JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #757
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December 28, 2009 [Monday]
Issue #757
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BIG BROTHER DIES The guitarist for Janis Joplin`s band Big Brother and the Holding Company, James Gurley, dies after a heart attack at 69 on December 20, 2009 at a hospital in Palm Springs. CA. His death comes just two days before his 70th birthday on December 22nd. In a post on the band’s website (www.bbhc.com/), Sam Andrew remembers, For me and many people, James was the real 1960s, the real exemplar of that counterculture, the forerunner. When I met James in 1966, he was going to die in two weeks of pleurisy. It was always something. James was such a hypochondriac that I was sure he was going to outlive all of us. Now he is gone. Sam founds Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1965 with Peter Albin and Dave Getz. Gurley is the next to join. The group needs a strong singer so band backer Chet Helms contacts Janis Joplin in Austin, TX. In June 1966 Janis travels to San Francisco to join the band. In September, 1967 Big Brother releases its debut album Big Brother and the Holding Company that they record in just three days in Chicago, IL. It remains on Billboard's Pop chart for 30 weeks. Cheap Thrills releases in 1968 and hits #1. But Big Brother only records two albums with Joplin. In a 2007 interview Gurley confesses that then head of Columbia records, Clive Davis, tells Janis to leave Big Brother and go solo with better studio musicians. After he leaves Big Brother James lives a quiet life in Palm Desert, CA. Occasionally he performs on solo projects. In 2000, he releases the album Pipe Dreams. James Gurley's survivors are his wife Margaret and sons Hongo and Django. Big Brother and the Holding Company band members plan a memorial service for James in January 2010 in San Francisco, CA.
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THE EDGE SAYS THE CD IS DEAD Irish Rock band U2's guitarist Dave The Edge Evans, who wears a beanie, lays it on the line in an interview with Hot Press. He warns that the CD industry is pretty much all over and that there is no replacement right now that’s viable. It just means no one’s going to invest in music...no-one is going to get tour support, record deals, publishing deals, all the rest, which is how every band since The Beatles have managed to get going initially...this sort of parasitical medium will basically kill the host, which would not be good. The ISPs shout innocent but The Edge retaliates ...that they are distanced enough that they can hold up their hands and say, ‘It’s not us. We’re not doing anything’, but in the end, people are buying broadband access in order to get content of some sort. I think that the people who have been making it their life’s work to create that content have got a reason to be upset...for young groups, it’s important that this gets resolved. And the beat goes on.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What does it cost the Kingsmen to record their multi-million selling single Louie Louie? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ANDY WALDROP and JANET YANCEY's birthdays are on Saturday, December 26th. •KATZ FM Urban (The Beat 100.3) ST. Louis, MO/Alton, IL stunts with Christmas music until it flips to Rock (The Sound 100.3) as WSDD FM at midnight Friday, December 25, 2009. •COX MEDIA unites its Dayton, OH properties under one roof in the Dayton Daily News building: news-talk simulcast of WHIO FM (95.7) & WHIO-1290, Country WHKO FM (K-99.1) and WHIO TV. •CHER's 6-bedroom Hawaiian home that overlooks the Pacific Ocean will auction on January 18, 2010. Concierge Auctions estimates its worth at $8-$12 million.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 GLENN GOINS singer/guitarist for Funk group Parliament born on January 2nd. •1962 JEFF BRYANT drummer with 1996 and 1998 ACM Top Vocal Group Ricochet born on December 27th in Pecos, TX. •1977 TIMOTHY WHEELER guitarist/vocals with Irish Rock band Ash born on January 4th in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. •1982 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS' Christmas album certifies Gold on December 27th. •1994 DANNY BARKER Jazz singer, songwriter, guitar, banjo, ukulele dies on March 13th. •2002 GEORGE STRAIT's single She'll Leave You With A Smile scores #1 on Billboard's Country chart on December 26th.
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RUSS DIBELLO [Famous Amos] (NYC, NY) JIM! Don’t know if you're aware, but I worked at the old 93-Q (CHR) for a whopping 42 days in afternoon drive in 1988, followed by three years of itinerant part-time work around Houston, including K-Lite. I had my first "CC experience" at the then-brand new 98.5 when they moved them in from freaking Beaumont (!!). I'd never encountered such heartless b_s in my life. But hey, they're all getting their comeuppance (except for the Mays, who exited CC ownership obscenely wealthy and will get theirs in the next life, we can only hope.). Have yourself a merry little Christmas! Famous! Russ DiBello NYC
ATTILA HONEY (NYC, NY) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#755) December 23, 2009 [Wednesday] I had to laugh at your quote from Albert Einstein. I read his book ‘The World as I see it many years ago.’ Simple and impressive…but as I grew older I discovered that there was another world for Einstein which was that he couldn’t keep his britches up! LOL. Hope you got my card in time for Christmas. I live in the country and when it snows, it’s like being in heaven as the earth is so silent and the sheer pristine beauty of nature’s wonder makes me forget temporarily of the condition of this world. But then I remember how wonderful it is to have friends across the world – some you’ve never met – still that friendship is always there…like you Jimmy. Wishing you and your best girl a cozy Christmas (oh dear I said the words. MERRY CHRISTMAS) and nothing but the best for the coming year. Attila
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DAVE BIONDI (Houston, TX) Subject: Facebook post. I am very sad - again today - as my treasured Black office cat "Unix" (El Gato Negro) died at 5:50 this morning (Wednesday). I sat with him on my lap all night as I just felt that this was the night. Unix was a dear friend and constant companion for 13 years that knew love and knew how to give it back and would always greet visitors at the BNetRadio studio. I'm really gonna miss my friend, companion and best buddy, Unix.
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JAN CASE (Houston-Katy, TX) Subject: Ed (Case). Just letting you all know that as of yesterday, Ed is under the care of hospice. It came up rather suddenly. I can no longer get him out of bed or his chair or car by myself and even with Kristi helping it's still hard. I cancelled an appt with his kidney doctor and they suggested I get Home Health. ...they said Medicare would not approve him because they have such strict guidelines and you have to be showing improvement and since all his doctors think he is not going to improve they suggested we get private home health. Well obviously I can't afford to pay those rates so they suggested Hospice. That took me a little aback since I didn't think we were really there yet. So a Hospice Nurse came out and at first she didn't think he would qualify under their guidelines either but upon further consideration they accepted him. But they will send a Nurse Practitioner out 3 x /week to bathe him. He was very lucid yesterday and I didn't want to make that decision without his knowledge so we had a long talk and he agreed it was a good idea. I reminded him that before he was born God knew the number of his days and if we live, we live to the Lord and if we die, we die to the Lord so whether we live or die - we are the Lord's. I have accepted this, but I'm still very sad. He has been precerted for 3 months and then Medicare makes them reevaluate all their patients so, if on the slight chance he has improved - then they will discharge him. There's a lady in our church who has been in hospice for 2 years. I'm still giving him all his meds, etc. The kidney failure and his Parkinson's at least aren't painful. He has just been quite quickly slowing down more and more and losing strength. So keep him in your prayers, please. Love, Jan
TRIVIA ANSWER: The original version of Louie Louie by The Kingsmen costs just $36 to record but it sells over 12 million copies.
CHUMBE SALINAS (Benavides, TX) Subject: Ed Case. They (Ed and Jan Case) live in Katy where they moved a few years ago after living in Spring Branch for about 30 years! Paul (Williams) can probably tell you more about his history. When I met them in the mid 70's, Ed was an account executive with Paul Williams and Chet Hancock at KTRH! They remained in touch thru the years! I know that he was real big on Jazz and associations related to Jazz. Beautiful voice! Again, Paul Williams can probably fill you in with more info. I'm on my iPhone thru the weekend so it's tedious writing too much! I'll get with Jan once I get back to my regular computer! cs
JAMES MADISON (1751-1836) The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons
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