Well begin with an Hors Doeuvre (served with mathematical precision) and progress through each subsequent course until Suppers Ready. KAAY(AM)-1090 radio, Little Rock AR. This channel is home to your beloved group of Muppet friends: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Beaker, the Swedish Chef and more! So tune in Thanksgiving Day, November 23, at 2:00 pm EST to hear me, Joey Books, take over as guest chef on Closer to the Edge. Beaker Street was on the air for six years, and it left a lasting impression on everyone who heard it. I saw comedian Billy Crystal perform there early in his career, and heard Linda Ronstadt announce to the Milwaukee crowd, Its so great to be here in Indiana! We were quick to correct her geography. 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. (LogOut/ Unlike today, festival beer was served up in glass bottles. Aircheck of Beaker Street and Beaker Theater - 4/13/71. So it was sweet when, in the mid-90s, I learned that Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford had returned to the airwaves. We are so happy to have Beaker Street back. Trout Fishing In America No Matter What Goes Right. If you missed it, you can still listen to thisLife Out of Tunes show through Monday, February 5, 2018 by following the link: https://www.ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/ and clicking on the Play Archive button. The other could be described generally as the social impact of technology. 7. I wont be home for Thanksgiving this year. Click here to listen to an MP3 recording of tonights show. It was fifty years ago, but seems like a blink of an eye. Since the 1970s, its run from late June through early July. One of the most popular attractions at Beaker Street was the Psychedelic Graveyard, where attendees could take photos with life-sized cardboard cutouts of famous dead musicians. The festival runs for eleven days, on eleven stages, with performances from more than 800 acts with over a 1,000 performances. Beaker Street with its original host, Clyde Clifford, may be returning in February 2020! On my July 2, 2018 radio show, Life Out of Tunes on Asheville FM, Ill be spinning songs from that first Summerfest experience and fromother artists Ive heard at the festival over the years. Log in to view your feed. Change). Yet. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Most of you know I have a weekly music show on a local community radio station in Asheville. In 2012 the original complete soundtrack from the movie "Charade" was release for the first time ever. A way to catalog and shelve that playlist in my head. The street is named for the Little Rock Water Works, which was located on the street from 1879 to 1957. 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. Written by author Michael Cox, the book chronicles the rise and fall of this unique period in Arkansas musical history. Beaker Street became very popular in Little Rock and soon began to attract national attention. I wish he were still in office now and actually considering that run for a Franken Presidency. Blood, Sweat & Tears Blues- Part II> Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie, 3. Ill share a few memories and personal observations on the music that helped shape my life, so you can expect a wide variety of songs and an occasional story or two. Vanilla Fudge STRA (Illusions Of My Childhood Part 1)> You Keep Me Hanging On, 7. 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. KAAY, an AM station broadcasting all the way into southern Wisconsin from Little Rock, Arkansas, came in loud and clear. I also have an MA. Remember. When the rain eventually eased up, a soggy audience cheered as John Sebastian, acoustic guitar in hand, strolled out to a microphone and announced, Ill play for ya. Jaime Brockett The Legend of the U.S.S. In fact, the tracks from Abraxas Pool and Gypsy in the example above werent available on Spotify. Neil Young and Crazy Horse Powderfinger (Live Rust), 10. The water works were built to provide water to the growing city of Little Rock. The show was heard six nights a week, from 11 p.m. until 2 a.m. Many young people were looking for a place to belong and Beaker Street became a haven for them. Businesses started to close down, properties became abandoned, and crime rates rose. Barry McGuire and the Doctor South Of The Border, 7. It included a whopping 15 more tracks . My first show will feature a sampling of great music from Chicago which has had an influence on me. Twice as a guest (and shadow) on the Thursday morning show, Riffin, hosted by Vance and assisted by Rick, both with their vast record collections of 60s and 70s music, I shared some similar music from the Midwest, discussing the bands and songs we heard growing up. It opened up their eyes and ears to new sounds and perspectives, and ultimately helped shape their musical taste. The Beaker Street/Clyde Clifford Fans page on Facebook has become the go-to community for fans to groove to the music and swaps stories while listening in real time. Now, Im working on a DJ. Jeff Beck passes on Tue Jan 10, 2023. Titanic' and Deep Water Reunion covering the Tom Paxton ballad, 'Cindy's Crying.' Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 3. 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. Gordon Lightfoot Don Quixote (studio)/ Im Not Sayin/ Ribbon Of Darkness (Live- Sunday Concert), 4. The Asheville FM spring fund raiser begins Saturday, April 28 and runs through Friday, May 4. Wishbone Ash "Handy" 3. The street is also home to a number of restaurants and bars. Streaming globally at: https://www.ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/. 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. FEATURED PODCASTS 100K CLUB Best Podcasts By City After a steady diet of top forty "hits" and fast-talking DJs, I was mesmerized by the mellow voice . Happy listening! The show was created by and named after its original host, John Gage, who took the name "Beaker" from the Muppets character. 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). Local newspapers even began writing articles about the Beaker Street phenomenon.. The Moody Blues, Mason Profit, Yes, Tyrannosaurus Rex, John Prine, Emerson-Lake & Palmer, Cream, Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention, Janice Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, James Gang, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell are just a small handful of the acts first introduced to me by Clyde Clifford. Subscribe for some of your favorite and best film and television clips from The Muppets, as well as music covers and brand new comedy sketches.Check out exclusive Muppet parodies, Muppet music videos, Muppet song covers, comedy sketches, and more! 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. Asheville FM streams worldwide at ashevillefm.org, where you can check out the entire on-air schedule and Listen Live. So tune in and turn it up! 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. During that time the show was also streamed live, from itsBeaker Streetweb site. When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, I was finishing my senior year in high school. In the early 70s, album rock and progressive FM was on the air locally but it lacked the mood of Beaker Street with the Head music bed, Clyde Cliffords laidback style, and the blues and country-flavored music that . Milkovsky was named one of the countrys top 100 rock DJs by Rolling Stone magazine in 1976. Unfortunately, though, there is an audio-visual archive of Heavy Chevy & the Circuit Riders on YouTube. Though memories of these things sometimes fade, I located newspaper clippings published at that time to corroborate my recollection. With time and effort, Beaker Street could once again become a thriving community in Little Rock. But for his show, Clyde Clifford delves deep into album cuts, many played directly from the original vinyl albums. Or perhaps youre not working, whether by choice or by circumstance. Ten Years After Baby Wont You Let Me Rock N Roll You, 1. The show featured both well-known acts and up-and-coming talent. I dont recall the dollar amount. Change). Even for a volunteer-driven, community radio station that broadcasts locally and streams its signal worldwide via the Internet, listener support is crucial for our ongoing operations. I yanked out the rightmost pushbutton, then shoved it back in, engaging the preset. 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. The Moody Blues The Voice/ Gemini Dream, 9. In 2010, a documentary about Beaker Street titled We Aint Dead Yet was released. I continued the telethon with only half-a-stache until a second caller made the rest come off. Beaker Street was a countercultural radio show that aired on KAAY-AM from 1966 to 1984. Memorable songs includedYounger Girl,Darlin Be Home Soon and Red-Eye Express. Styx The Serpent Is Rising/ Krakatoa> Hallelujah Chorus, 4. Outstanding, classic Beaker playlist here as played by Clyde hes still got it! We were a fifties and sixties rock n roll revival band that specialized in working fund raisers for schools and other non-profit organizations. No, I havent framed any music reviews. Arkansas Rocks #140. Monday, January 15, 2018, 2:00-3:00 pm (EST) Clyde was always on top of the latest music, but never hesitated to juxtapose an older, more popular song with one never before heard. Proto-Kaw Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David, Smith and Jones, 1. Neither were The Corporation and Flow from the 1970 playlist. Here is: Please give generously to support community radio on Asheville FM ! In the early 1970s, a group of friends who loved music came together to create a radio show in Little Rock, Arkansas. Heart White Lightning And Wine/ Ill Be Your Song (Love Me Like Music)/ Dreamboat Annie (Reprise), 7. There were no additional postage or handling charges. In fact, the tracks from Abraxas Pool and Gypsy in the example above werent available on Spotify. Peace! He would often interview local and regional musicians on the show. 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. 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. Beaker Street Set Lists - Documenting the set lists of legendary radio program "Beaker Street" Beaker Street Set Lists Listen to Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford every Friday night from 8 p.m. to Midnight Central Time on the Arkansas Rocks Radio Network or online at http://arkansasrocks.com/ Latest from the Blog Beaker Street 8-19-22 The show was heard six nights a week, from 11 p.m. until 2 a.m. 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. For others, like me, it becomes a task. Thanks to Brian Rock for sharing. 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 With spring now in full swing, we are celebrating the season with new ideas and new goals to make our commercial-free radio station even better and stronger than it is now! The first is Clyde Clifford from June 1, 1972. Admission to the festival grounds was a dollar fifty at the gate or an even dollar if you bought a mail order ticket in advance. Every tune will deal in some way with resistance, struggle and hope. Procol Harum "A Salty Dog" (Live In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra) 8. It was unlike anything else on the radio at the time. Beaker Street began on Little Rock, Arkansas 50,000 watt AM radio station KAAY late in 1966 and ran through 1972. Please consider giving any amount you can to support community radio. It was a song from the Heavy Chevy playlist, so I accommodated her request and she made her donation. When I first discovered the station around that time, I was still in high school. After your morning coffee and a quick walk around the neighborhood with Fido, you might be heading off to work. Vanilla Fudge Stra (Illusions of My Childhood Part 1> You Keep Me Hangin On>Illusions of My Childhood Part 2), 7. The show was created by and named after its original host, John Gage, who took the name Beaker from the Muppets character. My Introduction to Underground Radio: KAAY Little Rock,Arkansas, https://www.ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/. Miller High Life and Pabst Blue Ribbon are perhaps the only originals still around. We missed Mylon who, I learned recently, was managed by Felix Pappalardi of Mountain, the concert headliners. Thanks to Brian Rock for sharing. (LogOut/ When I first discovered the station around that time, I was still in high school. The Allman Brothers Band In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live At Fillmore East), 1. The Muppets on YouTubeWelcome to the Official YouTube channel for The Muppets! The books premise about a Franken presidency was funny. Id really been looking forward tohearing Poco and hoped the concert wouldnt be affected by the rain which had started up again. Now, most of the writing Im able to accomplish is in the form of brief reviews for new CD releases. 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. A book about Beaker Street titled Electric Arkansas was published in 2012. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence), 3. Grand Funk Railroad Inside Looking Out, 4. 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. Another caller who recognized me from a Heavy Chevy gig requested that I recite the spoken interlude of a song, Little Darlin by the Diamonds. Or discrimination. 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. Titanic, 3. Though often difficult to understand, due to his this Meee accent, Beaker is known among the Muppets as the one who always gets hurt. Besides his love of science, Beaker has also been known to share his passion for music and singing. On this commemoration of his birth, January 15, Ill broadcast my weekly radio show. A team of the Kingdom's finest detectives has been assembled and put on the case. By necessity, I had to either substitute one song for another from the same artist, or skip some songs entirely because, in case you didnt know it, Spotify doesnt have everything. Fri Jan 13, 2023. 1. 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 At the center of this scene was Beaker Street, a weekly radio program that featured blues, rock, and folk music. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 7th show of the Arkansas Rocks Radio Network Era. Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Live), 2. We didnt like war. The street was named after the fictional character Dr. John Beaker from the television show The Andy Griffith Show. Among other things I recall, it was a very wet experience. Act. Join in the fun with original Muppet comedy shows, TV promos, and charity PSAs. Titanic' and Deep Water Reunion covering the Tom Paxton ballad, 'Cindy's Crying.' Top Trending Podcasts. Someone brought me a can of shaving cream and a razor. The Corporation I Want To Get Out Of My Grave, 6. 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.
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