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One of my favorite Skynyrd tunes that never got much airplay. Live from 1976. I saw them that year in Chicago, August 1976 @ Comisky Park. This is practically garage rock.
The Greystones. A band of young'uns. They have a fairly long play list of various rock songs. Good for them. They're pretty dang good with songs that are not implanted in their memory.
I bought a Sony 9 transistor am radio in 1963; being the small handheld model. A most decent radio, of course.
My youth was in the countryside (dirt roads) vs being a city kid; small or large city. A small city was 4 miles away, a large metro city was 20 miles away and Detroit was about 70 miles away. My neighbor buds were within 1 mile (a short bicycle ride for us). Four of us would 'camp out' in the summer at one another's yards. Sometimes we had small tents, but many times we placed our sleeping bags on pieces of cardboard in the lawn, weather permitting. At a few of the houses, we had access to small, AC powered radios that we took to the sleep area. We always discovered how many AM radio stations we could tune with decent quality. At the time, FCC rules generally dictated rules for after 6pm broadcast power, so that smaller stations weren't overrun with other signals from larger output stations. Aside from local stations and Detroit for music, the standouts for music were, WSM (We Shield Members), Nashville; and WLS (Worlds Largest Store), Chicago. Nashville was BlueGrass/(Grand Old Opry) and WLS was Rock. The Nashville station was owned by an insurance company and WLS was owned by Sears/Roebuck. Chicago (rock and roll) was always my choice.
The Sony radio: The radio would tune the decent signal from WLS, Chicago out in the sticks of Canada, during a fishing trip in 1963.
Anyone listen to Dick Biondi at WLS? A really fun, crazy and whacky DJ. I'm sure he was listed to from many parts of the country.
I was able to absorb a lot of radio music in my youth.
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Africa - Angel City Chorale. (there is nothing wrong with your sound for the first 45sec)
And Africa is such a great song. Many covers out there.
Live from 1976. I saw them that year in Chicago, August 1976 @ Comisky Park.
This is practically garage rock.
I 'heart' music.....
My youth was in the countryside (dirt roads) vs being a city kid; small or large city. A small city was 4 miles away, a large metro city was 20 miles away and Detroit was about 70 miles away.
My neighbor buds were within 1 mile (a short bicycle ride for us). Four of us would 'camp out' in the summer at one another's yards. Sometimes we had small tents, but many times we placed our sleeping bags on pieces of cardboard in the lawn, weather permitting. At a few of the houses, we had access to small, AC powered radios that we took to the sleep area. We always discovered how many AM radio stations we could tune with decent quality. At the time, FCC rules generally dictated rules for after 6pm broadcast power, so that smaller stations weren't overrun with other signals from larger output stations.
Aside from local stations and Detroit for music, the standouts for music were,
WSM (We Shield Members), Nashville; and WLS (Worlds Largest Store), Chicago. Nashville was BlueGrass/(Grand Old Opry) and WLS was Rock. The Nashville station was owned by an insurance company and WLS was owned by Sears/Roebuck. Chicago (rock and roll) was always my choice.
The Sony radio: The radio would tune the decent signal from WLS, Chicago out in the sticks of Canada, during a fishing trip in 1963.
Anyone listen to Dick Biondi at WLS? A really fun, crazy and whacky DJ. I'm sure he was listed to from many parts of the country.
I was able to absorb a lot of radio music in my youth.