Im not much of a writer anyway, so it really doesnt matter. Recently, again thanks to the Internet Archive, I located a number of Beaker Street playlists from the years 1996 to 2000, which were published on the programs web site at the time. Anxious to jump on board, I walked home to get my checkbook and then, after donating enough money to snag a snazzy Asheville FM t-shirt, stood behind the table, meeting more of the volunteers, learning more about the station and its programs, and urging other passers-by to stop, listen and learn about this community-powered radio station located in their backyard. A book about Beaker Street titled Electric Arkansas was published in 2012. KAAY, an AM station broadcasting all the way into southern Wisconsin from Little Rock, Arkansas, came in loud and clear. Check out:Arkansas Record and CD ExchangeRock City Outfitters (Beaker Street Merch)Soft Shirts.comHippy Hounds Hemp Dog TreatsandStated Apparel, 1. You can listen to my radio show,Life Out of Tunes with Joey Books every Monday afternoon from 2 p.m until 4 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Central) on 103.3 Asheville FM, and stream it live at: http://www.ashevillefm.org. Waking up grumpy on Mondays? It was on Beaker Street where I discovered artists like Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Albert King, Phil Ochs, East of Eden, Tom Rush, Grateful Dead, and Herbie Mann among many others, including Jaime Brockett singing about 'The Legend of the U.S.S. So please consider contributing any amount by clicking on the DONATE button next time you visit AshevilleFM.org. Of course, it was also their spring fund drive and they asked if I might be interested in contributing, either fiscally or physically, to their efforts. Arkansas Rocks #140. Grand Funk Railroad Inside Looking Out, 4. You can listen to my radio show,Life Out of Tunes with Joey Books every Monday afternoon from 2 p.m until 4 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Central) on 103.3 Asheville FM, and stream it live at: http://www.ashevillefm.org. Beaker Street 9-18-20 20th show of the Arkansas Rocks Radio Network Era Host: Clyde Clifford Incidental Music: Head "Cannabis Sativa" Check out: Arkansas Record and CD Exchange and Rock City Outfitters Click here to listen to an MP3 recording of tonight's show. Like today, Summerfest was sponsored primarily by Milwaukees famous breweries. Beaker Street was a countercultural radio show that aired on KAAY-AM from 1966 to 1984. Beaker Street became very popular in Little Rock and soon began to attract national attention. Fifty thousand music fans were gathering at the Lakefront Amphitheater stage when my date and I arrived late Sunday afternoon. This time, Clyde was on every Sunday night from 7 p.m. until midnight, bouncing around first on KZLR (KZ-95), later on Magic 105.1 FM (KMJX), and finally ending up on The Point, 94.1 FM where Beaker Street lasted until 2011. With time and effort, Beaker Street could once again become a thriving community in Little Rock. Styx The Serpent Is Rising/ Krakatoa> Hallelujah Chorus, 4. This was a time of great change and growth for the city, and Beaker Street was at the forefront of this transformation. Its a joy for me to play music for a listening audience and its fun to know those listeners are not only from here in Asheville, but from anywhere in the country and perhaps the world. Beaker Street was founded by John Flowers and Bill Coulter. I wont be home for Thanksgiving this year. (LogOut/ Clifford left Beaker Street andKAAY in 1974. Thanks to Brian Rock for sharing. David Crosby passes on Wed Jan 18, 2023. Im fortunate to live near a listener-supported, community radio station known as Asheville FM. Rank. Change). They told me about the organization, an entirely volunteer driven Friends of Community Radio station, save for one paid manager position. It was on Beaker Street where I discovered artists like Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Albert King, Phil Ochs, East of Eden, Tom Rush, Grateful Dead, and Herbie Mann among many others, including Jaime Brockett singing about The Legend of the U.S.S. In 1973, Beaker Street was featured on an episode of CBSs In Concert. The show included performances by Bonnie Raitt, Rory Gallagher, and Free Powerzone. Local newspapers even began writing articles about the Beaker Street phenomenon.. By that time, FM had taken hold, and I was now listening to underground radio on Radio Free Madison, WIBA-FM from Madison, Wisconsin. I continued the telethon with only half-a-stache until a second caller made the rest come off. I was home from college for the summer, making my getaway in dads carafter working second shift as an amateur sand-blaster at Fairbanks-Morse Corporation. http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MuppetsStudios Watch more Muppet Music Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiyHgXXaitUHx0Jpt9tW1k0ZZuydnNORlGet ready for The Muppets like youve never seen them before! The show was heard six nights a week, from 11 p.m. until 2 a.m. The program, Beaker Street hosted by Clyde Clifford, was on the air. Neil Young and Crazy Horse Powderfinger (Live Rust), 10. The show's original announcer, Clyde Clifford, moved to FM in 1974 [1] as the rise in popularity of FM radio began to impact the operations of many AM stations. Twisting the radio knob as I pulled out of the parking lot, searching for my new favorite station, I heard the unmistakable strains of Sugar Loafs Green-Eyed Lady. Thats the one! This time, Clyde was on every Sunday night from 7 p.m. until midnight, bouncing around first on KZLR (KZ-95), later on Magic 105.1 FM (KMJX), and finally ending up on The Point, 94.1 FM where Beaker Street lasted until 2011. Godley & Creme "Art School Canteen" 2. Nearly fifty years have passed and were still singing about the same things. Instead, Ive tried to re-create some of those playlists on Spotify, to provide an aural sense of what music Clyde put together for his five-hour programs. Name Tracks (Don't Fear) The Reaper: 1 (I Know) I'm Losing You: 3 (I'm A) Road Runner: 1 (Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song: 1 (Nothing But) Flowers One newspaper account had listed John Sebastian as the concert headliner, clearly an error as wed suspected and confirmed by handbills posted on the festival grounds. Music. When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, I was finishing my senior year in high school. Horslips The Power and The Glory> The Rock Remains, 8. Every tune will deal in some way with resistance, struggle and hope. The Corporation I Want To Get Out Of My Grave, 6. The other could be described generally as the social impact of technology. Stream the album here: https://lnk.to/GerryRafferty-CitytoCity Subscribe now: https://lnk.to/GerryRafferty-YTSubscribeYCSocials:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialgerryrafferty/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialGerryRaffertyPage Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealRafferty Website: http://www.gerryrafferty.com Lyrics: Windin' your way down on Baker StreetLight in your head and dead on your feetWell another crazy day, you'll drink the night awayAnd forget about everythingThis city desert makes you feel so coldIt's got so many people but it's got no soulAnd it's taking you so long to find out you were wrongWhen you thought it held everythingYou used to think that it was so easyYou used to say that it was so easyBut you're tryin', you're tryin' nowAnother year and then you'll be happyJust one more year and then you'll be happyBut you're cryin', you're cryin' nowWay down the street there's a light in his placeHe opens the door he's got that look on his faceAnd he asks you where you've beenYou tell him who you've seen and you talk about anythingHe's got this dream about buyin' some landHe's gonna give up the booze and the one night standsAnd then he'll settle down, in some quiet little townAnd forget about everything[Chorus]But you know he'll always keep movin'You know he's never gonna stop movin''Cause he's rollin', he's the rollin' stoneAnd when you wake up, it's a new mornin'The sun is shinin', it's a new mornin'You're goin', you're goin' home#GerryRafferty #BakerStreet Many of the original Beaker Street musicians went on to have successful careers in the music industry, including Steve Cropper (Booker T. & The MGs) and Levon Helm (The Band). Heart White Lightning And Wine/ Ill Be Your Song (Love Me Like Music)/ Dreamboat Annie (Reprise), 7. A blog about Little Rock, Arkansas in the 1970s with a focus on the music scene. I guess that qualified me as an effete snob or, in the words of one conservative music blogger who no longer reads my work, a smug hippie., Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, Beaker Street began to decline. There may even be something special from Wisconsin for all you cheeseheads. In the 1970s, Beaker Street found a particularly receptive audience in Little Rock, Arkansas. Titanic' and Deep Water Reunion covering the Tom Paxton ballad, 'Cindy's Crying.' Change. It was a place where people could be themselves without judgement or fear of retribution. The Allman Brothers Band In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live At Fillmore East), 1. Clifford left Beaker Street andKAAY in 1974. Documenting the set lists of legendary radio program "Beaker Street", 7th show of theArkansas Rocks Radio NetworkEra, Check out:Arkansas Record and CD Exchange and Rock City Outfitters, Click here to listen to the MP3 recording of this show (Thanks Kenneth Hawkins for sharing), Click here to listen to Kenneth Hawkins Google Drive recording of this show, 2. Tunes, old and new, from the Mauds, the Siegel-Schwall Band, Steve Goodman, Patricia Barber, Koko Taylor, Rotary Connection, Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker and the Safes, just to name a few. Heres a playlist for the first two hours of the programwhich was broadcast and streamed on January 9, 2000: I was unable to locate recorded shows from the later years of Beaker Street. Happy listening! Sonia Dada Lesters Methadone Clinic, 10. The hundred book reviews I wrote for Library Journal spanned about twenty years, so I should be hitting my stride soon. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Click here to listen to an MP3 recording of tonights show. I feel honored to have been asked to substitute for host JD, the Professor of Prog while he takes a well-earned holiday break. Trout Fishing In America No Matter What Goes Right. The 1970s were a time of great social change in the United States. Clyde was always on top of the latest music, but never hesitated to juxtapose an older, more popular song with one never before heard. 7th show of the Arkansas Rocks Radio Network Era. I could still hear Nantucket Sleighride, Mississippi Queen, andFor Yasgurs Farm ringing in my ears on the long drive home after the show. It was a song from the Heavy Chevy playlist, so I accommodated her request and she made her donation. Upon attending a DJ orientation session, I began the path toward earning a chance to host my own radio program, shadowing other program hosts and even appearing as a guest on a couple of shows, bringing music from my own collection to play and discuss on the air. Host: Clyde Clifford. It will feature a freeform selection of music with connections to this blog, Life Out of Tunes. Here are two airchecks of Beaker Street. Host: Clyde Clifford Incidental Music: Head "Cannabis Sativa" Check out: Arkansas Record and CD Exchange Rock City Outfitters (Beaker Street Merch) Soft Shirts.com Hippy Hounds Hemp Dog Treats and Stated Apparel 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. During that time the show was also streamed live, from itsBeaker Streetweb site. The first is Clyde Clifford from June 1, 1972. Clifford left Beaker Street andKAAY in 1974. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); My Introduction to Underground Radio: KAAY Little Rock,Arkansas, https://arktimes.com/entertainment/2020/01/07/beaker-street-is-back?fbclid=IwAR21qsZZbUYizlzu41A-4DJv5DEdQRek-MyBhfkNPJP2eifSmhGNEOu8KAw. During that time the show was also streamed live, from itsBeaker Streetweb site. The Allman Brothers Band In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Live At The Fillmore East), 6. (LogOut/ And we are very fortunate for it. Vanilla Fudge STRA (Illusions Of My Childhood Part 1)> You Keep Me Hanging On, 7. The biggest stars continue to perform at Summerfest in whats now a 25,000-seat amphitheater at one end of the festival grounds for which tickets are sold at much higher prices than Summerfests nominal gate cost. I havent been writing much lately. The people of Beaker Street were an eclectic mix of hippies, musicians, dropouts, and misfits. Beaker Street began sometime in 1967, the brainchild of disc jockey Clyde Clifford, whose real name, Dale Seidenschwarz, was kept secret per KAAY station policy. The Muppets on YouTubeWelcome to the Official YouTube channel for The Muppets! 4. Example, DNLA media players display files by Album and Title names and only by file names if the album name field is blank. The water works were built to provide water to the growing city of Little Rock. Instead, Ill be hosting a Thanksgiving Day edition of Closer to the Edge, an outstanding Progressive music radio show on Asheville FM (WSFM-LP, 103.3). It opened up their eyes and ears to new sounds and perspectives, and ultimately helped shape their musical taste. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Our goal is $23,000. Beaker Street began on Little Rock, Arkansas 50,000 watt AM radio station KAAY late in 1966 and ran through 1972. ), That brings to mind some memories. Heres one of my book reviews from 1999I had framed along with a personally autographed publicity still of its author, Al Franken. Twisting the radio knob as I pulled out of the parking lot, searching for my new favorite station, I heard the unmistakable strains of Sugar Loafs Green-Eyed Lady. Thats the one! My Introduction to Underground Radio: KAAY Little Rock, Arkansas. The week of October 28 November 3 is the Asheville FM Fall Fund Drive. Youll find me volunteering again at that table under a canopy set up in front of the station. Monday, January 15, 2018, 2:00-3:00 pm (EST) The festival runs for eleven days, on eleven stages, with performances from more than 800 acts with over a 1,000 performances. You can stream it live on AshevilleFM.org by clicking on the Listen Live button. Jus dont throw no bottles at me. Heplayed an entire set and two encores without incident. The shows impact was far-reaching, helping to launch the careers of many local and regional musicians. Some folks experience personal catharsis from writing. Summerfest attracts between eight and nine hundred thousand people each year, making it The Worlds Largest Music Festival, a title thats been certified by Guinness World Records since 1999. Although it was short-lived, this scene produced some of the most influential and innovative music of its time. 7. Here is: Please give generously to support community radio on Asheville FM ! If youd like to listen to Clyde Cliffords (nearly) complete playlist from the January 9, 2000 Beaker Street, along with several playlists from his other 1996-2000 broadcasts, you must logon to Spotify. It was fifty years ago, but seems like a blink of an eye. Proto-Kaw Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David, Smith and Jones, 1. If you were lucky enough to catch Beaker Street in its heyday, youll never forget it. The phantoms of internet connection were messing with Kenneth Hawkins last Their late night program, called " Beaker Street " (and I still don't know where that name came from) and its host Clyde Clifford helped to pioneer the 'underground radio' sound of the day. I yanked out the rightmost pushbutton, then shoved it back in, engaging the preset. On this commemoration of his birth, January 15, Ill broadcast my weekly radio show. This time, Clyde was on every Sunday night from 7 p.m. until midnight, bouncing around first on KZLR (KZ-95), later on Magic 105.1 FM (KMJX), and finally ending up on The Point, 94.1 FM where Beaker Street lasted until 2011. Beaker Street with its original host, Clyde Clifford, may be returning in February 2020! That would work if I wasnt so easily distracted by a tune playing in my head, or on the radio, or on the stereo. Jeff Beck passes on Tue Jan 10, 2023. The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. (LogOut/ Once there, simply enter Beaker Street in the Spotify search bar and scroll down to Playlists. Click on See All and youll see a couple dozen Beaker Street playlists by joeybooks.. In the 1970s, Beaker Street was a weekly radio show in Little Rock, Arkansas, that featured local and regional music. Beaker Street was named after the street in London where the Beatles lived. For others, like me, it becomes a task. Anyway, its difficult to tell which file is which on my media player. 3. Theres sure to be something to tickle your eardrums. Talk. The Beaker Street phenomenon in Little Rock, Arkansas Beaker Street was a countercultural radio show that aired on KAAY-AM from 1966 to 1984. Heres a playlist for the first two hours of the programwhich was broadcast and streamed on January 9, 2000: I was unable to locate recorded shows from the later years of Beaker Street. The music selection is tremendous, including Eric Clapton, the Grateful Dead, The Flock, Robert Johnson, Leon Russell and Judy Collins. Just mail a buck with a SASE. Manfred Manns Earth Band Nightingales And Bombers, 2. Beaker Street was more than just a radio show; it was a cultural touchstone for a generation of Arkansans. Im bringing some classic prog music from the late 60s to mid 70s, including King Crimson, Moody Blues, Touch, Renaissance and Pink Floyd among others. Your email address will not be published. My first show will feature a sampling of great music from Chicago which has had an influence on me. And thanks for listening to Life Out of Tunes on Asheville FM! A band named Tayles, from Madison, Wisconsin, and Mylon, a southern gospel-rock group were the opening acts. Barry McGuire and the Doctor South Of The Border, 7. Many young people were looking for a place to belong and Beaker Street became a haven for them. For three hours, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm (Eastern) on Thanksgiving Day Ill be serving up some of the best in classic Prog music for the main course, garnished with a healthful helping of contemporary selections. Spirit "Nature's Way> Animal Zoo" 5. Titanic and Deep Water Reunion covering the Tom Paxton ballad, Cindys Crying. And what a pleasure it was to hear full versions of songs by familiar artists versions not constrained by the three- or four-minute time limit so common on commercial radio then.
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