Dig Records co-founder Marty DeAnda is best known as the guy who brought singer-songwriter Jackie Greene to Sacramento and, then, the rest of the world. These days, his label boasts the likes of Chris Webster, Sal Valentino and Kate Gaffney, but DeAnda's got another love, too: Fitness.

On his workout schedule: Lifting weights three times a week, running 12 miles a week and the occasional grueling bike ride.

We talked to DeAnda, 55, about how he merges these passions, guilty listening pleasures and how he avoids fighting with his wife, Marci, over what gets played in the car.

What do you listen to when you're working out?

It depends on what moves me. My favorite band in the whole world is the Rascals, so they get played probably at least a couple of times a week. But yesterday I had (local singer-songwriter) Christopher Fairman on. And sometimes it's the Ramones – they're up-tempo, but it's not hard and it's not overly complex. And because the lyrics are so funny you also get a chuckle once in a while in the middle of a bench press.

What do you work out to that might surprise people?

Probably Asleep at the Wheel. And I play a lot of Bob Wills in the gym. Bob Wills is this kind of Western swing that can motivate you, but you don't have to overthink it – you can just let it take you somewhere. When you're in a gym, you're there to exercise and not focus on music, so it fulfills both things for me.

What was the first record you ever bought?

I'm a middle-aged guy now, and most guys my age have an Elvis Presley story, but I was totally in love with Rick Nelson. He was my first god and the "Young World" was the first record I owned. I wanted to be him so bad. I used to watch the "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" and just wait for it to be over so that he'd come out and sing.

What makes up the biggest chunk of your CD collection?

There's a group of (artists); there's Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, the Rascals and all (their offshoot) bands. Mostly just straight, guttural rock 'n' roll kind of stuff. Elvis Costello and the Beatles, too. I probably have one of the largest Beatles collections in this part of the state – and that's all vinyl.

What do you have that might surprise somebody?

(Laughs). My most secret love – I have "Muskrat Love" by the Captain & Tennille. I'm sorry, but I do. I don't know why. A sad, croaky old vocal song called "Old Rivers" by Walter Brennan is another one of my secret passions – it always made me cry as a kid.

What do you not like that everyone else seems to love?

Radiohead! I was just saying this to someone the other day. I see why people think they are good but I don't get it – the bigness of it all. I'm a big Snoop Dogg fan, but I don't get most of the rap artists that are out right now. It all sounds very homogenized to me.

What song played at your wedding?

"Storybook Love" by Willy DeVille and Mark Knopfler from "The Princess Bride" (soundtrack). It was my choice (but) it was our song.

Do you and your wife ever disagree on music – like over what gets played in the car?

We disagree all the time; we're like polar opposites. She's not an experimenter, and a lot of what I play drives her crazy. When we're in the car it's got to be Jackie Greene (playing) for her and I'm like, "OK, let's listen to something else."

But we don't fight over music. It's sort of my world and we keep those worlds separate.

It's safer that way.

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