I prefer to go the other way. I take your standard Classic Rock fair, and mix in "deep cuts" to keep it fresh.
"Deep Cuts" are songs from core artists, that were on the albums we all own, but didn't get much radio play.
Examples from last week:
163 Queen – Let Me Live 1
163 Jim Croce – Operator 1
163 Little Feat – Fat Man in the Bathtub 1
163 Aldo Nova – Fantasy 1
163 Foreigner – Say You Will 1
163 Tom Petty – You Got Lucky 1
163 Chicago – Make Me Smile 1
163 Steve Miller Band – Wild Mountain Honey 1
163 Van Halen – Somebody Get Me a Doctor 1
163 Def Leppard – Photograph 1
163 ZZ Top – Blue Jean Blues 1
163 James Taylor – Up on the Roof 1
163 David Bowie – Fill Your Heart 1
163 Asia – The Smile Has Left Your Eyes 1
163 ZZ Top – I Thank You 1
163 UFO – Only You Can Rock Me 1
163 REO Speedwagon – That Ain't Love 1
163 Stevie Ray Vaughan – Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) 1
163 Elton John – Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me 1
163 Queen – Liar 1
163 Fleetwood Mac – Gypsy 1
163 Tom Petty – Don't Come Around Here No More 1
163 Queen – '39 1
163 4 Non Blondes – Superfly 1
163 Five for Fighting – Superman (It's Not Easy) 1
163 Tina Turner – What's Love Got to do With It 1
163 Santana – All I Ever Wanted 1
163 Aerosmith – Remember (Walking in the Sand) 1
163 AC/DC – If You Want Blood (You've Got It) 1
163 Journey – Don't Stop Believin' 1
163 Steve Winwood – While You See a Chance 1
163 Boston – Don't Look Back 1
163 Rod Stewart – Reason to Believe 1
163 Chicago – Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is 1
163 Billy Joel – Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 1
163 Todd Rundgren – I Don't Want To Tie You Down 1
163 Kiss – I Was Made for Lovin' You 1
163 Queen – I'm In Love With My Car 1
163 David Bowie – Be My Wife 1
163 UFO – Rock Bottom 1
163 Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 1
163 Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Takin' Care of Business 1
163 Foreigner – That Was Yesterday 1
163 Billy Joel – The Night Is Still Young 1
163 Elton John – Burn Down the Mission 1
163 Billy Joel – Goodnight Saigon 1
163 Rush – Roll the Bones 1
163 Survivor – The Search Is Over 1
163 Richard Marx – Don't Mean Nothing 1
163 Tom Petty – Mary Jane's Last Dance 1
163 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday's Gone 1
163 Joe Satriani – Always With Me Always With You 1
163 Marmalade – Reflections of My Life 1
163 Genesis – Man on the Corner 1
163 Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Ballad of Curtis Loew 1
163 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Comin' Home 1
163 Pink Floyd – Your Possible Pasts 1
163 Jethro Tull – Skating Away 1
163 Opus – Live Is Life 1
163 Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn't Stand The Weather 1
163 Def Leppard – Animal 1
163 Kiss – Christine Sixteen 1
163 Tom Petty – Even the Losers 1
163 Todd Rundgren – Hello It's Me 1
163 Elton John – Grey Seal 1
163 Kiss – Sweet Pain 1
163 Marillion – Interior Lulu