So is this the radio host that ultimately influenced the free form style I listened to on CHOM-FM Montreal and other alternative FM radio stations back in the late 60s, early 70s?
He would be the man most likely. I grew up in Cal up until 1969 having listened to SF Bay Area radio until 1965 and then moved to SoCal when basically there was a huge migration of SF DJ's south to L A . Jim Lange, Kasey Kasem, Bob Eubanks to name some IIRC. AM radio in L A just exploded after they all arrived. But freeformish radio was just getting started in L A late 67 with the station in Pasadena KPPC and up north in the Bay Area.
When I moved east to Philly in 1969, while culturally it was like going back in time 10 years, there was already a very healthy underground radio presence with WMMR and what was then WDAS. Everybody stopped by in The Electric Factory back then. Toss in the proximity to NYC and musically it was like I died and went to heaven, building on all of the west coast influence I brought east with me. The East added Folk Rock to my knowledge base and all of the stuff like this that came with it. Then I moved to Cleveburg 50 years ago this month and found sister station WMMS and the other WNCR which were just getting going in the same way as Philly, but it was more Rock based here. And of course we easily pulled in good old CKLW on AM. For a very long time WMMS was just as eclectic as RP. Pretty much over in the mid 90's though and it was a bust out here until I found RP in 2001. My musical life since then has mostly resumed to what I have been accustomed to most of my life.
So I would have to say looking back, I owe Mr Fass an awful lot of thankfulness and gratitude without ever having actually heard the man on air.
So is this the radio host that ultimately influenced the free form style I listened to on CHOM-FM Montreal and other alternative FM radio stations back in the late 60s, early 70s?
Among the great folk and blues artists to play live on Fass' radio show were Joni Mitchell, Odetta, Carly Simon, Taj Mahal, The Incredible String Band, Moondog, The Holy Modal Rounders, Phil Ochs, and Bob Dylan, who joked around and took listener calls on one show in 1966.
One caller praised Dylan's writing and guitar playing but urged him to "sing a little better."
"I appreciate that," Dylan responded. "Good, solid, rock-bottom, foundational criticism."
Yes, there’s the movie. But if you’ve never read Lonesome Dove and its surrounding books, you’re really missing some great writing.
Thanks, I will check him out.
Don't miss Annie Proulx.
I had a go at screenwriting, both original stories and adaptions. The only worthwhile scripts turned out to be those adapted from really good short stories. Not surprisingly, mediocre fiction makes for bad scripts. I guessed that Annie Proulx must be a wonderful storyteller since the Brokeback Mountain movie turned out so well, and that was right.
I have a memory of her visiting my elementary school in Berkeley when the Henry Huggins books came out. We had a small library in the school and she had something to do with it and was there somewhat often for a year or two or so. That was 4th, 5th and 6th grade for me. One of her children may have attended the same school. Very fuzzy. That was a long, long time ago. She did spend a lot of time in Berkeley of and on. I do remember her though because the meeting the lady who actually wrote the books was indeed a special treat for a young kid.
Yes, thereâs the movie. But if youâve never read Lonesome Dove and its surrounding books, youâre really missing some great writing.
I should read LD. The TV mini-series adapted from it was outstanding.
McMurtry was an interesting guy. IIRC he had a used bookstore in DC and would buy book collections from famous people in town, including the considerable holdings of Alice Roosevelt (Teddy's daughter).
He was also brilliant as Lieutenant Al Giardello onHomicide: Life on the Street. One of the great tragedies of our streaming era is that the rights to the distribution of the series are so tangled that it's not likely you'll see the show on Netflix and the like.
