It wasn’t all disco music and Donna Summer (Who is back on the Billboard charts, by the way.) Some of rock’s biggest artists came of age in the 1970s. Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Elton John, Grand Funk. In Arizona, Alice Cooper, The Tubes, Stevie Nicks were helping to shape the sound of the decade. You will hear from them and more in the Eight/KAET production, Arizona Memories from the ’70s. Along with the now legendary story of KDKB. With Bill Compton as music director, the fledgling radio station changed Arizona’s radio and music scene forever. Local artists and celebrities – Jerry Riopelle, Marty Manning, Russ Shaw, Hans Olson – recall the groundbreaking format, of no format. Jazz. Rock. Funk. KDKB disk jockeys were given carte blanche for free-from radio. Interesting side note. The director’s cut of the film Almost Famous includes an interview with KDKB disk jockey Toad Hall.
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