Songs from the Summer 1974-- Part 2: 'Sundown'

PRETZEL LOGIC--  Steely Dan

DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING--  Stevie Wonder

SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE--  Aerosmith

BENNY AND THE JETS--  Elton John

A DREAM GOES ON FOREVER--  Todd Rundgren

REBEL REBEL--  David Bowie

I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG--  Jim Croce

WORKING MAN--  Rush

THE AIR THAT I BREATHE--  Hollies

MIGHT JUST TAKE YOUR LIFE--  Deep Purple

MOCKINGBIRD--  Carly Simon & James Taylor

SUNDOWN--  Gordon Lightfoot

CALL ME THE BREEZE--  Lynyrd Skynyrd

WALL STREET SHUFFLE--  10CC

THE SHOW MUST GO ON--  Three Dog Night

COME MONDAY--  Jimmy Buffett

CAN'T GET ENOUGH--  Bad Company

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Heading Out To San Francisco For The Labor Day  Weekend Show."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

If the Summer of 1974 Means Something to You: Bob Stroud's Annual Salute to the Summer of '74

Tune into Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, today from 9 to noon CDST as Bob Stroud takes a trip way back, fifty years ago to be exact, to play the songs on your radio and in your record collection from June 2, 1974.

This is the first part of his four-part trip back to the Summer of '74.  He will also visit that day the first Sunday in July, August and September.

The station will also air it again from 9 pm to midnight.  And it streams over the internet.

I sure will be listening.

Road'74

About This Last Weekend-- Part 2: A Civil War Meeting and Was John Wilkes Booth Actually Killed?

SATURDAY, JULY 24

I had breakfast out on the front porch as usual, then went on the internet and prepared the questions for the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group and researched some information about the Lincoln Conspirators which was today's topic.

Drove to Crystal Lake listening to WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback to 1974, my first year out of college and teaching.  Too bad I had the meeting.

We had seven people at the Panera Bread store in Crystal Lake.  And, our friend Frank even e-mailed his famed impossible questions in from down south where he is recovering from a sickness.  Seemed more like the good old days.  As usual, great discussion and quite a bit of it revolved around whether John Wilkes Booth was actually killed or was it a coverup by persons in the Union government who wanted to get rid of Lincoln.

The name Joseph Holt was mentioned quite often.  There were three John Wilkes Booths according to this conspiracy theory:  the real one who died as an old man in Missouri, one who passed as Booth on the run and one who looked enough like him to pass for a dead Booth when examined.

I'd never heard of this Booth Conspiracy before.  Like any good conspiracy, maybe true but most likely not.

--RoadDog

LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE:  LAW OF PROBABILITY:  The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Goin' Back to 1974-- Part 4: "Number 9 Dream"

ALREADY GONE--  Eagles    This was my favorite Eagles song until we got into Route 66 and there was that "Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona" tune.
U.S. BLUES--  Grateful Dead
SEASONS OF WHITHER--  Aerosmith

THE THRILL OF IT ALL--  Roxy Music
NUMBER 9 DREAM--  John Lennon
YOU'RE NO GOOD--  Linda Ronstadt        Still my favorite female singer.  Just something about her.

TIME OUT--  Joe Walsh
HEROES ARE HARD TO FIND--  Fleetwood Mac
SKATING AWAY ON THE THIN ICE OF A NEW DAY--  Jethro Tull     Winners of the first Grammy for Heavy Metal.  Really, Jethro Tull, Heavy Metal?

TROUBLE NO MORE--    Muddy Waters

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Well I Heard Some People Talkin' Just The Other Day."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Already Gone"

Goin' Back to 1974-- Part 3: "Mirage"

Parts 1 and 2 are on October 18 and 19.

RIDE MY TIGER--  Jefferson Starship
SPANISH MOON--  Little Feat
BRIDGE OF SIGHS--  Robin Trower

I SHOT THE SHERIFF--  Eric Clapton
ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY--  Bonnie Raitt
LONG LIVE ROCK--  Who

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD--  Chaka Kahn & Rufus
MIRAGE--  Santana
TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE--  Rolling Stones

DING DONG--  George Harrison
BLOODY WELL RIGHT--  Supertramp
RAISED ON ROBBERY--  Joni Mitchell

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "All Around My Home Town, They're Trying To Track me Down."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"I Shot the Sheriff"

Going Back to 1974-- Part 1: "Any Major Dude Will Tell You"

On December 2, 2018, WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback featured the year 1974 and was hosted by Johnny Mars.

1974 was another busy year for me as I finished teaching my first year at Magee Middle School and started my second one.  We moved from our first apartment in Des Plaines, Illinois, to our second one in Vernon Hills, Illinois.  This one was about half way between where I worked in Round Lake and where Liz worked at General Finance Corporation in Evanston, Illinois.

I taught summer school at Grayslake High School.

We also started looking for an affordable house (and eventually moved into one in Round Lake Beach (for $33,000).

ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY--  Bachman Turner Overdrive
WALK ON--  Neil Young
ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU--  Steely Dan

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We Rented A Truck And A Semi To Go."  Answer below.  RoadDog


"Roll On Down the Highway"

Going Back to 1974-- Part 2: "You're No Good"

OVERNIGHT SENSATION--  Raspberries
ROCK STEADY--  Bad Company
INTRO / SWEET JANE--  Lou Reed

YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING--  Stevie Wonder
THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY--  Genesis
1984--  David Bowie

THE THRILL OF IT ALL--  Roxy Music
NUMBER 9 DREAM--  John Lennon
YOU'RE NO GOOD--  Linda Ronstadt

TIME OUT--  Joe Walsh
SWEET HOME ALABAMA--  Lynyrd Skynyrd   Love those Welcome to Alabama signs.
HEROES ARE HARD TO FIND--  Fleetwood Mac

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Feelin' Better, Now That We're Through."    Answer below.  --RoadDog


"You're No Good"

Attention Rush and 1970s Fans, We've Got the Music for You!!

Today on Bob Stroud's Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, he will feature the music of Rush.  Then Tuesday the music of 1972, Wednesday 1973 and Thursday 1974.

All shows can be heard  streaming at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. CSDT at www.wdrv.com.

Always a Trip Back.  --RoadDog

Music Deaths: Andy "Thunderclap" Newman and Mike Gibbons

ANDY "THUNDERCLAP" NEWMAN, 73  Died March 29, 2016.

The band was formed by Who guitarist Pete Townsend.  best remembered for their "Something in the Air Tonight" which went to #1 in Britain in 1969 and #37 in the U.S..

MIKE GIBBONS  Died April 2, 2016.

Lead singer and trumpet player with Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods.  Formed 1965 and got a break opening for the Osmonds in the early 1970s.  From Cincinnati.  They sang a cover version of Paper Lace's "Billy Don't be a Hero" which spent two weeks at #1 in 1974.

Also had top 40 hits with "Who Do You Think You Are" (#15-1974) and "The Heartbreak Kid" (#39-1974).

Where Were You August 31, 1974?-- Part 3

OH ATLANTA--  Little Feat
DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME--  Elton John
IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL--  Rolling Stones

NOTHING FROM NOTHING--  Billy Preston (The only person to be featured on a Beatles song.)
WILD THING--  Fancy  ("Wild Thing" like you haven't heard before.)
CALL ON ME--  Chicago

MOVING ON--  Bad Company (The first song from this group I always get confused with Foreigner for some reason.)
EARACHE MY EYE--  Cheech and Chong    (What can I say?)
1984--

YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET--  BTO
WORKING AT THE CAR WASH BLUES--  Jim Croce  (Sure miss him.)
THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED--  Paper Lace  (East Side of Chicago?  Kinda wet, you know.)

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD--  Rufus, featuring Chaka Kahn)
BEACH BABY--  First Class
COME MONDAY--  Jummy Buffett  (His first Top 40 and where he talks about coming home from a Labor Day Show.  Kind of appropriate for today.)

Big Parrothead, Here.  RoadDog

Where Were You August 31, 1974? --Part 2

WALK ON--  Neil Young
ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT--  Cat Stevens  (Originally done by Sam Cooke in the 60s.)
OL' 55--  Eagles

WILDWOOD FLOWERS--  Jim Stafford  (Sittin' there on that sack of seed.)
LET ME ROLL IT--  Paul McCartney & Wings  (Well, it was time for Terri Hemmert's Breakfast With the Beatles to start on WXRT.)
BLUEBIRD--  Paul McCartney & Wings

I SHOT THE SHERIFF--  Eric Clapton (My first intro to reggae, even if I didn't know it at the time.)
SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE--  Aerosmith
SURE AS I'M SITTING HERE--  Three Dog Night

THE AIR THAT I BREATHE--  Hollies
YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN'--  Stevie Wonder
SWEET HOME ALABAMA--  Lynyrd Skynyrd  (Take that, NEIL!!!)

Southern Man Don't need You Around Anyhow.  --RoadDog

Where Were You August 31, 1974?-- Part 1

Yesterday, Bob Stroud at Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, had his last of four parts of music from the summer of 1974, 40 years ago.  This is something I eagerly look forward to hearing every summer since 2007, when he went back to the Summer of Love, 1967.  To say the least, the shows take me back.

August 31, 1974, I was beginning my second year of teaching at John T. Magee Middle School in Round Lake, Illinois.  I was driving a '73 Pinto back and forth between our new apartment (two bedrooms) in Vernon Hills.

Liz was still working at General Finance Corporation home office in Evanston, bit still looking for a teaching job.

These were tunes we listened to on our daily weekday commutes.

RIKKI, DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER--  Steely Dan
PICK UP THE PIECES--  Average White Band
KEEP ON SMILING--  Wet Willie

SCARLET BEGONIAS--  Grateful Dead
RADAR LOVE--  Golden Earing
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS--  Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Cruising Down the Road.  --RoadDog


SIGNS OF OLD AGE:    You Keep repeating Yourself, Repeating yourself, repeating yourself...
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Where Were You August 3, 1974?-- Part 4

Continuing with the songs playing on your radio this date 40 years ago.  Man, that's getting near a half century!!

BLACK WATER--  Doobie Brothers
WILDWOOD FLOWER--  Jim Stafford
THE AIR THAT I BREATHE--  Hollies

I SHOT THE SHERIFF--  Eric Clapton
RIKKI, DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER--  Steely Dan
DANNY'S SONG--  (live) Loggins & Messina

GLORIA-- (live)  Van Morrison
IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL--  Rolling Stones
DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME--  Elton John

"But I Did Not Shoot the Deputy."  --RoadDog

SIGNS OF OLD AGE:  Most women you know under 40 put you in the "Friend of My father" class.

Where Were You August 3, 1974?-- Part 3

These songs should take you back.  By Crackety.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS--  Bachman Turner Overdrive
FREE MAN IN PARIS--  Joni Mitchell
NOTHING FROM NOTHING--  Billy Preston

WALK ON--  Neil Young
RADAR LOVE--  Holden Earring  (Dutch band)
WORKING AT THE CAR WASH BLUES--  Jim Croce  (released posthumously)

THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED--  Paper Lace  (Just a few wrong things in this song.)
LaGRANGE--  ZZ Top
SOMETHING'S HAPPENING--  Peter Frampton  (Before he came Alive.)

"Back in the Bad Old Days."    --RoadDog

SIGNS OF OLD AGE:  You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

Where Were You August 3, 1974?-- Part 2

SWEET HOME ALABAMA--  Lynyrd Skynyrd

PRETZEL LOGIC--  Steely Dan
SURE AS I'M SITTING HERE--  Three Dog Night
BOOGIE DOWN REGGAE WOMAN--  Stevie Wonder

BAD COMPANY--  Bad Company
BAND ON THE RUN--  Wings (A side)
1985--  Wings (B side)

KEEP ON SMILING--  Wet Willie  (Dose of Southern Rock)
ALREADY GONE--  Eagles
WILD THING--  Fancy

The Song was 11 Years in the Future Then.  Now, It's 29 Years in the Past.  --RoadDog

Where Were You August 3, 1974?-- Part 1

Yesterday, Bob Stroud did his annual trip back to a summer forty years ago.  That would be 1974 in this case.

August 3, 1974, was in the summer after my first year of teaching and one where Liz and I moved from one apartment in Des Plaines to another in Vernon Hills, Illinois.  This was so I could be closer to school in Round Lake.  Liz was still looking for a job teaching with no luck.  She was working as a secretary at General Finance Corporation's home office in Evanston, Illinois, right by Northwestern's Dyche Stadium, so her drive got considerably longer.

The songs:

SUNDOWN--  Gordon Lightfoot
BRIDGE OF SIGHS--  Robin Trower
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD--  Rufus (With Chaka Khan)

REBEL REBEL--  David Bowie
BIG TEN INCH--  Aerosmith
THE WEIGHT--  (live)--  Band

"I Pulled Into Nazareth..."  --RoadDog

Where Were You the Summer of '74?-- Part 2

OH VERY YOUNG--  Cat Stevens
CAN'T GET ENOUGH--  Bad Company
GET OUT OF DENVER--  Bob Seger
LA GRANGE--  ZZ Top

ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER-- (live)  Bob Dylan
UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK-- (live)  Band
MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS--  Maria Muldaur
COME MONDAY--  Jimmy Buffett (His first top 40)

DON'T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS--  Lynyrd Skynyrd
INTO THE MYSTIC--  (live) Van Morrison
DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME--  Elton John
DAY OF THE EAGLE--  Robin Trower

SUNDOWN--  Gordon Lightfoot
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD--  Rufus
WILD THING--  Fancy
STAR BABY--  Guess Who

HELP ME--  Joni Mitchell
THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED--  Paper Lace
REBEL REBEL--  David Bowie
RADAR LOVE--  Golden Earing

ANOTHER PARK, ANOTHER SUNDAY--  Doobie Brothers
LONELY PEOPLE--  America
BAND ON THE RUN--  Paul, McCartney & Wings (#1 album in Chicago)

Not on the East Side of Chicago.  Too Wet!!  --RoadDog

Where Were You Summer of '74?-- Part 1

The second part of Bob Stroud's annual trip back 40 year to a great summer.  This one is Summer of '74.  The next one will be August 3rd.

Songs in your radio and collections July 6, 1974.

ALREADY GONE--  Eagles
FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY--  O'Jays
U.S. BLUES--  Grateful Dead
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS--  Bachman-Turner Overdrive

YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE--  (live)  Loggins & Messina
NOTHING FROM NOTHING--  Billy Preston
EYES OF SILVER--  Doobie Brothers
I HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN--  Carly Simon


I WANNA GO TO THE SUN--  Peter Frampton  (Did he have songs before Frampton Comes Alive?
IF YOU WANNA GET TO HEAVEN--  Ozark Mountain Daredevils
WORKING AT THE CAR WASH BLUES--  Jim Croce
WALL STREET SHUFFLE--  10 CC

HELEN WHEELS--  Paul McCartney & Wings
LOCO-MOTION--  Grand Funk
SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE--  Aerosmith
RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER--Steely Dan

You Gotta Raise Some ____.  --RoadDog

NOT YOUR USUAL FLIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS:  On a Continental flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights.  This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."

Welcome to Summer.... 1974-- Part 3

Going back one last time to tunes playing on your radio and stereo on June 1, 1974...40 years ago!!

FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY--  O-Jays
ANOTHER PARK, ANOTHER SUNDAY--Doobie Brothers--  (For some reason this one always makes me think of the band Chicago.)
JAMES DEAN--  Eagles
SUNDOWN--  Gordon =Lightfoot  (Hey, the Edmund Fitzgerald hadn't sunk yet.)

WORKING MAN--  Rush
TUBULAR BELLS--  Mike Oldfield  (Go ahead, scare me to death.)
GET OUT OF DENVER--  Bob Seger
IN YOU WANNA GET TO HEAVEN--  Ozark Mountain Daredevils

MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS--  Maria Muldaur
THE SHOW MUST GO ON--  Three Dog Night  (Sounds circusy to me.)
LOCO-MOTION--  Grand Funk
A DREAM GOES ON FOREVER--  Todd Rundgren

TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN'--  Aerosmith  (And there I was thinking Blackfoot.)
BURN--  Deep Purple
THE STREAK--  Ray Stevens  The number one song in Chicago on June 1, 1974.  ("Don't look, Ethel!!!)

Streaking?  --RoadDog

Welcome to Summer....1974-- Part 2

Forty years ago.  I also taught summer school over at Grayslake High School.  Finally, high school students.  And to think I was just six years older than some of them.

These would be songs playing on your radio June 1, 1974.

I'M THE LEADER OF A GANG--  Brownsville Station
DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING--  Stevie Wonder
BENNY & THE JETS--  Elton John
DOMINO (LIVE)--  Van Morrison

STAR BABY--  Guess Who
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING SO LONG--  Chicago
BAND ON THE RUN--  Paul McCartney
OH MY MY--  Ringo Starr

THAT'LL BE THE DAY--  Fog Hat
I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG--  Jim Croce
REBEL REBEL--  David Bowie
TOO ROLLING STONED--  Robin Trower

Got to Go to Summer School, Don't You Know.  --RoadDog