Neither were The Corporation and Flow from the 1970 playlist. 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 pleased to announce my new weekly radio show, Life Out of Tunes on Asheville FM (WSFM-LP 103.3). What a gas! 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. 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. 1. The hundred book reviews I wrote for Library Journal spanned about twenty years, so I should be hitting my stride soon. Ill be spinning some delicious classic dishes from the likes of Touch, Wishbone Ash and the Moody Blues, followed by fresh desserts from Anathema and others. There was no other radio show like it in the city at the time, and its popularity only grew as word spread about this wild and crazy program. The Vietnam War was raging and there was a lot of unrest among the youth. Clifford left Beaker Street andKAAY in 1974. Beaker Street 6-19-20. Or perhaps youre not working, whether by choice or by circumstance. 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. 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. It was fifty years ago, but seems like a blink of an eye. I wont be home for Thanksgiving this year. Here we are rehearsing just before a library fundraiser. 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. Listen to Life Out of Tunes at 2:00 pm (EST) on MLK day for an earful. FEATURED PODCASTS. Using powers of deduction and communication, the players work as a team to eliminate dead leads and find clues to prove . 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. Rank. Though often difficult to understand, due to his this Meee accent, Beaker is known among the Muppets as the one who always gets hurt. Led Zeppelin Nobodys Fault But Mine, 7. Beaker Street came to an end in 1977, but its legacy lives on. 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So please consider contributing any amount by clicking on the DONATE button next time you visit AshevilleFM.org. Grand Funk Railroad Inside Looking Out, 4. 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! Im not much of a writer anyway, so it really doesnt matter. Arkansas Rocks #141. 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 Another, I think it is the 9/18 recording that comes up as Gerry Rafferty City to City and Baker Street (original demo) with Comments Recorded and Tagged by Replay Radio 11 (www.applian.com). A band named Tayles, from Madison, Wisconsin, and Mylon, a southern gospel-rock group were the opening acts. It was a deliciously juicy treat, playing what can only be described as a truly eclectic cacophony of ear candy, some sweet, some sour, but all highly digestible with little or no antacid required. The first Beaker Street music festival was held in 1970 and featured local bands such as The Crawling King Snakes and The Kamps. My wife saw comedian George Carlin arrested by Milwaukee police for performing his Seven Words You Can Never Say on Televisionroutine. After your morning coffee and a quick walk around the neighborhood with Fido, you might be heading off to work. Most of you know I have a weekly music show on a local community radio station in Asheville. In the 1970s, Beaker Street in Little Rock, Arkansas was a vibrant and thriving community. After a steady diet of top forty hits and fast-talking DJs, I was mesmerized by the mellow voice of Clifford and the loosely structured format of acid rock, folk rock, blues, jazz, and what later came to be known as progressive rock. They have a prime suspect, they have a motive, and they know what the opportunity to commit the crime was. 36. Titanic' and Deep Water Reunion covering the Tom Paxton ballad, 'Cindy's Crying.' Unlike today, festival beer was served up in glass bottles. A savings of just thirty-four cents, once you subtract the cost for two stamps, wasnt even enough incentive for a college kid to plan ahead. It opened up their eyes and ears to new sounds and perspectives, and ultimately helped shape their musical taste. My Introduction to Underground Radio: KAAY Little Rock, Arkansas. In fact, the tracks from Abraxas Pool and Gypsy in the example above werent available on Spotify. 7. 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. Within Temptation In Perfect Harmony, 8. Change). 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 . Beaker Street with its original host, Clyde Clifford, may be returning in February 2020! Beaker Street became known for its eclectic mix of genres, ranging from rock and blues to country and jazz. Notes To create a login account, click on the 'Sign in' link in the upper right corner and then select 'Sign up now'. In this series, well talk to some of the people who were involved with the show, and well explore what made it so special. Its happened before, missing the big family gathering along with all those special foods prepared for the occasion. Early on, it had been promoted as a Surprise Rock Spectacular. The acts were revealed just two weeks before the show. (LogOut/ The Muppets on YouTubeWelcome to the Official YouTube channel for The Muppets! The other could be described generally as the social impact of technology. Two other program hosts, Sarah and Erik, graciously opened their programs to me for shadowing, and I was able to watch, learn and earn more air time with them. See: https://arktimes.com/entertainment/2020/01/07/beaker-street-is-back?fbclid=IwAR21qsZZbUYizlzu41A-4DJv5DEdQRek-MyBhfkNPJP2eifSmhGNEOu8KAw. 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. Written by author Michael Cox, the book chronicles the rise and fall of this unique period in Arkansas musical history. The Beaker Street Database project is a fan based attempt to archive past and present playlists from the Beaker Street Program. When I first discovered the station around that time, I was still in high school. KAAY(AM)-1090 radio, Little Rock AR. Frankens actual political career in the Senate was serious. Heres one of my book reviews from 1999I had framed along with a personally autographed publicity still of its author, Al Franken. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Peace! Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Hope you enjoyed reading the stories behind each song on this weeks playlist! 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). Jimi Hendrix Star Spangled Banner> Purple Haze (Live At Woodstock), 4. Besides, my summer job at the local cheese factory kept me in enough pocket money to enjoy an occasional concert spontaneously. Hope they see fit to stream it! Beaker Street is in the middle of a Friday night lineup that includes Wood's Beatles-theme show Magical Mystery Tour at 8 p.m. and Mark "Uncle Marcus" Wallace, who spins an entire classic rock. So last night recording displays as 000101_0384.mp3 TASCAM DR_22WL when displayed by my media player. The program then landed at The Point, which has a tight playlist of classic rock hits. Jus dont throw no bottles at me. Heplayed an entire set and two encores without incident. 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! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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. 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. Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Thanks to the Internet Archive digital library, portions of some original Beaker Street programs have been preserved. Procol Harum "A Salty Dog" (Live In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra) 8. 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. The music selection is tremendous, including Eric Clapton, the Grateful Dead, The Flock, Robert Johnson, Leon Russell and Judy Collins. Miller High Life and Pabst Blue Ribbon are perhaps the only originals still around. His hope, he said, was that someone else would call with the same donation amount to shave off the rest. I listened to the programs broadcast on-air and streamed over the Internet. The Alan Parsons Project (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether/ Sirius/ Eye In The Sky, 6. When I first discovered the station around that time, I was still in high school. Neither were The Corporation and Flow from the 1970 playlist. The goal is to make the playlists easily accessible and searchable. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiyHgXXaitUEgAKvEzfsV1GTgJnrcy0j3Get more from The Muppets!http://disney.com/muppetsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MuppetsTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/MuppetsStudioTumblr: http://themuppets.tumblr.comInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/themuppetsMuppets CharactersNot one to leave the Muppet Lab too often, Beaker is the accident-prone assistant to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. Blue Oyster Cult Vengeance (The Pact), 9. 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. Join in the fun with original Muppet comedy shows, TV promos, and charity PSAs. They told me about the organization, an entirely volunteer driven Friends of Community Radio station, save for one paid manager position. The show featured both well-known acts and up-and-coming talent. Clyde was always on top of the latest music, but never hesitated to juxtapose an older, more popular song with one never before heard. 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. 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. The street was named after the fictional character Dr. John Beaker from the television show The Andy Griffith Show. We arrived instead near the end of Tayles set. Finally, as rain continued to fall, Mountain took the stage. A new minimum drinking age of eighteen had been enacted recently, so there was plenty of bottled beer consumption, resulting in plenty of empty bottles. During that time the show was also streamed live, from itsBeaker Streetweb site. 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. 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. A team of the Kingdom's finest detectives has been assembled and put on the case. Beaker Street began on Little Rock, Arkansas 50,000 watt AM radio station KAAY late in 1966 and ran through 1972. Placebo "Running Up That Hill" 4. Act. The 1970s were a time of great social change in the United States. 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. 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! 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. Music. Mountain would be the main attraction. Celebrate. 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. Memorable songs includedYounger Girl,Darlin Be Home Soon and Red-Eye Express. Beaker Street was named after the street in London where the Beatles lived. Yes Starship Trooper (a-Life Seeker; b- Dissolusion; c- Wurm), 5. 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. Documenting the set lists of legendary radio program "Beaker Street", 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/, CLYDE ON-DEMAND: Listen to Kenneth Hawkins recording of this show by clicking on the link below: Google Drive 119th Beaker Street of the Arkansas Rocks Era. The water works were built to provide water to the growing city of Little Rock. Its ambitious, but attainable. After a steady diet of top forty hits and fast-talking DJs, I was mesmerized by the mellow voice of Clifford and the loosely structured format of acid rock, folk rock, blues, jazz, and what later came to be known as progressive rock. 0. I continued the telethon with only half-a-stache until a second caller made the rest come off. After just two songs, Hurry Up and Hear That Music, frontman Richie Furay tersely announced that Rusty Young, their pedal steel guitarist, had been hit by a beer bottle. This event was on a Sunday, the final day of the festival. By that time, FM had taken hold, and I was now listening to underground radio on Radio Free Madison, WIBA-FM from Madison, Wisconsin. And thanks for listening to Life Out of Tunes on Asheville FM! A book about Beaker Street titled Electric Arkansas was published in 2012. 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. Milkovsky was named one of the countrys top 100 rock DJs by Rolling Stone magazine in 1976. Fri Jan 13, 2023. Grateful Dead Death Dont Have No Mercy (Live/Dead), 7. Arkansas Rocks #140. At the center of this scene was Beaker Street, a weekly radio program that featured blues, rock, and folk music. In fact, the tracks from Abraxas Pool and Gypsy in the example above werent available on Spotify. 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. 3. Ten Years After Id Love To Change The World, 8. 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 program, Beaker Street hosted by Clyde Clifford, was on the air. During that time the show was also streamed live, from itsBeaker Streetweb site. The two-hour live radio show featured local, regional, and national acts, with a focus on promoting and celebrating psychedelic rock music. So it was sweet when, in the mid-90s, I learned that Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford had returned to the airwaves. 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. Maintaining this blog isnt cheap! The two men shared a passion for music and wanted to create a show that would showcase the talents of local musicians. None of the music on that release resembles the Beaker Street background even remotely. Love what youre doing, but you are doing funny things with the file names. His senseless death impacted me. I can assure you that is not the case. Beaker Street also helped to shape the citys musical identity, exposing listeners to a wide range of new sounds and styles. Happy listening! 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. Happy listening! 5. I know what youre thinking. 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. NEXT PAGE. 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. Theyre not actually published anywhere other than in a DJ discussion group for the community radio station, Asheville FM, where I volunteer as host forLife Out of Tunes, the radio show. Every tune will deal in some way with resistance, struggle and hope. Im fortunate to live near a listener-supported, community radio station known as Asheville FM. Change). Check out:Arkansas Record and CD ExchangeRock City Outfitters (Beaker Street Merch)Soft Shirts.comHippy Hounds Hemp Dog TreatsandStated Apparel, 1. Unfortunately, though, there is an audio-visual archive of Heavy Chevy & the Circuit Riders on YouTube. They were John Sebastian, recently gone solo from the Luvin Spoonful; Poco, founded by some former Buffalo Springfield members; and Mountain, four loud, hard rockers led by behemoth guitar shredder, Leslie West. Here are two airchecks of Beaker Street. Als book was titled Why Not Me? Wishbone Ash "Handy" 3. 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. 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. The people of Beaker Street were an eclectic mix of hippies, musicians, dropouts, and misfits. 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. Thanks to the Internet Archive digital library, portions of some original Beaker Street programs have been preserved. Streaming globally at: https://www.ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/. 4. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, Corky Laing, and Steve Knight simply blew us away. The show was created and hosted by John Milkovsky, who was also a music journalist for the Arkansas Times. Monday, January 15, 2018, 2:00-3:00 pm (EST) For others, like me, it becomes a task. 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. 1. Even when Beaker Street was on the air, radio was still never as rogue and deep-diving as your playlists were. Discover Popular Podcasts. Your email address will not be published. Within Temptation Mother Earth (Live at Leidse Kade), 5. Click here to listen to Kenneth Hawkins' Google Drive recording of this show 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. 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. While Beaker Street only lasted for a few years in Little Rock, it left a lasting impression on those who heard it. If you didnt, well you can always listen to the archives. 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. 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. Check out the schedule. 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. In the 1970s, Beaker Street was a major player in the Little Rock, Arkansas music scene. In the 1970s, Beaker Street found a particularly receptive audience in Little Rock, Arkansas. Grand Funk Railroad Mean Mistreater/ Paranoid, 2. They called it Beaker Street, after the street where one of the members lived. Manfred Manns Earth Band In The Beginning, Darkness, 10. They wont be the hits. This aint no oldies program. 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. 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. Keith Emerson & The Nice Little Arabella (Live Vivacious Live At Glasgow 2002), 3. He then moved Beaker Street over to the more established KMJX-FM, Magic 105, where it continued until that station changed format in 2008. 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. Trout Fishing In America Not Fade Away, 10. The show was created by and named after its original host, John Gage, who took the name Beaker from the Muppets character. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Host: Clyde Clifford Incidental Music: Head Cannabis Sativa Check out:Arkansas Record and CD ExchangeRock City Outfitters (Beaker Street Merch)Soft Shirts.comHippy Hounds Hemp Dog TreatsandStated Apparel 8 p.m. to 9, CLYDE ON-DEMAND: Listen to Kenneth Hawkins recording of this show by clicking on the link below: Google Drive 118th Beaker Street of the Arkansas Rocks Era. 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. It helped me forget about how wet and cold we were. Jeff Beck passes on Tue Jan 10, 2023. Summerfest is an annual music festival held in a permanent, seventy-five acre Festival Park along the beautiful shoreline of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 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. Besides his love of science, Beaker has also been known to share his passion for music and singing. Theres sure to be something to tickle your eardrums. On this commemoration of his birth, January 15, Ill broadcast my weekly radio show.
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