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Playlist: September 25, 1977

January 24, 2016 / Kenny Weissberg / 1970s / No Comments

1970s Ramones & Kraftwerk

When KRNW-FM shut its doors on April 1, 1977, it was the end of freeform radio in Boulder. The rock music station KBCO-FM began its storied run a few months later with a format that emphasized the “Colorado sound.” In deference to the KRNW audience, they gave me a six-hour show on Sunday nights and encouraged me to be myself (i.e., “Be different!”). I took advantage of their largesse, and instead of playing enormously popular format staples like Jimmy Buffett, Eagles, and Firefall, I introduced the audience to new artists like the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, and Graham Parker. Here’s my KBCO “Hot Off The Press” playlist from September 25, 1977:

SONGARTIST
Witchi Tai ToJim Pepper
You And MeStomu Yamashta
IceSpirit
FlyNick Drake
Lunar LullabyRalph McTell
Chance To Get AwayDwight Twilley Band
I’ve Been SpunCity Boy
JennyReggie Knighton
Southern GirlsCheap Trick
Mama Weer All Crazee NowSlade
Cops Are PunksNails
Anything That’s Rock ’n’ RollTom Petty and the Heartbreakers
You’re Gonna Kill That GirlRamones
Blank GenerationRichard Hell and the Voidoids
No CompassionTalking Heads
Rip Her To ShredsBlondie
Sonic ReducerDead Boys
Road RunnerJonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
The StreetHot Chocolate
Mixed Up Shook Up GirlMink DeVille
First NightSouthside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
For YouBruce Springsteen
Goodnight LadiesLou Reed
Love Don’t Love NobodySpinners
JudyAl Green
Rain In SpainSea Level
Ride The WindJames Gang
Help Me Shake ItGraham Parker and the Rumour
LiesKnickerbockers
Lookin’ For An EchoPersuasions
My True LoveJack Scott
There Are More Questions Than AnswersJohnny Nash
Ain’t That A BitchJohnny “Guitar” Watson
Someday My Love May GrowTracy Nelson
San Diego SeranadeTom Waits
Far From MeJohn Prine
Solisbury HillPeter Gabriel
Alone Again OrLove
Village Green Preservation SocietyKinks
Do Your ThingWatts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Under The HammerGil Scott-Heron
Showroom DummiesKraftwerk
Cast Your Fate To The WindGeorge Benson
Afternoon SongChick Corea
Am I BlueBillie Holiday

Playlist: September 29, 1972

December 18, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 1970s / No Comments

RoyBuchanan_Frummox

Although I had been on the radio for less than a year (KRNW-FM, Boulder, CO), I felt like a grizzled veteran. Every day I arrived at the station with a sense of purpose. I played music by my favorite artists (Dylan, the Byrds, Spirit, Poco) and always made sure to turn the audience on to lesser known, but equally brilliant, musicians, poets, and visionaries (Melvin Van Peebles, John Renbourn, Frummox, Roy Buchanan, and Goose Creek Symphony). When I revisit these playlists, it rekindles my wonder for music as well as makes me long for the good old days when disc jockeys were America’s tastemakers.

SONGARTIST
Handbags and GladragsRod Stewart
I Threw It All AwayBob Dylan
BiloxiJesse Winchester
Do You Know How It FeelsFlying Burrito Brothers
Devoted To YouEverly Brothers
MorganaJohn Renbourn
Take It EasyThe Eagles
Railroad DaysPoco
Right NowManassas
Hey JoeThe Byrds
She SmilesSpirit
Journey Through EdenSteve Miller Band
The Messiah Will Come AgainRoy Buchanan
That’s A Good QuestionPeter Kaukonen
In The AftermathSmith, Perkins & Smith
Because Of YouGene Clark
My GuyMary Wells
Chain GangSam Cooke
Everything Is AlrightFantastic Four
I’m SorryDelfonics
Two Sides To LoveThe Temptations
We Only Have One LifeThe Hesitations
Midnight MoverWilson Pickett
Midnight HourChambers Brothers
Lord Of LordsAlice Coltrane
Singing In The RainGene Kelly
That’s How Strong My Love IsRolling Stones
10th & GreenwichMelvin Van Peebles
He Knows A Lot Of Good WomenArthur Lee
High TimeGrateful Dead
Man With The Big HatFrummox
Woman of 1000 YearsFleetwood Mac
Banks Of The Sweet PrimrosesFairport Convention
After The Sugar HarvestMimi Farina and Tom Jans
GoldRowan Brothers
After The GoldrushNeil Young
The Corn Won’t Grow So Rock ’n’ RollGoose Creek Symphony
Carry On (With You)Teegraden & Van Winkle
Sail AwayRandy Newman

Playlist: September 28, 1972

December 8, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 1970s / No Comments

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During my 1971–1977 radio stint at KRNW-FM (Boulder, CO), I was primarily a morning DJ. But during the fall of ’72, there were personnel changes, and I moved to middays (10 a.m.–2 p.m.). That meant I could stay up late and trawl the clubs and bars without having to wake up at 5 a.m. Judging from the first seven songs of this show, I must have had a bad hangover! My shows were memorable because of the new and obscure music I introduced to my audience . . . but on September 28, 1972, I needed to hear the hits.

SONGARTIST
Drunk AgainPaul Butterfield
Same Old WineLoggins & Messina
Champagne And WineOtis Redding
The Wine SongYoungbloods
Wine Do Yer StuffCommander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Sloppy DrunkJimmie Rodgers
Let’s Go Get StonedRay Charles
Think About ItOtis Redding
I Don’t Want NobodyKapt. Kopter & The (Fabulous) Twirly Birds
Cloud NineTemptations
Heaven Help Us AllPersuasions
The Flower And The Young ManStrawbs
All You Need Is LoveBeatles
Do You Believe In MagicLovin’ Spoonful
AnydayDerek And The Dominos
Look Through Any WindowHollies
Well Respected ManKinks
She’s Not ThereZombies
Happy TogetherTurtles
Go NowMoody Blues
All I Have To Do Is DreamEverly Brothers
As Tears Go ByRolling Stones
Tracks Of My TearsSmokey Robinson & The Miracles
PlayboyMarvelettes
This Old Heart Of MineIsley Brothers
Ask The LonelyFour Tops
Ain’t That A Lot Of LoveFlying Burrito Brothers
The PlannerUncle Jim’s Music
Trinity SuiteTim Weisberg
PollyDillard & Clark Expedition
Love Is Just A Four Letter WordJoan Baez
Tregroes NegroesNational Lampoon
WillyJoni Mitchell
Jamaica Say You WillTom Rush
SouvenirsJohn Prine
Song For AdamJackson Browne
Satisfied MindByrds
Home AgainBatdorf & Rodney
Harry FlowersJack Nietzche
TravellingCountry Joe McDonald
RefugeeLazarus
Tears Of RageThe Band
Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie
Sweet JaneVelvet Underground
MonaQuicksilver Messenger Service
NSUCream
PollyPollution
She Made Me Lose My BluesPaul Siebel

Playlist: April 1, 2001

November 24, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 2000s / No Comments

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A random episode of Music Without Boundaries during my seven-year stint at KPRI (102.1 FM) in San Diego. An Irish reel, a Scottish lament, a Brazilian reverie, some Mexican mariachi, and an AC/DC anthem in honor of San Diego Padres relief ace Trevor Hoffman. Toss in some Spirit, Springsteen, and Otis Redding, and this was no ordinary April Fool’s Day radio show.

SONGARTIST
American Skin (41 Shots)Bruce Springsteen
The Galway GirlSharon Shannon
Life Has Just BegunSpirit
Sol NegroVirginia Rodrigues
DionysusJocelyn Pook
La Sudan Ma'aleshRasha
El TecoloteLa Calaca
Knock On WoodOtis Redding/Carla Thomas
Ain’t Nothing Like The Real ThingMarvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Braes ’o BalquhidderTannahil Weavers
Nothing's Gonna Change My MindStealers Wheel
RadicalCatie Curtis
HighwayRodney Crowell
The LadySandy Denny
MorningsideJohn Gorka
Eddie's First WifeGretchen Peters
Hell’s BellsAC/DC
Fresh AirQuicksilver Messenger Service
Club Soul CityGary U.S. Bonds
Killing The BluesRoly Salley
Now And AlwaysRockpile

Playlist: June 1, 1976

November 17, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 1970s / No Comments

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I did mornings at KRNW (97.3 FM) in Boulder, Colorado, from 1971 to 1973 and again from 1975 to 1977. I’m flushed with memories of being able to mix in so many genres into each single four-hour show. This random playlist incorporates folk rock, Latin fusion, an acoustic guitar dirge, glossy R&B, English prog rock, straight ahead jazz, and female singer-songwriters galore. These days, it’s nearly impossible to find a station that allows the DJs to pick their own music (except on community public radio), but back in the ’70s, knowledge of/passion for music was actually a plus!

SONGARTIST
Full CircleThe Byrds
Any World (That I’m Welcome To)Steely Dan
Sweet VirginiaAmerica
Sailin’ The WindLoggins & Messina
Knotts Berry Farm MollyJohn Fahey
Flying CloudsQuah
Smooth SailingRachel Faro
Free Man In ParisJoni Mitchell
Winds Of The Old DaysJoan Baez
Travelling DaysJSD Band
MemoriesPure Prairie League
Wasn't Born To FollowThe Byrds
Keeper Of The KeysBrewer & Shipley
Right Or WrongStealers Wheel
I Had A DreamHubert Laws
Diamond DustJeff Beck
Grace DarlingThe Strawbs
Wild NightMartha Reeves
Redwood TreeVan Morrison
Don’t Ever Say GoodbyeRick Derringer
Listen ListenSandy Denny
Mr. BoatmanWendy Waldman
All Because Of A WomanHarold Melvin and the Blue Notes
Hangin' OnAl Green
Love And Its GloryMinnie Ripperton
CactusJoe Beck
Supernatural ThingBen E. King
ClearSpirit
Liars Of LoveJon Mark
Life On MarsDavid Bowie
Wind Of ChangeBee Gees
Ponta De AreiaWayne Shorter
Parana Airto
Woman She Was GentleEric Andersen
Mr. TannerHarry Chapin
Pretty FriendCowboy

Playlist: April 9, 2005

November 14, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 2000s / No Comments

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Of the eight radio stations I worked for between 1971 and 2007, my longest stint was a nearly seven-year run at KPRI (102.1 FM) in San Diego. I produced and hosted Music Without Boundaries, and they aired the program on Saturday mornings and (repeated) Sunday evenings. I probably would have continued for another seven years except they hired a new program director I called “St. Louis Slick,” who was scared of the show (new PDs always hated the show!) and took away my prime Saturday morning slot, isolating MWB back to Sunday nights only.

I quit on the spot and moved MWB to 91X. I didn’t know this would be my final show at KRPI when I recorded it and find it comical that some of my last songs were “Mistreating Daddy” and “What Good Am I?”

You can read all about my radio years in my memoir, Off My Rocker.

SONGARTIST
I Need Your Love In My LifeSolomon Burke
I Hear The Angels SingingEric Bibb
ImagineKhaled
Old Blind BarnabasBlind Boys Of Alabama
Take A Giant StepTaj Mahal
Railroad Maneels
Don’t Doubt Yourself, BabeThe Byrds
Bamba The PoetYoussou N'Dour
Another Rain SongRuthie Foster
LahimoraVaovy
Stop! In The Name Of LoveThe Supremes
MainstreetBob Seger
LotteryDamien Jurado
Mercy NowMary Gauthier
SudakoTommy Sands
After The GoldrushNeil Young
Surfin’ BirdThe Trashmen
Hey Little GirlSyndicate Of Sound
Carpets Of The SunRenaissance
Talk To StrangersSaul Williams
Bongo BongManu Chao
Mistreating DaddyBessie Smith
Gimme Gimme Shock TreatmentThe Ramones
What Good Am I?Solomon Burke

Playlist: August 16, 1998

November 12, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 1990s / No Comments

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My specialty radio show Music Without Boundaries (1993–2007) had five very distinctive/disparate homes on the San Diego radio dial. I was very excited to take the show to 92/5, an alternative rock station under the leadership of Michael Halloran in 1998. The station had a great cast of characters and tremendous energy. Halloran put MWB on Sunday mornings from 9 to noon and encouraged me to go for it. This playlist contains music from Cuba, South Africa, Ireland, Madagascar, Hungary, and Nigeria. I get into a mini-set of fathers and sons and always find slots for Spirit and the Byrds.

It turned out that this was my last show at 92/5 as it was absorbed by Jacor Communications. As happens so often in the world of radio, Jacor changed the format and fired the entire staff. Ironic that the last song I played was “Mecca.”

SONGARTIST
Broken WingsCherish The Ladies
Haymaking TimeCity Boy
PerduTrio Bad & Jump
Burden & TimeBoom Shaka
Mpiarak’ AndroD’Gary and Jihé
Chan ChanBuena Vista Social Club
A Rockin’ Good WayBrook Benton & Dinah Washington
I Come And Stand At Every DoorThe Byrds
18 Wheels And A CrowbarBR549
LodiCreedence Clearwater Revival
Dream Within A DreamSpirit
Jealous GuyJohn Lennon
BreezeSean Lennon
Closing TimeLeonard Cohen
Opposites AttractAdam Cohen
Alabama RainJim Croce
Uncommon SenseA. J. Croce
Bein’ A DadLoudon Wainwright III
CharismaRufus Wainwright
The Shores Of Loch BrannMarta Sebestyen
So LongMajek Fashek
Remember ThenThe Earls
All Around The WorldLittle Willie John
Cynical GirlMarshall Crenshaw
Suburban SweetheartJosh Rouse
BeachLaura Preble
May You NeverJohn Martyn
Perfect DayLou Reed
Pools Of EdenEliza Gilkyson
Allez YMaria Bethânia
Jack Gets UpLeo Kottke
SygytHuun-Huur-Tu
Ki Ya Gris GrisDr. John
The One Who Really Loves YouMary Wells
Simple SisterProcol Harum
MeccaGene Pitney

Playlist: September 24, 1976

November 11, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 1970s / No Comments

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This playlist is from one of my morning shows on KRNW (Boulder, CO) when I was 28 years old. I was still heavily influenced by the sounds of country rock that were so prevalent in Boulder. But when I look at my playlists from the same week, I see Slade, T-Rex, The New York Dolls, Velvet Underground, and Kiss . . . so my glam rock inner self came out to play on a regular basis. You can’t tell from this list, but I was also an R & B fanatic. This is one of the few shows I did that didn’t include Otis Redding, The Isley Brothers, or Curtis Mayfield.

SONGARTIST
We’ll Meet AgainThe Byrds
Hurry Up And WaitUncle Jim’s Music
All My FriendsCowboy
The Last NailDan Fogelberg
The VirginGene Clark
Lost Her LoveConway Twitty
Long Long TimeLinda Ronstadt
Needing HerHeartsfield
Believe MeSouther Hillman Furay Band
Walk Softly On The BridgesTammy Wynette
Hello WallsFaron Young
Blue Skies Of MontanaRonnie Milsap
Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon WineTom T. Hall
Funny How Time Slips AwayJunior Parker
Many Rivers To CrossJimmy Cliff
MarieLeon Redbone
The Laughing GnomeDavid Bowie
Muswell HillbilliesThe Kinks
Go And Say GoodbyeBuffalo Springfield
Fresh WindOrleans
Found My Way To YouStealers Wheel
Down By The SeaThe Strawbs
It’s A Birthday TodayMoby Grape
Crow RiverLeo Kottke
Sail AwayPeter Frampton
Love Love LoveLinda Lewis
Bless My SoulAtlanta Rhythm Section
Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues AgainBob Dylan
CamelliaHall & Oates
Bluebird WineEmmylou Harris
LiesTracy Nelson
ColoradoOzark Mountain Daredevils
Public DomainJerry Jeff Walker
Franklin LimestoneCharlie Daniels Band
Diamonds In The RoughJohn Prine/Steve Goodman
Mail Order AnnieHarry Chapin

Playlist: February 11, 2006

November 6, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 2000s / No Comments

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I was honored to be asked to bring Music Without Boundaries to San Diego’s legendary progressive radio station 91X in 2005. I was 57 years old and immediately became the oldest show host in station history. Since it was an alternative rock station, their only request was that I keep the sound edgier (read: less folk music/ballads) than in MWB’s previous incarnations. Let’s just say I kept it intelligent. This playlist features music from the Australian Outback, Santo Domingo, Cameroon, Hawaii, and Senegal, as well as topical screeds from Nina Simone and Rodney Crowell.

SONGARTIST
The Man Comes AroundJohnny Cash
IrisDaby Touré
Riot In Cell Block #9The Robins
It Serves You Right To SufferJohn Lee Hooker
Please Come BackLajamanu Teenage Band
Railroad Dayseels
Hawaii ’78 IntroductionIsrael Kamakawiwo'ole
Mississippi GoddamnNina Simone
Ojalá Que Llueva CaféJuan Luis Guerra
Down To ZeroBettye LaVette
Possibly MaybeBjork
Don’t Get Me StartedRodney Crowell
RiverJulia Fordham
I Killed Walter MatthauSteve Poltz
Falling Silent In The DarkCatie Curtis
Lucky 7Steve Robinson
Theme From ShaftIsaac Hayes
Once In AwhileThe Chimes
Drug Store Truck Drivin' ManThe Byrds
Sexual HealingMarvin Gaye
Awa AwaWes

Playlist: December 10, 1995

November 5, 2015 / Kenny Weissberg / 1990s / No Comments

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In 1983, after 12 years on the radio in Boulder, I moved to San Diego and changed careers (becoming a concert producer). I thought my radio days were behind me, when out of nowhere, I was offered a job doing a Sunday evening “straight ahead” jazz show on smooth-jazz KiFM, the #1 rated station in San Diego. I convinced the program director, Bob O’Connor, to let me present a melange of music that wasn’t necessarily jazz, but would appeal to a jazz audience. Music Without Boundaries was born in 1993 and lived to the ripe old age of 14 (on five different San Diego stations). This playlist features music from Chile, Brazil, Ireland, Zimbabwe, and Mali . . . not to mention classical music from Ian Anderson and doo-wop from the Monotones.

SONGARTIST
Vengan A Mi CasamientoVictor Jara
FemininaJoyce
FolonSalif Keita
In A Stone CircleIan Anderson
Cheer The Weary TravelerGolden Gate Quartet
Sixty Minute ManRufus Thomas
Hot And LonelyLee Fields
Reet PetiteJackie Wilson
Baby TalkJan & Arnie
Book Of LoveThe Monotones
Pat ReillyPlanxty
Home From The MillsChesapeake
The Big RaceHoly Barbarians
The Not KnowingTindersticks
Summer DressRed House Painters
ViolinaLisa Gerrard
NdozvamaidaThomas Mapfumo
Never Be Enough TimeJoe Grushecky
WorthyAni DiFranco
Black WingsTom Waits
I Will Be TherePaul Brady
Breathing RoomGary Shiebler
Looking BackBlind Boys Of Alabama
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