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Post by michaelcasselman on Mar 27, 2013 7:59:39 GMT -5
Stories like Lou Rawls having amnesia, Stevie Wonder playing on a cross-country flight, the 'other' Fleetwood Mac, and Chicago being booked for a teenager's birthday party seemed to get 'recycled' every few years. Hearing the 70's and 80's series now, sometimes those stories have been played in back-to-back weeks across the series.
What other acts had specific stories that Casey (and/or Shadoe) repeated? And which of these stories was recalled the most?
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 27, 2013 8:27:27 GMT -5
^This is a good idea for a thread. It can be used to identify stories in the current week's shows that are signature stories. This week's signature story has to be the one about the Raspberries scented Lp. It was first told on 9/2/72 and was last told on 3/12/88.
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Post by woolebull on Mar 27, 2013 8:47:26 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Kansas's "drive-in" story was played throughout any run they had in the 70's and the 80's.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 27, 2013 10:18:08 GMT -5
I've heard the story about Bruce Springsteen forgetting the words to his songs on stage at least twice, probably more.
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Post by woolebull on Mar 27, 2013 10:26:44 GMT -5
Wasn't it Alan Freed who Casey always told the story of his life? How he protested that he was black balled from the music industry?
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Post by woolebull on Mar 27, 2013 10:28:11 GMT -5
Stories like Lou Rawls having amnesia, Stevie Wonder playing on a cross-country flight, the 'other' Fleetwood Mac, and Chicago being booked for a teenager's birthday party seemed to get 'recycled' every few years. Hearing the 70's and 80's series now, sometimes those stories have been played in back-to-back weeks across the series. What other acts had specific stories that Casey (and/or Shadoe) repeated? And which of these stories was recalled the most? I also remember the story of Eivets Rednow (Stevie Wonder) quite a few times. |
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Post by mkarns on Mar 27, 2013 12:54:30 GMT -5
Wasn't it Alan Freed who Casey always told the story of his life? How he protested that he was black balled from the music industry? I think you're talking about Al Jarvis, who Casey calls the first disc jockey and who ultimately found himself shut out of radio. Even picketing with the help of famous friends like Dick Clark couldn't get Jarvis back on the air before he died in 1970. Jarvis wasn't a top 40 artist, of course, but that's a good example of the oft-repeated AT40 story. Alan Freed also found himself shut out of radio after being convicted on payola and tax evasion charges; Casey often referred to him as well (and in fact Casey once broadcasted from the same Cleveland studio that Freed once used; SXM's Norm N. Nite does so today.) |
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Post by woolebull on Mar 27, 2013 15:53:11 GMT -5
Wasn't it Alan Freed who Casey always told the story of his life? How he protested that he was black balled from the music industry? I think you're talking about Al Jarvis, who Casey calls the first disc jockey and who ultimately found himself shut out of radio. Even picketing with the help of famous friends like Dick Clark couldn't get Jarvis back on the air before he died in 1970. Jarvis wasn't a top 40 artist, of course, but that's a good example of the oft-repeated AT40 story. Alan Freed also found himself shut out of radio after being convicted on payola and tax evasion charges; Casey often referred to him as well (and in fact Casey once broadcasted from the same Cleveland studio that Freed once used; SXM's Norm N. Nite does so today.) Yeah, thank you for the correction. It was Al Jarvis! I can't tell you how many times that story was retold. Of course, I guess I wasn't listening too well...I couldn't remember Mr. Jarvis's name! Freed, as you said, was the payola guy...sorry Mr. Jarvis for confusing you! Also, the Santana story about the barber helping the group out as they were getting going was often mentioned. I wonder if Casey talked about that when Santana reemerged in 1999/2000? |
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Post by vto66 on Mar 27, 2013 21:04:44 GMT -5
There was that story about Billy Joel's first-album disaster, when he played it for his friends only to discover that the recording had been sped-up in the mastering process. I remember Casey telling it at least twice, and one of those times he remarked that one of Billy Joel's songs would later be covered by The Chipmunks.
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Post by kchkwong on Mar 27, 2013 21:28:55 GMT -5
The story of how Tina Turner started singing with Ike's band. I remember hearing it at least twice in 2011. I think the shows are 3/14/87 and 3/24/84.
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Post by kchkwong on Mar 27, 2013 21:31:41 GMT -5
I've heard the story about Bruce Springsteen forgetting the words to his songs on stage at least twice, probably more. I remember them as well. One of the shows are 2/27/88. I can't remember what's the other show right now. |
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Post by tarobe on Mar 27, 2013 21:48:36 GMT -5
The story of Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge being in a band competition that went up against the Beatles was told a couple of times.
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Post by bandit73 on Mar 28, 2013 15:14:34 GMT -5
Wasn't the story of Stevie Nicks falling off a stage because she wasn't wearing her glasses retold multiple times?
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Post by at40petebattistini on Mar 28, 2013 16:16:07 GMT -5
How many times has Casey told the "story" about the Beatles holding the Top 5 positions in April 1964?
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Post by mkarns on Mar 28, 2013 16:28:05 GMT -5
How many times has Casey told the "story" about the Beatles holding the Top 5 positions in April 1964? I don't know; a lot, especially if you count answers to listener questions. Also, Shadoe certainly did on 4/1/89, when he did a "Book of Records" segment on it, and 4/2/94, which included a Flashback segment to that very week (4/4/64). |
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