Monthly Archives: May 2010
That ’70s song, Vol. 21
Memorial Day weekend 1970 marked the high point for this week’s tune. Peaking at No. 22 on WLS in Chicago was a song that sounded quite unlike any other in the charts, a song certainly ahead of its time. Sixteen … Continue reading
Distant replays
While Commander Cody was pounding away on the electric piano in the banquet hall the other night, Jerry Kramer sat at a table at the other end of the hall, quietly going about his work. Some of you know exactly … Continue reading
That ’70s song, Vols. 19 and 20
As spring started to give way to summer in 1970, as basketball gave way to baseball, my Panasonic AM-FM radio stayed locked on the AM dial. Mine was not a big world at the time. I didn’t travel far on … Continue reading
The party crasher
Vietnam veterans are in town this weekend for an event called LZ Lambeau. It’s being billed as a long-overdue welcome home. There are four days of events, with the biggie tonight at Lambeau Field. One of the bars within walking … Continue reading
Another day in the life
Thanks for sticking with AM, Then FM as real life, of late, has kept me from listening to tunes, writing about them and sharing them as much as any of us would like. You go through life, and it takes … Continue reading
