Jahfin Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I was reminded of this tune when an old friend of mine included it in one of his recent podcasts. Can't say I remember much (if anything) about the band but I definitely remember the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dazedcat Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 This was popular in clubs that I used to frequent back in the day and got a lot of airplay on the more progressive FM stations where I live..........not sure if it's "classic" though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 I feel fortunate to have grown up during the time period when there were still AOR stations because they actually lived up to their name by playing deep album cuts. You just don't get that with Classic Rock radio, unless you like hearing "Stairway To Heaven", "Freebird" and "Smoke On the Water" for the umpteenth time. So much great music slips through the cracks, such as this one from Pete Townshend's White City concept album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 WZLX does it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 WZLX does it all the time. I have no doubt but actual album rock stations have become the exception these days rather than the rule. That goes not just for rock n' roll radio stations but for other genres as well. I have a friend that works in radio that said when he drove back to North Carolina from Colorado recently he made it a point to tune in some of the stations owned by the company he worked for and all of them sounded exactly the same. Used to, album rock stations had some true depth to them as well as character because they had their own on air personalities and weren't front loaded with syndicated programming as so many stations are today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 We are fairly lucky to have such a station,even if it is owned by CBS,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jahfin Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 The last true rock n' roll station in this area (Raleigh, NC), 96 Rock, recently did away with all of their on air personalities. I hardly listened anyway but I'm definitely not going to listen now. Thankfully, this area is blessed with lots of great college radio stations such as WXDU (Duke), WXYC (UNC) and WKNC (NCSU) but it would be nice to have a true AOR station again such as WQDR and WRDU. Strangely enough, both of those stations went Country. A few weeks ago I visited with some folks I used to work in radio with and we visited a station where one of them now works. Hardly anything is done live on the air, the announcers all use the "voice tracking" system where all of their breaks are pre-recorded. In fact, the formats are prepackaged software programs that are loaded onto the stations computers. The only customization is the voice tracking and the addition of commercials. Otherwise, everything is completely automated, there is no real need for live announcers. Then again, I listen almost exclusively to satellite radio where nothing is live. The difference is, they have the freedom to stretch out musically by playing deep album tracks as well as very lengthy songs. There are also no concessions towards censorship, they can play pretty much whatever they want. Meanwhile, commercial radio has become so cookie cutter that it's lost all it's attraction to me as a listener. Thankfully, there are alternatives such as satellite radio and listening to stations via the internet that still have some balls when it comes to programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Deep album cuts. Did it this past weekend with what they called a 'double-shot' block,played one well know tune,,then a deep cut. The station does a lot of that stuff.Instant requests,you can pick 10 songs and the afternoon guy will play them. Breakfast with the Beatles Sunday morning,followed by Sunday morning blues,3 hours worth. A block of Zep at 7pm 5 nights a week,... http://wzlx.radio.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 http://youtu.be/nE_gIPevPG4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 More from my era.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jahfin Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 http://youtu.be/g3P_re8R3Y8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 I can't say the song itself is "forgotten" because I honestly don't remember it but when it comes to Johnny Winter himself, it seems he's largely been forgotten. Just not by rock n' roll radio (which in most cases these days is a fucking joke) but by such institutions as the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. I rarely ever see his name mentioned on any "best guitarists of all time" lists as well. http://youtu.be/1QLdbv8DvSY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I don't recall ever hearing this on the station I listen to. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 This song could have just as easily fit in the Cover Songs thread but it's also fitting here because I probably would have never heard of Garland Jeffrerys if it wasn't for WQDR in Raleigh, NC playing this song back in the day. Garland is still going strong these days, having just released a new album last year called The King of In Between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnGbbd_nU-Q&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Great song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Steve Forbert's best known for this song (as well as being another in a very long line of "New Dylan's") but he still releases excellent new albums to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Johnny Winter did this but Rick Derringer had the hit on the radio with it...........he wrote it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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joe (Liverpool) Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Barclay James Harvest - "Suicide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bong-Man Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 What a performance ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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