March 2007: On March 3rd 2007, I caught up with Dick Coughlin, the drummer of the Cherry Slush, who had several cool tunes but none cooler than their national USA label release of "I Cannot Stop You" which many first heard on Dick Clark's American Bandstand Show when the song was being rated.
Although the song was a regional hit, and #1 in the Cherry Slush's hometown of Saginaw, Michigan, the 45 release only peaked at #119 on the Billboard national charts. I know when I first heard the song, I thought then and even now, that it was simply the coolest tune ever. I never understood how this song, as many that I feature on my show, was never a Top Hit!!
Talking with Dick Coughlin for me was a real honor as I learned so much about the song that I fell in love with back in 1968, the Cherry Slush, and how good so many of their other songs were.
If you missed the March 3rd 2007 broadcast, or simply wanna hear it again, please enjoy this: mp3 replay of that magical night.
-----Dave the Rave
February 2007:
Relics and Rarities continues to be a labor of love for me to produce both on Saturday nights live on www.topshelfoldies.com, and the syndicated edition which is a bit more radio friendly and as such has been well received on commercial radio including Clear Channel's KLDJ-FM in Duluth, Minnesota.
Progress continues to be made, slowly but surely, on the American Jukebox project which is a radio show co-hosted with Tommy James. Tommy continues to be very active both with touring and recording exciting new material. Tommy James fans may want to visit his website at www.tommyjames.com.
Relics and Rarities seems to have acquired a new fan of the show who just so happens to be a very influential programmer of an oldies network. I remain hopeful that some creative programmer will help in my effort to have Relics and Rarities, and the many great tunes that deserve a second chance, to be heard on as many stations as possible.
On January 27th, 2007, I had the honor of having TV show host Lloyd Thaxton as my guest on Relics & Rarities. Lloyd Thaxton hosted his own American Bandstand type of a show called "The Lloyd Thaxton Show". The show began in 1961 on KCOP-TV Los Angeles and in 1964 became nationally syndicated in 127 markets and remained on the air until sometime in 1968.
The Relics & Rarities show with Lloyd Thaxton attracted what I believe to be a record listening audience and attracted many very special guests who called to reminisce with Lloyd. Some of the guest recording stars that called were as follows:Diane Renay, Johnny Madara (Spokesmen), Mary Weiss (Shangri-Las), Tommy James, Howard Kaylan (Turtles), and Bob Miranda (Happenings).
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the show was when Lloyd Thaxton discovered that the Slauson was no longer his all time favorite dance, but rather a very special dance from a rare 45 that Lloyd said he would have made a hit if only he heard the 45 when released in 1963. You must hear this rare 45 and Lloyd's incredible reaction to it!!
If you like radio lunacy, you might enjoy our late night 3am phone call (2am Central time) to Bill Dalton an original Royal Teen, who I thought at the time was Bill Crandall (Buddy Randell) of the Knickerbockers. It was a crazy radio moment for sure!!
Please note that the Thaxton interview audio starts off with much difficulty hearing Lloyd. The audio was corrected about 12 minutes into the interview.
I hope all is well with you the radio listeners, supporters of Relics & Rarities, and fellow record geeks like me. Please drop me a line with any comments or suggestions. Until next time....keep listening for Relics & Rarities!!!
Dave the Rave
February 24, 2007
November
2006
On Oct 21st, Dave interviewd Charlie Calello - one of the top
arrangers in the world, and former member of the Four Seasons.
Listen to the interview here.
Thanks to Steven Green for providing the audio!
In
the next few weeks, we will be adding a few more current shows
to the audio archive as
well -- So keep checking back for your "Dave the Rave fix"
September
2006
I would like to update those of you who have been so very supportive
of my show, "Relics & Rarities", and have continued
to inquire as to the status of this show, and in general, your inquiries
into the radio exploits of mine.
Relics & Rarities is once again being produced as a 1 hour radio
show for radio thanks to some enterprising and creative radio station
personnel who have requested that I produce a Relics & Rarities
show for their airwaves. Let me briefly tell you how that all came
to be as I thank you the fans who actually made that possible.
Radio people love to read radio message boards like the XM Fan Board
(www.xmfan.com)
and others. Minnesota radio jock, the Rayman of KLDJ-FM, read some
passionate pleadings from fans asking that XM 60's return Relics
& Rarities back to the airwaves. Intrigued by what he had read,
Rayman explored this website and read more about myself, as well
as having listened to some archived shows that are presented on
this site. Rayman liked what he heard so he got his program director
(PD), Scott Klohn, to listen to the archive shows as well.
I received an email from KLDJ-FM asking if I would make the show
available for their station which features syndicated shows on the
weekend. I looked at their lineup of Little Steven's Underground
Garage, Dick Clark, etc, and said why not Dave the Rave. If a Clear
Channel affiliate would welcome Relics & Rarities, then I will
start to produce a show for them similar to what was done for XM
60's. Relics & Rarities has been airing on KLDJ-FM Sunday mornings
at 10am Minnesota Time, and I am being told by the PD that the show
is being very well received.
WQMA-AM is a similar story as to how they came to carry Relics &
Rarities. Station owner Jason Konarz saw a post on the XM Fan board
about my American Jukebox project that I am producing with rock
icon Tommy James. Jason contacted me about American Jukebox being
one of the syndicated shows that WQMA carries during the weekend.
I informed Jason that American Jukebox, although slowly but surely
getting closer to being radio available, was not ready yet. Jason
asked about Relics & Rarities which he said he was always amazed
at how much listener support there was for the show, being that
years later, fans were still demanding its return to the XM airwaves.
WQMA has now agreed to carry Relics & Rarities on Friday's at
4pm Central time. WQMA streams on the internet at www.q1520radio.com,
and Relics & Rarities will follow Ross Brittain's Hit Machine
program. I hope many of you will tune in the program via the internet
stream, or on air if you live in the area serviced by that particular
station.
Relics & Rarities is once again being aired by stations that
solicited me for this show. I appreciate that very much and I thank
those brave programmers who apparently wear their own suits and
march to their own beat.
If anyone reading this wishes to recommend Relics & Rarities
to any other station, XM, Sirius, or local station, please feel
free to help us make the connection as new shows are now being produced
once again. Contact or email your station of choice and ask them
to contact me regarding Relics & Rarities. (dave@davetherave.com)
Those of you who have gotten to know me, know that I do these shows
because I love the music. I love giving 45's and the artists behind
them a second chance for the many records that fell between the
cracks and deserve to be heard on the radio. That is my principal
motivation for producing this show!
I continue to do a live internet edition of Relics & Rarities,
which is a slightly less commercial edition of Relics & Rarities,
most Saturday nights from 10pm to 3am Eastern time. The broadcast
can be heard at www.topshelfoldies.com.
American Jukebox, a radio show being produced with Tommy James continues
to move ahead, although slower than perhaps initially thought as
Tommy's recording and touring career has been accelerated with the
release of Tommy's new CD "Hold The Fire" (www.tommyjames.com).
The legendary arranger, producer, performer Jimmy Wisner has begun
consulting on the American Jukebox project.
Please check the audio link at this website to hear some of the
new shows being produced for radio, and hopefully to be heard on
your station of choice soon.
Thanks for stopping by this site, thanks for your support of Relics
& Rarities, and most of all for supporting the music.
------ Dave the Rave, September 2006
May
2005
Just got an e-mail from Dave the Rave, that he would like me to
share with his fans and supporters...
"It's
been awhile since any new show has been posted on this site which
was started by the talented film producer James
Hannon who cherished those XM radio shows of mine.
My show on XM, "Relics & Rarities" was
like life imitating art. The show was imaged as a guy playing tunes
on the radio that most would be fired for playing, and I guess that's
what happened. I have for the most part remained silent as to the
behind the scenes dealings involving XM and myself because I felt
there was nothing to gain by airing dirty laundry.
I will
tell you that Relics & Rarities almost did return to XM in spring
of 2005, as it was approved by a program director at XM who was
in love with the show. However, as is often the case in the battle
between radio programmers and the powers that be above them, an
individual decided that an hour of rarities, that may include a
little crackle or pop here and there, was not worthy of the XM digital
environment.
Sadly,
it's a suit not understanding that an hour for the collector to
hear some great rare sides, even if they were coming off of an analog
source, would still be a great asset to XM, and its many unique
offerings.
XM
and satellite radio still offer great potential to the public for
diverse programming, as do internet radio and podcasters. I suggest
to the public that you do your best to convey to the powers that
be, either at XM or whatever you normally listen to, exactly what
type of programming you would like to hear. Only by doing this,
can the airwaves be filled with what you wanna hear instead of what
some suit, who usually doesn't get it, thinks you should hear.
As
for what I am doing these days, I continue to have fun doing Relics
& Rarities on internet radio on Saturday nights from 9pm-3 or
4am EST on www.topshelfoldies.com.
This show is unique as I will play some crackly 45's that I could
not play on XM, and I take live phone requests.
The
BIG news is that I am working closely with the legendary Tommy
James (Shondells) on a cool new radio show that we hope
to have syndicated called "American Jukebox".
Tommy shares, as I do, a real appreciation for the many cool tunes
found on 45 and we share thoughts on these tunes as we literally
go through piles of 45's, not knowing what 45 we will play next.
It's a fun show and the production of American Jukebox is going
great.
Please
check the Audio
link on this page for some new Relics and Rarities show(s) that
were done recently on my internet radio show. Please drop me a line
if you have any comments, questions, or thoughts. It's nice knowing
that you are out there! dave@davetherave.com
Let
me also say thanks to the man who makes this site possible, James
Hannon. James is not only a great fan, but someone with his own
fans. James produced a great documentary on one of my favorite garage
bands of the 60's called "Out
of Our Dens- The Richard and the Young Lions Story".
It's a great documentary about the band, and what in general happened
to many bands that caused many great 45's to be Relics & Rarities
material instead of top 25 hits."
---
Dave the Rave, May 2005
December
12th, 2004
A
Dave the Rave fan named Gman started
a blog at savedaverave.blogspot.com to
start a Bring Back Dave the Rave movement. It isn't
associated with Dave nor this site, but if it could
help get Dave's show back on the satellite radio airwaves,
we're all for it!
November
10th, 2004
Dave
recently received a visit from Tommy James & Jimmy "The
Wiz" Wisner at the Relics & Rarities
vault! Tommy was a guest of Dave the Rave on both XM
Radio and Topshelf Oldies, and premiered his single "I
Love Christmas" on Dave's radio show.
Heres
where you can see the pics
October
3rd, 2004
Still
waiting for XM to put Dave back on the air. Might be
a good time to send a reminder e-mail to them that
we are still waiting...
Click here to politely e-mail
XM and tell them to bring back the show in its original
format! (Don't
forget to mention that they broke their promise!)
If they do put Dave back on the air, someone tell me since I've long cancelled
my subscription to them thanks to them pulling Dave.
On
the plus side, I've become quite hooked on Sirius
Satellite Radio and Little
Steven's Underground Garage Channel. Its the closest
I can find to Dave's format out there. --- With the
exception of course, of Dave's weekly Top
Shelf Oldies Show on Saturday Nights.
Now
for some good news.
Due
to me feeling guilty about not updating the site in a
lonnnnng time, I pulled some strings and put
ALL of Dave's XM shows up on the site for those
of you who didn't get to hear it the first time around!!!!
Check out Audio Archives to
hear them. I also made a few other minor updates to the site.
July
31st, 2004
Sorry
for the long delays in between news posts, but with
Dave not being on the air regularly, its kinda hard
to find incentive to post... Some big things have happened
recently:
Dave
has made an appearance on the new Richard and
the Young Lions Documentary DVD! I should warn
you that I am biased in that it was my my film that he
popped up in, but it is Dave news regardless! For more
info check out the official
RYL Documentary site -- Check out Dave's
pictures from the big premiere here
Big
news at XM!! According to a post on XM411.com
"An
industry website, AllAccess.com, reported Cleve's
resignation today, stating that Cleve is headed
back home to Tampa to spend time with family (my
note - he spent a lot of years at what was then
top-rated Q-105 in Tampa - I had the pleasure of
listening to him there when I was traveling in
that area). They are also reporting his replacement
as PD is Pat Clarke from 50's on 5, with Matt The
Cat assuming MD duties at 50's on 5. "
We
wish Cleve well whatever he does.. He was the one who
believed in Dave enough to get him on XM and fought
for him when the suits took him away.. So I'd like
to give him a heartfelt thanks! Hopefully the new PD
will be wiling to keep up the fight to get Dave back
on the air!
In
a related note, I would like to mention that I shut
down my XM subscriptions because without Dave on the
air in a regular spot, Sirius is the better satellite
radio system... Right now, Little
Steven's Underground Garage Channel on Sirius is
the best place to find music like what Dave would play.
Theres
other news-a-brewing in Dave the Rave World, but we
have to let it come to fruition before we say anything!
June
20th, 2004
Ok,
received some promising news regarding Dave's future!
It seems that the outcry for killing Dave's weekly show
was far more than XM expected and "the suits" are
starting to take notice that Relics and Rarities is
pretty popular...
First
off, THANK YOU for showing your support!
It tells
Dave that we really do appreciate his show and that he
is doing something right...
Secondly
- Now that we got XM's attention,
we absolutely cannot stop sending those (polite) messages
telling XM that we want Relics and Rarities back as
a
full hour show!!
The two song clips throughout the week
that they are substituting for the hour show would be
a nice promotion for the full hour
show, but they are hardly a replacement... I dont know
about the rest of you, but I have no plans to listen
all day to XM just so I can hear these randomly placed
spots..
So
keep::
- Voicing
your support on these threads at XMFan.com or XM411.com
- Click here to politely e-mail
your displeasure to 3 key people at XM and Dave... I
stress politely because writing a nasty note will
only succeed in getting your letter ignored by them..
June 17th 2004
Sorry for lack of news
lately, but I've been on vacation the last 2 weeks..
Not directly Dave related, but I would like to announce
that we lost an unsung rock legend today.
Howard "Richard" Tepp - "Richard" of Richard and the Young Lions passed
away today of leukemia. He was 56.
Within
the last few months, Richard and the band had just
put the finishing touches on a CD that they had been
working on for almost 3 years,
and it really sucks that he will not be able
to see the fruits of his labor of love.
As
many of you know, I just finished the documentary of
the band, and I saw first-hand that
he really loved the music - so much that he
would drive 300 miles (roundtrip) almost every Sunday
for almost 3 years to go to recording sessions.
Richard
was a good guy and a friend to both Dave & I, and he
will be missed tremendously.
This
is Dave the Rave related in that Dave & I first
met through the band, and the very first (non-intro)
song that
he
played
on his premiere XM show was RYL's "Open
Up Your Door".
May
30th, 2004
Received
an e-mail from Dave thanking everyone for our support
and ways to try and keep the show alive... Click
here to read
Dont
forget, I also uploaded the missing show (#24) yesterday
afternoon in the Audio
Archive
May
29th 2004
Dave's
last (for now)
XM show is now up - as well as it's setlist... It's
a perfect sendoff for my favorite show... Check out Audio.
Also,
the missing show (#24) is also up this weekend - Thanx
to Lee for catching it whenever it finally did air!
Check out Audio.
Now
for all the news..
First off, Dave and I would like to thank everyone who showed their support
last week... You definitely have been making your voice heard to the 60's channel
on Xm... Please keep it up!
If
you're just tuning in, you can pick up the fight to
keep Dave's show on the air by:
- Voicing
your support on these threads at XMFan.com or XM411.com
- Click here to politely e-mail
your displeasure to 3 key people at XM and Dave... I
stress politely because writing a nasty note will
only succeed in getting your letter ignored by them...
Now,
a few things we need to straighten out based on a
few emails and posts that I saw this last week...
- Regardless
of any e-mail Phlash of XM has sent to the contrary,
Dave is not being uncooperative in keeping his show
on the air... There probably will be short clips
of Relics and Rarities haphazardly during the week
on XM 60's on 6... Not nearly enough by any means,
but it shows that Dave is being cooperative.
- Cleveland
Wheeler is not the enemy... I believe that he truly
has been a supporter of Dave's show from the beginning...
He's the one who got Dave on XM in the first place...
- Dave
is absolutely not holding out for more money (I
really laughed when I saw that one) -
I can honestly say that Dave does this purely for
love of the music and getting it out to fans...
I
would like to mention here that you can catch Dave "live" on
his regular TopShelfOldies.com show... You can call
in and make requests for songs and see just how much
this man loves the music..
It usually begins at 9pm (EST) on Saturday nights, but if he's not on promptly
at 9, keep checking back (He's been known to start at 10 sometimes)
May
22, 2004 - part 2
URGENT
XM cancels Relics & Rarities - Last show May 29th,
2004
I
just got an e-mail back from Phlash Phelps (XM jock
who answered my mail of earlier today) saying: "Well,
(Dave's) show is cancelled after the end of the month
due to sound quality and complaints of no pad data.
So the final show will be on next week"
Suddenly
hearing a repeat of Dave's show is not that important
anymore... Why on earth would they shelve a show like
Dave's??? Its a one-hour a week specialty show that
I'm betting isnt very expensive... And from what I've
seen in my mailbox, it has a solid and loyal audience...
Sound
quality??????? When has radio become more about sound
quality than about programming quality?? For the record,
Dave's show sounds fine.. 95% of the listening population
couldnt tell the difference between Dave's show and
the rest of whats being played on XM normally...
This
sucks... A show I actually get up early to listen to
(and do all this free "for love of the show" work
to help promote) is cancelled...
What
can we do?
I
don't know if it will do any good, but heres what
we can try...
- Start
e-mailing the hell out of XM (politely of course
- cursing at them will accomplish nothing) asking
them to reconsider. Their e-mail is sixties@xmradio.com
- Keep
voting for Dave over at www.xmvote.com -
Its quick & easy to do and it might just show
them how popular the show really is...
- Show
your support for Relics & Rarities over at XM411.com (you
will have to register, but it's free and not nosey
about your personal info)... The link takes you right
into that particular message thread...
- E-mail
the fine folks over at Sirius Satellite Radio and
ask them to pick up Dave's show if XM doesn't want
it. Their e-mail address is genfeedback@sirius-radio.com - If
I find a better one, I will let you know!
If
you like Dave's show and want to continue hearing it,
this is absolutely the time to start making your voice
known...
May
22nd, 2004
This sucks... Today they're playing the show they played last week (show #25)...
AGAIN... I love Dave's show and I dig XM, but this is annoying... After going
to bed at 2am last night, i had to set the alarm clock to catch the 8am show
- only to find out its a repeat!! This is quite frustrating - especially since
this is not the first (or third) time this has happened...
I
know Dave has no control over this and is not to blame. XM has
really got to get their act together... I'm going to send an
e-mail to sixties@xmradio.com complaining
about this... I suggest you folk do too.. It'll also show how
much support Dave has out there!
Ugh..
By
the way, We now have the setlist for this missing show now in Setlists -
thanx to Lee Demsey
Speaking
of Lee, an apology to him for misspelling his last name in his "Site
credits" - it's Lee Demsey (not Dempsey).. An honest mistake
- i think i fixed it everywhere on the site..
May
16th, 2004
Thanx
to puterguy1 making a return appearance,
we now have yesterday's setlist up!
May
15th, 2004
Ok,
todays show (#25 aired on 5/15) is now up in the archives -
and it has the premiere of Tommy James's new song on
it!!!
As
for last weeks show - For "whatever" reason,
XM did not air Dave's show of last week (5/15/04 -
Show #24)... Supposedly they played show #24 for the
first
time last night (Friday 5/14), but I wasn't listening,
so I don't have it... But Dave tells me that XM will
air it again next week during the regular show hours...
And then show #26 will actually air on May 29th.. It
gets confusing, but hopefully things will work themselves
out..
URGENT: If
you like Dave's show and want to see it continue on
XM, it is crucial to
send e-mails to sixties@xmradio.com and/or DaveRaveXMRadio@aol.com telling
them how much you love the show...
I
highly stress the urgency of sending those e-mails ASAP.
May
9th, 2004 - Still
no word on why there wasn't a new show on XM this morning.
Ok,
I'm trying something here to see if I can bring a little
cash in for hosting the site... So, If you look to the
bottom of the webpages here and on the sub-pages, theres
a few
ads
there...
We
here at DavetheRave.com do not personally know if the
ads
below are good deals (or not)
(Honestly
we have no idea what is in there at any given time)
So if you go to
them, treat them as if you found them thru a google
search and not a personal recommendation...
If they're helpful, great... If not, they're out
of the
way, so you can easily ignore em..
May
8th, 2004 - Update
as of 3:30pm
All three missed shows are now up in the Audio
Archive!!! All caught up... Enjoy!
Still
no word on why there wasn't a new show on XM this morning..
May
8th, 2004
First
off, this morning's XM show was a rebroadcast of the
April 17th show. Its unknown as to why right now, but
we'll find out what we can and report back when todays
show will be broadcast... Can't say I'm too bummed as
I hadn't heard that one as of yet... It did give me some
breathing room to get the missed shows up..
Ok,
update as of 3:30... All three missed shows are now up
in the Audio
Archive!!! April 17
And
as promised, Dave's April
17th show (Show #21) April
17th show (Show #21)April
17th show (Show #21)is
now up in the Thanks to Lee for taping
it
as
it
aired and sending it to me!
Dave's April
24th show (Show #22) is now up in the Audio
Archive! Thanks again to Lee!
Watch
this space as the May
1st show should
be up soon (also thanx to Lee!)
May
3rd, 2004 - Late Edition
Ok,
just a quick update to let you know that I just updated
the Setlist archive thanks
to users Lee Michael Demsey and Jim D.... Hopefully
I will get around to catching up on the audio archives
this weekend!
May
3rd, 2004
OK,
figured I'd just put a note up and tell everyone
who's asking that I haven't stopped updating the site...
Also thank you for all the nice words you have said about the site and Dave's
show!
The
last three weekends have been brutally hectic, so I
haven't had a chance to update the site.. But
rest easy, thanks to Lee, I have the first two
shows I missed on tape, and fully expect to have the
third
one really soon... Also, I have setlists for
the three shows I missed, so I am going to "try" to
put those up tonight..
Provided
nothing exciting happens next weekend, I should be
back in full swing on Saturday!!
By
the way, thanx for voting for Dave at www.xmvote.com!
He's up to 43 votes - which may not sound like much,
but considering the highest ranker on the site has
106 votes, this is not too shabby!! If we can overtake
Phlash Phelps (another great DJ on XM), this will really
be a feather in Dave's cap!
April
19th, 2004
Time
to show support for Dave's show!!!
There's
a site where you can vote for your favorite "everything" at
XM!
Instructions
for voting for Dave:
