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The Rugburns

Band San Diego United States

The Rugburns formed in San Diego, United States. The Rugburns has 19 chart appearances on 17 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Me And Eddie Vedder”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #25. The station that charted The Rugburns most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1994.

19appearances

17countdowns

4songs charted

2stations

0#1 finishes

1994–2014years

The Rugburns began as a San Diego coffeehouse act, an acoustic duo of Steve Poltz and Robert Driscoll working the local circuit at spots like the Blarney Stone Pub, the Mission Beach Club and Java Joe's, sometimes with Gerald "Child" McMullin sitting in to make it a trio. Their homemade cassettes turned them into one of the biggest draws in town. (They are not to be mixed up with the Los Angeles Rugburns of the late '80s.)

In 1993 they signed with Bizarre/Planet Records, a label tied to Herb Cohen, and filled out into a four-piece with a drummer known as Stinky and Gregory Page on bass. Morning Wood, in 1994, is the record that carried them furthest: "Me And Eddie Vedder" is a title with a grin built in, and "Hitchhiker Joe" rides shotgun, both loose, wry and full of front-porch charm. The Mommy I'm Sorry EP followed in 1995 with "The Fairies Came".

From 1997 the Rugburns carried on as a trio, Poltz and Stinky joined by bassist John Castro.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by The Rugburns on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Me And Eddie Vedder	1,174	15	#25	–	1994
2	Hitchhiker Joe	136	2	#21	–	1994
3	War	65	1	#33	–	1995
4	The Fairies Came	18	1	#76	–	1995

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

94 95

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2014	839	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	802	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	768	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	739	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	725	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	708	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	709	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005	106	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	108	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	108	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	108	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	108	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	104	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	209	Hitchhiker Joe	91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999	104	Me And Eddie Vedder	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1995	33	War	91X Top 91 Songs of 1995
1995	76	The Fairies Came	91X Top 91 Songs of 1995
1994	21	Hitchhiker Joe	91X Top 91 Songs of 1994
1994	25	Me And Eddie Vedder	91X Top 91 Songs of 1994

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