Merl Saunders headlined the Haight Ashbury Street Street Fair for 24 consecutive years. In April of 2002, Merl suffered a stroke just two months before the 2002 Haight Street Fair and was in the hospital and could not be there in person
The 2002 the Haight Ashbury Street Fair was without Merl Saunders for the first time in 24 years. The band that headlined that day was numerous musicians from Merl's bands including from Merl Saunders Funky Friends and his other bands like The Rainforest Band
This tape is made public for the very first time on the 10th Anniversary of this show. Merl Saunders jr explains the rest on the tape
Merls Funky Friends, the 25th annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair, June 9, 2002
http://www11.zippyshare.com/v/5824751/file.html
Musicians in this band include Merl Saunders jr, Tony Saunders, Vince Welnick, Melvin Seals, Carl Lockett, John Payne, Larry Van, Tom Everest, James Lebah?, Mike Lawson, Skip Mesquite, Lon Graham, Tony Saunders jr, Jackie Turner, Mike Mossa?, Martin Fierro and Narada Michael Walden - Corrections on some of these musicians with help from Mike Lawson, but apparently this show was very ad hoc and tons of musicians showed up as a tribute. basically a once in a lifetime event
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Wednesday, June 6. 2012
It Crawled From the vault #46
It Crawled From the vault #45
It's the return of free form underground radio in San Francisco since it is now all but extinct in the city that pioneered it. It is a part of San Francisco history via FoundSF - Birth of Community Rock Radio: A brief history of KMPX and KSAN-FM
KUSF and KSAN Jive radio lives on in these tapes recorded in the mid 1990's when the original KSAN DJ's came back for two hours every Sunday from 1992-1996. KUSF in Exile has their own archives going back to 2005. The story of the 1990's KSAN reunion on KUSF can be found here with many audio archives from the original KSAN here. Two previous Jive radio tapes can be heard here and here
All of these tapes were recorded off the radio on KUSF between 1995-1996 during the Jive radio Sunday afternoon time slot.
DJ Michael Knight
DJ Vincenta
DJ Bruce van Dyke, in two parts - appr 50 minutes each. Bruce recently wrote about the recent passing of original KSAN commentator Travis T Hipp
part1
part 2
Two unknown DJ's. They don't say who they are on the tapes. If anybody knows please do tell
The famous 1969 KSAN Altamont broadcast which is included in the extras of Criterion's Gimme Shelter
San Francisco radio has gotten so bad, people are starting to organize and revolt. As much as corporate radio would like to wipe free form radio off the face of the face of the earth, it will never be suppressed completely.
KUSF and KSAN Jive radio lives on in these tapes recorded in the mid 1990's when the original KSAN DJ's came back for two hours every Sunday from 1992-1996. KUSF in Exile has their own archives going back to 2005. The story of the 1990's KSAN reunion on KUSF can be found here with many audio archives from the original KSAN here. Two previous Jive radio tapes can be heard here and here
All of these tapes were recorded off the radio on KUSF between 1995-1996 during the Jive radio Sunday afternoon time slot.
DJ Michael Knight
DJ Vincenta
DJ Bruce van Dyke, in two parts - appr 50 minutes each. Bruce recently wrote about the recent passing of original KSAN commentator Travis T Hipp
part1
part 2
Two unknown DJ's. They don't say who they are on the tapes. If anybody knows please do tell
The famous 1969 KSAN Altamont broadcast which is included in the extras of Criterion's Gimme Shelter
San Francisco radio has gotten so bad, people are starting to organize and revolt. As much as corporate radio would like to wipe free form radio off the face of the face of the earth, it will never be suppressed completely.
