The Downeaster "Alexa"
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Oct 20, 2026
Hayes DavenportHOST
What are we
Sean ClementsHOST
putting on there? Downeaster Alexa?
Rachel KalyGUEST
Huh?
Hayes DavenportHOST
Downeaster Alexa?
Sean ClementsHOST
Is it Downeaster Alexa by Billy Joel?
Rachel KalyGUEST
No, but he's from New York.
Rachel KalyGUEST
Is that true?
Sean ClementsHOST
Rachel, can I say
Dan OrlandoGUEST
It's just one of so many memories I'll never forget.
Dan OrlandoGUEST
To be in position for Downeaster Alexa and see Itzhak Perlman walk out, the frontman of OAR.
Dan OrlandoGUEST
The last time I heard him do that, I was in the bleachers in Madison Square Garden.
Dan OrlandoGUEST
And now I'm like right in front of this legend.
HypnotoadGUEST
And this is with Itzhak Perlman on violin.
HypnotoadGUEST
This is the Downeaster Alexa.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's out there in the canyons That a good captain can fall asleep I got bills to pay and children who need clothes I know there's fish out there but well God only knows They say these waters are in what they used to be But I got people back on land who count on me So if you see my down Easter, Alexa And if you work with the rod and the reel Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis And I still have my hands on the wheel
HypnotoadGUEST
Yeah, like I said, I grew up with Billy Joel in my parents' car.
HypnotoadGUEST
And this is with Itzhak Perlman on violin.
HypnotoadGUEST
This is the Downeaster Alexa.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I got bills to pay and children who need clothes I know there's fish out there but where God only knows They say these waters are in what they used to be But I got people back on land who count on me So if you see my down Easter, Alexa And if you work with the rod and the reel Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis And I still have my hands on the wheel
HypnotoadGUEST
Like I said, I grew up with Billy Joel in my parents' car.
Matt LavelleHOST
I bet Billy could.
Justin RichardsonHOST
Billy plays the accordion on Downeaster Alexa.
Matt LavelleHOST
You're welcome.
Justin RichardsonHOST
Like most locals, I was forced to sell my home.