Category Tribute

Big Star Music – Alex Chilton Tribute 2012 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth

We’re here because you are: Become a Patron! – Big Star Music – Alex Chilton Tribute with Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer and guests – Nov. 12, 2012 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands. Big Star Music – a tribute to…

Clarence Thomas

SCOTUS: Dawning Of The Age Of Clarence – October 20, 1991

– ABC World News This Week – October 20, 1991 – ABC Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 20, 1991 culminated a week of contentious questioning and cross-examination over President Bush’s nomination of Clarence Thomas to the…

Rock Hudson - Doris Day

AIDS Comes To Hollywood – Rock Hudson – October 2, 1985

– CBS News Reports and The World Tonight – October 2, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day 38 years ago was sad and sobering. On October 2nd 1985, actor and Hollywood icon Rock Hudson, who…

Jimi Hendrix – September 18, 1970

NBC Nightly News – September 18, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 53 years ago today, the music world suffered a devastating loss – it would be one of three to go that year, and their passings signified the…

Folk Night 1965 – Josh White, Brothers Four, Ian & Sylvia, Judy Collins, Bud & Travis – Hollywood Bowl – Past Daily Backstage Pass

Folk Night 1965 – Josh White, Bud & Travis – Hollywood Bowl – August 1965, Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – – Folk Night 1965 – Ian  Sylvia, Judy Collins, The Brothers Four – Hollywood Bowl – August…

FDR Funeral

Funeral For FDR – The Death Of A President – April 14, 1945

– FDR Funeral (recap) – April 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 78 years ago, the country was in mourning as it paid its last respects to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died two days…

Dr. Martin Luther King

Dr. Martin Luther King – Meet The Press – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room – Birthday Edition

– NBC Radio – Meet The Press – Guest: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King  – April 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In  honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday today, I unearthed this 1960 appearance on Meet…

An Interview With Fritz Kreisler – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

– Fritz Kreisler – 80th birthday celebration – Feb. 2, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fritz Kreisler was probably one of the most famous and recognizable violinists of the early 20th century. He came along at the dawn…

The Charlatans in 1966

The Charlatans (W/Dan Hicks) – Live At The Straight Theatre 1967 – Past Daily Soundbooth

  – The Charlatans with Dan Hicks – Live At The Straight Theatre, July 22, 1967 – KSAN-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Charlatans with Dan Hicks. Before Dan Hicks introduced the world to the Hot Licks, there…