R.I.P. Don Kirshner....

[laughingwillow]

Read in the paper this morning that Don Kirshner of "Don Kurshner's Rock Concert" fame, died recently. The guy was certainly an influence on my musical life. New things reached our corner of the prairie slowly. There was something of a (counter) cultural void.  I was 10 when his concert series on network television started in 1972 and remember watching faithfully. For a few years, Don K's shows and late night listening sessions with K-A-A-Y out of Little Rock was as good as it got for me.

Thanks, Don Kirshner.

lw

[JRL]

Kirschner and the Midnight Special--real live rock concerts on TV!!!!
Waited all week......

[laughingwillow]

From Wikipedia, here's a partial list of artists who appeared "In Concert" over the years...

ABBA
The Allman Brothers Band
Argent
Average White Band
Bad Company
Badfinger
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Black Sabbath
Brownsville Station
Joan Baez
Bee Gees
Pat Benatar
Black Oak Arkansas
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blue Öyster Cult
Brooklyn Dreams
David Bowie
The Byrds
Harry Chapin
Cheap Trick
Alice Cooper
Jim Croce
Devo
Dixie Dregs
The Doobie Brothers
Eagles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Edgar Winter Group
Electric Light Orchestra
Bryan Ferry
Fleetwood Mac
Foghat
Rory Gallagher
Golden Earring
The Guess Who
George Harrison
The Hollies
James Gang
Billy Joel
Journey
James Gang
Kansas
B. B. King
KISS
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Mahogany Rush
Melissa Manchester
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Frank Marino
Don McLean
Molly Hatchet
Montrose
Ted Nugent
New York Dolls
Ohio Players
Outlaws
The Police
Billy Preston
Prince & The Revolution
Ramones
Lou Rawls
Helen Reddy
The Rolling Stones
Linda Ronstadt
Todd Rundgren
Rush
Rose Royce
Santana
The Sex Pistols
Seals & Crofts
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Slade
Sly & the Family Stone
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Sylvester
Sparks
The Stampeders
Steely Dan
Steve Miller Band
Cat Stevens
Marc Bolan and T.Rex
Ike & Tina Turner
UFO
Uriah Heep
Village People
Joe Walsh
Bay City Rollers
Walter Murphy
War
Weather Report
Wishbone Ash
Stevie Wonder

[JRL]

Quite an amazing list. From ABBA to Weather Report!!!!!

[senorsalvia]

Ahh, brings back great memories of sonic journeys.  Liked Midnight Special well enough to find myself curtailing "certain nefarious research projects",  until times coincided ..  KAAY!! Ha, we used to get it at 11pm.  Rode around in an old beater 60 Valiant and cracked up listening to Jaime Brockett doing his great song 'Wreck of the Titanic....  Sorry to see 'da Don pass...