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The Jive 95
An Oral History of Americaâs Greatest Underground Rock Radio Station, KSAN San Francisco
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The Jive 95
An Oral History of Americaâs Greatest Underground Rock Radio Station, KSAN San Francisco
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The Jive 95: An Oral History of America's Greatest Underground Rock Radio Station, KSAN San Francisco is an oral history of America's first hippie underground FM station which broadcast the countercultural consciousness of the '60s and '70s to a new generation. A communal radio band of intrepid hellraisers, pranksters, and drug-enlightened geniuses defined this psychedelic era, from the Summer of Love in Golden Gate Park, to the rebellion and bitter end of the late 1970s, which launched the Reagan Revolution.
Founded in San Francisco by Tom Donahue, a 1996 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, an entire generation of Americans discovered a new musical universe among dance clubs, light shows and street festsââthe original pop-ups. Almost overnight, KSAN became an audio clubhouse, where anyone could belong with friends and the cool cats and hipsters they just met.
Rock gods, political stars, and literary celebrities, including Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey, Sly Stone, and John Lennon were all interviewed by founder Tom Donahue and his cohorts, whose listeners "tuned in and turned on" to bands like Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Quicksilver, Country Joe and the Fish, Hot Tuna, The Beatles and Santana, among others.
Folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld was there during those final yearsââwriting, producing, and announcing. His warm, funny voice presents a behind-the-mic experience at KSAN, the beloved, "Jive 95," whose delicious dose of enlightened sunshine and 33 rpm LP dreamscapes ignited a radio explosion from coast to coast.
So, how did KSAN go from a liberating voice to a corporate cliché? It's all here in Rosenfeld's insightful, hilarious account, which includes countless exclusive interviews with iconic performers and never before available in print or audio form.
Founded in San Francisco by Tom Donahue, a 1996 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, an entire generation of Americans discovered a new musical universe among dance clubs, light shows and street festsââthe original pop-ups. Almost overnight, KSAN became an audio clubhouse, where anyone could belong with friends and the cool cats and hipsters they just met.
Rock gods, political stars, and literary celebrities, including Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey, Sly Stone, and John Lennon were all interviewed by founder Tom Donahue and his cohorts, whose listeners "tuned in and turned on" to bands like Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Quicksilver, Country Joe and the Fish, Hot Tuna, The Beatles and Santana, among others.
Folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld was there during those final yearsââwriting, producing, and announcing. His warm, funny voice presents a behind-the-mic experience at KSAN, the beloved, "Jive 95," whose delicious dose of enlightened sunshine and 33 rpm LP dreamscapes ignited a radio explosion from coast to coast.
So, how did KSAN go from a liberating voice to a corporate cliché? It's all here in Rosenfeld's insightful, hilarious account, which includes countless exclusive interviews with iconic performers and never before available in print or audio form.
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Table of contents
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 BEATLES!
- 2 SECRETS OF THE RED DOG SALOON
- 3 THE HAIGHT-FULL GREAT
- 4 HIS SECRET IDENTITY
- 5 BIG DADDY, SLY STONE, AND THE ONE-HIT WONDERS AT THE COW PALACE
- 6 SHEâS SO RAECHEL
- 7 âTOP 40 RADIO IS DEAD AND ITS ROTTING CORPSE IS STINKING UP THE AIRWAVES,â SAYS TOM DONAHUE IN ROLLING STONE, 1967
- 8 A BEAUTIFUL JAILBREAK FROM EVERYWHERE
- 9 CARL GOTTLIEB, HOWARD HESSEMAN, AND THE COMMITTEE
- 10 MILAN MELVIN, DAN OâNEILL, AND THE UNDERGROUND COMIX RADIO ANTENNA
- 11 THE CHICK ENGINEERS
- 12 BEAR
- 13 HIPPIES ON STRIKE, 1968
- 14 THE JIVE 95!
- 15 THE WONDERFUL MCCLAY
- 16 NO GNUS IS GOOD GNUS, BUT SCOOPâS GNUS IS THE LAST NEWS SHOW
- 17 KSAN AND ALTAMONT, 1969
- 18 LARRY LEE, THE GAY LIFE, AND THE WATERGATE FOLLIES
- 19 THE MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN, 1970
- 20 SPILLAGE: THE OIL TANKER DISASTER IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY, 1971
- 21 THE FANTASTIC KRASSNER AND DOC HIPPOCRATES
- 22 THE SAGE
- 23 SPOTS: COMMERCIALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
- 24 THE PUNK
- 25 LENNON AND DONAHUE: THE WALLS AND BRIDGES INTERVIEW
- 26 SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY COMMUNIQUĂS, 1974
- 27 BIG DADDY, 1975
- 28 WHAT WAS THAT?: TEN YEARS AFTER
- 29 NORMAN DAVIS: KSANâS GUIDING LIGHT TO A BETTER BEYOND
- 30 LAST DANCE WITH WINTERLAND (HEâS AL FRANKEN)
- 31 ELVIS COSTELLO, WARREN ZEVON, AND SEX PISTOLS
- 32 THE END OF SOMETHING, 1978â1979
- 33 TAILS OUT: KSAN GOES COUNTRY
- 34 TIME IT WAS AND WHAT A TIME IT WAS A TIME OF
- Bonus! MENTORS/MANIACS/MATES: CHRIS STANLEY AND STEPHEN CAPEN
- SUPPLEMENTARY READING: THE KESEY TAPES!
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS