The program was broadcast on KAAY, a local AM radio station. We missed Mylon who, I learned recently, was managed by Felix Pappalardi of Mountain, the concert headliners. 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. Days later I found myself standing under the canopy, behind the Asheville FM table at another community event, talking with folks about the station, its programs and its opportunities to serve the Asheville listening audience. Spirit "Nature's Way> Animal Zoo" 5. Id been accepted at the University of Notre Dame as a freshman for the fall semester where it didnt take long before Id become one of the effete corps of impudent snobs so colorfully described by vice-president Spiro Agnew. 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. The Vietnam War was raging and there was a lot of unrest among the youth. 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. During that time the show was also streamed live, from itsBeaker Streetweb site. A book about Beaker Street titled Electric Arkansas was published in 2012. Anyway, its difficult to tell which file is which on my media player. 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.. It will feature a freeform selection of music with connections to this blog, Life Out of Tunes. Love what youre doing, but you are doing funny things with the file names. 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We played music by the Robbs, the Cryan Shames, the Buckinghams, the New Colony Six, the Mob, the Flock, the Ides of March and other Midwest groups. 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! 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. 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. , hosted by Clyde Clifford, will air from 9 p.m. to midnight. (LogOut/ Check out:Arkansas Record and CD ExchangeRock City Outfitters (Beaker Street Merch)Soft Shirts.comHippy Hounds Hemp Dog TreatsandStated Apparel, 1. Flowers On The Wall | with Bunsen and Beaker | Muppets Music Video | The Muppets Blakwulf Fredrik Nvisdal The Muppets godandline Stars & Stripes FOREVER! | Muppet Music Video | The Muppets The. Finally, as rain continued to fall, Mountain took the stage. Spirit Fresh Garbage/ Uncle Jack/ Mechanical World, 5. (LogOut/ Waking up grumpy on Mondays? The festival runs for eleven days, on eleven stages, with performances from more than 800 acts with over a 1,000 performances. Today, there is an annual Beaker Street Music Festival in Little Rock that celebrates the spirit of the original program. There were no additional postage or handling charges. My thoughts are fleeting. FEATURED PODCASTS 100K CLUB Best Podcasts By City Rank. I didnt know much about them until one day while walking by there I noticed a canopy over a table set up in front of the small, nondescript corner building where some friendly folks invited me over to chat. Host: Clyde Clifford. The Corporation I Want To Get Out Of My Grave, 6. CLYDE ON-DEMAND: Listen to Kenneth Hawkinsrecording of this show by clicking on the link below: 100th Beaker Street of the Arkansas Rocks Era. Later that year I was asked to co-host local televised segments of the annual Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon alongside Janesville school districts PR manager and the manager of Total TV. Talk. During that time the show was also streamed live, from itsBeaker Streetweb site. Postage was eight cents back then. 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. We were a fifties and sixties rock n roll revival band that specialized in working fund raisers for schools and other non-profit organizations. 4. The other could be described generally as the social impact of technology. Asheville FM, WSFM-LP, 103.3 (Asheville, NC) No, I havent framed any music reviews. The Beaker Street Database project is a fan based attempt to archive past and present playlists from the Beaker Street Program. Beaker Street was founded by John Flowers and Bill Coulter. It helped to launch the careers of several Arkansas-based musicians, including Rodney Crowell, Albert King, and Fayetteville native Ronnie Hawkins. Echoes of Beaker Street 103 videos 18,524 views Last updated on Nov 15, 2020 Inspired by the underground radio phenomenon Beaker Street, a late-night AM radio program hosted by Cl .More. Change). Check out classic Muppets music videos like The Muppets cover of Queens Bohemian Rhapsody and The Muppets music videos for Jungle Boogie, as performed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. When I first discovered the station around that time, I was still in high school. Well begin with an Hors Doeuvre (served with mathematical precision) and progress through each subsequent course until Suppers Ready. 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. In four decades of semi-regular Summerfest attendance since then, Ive heard such notable artists as Roy Orbison, the Moody Blues, Robin Trower, Linda Ronstadt, Kansas, Michael Franti, the Freddy Jones Band, Green Children and many others, including jazz, folk and blues musicians from all over the world. What a gas! Isnt it a shame no visual archive of that telethon show exists? Quicksilver Messenger Service "Pride Of Man" 6. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Milkovsky was named one of the countrys top 100 rock DJs by Rolling Stone magazine in 1976. Although it was short-lived, this scene produced some of the most influential and innovative music of its time. 3. Documenting the set lists of legendary radio program "Beaker Street", CLYDE ON-DEMAND: Listen to Kenneth Hawkins recording of this show by clicking the link below, Check out:Arkansas Record and CD ExchangeRock City Outfitters (Beaker Street Merch)Soft Shirts.comHippy Hounds Hemp Dog TreatsandStated Apparel, 5. Its ambitious, but attainable. The water works were built to provide water to the growing city of Little Rock. Aircheck of Beaker Street and Beaker Theater - 4/13/71. 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. Quicksilver Messenger Service Pride Of Man, 6. Not complaining, just thought you need to know this. Fleetwood Mac The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (Live), 4. 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. The program, Beaker Street hosted by Clyde Clifford, was on the air. 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. They showed me a program schedule and pointed out the eclectic shows that are hosted entirely by volunteers. Heres one of my book reviews from 1999I had framed along with a personally autographed publicity still of its author, Al Franken. 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. Unfortunately, though, there is an audio-visual archive of Heavy Chevy & the Circuit Riders on YouTube. (If you call the station at (828) 259-3936 and pledge or donate during my show, Life Out of Tunes, on Monday, April 30 between 2:00 and 3:00 pm Eastern time, Ill be especially grateful! 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. By that time, FM had taken hold, and I was now listening to underground radio on Radio Free Madison, WIBA-FM from Madison, Wisconsin. 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. Perhaps well even share some stories along the way as we try to raise money for the station. Vanilla Fudge STRA (Illusions Of My Childhood Part 1)> You Keep Me Hanging On, 7. Most of you know I have a weekly music show on a local community radio station in Asheville. During that time the show was also streamed live, from itsBeaker Streetweb site. 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. Im fortunate to live near a listener-supported, community radio station known as Asheville FM. I have a BA. 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. Yet. Here are 10 things you may not know about Beaker Street: 1. A 2020 New Years Eve(12:01. Outstanding, classic Beaker playlist here as played by Clyde hes still got it! Perhaps its a lingering librarian obsession within me. Arkansas Rocks #140. So please consider contributing any amount by clicking on the DONATE button next time you visit AshevilleFM.org. Monday, January 15, 2018, 2:00-3:00 pm (EST) KAAY, an AM station broadcasting all the way into southern Wisconsin from Little Rock, Arkansas, came in loud and clear. But there is hope for the future. 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. 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. Change. Local newspapers even began writing articles about the Beaker Street phenomenon.. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It was a song from the Heavy Chevy playlist, so I accommodated her request and she made her donation. Change). Still, I missed the uniqueBeaker Street format. Here is: Please give generously to support community radio on Asheville FM !