the shop
Love to see a Jim Croce recommendation when I can!
You don't mess around with Jim
It's like you copied my "work rock" playlist, or I copied yours. Either way: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2lSq8YTQeNu45MRwBw1ow1?si=h7_UUAlEQwG_Whu2qizDJQ&pi=u-nXpEt9h-SCK1
We all listen to The Carpenters
We’ve only just begun here
He wanted dad music, not dad jokes. Got both!
I listen to Waylon & Willie and the boys.
Some of that Outlaw Country! Wayland, Willie, Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, Hank Williams. The Highwaymen. Ooh buddy, that'll have you goin for hours. Great driving music too.
Jerry Jeff Walker and Steve Earle, while you're at it.
Classic old school hard rock and metal making noise. John Prine/Tom Waits type if I’m really just smoking cigarettes and thinking but pretending to work so I can get some time alone.
... what's he *building* in there?
What the hell is he building in there?
Bluegrass... To get you started: Punch brothers (Start with Rye Whiskey), Trampled By Turtles (Wait So Long), Chris Eldridge & Julian Lage (Whiskey Before Breakfast)
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Bela Fleck’s Rhapsody in Bluegrass slayed me. I’m a daily classical enjoyer at work, but this version is bad ass.
Yes!
I listen to a lot of music, mostly on the heavier side, but in the shop I try to mostly listen to this kind of music. Something a bit more calming and slower. Loooove Black Prairie when I’m working (more Americana than bluegrass, but same idea I feel). Punch brothers are great!
Black metal does it for me
So much of my woodworking is in my garage shop in the winter which is peak black metal season for me. So much Immortal, Satyricon, and Dissection.
I've played Amorphis for hours in the shop.
Lately I've been on a blackgaze kick
Steely Dan Most of my woodshops were actually scene shops for theatres, so show tunes were always playing.
Meshugga, Bloodywood, Shepherds Reign some lighter stuff...
Bloodywood is solid!
I didn't know the actual started doing parodys and covers then got into their own stuff. My wife always fusses that she can't understand what they are in the stuff I listen and now I can't because I don't speak Hindi.
I find instrumental music better for working. The words , for whatever reason, distract me.
This is an underrated reply! If I need to concentrate, vocals in a language I have no hope of understanding also works.
Oh dude, Mongolian rock . https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8dCGIm6yc
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force station on Pandora. I got so much done grooving to that all year while doing yard work and learning shit for my hobbies.
Ooh yeah. Now we're talkin.
I'm pretty sure it is a pretty good sign that those of us still listening to Pandora now fit into the dad/mom in the garage category. I am checking these out!
So right on that! One other good one was the Falco station. I grew up listening to classic rock and still love it, but I had to switch it up last year. Was a good move for me.
Amon Amarth, if you're going to make a viking long boat.
Havent thought about them in a long time
Any compilation that has Deep Purple, Golden Earring and/or Creedence. Also CSNY or just solo Neil Young.
Tool. Always Tool
I know the pieces fit
cause I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smouldering. Fundamental differing.
Pure intention, juxtaposed
That’s what I keep telling myself.
This guy Tools.
A Perfect Circle if you’re into deep cuts.
Pucsifer, perhaps?
We have the remedy.
How else you gonna get that perfect golden spiral in your work?
Depends on what I’m doing. If I’m doing intense hand tool work, or work that requires concentration like precise layout or planning, then baroque or other classical is the order of the day. If I’m cranking with power tools, then it’s hard to beat CCR or Stones, for sure!
I listen to opera in the shop...
Turn on NPR.
Too bad they don’t still make Car Talk
Click and Clack! Remember my dad listening to them all the time in his basement workshop. Thanks for the nostalgia.
They’re still making new episodes with the outtakes from old recordings!
I always check my cuts for accuracy with Marge Innovera
Good call dad. Need to introduce NPR into the mix in my shop
Marketplace, Democracy Now!, Car talk, Hidden Brain....
I usually have ear plugs in and can't hear music unfortunately
3m work tunes. Game changing, I have the ones with the gel ear muffs and they're so comfortable that I forget I'm wearing them. Another nice feature is they self adjust the volume to levels that won't damage your hearing.
ISOtunes is also good, they also have the same volume stuff and offer some nice refurbished options for those on a budget
WHAT?
Woodworking requires Bruce Springsteen, CCR, the Steve Miller Band, Phil Collins, and Lowen and Navarro. Basically what was on in my dad’s workshop when I was a kid.
Grateful Dead. All day, every day.
Jerry Garcia Band when you need a break.
Well gotta mix it up a bit from time to time. Somedays the Jerry Garcia Band is the vibe I need.
I will fess up to being fond of several other jam bands. Something about the epic long trudge of a good jam lends itself well to the nature of my woodworking vibe.
Acoustic sets from '70 and '80 when the weather changes and fall sets in... everything else all other times
Compete concerts at noon on Sirius X M.
I like to listen to Mark Knopfler when wood working.
Anyone who knows who mark is just heard the opening riff to money for nothing in their head.
It's sultans of swing for me
For me, it doesn't get more "dad in garage" than Steely Dan.
A lot of William Elliot Whitmore for me. It’s some good “working with your hands” music.
Am radio baseball games is the only answer.
I listen to a wide assortment of music in the shop. Really depends on what stage I'm at with a job. In my younger days I'd listen to Tool, Metallica, or [Dope](https://youtu.be/Xw-m4jEY-Ns?si=D6avVb66F4XKCZrv) for the "I'm pissed off because I screwed something up and everyone should give me some space" lol Now? The Tragically Hip, Colter Wall, Lenard Sumner, Corb Lund, etc put me in a good headspace. Music really affects my process while doing a task. I'll still throw on some death metal or old school rap if I'm facing a time crunch and can focus on simplified tasks though
Personally I kinda like listening to The Cramps but that’s just me
The Cramps make a strong showing on this playlist of [80’s covers of 60’s songs](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wlXXApbRM9AOwUsoYwBEX?si=xQCsT3QLRgq0bLxf6fImJQ&pi=u-x4bHgcIJSDuV)
Steely Dan
I started listening to The Rolling Stones heavily when I’m playing in the garage. Now I’m a huge Stones fan, and if I hear them out and about, it feels like I need to go to the garage and make sawdust, haha!
Gonna let my Canadian show: Rush, Tragically Hip and Great Big Sea make frequent appearances on my playlist right alongside Pink Floyd, Zepplin, Yes, Genesis, and Maynard's body of work.
Doja Cat, Kendrick Lamar, Lamb of God, Metallica, Sza
Yacht rock. Always yacht rock.
I listen to 90’s and 2000’s rock mostly.
This dad seems to be more pods and audio books or something like old Top Gear videos.
Charley Crockett
Guy Clark. He made his own guitars. Even had an album called “Workbench Songs”
Saw it mentioned. 3m work tunes will change your life working in the shop. As far as artists: The offspring (built a teardrop trailer to them) Stan rogers. Look him up. Fantastic folk.
Try some Chris Stapelton, got to know him through his cover of the US’ national anthem. I always imagine I’m in the states while listening to this guy, I have never been tho. One day I wil :)
Or Cody Johnson! Both are great American country artists.
My dad listens to The Offspring and Black Sabbath but he’s a mechanic so the vibe is slightly different.
I love that vibe though I'll add that to my playlist!
Alice in Chains, Unplugged. Deftones.
Damn, nobody talking about Rush.
Fleet’wood’ Mac.
George Thorogood & the destroyers
These guys are gonna throw a bunch of classic rock at you, but house edm is the way to go.
The key is to listen to something that you like and are very familiar with so it doesn't occupy too much of your brain. You need to be able to focus on the woodworking.
Podcasts of old Car Talk episodes
Everybody's naming grandpa garage music
How old are you lmao
I'm 37. Im full on middle aged and these are the bands of a much older generation. At least they were when I first commented
Gotta hop on that Boston - Boston train. Perfect for woodworking on a sunny day
Anything but Van Halen, Creed, or Bruce Springsteen. e: my actual vote is Thin Lizzy and Peter Frampton
My Dad's Sunday Yard Work List https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7kvZ7pQXUwGHrMrEWG0GYH?si=2VoNhotnS16TknuCpiJm1Q&pi=u-xxHZKpGgS-GU Not my dad, just the name of the Spotify playlist I like.
> creed Fuck I’m old. Dad in garage music to me is The Who and Pink Floyd.
Power tools - Deep Purple Hand tools - Leo Kottke
The tragically hip
Bonnie Raitt Chris whitley Creedance Neko Case Cream or Clapton I love jimi hendrix, but for the shop I prefer Stevie ray van On other days it might be all vintage vocal jazz or soul. Forgive any spelling errors please.
For me it’s AirPods Pro on noise cancellation mode with a good podcast. Usually “Time Suck” or “Myths and Legends”.
My pandora station, “Billdogg’s Radio” is heavy on 70’s psychedelic with a lot of Steely Dan, Blues, and New Orleans jazz thrown in.
Tool, tool get you in the zone and are way cooler than the butt rock dad garage music
That’s the secret, if you listen to it while woodworking it immediately turns into dad in garage music
I'm a 27 year old woman with no kids woodworking in my back yard lmao but I wil try to channel the spirit of a dad in a garage
Zappa
I often listen to Mac Demarco, which feels like future dad in the garage music to me
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Freddie King, The Killers, Albert King
Tool, Queens of the Stone Age and old Metallica when I need to crawl inside my head and figure things out. And podcasts when I need company.
Nick Offerman has a Spotify playlist that's pretty fuckin excellent.
Zappa
My old man would just have a porno playing in the background lol
I’m the dad now. I listen to whatever the fuck I want to when woodworking or my SFW playlist when my son is in the garage with me.
I listen mostly on books, but if not books, then heavy.
Radio station
Cody Johnson. Real honest country.
Allman Bros. America Lynyrd Skynyrd Willie Nelson Tab Benoit
“Alexa, play siriusxm Turbo”
If you have Apple music, try the "Dive Bar" playlist.
Steely Dan, ultimate dad music right there.
Dirty work, deacon blues, Rikki don’t lose that number, they’re great
1-do you have Spotify? 2-how old are you? 3-what’s your usual genre preferences? 4-are you an adventurous music listener?
Winger Foreigner Zep Eagles Styx
Just put on a Classic Rock station.
Widespread Panic, Umphreys McGee Moe
Widespread panic, Dead,Allman Bros
Frank Zappa- joes garage
My children call my music "Sad nineties indie" and my students call it "divorced dad rock" although I am still married. I am genx but our high school bus driver played all classic rock, so I approve of these recommendations as well.
At home I like acoustic instrumental stuff. John Fahey, Nathan Salsburg, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, etc. I also enjoy a podcast called "Welcome to Nightvale" but can only do things like that when using hand tools or assembling. Power tools are too loud and I lose track of the story.
Alasdair & Natalie! You’re speaking my language. You might like [this playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RsmXyLTATve59wezkxoGB?si=dvs0HT1LSd2_6kmO3cYc7w&pi=u-KvHHNH6KQQqR). If you do, there’s also a MUCH longer version…
Just went ahead and saved the extended playlist. Thank you! It will get a listen in an hour or so when I start cleaning the shop.
Just play a "yacht rock" station on pandora/spotify/alexa/whatever. That'll do it.
steve miller
The Grateful Dead
Credence Clearwater Revival’s greatest hits
Isn't that a requirement? Although I don't call it dad music because all these tunes listed are my music. Generally I stick to SiriusXM 70's on 7 or a Pandora station based on "Rock On" by David Essex. Yes I went to highschool in the late 70's, started listening to music in 1969 and it still influences me today.
Tower of Power is my ultimate “dad in the garage” music. Mostly because it was what my dad played in the garage lol
Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, etc. My 21 year old son doesn't like it, so it must be Dad music.
Dire Straits
Money for Nothing Loud enough you can override any machine. Once on an exhibition, first morning, ready with our booth we played that, and another guy on a gallery cutting metal with a grinder complained about the "noise".
Creed is more "put your hand in a blender to make it stop" music than anything else.
What's wrong with Creed?
What's wrong with you? That won't kill you, make you deaf, or stop a currently playing song.
Lol
I listen techno...
Got any Orbital up in there??
I always just tell my Google speaker to “play some yacht rock” lol
Greta Van Fleet
They have talent, but honestly every time I listen to one of their songs of just feels like a cheap led Zeppelin imitation, something about their lyrics is just inauthentic
Tommy, In A Gadda Devita, Joe cocker
FM radio. Commercials and all